October 2012
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1. often said during my 3 years as President of the Turners and during this year as President of the OCWA that love the leadership role have in our group would like to con IN THIS ISSUE tinue on for at least 1 more year especially R to follow up on the Government require Eon e eee E eanes Message ments for being granted the 501 c 3 Non Profit Charitable status that myself and several members of the Board of Directors have been working on for over 4 years With your vote to continue as President will be able to cele brate with you that long sought after status Woodworkers Sawdust Woodturners Shavings 2012 Auction Rules Meeting Dates ga a 3 a Vic 6 fs 10 A September has left the building Now is it me or has this year flown by I m looking forward to the auction next week Looks like the online tool sales were successful If only had time We still need to have somebody step up and run for Vice President lm not one to make ex cuses but I ve slacked on some of my duties One letting you Know who the speaker will be I m catching a break because of the auction and looking forward to November Maybe one of the past speakers who couldn t make it I ll ask back Also could have a new products showcase let me know at the auction please September s speaker was Greg Madrigal Now for those who chose to stay home because you didn t want a surprise you su2. THEIR TREASURES ALL DO NATIONS ARE FINAL ALL SALES ARE FINAL THERE ARE MORE RULES ELSEWHERE IN THIS NEWS LETTER READ AND HEED Be safe and Keep on Turning Robin Tustin Area Sr Ctr Bill Rogers House Woodworking in America Show amp Symposium Old Tool Swap Meet Laguna Tools egmenting Symposium w Malcolm Tibbets Stateline NV Tahoe 21st Annual Craftsman Weekend ohn Jordan Stubby Lathe S D Woodturners The Woodworking Shows No LA Shows This Year Send Complaints to info thewoodworkingshows com OCWT Annual Woodturning Contest Tustin Area Sr Ctr Nov 15 Desert Woodturning Roundup Feb 22 24 pat We had 32 people at the Sep tember Toy Workshop and our mascot black Lab We also had helping us a long time member Bob Buchanan who now resides in South Dakota He makes a yearly visit to the OC to visit his kids who were sane enough to stay in California for the weather Bob was smart enough to relocate to a low tax state and keep his money Bob is the one in the center with the dark blue shirt and no hat We were busy assembling and spraying the keepsake boxes We were also installing the rubber feet and wings on the push paddle ducks George Beach brought a ton of heart boxes to sand and spray We had some issues with Jerry Nininger this week and you can see in the photo right he was put in time out with a sander at the north end of the yard Jerry knew what he did was wrong and
3. They have both the gadgets and the how to tips to get some really slick product pics Missed part of the article You can find the whole thing in the online edition of Sawdust amp Shavings at www ocwoodworkers com or find this and other topics at my online resource The Woodworking Reference Library David Tilson Auction 2012 October 4 Tustin Senior Center Here s the latest on the Auction of Woodworking tools in place of the regular October OCWA Gen eral meeting The Auction will be held at the Tustin Area Senior Center in the Auditorium The key times for this event are 5 00 to 7 00 PM Drop off items and Bidder Sign in 7 00 to 9 30 PM Auction and Yard Sale 9 30 to 10 00 PM Cash out Winning Bidders The event this year will consist of three major activi ties The primary activity will be the auction of items valued above 20 The secondary activity will be the sale of those items valued below 20 There will be a 1 00 5 00 10 00 15 00 anda price as marked table set up in the auditorium for your immediate cash purchase The third activity will be the Silent Auction All bids are final and all items are accepted As Is There will be no refunds possible Each Bidder s tally may be paid by cash check or credit card All checks should be made payable to OCWA If possible please bring a supply of small bills 1 5 10 and 20 for the cash sale tables Bidders during the Auction will be ident
4. first couple of important tricks to making better photos of your work including actually reading the camera s own ers manual and finding the right lighting and expo sure for the image So now that you ve got your studio set up near that window with the sweet northern light Next Find An Angle You Can Work Much like Alice looking up at the caterpillar sitting atop the mushroom the ordinary can become ex traordinary when simply viewed from a different perspective Looking down on a table is boring but looking up at a table is something most of us have n t done since we were six years old Several dec ades down the road that can be a new and novel experience given the right table to look at The first thing you must do when photographing anything is to position the camera relative to the subject The only general rules to this are to keep up near the top of the photograph and never allow yourself to just shoot from a standing height if a dif ferent angle might look better Get up high get down low get in close and try a long shot from far away You might even try a Dutch angle with the horizon tilted off of horizontal if it suits the subject This pretty much covers your point of view but it leads us to another sort of angle The left and middle photos are from relatively normal eye level viewpoints The third photo was taken with a wide angle of view from right at the level of the tray a
