[p8ntcheck45]

Lil too underexposed for my taste, cool pose but made them look like a three headed person at first glance.

[Pakistani]

not too excited about any of these. just sharing for the sake of sharing.


IMG_8267-Edit by AliZaman, on Flickr


IMG_8276 by AliZaman, on Flickr


IMG_8273 by AliZaman, on Flickr


IMG_8264 by AliZaman, on Flickr

[skwirnmn]

Originally Posted by p8ntcheck45

Lil too underexposed for my taste, cool pose but made them look like a three headed person at first glance.

Thanks jimmy,
re-edit to fix the exposure.. did some skin retouching and she had a random blue nail that bothered me, so I fixed that too.


Justin, Kyley, & Carson Pepus by CHRIS.LOH, on Flickr

[fallen9210]

I like the edit much better Chris. And I personally agree with you on the matter of it being slightly off centered. While I agree that a more Christmas oriented location would have helped, still came out alright

[Alex Burrows]

im still a noob but was fooling around with my new lense today at the dog park, this is kind of the best of the bunch i thought:

[texaspaintballplpaye]

I didn't think the apocalypse was happening until later in the month.

Colors are dull, and it's so dark. Also don't seem to be sharp, maybe your shutter speed and variable aperture.

[Hobbes The Tiger]

What were your settings? A lot of those seem really soft and dark, like EP said.

[Skipperdawg]

iso 12,800???? at f 5.6...

[Pakistani]

Originally Posted by Skipperdawg

iso 12,800???? at f 5.6...

it was pitch black outside

[Skipperdawg]

best time of day to go to the dog park

[Cmizzle]

i lold

[texaspaintballplpaye]

For Galveston, you fly into Waco I'll take you shooting.

[sixsixsix69]

deal

[LastarsonisT]

Originally Posted by skwirnmn

Thanks jimmy,
re-edit to fix the exposure.. did some skin retouching and she had a random blue nail that bothered me, so I fixed that too.


Justin, Kyley, & Carson Pepus by CHRIS.LOH, on Flickr

I like this edit a bit more, but the background does leave something to be desired.

Cool concept though. Looking at it I'd maybe suggest playing off it with a few other frames as well. Like having the little girl tying them up with the lights, pulling the strand taught around them, etc.

Concept is just wish it was at a better location with a "holiday" vibe.

[Alex Burrows]

Originally Posted by Skipperdawg

iso 12,800???? at f 5.6...

It was quite dark at the time but I'm sure my settings were off

In a low light situation like these am I more concerned with shutter speed? Also is 5.6 reasonable at low light or no?

Should I be adjusting ISO in shooting like this or just leave it auto?

[Hobbes The Tiger]

Never shoot in Auto, ever. 5.6 is going to suck almost all the time in low light. In a low light situation, you should be more concerned about a good exposure. With your lens, I'd try to avoid shooting when it's dark out. A good way to learn how ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed affect each other is to shoot in Aperture Priority (Av). Read up on it, as well and learn to read your meter.

[Mike Grenade]

Shutter speed will be dictated by the moving subject in this case. It needs to be fast enough to freeze movement.

Since it's low light, the aperture needs to be opened as much as possible, unless that renders the depth of field too shallow for the subject (Unlikely until we start talking f2.8). I don't know the lens you were using, but if you had an additional stop available (f4), then that would have been appropriate. ISO should be bumped as well, which it appears to have been.

It's never just one variable that determines what you should choose. In this case, it's dark out, but a slow shutter speed isn't appropriate for the moving subject. It may also be that you were simply trying to do too much for the available light.

To get the exposure right, check the histogram. If you don't know what a histogram is, I would read up on them thoroughly.

[Hobbes The Tiger]

He was probably using his 70-300, it's a variable aperture.

[Alex Burrows]

Yea it was 70-300, so I guess if I was to buy say the 50mm 1.8 it would be more apprpriate for these kinda of shots, however I would have to try and position myself much closer then?

All those were taken in full manual with me just messing around with settings

[Hobbes The Tiger]

Yeah, with a prime lens your feet is your "zoom".

[texaspaintballplpaye]

For dark shots, a little more suitable. 50mm F/1.8 is not the fastest when auto-focusing so if you're using it for action it might not be the greatest.