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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:10 am
Post subject: Toy Test
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Recently, I picked up a couple of toys, a Wallace Expodisk and a
Canon Speedlite 430ex II, and just had to try them
out.
In order to put the Expodisk through it's paces, I took Mich to a
local mall and shot a quick pic in the foodcourt, nothing
extraordinary, just a shot of Mich in the middle of some nasty
mixed lighting.
Off to our left were some flourescent lights, above us some
halogens, behind us some big windows / doors, and I through in
the flash just to mix things up a bit more.
I used the Wallace disk to set the white balance, and then took a
pick of Mich as he lay on the floor next to my
table.
I seem to be getting fairly accurate at getting the focus points
where I want them, which has been enabling me to get better
focused pics, as well as better exposed ones.
in this one, I set the exposure comp to -2/3, as I wanted to
place the active focus point over a darker area of Mich's facial
area, which I wanted to locate somewhere around center to
center-right of the image. With the metering mode set to
evaluative and the AF point over a darker area, the slight
under-exposure would be needed to keep the camera from lightening
up the image more than I wanted it.
The flash was set to normal exposure. With the shooting mode set
to the P position, and the lighting not too dark, the camera
should have defaulted to using the flash for a mild fill
effect.
With all the above in mind, I'm just wondering how the colour
balance, focus and exposure turned out. I know SZ is going to
rant about the lousy composition, but it's just a test. All I
did was hold the camera down by Mich and used the autofocus to
hunt around until I found his head. With the active AF point set
to the upper, center-right position, I figured his head would be
just about where I wanted it, with the selected aperture yielding
a mildly out of focus background.
Like I said, it's not a work of art, but I hope the overall
exposure and colour look good.
http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTestSmall.jpg (fast
loading)
http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.jpg (full size jpg,
about 17 megs)
http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.png (full size png,
about 25 megs)
Any comments appreciated.
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:10 am
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On 2011-02-06 23:10:36 -0800, Dudley Hanks said:
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> Recently, I picked up a couple of toys, a Wallace Expodisk and a
> Canon Speedlite 430ex II, and just had to try them
> out.
>
> In order to put the Expodisk through it's paces, I took Mich to a
> local mall and shot a quick pic in the foodcourt, nothing
> extraordinary, just a shot of Mich in the middle of some nasty
> mixed lighting.
>
> Off to our left were some flourescent lights, above us some
> halogens, behind us some big windows / doors, and I through in
> the flash just to mix things up a bit more.
>
> I used the Wallace disk to set the white balance, and then took a
> pick of Mich as he lay on the floor next to my
> table.
>
> I seem to be getting fairly accurate at getting the focus points
> where I want them, which has been enabling me to get better
> focused pics, as well as better exposed ones.
>
> in this one, I set the exposure comp to -2/3, as I wanted to
> place the active focus point over a darker area of Mich's facial
> area, which I wanted to locate somewhere around center to
> center-right of the image. With the metering mode set to
> evaluative and the AF point over a darker area, the slight
> under-exposure would be needed to keep the camera from lightening
> up the image more than I wanted it.
>
> The flash was set to normal exposure. With the shooting mode set
> to the P position, and the lighting not too dark, the camera
> should have defaulted to using the flash for a mild fill
> effect.
>
> With all the above in mind, I'm just wondering how the colour
> balance, focus and exposure turned out. I know SZ is going to
> rant about the lousy composition, but it's just a test. All I
> did was hold the camera down by Mich and used the autofocus to
> hunt around until I found his head. With the active AF point set
> to the upper, center-right position, I figured his head would be
> just about where I wanted it, with the selected aperture yielding
> a mildly out of focus background.
>
> Like I said, it's not a work of art, but I hope the overall
> exposure and colour look good.
>
> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTestSmall.jpg (fast
> loading)
>
> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.jpg (full size jpg,
> about 17 megs)
>
> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.png (full size png,
> about 25 megs)
>
> Any comments appreciated.
>
> Take Care,
> Dudley
Yup! None of those URL's lead anywhere.
