jrasche2003
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I posted this earlier with some pics, and the post got moved to wildlife and nature. I posted because I was looking for help.
Here is my post. http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/nature-wildlife/312686-noob-core.html
So, I apparently really need to learn how to mess with my own settings rather than using the camera as a point and shoot. Case in point. I went for a walk on lunch today (brought my new obsession to work). There is a small nature preserve so I thought it would be fun to see what I could find. I love birds, and I thought it would be fun to takes some photos.
Now as the lunch progressed I realized that the only way I am going to get super close up of the birds is if I buy a 500mm, which I don't have the budget for. So that first off is a reality I have to face. Bums me out, but it is what it is.
But I get home tonight and I am honestly disappointed! Granted I realized that living in Minnesota in the winter was going to give me some very blah pictures since everything looks dead, but I didn't expect the pictures that I did take to turn out so bad. And I think I know why. My assumption is that the white of the sky caused the auto metering to adjust to it, thusly making my birds too dark? That sucks. Now I have to figure out how do I adjust for this, and meter correctly, and still be able to snap these critters that do not sit still.. will I even be able to do it?
Then the other disappointment is the lack of detail in a picture of a hawk I took.. am I to assume that this too was because of the metering, or am I expecting too much from my zoom?
I appreciate any help you want to offer, and I will take any and all advice. I love this too much to give up, and now that I have a digital camera I think I am willing to go through the motions more, because I am not throwing away film like crazy! (This is what I did when trying on the 35mm SLRS).
Thank You!! :mrgreen:
Here is my post. http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/nature-wildlife/312686-noob-core.html
So, I apparently really need to learn how to mess with my own settings rather than using the camera as a point and shoot. Case in point. I went for a walk on lunch today (brought my new obsession to work). There is a small nature preserve so I thought it would be fun to see what I could find. I love birds, and I thought it would be fun to takes some photos.
Now as the lunch progressed I realized that the only way I am going to get super close up of the birds is if I buy a 500mm, which I don't have the budget for. So that first off is a reality I have to face. Bums me out, but it is what it is.
But I get home tonight and I am honestly disappointed! Granted I realized that living in Minnesota in the winter was going to give me some very blah pictures since everything looks dead, but I didn't expect the pictures that I did take to turn out so bad. And I think I know why. My assumption is that the white of the sky caused the auto metering to adjust to it, thusly making my birds too dark? That sucks. Now I have to figure out how do I adjust for this, and meter correctly, and still be able to snap these critters that do not sit still.. will I even be able to do it?
Then the other disappointment is the lack of detail in a picture of a hawk I took.. am I to assume that this too was because of the metering, or am I expecting too much from my zoom?
I appreciate any help you want to offer, and I will take any and all advice. I love this too much to give up, and now that I have a digital camera I think I am willing to go through the motions more, because I am not throwing away film like crazy! (This is what I did when trying on the 35mm SLRS).
Thank You!! :mrgreen:
