Another good tip. Thanks.

DB i love the cars mate... makes me want to go shopping

great pictures!
those water droplets on the, what were they? yellow gerberas?...beautiful
digital media is getting better and better.
the photographer ain't too bad either.

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Thank you, Wyndhy, you're very kind! I think you're right on the yellow flowers. My wife calls them Gerber(as) Daisies but I but that's the same thing.

I was to dumb (or smart enough not) to get into the darkroom processing with my film cams. Nikon loved me but Kodak didn’t, except for the film, so I took a lot of pics, playing with the light for macro and micro. If you are really into the up-close, there are ring lights for most of the better cams. Without a (involved and expensive) studio lighting set up, you get to play with neat/cheap tricks like the blocked flash or bounced light. A Kleenex rubber banded over the flash is fun. Just pointing the flash away from the subject and holding white paper (bounce) with different contours is neat to play with.

For me, the digital ‘lab’ has bee something fantastic for lighting. I wish I had more time to just play with that. Yep, after a few years of bitterness when a camera bag with 2 bodies and 7 Nikkor lenses was stolen, I tip-toed into digital and am a full convert. We have a true pro in our New England Pixie population you should be talking to, DB. I hear he has forgotten more than I’ll ever know about photography.

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Nothing wrong with not using the tripod on those shots, db...full sun will bring the shutter speed up so high that blur & shake are non-factors...the big advantage to using a 'pod I've found is that digicams are typically so small & light that just pushing the shutter button will move the cam & undo all the work you just spent framing the shot just so...fortunately, the software that comes with most cams will let you fix most cropping issues, but it's still a piss-off when you see that you just cropped off the focal point of your shot...
Of course the best thing about digital is that it costs no more to take a dozen or so safety shots just to make sure...

BTW, those are some great flower shots, you're already macro-ing like a pro...

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BTW, PF, the calendar is a desk-blotter type with no pics on it, & it was kept around by my mama (the master packrat, rest her soul) to let her grandkids scribble & color on...but I got to it first

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If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

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Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

(You want to see one I have from 73? )
LMAO

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You do realize that babe is somebody's grandmother now?

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If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

I use an edit program that let’s you ‘undo’ anything before I save it “as”. I always keep my original, even if I made a lot of changes. If yours auto saves any changes immediately, open it and “save as” another file name before you start playing. The digital darkroom is the BIGGEST advantage I’ve enjoyed. No enlargers, chemicals to going bad, space and construction to do…………. Just SO much of a step forward.

One of the hardest changes for me has been reversing the basic rule of taking pics with a film cam. “Fill the frame!” ……… the idea here is to get some extra, as it’s SO easy to compose and crop before you even start to play with brightness, sharpness and texture and so much more.





Is this suppose to be an armature photographer thread?








LOL

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ROFL

(... and this grandfather will still nail her .....and her daughter )

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LOL. I think it's like Illinois weather ... if you don't like it ... wait a few minutes, it'll probably change.

Great pics DB ...(and PF) ... really well done!

On the shudder when you shutter, if you set the 10 sec timer, you drastically reduce the shake.

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That's a good idea ^^^^, too.