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09-03-2006, 07:44 PM
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I am so ignorant of wildlife I can sometimes identify a small amount and I am going through all my photos picking what i like to show in the gallery.But I am stuck what catagory is a snail  |
09-03-2006, 07:46 PM
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Good question |
09-03-2006, 07:49 PM
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We could say wildlife misc or even better Invertebrates Gallery but I will let Wildone decide. She is boss. 
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09-03-2006, 07:50 PM
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Help again I have been studying a lot of piccys and comments and as I tend to use auto settins for portrait etc I would like to learn some of the other settings.
What is depth of field and how do I achieve it
I have a Konica Minolata z20 and my first zoom camera which I still use as its less bukly is a fuji finepix 6800 zoom.
I will probably be asking a lot of questions as I go through the site which will take an awful long time  |
09-03-2006, 07:52 PM
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09-03-2006, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by cherrybee Help again I have been studying a lot of piccys and comments and as I tend to use auto settins for portrait etc I would like to learn some of the other settings.
What is depth of field and how do I achieve it
I have a Konica Minolata z20 and my first zoom camera which I still use as its less bukly is a fuji finepix 6800 zoom.
I will probably be asking a lot of questions as I go through the site which will take an awful long time | Depth of Field (DOF) is basically the amount of image in focus, blurred background and foreground is referred to as a shallow DOF. This is achieved by altering the aperture of the camera. Example f4 would only give focus to the subject, f11 would give a much wider area of foreground and background focus, ideal for landscapes.
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09-03-2006, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by cherrybee I am so ignorant of wildlife I can sometimes identify a small amount and I am going through all my photos picking what i like to show in the gallery.But I am stuck what catagory is a snail | Cherrybee do what you can and what you cannot do, don't bother with the category but, still upload the pictures. Another thing you could do it if you know the species, snail, wasp or whatever put it into search. You will find the search button near the top on the right hand side. If it brings up photos of your species it should say on the descriptions which category it is in. Snail by the way is Invertebrates. If you get chance look through the gallerys, especially the ones you don't know, you will get used to seeing where things go. In the meantime both digi and I will look out for your photos and make sure they arrive in the correct categories.
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09-03-2006, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by wildone Cherrybee do what you can and what you cannot do, don't bother with the category but, still upload the pictures. Another thing you could do it if you know the species, snail, wasp or whatever put it into search. You will find the search button near the top on the right hand side. If it brings up photos of your species it should say on the descriptions which category it is in. Snail by the way is Invertebrates. If you get chance look through the gallerys, especially the ones you don't know, you will get used to seeing where things go. In the meantime both digi and I will look out for your photos and make sure they arrive in the correct categories. |
I knew I should have let you reply first.
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09-03-2006, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by digi I knew I should have let you reply first. | Where's the Maam? I do have a title, I'll have you remember.
What on earth makes you think that SNAILS would go into Wildlife Miscellaneous? You digi, have also not been looking through all of the gallerys. Your homework for the next few days is to learn what goes where. And while your about it, some of those images which are hidden away deserve a comment. I hope you get my meaning!
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09-03-2006, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by wildone |
I think I had better go and rest, I did edit the post and put Invertebrates Gallery but you did not read it maam. 
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09-03-2006, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by digi Depth of Field (DOF) is basically the amount of image in focus, blurred background and foreground is referred to as a shallow DOF. This is achieved by altering the aperture of the camera. Example f4 would only give focus to the subject, f11 would give a much wider area of foreground and background focus, ideal for landscapes. | Digi, I find this rather technical ( I am only a struggling female). Is the aperture the hole in the front that the lens 'sees' through? So the smaller the hole the shallower the DOF?
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09-03-2006, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by wildone Digi, I find this rather technical ( I am only a struggling female). Is the aperture the hole in the front that the lens 'sees' through? So the smaller the hole the shallower the DOF? |
Maam, the wider the hole the shallower the dof, a photographer will ofter refer to a lens being wide open.
