Downtown 350Z. First time SLR.
12-09-2008 | 03:28 PM
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you will be surprised at what the d40 will do for u. work on composition. rule of thirds... imagine splitting your pic into thirds horizontally and vertically. where the points intersect is where u want your focus of attention to go to. try different angles on cars...as well. down low....up high....so on and so forth... good luck...and just shoot a lot. great start though.
12-10-2008 | 07:17 AM
#49
Did you do any in-camera or post processing to the images? The highlights are clipped and the tonal range looks very compressed.
Either way, I would recommend learning how to read the histogram of your image. It will tell you where you are missing image data. Take for example your last image:
There is no information is the upper third of the histogram which is really odd for a daytime shot:
Here is the same image with the levels auto adjusted in photoshop for comparisons sake along with it's histogram:
The highlights are still clipped but now it's at least making full use of the tonal range. Your camera should be able to show the histogram of your image as you are shooting or right after so you can make adjustments in the field to iso and wb.
Also, keep in mind not all images will or should show the same general histogram. It's up to you to figure out what is appropriate for the circumstance, but in general, you want some information in the entire tonal range to make the most of your image.
Either way, I would recommend learning how to read the histogram of your image. It will tell you where you are missing image data. Take for example your last image:
There is no information is the upper third of the histogram which is really odd for a daytime shot:
Here is the same image with the levels auto adjusted in photoshop for comparisons sake along with it's histogram:
The highlights are still clipped but now it's at least making full use of the tonal range. Your camera should be able to show the histogram of your image as you are shooting or right after so you can make adjustments in the field to iso and wb.
Also, keep in mind not all images will or should show the same general histogram. It's up to you to figure out what is appropriate for the circumstance, but in general, you want some information in the entire tonal range to make the most of your image.
12-10-2008 | 01:33 PM
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Did you do any in-camera or post processing to the images? The highlights are clipped and the tonal range looks very compressed.
Either way, I would recommend learning how to read the histogram of your image. It will tell you where you are missing image data. Take for example your last image:
There is no information is the upper third of the histogram which is really odd for a daytime shot:
Here is the same image with the levels auto adjusted in photoshop for comparisons sake along with it's histogram:
The highlights are still clipped but now it's at least making full use of the tonal range. Your camera should be able to show the histogram of your image as you are shooting or right after so you can make adjustments in the field to iso and wb.
Also, keep in mind not all images will or should show the same general histogram. It's up to you to figure out what is appropriate for the circumstance, but in general, you want some information in the entire tonal range to make the most of your image.
Either way, I would recommend learning how to read the histogram of your image. It will tell you where you are missing image data. Take for example your last image:
There is no information is the upper third of the histogram which is really odd for a daytime shot:
Here is the same image with the levels auto adjusted in photoshop for comparisons sake along with it's histogram:
The highlights are still clipped but now it's at least making full use of the tonal range. Your camera should be able to show the histogram of your image as you are shooting or right after so you can make adjustments in the field to iso and wb.
Also, keep in mind not all images will or should show the same general histogram. It's up to you to figure out what is appropriate for the circumstance, but in general, you want some information in the entire tonal range to make the most of your image.
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