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PHOTO-A-DAY: November 2012
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golf007: Yes, that is why I seldom shoot wider than f4 (unless the subject is a long way away from me). However, if you are trying to achieve maximum smooth bokeh that usually happens "wide open" on any lens. So it becomes a big trade off. DOF v bokeh. I almost always elevate DOF over bokeh. That is why I set a limit of only shooting "wide open" on myself for a few days to force myself to try to work within the constraints of maximum aperture. This is a lesson less experienced photographers need to learn for themselves by trial and error. Hopefully, our PAD examples will be helpful to them.
El_Pickerel: I have hiked the Eastern "Mountains" and found them hard to photograph compared to "real" mountains like the Rockies. the problem is they lie at too low an altitude so the rocks are hidden by trees and all you get is something that looks like wooded hillsides rather than rugged rock formations. Your photograph shows the rock/tree juxtaposition as good as any I have seen. Good job.
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WOW, page 23 blew by me so fast. The photos are absolutely amazing. I'd love to comment on all images but I'll +1 all the comments that were already made and also try to visit individual Flickr pages if available.
Thanks for your comments as well.
I must say to Coastalconn that I believe we must be in the midst of an Osprey migration cuz they're showing up along the Florida coast now.
D800 ; Nikon 24-70mm @ 48mm f/5.6 ; 1/3000sec ; ISO 200.Posted 6 months ago # -
D800 • ZF.2 100mm f2 @ f2.5 • 1/160 • ISO 200
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Pippigurl,, is this a silver efex pro PP? This came out very nicely.
Yeti, I like the different types of b/w contrasts, harsh on the floor, creamy in the sky.Posted 6 months ago # -
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Lots of wonderful images this month.... Thank you for the kind comments...
D7000
Nikkor 18-200mm at 95mm
1/400
f/9
ISO 100
-1/3 EVPosted 6 months ago # -
Rschnaible, did you take tour of "The Rock" ? I was in the SF area and regret not taking tour. It is pricey though....
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Benji I use Photomatix. Thank for your encouragement.
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golf007sd said:
... I know you know this but some may not fully realize how shallow the DOF really is. Here is a good example that we can all relate to...note the focus plane on the keyboard (H-line) and those that are out-of-focus.donaldejose said:
... That is why I set a limit of only shooting "wide open" on myself for a few days to force myself to try to work within the constraints of maximum aperture. This is a lesson less experienced photographers need to learn for themselves by trial and error. Hopefully, our PAD examples will be helpful to them.DOF is something I have a question on for the more experienced people. How do you'll know what aperture you need for given focal length to achieve a certain DOF. Lets take Juergen incredible picture of the parrot as an example. I see he used a 105mm lens and used an f stop of 3.5 to achieve enough DOF to where it starts blurring around the feathers at the back of the bird's head. Do you'll have some rule you'll use that says at this focal length you need an f stop set to x to have enough DOF to cover an area about the size of birds a head? I have read several articles on the matter and everything seems to point to a program to figure out that information. Maybe this just comes with shooting so many different lenses and different f stops you'll just know where you need to be to achieve the DOF you're looking for??? I like playing with DOF but have no clue as to how much aperture I need to dial in to get the kind of shot I am looking for. I just set to something I think might be close and just see how it goes but this seems like a difficult way to learn it given all the variables involved.
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Here is a pic related to the question I asked. It was taken at 300mm f/5.6 which is wide open for this lens. I wanted to keep to focus on the head and blur the body out. I would like to blur the body out a little more but this is the best I can do with this lens. I wouldn't be able to tell you when I took this picture what would and wouldn't be in focus.
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Old Sarum
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Took the family to the Museum of Discovery today. The D600 continues to amaze.
D600 | 1/320 | f/3.5 | 24-120 @ 24mm | ISO 1600I put a few more on my flickr page if you want to take a look.
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@RX4photo, I know, It is very sad, no ospreys for me until April :( Now I'm stalking Owls, Hawks and hopefully more Eagles. This will be my first winter in the woods so I have no idea what might show up...
@David play around with this DOF calculator. http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html It will give you a ballpark idea. The only way to get a smaller DOF is get closer to the subject. For instance at 40 feet your DOF is 1.2 feet and at 20 feet it is .3 feet at 300mm F5.6... I have a set of warblers on flickr that are actually shot at F8 and F9 at 500mm at about 9 feet.. The dof is like .01 foot... http://www.flickr.com/photos/coastalconn/sets/72157631781041500/
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D800 w/24-120mm @ 27mm F/5.6
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@David There is not a "rule that I personally follow. For me, DOF has to do with: my distance to the subject and my lenses maximum aperture. Take for example this shot bellow taken with the same lens that Juergen used: Nikon 105 2.8 Micro. Note the F-stop is @ 4.8. This is the fasted aperture (widest opening) the lens would allow me to take this shot at such a close distance...even though it has a constant f/2.8 throughout it's range.
Your shot is very acceptable @ f/5.6 for that distance, specially on a moving subject. You did a great job. But be aware that the lens you are using is "wide open" at f/4.5 @ 70mm, while at 300mm the maximum aperture opening is @ 5.6. If you where able to shorten your distance to bird then you would have been able to taken that shot @ f/4.5 and thus blown the back ground (a.k.a better bokah) even more.
In the end it all comes down to what YOU want to capture and share with your audience. And by all means keep shooting...their is no substitute for practice. Forget all the technical mambo jumbo. Snap away and have fun :D
Cheers...
D4 105 2.8 1/13 ISO 8000 @ f/4.8 (hand held /w VR off).
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Nice shots, especially some of the landscapes.
My dad visited yesterday so of course I had to shoot him.
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More fun on PAD
so, a look at a mighty expensive car....sort of close-up....as it was in the showroom.
D4, 16-35mm f/4 VR Nikkor at 29mm. 1/160 sec at f/4.0, ISO 5600
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As my plane from Dublin to Warsaw landed some 200km away from the destination airport and to get back home in recent time I had to take the train, I got some time to upload one of the snaps from yesterday - from Cliffs of Moher, Ireland. Incredible place - and I've seen some places here and there.
Nikon D800 + N70-200/2.8vrII + TC14eIIPosted 5 months ago # -
@David: many cameras have a preview button that closes the aperture in the preview as it will be shot later. It is meant for previewing the DOF. I use this function here and there have assigned it to the function button.
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@msmoto: That would have been a neat shot with your custom fisheye lens [with the horse facing us] :P
Personally I love those shot you share with us when the sports car is flying by and the break are glowing red caused by the driver applying the breaks. :DPS. I can see how you took that shot via the lug nuts reflection....lol!
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@donald - I haven't run across a spot in the northeast anything like that. Rocky bald peaks here and there, subalpine environments up in Maine, some interesting stuff cut by the streams running through, but nothing like this place. If you have any suggestions for places around the northeast, I'd hear 'em. :)
D800 - AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G VR - 150mm - f/2.8 - ISO 100 - 1/50sec
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Benji and Adam, spectaccular shots. Nice work everyone.
Thanks all who commented on the parrot. Got some questions on the Phottix lightbox, it is the small 14 x 20 version.
My pic for today is a hungry butterfly.
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adamz said:
As my plane from Dublin to Warsaw landed some 200km away from the destination airport and to get back home in recent time I had to take the train, I got some time to upload one of the snaps from yesterday - from Cliffs of Moher, Ireland. Incredible place - and I've seen some places here and there.Did you take that image while on the train or did you upload it when you were on the train?
No matter how you did it, incredible picture!
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