a trip to the art gallery/ zoo

[Hippie3]

i'd have shot more pix
but the bastids prohibit flash photo & tripods
making shooting in low light a real bitch...

[Stenciler]

nice. my fave would be
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Is it by chance a Claes Oldenburg? Reminds me of my trip to Minneapolis Walker Art museum. Reminds me of his "spoonbridge and cherry"

[DocOc]

Gotta love the ******. I love the outdoor stuff and the huge lawn in front. I regularly used to hit up a local coffee shop and head down there for an evening toke with a friend. I also liked their Asian art exhibit.

Whoah!

[Hippie3]

anyone know
how to shoot good pix
inside a poorly lit museum ??

[synth]

not really with digital...
unless your camera is fancy

[synth]

the pic dial8 commented on reminds me of something i saw
on the princeton campus.

man, i hate princeton... lol
what a bunch of snobs

[Hippie3]

have a new nikon 35mm that's pretty 'fancy'...

[Lefty]

Nice pics. I have a friend thats a professional photographer, I'll ask about the low light gallery situation. I think she's on vacation but she should be back soon.

[Starscream]

my dads camera has a museum mode where it looks like its off and its really not
But for darkness try supporting it aginst your nose hand and lean your hand against a wall for added support, cuz with out a 'pod there is really no way to get a clear dim room shot.
then if the photo is still dark you can touch it up a little with photoshop (just a little)
The most important point is to make sure your steady, not too much you can do with a blury pic.

[loochypooch]

Here's some indoor museum pics of framed art that I liked. All I have to do on my camera is hold the button half way down for a second and the viewfinder will go from dark to light (auto shutter or something). I don't know crap about cameras really but this camera is by far the best and can really take good pictures...

Olympus Digital Camera
C-740 Ultra Zoom
3.2 Megapixel

[Hippie3]

those are nice.

[shimmy]

if you can change the apeture and shutter speed on your camera then slow the shutter speed as low as you can without making a blurry image i wouldnt go more then 1/30 of a second and lower your apeture to not much bigger then f4 if you have a light meter use it and brace yourself as much as possible when shooting

[Hippie3]

problem = nikon 5600 is full-auto,
cannot make direct settings
just uses various 'modes'
all pre-set

[mycobri]

i tried to lighten pic one with photoshop.

[Hippie3]

what/how in pshop does that ?

[shimmy]

if you have photoshop to name a few things there is the brightness contrast function, burning and dodging, hue/saturation, auto levels and curves function fiddle around with it for a while to find what looks right

[mycobri]

under image --> adjust --> brightness / contrast
then as i lightened up the the pic
and add contrast to bring it back to normal.

sometimes i start with auto adjust to see if that does anything
but usually not enough.

[loochypooch]

Of course, but that's more work and lower quality than a picture that
has correct lighting in the first place isn't it?

[Hippie3]

whatever it takes
is fine by me.

[loochypooch]

You can download Paint Shop Pro for a free trial, which is what I use because I'm not a pfossional image editor (and its 1/3 the cost I think) http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satelli...=1047025487586

But you can get photoshop free trial also http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/

[hogwild]

for all the advanced features of photo editing your going to need photoshop cs2. its a little pricey but who pays for software these days anyways.

[Hippie3]

i paid almost $500 for photoshop CS, thank you.
not all are thieves.

[loochypooch]

I pay for software, but a 30-day trial is usually all I need for a small project.

[hogwild]

well im not afraid to admit that im not willing to pay outragous amounts for software. The trial is usually enough to do what need to be done.

[Hippie3]

if i don't like a price
i don't buy it.
but i don't steal it either.
just the way i see it.

[Hippie3]

went to the zoo...

[SharkieJones]

Originally Posted by Hippie3

anyone know
how to shoot good pix
inside a poorly lit museum ??

First see all the exhibits and when you're ready to go, turn the flash on and start picture taking. Get as many as you can until you're kicked out.

[Hippie3]

i'd kinda like to be able to go back someday...

[mycobri]

Nice and clear shots.
It has been too long since i have been to the zoo.

Great pics Hippie!

The Nikon doesn't allow user settings? I thought that cam did.......I went with a canon over a Nikon for various reasons. The Nikon lenses are just so awesome though! Great shots none the less.

I love the peacock picture.......its so funny how every zoo I've visited always seems to have peacocks just running all around.

[loochypooch]

Here's a few on that topic

[Hippie3]

Originally Posted by freakachino

The Nikon doesn't allow user settings? .

some do, some don't.
my digital is a nikon coolpix 5600 and it's full auto only,
but my nikon N80 35 mm has both, auto and manual settings.
the digi is just handy as it's smaller, needs no film, etc.

I too like my nikon 35mm, but now I just use the digi. I like that 5600, its a nice easy, portable model. Love the pics you shared!!!!