First Pics with a non-point and shoot.

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Here are the very first pictures I took with my Canon Rebel T1i. I am still trying to figure out what all features it has, and how to use them:lol: If you all could look at these picture I took of my car and let me know what I need to do to make them look good thatd be great! Thanks, Jared
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the white balance is off in the full color image,
they all look rather grainy,
the background is too distracting/ busy,
the reflections on the car aren't very appealing,
it looks like there's bird poop on the hood,

i would recommend a different location, ant a different time, a cleaner car, a tripod (so you can have a longer exposure), a shallower depth of field, a lower iso, and a tighter crop on some of them
the angles are ok, #2 is certainly the best, but keep learning the features, and practicing... and get some more equipment

and be patient with replies... it usually takes a while for people to reply to threads like this
 
the white balance is off in the full color image,
they all look rather grainy,
the background is too distracting/ busy,
the reflections on the car aren't very appealing,
it looks like there's bird poop on the hood,

i would recommend a different location, ant a different time, a cleaner car, a tripod (so you can have a longer exposure), a shallower depth of field, a lower iso, and a tighter crop on some of them
the angles are ok, #2 is certainly the best, but keep learning the features, and practicing... and get some more equipment

and be patient with replies... it usually takes a while for people to reply to threads like this
Yeah, I noticed they were grainy once I downloaded them. Agree with background being busy. I need to pay more attention to that stuff. Why are the reflections not appealing? And, no bird poop what so ever. The car is clean enough to eat off of in this picture. Poor photo quality must make it look dirty. Also, how do I adjust depth of field? I cant figure it out, and I would like for the subject to be really crisp, and the back ground to be pretty much nothing but a blur. If that makes sense. I do have a tripod now btw. Thanks for the quick reply:thumbup:
 
oh, also, when you say white balance what exactly do you mean. Do I have too much or not enough white?
 
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Did a quick edit to show you the difference white balance makes. Now go get that book I told you about in your other thread. It will really help you understand everything you asked.
 
the white balance is off in the full color image,
they all look rather grainy,
the background is too distracting/ busy,
the reflections on the car aren't very appealing,
it looks like there's bird poop on the hood,

i would recommend a different location, ant a different time, a cleaner car, a tripod (so you can have a longer exposure), a shallower depth of field, a lower iso, and a tighter crop on some of them
the angles are ok, #2 is certainly the best, but keep learning the features, and practicing... and get some more equipment

and be patient with replies... it usually takes a while for people to reply to threads like this
Yeah, I noticed they were grainy once I downloaded them. Agree with background being busy. I need to pay more attention to that stuff. Why are the reflections not appealing? And, no bird poop what so ever. The car is clean enough to eat off of in this picture. Poor photo quality must make it look dirty. Also, how do I adjust depth of field? I cant figure it out, and I would like for the subject to be really crisp, and the back ground to be pretty much nothing but a blur. If that makes sense. I do have a tripod now btw. Thanks for the quick reply:thumbup:


Check your ISO setting, looks like it's set too high. You want to try to keep it at 100-200 or you're going to get a lot of noise in your pictures. In a really low light situation you may want to increase it and use noise reduction software in post processing.. but you want to *try* to avoid doing that.

For depth of field, look no further than your aperture setting. There's a careful balance of the distance between you and your subject, the distance between your subject and the background, your shutter speed, how much light you have to work with, etc. That will only come with learning and practice.

You would have a MUCH easier time getting the hang of aperture if you took some practice shots during the day. Have someone stand outside, have a nearby background (like a house, or trees), kick down your aperture as low as it will go and take a few shots from different distances. Have the person walk closer to you and further away and watch how it affects your depth of field. Then start increasing your aperture and watch how everything begins sharpening up. Do this while in aperture priority mode, your camera will handle all the other settings.
 
Definitely agree about the background - especially for the less saturated pictures. There isn't enough of a difference between the background and the car to make it really 'pop'. Arcooke's practice session is a great idea to really 'see' the difference it makes in order to get the effect you are trying to achieve.
 
I like that... "non point and shoot"

sounds so much better than DSLR.
















p!nK
 
It's a picture of a car...and that's about it. Try to make the image more appealing to the viewer; try different and unique angles and if you can't find a better background use some telephoto to create a separation between the subject and the background.
 
Did a quick edit to show you the difference white balance makes. Now go get that book I told you about in your other thread. It will really help you understand everything you asked.
Thanks, Makes a big difference. Unfortunately, I dont have any editing software yet. I wanna get a good feel for my camera before I tackle another obsticle. I dont even know where to start for software yet.
Check your ISO setting, looks like it's set too high. You want to try to keep it at 100-200 or you're going to get a lot of noise in your pictures. In a really low light situation you may want to increase it and use noise reduction software in post processing.. but you want to *try* to avoid doing that.

For depth of field, look no further than your aperture setting. There's a careful balance of the distance between you and your subject, the distance between your subject and the background, your shutter speed, how much light you have to work with, etc. That will only come with learning and practice.

You would have a MUCH easier time getting the hang of aperture if you took some practice shots during the day. Have someone stand outside, have a nearby background (like a house, or trees), kick down your aperture as low as it will go and take a few shots from different distances. Have the person walk closer to you and further away and watch how it affects your depth of field. Then start increasing your aperture and watch how everything begins sharpening up. Do this while in aperture priority mode, your camera will handle all the other settings.
Which setting on my camera do I use to have the ability to adjust all of those?
I like that... "non point and shoot"

sounds so much better than DSLR.


p!nK
I'm a pretty technical guy :lol:

It's a picture of a car...and that's about it. Try to make the image more appealing to the viewer; try different and unique angles and if you can't find a better background use some telephoto to create a separation between the subject and the background.
Thats all I was wanting is a picture of a car. The intended veiwer was me, and the others on the Mustang forum I am on. I have looked at a telephoto lense, but after just purchasing the camera, $699 is a little hard to swing right now.
 
Ok, just now I decided to get the camera out and play with all the features and stuff. Mainly the aperture settings like was suggested. I am just inside the house taking pictures of random things to see the differences between the aperture settings. For some reason, while in the house, I have to use the flash or the pictures are pretty much just black. I even tried setting the shutter speed way slow. You could kinda see the picture, but was still way dark. I figured I could take a picture in my house with out having to use the flash. The flash makes everything way too bright. What am I doing wrong?
 

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