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:10 am
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:45 am
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Dudley Hanks wrote:
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>Recently, I picked up a couple of toys, a Wallace Expodisk and a
>Canon Speedlite 430ex II, and just had to try them
>out.
>
>In order to put the Expodisk through it's paces, I took Mich to a
>local mall and shot a quick pic in the foodcourt, nothing
>extraordinary, just a shot of Mich in the middle of some nasty
>mixed lighting.
>
>Off to our left were some flourescent lights, above us some
>halogens, behind us some big windows / doors, and I through in
>the flash just to mix things up a bit more.
>
>I used the Wallace disk to set the white balance, and then took a
>pick of Mich as he lay on the floor next to my
>table.
>
>I seem to be getting fairly accurate at getting the focus points
>where I want them, which has been enabling me to get better
>focused pics, as well as better exposed ones.
>
>in this one, I set the exposure comp to -2/3, as I wanted to
>place the active focus point over a darker area of Mich's facial
>area, which I wanted to locate somewhere around center to
>center-right of the image. With the metering mode set to
>evaluative and the AF point over a darker area, the slight
>under-exposure would be needed to keep the camera from lightening
>up the image more than I wanted it.
>
>The flash was set to normal exposure. With the shooting mode set
>to the P position, and the lighting not too dark, the camera
>should have defaulted to using the flash for a mild fill
>effect.
>
>With all the above in mind, I'm just wondering how the colour
>balance, focus and exposure turned out. I know SZ is going to
>rant about the lousy composition, but it's just a test. All I
>did was hold the camera down by Mich and used the autofocus to
>hunt around until I found his head. With the active AF point set
>to the upper, center-right position, I figured his head would be
>just about where I wanted it, with the selected aperture yielding
>a mildly out of focus background.
>
>Like I said, it's not a work of art, but I hope the overall
>exposure and colour look good.
>
>http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTestSmall.jpg (fast
>loading)
>
>http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.jpg (full size jpg,
>about 17 megs)
>
>http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.png (full size png,
>about 25 megs)
>
>Any comments appreciated.
>
>Take Care,
>Dudley
>
BTW, as mentioned above, this shot illustrates that I am
getting the hang of fairly accurate placement of the AF /
metering points. Not only can I track down and focus on the
subject I select, but I can find specific tonal areas. As
such, my shots should start showing improvements in both
composition and lighting.
Not bad for a blind guy, if I do say so myself.
...
Next up, I'm leaning towards a speedlite 580ex II or the on-
camera trigger, the ST-something or other (sorry, I forget the
exact model number).
I'm leaning towards the 580ex II as it should enable me to
start setting up some nice lighting scenarios (especailly if I
throw in my old 540ez, in manual mode).
Still, I'd really like to get a cam with better ISO
performance, something like the 7D or the 5D2. With either of
these cams, I could actually use my residual vision to set up
a few low-light shots, which would be incredible.
If you'd like to see just how good this blind guy can get,
consider PayPal'ing a donation to dhanks DeleteThis @blind-apertures.ca
You'll be helping one of the most unique artist there is.
Take Care,
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 2:01 am
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Savageduck wrote:
>On 2011-02-06 23:10:36 -0800, Dudley Hanks said:
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>>
>> Recently, I picked up a couple of toys, a Wallace Expodisk and a
>> Canon Speedlite 430ex II, and just had to try them
>> out.
>>
>> In order to put the Expodisk through it's paces, I took Mich to a
>> local mall and shot a quick pic in the foodcourt, nothing
>> extraordinary, just a shot of Mich in the middle of some nasty
>> mixed lighting.
>>
>> Off to our left were some flourescent lights, above us some
>> halogens, behind us some big windows / doors, and I through in
>> the flash just to mix things up a bit more.
>>
>> I used the Wallace disk to set the white balance, and then took a
>> pick of Mich as he lay on the floor next to my
>> table.
>>
>> I seem to be getting fairly accurate at getting the focus points
>> where I want them, which has been enabling me to get better
>> focused pics, as well as better exposed ones.
