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Title: coleraine riverfest
Post by: String on June 05, 2009, 01:25:25 PM
some great stuff over the 13th & 14th june as riverfest returns with guest's from all over the world doing water skill e.g. Barefoot water skiing.
Title: Re: coleraine riverfest
Post by: String on June 13, 2009, 05:10:33 PM
Here are some action shots from today at the riverfest.

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Title: Re: coleraine riverfest
Post by: String on June 13, 2009, 05:39:16 PM
Just as i was uploading pic's we just had a massive THUNDER STORM. glad i made it home in time.
Title: Re: coleraine riverfest
Post by: Hammerhead on June 13, 2009, 05:50:11 PM
some great pics there String.... looks like you had good weather for it too. 8)    what shutter speed were you using? as some of the pic's seem to be slightly blurry.... hard to get good action shots without getting camera shake so the higher the shutter speed the better....
Title: Re: coleraine riverfest
Post by: String on June 13, 2009, 05:52:25 PM
To be honest i'm not sure i was just sort off experimenting with shutter speed but i'm still trying to understand how or what shutter speed is. :LOL :LOL :LOL
i was using the 18-70mm lens this time.
Title: Re: coleraine riverfest
Post by: casper on June 13, 2009, 09:30:57 PM
Some light reading for you :)

http://www.picturecorrect.com/articles/aperture_shutter_speed_tips.htm
http://photo.net/learn/basic-photo-tips/aperture-shutterspeed-iso/

As Hammerhead has said some are blurry but overall you seem to have an eye for capturing the action.
Title: Re: coleraine riverfest
Post by: String on June 14, 2009, 09:45:56 AM
Thank's for that i will re-read the manual and see what button/dial changes the shutter speed again.
Title: Re: coleraine riverfest
Post by: String on June 14, 2009, 01:59:53 PM
Glad i'm in the house and didn't go to the riverfest today as we have another THUNDER STORM and it looks like it's a bad one. here is a wee vid of it.

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Title: Re: coleraine riverfest
Post by: String on June 14, 2009, 03:32:11 PM
last pic from yesterday.

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Title: Re: coleraine riverfest
Post by: casper on June 14, 2009, 03:37:23 PM
Still a wee bit out of focus/blurred - what shutter speed were you using? Have you cropped this in from the original image?
Title: Re: coleraine riverfest
Post by: String on June 14, 2009, 05:07:22 PM
I was using the action feature on the camera so the shutter speed was 800 i think and i did crop from original pic.
Title: Re: coleraine riverfest
Post by: Hammerhead on June 14, 2009, 05:41:09 PM
Quote from: String on June 14, 2009, 01:59:53 PM
Glad i'm in the house and didn't go to the riverfest today as we have another THUNDER STORM and it looks like it's a bad one. here is a wee vid of it.
looks like there are a good few Thunder storms around today aswell... :o

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Title: Re: coleraine riverfest
Post by: Hammerhead on June 14, 2009, 05:45:40 PM
Quote from: String on June 14, 2009, 05:07:22 PM
I was using the action feature on the camera so the shutter speed was 800 i think and i did crop from original pic.
it looks like the focus was out rather than the shutter speed as the water drops are not streaky so id say its just slightly out of focus.... not that I'm as good as Casper or Dave when it comes to taking pics
Title: Re: coleraine riverfest
Post by: String on June 14, 2009, 05:59:27 PM
It was supposed to be auto focus so i will have to figure out the buttons to change the auto focus ranges from A C S so i will get used to it yet.
i found these 2 pic that seem ok.

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Title: Re: coleraine riverfest
Post by: casper on June 14, 2009, 07:54:11 PM
Just looking at the specs of the camera and these are the auto focus options

• Single-shot AF
• Direct Manual Focus
• Continuous AF
• Automatic AF
• Manual focus

For portraits, landscapes etc use the Single-shot, for anything that moves try the Continuous

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not that I'm as good as Casper or Dave when it comes to taking pics
If you saw my rejection rate on jetphotos or airliners you wouldn't say that  ;D