First meet

[land rover 0]

Took a few pics this afternoon here are just a couple. I'm still getting used to my new camera. I'll take some better ones when they come next time.

Owning a dslr certainly makes taking pictures more interesting AND CHALLENGING. also making sure that the settings are put back before I use it again. the first one didn't come out very well.(binned it) !! wrong white balance and high iso.

 

 

[Kay 3,709]

Well done i am a new dslr owner as well & its very challenging your right, love the top one really appeals to me

[SEAN3513 7]

awesome !!

 

 

and them hounds are in top condition

 

cheers

 

sean

[MuttleMcTuttle 21]

Good shots, nice looking hounds. I prefer straight B&W or colour, but that's just a personal preference, & selective colour seems to be incredibly popular, specially if its nicely done, as in your pic! I'm still hoping for some misty morning cubbing pics, but we haven't had a nice morning yet

[land rover 0]

thanks for your comments. I must admit I like straight b/w or colour really, its just that not only am I learning to use a dslr properly, I am learning photoshop cs2 also. So I have been playing with photos this afternoon.

 

The thing thats niggling me at the moment is focusing. I get confused, when I take a picture of eg. the hounds. I hadn't altered my setting and the focus came up as manual in the middle. Is it best for shots like that to have it on auto focusing? I had the camera set on P because it was my first proper go with the camera (outside of the garden)

[MuttleMcTuttle 21]

thanks for your comments. I must admit I like straight b/w or colour really, its just that not only am I learning to use a dslr properly, I am learning photoshop cs2 also. So I have been playing with photos this afternoon.

 

The thing thats niggling me at the moment is focusing. I get confused, when I take a picture of eg. the hounds. I hadn't altered my setting and the focus came up as manual in the middle. Is it best for shots like that to have it on auto focusing? I had the camera set on P because it was my first proper go with the camera (outside of the garden)

 

Playing is the best way to learn Photoshop - just try it and see, much better than getting bogged down with textbooks and tutorials

 

I must admit that I use auto focus most of the time, and I rarely change the focus point from the centre one, preferring to focus the subject, then move the camera rather than faff around with focus points! But then I'm a lazy baggage... The focus on the hound is spot on - sharp subject and blurred in front and behind - just what you want You can acheive this by using a wide aperture (small f number) as that will reduce the depth of field (or focus) and throw the background and foreground out of focus.

 

For shots of hounds I'd probably have the camera set on speed (shutter) priority so I was sure of a fast enough speed to avoid too much movement blur or camera shake, and take what aperture it gave me at my preferred ISO setting.

[land rover 0]

As I said in my post that I had left the settings from previous use. the photo of the hounds I had trimmed. but the picture was taken with the master, I didn't like it so I cropped him out and left the dogs.

the iso 400 av 8.0 1/125 programme mode

then I altered it to 100 iso and got av 6.3 1/80 P mode. I also had the white balance on shade. it brought a bit of warmth to the picture.

 

If I think about it too much I get even more confused. As for the shutter speeds well I don't understand them at all.

 

thanks for your help. muttle.

Edited September 30, 2009 by land rover

[Tis TM 8]

As I said in my post that I had left the settings from previous use. the photo of the hounds I had trimmed. but the picture was taken with the master, I didn't like it so I cropped him out and left the dogs.

the iso 400 av 8.0 1/125 programme mode

then I altered it to 100 iso and got av 6.3 1/80 P mode. I also had the white balance on shade. it brought a bit of warmth to the picture.

 

If I think about it too much I get even more confused. As for the shutter speeds well I don't understand them at all.

 

thanks for your help. muttle.

 

 

I think if you've got all that undestood and not got confused, your're doing pretty damned good!! ... My camera still frightens me