>>
>> in this one, I set the exposure comp to -2/3, as I wanted to
>> place the active focus point over a darker area of Mich's facial
>> area, which I wanted to locate somewhere around center to
>> center-right of the image. With the metering mode set to
>> evaluative and the AF point over a darker area, the slight
>> under-exposure would be needed to keep the camera from lightening
>> up the image more than I wanted it.
>>
>> The flash was set to normal exposure. With the shooting mode set
>> to the P position, and the lighting not too dark, the camera
>> should have defaulted to using the flash for a mild fill
>> effect.
>>
>> With all the above in mind, I'm just wondering how the colour
>> balance, focus and exposure turned out. I know SZ is going to
>> rant about the lousy composition, but it's just a test. All I
>> did was hold the camera down by Mich and used the autofocus to
>> hunt around until I found his head. With the active AF point set
>> to the upper, center-right position, I figured his head would be
>> just about where I wanted it, with the selected aperture yielding
>> a mildly out of focus background.
>>
>> Like I said, it's not a work of art, but I hope the overall
>> exposure and colour look good.
>>
>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTestSmall.jpg (fast
>> loading)
>>
>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.jpg (full size jpg,
>> about 17 megs)
>>
>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.png (full size png,
>> about 25 megs)
>>
>> Any comments appreciated.
>>
>> Take Care,
>> Dudley
>
>Yup! None of those URL's lead anywhere.
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Savageduck
>
>
I just posted them, and sometimes it takes a few minutes for
them to show up on line, especially if I post them in between
midnight and 1:00. I think my webhost does maintenance around
then, or something similar.
They should show up soon.
Take Care,
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 6:09 am
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:12 am
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On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:47:15 -0800, Savageduck wrote:
> On 2011-02-06 23:10:36 -0800, Dudley Hanks
> said:
>
>
>> Recently, I picked up a couple of toys, a Wallace Expodisk and a Canon
>> Speedlite 430ex II, and just had to try them out.
>>
>> In order to put the Expodisk through it's paces, I took Mich to a local
>> mall and shot a quick pic in the foodcourt, nothing extraordinary, just
>> a shot of Mich in the middle of some nasty mixed lighting.
>>
>> Off to our left were some flourescent lights, above us some halogens,
>> behind us some big windows / doors, and I through in the flash just to
>> mix things up a bit more.
>>
>> I used the Wallace disk to set the white balance, and then took a pick
>> of Mich as he lay on the floor next to my table.
>>
>> I seem to be getting fairly accurate at getting the focus points where
>> I want them, which has been enabling me to get better focused pics, as
>> well as better exposed ones.
>>
>> in this one, I set the exposure comp to -2/3, as I wanted to place the
>> active focus point over a darker area of Mich's facial area, which I
>> wanted to locate somewhere around center to center-right of the image.
>> With the metering mode set to evaluative and the AF point over a darker
>> area, the slight under-exposure would be needed to keep the camera from
>> lightening up the image more than I wanted it.
>>
>> The flash was set to normal exposure. With the shooting mode set to
>> the P position, and the lighting not too dark, the camera should have
>> defaulted to using the flash for a mild fill effect.
>>
>> With all the above in mind, I'm just wondering how the colour balance,
>> focus and exposure turned out. I know SZ is going to rant about the
>> lousy composition, but it's just a test. All I did was hold the camera
>> down by Mich and used the autofocus to hunt around until I found his
>> head. With the active AF point set to the upper, center-right
>> position, I figured his head would be just about where I wanted it,
>> with the selected aperture yielding a mildly out of focus background.
>>
>> Like I said, it's not a work of art, but I hope the overall exposure
>> and colour look good.
>>
>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTestSmall.jpg (fast loading)
>>
>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.jpg (full size jpg, about
>> 17 megs)
>>
>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.png (full size png, about
>> 25 megs)
>>
>> Any comments appreciated.
>>
>> Take Care,
>> Dudley
>
> Yup! None of those URL's lead anywhere.
They do on my comp.
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:49 am
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In article ,
savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com says...
