water droplet on a dandelion

[skyblue]

 

[Guyzerr]

That is the shot you should have entered in the contest. You would have received all the votes as far as I'm concerned. Well done Ian.

 

[Mystic]

brilliant Ian!!!

 

[JanieDough]

Not to be an ass, but some people would say you have a lens that does all the work for you, so what is the skill required?

I ask this to learn about it. I doubt I will ever get my hands on such a nice piece of glass, but I would still like to know incase I ever do!!

 

[skyblue]

Not to be an ass, but some people would say you have a lens that does all the work for you, so what is the skill required?

I ask this to learn about it. I doubt I will ever get my hands on such a nice piece of glass, but I would still like to know incase I ever do!!

ok...now try focusing on a drop of water thats running down a leaf or petal

 

[Siphorous]

I concur with Guy's view on this pic as the entry - I would have voted for it had it been there. Brilliant!

 

[JanieDough]

ok...now try focusing on a drop of water thats running down a leaf or petal

when you look through your lens, it's hard to focus? can you use auto focus? or does that get what's in the background??

I swear I am not doubting your ability. I am totally ignorant about this. I want to learn.

 

[BeautifulHeart]

WOW thats amazeing

 

[skyblue]

when you look through your lens, it's hard to focus? can you use auto focus? or does that get what's in the background??

I swear I am not doubting your ability. I am totally ignorant about this. I want to learn.

well...what was tending to happen was that the focus went straight to the tip of the petal,or on the background thats seen through the droplet.....both leaving the edge of the droplet blurred a little..a little trial and error and i got there eventually

 

[Guyzerr]

when you look through your lens, it's hard to focus? can you use auto focus? or does that get what's in the background??

I swear I am not doubting your ability. I am totally ignorant about this. I want to learn.

Janie O'babe what you can do in a situation like that is set your camera to " spot " metering. Then set your focal points to be just one. The one in the center. Never use " live view ", always look through the viewfinder. That will set you on your way but it's still trial and error from that point on. A sturdy non-shaking hand helps as well.

Edit: Cuz I screwed up. I used the word " focus " when I meant " metering ".

 

[freakofnature]

Janie O'babe what you can do in a situation like that is set your camera to " spot " focus. Then set your focal points to be just one. The one in the center. Never use " live view ", always look through the viewfinder. That will set you on your way but it's still trial and error from that point on. A sturdy non-shaking hand helps as well.

My camera doesn't even have "live view". It's kinda funny because whenever I ask someone to take a picture with my camera they look at the screen a bit confused and I tell them it's a real camera and they have to look through the view finder.

 

[Natasha]

I really like that one, Ian. I assumed the droplet in the contest was yours...I like this picture MUCH better. It's nothing against the other photo, of course, but it just wasn't my personal taste. This one, however, I love.

 

[Thornless]

That is the shot you should have entered in the contest. You would have received all the votes as far as I'm concerned. Well done Ian.

:homo:

Amazing picture!

 

[RedRyder]

Very cool.....

 

[JanieDough]

well...what was tending to happen was that the focus went straight to the tip of the petal,or on the background thats seen through the droplet.....both leaving the edge of the droplet blurred a little..a little trial and error and i got there eventually

gotcha. so you manually focus?

is it hard to meter for the light?

 

[Ryder]

These picture threads are my favorite.

 

[skyblue]

gotcha. so you manually focus?

is it hard to meter for the light?

i auto focus but its hit and miss,something i'm working on

just best off with good light to speed the shutter up

 

[JanieDough]

do you ever bracket? or do you just fix it up in photoshop?

 

[GuesSAngel]

this is a great picture, well done

 

[skyblue]

do you ever bracket? or do you just fix it up in photoshop?

i only ever tend to tweak the brightness and sharpness in photoshop