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| Submitted by | rldixon |
| Added | Oct 19 2010 |
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Description
ring of Brodgar
taken 13-6-2005
taken 13-6-2005
Posted Comments:
Sunny100 (2010-10-19)
I think i will be kind and say 'this is a stunningly beautiful photo'. Well done. I forgive you for yesterday's comment!
rldixon (2010-10-19)
thank you :) if i was you i would take a good look at a modern digital camera that will do your photography the justice it deserves
Sunny100 (2010-10-19)
I do now have a rather smart little Olympus FE 340 digital camera with 2.7 LCD display. It was a bit pricey. But once you get onto these bigger cameras with different lenses they are what £500+ so i will stay with my trusty Olympus for now. Thanks for the advice, much appreciated. Cheers.
rldixon (2010-10-20)
this photo was taken with a 4megapixel olympus C4000z compact camera
the olympus FE340 is a good compact camera which gets good write ups
the olympus FE340 is a good compact camera which gets good write ups
frogcottage42 (2010-10-20)
I take most of mine on a 5 meg Kodak which was a free gift with some plaster bead! my £800 canon is much less reliable. Often cheap gear performs brilliantly and this years countryfile photo comp contained a couple of winners taken on very modest cameras!
Martin L (2010-10-21)
Great composition/photo RL Dixon (as usual ;)
@Cameras: Several of the available point & shoot cameras are sufficient (or even excellent for some purposes), as long as the lenses are sharp. Of course there is a minimum price. Unfortunately some people still believe the amount of megapixels is most important.
Naturally D/SLR is not necessary to get a sharp (usually sized) image in most cases, but it offers more creative possibilities and in the end it is more reliable as you have full control of cameras’ settings. Anyway it takes some time to get used to it as SLR usually is not the right choice if prefering „Auto“ settings. As usual the skills of the operator are crucial too.
@Cameras: Several of the available point & shoot cameras are sufficient (or even excellent for some purposes), as long as the lenses are sharp. Of course there is a minimum price. Unfortunately some people still believe the amount of megapixels is most important.
Naturally D/SLR is not necessary to get a sharp (usually sized) image in most cases, but it offers more creative possibilities and in the end it is more reliable as you have full control of cameras’ settings. Anyway it takes some time to get used to it as SLR usually is not the right choice if prefering „Auto“ settings. As usual the skills of the operator are crucial too.
AngieLake (2010-10-21)
Chill out guys. This isn't a photographic excellence website but a website showing photos of, and recording, megalithic sites, so as long as it's a clear pic that shows the monument adequately for members to recognise and appreciate, I don't think tooo much professional waffle is necessary, nor the purchase of expensive cameras. My poor brain won't cope with technical jargon [Sem will remembering trying to show me manual settings on the SLR!], so I have to rely on 'automatic', but I do try to frame the subject nicely. On occasions it can be better to have a slightly less clear photo because of the light conditions than none at all, but I take my hat off (if I was wearing one!) to the guys and girls on here who post such stunning shots. [Cringe when I look back on some of my earlier SLR stuff on film... esp when the quality of those films and their shop developing became v.poor. Trencrom springs to mind here.] Digi is certainly much clearer! Oh, and an older shot taken on a disposable camera at Scorhill won a lot of praise! Exagerrated the blue sky... ;-)
Martin L (2010-10-22)
Yes it is chilled sharing of information regarding photo-equipment. I was just trying to say, that no one has to feel bad when using a point & shoot without state of the art amount of megapixels. As these picture of professional photographer R L Dixon proofs it is more about the lens + skills of the operator.
rldixon (2010-10-22)
if only i was a profesional photographer ......
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