Assigment Submissions January Aperture

[F, Calla & Luca]

Please post your January submission here. other comment about the assingment can go in the original discussion.

[Adina P]

I didn't touch the ISO and let it do it's own thing as I don't know anything about ISO ... yet =)
Noise specific to this photo is: ____ ?
Oh and how would I Have gotten rid of the foreground blur? Just with a higher aperture or better aim?

[Diane Margetts]

Beats the heck out of me but I will take on part two of your post as a research assignment. At a glance, I found it has something to do with format size (of your particular camera) and focal length of your lens. I'm kind of understanding that much, but I will have to do some experimenting with various focal lengths on the lenses I have for my camera. I will post the results or at least a link to the results. This also goes into an ongoing series of posts I made about the 4/3 format that I use vs. the 3/2 format that you and most of the others in this group use. This will be fun and interesting. Now if someone already knows the answer to Adina's DOF question, please jump in and save me!!! For your entertainment, this is what I have been mulling over: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field
Adina--I do not see any obvious noise in your photo, but theoretically, you could have got an even sharper image with a smaller ISO . . .

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I don't know what ISO is or noise (I can make an educated guess on this one), and I definitely done understand 4/3 vs 3/2 - huh? I think I am far behind the rest of you, but even reading the posts are getting me more comfortable with camera vocabulary.

[F, Calla & Luca]

Here is the best I can explain , which was already in our group.
ISO "What ISO denotes is how sensitive the image sensor is to the amount of light present. The higher the ISO, the more sensitive the image sensor and therefore the possibility to take pictures in low-light situations." I found this info on:
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Noise

[Diane Margetts]

Nancy, I doubt you're that far behind--me anyway! I have heard and read about a lot of camera terminology and I understand a bit of it but I think the way to really understand it is to try and document different setting and look at the results. Some results will please you more than others. This is only a suggestion--I have not done it myself but I plan to do it gradually as time allows! The 4/3 to 3/2 is really nothing for you to be concerned about at all--it's really for me to keep reminding myself because I am working with a non-standard format. An exceptional photographer once reminded me that "correct" is really in the eye of the beholder!!

[F, Calla & Luca]

I think these assignments are a good way to help understand things one step at a time.

[Sue]

My camera has something called focus points. I use a 51 point area on my D300. But you have a Canon, so I'm not sure.

[Sue]

http://www.all-things-photography.com/focus-points.html

[Mandy&Bailee]

Adina, you're really getting it! If you did want a photo of everything the 3rd one is best. Artistically though, I like the first one - fun perspective. You moved in the 2nd one, that's why it's blurry. Try taking a deep breath and exhaling - then depress the shutter at the bottom of the exhale. Helps me stay more steady.

[Barbara]

good job!

[F, Calla & Luca]

I like the foreground blur. Not as a picture for display but as an example that you can blur the foreground and the background if you're focusing with a shallow depth of field (large aperture) on something in the midground. At least that's my interpretation of what went on here. Believe me the manual sometimes boggles the mind but I find it helps at least to identify what button, or pair of a button and some other gizmo, does what.

[Diane Margetts]

The confusing part is I don't ever recall getting foreground AND background blur unless I do it intentionally in post processing. It seems to have something to do with the focal length. I would just like to know in case I want to shoot for that effect.