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FQQD OP , 2 days ago

Yeah, I'm sorry for the image not loading. I uploaded it in full res and my instances server doesn't have the best bandwidth, so it may time out.

Here it is on Imgur:

https://i.imgur.com/XzG7mfc.jpeg

FQQD OP , 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago)

Thanks for the nice response :)

I've heard Darktable a lot, and I've actually looked at it before, but it looked intimidating and I did not yet really have any photos I could try to edit, so I continued doing that first.
As for the webcam thing: I have a capture card, and it kinda works, but I'm not too sure on how to get a clean output through the HDMI port.

However, I'll definitely look into those things :D

As for the lens thing: I don't think I'll spend money on new lenses immediately, and if I was, I'd look for cheap used ones. I kinda wanna create art and not necessarily perfection, and also I don't like spending money xd

I think it's about finding character in the gear you have.

FQQD OP , 2 days ago

Thanks for the detailed comment :)

Unfortunately, there aren't any fireworks soon where I live, but when the time for new year comes, I'll try it out.

But from my previous tries to photograph firework I do know that on a smartphone, it's basically impossible xd

FQQD OP , 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, I definitely noticed the "you pick two and deal with the third" thing.

I think the trick in most cases is to

• Set the ISO as low as possible, depending on the lighting of the scene
• Set the shutter speed, depending on if it's a moving target, such as animals
• Set the aperture to even out the brightness
• Play around with the ratios, as needed

That worked pretty well for my latest tries.

When I made the barn photo, I did have that composition in mind since I played around with compositions in the past, but literally had no idea what's important for the exposure triangle. I pretty much just pressed buttons until it was bright enough and was lucky it looked good, besides the grain

FQQD OP , 2 days ago

Alright, thanks man :)

I think at the time of taking the photo, I might have still believed that a larger F-Stop means the aperture is wider. But this comment section has taught me a lot since then!

FQQD , 1 month ago

I tried it on a real old vista laptop once and it ran terrible, but so did everything that wasnt XFCE. But a core 2 duo might be able to run it acceptably. I say give it a try :)

FQQD , 2 months ago

Thought this was a XKCD comic and looked for the joke way too long xd

FQQD , 5 months ago

is it a hyper realistic painting or actually a cat? It’s great either way.