That's a great shot, Jen. Reflection shots are always fun, I think. I find close-ups like this one hard to pull off. Sometimes they work, but often they don't has been my experience. Not that I'm anything but a hack when it comes to photography.
I meant to ask if the tea cup photo on your front page is yours, too. It's a fabulous picture, even more impressive if you took it. You do very well, even if it is only a 1% success rate. I always wonder how many shots an Ansel Adams has to take before he gets the one that makes it into the art gallery.
Well,To get reflection like that, basically you need to take a shot against the light and open the iris till you get the image you want to be and for your reference I used Nikon D80. :) *bisous*
I was browsing your photos on Flickr - I remember seeing some of them before. There are a few that are simply awesome. The ones you have posted here are award-winning-quality photographs, in my opinion.
I've never tried to manipulate a picture with lighting or even placing objects in anything other than the way I found them. Maybe I'll try some day. I need to learn how to use my cameras first.
I made a mistake when I bought my "fancy" camera. What I wanted was one that could handle close-ups better than my old 2.1 Mpx Cannon SureShot. I played around with a 4.1 Mpx SureShot and it was OK, but I decided that a 10.1 Mpx camera would be just the thing. So I bought a Nikon Coolpix L100. I was being cheap, not to mention a little stupid. The first thing I discovered was that I can't hold the camera still enough to take a reliable picture without a tripod, even with motion sensing turned on. I was amazed at the blur-potential a higher-rez camera gave you. lol I found it a mixed blessing. Now I have to lug this tripod with me wherever I go that I plan to take pictures.
I should have purchased one of the Nikon D-series, or one of the high-end Cannon's. Everything-well, practically everything-on this camera is automatic, which is fine so long as I agree with the settings the camera suggests. There is a way to override this, I'm sure, but I haven't figured it out yet. The L100 is an OK camera. I think I just need to learn how to use it better, which I am trying to do.
Well, frankly I prefer my small digital camera to the Nikon as it is more convenient to carry in my purse. However it is also true that making good pictures is charming and tempting. :) *bisous*
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That's a great shot, Jen. Reflection shots are always fun, I think. I find close-ups like this one hard to pull off. Sometimes they work, but often they don't has been my experience. Not that I'm anything but a hack when it comes to photography.
I'm also learning, please think of it as 1 out of 100 shots~! :) *bisous*
I meant to ask if the tea cup photo on your front page is yours, too. It's a fabulous picture, even more impressive if you took it. You do very well, even if it is only a 1% success rate. I always wonder how many shots an Ansel Adams has to take before he gets the one that makes it into the art gallery.
Well,To get reflection like that, basically you need to take a shot against the light and open the iris till you get the image you want to be and for your reference I used Nikon D80. :) *bisous*
I was browsing your photos on Flickr - I remember seeing some of them before. There are a few that are simply awesome. The ones you have posted here are award-winning-quality photographs, in my opinion.
I've never tried to manipulate a picture with lighting or even placing objects in anything other than the way I found them. Maybe I'll try some day. I need to learn how to use my cameras first.
I made a mistake when I bought my "fancy" camera. What I wanted was one that could handle close-ups better than my old 2.1 Mpx Cannon SureShot. I played around with a 4.1 Mpx SureShot and it was OK, but I decided that a 10.1 Mpx camera would be just the thing. So I bought a Nikon Coolpix L100. I was being cheap, not to mention a little stupid. The first thing I discovered was that I can't hold the camera still enough to take a reliable picture without a tripod, even with motion sensing turned on. I was amazed at the blur-potential a higher-rez camera gave you. lol I found it a mixed blessing. Now I have to lug this tripod with me wherever I go that I plan to take pictures.
I should have purchased one of the Nikon D-series, or one of the high-end Cannon's. Everything-well, practically everything-on this camera is automatic, which is fine so long as I agree with the settings the camera suggests. There is a way to override this, I'm sure, but I haven't figured it out yet. The L100 is an OK camera. I think I just need to learn how to use it better, which I am trying to do.
Well, frankly I prefer my small digital camera to the Nikon as it is more convenient to carry in my purse. However it is also true that making good pictures is charming and tempting. :) *bisous*
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