My fantastic husband took me out to the Melting Pot tonight for drinks and chocolate fondue! I decided to take advantage of photo ops *outside* my apartment. As usual, all I have is an on-camera flash, which doesn't flatter most of my pictures in such a low-light environment, but this one turned out pretty well, I think. High ISO is evident in the bottom of the photo, where it gets a bit grainy, but the lime looks great, and I love the red highlight in my cosmo.
Photo Specs. 105mm, 1/125s, f/5.6, ISO H1.0 Post: Slightly increased exposure, contrast, and clarity. Tried to reduce noise, but still not sure how to do that well in Photoshop.
Manual. Page 7: Control Panel. Since I am not always good about being constantly aware of my settings yet, I decided to read about what settings information I can find on the control panel. Fortunately, I did remember to check my settings tonight... progress. :)
Images. Checked out flickr photos of fellow tasra365 followers. Some neat close-up shots.
Note. If you had trouble seeing yesterday's image, check it out again. I reopened the same shot in Photoshop and brought down the exposure, so I think (hope) that the contours of the champagne flutes are more visible now.
Here are some other shots from tonight that I like. Any tips for photographing flames in low light?
Makes my mouth water
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Flames are tough, and if you want to capture them as well as what's in the background of a dark scene you need an off-camera flash (or other light source).
ReplyDeleteAs for the photo you picked as your favorite for this day, it's my favorite that you've taken so far. The composition is very very well done. The color of the drink goes well with the blue background (which is interesting in of itself), and the lime is not only in a good location, but the reflection is nice.
Sure, it could benefit from some noise reduction (such as Noise Ninja), but it doesn't ruin the photo (especially as this wasn't a contract shoot). One of the biggest things I've had to grapple with is that a photo doesn't have to be razor sharp in order to be good. With cameras being so good today, we tend to forget that the content, that the story being told is the primary concern - not the sharpness or noise. Although, as sharpness and noise get worse and worse, you better be telling a damn good story. ;) Case in point:
http://www.usnews.com/dbimages/master/4295/FE_DA_080405flag.jpg
It's out of focus. It's noisy. But it told a story and captured a moment so well it won a Pulitzer.
Anyway, tangent off. Your photo is very nice, and you should be proud of it. And major props for having the guts to take your DSLR into the Melting Pot and fire away!