A Photo A Day Thread

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http://flickr.com/photos/jacksonf/2629316153/
 
looks like you have hands coming out of your crotch, texting someone
 
How do you get your photo to show up? It doesn't work for me.
 
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You have to copy the address of the actual picture, not just the page it's on and then using the imagetag
 

I added a filter because I'm a terrible photographer at the moment. (press F11 for full screen)
 


a picture I took for putting on craigs list or ebay

turned out... okay. I'm still horrible at this.


I checked out like 3 photography books. I'm half way through a digital photography basics book


I think I need to read the instruction manual because most of my shots are obscenely out of focus.
 
I doesn't take a photography book to make basic photos. Set your camera to automatic and provided you have enough light and your hands don't shake violently, the photo should be in focus.
 
I've just haven't felt like reading the manual, but I'll probably do that today. Since this is my first digital camera, I don't know what any of the buttons do yet.


I've recently become interested in getting into photography professionally, so that explains the books.

I hold the camera steady, so that's not the issue here - it's something with the autofocus or exposure time or something. It seems like an OKay camera.
 
VirusType2 said:
I've just haven't felt like reading the manual, but I'll probably do that today. Since this is my first digital camera, I don't know what any of the buttons do yet.


I've recently become interested in getting into photography professionally, so that explains the books.

I hold the camera steady, so that's not the issue here - it's something with the autofocus or exposure time or something. It seems like an OKay camera.
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It seems to me that there is too little light in your rifle pic. Your camera compensates for that with a higher exposure time (to absorb more light) and since your hand isn't perfectly steady it captures the small movements, causing the photo to get blurry.

You could use the flash, but that will make the colors look ugly.

So try making the scene brighter. Or maybe take the photo outside when it's bright.

I sometimes use the self-timer if there's poor lighting and I have to hold the camera - that way you can focus on holding the camera as steady as possible and eliminate the slight jerk that may occur when you're pressing the button.
 
Unfocused said:
It seems to me that there is too little light in your rifle pic. Your camera compensates for that with a higher exposure time (to absorb more light) and since your hand isn't perfectly steady it captures the small movements, causing the photo to get blurry.

You could use the flash, but that will make the colors look ugly.

So try making the scene brighter. Or maybe take the photo outside when it's bright.

I sometimes use the self-timer if there's poor lighting and I have to hold the camera - that way you can focus on holding the camera as steady as possible and eliminate the slight jerk that may occur when you're pressing the button.
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thanks a lot for the tips. I need all the suggestions I can get. Well, I played around with the menu and discovered that my camera has been on night shot the entire time.

Unfortunately, I didn't have any better luck when switching it to landscape mode. It seems the flash really makes the camera focus better or something. I guess it's like you said - a large amount of light means the camera doesn't have to use a long exposure, so that eliminates shaking involved when it takes the picture so fast.

I made some more photographs tonight, outside, and only 5 out of about 30 shots were in focus. The sun was going down. I guess I'll need to use my tripod and/or use a flash.


My first ever nature photo (that wasn't too blurry)




here is the only one that isn't too blurry of a stray cat that likes me



I can see now that I'm going to need to use a flash or get a better camera if I want to make photographs of movement.
 
Thanks to the advice of Unfocused (ironically)

I set up a krypton work lamp, I set my camera on a stack of books, and set the timer. The clearest, most focused picture I've taken so far. I'm so proud and pleased with it. :D




I'm going to try to get like $5 or $10 for this case

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Today I went outside at noon. Lots of light. I found something interesting to photograph - some fungus growing on a log.

cropped


this one got me a mosquito bite, and almost a 2nd one. I can see now that taking photographs leaves you very vulnerable to mosquitoes.
 



I can't wait until Autumn now that I have a camera.

It's so pretty when all the leaves turn colors. They get really bright red, orange and yellow.

EDIT - this is my backyard BTW
 

My favorite part of my kitchen

The colors aren't really coming through like they do. Needed more light I guess, but the other light was making a big glare on the picture frame.

I need a new silverware tray that matches though. I may return the CAFE thing and the Trashcan to the store. Either way I guess. What do you think?

Actually recovered the table from an old restoration job. The house was in a fire and the table has some smoke damage and needs to be sanded and stained - at least on the surfaces, it's quite bad. That explains the table cloth thing.

oh.

and that woman statue? That's my secretary. She answers the phone and takes messages.
KineticAesthetic said:
Don't like that filter at all, Virus.
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Yeah, i was thinking the same thing. It was just a grey day though, and the amount of green was sickening.

here's a copy w/o the filter

 
I generally find that it's better to stay away from filters while 'enhancing' photos. Personally I like playing with the colours etc.

My take on your pic:

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Algonquin Provincial Park

Here's some pictures from my trip I took last October.

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Unfocused said:
I generally find that it's better to stay away from filters while 'enhancing' photos. Personally I like playing with the colours etc.
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Shit. I like that. I found the original boring, but that is very interesting.

I hate to bug you, but would you mind setting me in the right direction to go about doing enhancements like that? Like is it color level, contrast, brightness or what?



I went out again today

These are 6 of my favorites from my backyard along the river in Virginia, USA






 
From a distillery in Kentucky. Heaven Hill distillery.

A line of barrels.
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My favorite pic. I did no editing or color enhancements at all.

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The sun was almost all the way down, so it didn't turn out that great, but I think it's still a decent photo of a tree with some colorful fungus

(I guess that's what it is)



TCfromBN, I love the first and last shot. That is awesome. I guess it's iron in the water that oxidizes that makes the water orange? I'd make them my wallpapers if they were larger.
 
VirusType2 said:
TCfromBN, I love the first and last shot. That is awesome. I guess it's iron in the water that oxidizes that makes the water orange? I'd make them my wallpapers if they were larger.
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Actually, it's all from thermophile bacteria. Those are shots of and around hot springs in Yellowstone National Park.

It's pretty amazing tbh, those bacteria live in water above boiling temperatures.

If you'd like some full size shots, I could send them to you through msn or AIM, I have a galleries worth of shots of awesome looking hot springs in 12 MP.
 
TCfromBN said:
Actually, it's all from thermophile bacteria. Those are shots of and around hot springs in Yellowstone National Park.

It's pretty amazing tbh, those bacteria live in water above boiling temperatures.

If you'd like some full size shots, I could send them to you through msn or AIM, I have a galleries worth of shots of awesome looking hot springs in 12 MP.
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Interesting.

I don't have AIM or MSN unfortunately. If you are open to other ways, I'd be grateful.

here are some alternatives that I use. You could send a link in a private message

Torrent
Rapidshare
Megaupload
single files - Imageshack
wallpaper.coms
 
I went to Longleat a couple of days ago and it has a safari park. Here's a camel.

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