I am doing something wrong

[AliasPros]

On this shot the white from what looks like a house on the right hand side is distracting, I would have cropped that out in post. Other then that I like the shot...

ALIAS

By the way, here is the data for picture 1:

File Name IMG_0622.JPG
Camera Model Canon EOS 50D
Firmware Firmware Version 1.0.7
Shooting Date/Time 1/20/2010 6:51:28 AM
Owner's Name
Shooting Mode Shutter-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/320
Av( Aperture Value ) 2.8
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation +1/3
ISO Speed 200
Auto ISO Speed OFF
Lens 28-75mm
Focal Length 75.0mm
Image Size 933x1400
Image Quality Fine
Flash Off
FE lock OFF
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode AI Servo AF
Picture Style Standard
Sharpness 3
Contrast 0
Saturation 0
Color tone 0
Color Space sRGB v1.31 (Canon)
Long exposure noise reduction 0:Off
High ISO speed noise reduction 0:Standard
Highlight tone priority 0isable
Auto Lighting Optimizer 0:Standard
Peripheral illumination correction Disable
File Size 1030KB
Drive Mode Single shooting
Live View Shooting OFF
Date/Time(UTC)


And picture 2

File Name IMG_0630.JPG
Camera Model Canon EOS 50D
Shooting Date/Time 1/20/2010 6:55:45 AM
Owner's Name
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/250
Av( Aperture Value ) 2.8
ISO Speed 200
Image Size 989x1400
Flash Off
Color Space sRGB v1.31 (Canon)
File Size 915KB

And I have added another picture as well

File Name IMG_0617.JPG
Camera Model Canon EOS 50D
Firmware Firmware Version 1.0.7
Shooting Date/Time 1/20/2010 6:50:21 AM
Owner's Name
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/160
Av( Aperture Value ) 3.2
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 200
Auto ISO Speed OFF
Lens 28-75mm
Focal Length 75.0mm
Image Size 1232x1400
Image Quality Fine
Flash Off
FE lock OFF
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode AI Servo AF
Picture Style Standard
Sharpness 3
Contrast 0
Saturation 0
Color tone 0
Color Space sRGB v1.31 (Canon)
Long exposure noise reduction 0:Off
High ISO speed noise reduction 0:Standard
Highlight tone priority 0isable
Auto Lighting Optimizer 0:Standard
Peripheral illumination correction Disable
File Size 1301KB
Drive Mode Single shooting
Live View Shooting OFF

 

[More Cowbell]

Thanks for the input from everyone. Will try the advice given and spend some more time with the camera. Playing around earlier netted me some decently sharp pictures, so looks like I am on my way.

 

[Felix0890]

From what I've read, the 28-75 has some issues with backfocusing when on autofocus. Meaning when you focus, it looks like you're focusing on her face but when you take a picture, it's really focusing about 10 notches behind your target. This can be calibrated in Nikon cameras but I'm not sure how to do it with Canon ones. Maybe the XTI had something that adjusted this issue or maybe you never noticed since the XTI had a smaller resolution.

For sake of experimenting, go take a picture of something on manual focus.

 

[sinjans]

Have you checked the microadjustment settings to see if its off a bit?