I have a birthday coming up in the next three weeks & I am quite tempted to ask for money towards a new camera but as I haven't quite mastered the one I have yet I thought I would have a practice in manual mode.
I have taken lots of shots this afternoon & all in manual mode & I am quite pleased with the result although no good at any DOF yet the photo isn't too bad.
This is SOOC except for frame.
Lovely selection of plants Pat and lovely shot...should be getting my new camera soon, this one is fully automatic, no fun at all!! so i will be joining you in practice soon, hopefully!!! This one looks great! :)
@fannyb Well mine has all the manual modes etc & RAW but I fancy a Cannon DLSR but do like the compactness of the one I have now so we shall see !! Look forward to seeing your results eventually Fanny!
They are loving the old trough by the looks of it Pat! You have got a pretty shallow DOF - the window is out of focus and the front flower. That astrantia is just lovely.
@judithg Isn't it the Sunday the men's final now or am I completely over the limit? i can't remember a thing! Fancy the Olympic torch has got to you at last & your Nigel's big day, you will be hoping for a lovely hot hot sunny day as were the people we had a meal with tonight ,their daughter gets married on Saturday.
We haven't got these flowers, astrantia, in the states. They are lovely, and you've done a great job capturing them, Pat! I like your choice of frame, really brings out the pinks.
Well done with the manual settings, Pat! Wine or no wine, this looks fabulous. A perfectly charming composition! Love how you converted the old trough into such an amazing flower box...such beautiful color and flower combinations. Beautiful!!
nice trough Pat, is it OK to comment on cameras and manual settings....I think we can all get too hung up on equipment...remember that camera manufacturers spend millions of dollars / yens / pounds on R&D.....so in most cases let your camera do the work, it normally gets it right.
With aperture priority , shutter priority, ISO setting, White Balance, +-EV , manual and auto focus, there's not many lighting conditions where the camera cannot cope and you are left with very few times when you want to shoot manual exposures !!
I never use manual exposures ...the only manuals I do are the manuals that came with the camera and manual focussing :)
Pat this is gorgeous - what a beautiful English country garden. I hope you get your birthday wish and score a new camera. I've just got my little point and shoot - and I'm very ignorant of the clever things you guys do with your cameras. Whatever you have done with this one, I like.
@phil_howcroft Thank Phil, I am quite happy to use auto mode the whole time really but feel I should be progressing to more technical stuff when in reality I only have a vague idea what I am doing, LOL! Glad to hear your comments, makes me feel better! @murnane Same here Marg but always think I will get the time to produce wonderful macro & DOF shots when in reality my favourite photos are of people & streets!
Well thank you all so much for your sweet comments I do not think it is worth all those beautiful comments you are so kind.! I have had quite a lot of wine tonight & a brandy at the end of the meal so it all looks good to me!!!
With aperture priority , shutter priority, ISO setting, White Balance, +-EV , manual and auto focus, there's not many lighting conditions where the camera cannot cope and you are left with very few times when you want to shoot manual exposures !!
I never use manual exposures ...the only manuals I do are the manuals that came with the camera and manual focussing :)
@murnane Same here Marg but always think I will get the time to produce wonderful macro & DOF shots when in reality my favourite photos are of people & streets!