Almost no post processing on these. JPEGS straight from the camera although I'll admit to warming the last one up a bit. Enjoying the challenge of full manual control and the whole DOF thing!

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Cheese

 

Very nice images. What camera/lens are you using?

 

The DoF in the first two is great.
The 2nd pic makes me hungry!

 

Thanks. Its an *ist Ds with a 40mm limited pancake lens.

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Cheese

 

Great color saturation and composition. The 40 mm lens you are using is really great. And I agree with you that the comment by Kaleria was totally not called for.

I look forward to your other posts. Do you have a web site with your photography?

dcmitchell

 

This is a photography forum. The guy posted his photographs for feedback related to composition, exposure, and the like.
The pic with the young lady is an excellent example of using depth of field and getting a good exposure for skin tones.


I agree that your comment lacks respect and is not constructive at all.

 

DC,
Here's what I do to find the hosting website for a pic:
Hold your cursor down over image.
When popup menu appears, choose to open image in new window.
Copy the address from the location window, deleting the image's portion.

That's how I got this- http://photobucket.com/albums/v298/cheeseroc/PENTAX/

 

Wow, colors are beautiful! Love the images!

Btw, I've sent a PM to Kaelaria about his manners or lack of.

Richard

 

Dude.....the answer should be "It's a Pentax"

peter

 

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Pete,
Sorry you dont approve of Pentax for whatever reason but my amateur needs and skills are pretty happy with it. I've heard you're a pretty well acclaimed photographer and would appreciate any constructive comments you may have. I'm just starting to learn this whole SLR thing.

 

Here here.

To that end, the thread has been edited a bit. Let's keep this photography related from this point out.

 

On the contrary..... your answer was was like if some one would ask you
what wine you'r drinking and theanswer would be a Merlot.....The answer should
have been "Stags Leap" , that would have helped tremendously when he was
looking for "That" camera. And who said I don't approve of the Pentax.....
Bottom line It's not the camera that takes the picture it's the phototgraper. I can take bitching images with a pinhole camera, a Hasselblad
or my trusty Nikons, the brand makes no difference as long as it's not a
Canon.

peter

 

I respectfully disagree with your analogy, I gave the model of the camera and the lens but thank you for detailing the manufacturer. It was an oversight on my part. He or she will definately be able to find the camera correctly now. My assumption that you arent fond of Pentax came from you use of the " " which I dont necessarily view as a positive endorsement.

Hopefully, between the two of us, we've answered all the questions regarding my photography equipment and your photography skills and everyone has all the information they've asked for.

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Cheese

 

Cheese-
Gret pics. Just a couple of questions.
1. How does the 40mm translate to 35mm equivalent? Is it 1.5x or 1.6x?
2. What is the aperture used in the shots?

I read at least one review that claimed the *ist Ds "oversaturates" the color, but at least on my laptop, there is no evidence in your samples.

 

Thanks for the kind words. The crop factor on the *ist Ds is 1.5 and the aperture, i believe, is 2.8 on all shots.

I think the reason for what you've read about the color being oversaturated is that there is an image tone setting that defaults to "bright" which is really saturated and contrasty. The manual recommends the "natural" setting for most pictures.

I believe that most of the online testers use the camera with the "out of the box" setting and because of this weird disconnect between recommended and default, the reviews are slightly skewed. I'll try and take the same picture in both modes if you're interested.

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Cheese

 

Makes sense - the testers don't bother to read the manual.
With a P&S digital I find the mid contrast setting is good for most conditions, bland or what Canon calls 'Neutral' for sunlight and 'Vivid' to get some contrast when the light is very flat.

 

Man, I love those pics! The composition is really nice, just my style.

Great job!

 

depth of field is king....good stuff cheese...manual control is great

 

And FWIW my limited experience with Pentax cameras has been entirely positive. And heck, any DSLR will be a better camera than almost all point and shoots.