My little hobby: 2007

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

DIY - Hump all day

Here is another photo which uses macro mode. The primary function of the macro mode is to get the miniature details, look at the 1st photo the details of the fly are not that great, where as the second photo has good details of it wings
DIY:
Kindly Note: have your display guide turned on.
You camera needs to have the Manual mode and apart from that you need some thing called the Macro mode which usually is hidden under menus. If you are not sure of how to have the best exposure settings try first with the Program mode and have few snaps taken with your digital camera, this will help you to understand the needed exposure mention in camera.

Finally set the desired exposure and desired zoom level and click some awesome photos.

Tip:

Flies, insects, birds etc are the most painful ones to capture, you need to take atleast some 20 to 30 snaps to get the desired one. Most of the pro photographers, have this patience and taking multiple photos as their trade secret.
Macro modes are helpful for your to take some fine prints from newspaper or brochures etc

Now try some and let me know the results.

DIY - Learn how to take tail lamp trails

I had taken this photograph on a Sunday night. The technique I have used is long exposure. If your camera has a Manual mode, you need to tweak the exposure setting to desired number of seconds to keep the shutter open allowing the light to register. This photo was taken with a exposure time of 15 seconds, that was the maximum my Olympus sp-500uz had.

Will keep you posted with some more pictures which I had taken using this technique.

Try this technique and let me know, whether it was of any help to you.

Tip:

If you have been to Mysore garden (karnataka, India) and tried taking those dancing fountain with your camera, the results would have not been desirable. The long exposure technique works well for water fountain.
Deewali fireworks on the sky.