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confirmedten · Nov 30, 2014

Granddad · Dec 1, 2014

Some information about the circumstances of this shot would help to put it into perspective.

Are you looking for critique?

confirmedten · Dec 1, 2014

Granddad said:
Some information about the circumstances of this shot would help to put it into perspective.
Are you looking for critique?

Yes I am looking for critique, this is my first none landscape shot.

qleak · Dec 1, 2014

It looks like you are having some sharpness problems on this shot. The shutter speed is too low and you shot with the fastest aperture. Since you were in auto mode I guess this is expected.

I'd recommend you try a different exposure mode like aperture priority. Stop the lens down to f5.6-8 and adjust the ISO so that it's shutter is no slower than 1/60. Don't be afraid of higher ISO. On your camera ISO1600 is just getting started. Yes more light would be better, but the f-stop and shutter speed are causing bigger problems here.

Place your focus point directly over her nearest eye.

Give it a another try! Keep shooting! You'll get it

Granddad · Dec 2, 2014

qleak said:
It looks like you are having some sharpness problems on this shot. The shutter speed is too low and you shot with the fastest aperture. Since you were in auto mode I guess this is expected.

I'd recommend you try a different exposure mode like aperture priority. Stop the lens down to f5.6-8 and adjust the ISO so that it's shutter is no slower than 1/60. Don't be afraid of higher ISO. On your camera ISO1600 is just getting started. Yes more light would be better, but the f-stop and shutter speed are causing bigger problems here.

Place your focus point directly over her nearest eye.

Give it a another try! Keep shooting! You'll get it

Good advice ^.

I like your background a lot. The door and the brickwork make a very strong impression, particularly as they are close to dividing the image into thirds.
I would have approached the wall at a 90 degrees, though rather than at 120 degrees to minimise distortion.

Unfortunately your subject isn't as strong in the shot as the background. She's a pretty girl but she looks as though she's not happy about posing for you. You also chopped her off at the wrists, one of the first lessons I learned here is that cropping at joints is not good.

As Qleak said "Give it a another try! Keep shooting! You'll get it

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{Edited to add} I forgot to say "Welcome to the forum!"