5. photos the simple fact is that that stuff makes precious little difference to the ac tual photograph The one thing to know about digi tal files and photography is this a larger image file contains more information and that means more detail in the resulting photograph always photo graph with my camera set to make the largest im age in my case that s 10 1 megapixels can al ways save a copy and trim the copied file down for emails and posting on the web but if set the cam era to the small setting will never be able to get back the detail and quality lost from the image Anyway memory is dirt cheap these days re cently got a 16 gigabyte flash drive the size of my thumbnail for under 40 That s enough space to hold about 800 photos at my large image setting so there s no reason to cheap out on memory or to allow yourself to be tempted to save room on the camera s card by using smaller images Further Reading Kurt Herzog wrote a fine article on the basics of photographing your work that appeared in the April 2012 issue of Woodturning Design magazine 6 99 The website WikiHow com is a free encyclopedic user manual on just about everything The article How to Take Better Product Photographs for Free details both the photographic process and post production for clean professional looking product photos Want to get a bit more advanced Check out the Tabletop Studio online store and how to
6. well as other outreach presenta tions At the October meeting will have brochures for the February 2013 Desert Woodturning Symposium As a committee of one have declared October to be Ralph Alder Appreciation Month The vote was unani mous Ralph provides excellent video coverage of all of our turning demonstrations He with the help of DVD Librarian Ollie Vaughan later makes the presentations available in DVD format for all to use and enjoy He is also there for us when equipment has to be moved or set up When you see him take a moment and say thank you It will cost you nothing and mean a great deal The OCWA board is having or has had an after action review of the club s participation in the 2012 Orange County fair The feared fairmageddon did not occur and thanks to you woodturner participation was a key to its success We could always do better but we need your input and suggestions for improvements Talk to me or any board member We need your input BID ON IT OWN IT THURSDAY OCTOBER 4 2012 THE AUCTION SALE OF THE YEAR BIGGER THAN A HURRICANE MORE EXCITING THAN PICTURES OF KATE MIDDLETON AND A SUPER CHANCE FOR YOU TO DO NATE TO THE OCWA THOSE VERY USABLE BUT NOT USED MUCH WOOD WORKING ITEMS AND PICK UP SOME SUPER DEALS ON OTHER ITEMS THAT MIGHT GET USED MORE OR THAT MAY BE DO NATED AGAIN NEXT YEAR BY THE NEW OWNER WHATEVER BE THERE HELP THERE MAYBE AT LEAST BRING SOME BAGS AND BOXES TO HELP OTHERS HAUL AWAY
7. 5 of the money collected by the Recorder after all other money has been col lected Following the completion of the final item auctioned the Recorders will determine the final tally of all bid ders so that each bidder may then pay his her total Please Please Please don t ask to check out early It is very hard for the Recorders to stop what they are doing If you must leave early please ask a fellow club member to pay for and bring home your items It might work best if you leave money to cover your purchases with that fellow member The Mostly True Story of the maa AE Tree This is the tree like to call The Laughing Tree It s a desert ironwood or tesota O neya tesota that hap pens to be growing right smack on top of the San An dreas fault in southern Riverside County As the story goes a geologist who was studying the fault nearby noticed the tree and reasoned that the shearing movement of the fault couldn t help but damage the tree s root system when the fault would let loose with a big quake This would result in stress to the tree that would show as compressed growth rings at least on one side in the years immediately following the earthquake Knowing that most desert plants and especially ironwood trees are very long lived he de cided to have a dendrochronologist take a core sam ple from this tree to see if he could find dates for pre vious large earthquakes on the San Andreas recorded in its annu
8. Len Musgrave 714 532 4778 Nominations Mentor Chairman James Santhon 949 481 2821 Webmaster Larry Marley 949 412 6710 Toy Program Bill Rogers 714 637 2912 Refreshments Resources George Plummer 714 540 4527 Ollie Vaughan 949 278 5939 Woodturners Committees Outside Programs Dick Foreman 714 637 6175 Challenge Dick Foreman 714 637 6175 Special Projects Jerry Nininger 949 631 7530 Pen Projects Victor Cohn 562 252 2580 Audio Video Ralph Alder 714 614 4461 50 50 Drawing Al Whitcomb 714 931 0555 50 50 Drawing Bill Rogers 714 637 2912 Wood Supplies Jeanette Gonzales 562 417 7750 2nd Director at Large Past President Craig Chambers 714 761 9245 Newsletter David Tilson 714 330 4786 Welcome Art Dunbar 714 536 4568 O C Fair Ed Straub Nominating Harold Hardy 562 429 1671 Nominating Ross Gilroy 714 680 4570 RAY fa Am m The children and grandchildren are back in school and the weather may actually cool enough to get back into the shop and do some woodturning was unable to attend the September meet ing as am also involved with a charitable group that has an annual all day wild game barbeque for 1 300 guys the day after our turner group meeting My committee of six guys smokes 700 pounds of buffalo ribs for the event am sure that Dick Foreman did an outstanding job in my absence and that he will summarize the meeting for all Thanks Dick Octobe
