new toy

[firemouthman198]

i was playin with my new toy i recieved in the mail recently a Nikon D50 digital slr camera. love it. greatest camera i ever owned. which is not to many. anyways, was messin around takin pics gettin used to it and tell me what you guys think.



*edit* ARG after i saw my post i saw how pixelated it was. it is makin me angry because i cant figure out how to make clear images on the internet and still be able to post them on the website.

[firemouthman198]

any help on how to resize images and and keep them clear at the same time????? please help.

[Glaive]

First Q.

What software are you using?

Tips.

Shoot in raw mode since you are using a dslr.

Do all your post processing, ie color adjustment and lighting, in the raw format.

Then convert to uncompressed tiff and crop to what you want to show. After that try reducing width to 600 pixels and then save as a jpeg with a quility of around 8-9.

That should bring you down to 100kb range and yet retain a decent picture.

[firemouthman198]

im using hp photo and imaging as my software. my raw mode is NEF is that right? when i adjust the color and lighting i do that on teh camera? how do i convert to uncompressed tiff. then how do i save as a jpeg? sorry for answering questions with questions but before this i was just using a sony powershot. ive never used a camera this nice. and im still learning. thanks for your patience.

[firemouthman198]

i tryed to follow your instructions we'll see how this comes out on the inet.



*edit* there we go. now i got hte hang of it. thanks for the help i worked on it. thanks glaive.

[Jeto]

congrats on the new toy...

coming up next......lenses.....

[finz]

That second photo looks MUCH better.

[Seedy]

Wow! That's quite an improvement! Good job!

[firemouthman198]

wow thanks guys. i gotta start hangin out in the photo forum. jeto i got a lense. ! made sure i gota nice lense with it. its a 28-80mm nikkor lense. works great. anyways thanks for the compliments guys.

[Glaive]

Excelent improvement!

[Jeto]

Originally posted by firemouthman198
wow thanks guys. i gotta start hangin out in the photo forum. jeto i got a lense. ! made sure i gota nice lense with it. its a 28-80mm nikkor lense. works great. anyways thanks for the compliments guys.

I know, but, you would start wanting MORE... mwehehehe.
I now have 3. still thinking of buying 3 more. hahahhaa

[firemouthman198]

ya i know what you mean. i knew this hobby would eat me alive(i guess both aquaria and photography) but the finished item is so enjoyable. yes i will be wanting more.. :) its all to come. by the way what camera you shootin now???

[Jeto]

I'm using a Canon 350D. I currently have the kit lens, 1 telephoto lens, and 1 prime lens...

Next on the list is a Macro lens, another lighter telephoto lens and 1 more prime lens. hehehe

good luck on the shooting.
I know what you mean with these two hobbies. My wife's comment on the fish hobby was "this is expensive", now with photo, "this is really getting expensive" hahahhaa