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Post by andy on May 8, 2023 7:42:07 GMT
Manuals are often pretty obscure when you get a new camera But they are very rarely actually wrong. The more you become familiar with a camera, the more sense the manual makes. Yesterday I noticed an option on my phone for single take. www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00088362/#:~:text=Single%20take%20will%20capture%20multiple,with%20preapplied%20filters%20and%20effects Hopefully once I've tried it the manual will make more sense. Is it any use for dogs playing in the river? |
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Post by geoffr on May 8, 2023 7:42:34 GMT
The order of priority has to be: Get in the cameraGet it sharp in the frame Get it right in the camera You can put all the energy you like into getting the exposure right but if the subject is disappearing off the side of the frame who cares if it is beautifully exposed. Blimey, is that why you like the larger bodies? I have to sleep somewhere! I was trying to say, the first priority is to get the picture. I have a number of images taken at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s place in Arundel. Some are actually “right” but many could be described as “in focus and well exposed failures”, because the subject is partially out of the frame. The cameras did a great job of getting focus and exposure right, I didn’t do a great job on the composition. |
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Post by kate on May 8, 2023 7:57:23 GMT
You get it right in-camera when you get the result you envisaged. It may not be right in terms of focus or white balance or sharpness - but if the result is what you were after - then you got it right.
For me there is only the right result. Make the camera work the way you want it to.
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Post by andy on May 8, 2023 14:53:11 GMT
Hopefully once I've tried it the manual will make more sense. Is it any use for dogs playing in the river? The manual still doesn't help. Turns out single take mode takes a 10 second video and AI produces a range of stills and short videos from it.  Sometimes it seems to do a pretty good job of picking a moment  And the short videos can be fun too... |
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Post by don on Jan 4, 2024 17:16:43 GMT
I’ve said it before probably on the lounge I don’t tend to do post production stuff, my mantra is LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO LEARN PHOTOSHOP and apart from cropping I never mess with shots. Anyone else feel that way?
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Post by Ivor E Tower on Jan 4, 2024 22:08:12 GMT
If the dog is playing in the river, how do you expect it to be able to hold the smartphone and press the screen in the correct place to take a photo?? |
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Post by Chester PB on Jan 6, 2024 22:43:18 GMT
I’ve said it before probably on the lounge I don’t tend to do post production stuff, my mantra is LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO LEARN PHOTOSHOP and apart from cropping I never mess with shots. Anyone else feel that way? I have leaned the bits of Photoshop Elements 7 (purchased in 2009) that I need, and found that as well as cropping it is useful for: Rotation before printing to correct sloping horizons of coast/beach shots - sometimes as little as half a degree makes a lot of difference. Correction or reduction of image distortion on wide angle shots. Lightening or darkening parts of the image when having a print done. Very occasionally using the 'clone tool' to remove a small unwanted part of the image. One of my favourite 'tree shots' originally had a white plastic bag attached to a branch high on the tree, but there is no sign of it on the print. Sometimes working with the RAW file to adjust the colour temperature before saving it as a JPG for printing. This process allows more accurate adjustment than working with the JPG file only. Creating a monochrome version of the shot. Editing jobs like this only require a few minutes (even to do them all), so I believe they fall within the 'life is too short' definition. The heavily processed images we see everywhere, whether done slowly using editing software on a PC or quickly using one click quick fixes on smartphones, to me merely devalue any skill in photography. As always, I accept that other opinions are available. |
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Post by dorsetmike on Jan 7, 2024 1:20:23 GMT
I’ve said it before probably on the lounge I don’t tend to do post production stuff, my mantra is LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO LEARN PHOTOSHOP and apart from cropping I never mess with shots. Anyone else feel that way? I agree on the Photoshop statement, however I do "mess with shots" I use Picture Publisher, which I've been using since the late 1980s, now on V10 which was the last version (2001) before Micrografx got bought out by Corel. |
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Post by don on Jan 7, 2024 12:18:01 GMT
I’ve said it before probably on the lounge I don’t tend to do post production stuff, my mantra is LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO LEARN PHOTOSHOP and apart from cropping I never mess with shots. Anyone else feel that way? I have leaned the bits of Photoshop Elements 7 (purchased in 2009) that I need, and found that as well as cropping it is useful for: Rotation before printing to correct sloping horizons of coast/beach shots - sometimes as little as half a degree makes a lot of difference. Correction or reduction of image distortion on wide angle shots. Lightening or darkening parts of the image when having a print done. Very occasionally using the 'clone tool' to remove a small unwanted part of the image. One of my favourite 'tree shots' originally had a white plastic bag attached to a branch high on the tree, but there is no sign of it on the print. Sometimes working with the RAW file to adjust the colour temperature before saving it as a JPG for printing. This process allows more accurate adjustment than working with the JPG file only. Creating a monochrome version of the shot. Editing jobs like this only require a few minutes (even to do them all), so I believe they fall within the 'life is too short' definition. The heavily processed images we see everywhere, whether done slowly using editing software on a PC or quickly using one click quick fixes on smartphones, to me merely devalue any skill in photography. As always, I accept that other opinions are available. Yep I agree and double agree with your comment about heavily processed shots. My wife is even more critical than me about them, for me they are a scourge on our hobby. I must say photoshop is a wonderful product with so much more available to use I tried it and discarded so many years ago I have forgotten what little I did know. I seem to remember using it for website design more than photography. |
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Post by don on Jan 7, 2024 12:21:21 GMT
I’ve said it before probably on the lounge I don’t tend to do post production stuff, my mantra is LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO LEARN PHOTOSHOP and apart from cropping I never mess with shots. Anyone else feel that way? I agree on the Photoshop statement, however I do "mess with shots" I use Picture Publisher, which I've been using since the late 1980s, now on V10 which was the last version (2001) before Micrografx got bought out by Corel. Now that is a blast from the past Picture Publisher, I never used it but a friend did and used it a lot. Memories are flooding back. |
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Post by dorsetmike on Jan 7, 2024 12:46:54 GMT
I agree on the Photoshop statement, however I do "mess with shots" I use Picture Publisher, which I've been using since the late 1980s, now on V10 which was the last version (2001) before Micrografx got bought out by Corel. Now that is a blast from the past Picture Publisher, I never used it but a friend did and used it a lot. Memories are flooding back. Picture Publisher v10 is still available as a free download, however you will also need a Windows XP emulator to run it! Windows 7 has a built in XP emulator, I believe it can be done on Windows 10 by setting up a "virtual machine" and having an XP disc. |
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Post by don on Jan 7, 2024 13:02:28 GMT
Now that is a blast from the past Picture Publisher, I never used it but a friend did and used it a lot. Memories are flooding back. Picture Publisher v10 is still available as a free download, however you will also need a Windows XP emulator to run it! Windows 7 has a built in XP emulator, I believe it can be done on Windows 10 by setting up a "virtual machine" and having an XP disc. Mike I don’t think I can do that. I only use my iPad now my laptop hasn’t been turned on in over two years. I don’t do anything like the amount of websites stuff that I used to and don’t intend on starting over again |
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Post by dorsetmike on Jan 8, 2024 21:15:10 GMT
Playing with Picture Publisher Original Mono |
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Post by dorsetmike on Jan 8, 2024 21:22:00 GMT
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Post by don on Feb 4, 2024 12:19:25 GMT
Lol 😂 normally it’s the other way round colour to B&W. That’s put a big smile on my face 😊 |
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