I see Facebook is playing games with links again and directing references to the top of an album rather than the photo intended. I'll find a better way of doing this but for now, if you've clicked a link from this thread and get a picture of a 3 headed alien and "Area 51. Aliens in this land" text (as one does) then press left cursor arrow to step back through album from end. One back is the "chained spurs of the moment (small girl + photographer) Two back is 'Mouth like an O" ("Jonathan Jo...") Russell On 17 May 2014 23:41, RussellMc wrote: > On 17 May 2014 22:52, Nicola Perotto wrote: > >> On 17/05/2014 05:23, RussellMc wrote: >> > Many of the photos that I take with a DSLR are blurred and/or exposed >> badly >> > and/or framed badly and/or ... . >> > > I did not make what I intended to say clear enough for all. > Many of my photos are more or less well focused, well exposed and passabl= y > well framed. And some extremely well so in all 3 respects. And the > proportion varies with circumstance. > > If I wished to I could go out wandering for a day in a foreign land and a= t > the end of the day have almost all photos reasonably good technically. > That, however, is "not me". Or not entirely. As well as the nicely frame= d > photos of the Taj Mahal, (near) perfect reflection in the long mirror pon= d, > symmetrically arranged and with as few (other) tourists in frame as I can > reasonably manage, there will also, from the same site, be the squirrel = at > moment of leaping off the pathway, the Eagle that I suddenly see just abo= ut > to enter a zone where a glorious photo MIGHT be possible, the young woman > looking at her cellphone (text presumably) - mouth like an O in a split > split second of surprise, monkey leaping away from the boy who took the > fight to the monkey before it got in first, sol dier in full regalia, > automatic at the ready steely eye.... [no, of course I wouldn't take that= , > surely], ... . The Taj will be reasonably well done. The rest may be, or > noyt, depending how fast/ready/balanced/surreptitious/ ... I was as the > fleeting moment passed. Amongst these are the blurred, badly exposed, bad= ly > framed - and often enough the most brilliant of the days take. > Reality was: [Squirrel - some good ones, Eagles - some good, largely too > far away, Mouth like an O - not quite sharp but classic, Monkey & boy - > blurred , alas, Sol ... who me? very nice.] > Just checked - mind faileth - Mouth like an O was in China, not at Taj. > And not texting. -> http://bit.ly/Photo_JonathanJo (I just noticed the > ear-ring for the first tiem :-) ). > With luck you may get chained spurs of the moment :-) > http://bit.ly/Photos_Mummymummy > > Here some interesting thoughts: >> >> https://nikoneurope-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/55047/kw/mov= ement >> >> > Some good advice. > > Re > >> Even if images are captured under the same conditions and with the same >> level of hand or >> camera movement, blur in the D3200 images could effectively be >> quadrupled >> when displayed >> ... >> > > Some merit in that. But shake or motion is liable to be linear rather tha= n > areal in effect so a factor of more like 2 is arguably more appropriate. > My experience is that the "old rule" applies - hand held sharpness can be > achieved with care with shutter speeds aas as long as 1/focal_length_in_m= m > s. > eg 50mm _. >=3D 1/50s. 250mm -> 1/250s. > Experience, Ninja breathing, luck ... can allow you to get 2 to 4 times > slower often. Lens or body stabilisation also can give you 2 to 3 stops o= f > shake reduction (but not target movement motion reduction). > Panning helps muchly - experience, skill, luck apply. > > Russell > > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .