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trip to the park
« on: October 11, 2010, 09:34:29 pm »
I don't know about the rest of the country, but the weather has been sublime here in the Northwest, the last two days.  :jumpmove:

So i made the most of it, and went with the family to Arley gardens.

This was my first trip out were i had lots of photo opportunities with the new camera, and my lesson for the day was to just try and learn about depth of field, and try and get nice bokeh in the background of the images. If your a butch kinda person you wont like these.  :pomppomp:













On my large screen mac its easy to see, but not to clear on here, but this butterfly has only been a butterfly for a very short time, his wings are not properly formed and if you look closely you can still see he has a very hairy back. ( Similar to mine ).





Some quite rare magic mushrooms.  :innocent:  Led Zep made these famous.







        Onto my favourite pics of the day.

These have only been cropped, the strange light and fairy like atmosphere was natural, and the light shining through the translucent petals made them glow like tree lights.

















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Re: trip to the park
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2010, 11:07:33 pm »
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Great shots, TC - You've clearly learnt about depth-of-field focus....

and got in touch with your feminine side by your new found interest in flowers


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Re: trip to the park
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2010, 11:21:20 pm »
Thanks robin.  :smiley:  I bought a new fast lens to play with, the aperture opens up to F 1.4. which makes focusing interesting to say the least. If you look at this pic you can clearly see how narrow the depth of field is wide open.



On this pic of my son His right eye is in focus but his left eye is not. And its only a few mil further back into the pic. :confused:




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Re: trip to the park
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2010, 11:35:23 pm »
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Great examples to teach what the aperture setting does to the focus field  :happy2:

What is your new camera? (sorry, if you've already said, I've forgot). Can you see the focus field effect before to shoot?


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Re: trip to the park
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2010, 11:46:05 pm »
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Great examples to teach what the aperture setting does to the focus field  :happy2:

What is your new camera? (sorry, if you've already said, I've forgot). Can you see the focus field effect before to shoot?

I have a Canon 550d. And there is a feature on the camera that shows you depth of field, but it's strange and hard to use for a newbie like me. When you press the dof button the part of the image in focus, gets shaded when looking through the view finder but not for me yet.  :signLOL: I either get no shading or cant see a thing.  :laugh:

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Re: trip to the park
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2010, 12:18:11 am »
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Hmm, I think I'd prefer it the other way around: So the soft-focus area is previewed as shaded, if it has to be shaded at all. On the old SLR non-digital cams you could press a button and preview the focus as you would see in the final shot because the button would mechanically open the lens to the widest aperture (lowest value f#) you have selected. I assume you don't have to always view any focus shading.

You'll find that in time you won't have to think too hard about it (anything not to over-exercise the peanut, eh?) because you'll become very familiar with the effect which a particular aperture setting will give you according to the lens. It's a bit like knowing instinctively which gear you are in (on the car, not which clothes you're wearing!).

The wider the lens angle, the greater the depth of focus field. So a telephoto lens usually has a much shallower dof.
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Re: trip to the park
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2010, 03:00:07 am »
Don't know why but that first pic of white flowers is definitely my fave.

Some very nice shots dude. Wish I had the time and money to get back into photography. I keep lusting after a nikon SLR. Used to love messing around with my dad's old SLR and learning about concepts like aperture etc.
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Re: trip to the park
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2010, 11:18:13 am »
Some great photography there.... i particularly like these ones!






RE: DOF button!

When you press it... if stops the lens down to what ever F number you have selected, thus reducing the amount of light allowed into the camera (look thru the lens whilst pressing it) which is why the view finder goes darker if youve selected a high f number.

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Re: trip to the park
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2010, 12:17:04 pm »
Don't know what anyone in this thread is talking about but I like your pretty pictures Peanut!  :pomppomp: :congrats:

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Re: trip to the park
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2010, 12:20:53 pm »
Don't know what anyone in this thread is talking about but I like your pretty pictures Peanut!  :pomppomp: :congrats:
Don't worry about it, I worked in the photographic industry for 10 years and I still don't quite grasp it  :grin:

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Re: trip to the park
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2010, 12:56:57 pm »
The little lad is gonna be a big hit with the ladies when he's older.  :wink:


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Re: trip to the park
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2010, 01:49:13 pm »
cant see the pics at work , pah will check later.

but found you a pressie   :happy2:

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Re: trip to the park
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2010, 08:05:34 pm »
The little lad is gonna be a big hit with the ladies when he's older.  :wink:



Tell me about it, he already has woman falling at his feet. I am booking in for the 3rd paternity test next week.   :laugh:


cant see the pics at work , pah will check later.

but found you a pressie   :happy2:

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MMn i like that.  :pomppomp:

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Re: trip to the park
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2010, 06:58:31 pm »
Aren't you a bit young to be a member of the National Trust TC :grin:

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Re: trip to the park
« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2010, 10:54:32 pm »

Aren't you a bit young to be a member of the National Trust TC :grin:


....For about £60 a year you get free parking on all NT sites and free entry to many places of interest throughout the UK. Not my scene but a very good deal.


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