9. al rings Little did he know what sort of tree this ironwood is As was told it they broke off two expensive Swedish core drills and the handle as well trying to get their sample Failing in this they next attempted to remove a large limb with a chainsaw to get a pancake sam ple After a great shower of smoke and sparks the chainsaw was destroyed having left a cut only an inch deep in the branch They finally gave up in their quest and the tree is still thriving and laughing atop the fault to this day Now that s some tough wood David Tilson Sawdust amp AN ORANGE Shavings COUNTY CA Is The Monthly Newsletter WoodWork iss of The Orange County Woodworkers Association a Association P O Box 1038 Fullerton CA 92836 8038 Visit us on the Web at OCWoodWorkers com Sawdust amp Shavings is pub lished monthly before the Woodworkers Meeting The deadline for submissions is the Monday after the Turner s meeting Do you have an idea for an article shop tip or tool review Please contact the editor at library davidtilson com ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED WHERE Tustin Senior Center 200 S C Street Tustin CA 92680 WHEN Woodworkers Meeting Thursday Oct 4 7 00 PM Woodturners Meeting Thursday Oct 18 6 30 PM Board Meeting Thursday Oct 4 6 00 PM Friends of OCWA Please Support Our Sponsors Anderson International Deft Inc Laguna Tools Rockler Woodwo
10. all that is needed is to blur the background by throwing it out of focus or you could shift the camera and rotate the subject until a more suitable background appears behind it More on the art of composition As a woodworker and the builder of the subject youre photographing it may be difficult to separate it in your mind into its component shapes and col ors and see it as something other than what it was made to be say as an abstract artwork If you can find a way to do this however you may be able to make some startling detail images of your work the kind that grab a viewer s attention and make him or her wonder what is that The basic elements of the visual arts are shape and texture color pattern and movement Breaking an object down into these components allows the photographer to more easily find the compositions that will hold the most interesting de tails and most effectively hold the viewer s atten tion Converging lines in this composition lead the eye towards the subjects the contrasting maple keys on the corners and the hinge I ll even bet that you wouldnt have noticed the finger groove on the bottom edge of the box if didn t mention it Finally Work The Subject For small simple items such as pens I ll shoot from two to four different viewpoints and for bigger items like furniture I ll shoot at least six different views Each view is shot with several variations of lighting f
11. awdu st amp Mi PERS Volume 29 Issue 10 October 2012 a e e anita a S a F a p Se s m lt 3 me Tw WoodWorkers Coming this November 1 2012 the OCWA members are going to be asked to decide a direction for next year 2013 and the years to follow for our club This may be the first time in OCWA club history that the membership has had a choice of 2 members running for the same office of President As the current President of the OCWA this is a great opportunity for me to see if the members want to continue in the direction have been go ing for the last year Our club has grown significantly in size which am reer in favor of believe that the OCWA should be as its name implies an Cades scopacce Association of all Woodworkers in Orange County hope that next year we can begin bringing other local woodworking groups into our Associa tion so that together as a group we will be stronger and better able to face the challenges of going for ward In the coming year am looking forward to working with our partners at the OC Fair to accommodate their request for a more gallery like booth in the display area One possibility I m currently pursuing is our having our own booth outside of the gallery where the members will be free to congregate during the fair and we will be able to accept donations and sell our items to raise money for our ongoing activities Finally
12. cameras give the photographer the ability to play with the iris setting also called the aperture or the f stop even if it s buried in some corner of the menu system Like the iris in our own eyes the iris in the camera s lens controls how much light is admitted but it also affects the sharp ness of the image If the iris is set to a small aperture set to a high f stop number such as f 22 it can cause the lens to act almost like a pinhole camera and everything in front of the camera from near to far will be ren dered more or less in focus This is called depth of focus The downside to using the iris to increase the lens depth of focus is that it also lets less light in increasing the exposure time This is something you may need to experiment with to find what set ting offers the best balance between sharpness and speed for your camera but with most SLR cameras and lenses the old advice to aspiring photojournal ists still holds true f 8 and be there wis x NE LN In the photo at left the color and texture of the sawdust over whelms the pen In the middle photo the white background is simply too boring The coarse canvas background of the last photo enhances the color and texture of the pen while still remaining less visually interesting as a background should Also note that the pen is always placed diagonally in the frame One final tidbit on focus once you ve got your sub ject in sharp focus
