Some Photos

[WoodstocK]

Hey everyone...

here some photos.. a bit random but i think it´s ok
comments are welcome...
thanks for looking...

[WoodstocK]

some more...

[purplerose]

Pretty nice work.

Keep shooting and posting!

[WoodstocK]

Purplerose: Thanks! Im trying.. i think tomorrow will have the chance to take some photos.. if anygood i post.

[WoodstocK]

I was thinking that maybe i missed the point by getting the focus on the background, but my intention was to show the place and the mom and the lil kid were already on the "spot" of the shoot... dunno if i get the mood that i wanted....

[Mr. Mu]

hi woodstock,

with this last shot:
I don't know... if you wanted to show the place you would have had to look for a point of view where the two couldn't take all of our attention.
Or you would have had to get much closer to them and use a long focal length for the space behind them so you could have used a rather shallow DOF on them and blur them much more (rendering them rather illegible... just a few coloured specks, you know?)

Right now they are pretty much perfectly shot for a kind of intimate mother/child portrait, but the background comes off as distracting (and that one's supposed to be your main topic!) while the two people I rest my eyes on most are out of focus...

re-shoot...^^

cya
Mu
P.S.: and keep shooting and posting!

[WoodstocK]

Mu - Yes, i agree with u. It´s to much mother/child moment for what i wanted... but now it´s too late to re-shoot.... better luck next time... hehe
thanks for lookin and the comment.

Here are a few that i took last week.

[purplerose]

17, 19, 22 & 23 are pretty nice. I especially like #19. I think #17 could use a bit more help in the contrast area though.

[Nike]

Oh wow, do you live there or are these from a holiday? And you say you want snowy mountains! Could't we switch climate zones for like... a week? Too bad there's no sea in Austria.

I really like the foto with the candle, beautiful light.
And from your last update I totally love the 4th one, great atmosphere. The cityscapes are nice, too, exspecially the first one with the hills in the background and the last one with the lights (I like evening shots a lot).

The Jesus foto looks a bit like a more random snap shot though, with all that cropped people in front.
And I think on the after the girl with the camera the silouette could be a little sharper - but I like composition and colors.

[darkchild]

Beautiful work! And you thought I lived in a nice place.. I think you've got me beat! The very first photo of post #7 has a fantastic DOF. I love all those mountain ranges fading off in the distance. All your work is very nice. Keep posting, I would love to see more.

[WoodstocK]

Nike - yeh, i live there... Rio de Janeiro.
bout that girl photo, i think i´m having a little trouble getting that extra sharp, my camera is Canon S5 IS and the focus is pretty much auto (there is a manual focus but it´s a little hard to use it, specially in hasted photo takin..) i tried to use the most closed aperture that i could (8.0) and the lowest ISO setting for less noise... don´t know if that is the right way to do it... was just a try... and i think i´m getting more sharpened photos on the AUTO mode than at the M mode... probably my fault... any help on that would be awesome..
thanks for the comments.

Darkchild - Thanks! i really like that snowed mountains with the houses.. such a beautifull place...
That first photo is the main (and most knowed i think) view from Rio.. it´s called "Pão de Açúcar"
thanks again for looking.

sorry everyone bout my poor english, i speak it better than i write it

so... here are a few more from today

[darkchild]

I love the first photo in the last post! Very nice

Regarding your S5 IS, I have the same camera. If you're going to shoot without a tripod then you probably want to use and ISO around 200 or more (someone correct me if I'm wrong). You'll get more "noise", especially at night or darker scenes. The AUTO feature will adjust your ISO for you (usually at 400 is what I've experienced). You can get some great shots at ISO 80, with less noise, but you definitely need that tripod. I usually shoot all my still scenes with one. For some quick shots, I will use AUTO. Once on a stabilized surface you can adjust the focus to your liking. I also use the self-timer function, set to 2 secs, so after I press the shutter button I can let go of the camera (make sure it's on something solid!!) so it almost takes the shakiness completely out of the equation. Instead of tripod you can use a flat surface like a rock or a ledge... Hope that helps! Beautiful views!

[purplerose]

Really nice capture of light in the last post, I particularly like the first one.

[Ment]

Overall very nice photo's. Your whites are sometimes a little blown out.
I like your moon shots very much, especially the moon through the leaves.

The first photo of your last post, is very good. Even the beams of light are visible, a perfect capture of light

[WoodstocK]

Darkchild - yep... i´ve notice that i´m always getting something like 1/30 sec when i´m with the ISO 80... that gives blur for sure (my hands shakes as hell) it´s just a little dangerous to set a tripod in the locations round here, i´m always on the street guerrila style hehehehe...
other thing that i have a doubt, about the aperture... i always go for the most closed as i can... for more things to get in focus.. is that right? thanksss

Purplerose - many thanks for the comments and for keep chekin in...

Ment - Thanks... i´m going to be more careful with the whites... too many things to remember hehehe

Here a few from tonight... it´s from the window of a friend in Ipanema. i had no tripod with me but i manage to put the camera on the balcony (does that word exists? balcony? )

[darkchild]

Oooh, I love night time city photos! I like the second photo of the view down the street. Very nice yellows and nice blur from the break lights.

Regarding the aperture settings. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here. There are two modes on your camera that you can experiment with. The AV mode (Aperture Value) is used when you want to set your aperture as a priority and the camera will set your shutter speed automatically. You can still set your ISO and focus manually as well. I use this when the amount of light for my photos are more important. And, yes, setting your aperture will alter the DOF. The other is TV (Time Value), which is shutter priority. I use this if I want to freeze or blur my objects and allowing the camera to automatically adjust my aperture values. Then of course, there's full Manual mode, which is what I prefer to shoot in if my scene is stationary. But of course all this I shoot with a tripod. I can relate to your comment about the safety of shooting with a tripod. I shoot occasionally hand-held myself. But I set my ISO to atleast 400. But problem is that at higher ISO speeds you get more "noise", especially at night or darker scene. At night I try not to shoot without a tripod. Actually, off subject, at night because I take photos around 2-4 in the morning, I carry a very bright flashlight with me with a disorienting strobe on it. I always have it out while shooting. Not a lethal weapon, but will allow me to get away if I need to. Try this, I've been experimenting with different values in Manual when I'm shooting stationary objects. This gives me a wide variety of choices when it comes down to choosing the right final photo. I'll take on an average of five photos of the same scene. I hope this helps out Good luck! I'm looking forward to more wonderful photos of the beautiful area that you live in.

[Nike]

Just to clarify, I was referring to the photo AFTER the photo with the girl holding the camera - that dark mountain silouette in front of orange sky. I think the girl is fine. Sorry for my poor English in that post, reading it again, it's quite confusing

I like your updates. Beautiful light and atmosphere in the beach photos! And your nightshots are coming along pretty well, to

Regarding the aperture - what darkchild said. For landscapes it is often useful to go for the most narrow aperture possible. On the other hand, if you want to focus on a specific object, or even a part of an object, an open aperture can have very nice effects, too. Experimenting with all these options is a lot of fun!