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tyro (30513) 2008-01-29 15:52

Hello, Denise.

I like this one!

Photographs taken into the sun are notoriously difficult to expose correctly but you have done a great job here. I know what it's like when you're pressured by companions to take a shot and keep moving - not conducent to good pictures! I usually get something like, "Come on, Grandpa"!

I think it could do with a little sharpening, so I've done a wee workshop for you - I hope you won't be offended. I increased the contrast and the colour saturation a wee bit and then sharpened it. I used Photoshop Elements 6 which i bought just a couple of weeks ago but it's no better at this sort of thing than the Elements 2 which came with my camera.

Your exposure is fine but you have achieved it using an even smaller stop or aperture (f/36) than you used in your last shot of the bridge. I note that both pictures were taken at 1/60 sec. so that leads me to believe that you might have the camera set on shutter priority, so that it shoots at 1/60 sec. whatever you're taking and it adjusts the aperture accordingly. Have a look and see if your camera's set to shutter priority - I rather suspect it is.

Often the best thing is to set it to "P" so the camera can do the programming itself for you. I find that's good for most things though I often use aperture priority if I want a specific aperture - either a wide one (small f/number) for narrow depth of field or a small one (big f/number) for good depth of field. I hardly ever use shutter priority - I'd tend to use that if I wanted a fast shutter speed to capture a moving object.

These are just a few of my simple observations. I am far from qualified to give you any advice - these are just the ramblings of an old guy who's been playing with cameras for a long time. At least when I started, my old simple camera had a very limited number of shutter speeds and apertures so it was easier!

I'd be very interested to hear what others have to say!

But this is a great shot - you are too apologetic in your note and you have no reason to be!

Kind Regards,

John.

P.S. Sorry, but I haven't finished yet! I was having another look at this one and also your last posting of the bridge. Do you see that on both pictures there is a tiny blemish or spot just towards the top left - it's on the sky in this one and in the other one it's also in the sky but right next to the curve of the bridge. I think that is a little tiny spot of dust on your camera's sensor. It's pretty small and probably hardly worth bothering about and, if you use a wider aperture (say f/5.6 to f/16 or so) I bet you won't see it. Dust appears to be more obvious with small apertures, I find. If you really want to try to remove the dust, be very, very careful indeed and read the instruction book first! Use only a blower and don't ever touch the sensor itself.

Sorry to be so long-winded!!!