13. cepted Again bring small bills A Silent Auction Card will be issued for those items scheduled for the silent auction table The donor s name and a short description of the item will be re corded on the card The card will be affixed to the table or item so that bids may be recorded on the card The highest bid entered on the card at the cut off time will be the winning bid The Silent Auction Cards will be collected by the Spotters and given to the Recorders for addition to the bidder s tally The seller will be paid 75 of the winning bid as their FS r s rings See share of the bid price but only following the collec tion of all money due the OCWA for regular auction items The auction proper will begin at 7 00 PM in the Auditorium of the TASC Bids will be accepted in whole dollar value increases only The Spotters will record the winning bidder number and amount ac cepted by the Auctioneer on the bottom of the Lot Number Tag If auction items are small they will be handed to the winning bidder directly Larger items will be retained for later pickup The bottom portion of the Lot Number Tag will be delivered to the Re corders for addition to the bidder s computer tally All items brought to the auction will be considered as being donated to the OCWA with all proceeds going to the OCWA The exception to this is the Silent Auction Items The seller of those items will receive payment for 7
14. er to contrib ute in some way to help the association in some way and to give something back We have many members that have been active members for years and have never stepped forward to give back to the association in any way Now is the time to do it We have two great candidates for President in 2013 in Vic Cohn and James Santhon who have both demonstrated they will be a great help for the first time office holder This year we have three posi tions that need to be filled Vice President To act in the absence of the Presi dent and to be responsible for setting up the dem onstration program at the monthly general meet Ings Director at Large and 2nd Director at Large Both of these people are responsible to ensure the af fairs of the OCWA are conducted in accordance with the bylaws and in the best interest of the mem bers Please think about it and give me a call to further discuss your interest Len Musgrave 714 5382 4778 Current 2013 Slate of Directors For Election at the November Meeting For Vice President Open For President Vic Cohn James Santhon For Treasurer Ralph Crowther For Secretary Ed Straub Jerry Nininger For Public Affairs Larry Marley Director at Large Open For 2nd Director At Large Open Len Musgrave Pictures Are the Ultimate Wood Filler Tips for Getting Better Photos of Your Work continued from the September issue In last month s issue we looked at the
15. he worked there for the entire three hours hope this will be a lesson to the rest of the group Don t forget that if you have a bunch of toys that need hand sanding bring them to the toy work shop and we can help with that so you can make more toys We have over 3 000 toys so far and that s real good considering we have lost Tom Polhamus and two toy makers namely Paul McGhehey and Roger Balling have some medical issues We all extend our best wishes to both of you and get back to your shop as soon as you can We had a few new people join us for first time and they had a great time and they said 4 a they will be back next month It was a great day and par we all had a great time Our next KOROR will i on October 6th from 9 am MN to noon at Bill Rogers home Bill Rogers Do you have any woodworking related tips tricks news or comments Email them to the editor library davidtilson com or write them down and hand them to David at a club meeting In an Association of woodworkers every member even a nov ice can contribute something to improve everyone s knowl edge and skill in the craft be it a new trick or technology a learning experience or a reminder of an old school tech nique 2013 OCWA Board of Directors Election Slate am helping the Association as a past OCWA President to fill some of the vacancies in the leader ship position for 2013 Every association needs every memb