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> On 2011-02-06 23:10:36 -0800, Dudley Hanks said:
>
> >
> > Recently, I picked up a couple of toys, a Wallace Expodisk and a
> > Canon Speedlite 430ex II, and just had to try them
> > out.
> >
> > In order to put the Expodisk through it's paces, I took Mich to a
> > local mall and shot a quick pic in the foodcourt, nothing
> > extraordinary, just a shot of Mich in the middle of some nasty
> > mixed lighting.
> >
> > Off to our left were some flourescent lights, above us some
> > halogens, behind us some big windows / doors, and I through in
> > the flash just to mix things up a bit more.
> >
> > I used the Wallace disk to set the white balance, and then took a
> > pick of Mich as he lay on the floor next to my
> > table.
> >
> > I seem to be getting fairly accurate at getting the focus points
> > where I want them, which has been enabling me to get better
> > focused pics, as well as better exposed ones.
> >
> > in this one, I set the exposure comp to -2/3, as I wanted to
> > place the active focus point over a darker area of Mich's facial
> > area, which I wanted to locate somewhere around center to
> > center-right of the image. With the metering mode set to
> > evaluative and the AF point over a darker area, the slight
> > under-exposure would be needed to keep the camera from lightening
> > up the image more than I wanted it.
> >
> > The flash was set to normal exposure. With the shooting mode set
> > to the P position, and the lighting not too dark, the camera
> > should have defaulted to using the flash for a mild fill
> > effect.
> >
> > With all the above in mind, I'm just wondering how the colour
> > balance, focus and exposure turned out. I know SZ is going to
> > rant about the lousy composition, but it's just a test. All I
> > did was hold the camera down by Mich and used the autofocus to
> > hunt around until I found his head. With the active AF point set
> > to the upper, center-right position, I figured his head would be
> > just about where I wanted it, with the selected aperture yielding
> > a mildly out of focus background.
> >
> > Like I said, it's not a work of art, but I hope the overall
> > exposure and colour look good.
> >
> > http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTestSmall.jpg (fast
> > loading)
> >
> > http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.jpg (full size jpg,
> > about 17 megs)
> >
> > http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.png (full size png,
> > about 25 megs)
> >
> > Any comments appreciated.
> >
> > Take Care,
> > Dudley
>
> Yup! None of those URL's lead anywhere.
They all worked fine for me.
I'm not seeing Dudley's original post, so I'm commenting here--focus
looks good--you can see every hair on Mitch's head. Mich's cheek (or
whatever you call the side of a dog's face) is overexposed and there
seem to be some other smaller blown highlights. There's a lot of noise
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:03 am
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"J. Clarke" wrote:
>In article ,
>savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com says...
>>
>> On 2011-02-06 23:10:36 -0800, Dudley Hanks said:
>>
>> >
>> > Recently, I picked up a couple of toys, a Wallace Expodisk and a
>> > Canon Speedlite 430ex II, and just had to try them
>> > out.
>> >
>> > In order to put the Expodisk through it's paces, I took Mich to a
>> > local mall and shot a quick pic in the foodcourt, nothing
>> > extraordinary, just a shot of Mich in the middle of some nasty
>> > mixed lighting.
>> >
>> > Off to our left were some flourescent lights, above us some
>> > halogens, behind us some big windows / doors, and I through in
>> > the flash just to mix things up a bit more.
>> >
>> > I used the Wallace disk to set the white balance, and then took a
>> > pick of Mich as he lay on the floor next to my
>> > table.
>> >
>> > I seem to be getting fairly accurate at getting the focus points
>> > where I want them, which has been enabling me to get better
>> > focused pics, as well as better exposed ones.
>> >
>> > in this one, I set the exposure comp to -2/3, as I wanted to
>> > place the active focus point over a darker area of Mich's facial
>> > area, which I wanted to locate somewhere around center to
>> > center-right of the image. With the metering mode set to
>> > evaluative and the AF point over a darker area, the slight
>> > under-exposure would be needed to keep the camera from lightening
>> > up the image more than I wanted it.
