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Old July 31st 07, 08:05 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
SHAKY HANDS
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Default How should I have shot this picture so it isn't so washed out?

Gino, Paul, Steve . . . Thank you so much guys! It isn't fair for me
to ask you to teach me photography, but I think we can all agree I
need to learn the ABC's of --EXPOSURE.

Can you recommend a good site for a newbie like me to study this? I
have all the bells and whistles (the F~ whatevers etc. lol) on my
Olympus but (how can I put this kindly) the Olympus Advanced User
Guide is not exactly . . . er . . . friendly.

The damndest part of this is . . . the tree is beginning to die (well,
that is the goal here but the problem is I want to get pictures of
it before it turns brown. The crown is HUGE and I'm just so proud
that little old me chainsawed this monster down by her little lonesome
I want pictures!!

So if you have a site where I can, ahem, __quickly__ get this down I
would so appreciate it. I do extensive graphics work so manipulating
the image is something I'm very comfortable with; but, as you've all
said, the lighting range is so broad here that I'm overwhelming the
camera's AUTOMATIC limitations.

I'll try to research some of the unfamiliar terms you're using (EV~)
but any online guides that are mercifully short will be much
appreciated! And I'll of course upload the images as I progress so
you guys can critique it.

SH