Any photographers in here?

[sleeper3]

Was playing around on the 4th of July before the fireworks.
My friends' daughter was playing around when I was trying to take a picture of her. Everytime I would point the camera at her, she would hide her face until I took the shot and the flash went off. Then she would pop her head up and laugh. So, I had to do the process of burning one to make her pop her head up and laugh, then I would take the real picture. This picture, I just sat...and waited for her to open her eyes and BAM! :lol:

oops you focused on her bangs instead of her eyes

Hmm, well maybe I should have stopped with the one I enhanced for FlyinHawaiian. IMHO that's how a successful HDR is supposed to look. Simultaneously shows a lot of color and detail in the sky as well as the dark areas. The "dark" version loses a lot of detail in the low-light areas that HDR is supposed to enhance.

yeah I'm not wild about that one either. personal preference I suppose.

 

[sleeper3]

 

[sleeper3]

 

[lyonsroar]

^DOF is a little off and a little OOF because of that. Previous pic is really good!

 

[sleeper3]

explain "DOF is off."

 

[Tungsten6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field

 

[Wagonbacker9]

I don't know I'd say DOF is off (hard to tell with so little detail other than the bird)... just looks like its misfocused a tiny bit.

 

[lyonsroar]

Compare the second pic the the first one. Major difference in the detail on the bird. Either the DOF is off, it is OOF, or some combination of the two. Also it has some grain issues going on.

The first one has perfect DOF, the bird is detailed, but the background is just OOF. PERFECT!

 

[sleeper3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field

yes, I know what depth of field is... to say that the depth of field is "off" doesn't make any sense. If you can explain that, I'm all ears.

I don't know I'd say DOF is off (hard to tell with so little detail other than the bird)... just looks like its misfocused a tiny bit.

I don't think so. I manually focused using live view magnified 10x.

Compare the second pic the the first one. Major difference in the detail on the bird. Either the DOF is off, it is OOF, or some combination of the two. Also it has some grain issues going on.

The first one has perfect DOF, the bird is detailed, but the background is just OOF. PERFECT!

ok, so think about what you just said... the main difference is the detail in the bird... there is more grain... do you think there might be another explanation? There is. The second one is a massive crop. It is also shot at a higher ISO setting.

I still curious what you mean by "the DOF is off." Please elaborate on what this means.

 

[FlyinHawaiian]

Easy does it sleeper... The second picture just doesn't have the crispness of the first, I think what they were trying to say is it looked like your DOF was almost TOO shallow and you mis-focused a little. To my eye it looks a little oversharpened to compensate

 

[lyonsroar]

Easy does it sleeper... The second picture just doesn't have the crispness of the first, I think what they were trying to say is it looked like your DOF was almost TOO shallow and you mis-focused a little. To my eye it looks a little oversharpened to compensate

This. Chillax.

That first pic is epic good, the second needs work, that's all.
(cool)

 

[sleeper3]

There's no amount of work that could make the second as good as the first. Saying the DOF is off doesn't make any sense. I like getting help, but I want the help to be understandable. There is nothing wrong with the focus or the DoF in the second shot. it is WAY deeper than the first (f/4 and close up vs f/5.6 and far away), and as I said, I focused manually. It's not as crisp and sharp because it's such a big time crop. I think I did ok for what it is. I know that it's a little noisy... only reason I kept it was because it's the only pic I have of one of these birds.

Still, if you can tell me what saying "the dof is off" means," I am curious. Obviously, you saw something, you're just not communicating it to me effectively. I know you didn't mean that it's out of focus, because you said that right after.

I'm not trying to be defensive. I know that it's not the best photo I've ever taken. I am just curious about your nomenclature at this point.

 

[LaraS]

The second photo looks pretty sharp to me considering it is a heavy crop.

 

[sleeper3]

On second thought, lets just get back on track... here, pick this one apart:

 

[CWPspeed3]

here, pick this one apart:

alright, that bird has horrible posture, have it straighten its neck, clean up those feathers pointing everywhere, and correct that pigeon toe. haha looks good though

 

[sleeper3]

he's young and intolerable.

 

[lyonsroar]

alright, that bird has horrible posture, have it straighten its neck, clean up those feathers pointing everywhere, and correct that pigeon toe. haha looks good though

I lol'd 12 lols.
(thumb)

 

[FunkyBuddha]

Birds are just ugly overall to take pics of.

 

[sleeper3]

Birds are just ugly overall to take pics of.

(limb)

 

[nickster]

DOF is still a mystery