ornament by pocketmouse

ornament

Here's a funny little ornament that exists in our bathroom. I'm not entirely sure what it's used for - I think the blue glass ball-looking thing is a vessel for some form of air-freshening perfume, and the rest is just there for show. xD

Also, I have a question, if anyone can help me? The background of this shot is very grainy. I'm thinking it's due to the high ISO rating (1600). However, I had set ISO on 'auto' and I used the flash, so shouldn't the camera set the ISO to somewhere around 400 at the most? My camera tends to do this a lot. Should I be concerned, or should I just ignore the auto setting and always choose my ISO manually? What do you think?
lovely!
May 24th, 2010  
Cinderella's abandoned carriage, now an air freshener... somehow, that works for me!
May 24th, 2010  
nice shot, I love it!!
May 24th, 2010  
teresa, for you question. if you have it set to auto, the camera will do what it has to to make the image 18% grey (the text book proper exposure). So if your camera needs the added sensitivity (high ISO number) it will do that to get the proper exposure. The camera is probably programed to have a set flash sync speed (shuttle maximum speed) and it did what it had to get to that sync speed. As far a grainy background, in the low res we have on this site I can't tell that much of it. but a lot of photog use it to their advantage. I hope this helps answer your question.
May 24th, 2010  
What an interesting piece!

I always set my ISO manually. I also always use my tripod in low light so that I don't have to use such a high ISO. You might also want to play with your white balance and set it to tungston for those indoor shots with regular light bulbs.
May 24th, 2010  
You should just manually put your ISO as low as possible, otherwise a lot of your images will turn out grainy. This is neat though :)
May 24th, 2010  
Bia
This is a good picture!
May 24th, 2010  
hmmmm, surely love this!
May 24th, 2010  
hahah. that is adorable. i can't tell it's grainy on this website..but i know my roommates pictures are always grainy. :S doesn't it just make you sad? :[
May 24th, 2010  
Aw this is so cute!
May 24th, 2010  
I'll go ahead and agree with the others...manually set your ISO so the camera is never in control, or it will do whatever it has to do to get the "correct" exposure....It doesnt look too bad in this shot though!
:)
May 24th, 2010  
I'm glad Jeff was there with an answer. He's our resident expert! I don't know how he always manages to come across the people who've asked for help! (He definitely knows what he's doing!) As for the background, I would have just thought it was a well-planned DOF; the picture look quite good!
May 25th, 2010  
Lovely little ornament!! :-)
May 25th, 2010  
I never would have guessed you used a flash on this. It doesn't look flat like most flash pictures.
May 28th, 2010  
I like this!
May 29th, 2010  
I dig it
June 6th, 2010  
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