Rainey Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Thanks Vickie! My 50mm was only $79.95 (50mm Canon F1.8 EF II). It's my cheapest lens, but also my favourite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bella* Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Rainey - what lens do you have and what different situations do you use them for? I only have the two kit lens that came with the 400D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainey Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 (edited) I have the same two kit lenses, this is what my camera bag looks like. Canon 75-300mm that I use for motorsports. eg. a Ferrari club event (I got a ride in this one): Canon 18-55mm is a walkaround all-purpose. eg. this is my friends Lotus: Canon 50mm useful for low light situations (has a wide aperture, letting more light in), portraits, depth of field effects etc. Here's a portrait of my niece: Sigma 10-20mm 'Wideangle' which I use for architectural, and sometimes landscape. eg. beautiful Tassie: ...I also have a circular polariser, which I don't use often but is awesome in the right situation, it can basically remove glare, and surface reflections. Some examples would be to let the sky look like a lovely rich blue, instead of being overexposed. To take a photo through the surface of the water, or even to capture the expression on a drivers face through a car window. This next one is a little test I did on the day I got my circ. polariser, just to show how amazing it really is: Pretty cool huh? :D Edited November 16, 2007 by Rainey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bella* Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Awesome shots Rainey. I want to get further into photography, got the good camera, now need to learn how to use it. It's good to see what lens suit what purpose, as I'd like to add to my collection when I have the $$ So jealous of you getting a ride in the ferrari. Sportiest car I've had a ride in is a Nissan 350Z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainey Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Hehe, yeah it was a cool experience. I actually made a short video with my little Cybershot in the Maranello: Can't complain about the Nissan 350Z, they are a solid beast of a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bella* Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Sooooo jealous!!! My uncle owns the 350Z, all I can say is, hang on when you get in the car with him!! :D Especially around round abouts!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagsalot Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Thanks Vickie! My 50mm was only $79.95 (50mm Canon F1.8 EF II). It's my cheapest lens, but also my favourite! I have this lens too. I use it quite a bit. Good value for money!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collie_lover Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 (edited) hopenfox, the only other thing to do is edit your photos once on your computer.This is not a good shot but works well to show how editing can be your friend before (raw shot) after (edited to blur back ground) Good luck with your search to finding what you want. Hi Freckles, How did you blur/edit the background on the flower photo? Did you use photoshop? How did you do it? Thanks Edited January 17, 2008 by Collie_lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckles Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 yes I did the blur in photoshop. That was just a very rough quick job to demonstrate how it could be done. I used the magnetic lasso to out line the flower and then cut the flower out. With the remaining back ground I used Gaussian blur sliding the blur effect till you get the amount of blur you are happy with. because I did a rush job I reduced the size of the back ground pic just a touch (by 5 pixels from memory?) so when the flower was pasted back on I didn't have an outline from cutting it out. As I said this was quick and a basic job. You could take a few more steps to soften the clear flower to make it blend into the picture better rather than looking like it is sitting on top. Hope that helps you collie_lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubiton Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Basically as explained you can either 1- Take the subject relatively close and have the background well in teh distance (say a dog sitting in front of the camera a one edge of an oval that has trees WAY over the other side - dog will be focussed (say head shot) and background will be blurry - aperture up to F8 will do it but obviously lower the aperture number more blurry the background as your focus depth shrinks. 2- photoshop as described Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 I don't have a DSLR , but my finepix S5600 does have manual options, as well as an excellent auto function! i have to say i agree (thought i aim to own a slr and do agree it's easier for mastering great pics) it's not always the equipment but also the knowledge of the user.. as i've been taught. here are some images i achieved playing on my digital 3.2 mpixel camera just by adjusting the manual settings that i do have on it. oh my camera is a minolta this is not using macro setting either now one with macro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 thanks for the tips too might give that blur one a try.. though i feel its a little cheating but worth it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Anne~ Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Freckles - can you do that same affect, using gaussian but not cutting the pic out? I thought you could just lasso to select and then use the blur on the background?? Or am I thinking of something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckles Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 (edited) Yeah you probably can puggles. I might have to go and have a look see. I'll let you know in a tick Ok just had a tinker doing it the way you suggested puggles and the only thing I can see that I wouldn't continue using it that way is if you don't have a completly stead hand and miss the lining you get bits that should be blurred that aren't and bits that shouldn't be blurred are. makes it a bit harder to clean up. Doing it in 2 layers gives me a bit more controll to clean up the different layers when I bring them back together, but thats just me Edited February 11, 2008 by Freckles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Anne~ Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Thanks Freckles, that sounds logical. I haven't really played with it a lot so I am a little backward with these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 one question tho about lasso.. how do you conrtol the bugger to go where u want it to and not in the areas it's not meant to??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckles Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 one question tho about lasso.. how do you conrtol the bugger to go where u want it to and not in the areas it's not meant to??? practise, practise, practise and a very steady hand :rolleyes: If you have an object that has very clean lines you could try the magnetic lasso which picks out the edges of an object as you trace around it. But practise is the only way to get better control no matter which way you go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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