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[aoxa]

I use the manual setting also. Some day I'll try to figure out what all these F-stops and such mean and how it all really works.

Royal Palms are very pretty. Maybe I can talk the boss into letting us have one, I think the girls should have a boyfriend. lol
This is what our old guy Joe looked like. He passed away recently. I don't know how old he was exactly but he was OLD.

Here is a full body shot of our Tom that passed away in the fire. Oh gosh do I miss them.. Still so hard to go through images. I cry every time. Anyway.. I think I should do a memorial slideshow or something. I need to face the grief instead of trying to shut it out so much.

He was gorgeous. Can't say enough about royal palms..

If you do decide on getting this breed - they fly like crazy so need to either be clipped on one side, or behind electric fencing, or behind a fully enclosed pen if you don't want them flying in the trees and roosting there. Mine were always bothering the neighbours.

The lower the aperture is, the smaller the plane on focus is. If you shoot at f/2.8 you'll have more blur than shooting at f/5 for instance. Here are some pictures from part of a tutorial I posted on another forum that help explain/show the difference

That is what my FIL said. F stop. Thank you for the picture details. I work much better with images than with words. Thank you!

 

[3acres]

I've been missing out! My laptop died about 2 weeks ago...and no internet, of course!

Now I have a 'loaner' until I buy a new one. Of course all my pictures are on the old one that's DEAD!

I think I can still get them out of there..I hope.


Yes, little Mo and Curly were a little lost, I think. It was one of the first times I let them free range and they looked very confused. lol


That Jax is quite a crafty little guy, huh?

And that tractor of yours!! We need a couple of them around here also!

I could drive one around the farm and keep an eye on our workers. lol They like to slack around...

Beautiful.

The dirt on this little boys back just makes the picture. He must have had a good roll in some dirt? lol


Makes me want to get a goat of my own. We have some here at the farm, most of them are rescues, all different breeds.
Love it how they come running after you. That's what my chickens look like when they see me coming.

Cracks me up every time.


Now this is just my personal opinion, doesn't mean that everyone should do this... But! Have you ever tried sharpening only the chicken in the picture and not the background? That way the subject in the shot will stand out more than the background. Like the second picture, the background is so sharp that my eye went to the wall first then the chicken. But! After you added the dusk feature, it looks totally different again. I like it. When I get a new laptop I'll get all my picture editing programs running again. Now I can't do crap.

Sooooo frustrating.



I love the red saddle pad!

Thanks for the comments! Sorry to hear about your computer! Jax is funny as all get out!...

. I can see why people say bucks don't make good pets, but him and I have a lot of fun! He is just a huge bottle of emotions happening at the same time all wrapped up in a small package about to explode at any time!....lol. I truly think that we will be doing chores someday and he will just poof into a mist......

. I keep a sand box by where I do ground work on horses so my boy can play while I'm messin with them. He's always covered with something....lol. I love it when animals look to me for safety and attention! My goats gotta be where I am while they are running free...

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I'll try doing that to the chicken! Thanks! I agree, it does take away from the chicken in that second pic, now that you say that on it! I'll mess around with it and see what I can come up with! Pretty addicting...lol. I hope you get everything back soon!

Was Joe a Bourbon Red? Really pretty!


Beautiful turkey pics, aoxa!

I'm getting my first set of turkeys real soon! I can't wait to start taking care of them and taking pics of them!

Thanks, SilkiesForEver!

 

[3acres]

 

[3acres]

I kinda like this picture, but the quality is even worse than my usual pixel problem pics...

 

[3acres]

Those are some fine looking animals, KBG204!

Be careful, showbarnmom! ...editing gets addicting....household chores go undone, animals go hungry and leave, seasons pass without you knowing it...lol.

Mama Hen Chris - please stop putting pics of that duck on here! JUST JOKIN! It's just I don't have one yet and it's making me want one real bad!..

That's very interesting, heartbreakdiet! I guess I don't know what the f things you and aoxa are talking about.

 

[DucksnDaffodils]

Just found this thread, and since photography is a hobby of mine, I thought I would share some pics of my "farm" animals.

This is our two doelings from last spring. Emma, and Princess.

And there most adorable brother Benny. All of the adorable little kids were sold last summer.

One of my many batches of ducklings last spring. Gotta love the wrinkles underneath their chins.

AWWW! Gosh I love ducklings, (remind myself to get lots more this year

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The duckies all grew up and one pair I kept Hans and Gretel, LOVE our pond.

Having fun!!

Preening off.

Dear me, I have many, many, more pictures I could share with you all, I love taking photos of my ducks, but I don't want to be boring or overload anything.

 

[heartbreakdiet]

That's very interesting, heartbreakdiet!  I guess I don't know what the f things you and aoxa are talking about.

F stop is aperture. The "exposure triangle" is made up of aperture, shutter and iso. The smaller your f stop, the more light you're letting into your sensor. The shutter also lets in light, the higher the shutter (1/1000 for instance) the less light that setting is letting in. However, a quick shutter freezes motion. Try shooting a running animal at 1/100 and its going to look blurry, your shutter is open too long to pause the motion. Then you have iso. The lower the number, the less light to the sensor. Say it's dusk and you're trying to take a picture of goats playing. You're probably going to be at like 1/250 - 1/400, f/2.8 so you can have that smooth background in- camera, that leaves you needing to crack up the iso to take a well exposed photo. Depending on your camera, you're going to start introducing "grain" into your image the higher your iso is. If you bump it to iso 1600 and now have a well exposed image, but when you look at it full size you'll be seeing sone grain. (Which doesn't mean it's a bad picture, but it may not be as tack sharp as you'd hoped). Based on your available light and your desired outcome, you pick your settings to get a well exposed image with the feel you want.

 

[Toast n Jelly]

DnD I won't repost all the pics but have to say that I love

your ducks and goats...

 

[3Dchicken]

LOVE it! So sweet!

I use the manual setting also. Some day I'll try to figure out what all these F-stops and such mean and how it all really works.

Royal Palms are very pretty. Maybe I can talk the boss into letting us have one, I think the girls should have a boyfriend. lol
This is what our old guy Joe looked like. He passed away recently. I don't know how old he was exactly but he was OLD.

He's HUGE! How big do they get normally?!

 

[3Dchicken]

Cool!!!