>> >
>> > The flash was set to normal exposure. With the shooting mode set
>> > to the P position, and the lighting not too dark, the camera
>> > should have defaulted to using the flash for a mild fill
>> > effect.
>> >
>> > With all the above in mind, I'm just wondering how the colour
>> > balance, focus and exposure turned out. I know SZ is going to
>> > rant about the lousy composition, but it's just a test. All I
>> > did was hold the camera down by Mich and used the autofocus to
>> > hunt around until I found his head. With the active AF point set
>> > to the upper, center-right position, I figured his head would be
>> > just about where I wanted it, with the selected aperture yielding
>> > a mildly out of focus background.
>> >
>> > Like I said, it's not a work of art, but I hope the overall
>> > exposure and colour look good.
>> >
>> > http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTestSmall.jpg (fast
>> > loading)
>> >
>> > http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.jpg (full size jpg,
>> > about 17 megs)
>> >
>> > http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.png (full size png,
>> > about 25 megs)
>> >
>> > Any comments appreciated.
>> >
>> > Take Care,
>> > Dudley
>>
>> Yup! None of those URL's lead anywhere.
>
>They all worked fine for me.
>
>I'm not seeing Dudley's original post, so I'm commenting here--focus
>looks good--you can see every hair on Mitch's head. Mich's cheek (or
>whatever you call the side of a dog's face) is overexposed and there
>seem to be some other smaller blown highlights. There's a lot of noise
>in background.
>
>
>
Thanks, I appreciate that info.
The blown highlights are probably from the flash.
I underexposed the exposure by 2/3 but left the flash set to
normal, as I expected it to just do a bit of fill. If the
highlights are blown, it appears I should have underexposed
the flash as well.
I'll try something similar again, and see if that fixes the
problem.
As for the noise, I'm guessing that's from shooting at ISO
1600 in a rather nasty mix of different types of light sources.
But, if that's the extent of the problem, then the Wallace
Expodisk seems to have worked fairly well for setting the
white balance.
Once again, thanks for the details.
Take Care,
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On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 06:09:27 -0800, Savageduck
wrote:
>On 2011-02-07 00:44:16 -0800, ASCII said:
>
>> Savageduck wrote:
>>>
>>>> Like I said, it's not a work of art, but I hope the overall
>>>> exposure and colour look good.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTestSmall.jpg (fast
>>>> loading)
>>>>
>>>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.jpg (full size jpg,
>>>> about 17 megs)
>>>>
>>>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.png (full size png,
>>>> about 25 megs)
>>>>
>>>> Any comments appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Take Care,
>>>> Dudley
>>>
>>> Yup! None of those URL's lead anywhere.
>>
>> They all lead to the same pic of a dog's head,
>> with the [png] the slowest loading of all.
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>I am still getting a "404" error.
It's you. Download a flea collar and the images will no longer be
blocked.
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:35 pm
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Savageduck wrote:
>On 2011-02-07 00:44:16 -0800, ASCII said:
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>> Savageduck wrote:
>>>
>>>> Like I said, it's not a work of art, but I hope the overall
>>>> exposure and colour look good.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTestSmall.jpg (fast
>>>> loading)
>>>>
>>>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.jpg (full size jpg,
>>>> about 17 megs)
>>>>
>>>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.png (full size png,
>>>> about 25 megs)
>>>>
>>>> Any comments appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Take Care,
>>>> Dudley
>>>
>>> Yup! None of those URL's lead anywhere.
>>
>> They all lead to the same pic of a dog's head,
>> with the [png] the slowest loading of all.
>
>I am still getting a "404" error.
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Savageduck
>
>
Hmmm, I'm not sure what to say. Does the following link work?
http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/SnowDaySmall.jpg
The only thing I did differently this time, regarding post
processing and uploading, is to shoot in RAW only, then use
Canon's utility to convert to jpg, hence the larger than
normal byte count of the full-size jpg file.
While I was using the Canon prog, I also converted the image
into a tif format and later converted the tif to png using
IrfanView. (just curious if all that processing would yield
any issue seignificant enough for some one to comment on.)
