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[Brandman]

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Loganup by Brandman1980, on Flickr

 

[Brandman]

Nobody?

 

[Scuba]

It seems to be a tad soft. I like his expression a lot though. The top right corner keeps catching my eye though, maybe darken that corner a little. Nice shot.

 

[Brandman]

what do you mean by a tad soft?

 

[cgipson1]

Soft.. as in not sharp!

why did you shoot this at ISO 800, with a shutter speed of 1/1250 at F3.5? And why a -2/3 stop EV value????

You could have lowered the ISO to 100 or 200, and lowered the shutter speed an equivalent number of stops. You will have better quality at lower ISOs... always.

It shows 28mm.... what lens were you using?

 

[The_Traveler]

And - the skin looks overexposed, harsh and blanched with none of the soft tones that I expect with photos of children.

 

[Brandman]

i was trying to catch him sliding down a slide looking up at me so i was trying to stop action as the slide was in the shade. And he had walked around after the slide and looked up at me so i didnt have enough time to change the settings also i was using a canon 28-135 f3.5-5.6 IS. im trying i am just now trying to take photography seriously. what is the -2/3 ev value all about. i have seen it but dont quite understand it. I am having to learn photography on my own without classes. Sorry if its a stupid question.

 

[pgriz]

The -2/3 ev is exposure compensation, used with either Av or Tv or P. It tells the camera to override the exposure it calculates by (in this case) 2/3 stop. Normally we use exposure compensation when the overall scene is naturally darker or lighter than mid-grey and we are trying to render the colors more realisticly.

For stopping action, 1/500 is usually enough, especially with a wide angle lens. So I agree with Charlie that you would get better results (wider dynamic range and shadow noise) if you're shooting at your native ISO which is 100.

So for shooting action outside, ISO 100 is usually fine, even in shade. Set your mode to Tv (shutter priority), exposure compensation to 0, shutter speed to 1/500, AF to AF-servo, and you should be fine.

 

[cgipson1]

You might want to read your manual on the EV settings.. the setting you currently have it at is undeexposing your shots by 2/3d's of a stop. Not optimal! Also read up on Histogram... and learn to use it. Most people prefer to expose to the right of the Histogram.. (a tiny bit of overexposure in other words)... not underexpose.

 

[Brandman]

Also I was told that in the digital realm that it was hard to gain detail back from an over exposed pic and was intstructed to under expose a little so that I wouldn't lose detail in post. Can you shine any light on why I would get this advice

 

[cgipson1]

Also I was told that in the digital realm that it was hard to gain detail back from an over exposed pic and was intstructed to under expose a little so that I wouldn't lose detail in post. Can you shine any light on why I would get this advice

Google "Expose to the right". That is why I suggested learning to use your histogram. The idea is not to OVER EXPOSE to the point where you have clipping (lose data).. but to over expose to the maximum you can, without clipping. It maximizes the Signal to Noise ratio.. and should give the best exposure possible.

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

 

[Brandman]

cool thanks for the info