Hello Mods, I wrote a post on here last night asking people to help me price up a sweet buffet, I can't find it anywhere! I've been through 6 pages and looked on the search ... no joy. Just wondered if it had been removed for some reason?
Cheers x
Became Mrs Lyons 30th July 2011 x
CommentAuthorlows
may have been removed as there are already threads on the subject. mods dont like it when topics keep getting repeated. hope that helps hun. x
CommentAuthorJanie
i put one on this morning asking ia nyone does photography as i was wanting tips on taking photos of running water, and thats dissapeared
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CommentAuthorNicsquared
Do you still need help janie? Do you want crisp photos or those showing movement?
Not sure where the posts go - i thought the mods said they were sinking them/ deleting them first?
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CommentAuthorJanie
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What i was trying to do was make the water look misty / milky, if you know what i mean? I tried it, just messed about with settings and almost got there. Not sure if it didnt work well beacuse the waterfall was small, or wether i hadnt quite got it right. I started off with f4 and iso 100 and just messed about from there, but stupidly didnt write down the settings that worked the best, was too busy trying to control my not-overly friendly chihuahua, my son and the girlfriend lol.
This is the best one i got... i know it looks weird, but i like the overall look, and also one of the bigger (but still small waterfall) (above cos they got posted there and i cant f
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igure how to move them lol)
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h2b says what shutter speed were you using - you need a long one and a sturdy tripod If its a sunnyish day f4 and iso 100 sound about right (he says)
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CommentAuthorJanie
erm.............. yeah!
no idea lol, I dont even know how to change the shutter speed I dont think.... Did i say I am a complete novice? LOL
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CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
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you will need a tripod and slow shutter speed. 1-2 seconds or even more
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CommentAuthorNicsquared
TBH i have no idea what im typing - its foreign to me He says thats what you need to change to get the running motion in water How you change it depends on your camera - he has a nikon Should be able to google for some more help
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CommentAuthorJanie
yeah i ahve a tripod. I'll have to look it up lol, i have an olympus e410.
Thanks for the tips both of you (well three of you with your OH lol)
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CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
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you need the tripod because the slow shutter speed will blur as you wont be able to hold the camera still long enough. you only want the water blurred and not the rest of the picture.
for smooth silky water you need a shutter speed of about 2 seconds.
1/60th of a second is your heartbeat (your heart beats 60 times a second right?) so anything slower than that really needs a tripod as your heart beat will knock the camera out of focus.
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CommentAuthorJanie
yup i used the tripod. I need to learn how to change the shutter speed now lol. I'll get there! If photography courses werent so pricey i'd go on one
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CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
you have one here....I am a photographer LOL
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CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
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if you photograph water higher than 1/60th, the higher you go, the camera will record it as the eye sees it,in individual droplets and waterspray etc....high shutter speed...equals sharpness....and vice versa......the slower the shutter speed the softer an image will be.
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CommentAuthorJanie
i just dont know how to actually change the shutter speed on my camera ha ha
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CommentAuthorJanie
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ok, i THINK I have this figured out now, put it in M mode, aperature around f4 (for todays sort of weather) Iso 100
and i also just figured out HOW to change the shutter speed :)
That;s the number that says something like 1/600 right? Ao is the higher the second number the slower the shutter speed?
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CommentAuthorpanther_87k
janie google talk photography (all one word) im on there but very very inexperienced, they'll be able to help.
As for the OP, no idea where your post/thread has gone, maybe theres a glitch in the system?
CommentAuthorJanie
thanks Panther, will do :)
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CommentAuthorFuture mrs mac
RaggedyAnn - I'm thinking of going to college to do photography and wondering is there any sites you could recommend for advice?Is it hard to get into/make a career out of it?
CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
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sorry, popped to fetch son....yes the shutter speed is the 1/600 etc, yes put it in manual mode and set the ISO for the light....today was bright so 200 would be ok.....i use 200 most of the time. the aperture could be f2 if you have the correct lens?
heres a tip...
set your iso first for the lighting conditions.....today i would have set iso to 200 then set your aperture to 5.6 (this is not a setting for the water, just a tip to get good exposed pictures on manual mode)
then you should have a button or a wheel on your camera that changes the shutter speed. look inside your viewfinder and you will see the + and - signs.....thats + for darker and - for lighter...
while you are looking through the viewfinder, move the shutter wheel until the needle sets in the absolute middle of the + and - signs... that is a perfect exposure. the camera aperture and iso have been set by you , according to the lighting conditions, and to get those setting perfectly exposed, the shutter wheel has to be moved to the centre.
you can get loads of different perfect exposures though....
you can set the aperture to F2.8 (if you have the correct lens) then set the ISO to 100
then you should again move the shutter needle to the middle and thats perfect exposure aswell, it will be lighter, and the background will be blurred, but the exposure will be spot on. if you want it darker than perfect exposure then turn the wheel to + or lighter goes to the - side.
here is a picture i took with a aperture set at f4...ISO of 200 and cant remember shutter speed, but as you can see the small aperture F4 has given the background a lovely blurred look, this is perfect for portraits as it shows the subject better when the background is blurred,.
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this picture i wanted the background sharp to get the reflection of the swan so the ISO was 200, and the aperture was f8, and again the shutter speed was set making the needle go in the centre.
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SOMEtimes if the need arises, i like to soften portraits, this is my daughter and i wanted a soft and gentle old fashioned feel to the picture so i set eh ISO to 400, the aperture was f4 and the shutter speed set to slightly towards the + sign to make it slightly darker.....this is called underexposed
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then this little girl was so angelic, i wanted a fairytale kind of look so i OVERexposed this photo by setting the ISO to 100....(letting more light in, the aperture to 5.6....normal sharpness, and the shutter towards the minus (-) side....
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I could go on all night but I would take up the whole thread.....sorry if I have gone on a bit, but wanted to show you the differences ...LOL
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CommentAuthorpanther_87k
future mrs mac, the site i just recommended to janie would probably be a good help for you too
CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
future mrs mac......I went to college in the evening for 3 years....we learned the film way.....developing our own , it was fun. it cost something like £300 for 1 year so maybe £900 for the 3 years. it was worth it, definately. i not only learned a lot, i loved it too.
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CommentAuthorJanie
wowo those photos are awesome! Thanks raggedyanne, i'll write that lot down and give it a go tomorrow
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CommentAuthorCupCake
I still don't know where my post went pmsl but now I know how to take a good photo!
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CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
there was also one....china ebay dresses you love. its still there but has been sunk. why was that?
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CommentAuthor~feebee~
Can I just ask what sinking a post means as opposed to it being deleted altogether?...
Finally Mrs Grove :)
CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
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well the deleted threads are gone altogether, but the sunk ones are still there so you can add to them but they can't come back to the front page, Then closed threads are closed to any more comments.
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CommentAuthorCupCake
I really don't know???? I had asked about sweet tables, but not how to make them etc, someone has asked me to do one for their wedding and I was asking if anyone had priced them up so I could see how much to charge, as most sites will only give quotes if you contact them ... so it wasn't just a same old, same old thread ..... wonder why it's gone?
Became Mrs Lyons 30th July 2011 x
CommentAuthor~feebee~
Ah I see, thanks RaggedyAnne x
Finally Mrs Grove :)
CommentAuthorJanie
sorry cupcake, hijakcehd your thread!
We're doing our on sweet table, poundland and kidea both do sweety jars for around a pound, then we're using sweets from poundshop or costco to fill them up
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