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[pontifex]

Water Lily

Taken with Nikon D50 and Tamron 70-300 lens.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: pontifex
Water Lily

Taken with Nikon D50 and Tamron 70-300 lens.

is the black background the result of post processing or does it come out of the camera like that?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: pontifex
Water Lily

Taken with Nikon D50 and Tamron 70-300 lens.

is the black background the result of post processing or does it come out of the camera like that?

came out of the camera like that. if there is any post processing on it, its only auto levels, auto contrast, and maybe auto color.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: pontifex
Water Lily

Taken with Nikon D50 and Tamron 70-300 lens.

is the black background the result of post processing or does it come out of the camera like that?

came out of the camera like that. if there is any post processing on it, its only auto levels, auto contrast, and maybe auto color.

how does the camera do that? im assuming the background wasnt really black...unless you shot this in a studio. I know for certain that a P&S wont do that - S3IS superzoom would blur out the background but it wouldnt be black like that

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: pontifex
Water Lily

Taken with Nikon D50 and Tamron 70-300 lens.

is the black background the result of post processing or does it come out of the camera like that?

came out of the camera like that. if there is any post processing on it, its only auto levels, auto contrast, and maybe auto color.

how does the camera do that? im assuming the background wasnt really black...unless you shot this in a studio. I know for certain that a P&S wont do that - S3IS superzoom would blur out the background but it wouldnt be black like that

that photo is looking straight down on a water lily in a small backyard pond. the water was pretty dark. i swear i didn't do anything to the background, its all natural.

 

[jamesbond007]

One of my top-favorite spots shots:
Softball Bat Compression

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: pontifex

that photo is looking straight down on a water lily in a small backyard pond. the water was pretty dark. i swear i didn't do anything to the background, its all natural.

no i believe you. Ive seen other macro shots similar to that where you cant see any of the background. I always wondered how that was done. I guess thats only possible with a SLR and a macro lens

 

[AmpedSilence]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: pontifex

that photo is looking straight down on a water lily in a small backyard pond. the water was pretty dark. i swear i didn't do anything to the background, its all natural.

no i believe you. Ive seen other macro shots similar to that where you cant see any of the background. I always wondered how that was done. I guess thats only possible with a SLR and a macro lens

Or have two or three stops of light difference between the subject and the background; i hear that produces similar results

 

[Patt]

keira.jpg

One of my recent faves.

 

[virtuamike]

Originally posted by: AmpedSilence

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: pontifex

that photo is looking straight down on a water lily in a small backyard pond. the water was pretty dark. i swear i didn't do anything to the background, its all natural.

no i believe you. Ive seen other macro shots similar to that where you cant see any of the background. I always wondered how that was done. I guess thats only possible with a SLR and a macro lens

Or have two or three stops of light difference between the subject and the background; i hear that produces similar results

Yup lighting. 4 stops will do the trick, think shadows on a sunnny day. 2 stops looks like shadows on an overcast day, and 3 stops looks like shadows when a small cloud passes by.

 

[Rottie]

Squirrel

Using Canon PowerShot A610

That is even BETTER now.

 

[j511180]

storm from last spring

 

[rudder]

my son playing ball

 

[jpeyton]

Old Man

 

[skulkingghost]

Jeebus

 

[IrishBells86]

It's hard to choose just one.. but this is one of my favorites: http://flickr.com/photos/irishbells/456061146/

 

[ProfJohn]

Just one... looks awesome printing out 8x10

 

[Canai]

My cat at my parent's house

 

[40Hands]

Originally posted by: Canai
My cat at my parent's house

Looks like an lolcat caption candidate

 

[AirForceElite]

i am gonna post 2 pictures, because i dont ever read rules

http://i13.tinypic.com/66vlik6.jpg

http://i18.tinypic.com/5y2ciuq.jpg

 

[sdifox]

Sleeping Leopard

Canon Elan 7

75-300 USM III lens f4-5.6

400 ISO Fuji Superia

Shot through plexiglass at 300mm (5.6)

 

[Bullhonkie]

Random flower taken with the kit lens, which is surprisingly capable once you get used to its limitations.

 

[tenthumbs]

Fall Aspens

Nikon Coolpix 7600

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Bullhonkie
Random flower taken with the kit lens, which is surprisingly capable once you get used to its limitations.

Very nice. That's very sharp for a kit lens.

 

[tfinch2]

http://www.pbase.com/travisfinch/image/63791418