Comments on: Canada Picture-blog

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:36:57 +0000

Theoretically they have a presence here in certain northern states. Their donuts looked mighty big-n-tasty.

By: Kansas Bob

Kansas Bob — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:42:28 +0000

I had not heard of Tim Hortons until we drove to Toronto.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:10:01 +0000

*applauds*

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:45:09 +0000

No, more like Al Gore.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:40:32 +0000

Do the filters make me sound like a Pirate?

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:38:08 +0000

I didn’t figure that there was but a guy can hope. I really want to get some sort of good tripod for my camera.
And don’t be afraid to sound prickish. I run all your emails through a filter.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:05:33 +0000

I got your email, but was trying to finesse a response that wouldn’t sound prickish, but I came up with nothing. Honestly, there’s no way to fix that motion after the fact. Photoshop has some things you can do which will sharpen and fix a lot of problems, but motion-blur is basically a lost cause.
You can, however, learn from past mistakes. That’s the way to become better.
The best way to take shots like this on the other hand, is to not hold the camera, period. Set it down, frame your shot, set the 2 sec timer and walk away. Then, do it about 3-5 more times using a little slower shutter speed than you think you need. Remember, you can always bring down exposure in post, but it’s much harder to fix an underexposed image.
If there’s absolutely no way you can even think about setting the camera on something stable, then crank your ISO up over 800, shorten your f-stop to as low as you can get it, and take 3x more pictures than you would otherwise. Chances are they’ll all still turn out with problems, but you might get 1 or 2 out of the bunch that’s perfect.