First outing with a DSLR

Well It had to happen, I got a new toy and couldn't wait to play with it.

Jenn and I were bored with being about the house, drinking, eating and playing the wii so went out for a bit of a bimble.

I decided to take the camera along as I know its going to take a little while fiddling with the settings to find out how to use it properly.

Heres just a few pics from today and any pointers would be appreciated















The photos were taken with the 2 different lenses that I have but at the moment, its a case of fiddling with the setting to see what happens.

[5hort5]

Really good pics m8, a couple of things I would think of (but I am an amateur)

Pic 4 - The young lady, great pic just slightly out of focus on her face, not sure what focus method you have the camera set-up for for that pic.

Pic 6 - over the woods - classic 50/50 picture, try and aim for thirds with long shots like this, either 2/3's sky or 2/3's ground, seems to work better.

Pic 7 - The robin, nice pic but with the camera you have, you could crop that, sharpen it a touch and still show the image at the same size but with the robin filling about 1/3 if not 1/2 the screen.

Cracking pics and a great start, i hope you enjoy the camera and with DSLR's you can take great stuff, night shots, speed shots, lightning, porn, wonderful cloud scenes, great portraits, etc, etc, have fun

how do you do that effect in pic 7 where you get a clear image in the foreward part of the shot and a blurred background.

Originally Posted by 5hort5

Pic 4 - The young lady, great pic just slightly out of focus on her face, not sure what focus method you have the camera set-up for for that pic.

Metadata for the pic reads f/5.6, 1/30s, 55mm and ISO 800, so it's very likely to be motion blur, both on the camera and subject. Tips for getting better with this one: tell her to hold still, and don't shake

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Originally Posted by zsv650

how do you do that effect in pic 7 where you get a clear image in the foreward part of the shot and a blurred background.

It's aperture used when taking a pic m8, low aperture gives blurred backgrounds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field

Originally Posted by Filipe M.

Metadata for the pic reads f/5.6, 1/30s, 55mm and ISO 800, so it's very likely to be motion blur, both on the camera and subject. Tips for getting better with this one: tell her to hold still, and don't shake

We were on a suspended walkway, so as other were walking on it, we both shook

Originally Posted by zsv650

how do you do that effect in pic 7 where you get a clear image in the foreward part of the shot and a blurred background.

Trying to focus on just the bird

Originally Posted by 5hort5

It's aperture used when taking a pic m8, low aperture gives blurred backgrounds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field

is that good i have a lot too learn obviously.

[5hort5]

Originally Posted by Filipe M.

Metadata for the pic reads f/5.6, 1/30s, 55mm and ISO 800, so it's very likely to be motion blur, both on the camera and subject. Tips for getting better with this one: tell her to hold still, and don't shake

Yep I agree but 1/30s is a pushing it a touch if you have shaky hands, in 1/60 is the old school min

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Originally Posted by speedplay

Trying to focus on just the bird

tis a good pic, try cropping it and sharpening once and then repost to see how it looks