June 26, 2006

Three Pics 01

A standard long exposure aimed for light streaks. Pointed the camera towards the headlights to see if the effect was different.
An Apple keyboard button up close.
Care to take a guess what this is?

5 comments:

brymac said...

YOUDABOMBMICHII!!! \m/^_-\m/

Yup, that is a mouse on flypaper. That is before I sent it where the goldfishies lay. It got mesmerized by the lens so it stopped squirming.

Are you talking about shutterlag (time between pressing the shutter and taking the actual picture)? My first digicam had tons of that too.
Here are some things that can help:

1) ISO setting: Increase the sensitivity of your sensor. ISO 400 or higher can eliminate some problems caused by shutterlag/slow shutter. This is at the cost of noise though, the higher the ISO, the grainier the picture.

2) Focus: Some digicams these days have lenses that need focusing. If you will generally take group shots, setting it to 2meters-infinity could eliminate focusing time.

3) Timing: Knowing your camera is your best hack. If it takes the picture at the count of 2 or 5, that will definitely hurt.

olrayt said...

nice...

btw, what camera would a wannabee-photgrapher (like me) need?

trebs said...

Light streaks... cool...

Junelle said...

great pics ... all i could catch now are accidents ... how come i could never take a pic as artistic as that ... mine is here http://junelle.blogs.friendster.com/photos/iloilo_accidents/index.html
http://junelle.blogs.friendster.com/photos/storm/index.html

brymac said...

Intiendes: Thanks for dropping by. Your 2MP Nokia N90 is a handy phone/cam. With your busy schedule, I suggest you look at the practical side of taking pictures. Try and make a photo-diary, something like 'this is my lunch' or 'my daughter made this for school'. The art aspect will come eventually as you get the wanting to improve and squeeze more from your camera.

Olrayt: Depends on how creative or practical you want your photography to be. Its diffult to lug around a dslr to parties and events. Or how unjustified a scenery would be with a compact digicam.