My 50mm and little girl!!

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just got my grubby mits on a canon 50mm F1.8 yesterday, got in from work and shot a few frames.

Just thought I'd post a few. As usual don't be afraid of hash criticism as it be the only way I'll take better pics in the future.

1, - DOF is a little shallow, should have up'd the F stop slightly
JamieBW.jpg


2,- A bit noisy that one. but I like it.
JamieBottle.jpg


3, - Seems soft to me, but it was rushed and without any IS on the lens I need to hold the camera firmer??
JamieKneeing.jpg


4, - I don't know why, but I like it. I know the door frame in the background isn't anywhere near straight but still... :)
JamieEye.jpg



Let me know what you think.
:)
 
yeah, the light in my front room really isn't great. To be able to get a sharper shot I up'd the ISO for a faster shutter speed.

Shame.
 
blastman said:
4, - I don't know why, but I like it. I know the door frame in the background isn't anywhere near straight but still... :)
JamieEye.jpg
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Crop it and maybe turn it to B&W and I reckon you'd have a winner :)

A quick example:
JamieEye_bw.jpg


I bought a nifty fifty recently too, am having great fun chasing the dog round the garden trying to get some shots!
 
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Sorry but it's not the DOF as all of them are out of focus to me - looking at the EXIF on (1) you had 1/40 sec which is not fast enough to freeze the subject and get a sharp image.

The general rule for stable image quality is: use a shutter speed faster than the focal length of the lens. For example a 50mm lens would need 1/50 sec shutter speed on a full frame dSLR. Now as you have an APS sized sensor at half the size of full frame you need to multiply by 1.6. So if you use a 50mm lens, the actual focal length of the lens when used with your dSLR is 1.6 x 50mm = 80mm. So again a 1/80 sec minimum with steady hands.

Better light will help you keep the ISO lower = less noise, but make sure to keep that shutter speed up.... I hope that helped & look forward to the next shots.
 
Oxygen said:
Sorry but it's not the DOF as all of them are out of focus to me - looking at the EXIF on (1) you had 1/40 sec which is not fast enough to freeze the subject and get a sharp image.

The general rule for stable image quality is: use a shutter speed faster than the focal length of the lens. For example a 50mm lens would need 1/50 sec shutter speed on a full frame dSLR. Now as you have an APS sized sensor at half the size of full frame you need to multiply by 1.6. So if you use a 50mm lens, the actual focal length of the lens when used with your dSLR is 1.6 x 50mm = 80mm. So again a 1/80 sec minimum with steady hands.

Better light will help you keep the ISO lower = less noise, but make sure to keep that shutter speed up.... I hope that helped & look forward to the next shots.
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Wow, thanks. thats some really great advice, I'll bear that in mind.


I'll have another go tomorrow and post back.

cheers again! :)
 
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