some more practice shots

[lmackattack]

This new room lighting has realy helped with my photos. Hre are some more shots of my My BLI heavy Mike

Trent

 

[kenw]

You've got some neat scenes there, they really want to be photgraphed!

can i offer a tip?

does your camera have a setting for "A" or Av"?

and

do you have a tripod?

if yes on both, set the camera on the tripod and set the camera to A or Av and dial in the biggest # you can get. Turn off the flash.

take the pic, you will see that the shutter speed will be very very long. But your pics will turn out great.

just for example, here's some of mine using the above technique:
http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/17994/ppuser/136
http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/17300/ppuser/136
http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/17215/ppuser/136




(by using A or Av and setting the aperture to a large #, you will get a superb depth of field: meaning almost everything will be in focus. But a large # aperture also means that it needs a long shutter spped, often over a full second. You just can't hold a camera still that long, hence the tripod.)

 

[lmackattack]

Good idea and Thanks for that tip!

This is a 5 year old digital camera so im not sure if it will or not. I will have to check on that. What I did to steady the shots was to place the camera on the layout or on a small box then put it on a 10sec timer. This way I was not "shaking" when the picture was taken. I do have a tripod but have not used it yet.

I would like to try your suggestion as I have seen some real great shots full of details!

Thanks again!
Trent

 

[CanuckMark]

Sha-weet pics!

My ol' Minolta has Aperture setting, so unless the camera is an inexpensive point and shoot it should have it. Even most of the cheaper cams today have all these cool settings.

Mark