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07-03-2007, 01:46 AM
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Camera Tips?
As I deperately wait for my Ebay special camera to arrive before my 1st orchid blooms, I am wondering if I could get some tips as to what contitutes a great picture, before I go snapping away like some rabid beast (if it had opposable thumbs! )!!
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07-03-2007, 10:06 AM
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07-03-2007, 04:08 PM
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We'd l-o-v-e you to do that very thing! You read our minds!!
| Someone said, "Don't ask Ross, he's too shy", but I somehow didn't believe it!
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07-03-2007, 04:36 PM
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If you ask me, aside from focus, background is the most important. A nice neutral background, like a white wall or black velvet fabric, makes the bloom stand out the best. The light background is the best for a darker bloom, and the dark background for a lighter one. Make sure to put the plants far enough from the background as to make it blur. The less you can see in the back, the more you will see of the subject.
Also, what camera did you buy?
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07-03-2007, 04:39 PM
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Learn how to use the macro feature for those really up close, in your face pictures.  |
07-03-2007, 04:49 PM
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Learn how to use the macro feature for those really up close, in your face pictures. |
I had really hoped to see folks post to the original thread and maybe see that set up somehow as either an article or how-to or something. With helpful posts like these posted in random threads it would be hard to gather them together in one spot. Let me ask the mods/admin what could be done? |
07-03-2007, 04:59 PM
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| Someone said, "Don't ask Ross, he's too shy", but I somehow didn't believe it!
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You have to be kidding! Right? Me? Shy? That's why I have been in so much trouble around the house and around this board ! |
07-03-2007, 05:01 PM
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If you ask me, aside from focus, background is the most important. A nice neutral background, like a white wall or black velvet fabric, makes the bloom stand out the best. The light background is the best for a darker bloom, and the dark background for a lighter one. Make sure to put the plants far enough from the background as to make it blur. The less you can see in the back, the more you will see of the subject.
Also, what camera did you buy?
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Great comment! Background is most important. I'm not a fan of black, but it has it's uses. |
07-03-2007, 05:09 PM
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The Word of The Day...
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You have to be kidding! Right? Me? Shy? That's why I have been in so much trouble around the house and around this board ! |
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07-03-2007, 05:11 PM
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Duly noted! |
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