16. ified by a Bidder s Number Placard issued at sign in time The Bidder s name and telephone number will be printed on the bottom of the placard The bottom portion of the placard will be retained by the Re corders where they will be used to track the bid a a eee iy saan Tee ITE ST TR a aepo J pe lt n Eed aas n ee es iio KS i der s tally of items secured by the auction process The top part of the Bidder s Number Placard has an area to record the lot numbers of items one wishes to bid on It also has an area to record the lot num bers won and the bid value accepted by the Auc tioneer The data recorded by the Spotter on the Lot Number Tags will take precedence over any data recorded by the bidder Lot Number Tags will be attached to each item lot accepted at the sign in table for the auction For each item being auctioned print the name of the donor and a short description of the item lot on the Lot Number Tag Secure the tag to the item lot Place the Tagged item on one of the auction tables Items not deemed to be worth more than 20 will be evaluated by the Spotters and placed on one of the appropriate Yard Sale tables There will be a 1 table a 5 table a 10 table and a 15 table This means that any item on that table may be had for the table price Monies will be collected at the time of selection and sale by the table manager These will be cash only tables Only bills of 20 or less will be ac
17. nd just a few inches away from it Which of these photos grabs your attention best and why When you zoom out or select a shorter focal length lens the lens takes in a wider angle of view This can be useful in visually demonstrating spatial rela tionships by placing an object very close to the lens and another farther away the sense of scale distance and perspective is heightened in the pho tograph Zooming in or selecting a longer focal length lens takes in a far smaller part of the scene and magnities it like a telescope It also tends to flatten out the distances between objects placed near to and far from the lens This is often seen in nature shows and football games when the ultra long zoom lenses that bring the action in close can also turn a few light snow flurries into a veritable blizzard by visually compressing a few scattered snowflakes into a space that appears to be just in front of the lens This can also be useful in photo graphing larger items such as furniture because it eliminates the visual distortions of the wider zoom settings and shows the piece more or less as it truly is with all of its parts in roughly correct propor tion and not heavily skewed by perspective The danger here is that anything that is placed behind the subject can visually merge with it in the final photograph so if you are shooting in a garden you might find that the tree that was fifty feet behind your china cabinet appear
18. ocus and composition of objects within the image frame so the entire photo shoot may produce a to tal of thirty frames find it s generally easiest to work from big overall pictures both with and with out a model for personal interaction right down to detail shots and super close ups of joinery drawer pulls and dovetails inlay designs etc try to get enough shots that even without the original work ing drawings could reproduce the project from the photos after all might sell it or give it away and then get a request for another At any rate with digital cameras and terabyte sized hard drives the film is pretty much free these days Also more shots to choose from means a greater chance of getting a really great photo out of the lot Once the pictures are opened on my computer can view them full screen and with fresh eyes I ll weed out the duds and any frames that might show the project in a less than rosy light and may even go back and re shoot one or more views if neces sary until get the lighting and focus just right That s a big advantage of having a digital camera can review the photos while I ve still got my photo studio set up in the other room and there s no need to tear everything down until I ve got everything I ll need A Brief Note On Digital Files While many photographers debate the advantages and disadvantages of using RAW versus JPEG and other files for their
19. r s demonstration will feature Sally Ault from San Diego Sally is an experienced turner Her demonstra tion will focus on turned jewelry items Sally is a frequent student at Anderson Ranch and she has recently demonstrated at the Utah Symposium This should be an outstanding demonstration and provide loads of ideas for upcoming holiday gifts In November we plan to have a demonstration on how to turn a happy face Gee aren t we always happy when turning December s demonstration topic is open and will ask each of you for ideas at the October meeting After some consideration have decided not to seek reelection as the Turner s group president As you proba bly are aware the Wood Turners are a special interest group within the OCWA For the most part we operate quasi independently under the umbrella of the larger organization Ross Gilroy and Harold Hardy are heading up a nominating committee so that we might have our own wood turner s group election in November Please consider getting involved would be happy to speak with anyone that has an interest The president of the Wood Turners sits on the OCWA board and has some input as to the overall direction of the organization With the possible exception of the toy makers suspect that the wood turners are the most dynamic and actively involved with their hobby and constitute the largest demographic within the OCWA Cer tainly they have been a key ingredient in the past OC fair demonstrations as
