Part of a suspension bridge...

BadRotation · Apr 4, 2005

What do you guys think. Im beginning to learn how to use my 20D on full manual mode.

Shot in B/W with sepia toning.

Prolly not up to par with most of the photos on here, but I like it alot.

It was one of the cables for a pedestrian suspension bridge out in the middle of the woods. The cable was nearly 2" in diameter.

nikon90s · Apr 4, 2005

I like it...
very sharp and I like the B/W look to it

Nice work

BadRotation · Apr 4, 2005

thanks for the compliment.

Hopefully more people will post.

Like I said, I am just learning how to use full manual mode..

chroix · Apr 5, 2005

looks good. a little over exposed.. but good

BadRotation · Apr 5, 2005

chroix said:
looks good. a little over exposed.. but good

I agree with the overexposed part. The meter on the camera showed it was acually underexposed by a bit, but it came out overexposed.

Im still trying to get a feel for the correct exposure without totally depending on the meter.

JohnMF · Apr 5, 2005

Nice photo. Did you use any of the filters with this shot?

i got a 20D almost a month ago, Im still having fun messing about with the manual mode. I havent really used it on full auto at all, would just make it a very exspensive point and shoot

BadRotation · Apr 5, 2005

JohnMF said:
Nice photo. Did you use any of the filters with this shot?

i got a 20D almost a month ago, Im still having fun messing about with the manual mode. I havent really used it on full auto at all, would just make it a very exspensive point and shoot

Nope, no filters, and so far I only have the kit lens.

chrisu002 · Apr 8, 2005

OT not the best Critiques over there huh. just a bunch of equipment whores

thebeginning · Apr 8, 2005

very crisp shot!

you'll find that over/under exposure can actually compliment certain photos. I think in this case the overexposure makes it look better. If it were underexposed it wouldnt look nearly as good IMO.

omalley · Apr 8, 2005

I recommend that you get a gray card and use that. It will solve your exposure problem. You probably know all/some of this, but the camera meter reads everything for middle gray, so if it's not middle gray, it's not going to be exposed correctly. Good depth of field choice. I feel like the sepia look is a little too predictable, but that's just my opinion. The size of the print lends itself well to the subject matter.