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| ASSIGNMENT
1:
Typical Photos |
| Photo
11 |
Boat Reflections at Sunset |
(click photo to enlarge) |
| Location |
Somewhere in
Denmark |
| Date/Time |
14/09/2005 2:49:48 AM (Australian
time, probably 6:49pm) |
| Format |
800x533 JPEG reduced
at 80% quality from
3072x2048 TIFF in Photoshop;
TIFF from RAW format by ZoomBrowser
EX 5.7 |
| Camera |
Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL |
| Shooting Mode |
Aperture-Priority AE |
| Shutter |
1/1250 |
| Aperture |
8.0 |
| Metering Mode |
Evaluative Metering |
| Exposure Compensation |
-1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Lens |
18.0 - 55.0 mm (300D standard
lens) |
| Focal Length |
18.0 mm |
| Flash |
off |
| White
Balance |
Auto |
| Focus |
Auto |
| Parameters Settings |
Contrast
Mid. High,
Sharpness Mid. High,
Color saturation Mid. High,
Color tone 0 |
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COMMENTS
Margaret: I usually adjust gamma
in Photoshop so I found it very difficult to resist
any alterations.
Q. How
should I have setup the camera to get better
light balance and minimize corrections in Photoshop?
AL: You are shooting right towards
the sun so no matter what you do there are going
to be things
in that image you probably don't like. I probably
would also have tried exposure compensation of
say -2 to -2.5 and maybe tried a manual white
balance setting.
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| Photo
12 |
Early
Morning in Australian Outback |
(click photo to enlarge) |
| Location |
Kunnunarra,
Western Australia |
| Date/Time |
6/06/2006 8:13:50 AM |
| Format |
800x533 JPEG reduced
at 80% quality from 3072x2048 TIFF in
Photoshop; TIFF from RAW format
by ZoomBrowser EX 5.7 |
| Camera |
Canon
EOS 300D DIGITAL |
| Shooting
Mode |
Aperture-Priority
AE |
| Shutter |
1/80 |
| Aperture |
8.0 |
| Metering
Mode |
Evaluative
Metering |
| Exposure
Compensation |
-1 |
| ISO
Speed |
200 |
| Lens |
28.0
- 300.0 mm (Tamron) |
| Focal
Length |
28.0
mm |
| Flash |
off |
| White
Balance |
Auto |
| Focus |
Auto |
| Parameters
Settings |
Contrast
Mid. High, Sharpness Mid. High, Color saturation
Mid. High, Color tone 0 |
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COMMENTS
Margaret:While the light is
very nice I am not sure about the composition.
Q. How
could I improve composition
for this photo? Anything else to change?
AL:
Change nothing. |
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| Photo
13 |
Fishing at Sunset |
(click photo to enlarge) |
| Location |
Somewhere
in California |
| Date/Time |
7/03/2005
11:52:28 AM (probably 5:52pm) |
| Format |
800x533 JPEG reduced
at 80% quality from 3072x2048 TIFF in
Photoshop; TIFF from RAW format
by ZoomBrowser EX 5.7 |
| Camera |
Canon
EOS 300D DIGITAL |
| Shooting
Mode |
Aperture-Priority
AE |
| Shutter |
1/25 |
| Aperture |
10 |
| Metering
Mode |
Evaluative
Metering |
| Exposure
Compensation |
-1 |
| ISO
Speed |
200 |
| Lens |
18.0
- 55.0 mm (300D standard lens) |
| Focal
Length |
55.0
mm |
| Flash |
off |
| White
Balance |
Auto |
| Focus |
Auto |
| Parameters
Settings |
Contrast
Mid. High, Sharpness Mid. High, Color saturation
Mid. High, Color tone 0 |
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COMMENTS
Margaret: Apart from being a
bit dark this photo seems to be blurred.
Q. How
could I improve camera settings to have better
definition of the water ?
AL: At 1/25th second that is
why it blurred. Use a tripod. I would also try
f27 at say 1/10th
second to blur the water into a milky type of
wave (we will get to that later). I like the
silhouette figure. |
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| Photo
14 |
Grass on Great Ocean
Road |
(click photo to enlarge) |
| Location |
Great
Ocean Road, Australia |
| Date/Time |
27/11/2007 12:46:43 PM |
| Format |
800x533 JPEG reduced
at 80% quality from 3072x2048 TIFF in
Photoshop; TIFF from RAW format
by ZoomBrowser EX 5.7 |
| Camera |
Canon
EOS 300D DIGITAL |
| Shooting
Mode |
Program AE |
| Shutter |
1/640 |
| Aperture |
10 |
| Metering
Mode |
Evaluative
Metering |
| Exposure
Compensation |
-1 |
| ISO
Speed |
200 |
| Lens |
28.0
- 300.0 mm (Tamron) |
| Focal
Length |
168.0
mm |
| Flash |
off |
| White
Balance |
Auto |
| Focus |
Auto |
| Parameters
Settings |
Contrast
Mid. High, Sharpness Mid. High, Color saturation
Mid. High, Color tone 0 |
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COMMENTS
Margaret:I liked the grass but
I am not sure if the photo is OK as a composition.
