Wanted: Chicken Photography Tips

[BeardedChick]

If your camera has a portrait mode, try shooting with that and with the lens zoomed out. It should make the camera do the same thing as adjusting the f-stop.

And know that most point and shoot cameras are NOT good at blurring the background like a DSLR camera can. That effect is called bokeh, BTW.

PS. If you have digital zoom, it's better to not use the digital zoom. Just zoom as far as you can with the optical zoom. Digital zooming kills the quality.

PPS. You can download something like Photoshop Elements 7.0 for a free months trial and learn to create bokeh in post processing if you are into that sort of thing.

 

[HorseFeathers]

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Just to clarify: It is NOT a point-and-shoot! It's a digital SLR- Nikon D60. No digital zoom, just manual on the lens. Thanks for the tip, I'll try portrait mode... I NEVER would have thought of that so double thanks! (It's one of those settings I've like never used LOL)

 

[BeardedChick]

Ha, I thought you couldn't find the fstop adjustment because you were using a P&S!

Anyway, TRY portrait + zoom as an easy first step. If it works, it's a very, very simple solution. The Digital Cameras for Dummies book had that suggestion in it, an as a dummy myself, I took note.

 

[HorseFeathers]

Thanks. I'll try that... *takes battery out of charger and goes to use poor tortured cat as model*

 

[HorseFeathers]

Aha! Brilliance! Thanks, Bearded.
I do have to hold down the flash-popup-thingy but that's just because it's kind of low light in my bedroom. (That's why my computer has lightup keys LOL- so I can be on BYC even when the power goes out!

 

[tiki244]

Maybe you can get a book on the basics of how to run that camera. I only have a film slr and a point and shoot digital . So I am not sure how you control the lense of your slr in the manual mode. Maybe you can get some tips from the place you got it.

 

[HorseFeathers]

In addition to the user's manual I have a book especially for digital SLRs. Unfortunately when it shows all the functions it shows it for a Canon Rebel.

I am going to try to find one just for Nikon Ds though.