Canon Powershot S2 IS: photography, help and advice

[Toby's my baby]

Wow Riptide, I am truly amazed by your photos, as Kristen said, they look so prefessional!! You are a great photographer!

[Riptide]

Thanks! I'd love to be a professional someday ^^

[Kirsten]

Thanks! I'd love to be a professional someday ^^

You definitely have the talent!!!

Kirsten

[swimma253]

WOW awesome photos everyone! Here are some photos I have taken with my Canon Powershot S2 IS...

[Roxyluvsme13]

WOW. Your photos are gorgeous!
(Btw, where've you been?! You haven't been on in ages..)

[swimma253]

thank you. ehhhh... i have just become more of a lurker i guess you could say haha.

[Riptide]

GORGEOUS pics! I'm in love with the 5th one! The colors are so crisp!

[Kirsten]

Great work! I especially love the first of the butterfly pics! It's awesome, and so clear!!

Kirsten

[swimma253]

Thanks guys!


Riptide, I love the colors of the barndoor one, too!

[RobiLee]

Wow! Awesome photos everyone.

I tried to get a few action pictures when we went to see the Cincinnati Reds play yesterday. I'm terrible at this photography stuff. What settings do you use when you are trying to capture some action shots? I had mine on the P setting with the iso at 400. The pictures come out grainy though. Help!

[RobiLee]

I'm also curious how much touching up you guys do with your photo programs. I don't really have any good programs for that sort of thing and have no idea how to do such a thing.

[RobiLee]

A few flower pics that I took at the zoo:

[Jessika]

THE ST LOUIS CARDINALS!! Pujols is my favorite player! I have his jersey! Hehe who won btw??

Anyway to answer your question, lower your ISO. The higher your ISO is, the granier the pictures will be. The lower the ISO, the less light will be let in but the crisper and less grainy the photos will be. So a lower ISO is better especially for action shots.

And I do absolutely no touching up on my photos in a photo editing program. If I do, then it is only to mess with the lighting or contrast.

[catnapper]

*squeal* My son saved up money all summer to buy a video camera so that his dad could tape him running at cross country and track meets. I told him that would be the biggest waste of money because this camera takes videos and has a good long zoom. IF this is true, he will be giving me $300 towards it... combine that with my mom's $300 and I'll have enough money to buy the camera, the world's largest card, good rechargable batteries, and an extended warranty.

Sooooo... please, please, please tell me this camera can take looong videos that can be as long as you need, based on card size and battery life.

[shais_mom]

I have a one gig card and just put the Energizer Li batteries in and I think it takes about an 8 minute video - of course you can get 2 gig, 3 gig and 4 gig cards which would be longer.
Least that is the way I interrupted it.

also 795 pics at the highest setting