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| I fish by myself quite a bit. And I experimented taking pictures of a few fish this year by myself using my 10 second timer on the camera and setting it on my butt seat in the front of the boat. Surprisingly, all my pictures that I took were centered and would have turned out great. Unfortunately all of them are blurry.
Anybody have experience taking pictures using the timer? Any ideas why this happened? And what I can do to fix it, if anything? Or maybe it's just the quality of my camera? I never have a problem with blurry pictures when not using the timer.
Thanks,
AWH |
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| They should turn okay with the use of the timer. I think that you or the camera may be moving when the camera shutter opens. Try putting your camera on a tripod to steady it and remember to remain as still as possible when the picture is taken. |
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| That's what I would have thought too if there was a chop on the water. But all of the ones I tried, it was pretty flat water. I was as still as I am when someone else would have been taking the picture too. I was still for a good 2 to 3 seconds prior to the flash going. Would it maybe take longer then that for the camera to get focused on me? My camera is one of those where you wait for the green light to stop flashing, meaning it's now focused on the subject.
AWH |
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| Hi- you could try and override the auto-focus function- turn it off. Then manually focus the camera on the spot you're going to stand with the fish. This works with either digital or standard 35MM camera's. Another tip use high speed film. The shutter speed may be to slow. This is the second most common cause of blurry photo's. I'd recommend 400ASA or higher film.
Al Warner
www.thezaltsarecoming.com[:bigsmile:] |
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| Almost forgot- for those of you who are looking at camera's- go digital. It gives you all kind's of new possibilities. F. ex. see the attached. Thanks to a suggestion from [email protected] about lightening the digital photo of my Cass Lake 44' fish photo. I realized I wasn't even using some of the flexibility of a digital camera and my Microsoft Photo Editor software. Here's the results.
Al Warner
www.casslakewasablastthankstoMuskieFIRST.com |
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| One more time- I wish the upload of the photo was as easy as posting the message. |
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| Nice fish, Maniac [:)]
Thanks for posting. Gave me some ideas about the digital. Like the inset bait and date/time. Now all you need is the lake and GPS coordinates [:p] |
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| When I use my camera in selftiming mode, it can't be used with auto focus.
I put my camera in the front of the boat and just pan all the way back. That way everything in the pic will be more or less in focus. I crop the photo after I get them back.
I fish alone alot, so I put the fish in the livewell, then set up the camera so it's centered over the livewell and focused on the back seat...which is where I try to positon the fish.....pull out the fish, press the button, go back by the livewell, pose....click...and slide the fish back in the water. The whole process takes 10 seconds.
Beav |
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| Hope this works.....self portrait. |
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