New To Photos (pics)

[Death] · 16 Jul 2006 at 09:44

just got a Minolta z2 from my father. said he didnt need it anymore.

took a few pics by the pond of a dragonfly, this thing was 4 inches long no probs maybe more, biggest 1 i have seen. anyway heres the pics

click for full size, they are pretty huge

[Death] · 16 Jul 2006 at 09:44

cyKey · 16 Jul 2006 at 10:40

[QUOTE='[Death]click for full size, they are pretty huge

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Any reason why? Your pictures will look better at 800x600 than they will zoomed in at 100% at full resolution. Plus they will be quicker to download. Plus they seem to be the same shot taken a few seconds apart. Its always good to choose the best image from a set and post that.

[Death] · 16 Jul 2006 at 11:14

soz m8, new to the photo part of comps, i can build and overclock, but photos are a nono. so a resize to 800x600 then. at mo thats how they came off the camera, untouched

cyKey · 16 Jul 2006 at 11:18

[Death] said:
soz m8, new to the photo part of comps, i can build and overclock, but photos are a nono. so a resize to 800x600 then. at mo thats how they came off the camera, untouched

No worries

Lots of people do the same and they don't realise that by resizing to 800x600 they're pictures will look nicer when viewed online.

[Death] · 17 Jul 2006 at 08:07

ok, after a look at some photo tools, here is my first go with photoshop

cyKey · 17 Jul 2006 at 09:59

Cool, they look great

danza · 17 Jul 2006 at 17:47

I like your shots, particularly the first without the fish below. There's a lot of Dragonflies around at the mo, picking of flying ants in mid air. They're quite scary. I almost had a big one fly into me when I was riding to work this afternoon!

Belly · 17 Jul 2006 at 19:14

Yes the 2nd photo looks very good but I think a 4:3 Crop would have been better (800 x 600) perhaps?

Good Depth of field though.