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Mary Brown
{K:71879} 4/19/2005
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Very pretty, Andrea. My husband loves Azaleas. Actually, a friend just brought us one yesterday. I tried to take a picture, but I did not do well. Your shot is so lovely with great detail and nice compositon.
Mary
Thank you for your comment on my Mother Nature's Pets. No, no one had mentioned B&W. Thanks for suggestion. I tried it and it looked good. I don't think to try things in B&W.
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Andrea Harris
{K:2496} 4/13/2005
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OK! I found all that info! F number 5.6, exposure time 1/50 second (would that also be my shutter speed?), Max aperature F/5.7 (5.0).
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Andrea Harris
{K:2496} 4/13/2005
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Wow! Dirck, you have the best info! You know that don't you? :) I will definitely check the "image information" out and really appreciate you sharing that PSP feature. I took this photo on a foggy morning so I can see where some editing makes a difference (thanks for the example).
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Dirck DuFlon
{K:35779} 4/13/2005
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Lovely photo of a beautiful flower, Andrea! You might try adjusting the levels a little in PSP to get the colors to 'pop' a bit more. I like the short depth of field - if you use too small an aperture (large F-number), the background would be more in focus and would, I think, be distracting!
All digital cameras automatically record exposure information (and a *lot* of other details) right into the digital file in what's called the EXIF data. Unfortunately, some editors (including PSP) strip out the EXIF data when you load an image into them, then save it again. But you *are* only editing copies of your original images and not the originals, right?!? If you load an original image (right out of the camera) into PSP, you can click on Image > Image Information to see this data, or if you have Windows XP, you can right-click on the file, then click 'Properties', choose the 'Summary' tab, then click the 'Advanced' button.
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steven carter
{K:2140} 4/13/2005
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Well i dont record it lol. I do shoot manually and it really depends on the time of day andn lighting. Really I like early morning or even cloudy for flowers. An F of say F8 would give more areas that are in detail but you have to use a slower shutter speed which might cause camera shake. Do u use a tripod? I have a macro on this site i posted about a month ago. called easter flower. I used F 8 1/250 sec and it got a lot of comments. If i remember it was not too bright that day.
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Andrea Harris
{K:2496} 4/13/2005
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Thanks Steven. No, I don't remember the f-stop. I always wonder how people do when they post it. Do they record it on a notebook when they are taking the picture? I know that a lot of good photographers will have all sorts of details on their photos like that. I took 145 pictures that day and maybe got 8 or 9 shots that I really like. Should I start recording details like my ISO, f-stop, etc.?
Thanks again for your help.
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steven carter
{K:2140} 4/13/2005
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Nice macro, good colors and composition. do you remember your F number on this?
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