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    Conkers

    Albedo replied to Dave Martin's topic in Picture Forum

    More talented photographers popping out the woodwork, I like all those:thumbup1: This is the nearest thing I can find to the same theme.....
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    Definately the former Rob:001_smile: Do we have it nailed now mate?
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    Based on the English version 'Bokeh' being a phonetic of the Japanese, I'm guessing Boh (as in big O not little o) Kay R Gee. Hope that makes some kind of sense Rob:confused1: Someone may well know better, I wouldn't be surprised if we had a Japanese speaker on here somewhere:001_smile:
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    A little googling comes up with Boke being blur or haze in Japanese and 'Boke-aji' being blur quality. The Japanese term Boke is also used to mean mental haze or senility. You may find me using the term Boke-aji because I like it Please do not take a fence as I will always mean 'Blur quality' and not the other thing.
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    Fine Bo-Ke ecolojim if you don't mind my using the Japanese:001_smile: I wonder if our childrens children will be able to take a pic of a bee feasting on nectar, things being what they are in the bee world:confused1:
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    My current armoury. On the left, nice and sturdy for those low ISO's and telescopic legs, (cost about 4 quid) and on the right, gets down and dirty for those angles but less steady. Should have put something in for scale, but the silver bit on the leg is about 4.5 inches. At the moment I carry both and the camera and cleaning gear in a bum bag so all very portable.
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    Sometimes they just seem to be laughing at you ........
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    Ha Ha, thats exactly what happened, I was so amazed to stumble on this lot that I just got firing away from all angles, and thinking about camera settings a lot. I didn't notice the background was spoiled in half of them by cars in the distance and other things. So this is a good tip to take time out for the detail. This has been pointed out to me by Hama and SJH so i must get less excited:biggrin: I was also too wimpy to lie down to see the screen properly as the ground was hard, ploughed and rocky and looked too uncomfortable. I must make more sacrifices to the art of shroom hunting:biggrin:
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    Cheers SJH There is something I would like to add here by the way. I'm no expert and am doing my learning this way partly because it makes me do it for some reason. If you are a beginner and can't follow where were up to please ask and we'll explain, even if its been explained already. (I reserve the right to be the most stupid person in this thread so you can't lose) If you are more advanced and stuff is wrong, then I hope you'll point it out. Cheers chaps thats all for now:thumbup1:
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    Just to put a bit of relevant info in here as I was chatting with Hama accross a couple of different threads. The opposite of the above photo which is what I was working on based on Log Haulers advice was this photo from today using low ISO and high Fstop (ISO 100, F8), trying to get the Kind of DOF and sharpness that he got. I used the flexitripod in haste and not the stiff leg one so could be a bit sharper but it'll do:001_smile:
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    Now you mention it H here's a little critter that I found hard to photograph well...... so I didn't:biggrin: This at ISO 100 F3.5 on tripod. Edit: this is from today by the way so all the more funny that you mention it
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    Sounds like a challenge to me, I reckon just stick it on auto macro and DOF is pretty shallow. More seriously, I believe the rather poncy correct term for the blurryness of the background is 'Bokeh' - lots being blurry and little being less blury. I've been so busy trying to max out DOF that I have not tried to get lots of 'booookeh' Therein lies the next challenge, along with something knife edge sharp:001_smile:
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    I was chuffed with my legible fence post by the way even if it doesn't contribute in any way
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    Thanks H for the above encouragement. You do however own some ed software now though mate, on the disk that came with the camera. Although I normally advocate reading instructions I strongly recomend that you do not read the instructions for silkypix, it is bad for your health. And its really easy just to use by experiment.
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    Sorry H thought you knew about that stuff. I think you have to attach an extension tube, then the filters for obvious reasons. (zoom lense would go thru filter when you turn camera on , for non LX5 owners) The 18mm thing, I don't quite understand if it gives more macro or if its for landscapes. If it is the former then it is indeed a very exciting thing and I want one. I googled it a while ago and it gave the impression it was for wider landscapes so I lost interest a bit.
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    Your question is a photo one so it's ok. I googled the camera your'e looking at earlier and it seems to have no manual control so for fungi photos you'll be limited to fairly fixed DOF etc. If you can sacrifice the tough ? waterproof element, I'd highly recomend you look at the canon S95 which has all the features of the high ends under discussion here but is the most compact of them all. It also has the price to go with it though mate. Depends what you want from your photography and how much effort you're wanting to put in etc. Happy hunting:001_smile:
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    Thanks for the nutshell hint Hama and the link which is choicest of choice, just what I've been looking for and not finding:thumbup:
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    By way of a thankyou for the tip Log Hauler, here's my effort from today using low ISO and high Fstop (ISO 100, F8 and some PP). I have a rack of excuses for some of my failures at this fine group of fungi, but this is one that'll do. Thanks again for adding to the armoury of technique with your advice.
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    Hi Tony Judgeing by your avatar I'm guessing that you might know a bit about photography. Metering is a topic I want to get onto at some stage..... You wouldn't be up for posting a kind of idiots guide for us beginners would you? Along the lines of what its for and how you benefit. My LX5 has the options of: Multi metering, centre weighted and spot. This would be much appreciated, or anyone else of course who can do this in a nutshell, so as not to put all the pressure on Tony.
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    Don't mind at all SJH, in fact the opposite. The whole point here is for people like yourself to get involved, I'm delighted that you are takeing part in this little exercise, so thanks very much for the input. There is another interesting hint in the fung fest thread from log hauler about sharpening images after resising for the web. Interesting point that it should not be regarded as cheating in some way to PP a bit and I also concur about framing in camera and not in PP, for the reason you state as it does make you look at whats in the image.
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    This wee critter at the base of oak and about an inch high all on its tod. My first hint of colour in a fung other than normal brownish fung:001_smile:
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    Here's one more for comparison at higher ISO ( ISO 400 F8 - No PP)
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    As a direct result of asking log hauler what settings he used for his stunning pics in the fungi fest thread I went out and experimented today. He said he used the lowest ISO which needs a slow shutter speed so a tripod is necessary, and high Fstop for DOF. (he also uses flash but I didn’t for this one as its too many variables and I don’t know how to do it properly) So I took this on ISO 80 and F8 on a mini tripod – its over exposed due to the slow speed , so I experimented with all sorts of ISO settings and got too many results to post here, but I would recommend playing around with it. My understanding of what the advantage should be is that the slower ‘film’ should give more detail and sharpness if you can keep it steady through the exposure. I used the 2 second timer so I was hands off (a tip from Hama). I adjusted the exposure in PP and loads of other things including colour so here’s a before and after…
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    There is a key bit of advice in log haulers tip that i'm going to try today. He didn't leave ISO on auto, he used the lowest ISO. I use a flexi tripod which wont be steady enough for this but is easy to carry as only 6 inches long, but have bought a cheapy stiff legged 6 inch tripod which I'm going to try today. With regard to DOF on high end compacts. It is very narrow if you use it on auto, but mine has a range of F2 to 8 on Aperture priority so it can be a lot deeper as you can see by the photos in this thread which are taken at F8. A DSLR would have more and i'm interested to know what SJH is using as he gets very sharp images with loads of DOF. Also monkey D is achieving similar things with his G11

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