The "Post your pictures here" thread.

Ice Globe · 23 Nov 2013 at 19:07

A cold start at Moel Famau, Wales.

Moel Famau 01 by Ice Globe, on Flickr

Moel Famau 03 by Ice Globe, on Flickr

Moel Famau 02 by Ice Globe, on Flickr

shaggyd · 23 Nov 2013 at 19:16

Had a drive around Snowdonia with my son, stopped for a few snaps. Enjoy.

Hyburnate · 23 Nov 2013 at 19:20

Damn. All these landscapes :eek:

So lovely.

Hunders · 23 Nov 2013 at 19:27

I bought a Haida 10 stop ND the other day and gave it a proper go today during both sunrise and sunset. I'm super happy with this filter as it's a proper bargain and is top quality.

Here's a couple of photos:

Plymouth-Hoe-in-the-morning by Connor Hundley, on Flickr

Mount-Batten-Rocks by Connor Hundley, on Flickr

fallbayuk · 24 Nov 2013 at 02:06

Went walking in the woods and came across this guy flat out sleeping, any ideas what kind of dog it is?

Hyburnate · 24 Nov 2013 at 10:51

Husky would be my best guess although I'm not a dog person

Sh4rkie · 24 Nov 2013 at 12:04

Hunders said:
I bought a Haida 10 stop ND the other day and gave it a proper go today during both sunrise and sunset. I'm super happy with this filter as it's a proper bargain and is top quality.

Here's a couple of photos:

Plymouth-Hoe-in-the-morning by Connor Hundley, on Flickr

Mount-Batten-Rocks by Connor Hundley, on Flickr

Stunning image

stument · 24 Nov 2013 at 13:20

Nice shots Hunders

Also from Plymouth, ill have to go to those locations at some point!

Hunders · 24 Nov 2013 at 13:26

Thanks very much. It's my first REAL foray into landscape stuff and the second came out real well. I'm not massively keen on the first because of the lack of clouds so I photoshopped some in this morning. Not ideal but it'll do

Plymouth-Hoe-in-the-morning-with-clouds by Connor Hundley, on Flickr

James J · 24 Nov 2013 at 14:09

M9 JPEGS SOOC are rather pleasing

Christmas In Barnsley by jjohnson2012, on Flickr

42zx · 24 Nov 2013 at 16:44

Found some old raw files from when I had a Nikon and a new dog. The Nikon raws are still really nice to work with

229 by 42zx, on Flickr

vail3r · 24 Nov 2013 at 18:25

Watchful eye by matthewpaulgrainger, on Flickr

All alone on a sunny day. by matthewpaulgrainger, on Flickr

SMN · 25 Nov 2013 at 17:06

Waterfalls by SMN Photography, on Flickr

The bear in the woods by SMN Photography, on Flickr

Fairly new to photography, I took my 18-135MM lens to Virginia Water yesterday to play around as i've been having real difficulty with understanding shutter speed vs aperture - so i wanted to get testing. I think the above 2 look pretty good after post process? (I corrected some under-exposure in light room on both).

It was a fairly cloudy day, so i having issues with the light - i kept playing around with lower shutter speeds (around 1/30) and f3.5 - 5 which seemed to get the best results.

Hyburnate · 25 Nov 2013 at 17:12

The problem with that shutter speed on lenses without IS is that you will get a blurry image (that's the beauty of IS

). What do you mean with shutter speed vs aperture? But in low light, you want to open your aperture as wide as it can (unless you're after a desired affect for instance front to back focus) to get the shutter speed as low as possible, and the 1000D should perform ok on the ISO front so don't be afraid to crank that up. I'm an amateur just as much so I'm still learning

Another thing with the top one is (one that I need to nail into my own skull too!) composition, you cold perhaps zoom in with your feet a little more and remove the fence from the frame but also wait until the guy on the left has gone that would create a much nicer image.

SMN · 25 Nov 2013 at 17:17

Hyburnate said:
The problem with that shutter speed on lenses without IS is that you will get a blurry image (that's the beauty of IS ). What do you mean with shutter speed vs aperture? But in low light, you want to open your aperture as wide as it can (unless you're after a desired affect for instance front to back focus) to get the shutter speed as low as possible, and the 1000D should perform ok on the ISO front so don't be afraid to crank that up. I'm an amateur just as much so I'm still learning

Another thing with the top one is (one that I need to nail into my own skull too!) composition, you cold perhaps zoom in with your feet a little more and remove the fence from the frame but also wait until the guy on the left has gone that would create a much nicer image.

Yeah the lens i've got has IS which is nice, I was trying to get my head around the aperture and how it plays with the shutter speed - i.e. having a bigger F number (8 for example) with a shutter speed of 1/20 vs having an F number of 3.5 and a shutter speed of 1/60.

So rule of thumb - lowest F number possible, quickest shutter speed possible - if the picture is under exposed - reduce the shutter speed and try again? I did a photography day course about a year ago now and the one key thing i remember is dont reduce the ISO unless you absolutely have to.

Hyburnate · 25 Nov 2013 at 17:59

SMN said:
Yeah the lens i've got has IS which is nice, I was trying to get my head around the aperture and how it plays with the shutter speed - i.e. having a bigger F number (8 for example) with a shutter speed of 1/20 vs having an F number of 3.5 and a shutter speed of 1/60.

So rule of thumb - lowest F number possible, quickest shutter speed possible - if the picture is under exposed - reduce the shutter speed and try again? I did a photography day course about a year ago now and the one key thing i remember is dont reduce the ISO unless you absolutely have to.

The lower the number the wider the lens is and therefore the more light coming in. However the lower the number the less depth of field (this is which gives you this effect. That shot taken by MrK was at f/4.0 focused on Danbo, it's blurred the background out of shot completely, but of course if you don't want that effect you need a wider aperture which is where things like shutter speed and ISO come in, it's sort of like 3 ball juggling. My favourite YouTuber does free videos which teach you things and if you go to their facebook page you can post images and they'll help you work things out. I recommend you check out his videos here. These are the ones that you may wish to look at for getting the Shutter Speed, Aperture and ISO sorted.

Ice Globe · 25 Nov 2013 at 18:35

Another autumn panorama at Moel Famau, Wales

Moel Famau 06 by Ice Globe, on Flickr

Russinating · 25 Nov 2013 at 19:36

SMN said:
Yeah the lens i've got has IS which is nice, I was trying to get my head around the aperture and how it plays with the shutter speed - i.e. having a bigger F number (8 for example) with a shutter speed of 1/20 vs having an F number of 3.5 and a shutter speed of 1/60.

So rule of thumb - lowest F number possible, quickest shutter speed possible - if the picture is under exposed - reduce the shutter speed and try again? I did a photography day course about a year ago now and the one key thing i remember is dont reduce the ISO unless you absolutely have to.

A good tip I find is to work backwards. Instead of thinking about exposure and fitting your settings around that, first decide on the desired effect, what setting takes president to achieve that and then set everything around that to get your exposure.

ISO will usually be last on that list of priority as it has little desired effect on the image (other than grain), so don't always think that it 'has' to be 100.

For example, in order of priority:

Sports: Shutter speed / aperture / ISO
Landscape: Aperture / ISO / shutter speed
Portrait: Aperture / shutter speed / ISO

42zx · 25 Nov 2013 at 20:08

230 by 42zx, on Flickr

Hyburnate · 25 Nov 2013 at 20:25

Rustic Lock by Hyburnuts, on Flickr