Neil - 08 February 2009 04:07 PM

Rich it looks good . What is your camera model, maybe I can read up and find some pointers.

Nikon Cookpix L18

newbie - 08 February 2009 05:09 PM

Green Cheese Maker - 08 February 2009 11:39 AM

OK, I worked on the lighting and got a better pic.  This one shows the texture much better.  Obviously it needs more pressing.

Depends on what you’re trying for. That looks just like a good Liecester or Cheshire. Both of these are an open texture, slightly crumbly with a relatively mild acidic flavour.

Never made a Cheshire, and my Leicester is still aging - going for 9 months on this one and its due in April.  I would like to have a more solid cheese, although the taste is good and its relatively firm.  Actually I was not really “trying for” anything on this first attempt.  I just wanted to see what I would get.  Now I can move on to refinements.

Green Cheese Maker - 08 February 2009 06:57 PM

Neil - 08 February 2009 04:07 PM

Rich it looks good . What is your camera model, maybe I can read up and find some pointers.

Nikon Cookpix L18

I don’t believe that camera has a ‘Macro’ feature! If you want to get that close you’ll need a close up (Macro) setting.

Another problem with digital cameras, auto focus. It’s good but on a plain surface like a white wall it has a problem focusing, so the pictures are often out of focus. That’s the problem with the first photo.

One cure is to use the auto focus on an edge,to set the focussing, take the first pressure on the shutter release which will hold the settings, then move sideways to center the image.
Hope this is helpful.

Nikon Cookpix L18—- it can go Macro focus with AF as close as 5.9”. Max size 3264 x 2448. Make sure it is set for max size to get the most of it.

Rich, here’s another couple of suggestions on the photography (yeah, like I’m an expert in this department):
First of all, don’t get too close to the cheese.
Step back away from the subject (your cheese wheel) and use the zoom feature to get closer. This will prevent the “fisheye” view of the subject.
Also, when taking the photo FIRST depress the shutter button only halfway. This focuses the image. Once you get a green light on the camera you can then go ahead and depress the shutter button the rest of the way.
These are tips that my wife picked up in a recent digital photography course she took and it really does make a difference. Especially standing back away from the subject and zooming in to get closer.
I also use a Nikon Coolpix P50 and my kids each have 12.1 MP Pentax cameras. Even though the Coolpix is only an 8.1 MP camera I feel that it produces photos that are very close to the Pentax quality.
As I said, I’m not even close to an expert in photography (remember, I was asking you for advice only a month or so ago) but these simple techniques have really improved my photo taking abilities.
Hope this helps.

Dave

Thanks guys.  I’ll be getting in lots of practice in the near future.