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“Bokeh” specifically refers to the blurring of the background/out-of-focus areas in the image, not the depth of field itself…

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Are you shooting RAW with the DSLR?

The Powershots invariably “fix” images when you shoot, using preset adjustments to generate their JPGs – typically, they boost the levels and saturation beyond what I call “normal.”

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If an image is too dark, there are several things you can do:

1) Open the aperture more. This may decrease your depth-of-field to an unacceptable level.

2) Slow down the shutter speed to get more light. This may cause blurring, especially if you shorten your shutter speed to 1/focal length X crop factor (i.e., on a DSLR with a 1.5x crop, you’d want to use 1/75 as a minimum for a 50mm lens.) It may also cause blurring with moving subjects.

3) Increase your ISO. This will probably start introducing noise into the image (commonly called “grain” by people who think it’s similar to the effects you get with film.)

4) Add more light. Whether by strobes or hot lights, doesn’t really matter to me. They both have their pros and cons. I prefer strobes because they’re a lot more portable and location-friendly than hauling a lot of 1000W hot lights.

Hope this helps.

P.S.: Don’t trust the LCD preview of your images. Trust the histogram over the LCD.

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Yes, I’ve been shopping for a reversing ring and a BR-3 – but I think I’ve gotten a bit better at working close with the lenses I have, too:

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Why would you think that padlocks and corals are buildings?

Just checking, really – paddocks and corrals consist of many of the same materials as a “building,” and in some cases still include a roof to go with the vertical posts, horizontal rails, et cetera.

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Items that have been left to be reclaimed by nature. Difficulty: no buildings or vehicles.

Clarification, please – are things like old paddocks, corrals, etc. considered “buildings” or not?

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jpatten – and there’s always the capricious nature of Fark itself. Stuff that we find cool may not always translate well to the masses who’re fascinated by lolcats and poopy toddlers.

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jpatten – You just got on The List, buddy. Didn’t you know it’s downright unAmerican to do anything with potassium nitrate?

(This post closed-captioned for the sarcasm-impaired – oh, and Kip Hawley is an IDIOT.)

Lots of amazing photos already… as usual. Is it just me, or has the average quality of entries in the Farktography contests continuing to rise?

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Yay, Elsinore approves! We are GO for purple!

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How dominant is “dominant?”

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Whee. Go ahead, Elsinore. Hurt me.

hahaha 😆

btw, I love that crystal ball of yours.

Thank you! I was going to submit both versions, but I didn’t think the composition was different enough.

The one you saw:

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The other version:

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Amazing what moving one light can do.

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Very nice indeed. I went through a dry spell of about fifteen years without doing much photography before our honeymoon in Scotland brought me back to the light.

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Whee. Go ahead, Elsinore. Hurt me.

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this is a fairly tricky theme.it is a real challenge to get my camera to focus on clear glass objects and one of the shots I really want to do is this little glass globe of the Earth.I have tried dark background and tin foil background and I tried under lighting it with a red LED.Do I have the right idea?

Something to try – get a straight pin, and put the point of the pin in contact with the glass at the spot you want to focus on.

Turn off your autofocus, focus on the point of that pin, remove the pin, and shoot. Bob’s your uncle.

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Even if I’d cropped the original, I would have lost the sign – there were more people visible under it. So, different image.

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