Some photos I took today :)

[nsafreak]

Nice pictures you have there, all in all not a bad start for a beginner. You might want to use a lower ISO setting when taking outdoor pictures (unless it's action photography) for less grain. It would also be a good idea to use the least amount of compression possible, for high quality prints ie photo quality printer use a TIFF file instead. Finally you may want to learn the old fashioned technique of using your body as a sort of tripod, some of the pictures look like the blur may have been caused by a slight camera jitter. I use this technique quite a bit myself, except when I'm using 200mm and larger lenses on my Minolta SRT-101 camera, kinda hard to keep those from jittering. I run a photography forum (link is in sig) so if you want to drop on by for even more advice feel free. Some of my pics are here: http://www.pbase.com/nsafreak

 

[RyanM]

Yeah, some of it's noise, but a lot of it's artifacting.

Use the least amount of compression available as an option, and if you can fiddle with the ISO settings, do it. Otherwise, those were great shots, and it's a fantastic start.

 

[Turkish]

thanks a lot nsafreak. yeah I guess i ll try to use a lower ISO setting. I guess I can use TIFF but wouldnt that make people's download worse? anyways, i think i really need a real tripod. as you said, most of my pictures might be blurry and etc. because of the jitting... well I sure will stop by your site, but first things first and the first thing right now is sleeping thanks a lot.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: MachFive
Yeah, some of it's noise, but a lot of it's artifacting.

Use the least amount of compression available as an option, and if you can fiddle with the ISO settings, do it. Otherwise, those were great shots, and it's a fantastic start.

thanks thanks all for supporting a beginner

 

[RyanM]

Originally posted by: Xiety
thanks a lot nsafreak. yeah I guess i ll try to use a lower ISO setting. I guess I can use TIFF but wouldnt that make people's download worse? anyways, i think i really need a real tripod. as you said, most of my pictures might be blurry and etc. because of the jitting... well I sure will stop by your site, but first things first and the first thing right now is sleeping thanks a lot.

For portability, nothing beats a monopod, and those give you just enough steadiness to make a huge difference.

 

[amdskip]

Looks like a great start and I too will learn from the tips in this thread.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: MachFive

Originally posted by: Xiety
thanks a lot nsafreak. yeah I guess i ll try to use a lower ISO setting. I guess I can use TIFF but wouldnt that make people's download worse? anyways, i think i really need a real tripod. as you said, most of my pictures might be blurry and etc. because of the jitting... well I sure will stop by your site, but first things first and the first thing right now is sleeping thanks a lot.

For portability, nothing beats a monopod, and those give you just enough steadiness to make a huge difference.

darn it you people give so much good information, i cant go to bed.

so what's the difference between a tripod and a monopod? is this a dumb question?

 

[RyanM]

Originally posted by: Xiety

Originally posted by: MachFive

Originally posted by: Xiety
thanks a lot nsafreak. yeah I guess i ll try to use a lower ISO setting. I guess I can use TIFF but wouldnt that make people's download worse? anyways, i think i really need a real tripod. as you said, most of my pictures might be blurry and etc. because of the jitting... well I sure will stop by your site, but first things first and the first thing right now is sleeping thanks a lot.

For portability, nothing beats a monopod, and those give you just enough steadiness to make a huge difference.

darn it you people give so much good information, i cant go to bed.

so what's the difference between a tripod and a monopod? is this a dumb question?

Tri - Prefix meaning "three".
Mono - Prefix meaning "one".
Pod - Intended to mean "leg," when referring to equipment standing devices.

;-) A monopod is basically a telescoping rod with a camera attachment doohicky. It won't make the camera stand on its own, but it gives you a totally stable axis on which to balance the camera on.

And since it only has one leg, they usually weigh < 5 lbs, and are much smaller.

They also make a handy baton in the event of an assault. Really.

 

[nsafreak]

A tripod is well, a tripod ie it has 3 legs to it and a mount for a camera (more to it actually but I don't want to get too complicated here) a monopod is basically one leg with a mount for the camera. Monopods are indeed great for portability purposes and when you don't have the space for setting up a tripod. I really need to get one myself, my Tiltall 4602 Professional tripod is great and all but there are times where I just don't have the room to set it up.

 

[Turkish]

cool thanks a lot i knew what mono, duo and tri meant but didnt know what type of advantage monopod would have i guess i learned
thanks.