Joanne's Cottage Garden: PHOTO EXPERIMENTING 1

Friday, 8 January 2010

PHOTO EXPERIMENTING 1

The sky was so interesting when I walked Beth yesterday I had to go back and get my camera . The sun was going down behind the trees so I decided to experiment with settings and where better to record this than on my blog
The first setting was Automatic (A ) ISO 80 Av 3.2 Tv 1/60

A ISO 80 Av 3.2 Tv 1/60

A ISO 100 Av 2.8 Tv 1/60

A ISO 160 Av2.8 Tv 1/60

A ISO 100 Av2.8 Tv 1/60

Manual (M) ISO 200 Av 4.5 Tv 1/100

M ISO 80 Av 4.5 Tv 1/20

M ISO 100 Av 4.5 Tv 1/20

M ISO 200 Av 4.5 Tv 1/20

M ISO 200 Av 4.5 Tv 1/40

M ISO 200 Av 4.5 Tv 1/80

M ISO 200 Av 4.5 Tv 1/30

A Iso 200 Av 2.8 Tv 1/60

A ISO 160 Av 2.8 Tv 1/60

M ISO 200 Av 4.5 Tv 1/30

Well not absolutely sure what I have learnt but hope this will be a useful reference for me.

I don't think the blueness is to do with the ISO perhaps it is the size of the Aperture any suggestions?

Wonderful what you can do with a digital camera and how it can influence the mood of the picture that's before even attempting to use a photo editing program.

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Bangchik and Kakdah8 January 2010 at 15:47
I love the experiment... now you can make the tree glow!! Fun to play and experiment. ~bangchik
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Noelle Johnson 8 January 2010 at 16:40
I usually always take photos on automatic and leave the more complicated setting to my husband :-) Whatever setting you used, I am struck by the winter beauty of your surroundings.
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Tatyana@MySecretGarden8 January 2010 at 17:58
Wonderland.... After seeing only green around here, it is so nice to walk in your white forest.
The shots with the red sun are fabulous. Thank you Joanne!
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Carolyn9 January 2010 at 01:33
Hi Joanne,
You got beautiful shots! I spent some time today practicing with different settings on my camera and reading a few tutorials today.I think I learned a few new things but practice makes perfect(I hope)!
carolyn
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Alison9 January 2010 at 04:21
love the pictures of the sun peeking through the trees!
did Beth help?
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Katarina9 January 2010 at 10:30
Those beautful pictures will be perfect for future references - that must be an excellent way of learning.
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Sue Garrett11 January 2010 at 17:49
I'd just love to be able to mess about with settings but it all seems so complicated. My new Christmas camera has lots of pre set settings e.g. snow that I have made good use of but I also like to play around with the photos on the computer using Photoshop, There are tweaks that allow you to remove colour casts e.g. blue if you want to!
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Joanne11 January 2010 at 18:05
Green Lane Allotments thanks for the advice, I did eventually realise I had white balance on the wrong setting and someone suggested I try taking them in RAW and changing on the computer but for now I want to try and get the hang of my camera a little. I have tried some of the pre settings one in particular was for grren foliage but I did not like the results. I am sure it will take me a long time although now I am retired it is an interesting project.
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