Help - Camera settings

[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

[Boddie]

Good question

[digi]

We could say wildlife misc or even better Invertebrates Gallery but I will let Wildone decide. She is boss.

[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

[cherrybee]

thx

[digi]

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.

[wildone]

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.

[digi]

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.

[wildone]

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!

[digi]

Originally Posted by wildone

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!

I think I had better go and rest, I did edit the post and put Invertebrates Gallery but you did not read it maam.