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| (...) Not that I'm aware of. Well, unless you want to use a trial version of regular software, but that will expire after a month, usually. (...) When I got my digital camera, I spent an entire Saturday and about 500 discarded shots figuring out (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) Hi. I live in western Michigan. I also run a popular website. I can't afford to wait six months for a perfect day. I think I'll keep shooting indoors... ;P (...) I've got manually adjustable shutter speed (I think that's what it is, since it (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) I don't know exactly how much mine is, but it's somewhere close to 3 inches. Either way, the camera usually obstructs enough of the light to prevent the autofocus from kicking in well before the camera gets too close to focus. (...) Alright, (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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| Thanks to all for your input! I can't retake my earlier photos of my capital ship but future posts should look alot better. I didn't anything about photography before this. Thanks again :-) (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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| I've got the tripod and the extra light available. I'm stuck though on the software for modifying the photos. Any shareware out there? Nice picture by the way. That's how I want mine to look... Thanks for the insight. Wow, what a novice I am. I (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) True, it's hard to get a perfect day, especially if you don't have time to take pictures while it's light out. It's also more difficult to set up a backdrop or the perfect view angle. I usually take my photos indoors too, but then again my (...) (23 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) I agree, reducing the image size should always result in a sharper image, where cropping will not change the sharpness. I more meant that one reason I find myself getting too close to the subject is that I am trying to frame the shot to (...) (23 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) I've found that with properly arranged directional lighting, I can get very rich, colorful photos with excellent overall illumination. Outdoors gets tricky because sunny days will create stark shadows while overcast days will cause lots of (...) (23 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) This really depends on the camera. Mine, for example, has a focus range of 2.0 cm to infinity, and a manual focus if the auto focus isn't doing its job. Also, in order to get a greater depth of field, you should reduce the aperture (increase (...) (23 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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| Hey Troy, "Photo Station" That's a great way to describe it! Perfect. e www.biomechanicalbricks.com (...) (23 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.publish.photography)
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