Water pictures (but somewhat different)

[Kirsten]

Thanks!

Thanks! But gosh, you did such an awesome job with the S5, I can't imagine what you'd do with an SLR!

Well, I hope I'll find out one day, but chances are not good atm that I ever can affort one!

Catlady711, thanks for the advice about the plastic bag! Will try it one day. May be also good when you do outdoor shots and it's raining (like this weekend). And thanks for the description of how you did your photo. Never worked with filters so far. What camera do you have?

Catty1, thanks for the links! Will check it out. But I still can't believe that anyone would spend money on my pictures. There are so many photographers at fotocommunity.de who do really great art work, and even they do not make a living of it. And I cannot even compare myself to them, or my camera to the professional equipment they have.

Kirsten

[shepgirl]

Really awesome pictures, I think I'll have to try that although I'm a zero when it comes to snapping pictures...

[Catlady711]

Catlady711, thanks for the advice about the plastic bag! Will try it one day. May be also good when you do outdoor shots and it's raining (like this weekend). And thanks for the description of how you did your photo. Never worked with filters so far. What camera do you have?

And I cannot even compare myself to them, or my camera to the professional equipment they have.

Kirsten

Yes the plastic bag does help when it's just misting or sprinkling outside. If you try that though, make sure to disable the auto power off feature (so your lens won't retract) and rubber band the bag around the barrel of your lens so it actually sticks out over the edges just a tad (kinda like a baggie lens hood). Don't point it up or the water runs right down onto the camera. I have used that method myself if it's misting but still prefer to be under the umbrella though just in case.

I have the Canon XTi DSLR. But I also own the S1 & S3 as well.

Never compare yourself as a photographer based only on the equipment you have/don't have. There are many people out there that have 'professional' equipment that I'll never be able to afford but they don't understand the functions of the camera, can't get good shots, and don't have a good eye for exposure/composition. The camera does help take better pix, but it's the photographer behind the camera (no matter what kind) that MAKES the pix.

DSLR's are getting cheaper all the time and older models that are discontinued frequently have steep discounts on the price. Someday maybe you'll have your DSLR. In the meantime you're doing GREAT with the one you have now and it's helping you to learn more everytime you use it.

Keep posting pix because they are great and they inspire me to try new things with my own photography. You're also a heck of alot better at post processing than I am. The camera I've got figured out, it's the computer and off camera lighting I stink at. I love seeing your work whether just the camera stuff or the layers things you do with the computer.

[Kirsten]

Thanks for your encouraging words!

It's just that I sometimes see things on fotocommunity that I would like to do, and just can't with my cam because there are limits. And I'm totally dependent on Photoshop and Photopaint! LOL (not with the water pics in this thread, they haven't been altered).

I hope one day I will be able to get at least a second-hand DSLR!

Kirsten

[sirrahved]

Kirsten-My husband was on my computer last night. He said he still can't believe the photo you took, and that he'd be willing to pay money for a print of it! This is MY husband... the cheapo!

Maybe, just maybe... you'll be able to afford that fancy equipment?

[Kirsten]

Thanks for encouraging me! So far, I was always too much of a coward to offer them for sale...

Kirsten