New forest - disapointing results

Pickers · 4 May 2006 at 08:34

Went to the new forest yesterday evening and thought I'd try out a few pictures.
Upon getting home I was a little disapointed. I'm using canon kit lens (USM II version), but the focus doesnt appear to be very good. I dont have a tripod yet so wonder if its camera shake.
Anyway here are a few images

Over exposed sky. I do have an underexposed shot to get the sky right, but I struggled to combine them

cute 'orses

This was a nice setting, but I couldnt do it justice at all (bad blurring).

Pickers · 4 May 2006 at 08:35

Now two HDR shots. Thanks cykey

(Not done with a tripod so dodgy - I guess I could try using the middle exposure RAW and create the over and underexposed...)

Mister_Pister · 4 May 2006 at 09:46

the horses are good, the HDR one just looks weirdy beardy though...
I wouldnt of thought camera shake would be that much of a problem seems like a fairly light day so I assume the shutter speed was relatively fast?

Pickers · 4 May 2006 at 12:05

1/13th sec for #3

the others were up in the 1/125 and 1/200s

I guess I'm just gonna have to keep practising with focus and dof

(Have to admit, the HDR are screen captures

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Colin_da_Killer · 4 May 2006 at 12:13

I like the first HDR shot, I'm afraid the rest don't really do anything for me

sorry.

teaboy5 · 4 May 2006 at 20:44

Whats the camera your using?

Pickers · 5 May 2006 at 07:14

canon 350D
Getting to grips with it, and seeing what works

teaboy5 · 5 May 2006 at 08:28

Have one my self. It will take a while to get used to tbh. Have a play about with the settings and you should be able to get clear shots and so on.

themask70 · 5 May 2006 at 20:55

I actualy really like the first one and the one of the horses

Pickers · 6 May 2006 at 07:23

oh thanks very much. I see you have a thing for horses?

All critique, pointers etc are welcomed with open arms.