your opinion about two photos
Paulo Abreu
I took this two photos with a CANON, in automatic mode [ok, ok, big
mistake, ;-)]. I used an EF 28-80mm II lens. The day was with lots of
clouds and the shot was made in a garden with many trees, so a little
dark in it. I don't remember shot speed and aperture (unfortunately).
http://paginas.teleweb.pt/~pama/Photo.htm
My questions about the photos are:
1- in photo1 you can find some circles near from flower. How do I
avoid that and how can I predict that?
2- in photo2 [a little better in the original ;-)] I can't see
definition in petals (I don't know if is the correct name, maybe
trumpet). What should I do for avoiding that, take a shot from an
angle different from 90º with flower plane?
3- photo2 is a little dark, maybe because I was near from flower and
no source light behind flower. What should I do to overcome that
problem?
Thanks for your attention,
Paulo Abreu
Simon Watkins
images haven't been published to the website.
Simon
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zeitgeist
Paulo Abreu wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I took this two photos with a CANON, in automatic mode [ok, ok, big
> mistake, ;-)]. I used an EF 28-80mm II lens. The day was with lots of
> clouds and the shot was made in a garden with many trees, so a little
> dark in it. I don't remember shot speed and aperture (unfortunately).
>
> http://paginas.teleweb.pt/~pama/Photo.htm
>
> My questions about the photos are:
>
> 1- in photo1 you can find some circles near from flower. How do I
> avoid that and how can I predict that?
Those are out of focus specular highlights, remove or cover
items that may register lots of density, white bark of
branches, water drops. Very difficult to do.
>
> 2- in photo2 [a little better in the original ;-)] I can't see
> definition in petals (I don't know if is the correct name, maybe
> trumpet). What should I do for avoiding that, take a shot from an
> angle different from 90º with flower plane?
directional light at an angle will bring out more texture,
the light seems rather flat, I mean it was better than what
i was expecting, harsh direct sun is the usual method that
brings out the why does this picture suck question. You
could use a black 'reflector' literally a black card that
will remove light from a particular direction.
also you could under expose the whole scene, or spot expose
on the flowers themselves, the detail you desire is all in
the upper regions of the density scale, if you expose those
areas down in the middle area the highlights have more room
to expand, the areas that are middle and shadowed will go
even darker, but transparency stock has less room on the
over side
Also you could crop closer and the closer the more detail
shows.
>
> 3- photo2 is a little dark, maybe because I was near from flower and
> no source light behind flower. What should I do to overcome that
> problem?
>
this one didn't show up, but you could use a mirror to
reflect light from behind, a flash on a cord.
strawberry9
> http://paginas.teleweb.pt/~pama/Photo.htm
>
>
> My questions about the photos are:
>
> 1- in photo1 you can find some circles near from flower. How do I
> avoid that and how can I predict that?
These are the out of focus background light patches. Why do you want to get
rid of them? They add to the picture IF you want to convey that you took
this shot in a garden and not in a studio. If what you want is a still life
of a flower you'll need to be very careful about the background; look around
the viewfinder before you press the button!
>
> 2- in photo2 [a little better in the original ;-)] I can't see
> definition in petals (I don't know if is the correct name, maybe
> trumpet). What should I do for avoiding that, take a shot from an
> angle different from 90º with flower plane?
>
> 3- photo2 is a little dark, maybe because I was near from flower and
> no source light behind flower. What should I do to overcome that
> problem?
Maintaining detail in white objects (while at the same time keeping detail
in the shadows) in photos is one of the skills you must acquire. Recommend
you study any photo book about exposures.
If you used flash to lighten the background you'll find that the flowers
would wash out even more. Now, these look like plumeria plants, and the
flower petals *are* pretty featureless; the value of the flowers is that
they come in bunches! Look for a book on lighting.
Place to start: www.photo.net
-dan
straw...@worldnet.att.nospammingsoremovethis.net