Shooting a flower
Today I had an opportunity to try out the new tripod for real. The set up was quite simple, in our living room.
Taken using the HDC-HS100
The picture says most of it, except that the background is a white wall and the lighting is in vacuum cleaning mode (that is, all possible lamps are lit.)
Let's cut to the chase. Here is the result. Aperture and shutter speed are noted. If you're interested, download the full images which contain the complete info.
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- f/4.8 – 1/3s
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- f/4.8 – 1/2s
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- f/8 – 1s
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- f/32 – 14s
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- f/5.6 – 1.8s
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- f/8 – 1.6s
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- f/36 – 30s
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- f/22 – 20s
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- f/36 – 1/60s – Flash
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- f/20 – 1/60s – Flash
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- f/8 – 1/60 – Flash
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- f/5.6 – 1/60s – Flash
The photos are only edited by cropping them and resizing them. Nothing else has been touched.
So what can we learn from this? Apart from the fact that you should use a cleansing kit to clean your lens before even thinking of shooting a picture.
There is definitely a lighting problem. Most of the pictures look quite dull, there is no vitality. I have to use a wide aperture to get a decent shot, and then some sharpness is lost. Adding the flash gives a bit more interesting picture, but the background is very dark; why I have yet to learn. If I had the gear, I would add more light.
I used "aperture priority mode" and did not play with the shutter speed at all. I guess that's why all pictures are quite alike - the D80 does a lot for me.
Not too much learned on this session, but it was a start. Below are some additional shots where I experimented with a spray bottle. A little bit more vitality perhaps. I like the first one.