The smaller jpg was converted from the larger jpg using
IrfanView.
Is it possible for the Canon utility to do something your
browser isn't compatible with, something significant enough to
survive a couple of subsequent conversions in IrfanView?
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:35 pm
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:29 pm
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ASCII wrote:
>Dudley Hanks wrote:
>>Does the following link work?
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>>http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/SnowDaySmall.jpg
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>Works here,
>even shows the dog's expression of dismay
>why you're using such overexposed settings.
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Actually, I think his expression is one of fixed concentration.
My daughter was standing behind me holding a doggie biscuit,
which he knew he was about to get...
As for the over-exposure, I was testing my camera and flash.
When set to the P mode, the cam is supposed to use the flash
as fill. But, when shooting in snow, a normal fill flash
exposure yields grayish snow with a properly exposed subject.
I like the affect, but others like "white" snow.
Over-exposing by a stop yields a nice balance of subject and
background, with brilliant white snow, but, unless there is
some sort of light point in front of an animal subject like
Mich, I haven't had much luck getting that twinkle in the eye.
I was trying to use my flash to provide just a hint of fill
light while simultaneously over-exposing the pic to get the
nice white snow with a nice sparkle in the eye.
It didn't work, as you can see, just over-exposing the image.
Still, my daughter liked the shot and wanted to see how much
of it she could save using PhotoShop. It was just an
experiment for her to try her hand at photo restoration.
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 2:46 pm
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On 2011-02-07 10:35:13 -0800, Dudley Hanks said:
> Savageduck wrote:
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>> On 2011-02-07 00:44:16 -0800, ASCII said:
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>>> Savageduck wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Like I said, it's not a work of art, but I hope the overall
>>>>> exposure and colour look good.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTestSmall.jpg (fast
>>>>> loading)
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.jpg (full size jpg,
>>>>> about 17 megs)
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.png (full size png,
>>>>> about 25 megs)
>>>>>
>>>>> Any comments appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Take Care,
>>>>> Dudley
>>>>
>>>> Yup! None of those URL's lead anywhere.
>>>
>>> They all lead to the same pic of a dog's head,
>>> with the [png] the slowest loading of all.
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>> I am still getting a "404" error.
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>> --
>> Regards,
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>> Savageduck
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> Hmmm, I'm not sure what to say. Does the following link work?
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> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/SnowDaySmall.jpg
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> The only thing I did differently this time, regarding post
> processing and uploading, is to shoot in RAW only, then use
> Canon's utility to convert to jpg, hence the larger than
> normal byte count of the full-size jpg file.
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> While I was using the Canon prog, I also converted the image
> into a tif format and later converted the tif to png using
> IrfanView. (just curious if all that processing would yield
> any issue seignificant enough for some one to comment on.)
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> The smaller jpg was converted from the larger jpg using
> IrfanView.
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> Is it possible for the Canon utility to do something your
> browser isn't compatible with, something significant enough to
> survive a couple of subsequent conversions in IrfanView?
>
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> Take Care,
> Dudley
Yup! That worked just fine.
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(Msg. 15) Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 5:10 pm
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On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:35:13 -0600, Dudley Hanks
wrote:
> Savageduck wrote:
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>>On 2011-02-07 00:44:16 -0800, ASCII said:
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>>> Savageduck wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Like I said, it's not a work of art, but I hope the overall
>>>>> exposure and colour look good.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTestSmall.jpg (fast
>>>>> loading)
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.jpg (full size jpg,
>>>>> about 17 megs)
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/ToyTest.png (full size png,
>>>>> about 25 megs)
>>>>>
>>>>> Any comments appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Take Care,
>>>>> Dudley
>>>>
>>>> Yup! None of those URL's lead anywhere.
>>>
>>> They all lead to the same pic of a dog's head,
>>> with the [png] the slowest loading of all.
>>
>>I am still getting a "404" error.
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>
>>Savageduck
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>Hmmm, I'm not sure what to say. Does the following link work?
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>http://www.blind-apertures.ca/images/SnowDaySmall.jpg
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