photography

• Nanaho wrote on 2011-04-25 18:13
  Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuutterfly <3
• Shirayuki wrote on 2011-04-25 22:56

  Quote from Mama;422141:

  [Image: http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l91/amoresoup/DSC_0011.jpg]

  
  
  My favorite by far :D
  
  Even though they're all bootyful
• Mama wrote on 2011-04-26 01:12

  Quote from Shirayuki;423149:

  My favorite by far :D
  
  Even though they're all bootyful

  
  
  thanks pandie
  I liked that one too, the shape of the leaves and the colours stood out to me as a good setting to shoot.
• Tokiko wrote on 2011-04-28 02:21

  Quote from Mama;422779:

  
  d80 is perfectly fine too. you should share your photography! I bet you're not as bad as you think you are, people are their worst critic.
  The lens is a nikon AF-S 35mm f/1.8G, it's good for the price, but unfortunately not good for macro shots. I'd love to get up close and personal to things.

  
  I already created a topic a while back and people told me I should focus on positioning the camera to the objects better and ever since then I've only taken about 2-6 pictures.
  
  I was using a D80 with a 50mm f/1.8D at the time my friend let me borrow his camera it really is a good camera but I just want to mess around with the video recording options with the D90.
  
  Also what are Macro shots? I've never really go too in depth with photography Dx
• Mama wrote on 2011-04-28 02:53

  Quote from Tokiko;427028:

  I already created a topic a while back and people told me I should focus on positioning the camera to the objects better and ever since then I've only taken about 2-6 pictures.
  
  I was using a D80 with a 50mm f/1.8D at the time my friend let me borrow his camera it really is a good camera but I just want to mess around with the video recording options with the D90.
  
  Also what are Macro shots? I've never really go too in depth with photography Dx

  
  
  post em! and positioning is important, gotta remember stuff like the rule of thirds and other general art theories that'll help if you want to know techniques on how to make 'better' photos. having a rather shallow depth of field on my lens gave me some nice blur effects that let people focus on one part of a photo which people find pleasing. (hopefully this doesnt sound preachy, but it might help confidence)
  
  and macro shots are those that are EXTREMELY UP CLOSE of small objects (in my case I wanted to get into the face of butterflies and maybe their wings to make some pretty shots of their scales, a detail that is lost in regular photos)
  
  and ya the video recording is very nice, pretty much the only real difference.
• Skye wrote on 2011-04-28 03:38

  Quote from Mama;422141:

  [Image: http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l91/amoresoup/DSC_0011.jpg]

  
  
  WHEN DID THIS SNEAK IN HERE!?
  I didn't even see it until just now. IT'S GORGEOUS.
• Mama wrote on 2011-04-28 03:41

  Quote from Skye;427092:

  WHEN DID THIS SNEAK IN HERE!?
  I didn't even see it until just now. IT'S GORGEOUS.

  
  
  I processed more photos and added em to the first post.
  glad you like it, dear. It seems that one is a favourite!
• Sumpfkraut wrote on 2011-04-28 16:42
  The girl in the OP has beautiful hair! :blood: I want to brush and play with it all day!
  
  

  Quote from Mythical Detective Loki;422453:

  Here's sump's new desktops .w.

  
  Nah, too small.
• whocares8128 wrote on 2011-04-28 19:35

  Quote from Mama;422180:

  One of my goals is to get one sharp and in flight, but that'd need a very fast shutterspeed and large aperture. maybe one day ;_;

  
  
  You can do it. Try adjusting the ISO setting to a higher number. As you multiply that number by X, the time it takes to capture an image (with everything else being equal) is 1/X of the original time. In film cameras, this meant changing out the film being used (as ISO is a measure of how sensitive the film is to light), but it's quite easy to do with digital cameras. You'll suffer a bit of image quality at a certain point though, largely dependent on the size of the image sensor. However, don't worry too much, because I know the D90 has a much better image sensor than my "toy" camera, and I can get decent results up to somewhere around 400-800 ISO (though I prefer to shoot everything at 80 if possible).
  
  
  Anyway, with a camera like that, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to take shot of a butterfly in flight (given enough daylight), even with a macro lens. Well, it might be challenging to focus on the butterfly, but otherwise it needn't be blurry.
• Mama wrote on 2011-04-28 21:29
  ooh thats true. I've tried playing with the ISO settings beforehand and do notice at a certain point the image gets noisy depending on how much light is present, but I had just set it to auto for these photos.
  
  I'll have to try again sometime. I think I unintentionally caught one in flight at one point, but that picture didn't turn out well compositionally. Focusing is definitely the hard part, since they come and go in a blink of an eye, so it takes a lot of trial and error. Tried being trigger happy <_<
• Mama wrote on 2011-05-30 05:50
  My kitty looked cute, and I liked how the sun spackled on him, so took a piccie.
  I love his bunk ear.
  I was thinking of cropping the image, but never got satisfied with the result so just left this sleeping dog lie. giggles.
  
  

  [Image: http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l91/amoresoup/DSC_0026-1.jpg]
• Cucurbita wrote on 2011-05-30 05:56

  Quote from Mama;459863:

  My kitty looked cute, and I liked how the sun spackled on him, so took a piccie.
  I love his bunk ear.
  I was thinking of cropping the image, but never got satisfied with the result so just left this sleeping dog lie. giggles.
  
  

  [Image: http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l91/amoresoup/DSC_0026-1.jpg]

  
  
  I think I just died a little inside. So adorable. Seeing it sleeping out like that reminds me a little of tom from tom and jerry.
  
  My dad is a photo junky and has a hobby in astronomy (he spent like 40k on a telescope) so we have some fantastic pix of stars i can share later. Unfortunately I could never get a good handle on a camera.
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2011-05-30 06:00
  Picik looks so funneh
• Skye wrote on 2011-05-30 06:08
  I think cropping that picture would have taken away from it. It's gorgeous. :)
• Mama wrote on 2011-05-30 06:09

  Quote from Cucurbita;459871:

  I think I just died a little inside. So adorable. Seeing it sleeping out like that reminds me a little of tom from tom and jerry.
  
  My dad is a photo junky and has a hobby in astronomy (he spent like 40k on a telescope) so we have some fantastic pix of stars i can share later. Unfortunately I could never get a good handle on a camera.

  
  I'd really like to see those photos. I absolutely love astronomy, and stargazing..
  and my cat is a little troublemaker. But it's so hard to stay mad at something so cute.
  
  
  

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;459875:

  Picik looks so funneh

  
  he is a funny lil kitty indeed
  
  @Skye
  Thank you, dear. I'm glad I went with my gut feeling.