The decisive moment, Costa Rica 2007
Update: The results of this survey are now stocked this post!
In the new poll, which has been running for a short time, I would like to ask you: What do you personally for the most important factors for a good photo? Is it more likely the technology and equipment, or it is what "look into" photographer or viewer into the picture? Can you even plan good photos? And what your respects because if makes your photos? In my opinion, it is worthwhile that we will cover, especially since for most of us soon pending a summer in which many images are produced.
two things that can definitely be also important factors that I have in my answers to the survey deliberately excluded: 1 The random and 2 The electronic image processing. Chance or luck play a role that is very often, not everything can be . Plan On the other hand, we do it we surely do not as easily say that we want to be photographers only arrive at the chance! That would be my opinion much too simple. Although I am pleased, if I unexpectedly by pure luck getting a good photo, but my goal is always to not be dependent, but to make aware of my pictures, and analyze why a particular photo "works" or just not. The second point, the electronic image processing on the computer, I have as a factor for a good photo is not included because I believe too much in image processing, "photo" no longer can speak. This I have already detail in a previous post discussed. I am talking in my survey of real photos and not by "digital art", in which case "art" to mean "artificial" with ... But just so we do not get me wrong: If a photo was taken digitally, is quite legitimately add a matching process, but in my opinion, this should be limited to a few essential elements, such as crop the image slightly to correct the white balance, contrast and Levels adjust fine sharpening etc.
Is that headline picture of this post a good photo? "Decisive Moment" is of course borrowed from the famous French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson that this Concept has greatly influenced. For him, just the crucial moment to be taken in many photos, otherwise the essence of the situation could not be detected or dargstellt. I have tried this on my trip to Costa Rica in 2007 when I sat with my Nikon D70s in a rocking boat. We spent the whole day geschippert through the maze of canals of Tortuguero and had sweated without end. The climate is really difficult for a Central European bearable 30 degrees Celsius in the shade, but still 95% humidity. The rain forest has requested a certain capacity for suffering! We only know from the tropical greenhouse. Well, that all the equipment mastered without defect. At some point in the evening we had our boat to sound out leaders in the treetops to "spider monkeys" (German name: spider monkeys) are needed to jump from tree crown to tree crown, and so the cross channels.
course we asked him immediately to position the boat so that we can get a look at this spectacle. This turned out to be, of course, not quite so simple, but finally he made it, when in fact a family of several monkeys successively moved across the channel on which we were passing. I had at the first sounds already tried to set my camera fits: I take pictures almost always aperture priority (ie, automatic time calculation by the camera), so I went to open aperture and ISO 800, to obtain a very fast shutter speed, and thus avoid camera shake by the boat and blurred by the movement of the monkey. Looking through the viewfinder was found that the camera is calculated when targeting the sky and the treetops times by 1 / 1000 second. That should be enough, I thought, and wanted to add a little extra exposure compensation (+2 / 3 stop maybe), because I was against the clear sky photographed and the cameras underexpose then usually because they are designed to expose all neutral gray. But it was too late for other settings, The monkeys jumped one went after the other, I made fast about 10 photos, which showed less than half a monkey at all, so quickly! Among the other images two useful and this one shown here, in my opinion were for the best. In the post I did have to brighten somewhat in the shadows, I have cut away a bit uninteresting margin, adjusted the colors and sharpened.
'm sure, I'm proud of this photo, but in my mind's eye I an even better: In this vision we see in isolation the monkeys completely from the green branches freely fly in the blue sky, and the branches extend only a little bit right and next to Image to provide the framework for the flight. But for this moment my camera was too slow, maybe I could repeat it with a super-fast modern SLR camera. On the other hand, it is difficult, so to duplicate a photo, our boat guide said at the time, just at the right time at right place to be to nice to shoot at the monkeys in the blue sky would not be repeated, we would have had very good luck .
Ah yes, here is the evaluation of the previous survey . I marvel not mean that the DMC-PL1 is clear in the first place, finally have probably just the readers of my reviews of the PL1 they either bought directly, or some new owners have ended their search for tips and tricks to her new camera at my side. The Panasonic GF1 is safe for a similar reason in second place landed there first, I had also tested (GF1) , and secondly because it was already available rather simple, and many photographers who are interested in a small portable solution had had direct access. The other PENs have no built-in flash, so many had rather wait and the other cameras from Panasonic are either too new or have not built through the viewfinder and the resulting greater design found so much encouragement.
Anyway, I had already announced that I am now increasingly wants to deal with the photos and less with the equipment. And I want you too, dear invite readers! Most of you have undoubtedly the right equipment for the summer together, so let us now look how good photos look like and how they come about. Write me your views in the comments and take part in the survey! You tell me you can also welcomes any suggestions and wishes, what you see next and want to read. Gladly you can also find a link to your favorite photo in the post comments, or a link to a photo, what for you constitutes a good photo where you say: "Wow, it just works!" In addition, I promise you now that in the next few days, a surprise waiting for you, I will provide one gift for you, You may be curious ...
Stay tuned for an exciting surprise! It's all about photos, you know. See you soon on this blog!
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