Took this as part of some pictures I'm taking for my parent's B&B. Does anyone know why the whites in the top of the picture are grainy? My background is solid white and the only post processing was contrast and saturation on a RAW file. Thanks.
EXIF
D80, f/22, 4.0s, 0ev, ISO 100, Focal 70.00mm
This wonderful shot reminds me of some of the early work of Sydney Laurence. If is squint really hard hand hold my head at an angle I and just make out a sheep in the cloud...
Sydney Mortimer Laurence (18651940) was a Romantic landscape painter and is widely considered one of Alaska's most important historical artists. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and studied at the Art Students League of New York. He married Alexandrina Fredricka Dupre in 1889, and they traveled to England, where they lived in an art colony in St. Ives in Cornwall from 1889 to 1898. Laurence came to Alaska in 1903 or 1904.
Sometimes I get the feeling that if someone just did a photo book of homeless animals it would really be a good money-raiser for the cause. Most people when they look into the eyes of a stray as captured on "film" (I still like the way that sounds...) usually have some kind of positive emotional reaction, which is a good thing.
Hmm, well I gotta ask, who takes photo of you? You take urself or someone takes for you? Cause I wonder if you use self timer, how you get the face perfectly focused. My only problem with taking my own shots is that there is no way for the camera to refocus right before taking the shot
Hmm, well I gotta ask, who takes photo of you? You take urself or someone takes for you? Cause I wonder if you use self timer, how you get the face perfectly focused. My only problem with taking my own shots is that there is no way for the camera to refocus right before taking the shot
I took it on front of the mirror, using an external flash to bounce it on the wall to my right. The flash has a visible AF light, and I used it to focus on my eyes.
Ah, here is another of my always wondered question, you take that shot in front of the mirror, then what happen to your DSLR? Cause the DSLR need to be behind of you to get that shot right? So you edited it out or something?
He uses an XTi, if I recall correctly. (EXIF data confirms this.) Canon Speedlites have an AF assist beam as well, I've got a 580EX that is helpful for focus when it's pitch-black. It's a decent selling point since Canon's DSLRs AF assist is usually strobing of the pop-up flash, which as we all know isn't the best solution.
If you look at the pic, you'll notice that I'm not facing the mirror directly, due to the camera not being shot directly at the mirror.
