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Re: Focal Length v. Shutter Speed

jmayoff — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:44:04 -0000

Sure, go ahead with a link back here. The more people who know how this works, the more great pictures we'll all have to look at. Glad you found it useful.

Re: Focal Length v. Shutter Speed

Clarityx — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:54:57 -0000

Can I use this info on my blog using the direct link to your blog? Thanks in advance

Re: How to take spectacular water droplet/splash pictures

activated carbon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:54:30 -0000

thank you for writing this about how to take splash pictures. Ive been wanting to add this to my repertoire but have had no success! I will take your advice and give it a go!

Re: 6 Tips for getting great pictures at Disney World

disneyland tickets — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:28:12 -0000

disney world has so much more to take pics of as compared to disneyland. wish i lived closer to there.

Re: Focal Length v. Shutter Speed

RUAK0876ac — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:46:56 -0000

This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the world to come.

Re: Extreme Photoshop: Grunge Effect

jmayoff — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:53:00 -0000

Glad you found it useful

Re: Extreme Photoshop: Grunge Effect

Upcoming fishing events — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:58:04 -0000

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Re: Extreme Photoshop: Grunge Effect

Geoffrey Tuck — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:28:10 -0000

Very easy to perform, even for someone who doesn't know much about photoshop like me :)

Re: How to take spectacular water droplet/splash pictures

Geoffrey Tuck — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:22:48 -0000

Great guide. I'll give it a try a bit later and see how I go. Thanks :)

Re: High School Musical: The Ice Tour

Car Safety Seats — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:57:55 -0000

Good post. Have bookmarked your blog and will surely come back.

Re: How to take spectacular water droplet/splash pictures

jmayoff — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:26:05 -0000

None. I used the pop up flash on my camera

Re: From Raw to Flickr: My Workflow

Professional photographer — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:49:53 -0000

I remove in RAW, I convert Aperture, in Photoshop own actions.

Re: How to take spectacular water droplet/splash pictures

Professional photographer — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:42:09 -0000

You used what studio light, thanks.

Re: How to handle all your family pictures from Christmas

jmayoff — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:42:40 -0000

Thanks for commenting, Sean. You've got some very nice pictures in your photostream. I've added you as a contact.

Re: How to handle all your family pictures from Christmas

sean808080 — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:00:04 -0000

interesting workflow. i am much less apt to spend time editing. i go through all my pics in aperture to crop and fix as needed. then i upload them ALL to flickr as a backup and then create a web gallery of the choice ones on .mac for sharing with family/friends. with aperture/iphoto's export plugins, this is all very quick and easy.

great post.... and great pics!

Re: How to take spectacular water droplet/splash pictures

jmayoff — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:42:39 -0000

Thanks.

It was set at f5.6 1/60th second with a popup flash for the second shot. Here are the details: http://www.flickr.com/photos/p...

But, if I'm not mistaken I had the camera set on auto. The only thing I did was manually focus on the spot I wanted sharp.

Thanks for stopping by.

Re: How to take spectacular water droplet/splash pictures

Paul Taplin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:21:47 -0000

Great photos! im a beginer myself an was wonder what settings you have your camera on? i.e. shutter speed...

Thanks

Re: Closeup lens

jmayoff — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:09:13 -0000

Thanks for pointing that out. I believe it's fixed now.

Re: Closeup lens

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Re: How to take spectacular water droplet/splash pictures

jmayoff — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:05:26 -0000

I did not use a macro lens. I used my 55-200 zoom on a tripod from about 5 feet away. I don't have a macro lens, and I don't think it would be a good idea in this situation since you'd have to get really close to the splash. That would mean water might splash up onto your lens.

I suppose you could arrange a setup where you'd be behind some kind of glass, but in my situation it wouldn't have worked.

PS: I'm a relative beginner photographer, so I wouldn't go asking me about lens advice. You're liable to get hurt.

Re: How to take spectacular water droplet/splash pictures

Richard (bewl valley sc) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:45:44 -0000

Thanks for that. I have often wondered how its done.
What macro lens would you recommend? I have a canon 1d III

Re: How to take spectacular water droplet/splash pictures

jmayoff — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:26:46 -0000

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