I see this all the time. Too centered. Look up "rule of thirds".
View attachment 1189760 I went to Oban, Argyle today to try to get a photo of a seagul in flight. Oh how frustrating! This is the best I could get.
I also took this one of a more relaxed one.
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Here is a nice boat.
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I think I need to watch some you tube videos on the subject. I realised that I was using single point of focus which makes it harder to keep it on the bird as it flies. I couldn’t work out how to get more focus points on the viewfinder. I will plan it better the next time I go to take similar pics. I was going to take my 70-300mm Tamron lens but took my 55-200mm Nikon instead as it’s more compact.
I've always failed at shooting birds. Unless it was something relatively stationary.
I was going to post a time exposure I took downtown in Madison last year, but I found a much nicer scene to look at. I'm actually surprised I managed to post-process something this well. I took this shot at a random location in one of the darker areas I managed to find where I live. When I first got my camera I was out doing lots of time exposures pointed at the sky to see what I could come up with via stacking, etc.
This is all a single shot, nothing fancy. with some post processing. I believe the clouds were a storm front moving in that night. Also idk what this will look like, but it looks good on my end. I have a monitor profile done with DisplayCAL and some hardware thingy I picked up a while back. But my "correct" images have shown dark on test prints (ritzpix), and also it seems some web browsers choose whether or not they want to properly use color management.
Again there is nothing spectacular here I just think it's a nice scene to look at.
Shot on a Nikon D3400, ISO 3200, 18mm, f/4, exposed for 30 seconds using 18 - 55 VR kit lens
Taken at 11:00PM CST
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Looks good here.Also idk what this will look like, but it looks good on my end. I have a monitor profile done with DisplayCAL and some hardware thingy I picked up a while back. But my "correct" images have shown dark on test prints (ritzpix), and also it seems some web browsers choose whether or not they want to properly use color management.
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Looks good here.
Prints can look darker or lighter than the monitor version depending on the lighting conditions around your monitor and the lighting of the print.
Generally my prints look a bit darker in ordinary room light and lighter when viewed in the camera club's light box for competition.
Regarding color management of web browsers, your best bet is to make sure you are converting to sRGB when you output to jpg. The non-managed web browsers will default to this.
If someone uses a wide gamut monitor with a non-color-managed program, then that's their problem. Nothing you can do about that. If they went to the trouble and expense to get a wide-gamut monitor, they should know better.
We didn't have anything cool like clouds going on but I felt like going outside and snapping a picture or two.. First one is the original, the other is slightly tweaked. Both have been downsized somewhat
Nikon D3400
ISO 100, 300mm, f/10, 1/320sec handheld w/vibration reduction turned on.
Now that is something more in line with what I was shooting (no pun intended) for. I know my camera is only what would be called a bridge camera but same adjustments can be made. I guess I'd have to find a way to dial down the brightness?
Now that is something more in line with what I was shooting (no pun intended) for. I know my camera is only what would be called a bridge camera but same adjustments can be made. I guess I'd have to find a way to dial down the brightness?