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Very nice roses!!!
Wow, those are gorgeous. Absolute beauties. I like roses, too. AT my old house, I had a couple that had managed to survive the winters (they were right next to the house). They were shrub roses and had a really nice scent.
I'll bet you could get an even better picture of those roses if you just moved in closer, so they filled the entire picture.
I'll bet you could get an even better picture of those roses if you just moved in closer, so they filled the entire picture.
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Great shots TN. Those are really pretty roses. Did you do any post processing(editing)? They seem to have a soft focus which is really nice.(at least for roses.lol)
If you camera wouldn't focus when you get too close, I'd say you need to put the camera is macro mode, if it has it? I'm not that familiar with Sony's so I don't know what features it has? I'm betting if you put it in macro mode and then get close again, it will properly focus.
Just a thought. Thanks for sharing.
If you camera wouldn't focus when you get too close, I'd say you need to put the camera is macro mode, if it has it? I'm not that familiar with Sony's so I don't know what features it has? I'm betting if you put it in macro mode and then get close again, it will properly focus.
Just a thought. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah, you need to be in macro mode. I've heard Sony's have great macro ability, so check out the manual to see how close you can get in macro mode. My camera, a Olympus C3000, can go down to 8 inches in macro mode. That's not all that close, I've heard of some that do down to 2 inches.
Then like TX Cowboy said, you need to be able to crop it in a photo editing program. Usually you can do this in whatevever program came with your camera.
Another point on macro photography that I learned the hard way: Depending on your lighting, you may have limited depth of field, so only part of your flower may be in focus. If you are looking through a viewfinder, you might be looking at a different part of the flower than your camera is focusing on. Experiment to find out the best way to do this. I put my camera on "spot focus" and then looked at the LCD display to put the center point right on the part of the flower I wanted in focus, pressed half down on the shutter button to lock in the focus, then re-composed and took the picture.
Of course, if your lighting is bright enough so you can use a high f-stop, then maybe the whole flower will be in focus. But bright, harsh lighting usually is not the best for taking pictures, again something I've learned the hard way!!!!
Then like TX Cowboy said, you need to be able to crop it in a photo editing program. Usually you can do this in whatevever program came with your camera.
Another point on macro photography that I learned the hard way: Depending on your lighting, you may have limited depth of field, so only part of your flower may be in focus. If you are looking through a viewfinder, you might be looking at a different part of the flower than your camera is focusing on. Experiment to find out the best way to do this. I put my camera on "spot focus" and then looked at the LCD display to put the center point right on the part of the flower I wanted in focus, pressed half down on the shutter button to lock in the focus, then re-composed and took the picture.
Of course, if your lighting is bright enough so you can use a high f-stop, then maybe the whole flower will be in focus. But bright, harsh lighting usually is not the best for taking pictures, again something I've learned the hard way!!!!
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TxCowboy, I didn't do any post editing to these pics. They came out good enough without it.
Annie, I took the second two pics in macro mode. I haven't got the manual out and read it yet ( I'm a man who needs manuals) HeHe. You know how us men are, we don't get the instructions out until we mess everything up and then we decide to get them out. Thanks for the advice, I need it. I took some more last night of some peach colored roses,I'll try to post them when I get off work.
Oh yea what is f-stop?
Annie, I took the second two pics in macro mode. I haven't got the manual out and read it yet ( I'm a man who needs manuals) HeHe. You know how us men are, we don't get the instructions out until we mess everything up and then we decide to get them out. Thanks for the advice, I need it. I took some more last night of some peach colored roses,I'll try to post them when I get off work.
Oh yea what is f-stop?
TNDEERHUNTER: What's f-stop? Basically, it's the opening in your camera lens that lets a certain amount of light through, and it often called "aperture". Your camera adjusts both the size of the aperture and the shutter speed in order to get the right exposure for your picture. Apeture is labeled in f-stop numbers. Typical ones are 2.8, 3.2, 3.6, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.6, 6.3, and so non up to f22. A low number, like f2.8, is a wide open aperture, and lets in a lot of light, so you can take photos when it's dark. For f22, you'll typically need to have a sunny day's amount of light. When you use these in conjunction with the shutter speeds, which are ones like 1/30, 1/60, 1/80, 1/100, 1/250 of a second, you can see you have lots of combinations to use to get just the right exposure.
Shutter speed ties into movement; if you're taking pictures of sports and want to freeze the action, then you'll want something like 1/500 second. Also, if you have a telephoto lens, something like the equivalent of a 300 mm or bigger 35mm lens, you need to either use a tripod or a high shutter speed like 1/500 second, or both.
The other thing about f-stops is that the higher the f-stop number, the more depth of field you get. There's a mathematical equation for this, but I don't know what it is off the top of my head. F2.8 means you'll get just barely one petal on your rose in focus, while f22 would mean that you'd get the whole rose in focus, including the area in front of it and probably some behind it!
I don't know what kind of camera you have, or if it even has a manual mode, where you get to pick both the f-stop and the shutter speed. But reading up on it and playing around with it may help you figure out it will handle various lighting situations.
Shutter speed ties into movement; if you're taking pictures of sports and want to freeze the action, then you'll want something like 1/500 second. Also, if you have a telephoto lens, something like the equivalent of a 300 mm or bigger 35mm lens, you need to either use a tripod or a high shutter speed like 1/500 second, or both.
The other thing about f-stops is that the higher the f-stop number, the more depth of field you get. There's a mathematical equation for this, but I don't know what it is off the top of my head. F2.8 means you'll get just barely one petal on your rose in focus, while f22 would mean that you'd get the whole rose in focus, including the area in front of it and probably some behind it!
I don't know what kind of camera you have, or if it even has a manual mode, where you get to pick both the f-stop and the shutter speed. But reading up on it and playing around with it may help you figure out it will handle various lighting situations.
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Thanks Annie that helps. I was reading in my manual and I don't have any manual controls but now I know what to look for on my new camera. I'mm looking to buy a 5 megapixel. I have some more rose pics that I took last week when I get a chance I'll post them.
