Kiwi - GKPE - General Ramblings (2)

jj_photography wrote in post #4374486
Thanks Guys... Yeah you are quite right they mostly look fuzzy I do not really know why but John may be right because of the slow shutter. I should TV mode.. Anyway tomorrow I can have another test run, because they have a tournament. By the way what does ute mean?

Regards,

JJ, call me - 5 3 3 5 9 6 7

ute = utility (vehicle in background)

Somebody in Auckland tell me that you capture tonight's sunset... I was too slow getting my camera!!!

dgcorner wrote in post #4374494
Somebody in Auckland tell me that you capture tonight's sunset... I was too slow getting my camera!!!

it was a real strange colour aye

jj_photography wrote in post #4374486
By the way what does ute mean?

... assuming you're serious... utility truck

that one was fuzzy because you focused on the wrong thing

dgcorner wrote in post #4374494
Somebody in Auckland tell me that you capture tonight's sunset... I was too slow getting my camera!!!

i got it, facing away from the sun, 10mm 5-shot pano from my front deck
which is still on the camera and will remain so until after tomorrow, have to get to bed early tonight, 5am start

nite all

dgcorner wrote in post #4374445
JJ,

That's a good start. Diana happy?

What SS said. There also is some image blur (on her face) probably from using the slow shutter speed and shooting at 200mm. Was your IS on? Colour is a little washed our but can be bumped up by saturating slightly (unless my monitor needs calbrating.)

Adjusted saturation, USMed, slight levels adjutment. I would also crop it tighter like this:

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Thanks John for the comments. I was using M mode maybe I should use TV (at a shutter of 1/320 or even lower) mode for shooting sports.. IS was on.. Yes, the colour is washed out maybe because the day was quite dark. The cropping looks better, what levels did you adjust? Is it straightening? Out of curiosity what is USMed.. I think I should try and use photoshop, I am currently using Aperture and I find Aperture quite good and am happy with it.

Regards,

somethingsimple wrote in post #4374502
... assuming you're serious... utility truck

that one was fuzzy because you focused on the wrong thing

Yesh you are quite right there.. I better just keep on shooting and shooting to learn and learn. Thanks too Duncan.

Hey everyone. I may have already mentioned this to you but I really need some hints. I'm heading overseas for a month in January and will be taking my camera with me. I cant take my laptop (too expensive for my insurance) so I need a portable HD. I've heard there are HD's that dont have a proper screen, and do have a CF card slot so you can directly upload the photos from card ==> storage device. Does anyone know a make/model for this type of HD? I have tried asking in stores but havent been sucessful yet, most of the places didn't have a lot of stock/ clue on what I was talking about.

hi kaypony

I am sure people might have other places, but for a start try http://www.flashcards.​co.nz they normally have something

jj_photography wrote in post #4374519
Out of curiosity what is USMed..

'tis a strangely worded term Photoshop use for "sharpened"

kaypony wrote in post #4374527
Hey everyone. I may have already mentioned this to you but I really need some hints. I'm heading overseas for a month in January and will be taking my camera with me. I cant take my laptop (too expensive for my insurance) so I need a portable HD. I've heard there are HD's that dont have a proper screen, and do have a CF card slot so you can directly upload the photos from card ==> storage device. Does anyone know a make/model for this type of HD? I have tried asking in stores but havent been sucessful yet, most of the places didn't have a lot of stock/ clue on what I was talking about.

Portable storage is a pretty niche market so you don't see alot of them in N.Z. - flashcards are one of the few that do but check out other sources also.
for a range of portable storage devices from an Ausy site, have a look at : http://www.jaldigital.​com.au …e64a70ac30f70e7​47643b21e0

joeseph wrote in post #4374595
'tis a strangely worded term Photoshop use for "sharpened"

Thanks for this Duncan.

joeseph wrote in post #4374595
'tis a strangely worded term Photoshop use for "sharpened"

...

Isn't that strange - USM = unsharp mask. Not to be confused with Canon's USM which is Ultrasonic Motor

Speaking of fuzzy ....

Managed to rattle off a couple of shots of some fireworks happening over Hagley park that I knew nothing about

One that I thought was the best was pretty rubbish but I had no time to set up properly, tripod was in the car, rested camera on the balcony railing, self timer, full manual, manual focus, 5 sec exposure f8 ISO 50 (!), cropped and pp'd in picasa (Vista is too unstable to actually install anything important on). Setup time was < 30 sec. Enjoy.

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Nice one shane

dgcorner wrote in post #4374494
Somebody in Auckland tell me that you capture tonight's sunset... I was too slow getting my camera!!!

yeah bugger i missed it. Went out to buy beers with the boys and saw it. I was like. Hey guys look at the sky. There like uhhhh... haha. Its what happens when you dont have mates without a mind like mine. The lighting was perfect. Gosh it would have been nice to capture today at sunset!

The sky. everything. Warm lighting. Could have done some amazing panos. Arg!

texted Daniel. He said it was drizzling where he was ah well.