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  1. 08-14-2009, 02:13 PM #1
    Spinning
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    Smile Wow I impressed myself! LOL!

    As some of you know I played alot this summer taking swimming and diving photos. I shot some photos of my friends kids. She loved them and had them blown up to huge poster size pictures. I have to say for the first time in my life I was speechless when I saw them! I couldn't believe they were my pictures! Believe it or not I haven't really printed any out yet so I have only looked at them on the PC or I did about 50 pics for our team wall. I felt they were a little dark. (Used walgreens 1 hour service)
    The detail was amazing! The water droplets clear and crisp, the back ground was slightly blurred. I know there is a name for that....
    Even when my kids looked at the photos and our dive coach I think she was shocked! So now I am looking my my kids photos to see what I can blow up like that!
    Loving this 50D Canon camera!
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  2. 08-14-2009, 04:05 PM #2
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    That is Great
    Compliments like that will boost your own confidence and inspire you to learn more. Now you can see what others liked about a particular photo and build on that. It's your job to remember the composition & shot settings, but be able to adjust to different conditions on another day
    Glad to hear you are enjoying that new camera.
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  3. 08-14-2009, 07:07 PM #3
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    That's brilliant! Fabulous feeling isn't it?
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  4. 08-14-2009, 10:12 PM #4
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    Time to fine tune those skills then. Cause now you know you are good, time to get better and this boost of confidence will take you places (not literally but I hope you get the point)...
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  5. 08-15-2009, 06:12 AM #5
    Spinning
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    Thanks everyone! I think I was just in such shock when I saw the colors and the crispness of the photo. Truely it was the camera! I do have a good eye for timing, always have but all this other stuff is so new to me and I am doing a lot of experiementing and playing. I am planning to take some classes offered near me over the winter.
    I did just order on photo of my daughter that I really do love. Hope it turns out as nice!
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  6. 08-15-2009, 05:41 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spinning View Post
    .... the back ground was slightly blurred. I know there is a name for that....
    Its called bokeh and it can be addictive.....


    Congrats on your prints!! I print my shots much too infrequently.
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  7. 08-15-2009, 09:54 PM #7
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    Printing is expensive, but its so worth it. No display will ever compare to a print, i always get much more "WoWs" from prints then from online.

    Findin cheap/reliable frames is the hardest part really, but im slowly trying to cover my whole place up in pictures : D
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  8. 08-17-2009, 08:20 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by michaelb View Post
    Its called bokeh and it can be addictive.....


    Congrats on your prints!! I print my shots much too infrequently.
    i'm a current addict...

    ...and i've printed seriously maybe 8 pictures since i started this stuff. and out of the 8 i've given 7 away.
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