20. rely missed out Greg brought in a multi tude of joy as he talked about letting go of a 9 to 5 job and doing something he truly enjoys He makes fly fishing nets custom made every one No two alike He went into great detail on the processes employed in making these nets as a matter of fact two nets he brought to the meeting are destined to be Eric Clapton s Another highlight was his acrylic chamber the one he uses to stabilize the wood All these years and not once have we had a speaker talk about this subject Great show Greg and thanks again for sharing your love for woodworking We d love to have you back next year to see your progression Next month no surprise AUCTION See you there Geoffrey Bernd Irvine Bob Buchanan Rapid City SD Scott Catherall Yorba Linda Allen Dardenelle Corona Interest Woodturning Toys Richard Kalman Orange Interest General Woodworking Woodturning Hand Tools Toys Restoration Furniture Steve Joines La Habra Vivien Olsen Orange Interest General Woodworking Woodturning e CLUB OFFICERS amp COMMITTEES Board of Directors President Victor Cohn 962 252 2580 Vice President Drew Shellenbarger 714 450 2365 Treasurer Ralph Crowther 949 588 2922 Secretary Ed Straub 714 536 4568 e President onor 714 505 2688 Public Affairs Larry Marley 949 412 6710 Director at Large Bill Rogers 714 637 2912 James Santhon 949 481 2821 Club Committees
21. remember that everything at the same distance from the camera will also be in sharp focus including dust lint fingerprints etc always give items a rub down and dusting before shooting and it s handy to keep a blower or a can of compressed air handy to shoo away any errant specks of dust just before shooting It s always easier to clean up before shooting than it is to clean up the image on the computer Focusing The Viewer The Art Of Composition Half of what makes art art is what is left out Leaving color out of a photograph forces the viewer to focus on the shapes textures and contrasting values light and dark areas in the photograph Leaving parts of the image such as the back ground out of focus leads the viewer s eye to the subject of the photograph which had darn well bet ter be in tack sharp focus Lighting also contributes greatly to a strong composition if something is not lit it is not visible except perhaps as a dark silhou ette As a general rule the viewer s eye tends to be drawn toward the brighter parts of an image so careful lighting can strengthen the composition of a photograph by illuminating the subject in a pool of light while leaving the background more dimly lit Finally it s important to select a background for your photo that works well with your subject A very busy background or a background that can blend with or appear to merge with the subject are things to avoid Sometimes
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23. s in the photograph to be growing right out of it You ve Got To Focus I m in complete agreement with legendary photog rapher Ansel Adams who had a very dim view in deed of blurry or soft photographs If the subject is not in sharp focus the whole photograph lacks shall we say a focal point After getting a camera and a good lens the next most important tool for the photographer s kit is a tripod Much like a painter s easel it holds the canvas in our case the image sensor or film steady and frees the artist to concentrate on more important things One of the more common causes of blurred photographs is camera shake the camera was moving during the exposure so the image leaves a trail across the frame If you ever think that you can get along just fine without a tripod try standing absolutely per fectly still sometime with an arm extended in front of you and a forefinger not quite touching a fixed object You ll find that the muscles in your hand and arm are constantly twitching ever so slightly so as to maintain the proper muscle tone Also the signals sent to your brain from your inner ear and the soles of your feet are only just so sensitive so they cause you to drift around just a bit as you maintain your balance As your pulse travels from your heart and along the brachial artery your arm moves ever so slightly Plus you re breathing so that introduces even more movement In short you can never hold truly s
24. till while you have a pulse and stopping that would make it rather difficult to operate the shutter release on the camera While brighter lighting allows shorter exposure times and DEA A ee On the left the design on the cap of the pen is the subject s only enough of the rest of the pen was left in focus to give a sense of what the object in the photograph actually is This was done by adjusting the camera s iris settings and by turn ing the pen relative to the lens to show more or less of the side of the pen in focus On the right the bowl is in sharp focus and the ripples on the pond are just blurry enough to make an interesting but smooth background Also note the use of back lighting on the bowl tricky to pull off but rewarding when it works the back light creates a nice glow on the rim of the bowl a 4 other modern technologies can help to minimize the effects of the photographer s shaky grip on the camera a 40 tripod or even a 10 bag filled with sand or beans is the cheapest and by far the most effective and easy to use way to get consistently sharp images especially when shooting close up to the subject Also remember to use a remote control or the camera s two second delay timer so you don t blur the image by directly pressing the shutter release button when you make the image On some cameras there s another way to get more of the image in sharp focus SLRs and most fancier point and shoot
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