Photography

[Yorkie]

I invested in a "point and shoot" Camera about 50 years ago and it still serves me well.  No fiddly button to press or knobs to turn.  Perfect results every time.  I actually traded up from an old shoe box with a pin hole in one end!   

[Fester]

One problem with modern cameras is the 'wealth' of things you can do with them, which has often made locating what you want to do near impossible. They're getting better, however. My Canon SX50 has the best system so far of all of them, although it means I'm often accidentally switching the shutter delay on.  Great fun 

Agreed Ian, and although I realise I am as thick as a whale omelette, no matter how I try, I never seem to get the hang of them.

I have bought about 3 point and shoot cameras in the last 4 years or so, the last being about £100.
No matter how hard I practise. I never seem to get a decent picture, particularly at night.

I find that my iphone gives me superior pictures, especially when I need detail.

[DaveR]

The key to a good photo at night is to (assuming you dont have a tripod) balance the camera on a wall or railing so you dont get a blurry shot.

[Fester]

The key to a good photo at night is to (assuming you dont have a tripod) balance the camera on a wall or railing so you dont get a blurry shot.

Yeah, you have advised me to do that before on here, I did try..... it was better, but still RUBBISH!

[rhuddlan]

This pic was taken with my phone last week. You might just see a feint second rainbow on the lhs. Obviously on the Gt Orme near the lighthouse.

[rhuddlan]

Sorry ,I have no idea why it inverts when I load it onto the blog...it is the correct way round on my laptop!!!
Any constructive ideas?

[Yorkie]

Use your photo manipulation tool box to turn it upside down on your laptop, then it may load correctly on the Forum.   ZXZ

[rhuddlan]

Thanks for the advice. Here goes.....

[Cordyline]

There you go

[Ian]

Sorry ,I have no idea why it inverts when I load it onto the blog...it is the correct way round on my laptop!!! Any constructive ideas?

That can happen if you've edited the photo and inadvertently saved an inverted copy.

[Yorkie]

One out of three ain't bad!   

[rhuddlan]

Thank you folks for you help and for Cordyline who corrected the image!

[hollins]

Could I ask for a bit more advice please?
Is there an easy to understand setting which I could use to get the foreground, middle and background in focus at the same time?
Here is an example of what happens on the automatic setting.
The closest and the furthest snowdrops are blurred and the central ones are in focus.

[Cordyline]

What camera have you got ?
The aperture opening affects what is in focus amongst other things
The wider the ap  opening the less in focus
it used to be called depth of field; so an ap of F2.8 will have less in focus than say an ap of F11
To compensate the speed needs to be altered, also a higher ASA ISO will give more in focus

[Yorkie]

For serious photography manual settings are always the best.  Use Auto for holiday shots or where the outcome is not that important.