need some advice please...

[nevinm]

wow. thank all of you!! Kelli, i just got back to the comp since 4 oclock, and as soon as i made my last post, i thought to my self.... "man, the only way ill get the color i want to show is with a real camara, not a digi cam". even though mine was $400. so ill prob work with my friend who is BIG into the "old ways" lol. thank you all for the complements. and robin, i do actually have a light box, and my camara does have a clearly labeled ISO setting. i just donno how the ISO works to be completely honest.

again thank you for all your suggestions. untill i can get a real camara i think ill have to go with some low lighting and other stuff like ryan and mel had said.

again, thank you all

 

[nevinm]

oh i wanna add.... as good as you all think those out door pics look, i think they are horrible. that shade of yellow is NOTHING what she really looks like, and she also has some dark orange stripes going down her back as well.

and one other thing.... the day i took them it was actually a pretty cloudy over cast day

 

[Chewbecca]

and one other thing.... the day i took them it was actually a pretty cloudy over cast day

You'll get some of your BEST lighting on overcast days.:main_yes:

You could also try what I suggested with a piece of white paper over your flash.:main_yes:

 

[ElapidSVT]

iso jsut tells the camera how much light the sensor needs to get a proper exposure. the lower the number, the more light it takes. each number is double/half the one before... and means the sensor/film is either half or twice as sensitive to light.

the lower the number, the longer exposure is necessary and the lower the 'grain' you'll see. using a higher iso setting, you can take handheld photos in low light but you will get a grainy image.

the aperture and shutter speed work the same way, either doubling the amount of light or halving it. so... as you will soon realize, a proper exposure may be had with many different combinations of settings depending on what you want the finished product to look like. large lens openings, f2, 1.4, etc give very short depth of field (how much is in focus) and small apertures, f16, f8, f32 will keep much more of the image in sharp focus.

i've used a piece of tissue over the flash as a cheapo softbox.
works great!

HTH
rob

 

[Mel&Keith]

While I don't agree with using post processing (editors) to enhance/misrepresent a gecko's look, I don't thing there's anything wrong with correcting color balance that isn't quite right. You can use Gimp if you don't currently have a photo editor.

 

[Mel&Keith]

Canon's learning center has a great section for learning how to use a camera. Click on Enjoy Digital SLR Cameras. There's a lot of info that applies to point and shoots as well. Basically everything Rob explained but with pictures plus more. I'm a dummy when it comes to reading manuals so it helped me a LOT.

 

[Chewbecca]

I use GIMP.
I LOVE it.
I don't do anything other than correct white balance (if needed), sharpen, add contrast, and sometimes mess with curves (if a pic comes out blown out or under exposed).