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Hi All
just starting out taking photos
would like to know how i can get the picture clearer as in the hammer in the handtook this with my first camera an Olympus Brio
i have now a Canon Power Shot S3 ISto avoid this blur and see the hammer in the Farriers hand clear
dont know anything about settings im a pure green horn
Hi Smitty,
I see you took this at a fortieth of a second at f/2.8-
and the hammer head has moved quite a bit in that time.Maybe 3 inches-
so its gonna be difficult to get stopped motion at anything other than the briefest speeds-
The kind of speeds you might get with electronic flash, for example-One thing you could try
would be to capture the top of the upswing,
that brief moment of stopped motion,
before the hammer is brought down,
but showing the potential energy waiting to be unleashed-You may also have shot this from the other side,
if you had wanted to see the face-
because the face is mostly obscured by the arm-Good pic tho-
j
I wouldn’t be overly concerned about the blur caused by the moving arm. It brings the image to life and shows that this is for real rather than a setup shot. I agree with jb about showing the face a little more. Flash really is the only solution to freezing the arm movement, but if you go down that route, I don’t think you should freeze the motion entirely. Instead, mix the flash with the available light so that you retain some of the motion blur.
Hi JB7
sometimes at this venue you can only get a few spots to take a shot
so might be hard to get the spot you would like to beI can’t add to the good advice above. I think I’ll always be a beginner as in permanently inept!
I just want to wish you well with your S3. 8) It is a very versatile high end prosumer bridge etc.etc. camera as well as being a lot of fun to use.
You may have guessed that I have one!!Thorsten would i just need to ad another flash to the camera if so what would recomend
as i dont know anything about how flashs work or settings ectsmitty88 wrote:
Thorsten would i just need to ad another flash to the camera if so what would recomend
as i dont know anything about how flashs work or settings ectI’m not at all familiar with the S3 so I’ve just taken the briefest of glimpses at Canon’s website to educate myself about it! Unfortunately because I’m only on dial-up at the moment, the pages from that site take an age to load so I’ll have to have a more in-depth look later when I have a little more time. However, the S3 looks like a very capable camera. I think one of the biggest issues you’ll face is the problem of shutter lag – the delay it takes for the camera to take the shot after you’ve pressed the shutter. That’s the type of thing that could make it really difficult to position the arm in the above shot in the right place so that you see the face!
As for flash, it doesn’t look like that camera has a hot-shoe for external flash. There are way’s around it, but without knowing more about the specific camera, it’s hard to say what the best thing to do is. I’d start experimenting with your on camera flash first though. Does the camera have a manual setting? If so, experiment with that and different shutter speed/aperture combinations in conjunction with flash. The beauty about digital is that you can experiment away to your hearts content and it doesn’t cost anything – and it’s probably the quickest way to learn too!
and have you worked out the settings yet
The quick answer is no :oops:
My excuse is there is a lot to learn. But I’m having a lot of fun experimenting and have taken some photos that I am quite pleased with.
I keep it on vivid a lot and also use a polarizer, for more intense colours.
There is a lot of help on dpreview.com.
And of course as always RTFM.Other than flash, you could try and put in some lighting and use a really high shutter speed (say 1/1000 of a second). You’ll need quite a bit of light for this!
Tim
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