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Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Arts => Visual Art => Topic started by: lbt/cty_lover on June 07, 2010, 06:50:41 PM

Title: My Photography
Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 07, 2010, 06:50:41 PM

I've recently taken up casual photography, and I thought that it would be a good idea to get a critique here on some of my photos.

These were taken with my physics teacher's SLR camera.
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh23/cty_lover/Diffraction_Of_Light_1_Resized.jpg)
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh23/cty_lover/Diffraction_Of_Light_2_Resized.jpg)

Title: My Photography
Post by: Pangaea on June 08, 2010, 12:37:14 AM

Cool! You can see the green, red, and blue light spectrums! :wow

Those pictures are neat, but they are a bit big. I don’t suppose you could resize them a little smaller? (Maybe show a smaller picture that links to a larger one?)

If you’ll pardon a question from one who is virtually clueless about photography, how exactly do photos taken by an SLR camera differ from photos taken by other sorts of cameras?

Title: My Photography
Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 08, 2010, 12:42:47 AM

Different types of cameras have different features. Usually, SLR cameras are better suited for professional photography, while the common point-and-shoot cameras are suited for casual photography.

By the way, these are compressed images. The original images are 3000x4000 pixels in size.

Title: My Photography
Post by: Pangaea on June 08, 2010, 12:56:20 AM

Does the higher quality or some particular capability of the SLR camera have anything to do with why you can see the differently colored rays of light?

Title: My Photography
Post by: Kor on June 08, 2010, 01:38:28 AM

Sounds like that SLR camera may be pretty complicated.

Title: My Photography
Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 08, 2010, 03:08:06 PM

Quote from: Kor,Jun 8 2010 on  12:38 AM

Sounds like that SLR camera may be pretty complicated.

Well, pretty much. If you don't read the User Manual, you probably won't know how to work the camera. As I said, SLR cameras are mainly for professional photographers.

Title: My Photography
Post by: lbt/cty_lover on June 08, 2010, 03:11:57 PM

Quote from: Pangaea,Jun 7 2010 on  11:56 PM

Does the higher quality or some particular capability of the SLR camera have anything to do with why you can see the differently colored rays of light?

Also, no. These photos were things I actually saw during a class. I still don't fully know what caused this phenomenon, but it can be recreated.

As for the higher quality, most SLR cameras have a higher resolution capacity than the usual point-and-shoot camera.

I'll probably write or find a guide to cameras in the future. Just not right now, though.