Newbie after advise..(some poor pics inside)

TheCrow

TheCrow

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Im after some c&c on how to improve, all areas.

Iv just started getting into photography, got a canon A710is, which while not the best i thought would be a good start for me as it has full auto to full manual options.

The lighting at the time of the pics really looked great to me, bright sun breaking through onto a misty background, but as you can see Iv not been able to capture this, which was a shame as it looked very nice.

How do you go about shooting shots with a wide light range?

I was trying to do it all myself on manual - maby too soon for that though :(

p.s. how do you safe all the pic info when you save them? or is that just imageshack lossing the data? or maby the way you take them off the camera?
EDIT: seems to be there when you click on them for the full pic.

So any help would be much appreciated :)
 
Cheers, im giving it a go. just relised that i left the white balance set to strip lights :(. lest i found out why they are all heavy blue overtone.
 
There is no ISO information in the Exif do you know what the ISO setting was on the camera at the time?

Anyway I'm no expert but I'll tell you what I know.

Your on the right track but pointing the camera at direct sunlight is never good unless you want a silhouette / lens flare. If you had turned around a bit you might have found that soft light sparkling over the sea wall would have made a good shot. The best shots are usually lit from an angle with light and shadow complimenting eachother. If you had waited until the sun was lower you might have had more luck pointing the camera towards the sun.

Not sure about you arty angle shot, not really used for landscapes, try that on some closeups.

Try finding what you want to take a picture of and then take about 3 - 4 identical shots of it but changing you camera settings each time. Then when you get home you can compare the results and understand what changing the settings was doing. Trial and error....

Have fun
 
ISO 80.

Hopefully over the next few days (weather permiting) i should start up a collection on photos. Ill give that a go on some closer up objects as you said.

Cheers
 
Well, like as has been said, the levels benefit from a bit of cropping, and make sure the camera is level with the subject, in the first shot the pier looks slightly scewed. Apart from that, I really like the first one.
 
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