Photography

[RhumbRunner13]

Wink.....

....play with some filtering. A polarizing filter would cut some of the haziness around the moon in the first as would, I think, an 80 A "sky filter". Color filtering can create great effects as well as correct some errors caused by the subject alone. Winter scenes, such as yours tend to be very "blue" weighted because the ice and snow reflect it so well. Play with your photo editor to see if taking out some blue doesn't enhance the natural greens and yellows, without desroying the esthetics of your picture. Just remember, it is your photography, make yourself happy! Don't worry too much about experts or those who play them on the internet!

Nice job!

RhumbRunner

 

[wink740]

Thank you all for your coments. I really enjoyed the photos you posted. We have some very talented people out there. Keep your coments and photos coming.

 

[Jaded1]

Wink740

Absolutely great picture. Creative is a definite strong point of yours. I have played with photography for several years. Trust me I do not consider myself a Pro. I have been apart of several exhibitions and have had two private exhibitions myself. I have been one of twenty five people selected by the New England Color Slide Assoc. to have there work exhibited around the world. Mig gave you excellent advice shoot lots of pictures. Film is cheap especially if you set up a dark room. If you have a automatic camera don't be affraid to override the automatic settings. A little rule of thumb that I use is I open my lens up one stop when shooting people (elimates the grayish tone to the skin) and close my lens down one stop when shooting landscapes (seems to make the clouds more pronounced and darkens up the shaded areas to add a bolder look between the light and darks areas of the picture). If you are planning to take photograph seriously I would recommend taking some of the seminars around. If Nikon still offers the Nikon School of Photography week end seminars attend it. This information can probably be located on the web. When I attended it it was taught by Time/Life photographers. These people are not humans there gods. After that week end you will never be the same. There is also a series by Ansel Adams the guru of landscape photography. He goes into great detail about controlling light. A bite dry reading but a world of knowledge. However, the most important information I can pass on is have fun with it. Remeber not every roll of film is going to produce a noble prize winner! Photography allows you as a indivdual to see beauty evey day that other people pass by. Good luck and enjoy yourself

Jaded1, CT

As a experiment try a couple of rolls of black and white film. My recommendation Kodak Tri -X.............

 

[wink740]

My last photo for A while, my poor old camera has died . I'm off to the net to find A new one.

 

[Svedish_Chef]

New one for the sexy girl

 

[Starfish]

Wow! these photos are amazing.


You guys have great photography skills. I am especially fond of the bare tree in Nebraska. GO CORNHUSKERS! (sorry, had to plug because my pa is from Omaha)


Don't forget that there is a world of things to shoot photos of, close up.

 

[Starfish]

Even the smallest things can exibit viberant color and be a good subject.

 

[Starfish]

Butterflies are sometimes hard to capture, but well worth it. I was lucky. This particular type is found in abundance right outside my backdoor.

 

[paphian]

the only tip anyone ever gave me about photography that i paid any attention to was to rememeber "the higher the f stop the smaller the depth of field"....beautiful picture..

That's exactly backwards. As f stop increases (say, from f2 to f16) depth of field increases.

 

[MissVictoria]

Colors seem more vibrant in the morning.

 

[wink740]

Net shopping burnout!!

Ever shop for cameras on the net? Should have my new one in A few days and be burning A few rolls of film. Am still totaly amazed at the great photographic talent out there. Continue to use this thread to post your masterpieces.

 

[wink740]

End of thread

I was going to thank all of you who gave me some good advice and A lot of encouragement, but I decided it would be unfair to take up two pages doing you all one at A time. So instead, THANKYOU TO EVERYONE.

Like A fine wine, you only get better with age