Q. Does
this work as a composition or should I have shot
it at different distance/angle?
AL: Perfect to me. |
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| Photo
15 |
Sunset at Twelve Apostles |
(click photo to enlarge) |
| Location |
Great
Ocean Road, Australia |
| Date/Time |
14/05/2007 5:08:40 PM |
| Format |
800x600 JPEG reduced
at 80% quality from 3072x2304 JPEG in
Photoshop |
| Camera |
Canon
PowerShot A710 IS |
| Shooting
Mode |
Landscape |
| Shutter |
1/640 |
| Aperture |
4.0 |
| Metering
Mode |
Evaluative
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| Exposure
Compensation |
0 |
| ISO
Speed |
Auto |
| Lens |
5.8 -
34.8 mm (fixed, 6x) |
| Focal
Length |
14.7 mm |
| Flash |
off |
| White
Balance |
Auto |
| Focus |
Auto |
| Parameters
Settings |
Contrast Normal,
Sharpness Normal,
Saturation Normal |
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COMMENTS
Margaret: This photo was taken
on my fixed Canon compact.
Q. How
could I improve camera settings for this photo?
AL: Lens flare at bottom on
an otherwise perfect image. Keep shooting more
images as the sun goes
down and you will no doubt get one or several
without the lens flare. |
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| Photo
16 |
Bug in Our Pond |
(click photo to enlarge) |
| Location |
Melbourne,
Australia |
| Date/Time |
2/02/2006 3:43:17 PM |
| Format |
800x600 JPEG reduced
at 80% quality from 3072x2304 JPEG in
Photoshop |
| Camera |
Canon
PowerShot A710 IS |
| Shooting
Mode |
Auto |
| Shutter |
1/50 |
| Aperture |
2.8 |
| Metering
Mode |
Evaluative
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| Exposure
Compensation |
0 |
| ISO
Speed |
Auto |
| Lens |
7.3 -
29.2 mm (fixed, 6x) |
| Focal
Length |
7.3
mm |
| Flash |
off |
| White
Balance |
Auto |
| Focus |
Auto,
Macro |
| Parameters
Settings |
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COMMENTS
Margaret: The bug
was on the water and unfortunately I got the
reflection of the sky.
Q. Other
than changing the position could I have reduced
the reflection by changing the settings?
AL: Use of a polarizer filter
would have solved that issue and we get into
that later. |
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| Photo
17 |
Street in Ribe |
(click photo to enlarge) |
| Location |
Ribe,
Denmark |
| Date/Time |
22/09/2005
1:40:18 AM (5:40pm) |
| Format |
800x533 JPEG reduced
at 80% quality from 3072x2048 TIFF in
Photoshop; TIFF from RAW format
by ZoomBrowser EX 5.7 |
| Camera |
Canon
EOS 300D DIGITAL |
| Shooting
Mode |
Auto |
| Shutter |
1/200 |
| Aperture |
5.6 |
| Metering
Mode |
Evaluative
Metering |
| Exposure
Compensation |
0 |
| ISO
Speed |
100 |
| Lens |
18.0
- 55.0 mm (300D standard lens) |
| Focal
Length |
22.0
mm |
| Flash |
External
E-TTL (Speedlite 420EX) |
| White
Balance |
Auto |
| Focus |
Auto |
| Parameters
Settings |
Contrast
Mid. High, Sharpness Mid. High, Color saturation
Mid. High, Color tone 0 |
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COMMENTS
Margaret: The sky
has not shape or color.
Q. Could
I use a setting or a filter that would maintain
the lighting on the road and buildings while
making the sky visible?
AL: A neutral density filter
might help on that one, that is a tough shot
if you do not want
the street in silhouette. |
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| Photo
18 |
At Home |
(click photo to enlarge) |
| Location |
Melbourne,
Australia |
| Date/Time |
25/11/2003 5:44:28 PM |
| Format |
800x533 JPEG reduced
at 80% quality from 3072x2048 TIFF in
Photoshop; TIFF from RAW format
by ZoomBrowser EX 5.7 |
| Camera |
Canon
EOS 300D DIGITAL |
| Shooting
Mode |
Aperture-Priority
AE |
| Shutter |
1/25 |
| Aperture |
11 |
| Metering
Mode |
Evaluative
Metering |
| Exposure
Compensation |
0 |
| ISO
Speed |
400 |
| Lens |
18.0
- 55.0 mm (300D standard lens) |
| Focal
Length |
18.0
mm |
| Flash |
Built-In Flash |
| White
Balance |
Auto |
| Focus |
Auto |
| Parameters
Settings |
Contrast
Mid. High, Sharpness Mid. High, Color saturation
Mid. High, Color tone 0 |
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COMMENTS
Margaret: I used
the polarizing filter on this photo.
Q. Why does the sky look so weird?
AL: because you used 18mm, and that happens
at the widest lens opening with a polarizer.
I get this all the time. |
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