47-Lonely Me
rckmtl
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Hey everyone. I have been lurking, but figured this challenge would be a great way to intro myself. I have only had my camera a few months and am still learning how to use it and about photagraphy in general. If anyone has any thoughts or critique on my shot, I would love to hear them. If I did not post the EXIF info correctly, please let me know. Thanks!
EXIF info-
Date taken-9-17-05
Modified-9-17-05
Camera-Konica Minolta Dimage Z10
Shutter speed-1/40
Aperture-F3.2
ISO-125
No flash
-Ellen-
EXIF info-
Date taken-9-17-05
Modified-9-17-05
Camera-Konica Minolta Dimage Z10
Shutter speed-1/40
Aperture-F3.2
ISO-125
No flash
-Ellen-
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Comments
What type of camera is it? I wish mine could go down to 100ISO or a non standard ISO (something other than 200, 400, 800, 1600)
You won't be lonely @Dgrin We are a friendly bunch. Your first post is a good one. I'd work on the White balance tho.. There are plenty of tips on WB correction if you do a search for it..
Look foward to seeing more work from you..
Gus
Not a bad shot. Agree on the white balance and maybe even some color correction, dodge/burn perhaps? Contrast adjustments? Nothing major. Nice job.
Cheers
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It is a Konica Minolta Dimage Z10. Not quite up to par with some of the equipment I know some of you guys have, but it was the best I could afford. It has enough features for me to learn with anyway.
I can manually choose an ISO of 64, 100, 200, or 400. When I shoot in auto the camera seems to be able to pick any number in between any of those. My thing is that I do not understand ISO enough yet to know which setting to use when.
I agree with you guys on the white balance thing. I had been trying for a red backlight effect, which you can kinda see on the higlight of the frame, but not very well. The background is supposed to be red.
I shot this on the auto mode to get a feel for what it would look like. I think I want to shoot it again in a mode that lets me use the manual white balance. The maybe the red won't get washed out.
With my camera I can shoot in Auto, aperture priority, shutter priority, and full manual. I think Aperture priority would be the best to re-shoot it in?? I'm not moving so the shutter speed shouldn't be a big issue, right?
When I am in manual or shutter priorty modes, I can choose any shutter speed up to 1/2000. Which is nice. But for Aperture settings, I can only choose from F3.2, F4.8, and F8.0, which is not so nice.
Thanks in advance for the help.
-Ellen-
Don't stress about the camera. It's you, not the camera. One of our best photographers on this site is a young woman with a point and shoot. Take a look at her galleries.
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I'm actually happy with my camera, I figure it is a good one for me to learn on.
Erich
Hi Ellen,
As a fellow newby here, let me say that you have received some very positive feedback from some of the more respected people in this venue.
I agree that the white balance could be better (more natural fleshtones perhaps...) but, more importantly, the composition is very nice. Try shooting it again with various WB and lighting. See what strikes your fancy.
As Rutt has posted here in another forum, it is the photographer, not the camera. You seem to have a good eye for composition. Concentrate on composition and fancy cameras will certainly be part of your future.
Cheers,
Patrick
BTW: Might I suggest that you submit this pic to the current dgrin photo challenge (self-portraits)? What have you got to lose?
But i tend to like stuff others dont
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