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Re: taking good photos
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Wed, 21 May 2003 01:20:41 GMT
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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 :-)


In lugnet.publish.photography, Chris Phillips writes:
> In lugnet.publish.photography, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> > In lugnet.space, Chris Phillips writes:
> > > It is much better to shoot from further away and crop the image
> > > than to shoot from too close and then try to reduce and/or sharpen
> > > those fuzzy pixels.
> > 
> > True, but a sharp, resized image will look even better than a sharp
> > cropped image, especially if the photo was taken in less than perfect
> > light.
> 
> 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 include only the intended subject.  If I back off a bit and
> allow extra stuff to creep into the shot around the edges, then crop that
> stuff out, I get a sharper image than if I first shoot too close and then
> reduce/sharpen the image later.
> 
> Two other tricks I forgot to mention:
> 
> 1. When shooting still subjects with a tripod, you can use the camera's
> built-in timer to eliminate "shutter punch" jiggling of the camera-- you
> aren't even touching the camera when it takes the picture.
> 
> 2. If low light is really a problem that you can't solve when shooting, most
> digital cameras do tend to collect light better at lower resolutions, since
> the same image is being focused onto fewer pixel elements of the CCD, hence
> more lumens to gather per pixel.  So as a last resort, you could try
> shooting the original picture at a lower resolution (smaller image size) to
> increase the overall brightness/sharpness of your pictures.  Remember that
> the quicker the camera collects the light it needs to take the picture, the
> less time you have to jiggle the camera.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> - Chris.



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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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