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Old 06-16-2009 | 11:43 PM
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This pic is a perfect example of a good space, that I was talking abt earlier. Where you have a subject, and you have a space. But, the problem w this pic is that the viewer cant decide which is the subject n which is the space.
Thats where a DSLR camera comes in very handy, it lets you focus on a subject, focus out or blur the non-subject or space and makes for a better viewing experience... for example....



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Old 06-16-2009 | 11:47 PM
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Btw, I see BlueBOB's got a nice clean pic in his avatar.
 
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Old 06-16-2009 | 11:48 PM
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yash that was my whole goal to capture like your last pic...blur out my rim and take a shot of Chris's car but my camera is really hard to make that happen.
 
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Old 06-16-2009 | 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by g35man04
yash that was my whole goal to capture like your last pic...blur out my rim and take a shot of Chris's car but my camera is really hard to make that happen.
Yup, its very hard to do that w a non DSLR camera. Go buy one, hehehe.
You will love it!
 
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Old 06-17-2009 | 12:01 AM
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jokes apart, Chris, I wudnt mind taking some nice pics of your ride one weekend... I think the Coffee and Cars thing is on June 27th... I could snap a few pics for you then.
 
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Old 06-17-2009 | 12:03 AM
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What you're referring to Yash is Depth of field.. That's controlled by aperture.. You can do this as well w/ a point and shoot.. A DSLR isn't the only cam that can do this.. Most point and shoots have an Aperture priority mode.. You can set a small depth of field say by setting a high aperture, say 2.8 (remember it's actually 1/2.8) and you focus on your subject, and anything that's not in the same vertical plane (in front of your subject and behind) will come out blurred.. The higher the aperture, the smaller the depth of field. (because remember they're inversely related)

Chris, I looked at the settings on your cam and you indeed have the ability to have a selected focus shot.. Aperture priority mode is normally Av, and as you can see, you have it.

Canon Powershot sx100 is specs

Namely, the shooting modes section

Shooting Modes
Auto, P, Av, Tv, M, Portrait, Landscape, Special Scene (Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Aquarium, Indoor, Night Scene), Kids & Pets, Night Snapshot, Stitch Assist, Movie

I think if you get more familiar w/ your camera, that your shots will benefit from the increased knowlege of what you can do w/it.. You'll be able to estimate what your shots will look like before you shoot them.. That REALLY helps..
 
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Old 06-17-2009 | 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by g35man04
yash that was my whole goal to capture like your last pic...blur out my rim and take a shot of Chris's car but my camera is really hard to make that happen.

I figured that's what you were intending.. But it's just the execution that I was referring to and the placement of the wheel in reference to Bluebob's car, it intersects too much even if it were blurred..

Seriously.. try shooting in aperture mode (Av) and just shoot random stuff around the house.. focus on a toothbrush and see how everything around it is blurred.. Selective focus shots are very fun..
 
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Old 06-17-2009 | 12:14 AM
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I my opinion based on the things stated here, I think the "best" shot that I've seen thus far is this one.. Which I've noticed Chris even put as his avtar.. It's well balanced, background is not distracting, good lighting, angle is on point.. Nice job.. Notice how the different amounts of light create value in this shot to make it look "liquid-like"? That's what you're after.. Soft light to make it look smooth and flowing.. You took it out of the direct sunlight..




One thing however, I'd check your ISO setting on your camera to make sure it's not set too high.. I think you're getting a lot of graininess in your pics due to high ISO settings.. In good light, you wanna get it as close to 100 as possible, some cams even let you drop it to 50. ISO is the CMOS' sensitivity to light. You can compensate for low light situations (especially when you can't use flash) by increasing the camera's ISO( most cams go up to 1600). However, the compromise for increased sensitivity is increased graininess in your pics (called noise).. Most cameras have built in "noise reduction", but it's still visible unfortunately.. Post production can take care of this.. I normally set my ISO at the beginning of a shoot, depending on available light, and leave it alone.
 

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Old 06-17-2009 | 12:49 AM
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I'm about to pick up a Nikon D60 unless you guys know what could be better for the money or even less
 
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Old 06-17-2009 | 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by twalls
A DSLR isn't the only cam that can do this.. Most point and shoots have an Aperture priority mode..
Hmm I didnt know that, thats cool, thanks.
 
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Old 06-17-2009 | 12:53 AM
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the cars all look awesome!
 
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Old 06-17-2009 | 08:50 AM
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I was shooting with my buddy's Nikon D60. Good camera and I wasn't doing anything special with the settings. I too was simply playing around. Spent most of my night last night baking for a charity bake sale at work today, so no pics up yet. I swear it will be up soon. haha
 
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Old 06-17-2009 | 09:29 AM
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So because I haven't gotten the car pics uploaded, I figured I'd share this one for critique. The lighting was bad and the version of the pic with the flash was just bad, so I tweaked it a little in photoshop, but here you go. Like I said, I had to bake, so here is my epic cookie shot. haha

 
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Old 06-17-2009 | 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by twalls
I my opinion based on the things stated here, I think the "best" shot that I've seen thus far is this one.. Which I've noticed Chris even put as his avtar.. It's well balanced, background is not distracting, good lighting, angle is on point.. Nice job.. Notice how the different amounts of light create value in this shot to make it look "liquid-like"? That's what you're after.. Soft light to make it look smooth and flowing.. You took it out of the direct sunlight..




One thing however, I'd check your ISO setting on your camera to make sure it's not set too high.. I think you're getting a lot of graininess in your pics due to high ISO settings.. In good light, you wanna get it as close to 100 as possible, some cams even let you drop it to 50. ISO is the CMOS' sensitivity to light. You can compensate for low light situations (especially when you can't use flash) by increasing the camera's ISO( most cams go up to 1600). However, the compromise for increased sensitivity is increased graininess in your pics (called noise).. Most cameras have built in "noise reduction", but it's still visible unfortunately.. Post production can take care of this.. I normally set my ISO at the beginning of a shoot, depending on available light, and leave it alone.
yeah miy iso on my camera is set to Auto...most of the time I think it pops up in the 800 range....I cant remember. I only think the lowest I could go down to was 400
 
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