Show us your amateur photos - not dial up friendly

[Jace]

I was here recently! Such great views.
Really nice shots mate.

[TazzyVR6]

Some photos I've done...

[16v_kid]

No worries, the close-ups are all shot with a Canon 50D and 50mm 1.8 lens (the $150 nifty fifty!).

All shots are at f 1.8, iso 100 and quite quick shutter speeds... The yellow shield, for example, was at 1/8000th.

The shots have had a quick touch of "levels" in photoshop, but that's it.

Impressive!

1/8000! Mine only goes to 1/4000. Even though, still a great camera to learn on.

Did you use a tripod for the yellow shield and front grill?

[16v_kid]

Some photos I've done...

WOW! I seriously love this shot mate.

[Mr Messy]

Impressive!

1/8000! Mine only goes to 1/4000. Even though, still a great camera to learn on.

Did you use a tripod for the yellow shield and front grill?

Nah, at 1/8000th you could release the shutter while moshing and you wouldn't get blur!

It's nice to be able to use such a high speed because getting that depth of field at 1.8 lets in a lot of light. My camera only goes down to ISO 100, so shutter speed slower than 1/5000th or so would have totally blown the picture.

[Preen59]

So.. The lower the F stop, the shallower the depth of field? I thought it was the other way around? (I thought that's what i was told..)

[Jace]

So.. The lower the F stop, the shallower the depth of field? I thought it was the other way around? (I thought that's what i was told..)

I've been trying to get my head around all this stuff for ages!
F-stop's are the measurement of Aperture right?

[Henri]

F-stop's are the measurement of Aperture right?

Yep. The lower the f stop, the higher the aperture.

So a really high aperture (small number such as f1.8 ) has a very shallow depth of field.

[Jace]

...and depth of field is basically the focal depth, or distance to the focal point?

If I was focusing on something a meter or so away, a high-ish aperture would be good, depending on lighting conditions?

[Henri]

...and depth of field is basically the focal depth, or distance to the focal point?

If I was focusing on something a meter or so away, a high-ish aperture would be good, depending on lighting conditions?

Yeah the depth of field is the focal depth (amount of the image in focus).

A higher aperture with something close you are photgraphing isn't necessarily better - the actual focus does though, of course. It just depends on how you want your composition to look (i.e. a lot of the image focus or only a particular subject). In regard to lighting - a higher aperture lets in more light so is ideal when taking photos in a darker environment.

[Jace]

Thank you, kind sir! I'm starting to understand how the different settings compliment and affect one another.

[AusScare]

Mountain run in the rain...

[Henri]

Thank you, kind sir! I'm starting to understand how the different settings compliment and affect one another.

No worries buddy, once you get that stuff down you can really have some fun.

[Preen59]

Crap.. I've been doing it arse about face! Cheers for the info!

[TazzyVR6]

...and depth of field is basically the focal depth, or distance to the focal point?

If I was focusing on something a meter or so away, a high-ish aperture would be good, depending on lighting conditions?

The distance from the subject isn't what decides your aperture. Think of it this way, if your taking a picture of a car from say the front looking down the side and you want the whole side of the car in focus you need to use a higher fstop. However if you want to highlight a certain part of the car, say the headlight, then use a lower fstop and this will blur the unwanted area of the subject which in this case would be the rear three quarters of the car.
This effect draws in your viewer to the part you want them to see. Don't forget to compensate for the lowered light at higher fstops by using a slower shutter speed.