Everything Photography

[Cavetroll87]

I actually did a photography A Level for a year, quite exciting developing your own pictures in a dark room, not done any for years though.

[Jack]

Question for you.. how do you focus on a moving target? For example a dog running towards you

there are different Autofocus modes , the terminology differs somewhat between Nikon and Canon I believe its Continuous or AF-C on Nikon cameras and AI Servo AF on Canon cameras , your lens should also have an AF mode , use both and you are good to go . I always try to let the technology work for me , trying to manual focus on a fast moving object is really hard and modern electronics are really fast . I am a lazy bastard too so if there is an easy way I will usually find it and exploit it .

[Frankie]

I have to say I am really enjoying my photography, main focus (ha ha) is nature, but I do have a go when I get a chance for some action shots.
I am also liking long exposure stuff, night shots and waterfalls... Everyday is a school day. However I dont think I could camp out in one spot for hours on end to get the shot. I just amble about for miles and snap what I like at the time.

[D41]

Well, for what it's worth, I enjoy your photography too.

[Jack]

I really like your riverscapes Frankie , your nature shots are good too but I have always liked the Thames .

[Frankie]

Cheers guys....here is one I did a couple of weeks back - River Thames - Bisham Church - long exposure

[kiwikrasher]

Well, for what it's worth, I enjoy your photography too.

Absolutely agree, your pics are a welcome feature on my FB feed

[Cav]

Jack - Does it matter that I have back-button focus set up in terms of AF-C? Or do I just button bash if I'm trying to get multiple shots in the hope of a good one?

[Jack]

does it still focus on a halfpush of the shutter button ?
if not you will have to keep your finger on the back focus button and shoot , the AF should be quick enough to keep up with a dog or a horse , it's not yet quick enough to keep up with motorbikes , thankfully or I'd be out of work .

Always take multiple shots you can never guarantee the first shot is the one you want regardless of how well you think you have planned the shot .

[Cav]

Ah okay.. yeah I guess I can hold the back button down then. I had to deactivate the half-press button focus otherwise it would override the back button focus.

I'll give that a go then because we missed out on so many shots that way. I'd focus on the ground roughly where I think the dog was going then hold the shutter button and hope for 1 good shot - I got maybe 1 good shot out of 50.

[Cav]

How would everyone feel about a friendly "Photo of the Month" competition?

I'm thinking I can set a fairly vague task to allow for more creativity and we all vote the winner who then sets the following month's challenge? Just some fun

[Kwacky]

Go for it.

[Cav]

Had a great Bank Holiday weekend, about 2000 snaps to sort through ranging from baby pictures to a wedding reception to a day out with family at some local gardens.

While at the gardens I wanted to do some silhouette shots.. now, I know how to do them on my phone's camera (tap on the sun to set exposure and then the foreground is plain black) but could I get it to work yesterday on the DSLR??? Hell no.

I had metering set to spot, back button focus set to AF ON/Only, focus on the people to maintain a sharp image on them, f11, ISO100, compose the shot so the 'spot' is in the bright light and shoot. Failure. I deleted the images there and then so don't have the failed result to show but there was always a noticeable amount of light on them. I've rescued images with a darker foreground than that in Lightroom so I knew it was too bright at the time. Shutter speed was up around 1/500

[Cav]

@Frankie.. do you have the uncompressed swan image available? I'd love to include that in my wallpaper sequence for my office computer if you're okay with that

[Frankie]

@Frankie.. do you have the uncompressed swan image available? I'd love to include that in my wallpaper sequence for my office computer if you're okay with that

I have messaged you the pic, failing that I can email, drop me your address.

[Cav]

Some of you may have seen my post to Facebook today. Our local Springer Spaniel dog walking group held a Christmas party hosting approximately 50 Springers and raising over £600 for a local rescue center which is at risk of shutting down.

Here are a few of my favourite photos of the day:

[Cav]

Our 5 month old Elsie with her mummy Ellie

[Cav]

Elsie's older brother, Barnaby (originally named Hercules because he was the strongest and most herculean of the pups from birth)

[Cav]

This photo may look over the top on the eyes but I have not locally edited them.

The edits to this photo include all the basic stuff: exposure correction, colour temperature, whites/blacks and a bit of vignetting.

I nailed the focus and am so happy with this photo. Edit: I've just checked the image on here and due to compression it doesn't appear particularly sharp at 1:1

[Cav]

Irish Water Spaniel trekking to the tunnels