Here are my first shots with my new to me gear and a little C&C would be great. Basically, this is my first time shooting with a DSLR and not a P&S camera, so although the gear is cool, the guy behind the lens has a steep learning curve to face.
The place where my daughter practices is a like a cave, the lighting is terrible. So, I set the camera to Av and f/2.8, set the ISO to 3200 to get a halfway decent shutter speed, and then crossed my fingers. So, here are some pics with my comments... Feel free to comment and critique to let me know what I am doing right (short list) or wrong (much longer list).
The first picture is typical of my first day, the AF focused on the lane lines and not my daughter. Is this because I am not aiming properly or do I need to set the camera to center AF instead?
2-3-4 are a little better, the colors are not too bad and the focus is better
5-6-7 have focus problems again (lane lines vs subject) and the colors are off, especially the cap gets washed out
I played with 8-9 a little in iPhoto (they were really bland), they are ok but you can see that her cap has nearly no color and the background is grainy (high ISO?)
10 is another one typical of my session, lack of focus. I have to figure how to have the AF track the subject.
11 is not bad for colors, but it seems that the water to her left is super sharp but she is out of focus
This is a random sample of what I ended up, some ok, some not so great, some really bad. Any critique and tips are welcome, especially for focusing on the subject rather than elements around. Also, should I bring the ISO down to get some of the grains out?
The place where my daughter practices is a like a cave, the lighting is terrible. So, I set the camera to Av and f/2.8, set the ISO to 3200 to get a halfway decent shutter speed, and then crossed my fingers. So, here are some pics with my comments... Feel free to comment and critique to let me know what I am doing right (short list) or wrong (much longer list).
The first picture is typical of my first day, the AF focused on the lane lines and not my daughter. Is this because I am not aiming properly or do I need to set the camera to center AF instead?
2-3-4 are a little better, the colors are not too bad and the focus is better
5-6-7 have focus problems again (lane lines vs subject) and the colors are off, especially the cap gets washed out
I played with 8-9 a little in iPhoto (they were really bland), they are ok but you can see that her cap has nearly no color and the background is grainy (high ISO?)
10 is another one typical of my session, lack of focus. I have to figure how to have the AF track the subject.
11 is not bad for colors, but it seems that the water to her left is super sharp but she is out of focus
This is a random sample of what I ended up, some ok, some not so great, some really bad. Any critique and tips are welcome, especially for focusing on the subject rather than elements around. Also, should I bring the ISO down to get some of the grains out?
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