A big aperture refers to the small f numbers on a lens and a small aperture refers to the larger numbers, simple isn't it.
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09-03-2006, 08:33 PM
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I actually did try search and it came up with nothing I kept it to all catagories too.Never mind I am having fun but there are so many catagories I think it will take me a lifetime.Thank you too wildone and I love your banter I am havin a good laugh here keep it up |
09-03-2006, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by cherrybee I actually did try search and it came up with nothing I kept it to all catagories too.Never mind I am having fun but there are so many catagories I think it will take me a lifetime.Thank you too wildone and I love your banter I am havin a good laugh here keep it up | Don't worry Cherrybee we will sort it out, or rather I did 
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09-03-2006, 08:38 PM
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That is one of the best things about this site. Everybody is so friendly and you can have a joke without umbridge being taken. Have a look at the thread Boddie started today about Saving for a Rainy Day. It had me in fits.
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09-03-2006, 08:39 PM
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hear hear wildone i too am a struggling women and a struggling photographer
It makes sense about depth of field but although I have been through all the settings P,A,S,M AND THE MANUAL i AM MORE CONFUSED THAN EVER HAHA!
Sorry i am shouting hit caps lock by mistake.Manual confused me even more
I think I know what ISO is that controls shutter speed the highest on my camera is 320 I understand thats the fastest,perhaps I should use that more as sometimes it takes as I sometimes have blurred images must be my age and the shakes Or am i getting confused again ? |
09-03-2006, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by cherrybee hear hear wildone i too am a struggling women and a struggling photographer
It makes sense about depth of field but although I have been through all the settings P,A,S,M AND THE MANUAL i AM MORE CONFUSED THAN EVER HAHA!
Sorry i am shouting hit caps lock by mistake.Manual confused me even more
I think I know what ISO is that controls shutter speed the highest on my camera is 320 I understand thats the fastest,perhaps I should use that more as sometimes it takes as I sometimes have blurred images must be my age and the shakes Or am i getting confused again ? | No Cherrybee ISO is the speed of the film not the shutter speed, the higher the iso the more image noise you will see (grain)
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09-03-2006, 08:56 PM
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But digi, digital cameras don't have film. So how is that related to the modern camera. Also my present camera doesn't have a lens with numbers on like my old SLR. Is there a way it should work the same as I was used to? Somehow I have managed a shallow depth of field, see some of my wildflower images, but I don't know how it came to be like that. Anyway enough of this I am hogging Cherrybee's thread.
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09-03-2006, 08:59 PM
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I have just played with the A as I take it that is aperture cannot see anything about the f setting.I have drive mode image size quality white balance and key function (flash button)which i can change from focus mode to drive mode(colour) or white balance(sensitivity) Then that gets even more complicated cos when I press the flash button I get 3 more settings to chose (af-c) nothing to change,MF seems to be distance 0.1, 0.2 etc
I am never going to understand these I think I will stick to auto and rely on COREL psp X to get them looking as best I can as long as I like it. I just enjoy taking my photos and joining the site was the best thing I ever did its such fun>My own site has had a few hits from my link on here in the last couple of days so whoever it was I hope you liked my site and thankyou for looking |
09-03-2006, 09:01 PM
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well hog away this is fun |
09-03-2006, 09:06 PM
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09-03-2006, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by cherrybee I am so ignorant of wildlife I can sometimes identify a small amount and I am going through all my photos picking what i like to show in the gallery.But I am stuck what catagory is a snail | Hi Cherrybee youcould hae asked me
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09-03-2006, 09:38 PM
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The higher iso setting will allow you to take an image in lower light. Even though digital does not have film speed the iso still works in a similar way and at higher iso's the sensor gets hotter and developes more noise.
Thats it for tonight I have given myself a headache.
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09-03-2006, 09:43 PM
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 aww so sorry to give you headache that is very useful to me especially this time of year with the low light Thank you Digi your an Angel,now go to bed with an aspirin and be in top form tomorrow I might want to probe your tired brain some more |
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