At the park - A retake of a few...

[misstwinklytoes]

Some of these you've seen before.... but I retook them trying to work on my focus more.
1.

Camera Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS
Shooting Date/Time 9/16/2010 6:04:43 PM
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/125
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF50mm f/1.8 II
Focal Length 50.0mm
AF Mode AI Servo AF
Picture Style Standard
Long exposure noise reduction 1:Auto
High ISO speed noise reduction 0:Off
lowresIMG_3745 by jenangeljen, on Flickr
2.

Camera Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS
Shooting Date/Time 9/16/2010 5:51:01 PM
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/100
Av( Aperture Value ) 3.5
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF50mm f/1.8 II
Focal Length 50.0mm
AF Mode AI Focus AF
Picture Style Standard
Long exposure noise reduction 1:Auto
High ISO speed noise reduction 0:Off
lowresIMG_3730 by jenangeljen, on Flickr
3.

Camera Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS
Shooting Date/Time 9/16/2010 5:55:40 PM
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/400
Av( Aperture Value ) 3.5
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF50mm f/1.8 II
Focal Length 50.0mm
AF Mode AI Focus AF
Picture Style Standard
Long exposure noise reduction 1:Auto
High ISO speed noise reduction 0:Off
lowresIMG_3735 by jenangeljen, on Flickr
4.

Camera Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS
Shooting Date/Time 9/16/2010 5:54:17 PM
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/250
Av( Aperture Value ) 3.5
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF50mm f/1.8 II
Focal Length 50.0mm
AF Mode AI Focus AF
Picture Style Standard
Color Space sRGB
Long exposure noise reduction 1:Auto
High ISO speed noise reduction 0:Off
Drive Mode Continuous shooting
lowresIMG_3733 by jenangeljen, on Flickr
5.

Camera Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS
Shooting Date/Time 9/16/2010 5:51:11 PM
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/125
Av( Aperture Value ) 3.5
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF50mm f/1.8 II
Focal Length 50.0mm
AF Mode AI Focus AF
Picture Style Standard
Long exposure noise reduction 1:Auto
High ISO speed noise reduction 0:Off
Drive Mode Continuous shooting
lowresIMG_3731 by jenangeljen, on Flickr

Thanks for looking.

 

[Taylor510ce]

Much better lighting than before if I remember correctly. Good job.

 

[Geaux]

There still seem to be a soft focus on the face, not sure what's causing it though. f/3.5 seems to be enough, could be the shutter speed. Are you still manual focusing or went back to auto focus? I shoot almost all of my portraits with AF, putting center point on the eye, then composing from there. I also think I shot at f/4-6 ... depending on lighting. (just checked my shutter, and it's around 1/350-1/200ish. That might be your issue)

on #3, if you try and reshoot again, I'd like to see the whole opening for symmetric purposes. Something about the cut off circle throws it for me.

 

[Derrel]

Pretty decent camera handling, misstwinklytoes!

 

[misstwinklytoes]

I added the exif data. Maybe I'll do better at the exposures when I get my Understanding exposure book.

Thanks Geaux. I'm losing some image quality when I resize. I'll crop a 100% and see what you guys say.

Thanks Derrel. One thing I noticed is that I'm cropping much less of the photo. Meaning I'm framing it better in the camera.

 

[misstwinklytoes]

This one looks fairly soft:

This one looks okay, I think: (Better than old ones at the very least)

And I think this one looks alright:

 

[Robin Usagani]

MIss!!!! Do not use AI Servo! Set it to 1 pt focus pt and put it closest to the eye. Put the red dot on her eye, press halfway, recompose.

 

[misstwinklytoes]

I had it on Servo for that one by accident cause it's one I took right after I got her sliding down a pole. Forgot to change it back til the next picture.

 

[Robin Usagani]

Dont bother changing it to AI-Servo. One shot AF will do just fine.. seriously. If she is sliding down I would use ONe shot AF with all focus pt turned on.

 

[misstwinklytoes]

What do you guys think of the PP on this?

 

[ChristinaW]

Love the pp on it! Much better!