Dusty
25-Jan-08, 20:20
I don't mean to be cheeky and I appreciate people have spent a long time honing their skills but would it be possible for posters to include details with their posts to help us photography newbies?
I'm thinking of things like the light conditions at the time (bright,cloudy, overcast etc.) f-number, shutter speed and perhaps the iso setting used. I am aware of the interrelationship of these factors but but to be able to relate them together to a photograph you are seeing and knowing the conditions it was shot under might impart a better idea of their use in practice. Also, what a photographer's thought processes were in making the composition would also be insightful.
I realise that there is no substitute for getting out there and taking photographs but some things elude me completely, like, how do you decide that 7 seconds for instance, is adequate for the particular nightime shot you want to achieve? What is the best way to capture the sense of awe you feel on seeing a dramatic sky over a beautiful landscape? What is the best aperture/speed combination to blur the water flowing down a burn?
The standards of photography on this forum in my opinion, ranges from great to jaw-dropping and I would like to be able to take photographs that were at least approaching adequate.
I do not presume to merely copy what others have worked hard to achieve, but rather to learn from them as a means to becoming competent to experiment myself.
I also realise that time constraints may play a part, so is there any way of simply adding the Exif data to a post?
Again, I hope that you don't think I'm asking too much but when you see people doing what you would like to be able to do, it's natural to ask "how do you do that"?
Thanks in anticipation.
I'm thinking of things like the light conditions at the time (bright,cloudy, overcast etc.) f-number, shutter speed and perhaps the iso setting used. I am aware of the interrelationship of these factors but but to be able to relate them together to a photograph you are seeing and knowing the conditions it was shot under might impart a better idea of their use in practice. Also, what a photographer's thought processes were in making the composition would also be insightful.
I realise that there is no substitute for getting out there and taking photographs but some things elude me completely, like, how do you decide that 7 seconds for instance, is adequate for the particular nightime shot you want to achieve? What is the best way to capture the sense of awe you feel on seeing a dramatic sky over a beautiful landscape? What is the best aperture/speed combination to blur the water flowing down a burn?
The standards of photography on this forum in my opinion, ranges from great to jaw-dropping and I would like to be able to take photographs that were at least approaching adequate.
I do not presume to merely copy what others have worked hard to achieve, but rather to learn from them as a means to becoming competent to experiment myself.
I also realise that time constraints may play a part, so is there any way of simply adding the Exif data to a post?
Again, I hope that you don't think I'm asking too much but when you see people doing what you would like to be able to do, it's natural to ask "how do you do that"?
Thanks in anticipation.