what did i do wrong?

[anything you synth]

 

[TheSon]

U have to click on the picture icon (the yellow button with mts) and then paste your picture link into it.

And you're link is non-functional anyway.

 

[TJ K]

You didn't post a pic.

 

[anything you synth]

fixed*

so what could i have done better? i had a REALLY hard time keeping the sky from blowing out

 

[goodoneian]

was that taken with on camera or off camera flash?

 

[nickisonfire]

you need a better angle, lower and to the right of him. the background is to clutter also. not much you can do about that i know but if it was just a sky i feel it would look better

 

[TheSon]

Those ropes are really distracting also.

What do you mean by "blowing out". The sky looks pretty tame to me...

 

[anything you synth]

yes, off camera flash. 430 EX II, although it was on my camera because i dont have a cable or wireless triggers.

and about the cluttered background, there was no option. to the other side was worse (nasty bushes and volleyball net)

 

[TJ K]

Those ropes are really distracting also.

What do you mean by "blowing out". The sky looks pretty tame to me...

He means over exposing as in having a completely white sky with no detail at all.

 

[goodoneian]

i would try underexposing the background a little bit more, and maybe zoom the head on the flash in some so it doesn't illuminate as much of the foreground

 

[TheSon]

He means over exposing as in having a completely white sky with no detail at all.

Right... I understand that... but the sky looks fine. It looks like a normal light blue sky at dusk. Maybe I'm just missing something?

 

[anything you synth]

Right... I understand that... but the sky looks fine. It looks like a normal light blue sky at dusk. Maybe I'm just missing something?

you're right, its fine in the picture. i was just saying it was hard to get it that way. majority of the pictures i took had blown out skies

 

[EhJsNe]

Looks to me like the flash you used was a wee bit to bright, or went off before the shutter opened at just the right time (well more of the wrong time....) and reflected off the bike and rope.

I like this picture for some reason. The backround could be different, but you really cant change that....

I get the same problem with my moms camera (4 year old [brick of a] kodak point and shoot. Fun fun.)

 

[anything you synth]

yeah i think i shot it way too bright.

also, any advice for using a 50mm prime lens for shots like this?
i was REALLY hard because i had to stand really far away, and prevented me from getting a low angle, so i ended up just using my kit lens for this shot =/

 

[chrisburke]

the biggest problem i see is that you obviously focused before the biker was in place... the background is very focused, but the subject is not.. to combat that, you need a nice fast lens, so you can hit the focus quickly before the subject disappears..

you need a lower angle too.. (as mentioned already) and your flash is to bright...

sample

to get closer, you need a nice wideangle lens... fisheye is obviously the best... expensive though.... but if you cant afford one, a good substitute is something like this obviously not as good as a fisheye, but it works until your able to save for a real fish eye... I use one (the adapter) for all my skate shots (still no cash for a fish eye) but it does a decent job.. photos are a little bit soft, but not bad for the cost of the thing.