My first photos here, C&C please

[subscuck]

OP, looking at the exif on your pics I'm seeing some things that don't make sense. On the shots that appear to be taken outside, I'm seeing unnecessarily high to very high ISO settings (500, 6400). Try shooting in A, and if you have auto ISO enabled (if that's an option on your camera, I shoot Canon so I don't know) disable it and set it to 100 if you're outside in bright daylight. I see also you're shooting wide open. Stop down to about 3.5. You'll still get pleasant background blur at the distance you're shooting at, but more of your son's face will be in focus, and the pics will be sharper to boot. Lenses are never at their sharpest wide open.

 

[The_Traveler]

I strongly disagree with the poster who said pictures of your own kids can only be pictures for memories..

It was me but I said that they are ok for memory shots but they aren't of much interest beyond that, meaning that these particular photos are shots that might be meaningful and enjoyable to the OP's family and people who think that every baby is a subject for adoration but as 'photographs' they are not more than that.

I still think that.

 

[Aayria]

I can agree with that....I just misunderstood the original statement.

Besides, this forum needs another good popcorn passing thread

 

[KmH]

What determines the depth of the DOF?

Visit Understanding Depth of Field in Photography and all the other tutorials there.

And, you can always do this.

Plus, there is a lot of photography techincal info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field

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

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

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

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

 

[vtf]

WOW, your iso at 6400 and shutter at 1/6400 and f1.8. Just alittle high, might want to pull down that iso to reduce the noise.
At 1.8 you will have .12' to work with. Maybe take that to f5.6-f8.
Online Depth of Field Calculator

 

[mybelle]

OP, looking at the exif on your pics I'm seeing some things that don't make sense. On the shots that appear to be taken outside, I'm seeing unnecessarily high to very high ISO settings (500, 6400). Try shooting in A, and if you have auto ISO enabled (if that's an option on your camera, I shoot Canon so I don't know) disable it and set it to 100 if you're outside in bright daylight. I see also you're shooting wide open. Stop down to about 3.5. You'll still get pleasant background blur at the distance you're shooting at, but more of your son's face will be in focus, and the pics will be sharper to boot. Lenses are never at their sharpest wide open.

I was wondering that too when I looked at the metadata. I kept changing the ISO manually but when I'd look at the info it'd be ridiculously high. The AutoISO feature was on so thanks for the heads up. I don't even understand why the auto would choose something so high...I guess because my aperture was so small. Lots to learn!

 

[The_Traveler]

I guess because my aperture was so small. Lots to learn!

At 1.8 your aperture is wide open, not small.
It isn't intuituitive but the smaller the f number the larger the opening.
Check on the limits you have set for auto-iso.

 

[mybelle]

I guess because my aperture was so small. Lots to learn!

At 1.8 your aperture is wide open, not small.
It isn't intuituitive but the smaller the f number the larger the opening.
Check on the limits you have set for auto-iso.

:doh Half the time I say it properly and half the time I don't. I just know that it's backwards of what you would think. I just need to remember that you refer to the opening size, not the number when describing aperture as small/large, etc. Thanks!

 

[thebutler4]

ya the smaller the F number the larger the aperture the shorter the DOF .. took me a while to grasp that my self .. although I don't know why .. its a simple rule to remember .. lol

Basically think as if the F number as a ruler .. the smaller the number the closer it is (DOF) ..

 

[The_Traveler]

Basically think as if the F number as a ruler .. the smaller the number the closer it is (DOF) ..

the smaller the number, the shorter is the DOF

 

[thebutler4]

Basically think as if the F number as a ruler .. the smaller the number the closer it is (DOF) ..

the smaller the number, the shorter is the DOF

LOL .. is that not what I said?

 

[The_Traveler]

the point of focus stays at the same distance from the camera; the dof, that distance which seems in focus to the human eye in front and behind the point of focus, gets shorter.

 

[thebutler4]

the point of focus stays at the same distance from the camera; the DOF, that distance which seems in focus to the human eye in front and behind the point of focus, gets shorter.

I was replying to this post with getting the aperture numbers backward .. thats how I remember that the smaller F number is a closer DOF rather than a larger F number is a larger DOF .. just like a ruler .. the smaller the number .. the closer the DOF is and the larger the aperture is.

Why are we arguing about this? :LOL:

 

[The_Traveler]

I'm not arguing, just amending what you said.
closer is not the same as smaller.

 

[thebutler4]

LOL .. OK we are both correct .. cause we are talking about the same thing .. hhahahahaha

your right .. however the higher DOF you have the deeper the background is in focus right? meaning a stop of 1.5 will be very shallow DOF while a stop of 10 will be very deep DOF ..

At any rate we are talking about the same thing just in different terms ... my ruler theory was to point out the DOF .. not "Closer" ... lol .. the lower the number the less DOF you are going to have .. the higher the number .. the deeper the DOF ... See if you apply that to a ruler .. 1" is a lot closer than 12" .. well by at least 11" right? .. lol