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RafaPolit wrote in post #12189949
Revmichael, I don't know if you have been properly welcomed, but, at any rate, Welcome to POTN and the T2i section! Great that you are sharing your images. I particularly like the second shot, the black and white cat. You chose a perfect DoF, image is sharp and the background all but invisible, the uniform hue to the image is nice as well. I also like the altar very much. Of your second group, the virgin and church really stand out. Is the stone really of those 3 different hues or did you do some post on the image? It has purplish stone on the top floor, brownish in the middle and gray at the bottom. Really nice for depth.

Rafa.

thank you so much for the nice comments, although i know i've a loooong way to go. i look forward to learning from the likes of you, sir.

though i did some PS, the stones were really of 3 diff hues. (i think the gray on the foreground is yet unfinished/unpainted)

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revmichael wrote in post #12190073
thank you so much for the nice comments, although i know i've a loooong way to go. i look forward to learning from the likes of you, sir.

though i did some PS, the stones were really of 3 diff hues. (i think the gray on the foreground is yet unfinished/unpainted)

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simala 1 by mikerevilla, on Flickr

What's with all the umbrellas for shade on a sunny day? You'd never see that over here in the states even if it was 100 degrees.

VFVhho wrote in post #12190022
Can someone explain to me what Viewfinder is? and or why it is called viewfinder?

Mookalafalas wrote in post #12190056
It's that thing you put your eyeball up to on the back of the camera and look through to see what you are going to photograph. I think the name is pretty literal. It lets you find the exact view that you want to photograph.

Exactly as Mook said.... here's a photo and I've circled the viewfinder for you.

Sorry for the glare from the onboard flash.

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Last night I rode my bike to this beach a little ways north of where we are staying, it's protected by a reef and the man-made harbor so the water is pretty still so I could get down in the ocean to snap this.

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DS_Monsoon wrote in post #12189607
First off, great pictures everyone! I'm out of town for two days and there must have been 20 pages...nice activity! Seriously, we seem to have the most active thread on the forum.

Secondly, I may be announcing myself as an idiot but I just discovered something that most of you probably already knew. Taking pictures by using the viewfinder results in better pictures than using the live view. The T2i was my first DSLR so I came from point and shoot cameras. As such I really only had experience taking photos that way. I decided to try out the viewfinder today and WOW! was I surprised about the difference. The auto-focus is much, much faster. I did a little testing and it would take 1 to 1.5 seconds with live view where it would take maybe a quarter of a second with the viewfinder. I had posted an problem of burst shooting with manual focus (where it reduced the fps rate)...well this only occurs in live view and isn't a problem when using the viewfinder.

My message is this: if you are taking pictures like I was and have been using the live view instead of the viewfinder I urge you to try and switch. This has made my T2i seem like a whole new camera! I'm excited to get out and try it! Why didn't someone tell me this sooner!

Of course, if you opt for the viewfinder (as I do), your screen tends to start looking like this:

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marubozo wrote in post #12190098
What's with all the umbrellas for shade on a sunny day? You'd never see that over here in the states even if it was 100 degrees.

i guess we filipinos are wary of the year-round scorching sun. besides, most of us are already brown-skinned, so there's no need to get darker.

ps. i didn't have an umbrella, nor wore a hat when i went there.

natums wrote in post #12190110
Last night I rode my bike to this beach a little ways north of where we are staying, it's protected by a reef and the man-made harbor so the water is pretty still so I could get down in the ocean to snap this.


Decided to go back this morning before sunrise and snap a few, wasn't sure what the light would be like since the sun rises over the island, but was an interesting adventure.


@rafa and @annie, just had a great situation to show the benefits of an ND filter, was shooting down by the beach before sunrise and wanted a deep DOF and cloudy water, unfortunately the sky was getting to be too bright and I could only do 0.5s exposure.
(F22 ISO100 and 0.5s shutter, would have preferred F16 ISO100 and a 3 or 4 second shutter)

Beautiful shots. I find yellow Hibiscus sometimes blows out almost as much as white can do, so you did a really nice job of those. Now, as for that last shot, I would have to have it blown up to super size and have it hanging on a wall. Stunning!!

AnnieBananie wrote in post #12190109
Exactly as Mook said.... here's a photo and I've circled the viewfinder for you.

Sorry for the glare from the onboard flash.

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LOL - It must have taken you a while to place that string around the viewfinder. lol

Yes, it was done by paintbrush, but at first glance looked like string.

+ the picture is named VIEWFINDER.JPG lol

marubozo wrote in post #12190021
Awesome. Magnolias are my favorite trees in the entire world!

Looks like you have some dust on your sensor though

Oh jeah .. I saw that, too :-/ I checked all other pictures .. and fortunately I just found it one picture I hope it's just a bee or something

edit: cleaned it up

davidc502 wrote in post #12190146
LOL - It must have taken you a while to place that string around the viewfinder. lol

Yes, it was done by paintbrush, but at first glance looked like string.

+ the picture is named VIEWFINDER.JPG lol

Stop laughing you. I had trouble enough trying to figure out how to do that at all. LOL

At least I cleaned my screen before that shot. I was actually embarrassed to show that other shot.

one more from today ... nature is really incredible

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@Annie - cool spider. i did take a pic of one of them when i was at my uncles in Tampa..

@Maru - pics of your daughter are really nice.

@natums - awesome pice.. this reminds of back home, the water the sand the palm trees, mountains and the flowers (pavona or amaopla) is how we know it as in PR..

gepixelt wrote in post #12190373
one more from today ... nature is really incredible

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i agree..

great pics everyone


wife and i went for a walk with Milo today to the beach.. still chilli here in Mass but 55deg is better the 20deg..lol any day ... i cant wait for summer still debating if i should go back home for vacation or FL

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marubozo wrote in post #12190098
What's with all the umbrellas for shade on a sunny day? You'd never see that over here in the states even if it was 100 degrees.

They're called parasols and are heavily in use here in Korea as well. To protect your skin from the sun.

There is also the Darth Visor that middle aged women really like to use.

not my photo, but you get the idea

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AnnieBananie wrote in post #12190109
Exactly as Mook said.... here's a photo and I've circled the viewfinder for you.

Sorry for the glare from the onboard flash.

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I have to admit i feel kind of stupid.. by the way, for a beginner, would you reccomend using the viewfinder or screen for pictures?

VFVhho wrote in post #12190750
I have to admit i feel kind of stupid.. by the way, for a beginner, would you reccomend using the viewfinder or screen for pictures?

viewfinder all the way.