Shouldn't I be understanding EV a little bit better and knowing when to bump it or reduce it?

I'm curious about casual panoramas without a tripod in good light (so shutter speed is 1/300 or better at f7.1). My camera doesn't have built-in panorama, so I have to take multiple shots.

basically what the exposure compensation does, is change either your exposure time if you are on aperture priority, or your f-number if you are on shutter priority in either one or the other direction ( brighter / darker ). they work in third steps on most common digital cameras. so if you use your aperture priority on lets say, f1.8, the camera calculates the exposure time as it sees fit to get a "correct" exposure. Your exposure compensation adds third steps on top of that calculated exposure time.

Easier put: You can make your photos a little bit darker or brighter by using exposure compensation...... :S

You can google all the details and math though, shouldnt need us.

rgds

No. Like I said, if you shoot in RAW you can easily adjust that in the processing program. If you shoot in JPEG, it makes a difference.

For panoramas, just try to be steady and make sure to overlap shots. The more overlap, the better, but obviously its no use to take 50 shots when you could take 5 and get the same photo. Use photoshop or similar program to stitch the pics together. Usually there is some sort of tool that specifically does it.

What do you think of this shot? Which one looks better, the crop & compressed vertically for a 1920x1080 version (top), or the uncropped full 1920x1200 version (bottom). Original resolution 6000x4000, might do a print for this one.





This post was edited by Canadian_Man on Aug 7 2013 08:28pm

bracketing...? haha
most beginners think that you need to know your camera in and out, the truth is that you do not... but learning everything about the camera isn't a bad idea either, but then if.

if you're shooting raw, don't worry too much if your image gets underexposed or overexposed, just process them later.

if you really want to learn about cameras, film has to be the best way by doing it. my first slr was an F5 and it was a great learning experience.

as for composition, all i have to say is

rule of thirds lol...if you have a RoT grid on your viewfinder you should be using that to help you compose with your shots. and that feature should always be left on





i like the setting but i really don't like how this was framed so much of the building was cut

for me when i edit my photos, i never cropped/cut my images because i make sure i shoot what i see in the viewfinder, and what i see is what i want.

the only time i crop is when i need a specific element on an image to edit on to a different file.

and thats one of the differences between shooting raw vs jpeg. if you shoot jpeg, you need to get your settings to almost perfect to get a good jpeg file as well with composition. and if you shoot raw, all you need to worry about is getting that perfect or close to perfect frame, and then later you can process your images later...

i mean if you were to shoot a wedding or some special event, and you start chimpping on your camera moving the dials and pressing buttons just defeats the purpose of shooting raw, you'll be missing all the action... set up the optimum settings for the environment and get ready to capture your subjects.

This post was edited by Irresistable on Aug 8 2013 05:33am

I agree with the above post. The composition is severely lacking. What is the subject? And why would you put that awful filter over the shot? The detail is very nice, but there is nothing in the shot to look at, except the sign, and by itself its meaningless. There is no story to this building in these shots.

I would strongly suggest film as well. Because each shot costs money, you will put more time into thinking about the show and what you want to show. The first time I shot film I used a medium format camera and used black and white film. That one experience changed the way I looked at photography, how I composed my shots, and taught me the value of thinking about the photograph instead of snapping a ton with a digital camera and then picking the best one.

Hahahahaha. That pose is awesome! It looks like he is resting his elbows on the ground, eatin his peanut and you got the shot in good focus

I reeeeally love old buildings! I think the first shot is neat, the other two the colors seem weird to me... and the position of the shot. I feel like my eye wants to see the whole building. Cool opportunity though, for these types of shots!