July 4th, 2008

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Getting Close

click to view larger versionThis shot I took no more than 10 minutes ago reminds me of one of those top tips for photography - "If your photos aren't good enough, you're not close enough." I was just taking a few shots around the pond I just setup in our backyard and noticed time and time again, if I tried to get the whole pond in the photo, well, the photo just sucked. Sure it documents what's there but there was no oomph to them. Then I started zooming in. The results were much better. I...

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Written by Rick on July 4th, 2008 with no comments.
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Pentax K200D Review

The K200D’s mode dial includes the usual suspects: aperture priority, shutter priority, and manual exposure, as well as program, bulb, and scene modes like Portrait, Sports and Flower. Each time you turn the mode dial, a small sample image shows up on the LCD monitor. For example, the “Moving Objects” mode displays a picture of some track athletes (below left). If you hit the INFO button and scroll down, the LCD displays a message explaining that the Moving Objects mode is for taking pictures of fast-moving objects.

Pentax’s exclusive Green button (above right) is useful when you want to adjust exposure settings in modes like Tv, Av and Program. When you’re in manual exposure mode (M), pressing the Green button gives you an instant automatic exposure setting (adjusts both aperture and shutter speed for optimal exposure). It’s almost like an “easy button” or a panic button if you can’t figure out the exposure. In Av, if you changed the exposure compensation and want an easy way to get it back, hit the exposure compensation button and the Green button at the same time to reset it to zero. The Green button does the same thing for flash exposure compensation. It can also be customized for manual exposure mode. There are four options. The default is for the Green button to adjust both the shutter speed and aperture. It can also be programmed to automatically adjust the shutter speed to match your chosen aperture, set the aperture to match...

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Written by 8e88 on July 4th, 2008 with no comments.
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Blog template change

Today I decided to change my blog template. I like simple things, but the previous template didn't hold the visual elements together. I checked default Blogger templates but didn't like any of them too much. I spent some time looking for templates in the Internet, and I found one that I liked. It appeared to be designed the way that didn't assume customization. Unfortunately I wasted a few hours of my time trying to modify it before I gave up.

Finally I picked one of Blogger native templates - although I didn't like the default look it's not so difficult to adjust it.

There are still some adjustments to be made, I will finish them soon.

Written by Carlos on July 4th, 2008 with no comments.
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