this is a test

[SoPacMan]

:D a test of my new camra and Atlas geep40

[mushroom2]

I think you need to test some more :D

Like send pictures of the rest of the consist :)

[SoPacMan]

ok the rest of the train. :D

[SoPacMan]

Heres the blur of the tail end of the train.

[CBCNSfan]

Hi SoPacMan, what kind of lighting are you using, and some info on your camera would be useful. I'm not much of a photog. but focus and light in your photos could be improved. Just my opinion and its not necessarily right. :D
Cheers Willis

[Nate]

The train looks good. What other roadnames was that available in?

[chrismoore93]

Hi, sopacman
Just wanted to say great pictures and cool Rio Grande engine. Also keep up the good work on the layout.
Chris Moore

[TrainboyH16-44]

Try a longer exposure with a smaller f stop. That should give you a better depth of field. Worked for me!
Matthew

[dgwinup]

Longer exposure with a smaller f stop means more light is needed to avoid a color shift.

Cameras are good at recording literally. Our eyes quickly adjust to varying light conditions and intensity, so we don't notice changes until we look at the pictures and try to figure out why it doesn't look the same.

Home centers like Lowe's and Home Depot sell twin halogen light stands for around $20. The light temperature isn't exactly correct, but it gives you a lot of light to work with. Watch the shadows! And use a good photo editor to adjust the colors.

My honest opinion? You're doing great! Digital photography is fun. It's fast, instant and can be dumped with the push of a button! No more partially exposed shots, no negatives to handle and store, easy to share. Expand what you are doing by trying things you never would have tried with a film camera. You will be surprised by the results and you will learn a lot in the process.

Have fun and keep posting!

Darrell, not photogenic, but quiet...for now

[dthurman]

I have a Canon Powershot A95, I can adjust a lot of items, but getting a "perfect" depth of field is hard. Someone on the MR forums suggested optically zooming to your furthest point, manually focus then pull back. Everything should stay in focus and help with DOF. I have been experimaenting with that and it does seem to help. I couldn't justify an SLR type :(

[OlsmilinEd]

David, that was my suggestion on the MR forums. I learned that running camera for TV newscasts years ago. It is not designed to help with depth of field. If you zoom to full telephoto and focus. The object focused upon will stay in focus throughout the zoom range of the lens. It has nothing to do with depth of field.

Cheers

[dthurman]

Ed

I must be imagining it, but my depth of field seemed to improve more so then doing the focus and shot. Again it could all be in my head ;)

I was hoping that Bob Boudreau aka Fundy Northern would post his photo clinic over here. I love taking shots of the model RR as well as the real deal. I have good shots of the real thing. Just getting my minature world to look good.
I apologize if I mislead others in thinking this would help with depth of field.

[grande man]

I was hoping that Bob Boudreau aka Fundy Northern would post his photo clinic over here.


Great minds think alike, David! :D I PMed Bob about posting his clinic here. Hope to hear from him soon. With the Photo Gallery available to us here, it'd be a very apprieciated clinic.

[dthurman]

Great minds think alike, David! :D I PMed Bob about posting his clinic here. Hope to hear from him soon. With the Photo Gallery available to us here, it'd be a very apprieciated clinic.

I had sent him an email this morning :) So the peer pressure must have worked ;)

[oleirish]

Test http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/2366/rivarossiy6b4zd.jpg :rolleyes: :cool:

[trainman1980]

nice shots

[OlsmilinEd]

I have a Canon Powershot A95, I can adjust a lot of items, but getting a "perfect" depth of field is hard. Someone on the MR forums suggested optically zooming to your furthest point, manually focus then pull back. Everything should stay in focus and help with DOF. I have been experimaenting with that and it does seem to help. I couldn't justify an SLR type :(

You have made an important point. I learned that nearly 30 years ago working as a staff engineer at a television station. All the cameras had zoom lenses. If you would zoom to full telephoto and focus on an object (the anchorman's face, for example; or the sponsors box of soap) that object would remain in focus throughout the entire zoom range of the lens. If you focused at any other focal length the same object would NOT remain in focus throughout the zoom range. It is apparently a fundamental principle in optics.

Thanks for the great reminder!

Well...duhhhhh....here I am responding to a post I responded to sometime back. Guess I need to visit these forums more often so I wouldn't repeat myself. I know where the coke machine is....but I think I need to look for the whiskey machine!
:0)