A few flower pics I took after a rain shower today.... Feedback is appreiciated! As I am still veeery new to photography and eager to learn....
amateurmacfreak said:Thanks to both of you!
I agree about the saturation... I just sort of put them on my comp and then posted, heh.
And I'll look at the camera settings, but I have a Kodak Easyshare V550. Doubt there's a great amount that can be done w/ it's setttings.
And the blur in the background is agreed! Thanks!
Also, I don't want to put blame my camera, but I feel like it's complete basicness (haha, it's late, ok?!?!) makes it hard to get the focus right and the depth of field right.... so, just to throw that in there. I'm sort of young (well, really young, 9 days to 13) so I don't have enough money for a new, nice camera/can't expect my parents to buy me one, haha, when I have a camera better than any of my friends already.
And, oh, I don't really think they're too small when you click on them. Did you click on them, haha? Sorry, I'm probably being dumb....
Thank you! I will definitely take your advice on the zooming in thing, haha.... . But on the aperture.... I don't believe I have that option. Thanks for the advice!!Abstract said:Its normal to focus on a flower, and then blur the background. You can still do it with a camera like yours, because I see you already have (looks at #3 and #4). I have an even smaller camera (an ultrathin Canon) with less manual controls than yours, and I can still do it sometimes. Just focus on a flower and let everything else blur by zooming in (you definitely have this option ) and opening the aperture as wide as you can (if you have that option....not sure). You can also focus on a subject and point the camera to something else beside it, and if your original subject is still in your view, and the distance between you and your original subject hasn't changed, it'll still be in focus. By doing this, you can get something in focus without it being in the middle of your photo. It can be off to the side of the photo, etc.
If you don't focus on something, everything just looks blurry (sees #2, #5). That, and don't take a photo of flowers if they're blowing in the wind. They just blur because of motion.
amateurmacfreak said:Thanks to both of you!
I agree about the saturation... I just sort of put them on my comp and then posted, heh.
And I'll look at the camera settings, but I have a Kodak Easyshare V550. Doubt there's a great amount that can be done w/ it's setttings.
Haha, and I'm just used to working with small ones!Clix Pix said:And, yup, I did click on the thumbnails! LOL! Sorry -- I'm just used to working with fairly large images when I'm evaluating resolution, sharpness, focus, all that....
Oh, and happy birthday in advance!
I agree strongly with ChrisA - control what you can (edit: but as ChrisA mentions, be careful how you use the flash to avoid "flattening" the shot). Experiment with light. Experiment with depth of field (as far as you can control it with your camera). Experiment with colour, patterns, textures, movement (yes, blurred photos can sometimes be VERY effective). Experiment with the time of day (the light is quite different in the morning and evening compared with the middle of the day).ChrisA said:Control what you can....
etc etc etc
amateurmacfreak said:A few flower pics I took after a rain shower today.... Feedback is appreiciated! As I am still veeery new to photography and eager to learn....
Kirbdog said:I took these a couple weeks ago. There are no flowers outside right now cause its still winter, but I have a huge green house at my disposal. I spend lots of time taking photos there, lighting is challange sometimes. But that is why we use remote flashes.
Thanks, I feel better sharing them than having them hoarded away in my HD.Abstract said:The 1st photo with the white flower is my favourite from your photos, but did you notice that the flower in the 2nd photo looks a lot like a scorpion?