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A little while ago I wrote about the use of digital images and how the fact that they are free to take - as opposed to film - meant that I had fallen into the trap of taking a scatter gun approach to photography - taking pictures without really using my eyes and relying on PP to take care of any errors.
I made the promise to try to take much more care with my pics.
Here are a couple of pics I've taken as a result:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20926615@N05/4325398551/sizes/o/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20926615@N05/4326134540/sizes/o/
The first was one of four taken of the same subject using the histogram and "blinking highlights" to get as much detail in the pic as possible, both in the highlights and in the shadows.
It was a bright day and the frost crystals were very bright but I managed to get this pic where the histogram showed no clipping of the highlights or blocking of the shadows.
But it showed me that a great deal of care had to be taken with these kind of subjects because there was very little latitude - 1/3 stop - before losing detail in either the highlights or shadows.
The second shot of the bird was also taken to accomplish the same thing.
In this case I was shooting at an angle to the sun and again had to take several shots of various birds before getting the exposure right.
I'm quite pleased with the shots but this exercise showed me how much more demanding digital photography can be in spite of - or maybe because of - the vast improvements which have been made.
It also showed me how careless I had become when taking pics relying on PP to make up for my mistakes.
I made the promise to try to take much more care with my pics.
Here are a couple of pics I've taken as a result:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20926615@N05/4325398551/sizes/o/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20926615@N05/4326134540/sizes/o/
The first was one of four taken of the same subject using the histogram and "blinking highlights" to get as much detail in the pic as possible, both in the highlights and in the shadows.
It was a bright day and the frost crystals were very bright but I managed to get this pic where the histogram showed no clipping of the highlights or blocking of the shadows.
But it showed me that a great deal of care had to be taken with these kind of subjects because there was very little latitude - 1/3 stop - before losing detail in either the highlights or shadows.
The second shot of the bird was also taken to accomplish the same thing.
In this case I was shooting at an angle to the sun and again had to take several shots of various birds before getting the exposure right.
I'm quite pleased with the shots but this exercise showed me how much more demanding digital photography can be in spite of - or maybe because of - the vast improvements which have been made.
It also showed me how careless I had become when taking pics relying on PP to make up for my mistakes.
