Niles Dening Photography Chautauqua Star Articles

001 - Jan.28, 2010 --- I’ve Got More Megapixels Than You Do!

Illustration 001-1 --- enlargement of pixel display
		Here's an enlarged section of a photo of a photo. The RGB grid visible here will be easiest to see in a neutral gray section. White is created by each Red, Green and Blue glowing at full intensity; Black is created by all R,G,B cells turned off.
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Illustration 001-2 --- zoom in or move closer: Here are 2 pairs of photos, the first zoomed in, the second move closer. Notice that the 'Zoomed In' photos "stack up" the objects so they appear closer together; this also gives a more narrow field of view. The 'Move Close' photos give a much wider view of the background and also keeps more of the photo in focus.
For this photo, I was about 30 yards away from water's edge and used telephoto (lens zoomed in to 150mm).	For this photo, I was about 6 feet from water's edge with lens zoomed out (to 18mm)
For this photo, I was about 35 feet from the corner post (lens zoomed in to 140mm)	For this photo, I was about 8 feet from the corner post (with the lens zoomed out to 20mm)
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Illustration 001-3 --- when's the camera is ready for picture?
	While framing the picture, this camera is telling me all of the settings and functions that the computer will use to record the picture. Notice the White 'focus' square in the cneter of the frame. White - on this camera - means Not Ready for Picture.
	Press the shutter button half way down. When computer has set the camera for the exposure, the 'focus' square turns Green. The little light (end of arrow) is indicating the camera is still measuring for focus - turns green when it's ready. (notice the red color under the dog's eye - this is from the red beam the camera uses to determine focus.)
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