Any photographers in here?

Wait... distance to subject changes it too? damnit... this is too complicated for me to calculate on the fly. Damn.

Theres way too much theory for me to wrap my head around. Why would the percentage of DOF in front/behind the subject change? That... doesn't make sense to me.

Yeah, ok, that site just busted my world open. I need to do a lot of reading.
 
can you play with the exposure of whats in the TV to clean it up at all?

I've seen pics like that before (and tried them myself with little success).. its a lot neater when you can see whats through the 2nd lens.
 
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^^^^haha......come on now. Nothing pornographic is worth watching in letterbox format :eek:
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Truth.
It was 12:30 AM. I was watching Star Trek The Next Generation reruns hence the letterbox format.

I'm not sure if the exposure inside can be adjusted. I shot it in JPEG so I don't have a whole lot of control over it I don't think. I can sure reshoot it anytime, I was just messing around. The weather here is real bad so anything I can do inside...
 
That lens is gonna focus the light too much to have an equal lighting all around. It could either be overlay with 2 pics @ different exposures or darkening in whatever editing software you use
 
Wagonbacker9 said:
Wait... distance to subject changes it too? damnit... this is too complicated for me to calculate on the fly. Damn.

Theres way too much theory for me to wrap my head around. Why would the percentage of DOF in front/behind the subject change? That... doesn't make sense to me.

Yeah, ok, that site just busted my world open. I need to do a lot of reading.
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The worse thing you can do is focus on the numbers.

Assuming constant focal length and subject distance, the higher (physically smaller) the f/stop is the more will be in focus on either side of the focal point. The lower (physically larger) the less will be in focus on either side of the focal point.

Assuming a constant aperture and subject distance, the longer the focal length the smaller the amount in focus on either side of the focal point.

Also assuming a constant aperture and constant focal length, the closer the subject the smaller amount will be in focus on either side of the focal point.

Using those three points you should be able to easily sit down and put it all into practice. The more you practice each one separately, the easier it is to put into practice. So find a nice quiet place with something that has lots of detail and spans quite a ways.
 
^LOVE the first pic!

I acquired Adobe Lightroom and decided to try out shooting some RAW. It's pretttttty sweet.
Just dicking around for a few minutes.

2 self portraits:



 
oaklandopen said:
I don't wholly agree with that either. Sure, focus is one thing you can never get back, but I think most of the time in a picture's life is the editing process, which can take place ina darkroom or on a computer

A lot of times I don't find mistakes until they end up on my computer anyway. And when I edit sometimes I teach myself the part of the pic I need to work on next time
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Yo man..I see your point in the last statement and I have done that before too. The thing is..I wouldn't bother keeping those. I would just look and not even process. We just gotta choose the battles. Missed focuses are missed focuses. Those can never change.

Wagon - I don't know what you have been trying as part of your "getting better" regimen. I can suggest a few things.

1. I shot my mouse and keyboard sooooo much because that's where I sit most of the time...in front of my computer under a lamp. This is a more controlled environment. I had the yellow lamp that was constant. My mouse and keyboard never changes. The brightness of my LCD monitors never changed. All that changes are your camera settings.

2. I would go out once a day whenever I can and always at the same time of day. Keeping things constant again. And just shoot anything. Moving or static.

3. Take note of the pictures and what each setting does. I feel like you just need to know your camera a better. The right settings for the right time of day for the right subject. Stand there in the exact same spot until you are satisfied with your pictures.

4. If you can find someone in your area or maybe join a photowalk, there's a lot of people that are willing to help out.

5. The more things you keep controlled the more understanding you will get from the camera settings and your pictures. It's one big science experiment.

6. Keep posting pics so we can tear them apart for you :)
 
Went out to the mountains yesterday...

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