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Cyberf828 · Aug 16, 2007, 2:55 PM

A five week trip??:shock:

Tullio · Aug 16, 2007, 4:29 PM

Yes, very nice shot indeed, Sarah. Now, back to the cloud thing, that's called...cheating,is it not?:Gafter all, part of you final image was not produced by a Sony camera, right!?!:lol:

mtclimber · Aug 16, 2007, 7:15 PM

Well then, I guess Tullio, that you will just have to drum me out of the corps. I really don't care very much, because I call it being creative. Usually the folks who use the "cheating" term are folks who can not do that themselves, using a good photo editor.

Itis merely being good at your craft. And yes, photo editing is just as much a part of photography as grabbing a camera is a part of photography in my mind.

Sarah Joyce

Tullio · Aug 17, 2007, 12:41 AM

Oh boy, I guess the laughing faces in front of my comments did not do the trick here. I think we all edit our photos to one degree or another (if you look back you'll see that I posted a picture I edited using PSE watercolor filter effect). I was simply joking so please don't take it the hard way. My apologies for choosing the wrong words, Sarah.

Tullio · Aug 17, 2007, 12:46 AM

This little fella often visits my backyard...

Cyberf828 · Aug 17, 2007, 9:18 AM

I think this thread is really turning out alot of photos. Heres a flower I did I am not really into it but I could use some C/C on how it looks.

Cyberf828 · Aug 17, 2007, 9:29 AM

Okay heres another one for the day, Its about 1 am and out playing with shutter speed. Not very clear, I think I need more practice.

mtclimber · Aug 17, 2007, 10:32 AM

Not wanting to be one not to contribute, I quickly jumped out on the back deck at shot first to the South and then to the North with my trust H-5.

Here is the South bound photo. The fog was still burning off to the South, that accounts for the wispiness around the rocks. Tullio, do you recognize those clouds? I timed myself. It took 4 minutes to install those clouds.

Here is the neighbor's house to the North. As you can notice they are working on addition there.

Both photos are at nearly max zoom. Thanks for the exercise, guys.

Sarah Joyce

Cyberf828 · Aug 17, 2007, 11:19 AM

Beautiful shoots ( even the clouds :-)) You have a beautiful view. I so want to move West for sights like that. So hows the cost of living there?

Tullio · Aug 17, 2007, 12:10 PM

I like the flower shot, Cyber. I have taken hundreds of flower shots with the cameras I've had. The two most important things when photographing flowers are the light source and how it hits the subject, and DoF. I believe you used some sortof a soft focus effect (that's what Picasa calls it anyway) to blur things up around it and it worked. I personally would have made the focused are a bit larger but that's simply a matter of preference. The night shot looks real good as well. I assume you use a tripod or mono-pod, correct? That way, you don't need to increase the ISO and you can go even lower on the shutter speed to make it clearer. I noticed that the image is a bit noisy. Unfortunately, there is no EXIF data so I can not get into the details of your camera settings.

Sarah, the H5 is in my opinion one of the best 12x zoom cameras out there. Only the Canon S3 gets close to its image quality. It looks like you live in a lovely place. It's a privilege to have such a beautiful view right from your front yard, don't you think? The only thing I don't care too much for is the fog. Here in Norther California, the fog is cold, very cold. Luckily where I live there's very little fog and even when it is foggy, because we are not really by the coast, it's not too cold. But, I can leave San Jose at 95 degree temperature and face a 52 degree weather in San Francisco being only 55 miles apart.

Aug 17, 2007, 12:41 AM	#304
Tullio Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,370	Oh boy, I guess the laughing faces in front of my comments did not do the trick here. I think we all edit our photos to one degree or another (if you look back you'll see that I posted a picture I edited using PSE watercolor filter effect). I was simply joking so please don't take it the hard way. My apologies for choosing the wrong words, Sarah. Attached Images

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Tullio Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,370	This little fella often visits my backyard... Attached Images

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Aug 16, 2007, 2:55 PM	#301
Cyberf828 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 659	A five week trip??:shock:

Aug 16, 2007, 4:29 PM	#302
Tullio Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,370	Yes, very nice shot indeed, Sarah. Now, back to the cloud thing, that's called...cheating,is it not?:Gafter all, part of you final image was not produced by a Sony camera, right!?!:lol:

Aug 16, 2007, 7:15 PM	#303
mtclimber Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 18,143	Well then, I guess Tullio, that you will just have to drum me out of the corps. I really don't care very much, because I call it being creative. Usually the folks who use the "cheating" term are folks who can not do that themselves, using a good photo editor. Itis merely being good at your craft. And yes, photo editing is just as much a part of photography as grabbing a camera is a part of photography in my mind. Sarah Joyce

Aug 17, 2007, 9:18 AM	#306
Cyberf828 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 659	I think this thread is really turning out alot of photos. Heres a flower I did I am not really into it but I could use some C/C on how it looks.

Aug 17, 2007, 9:29 AM	#307
Cyberf828 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 659	Okay heres another one for the day, Its about 1 am and out playing with shutter speed. Not very clear, I think I need more practice.

Aug 17, 2007, 10:32 AM	#308
mtclimber Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 18,143	Not wanting to be one not to contribute, I quickly jumped out on the back deck at shot first to the South and then to the North with my trust H-5. Here is the South bound photo. The fog was still burning off to the South, that accounts for the wispiness around the rocks. Tullio, do you recognize those clouds? I timed myself. It took 4 minutes to install those clouds. Here is the neighbor's house to the North. As you can notice they are working on addition there. Both photos are at nearly max zoom. Thanks for the exercise, guys. Sarah Joyce

Aug 17, 2007, 11:19 AM	#309
Cyberf828 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 659	Beautiful shoots ( even the clouds :-)) You have a beautiful view. I so want to move West for sights like that. So hows the cost of living there?

Aug 17, 2007, 12:10 PM	#310
Tullio Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,370	I like the flower shot, Cyber. I have taken hundreds of flower shots with the cameras I've had. The two most important things when photographing flowers are the light source and how it hits the subject, and DoF. I believe you used some sortof a soft focus effect (that's what Picasa calls it anyway) to blur things up around it and it worked. I personally would have made the focused are a bit larger but that's simply a matter of preference. The night shot looks real good as well. I assume you use a tripod or mono-pod, correct? That way, you don't need to increase the ISO and you can go even lower on the shutter speed to make it clearer. I noticed that the image is a bit noisy. Unfortunately, there is no EXIF data so I can not get into the details of your camera settings. Sarah, the H5 is in my opinion one of the best 12x zoom cameras out there. Only the Canon S3 gets close to its image quality. It looks like you live in a lovely place. It's a privilege to have such a beautiful view right from your front yard, don't you think? The only thing I don't care too much for is the fog. Here in Norther California, the fog is cold, very cold. Luckily where I live there's very little fog and even when it is foggy, because we are not really by the coast, it's not too cold. But, I can leave San Jose at 95 degree temperature and face a 52 degree weather in San Francisco being only 55 miles apart.