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help needed :shooting manual with the canon 10d
hmmm - I have had another thgought but first - please don't let my posting
get under your skin. Perhaps I was a little short with you ... Have you considered tagging along with a professional photographer? Maybe a couple of days in a photolab as opposed to trailing arond with a freelancer One of the posters here has a pro, semi-pro, serious-am, am magazine on the go. Maybe that could help too? Whatever option you choose I am sure it will not be an overnight transition from novice to pro Even the thoroughness of PS CS PSP PSE have learming curves varying from months to years Good luck whatever you decide to do kind regards das B "Nickyvonbuskergr" wrote in message ... im trying to improve my photography by using manual mode . looking for some insight and advice from you guys with experience , i had a frustrating day last sunday trying to get action shots @ a horse show i must say it is a hard thing to get the riders face in focus with them 10 gallon hats with shade under them to begin with . it was definetly the most contrasty day of the year & very bright out & alot of dust clouds the horses were kicking up . i was trying tv mode, av mode & manual with flash , without flash, (i have a sigma super 550 only syncs to 200 shutter speed ,anyone using the speedlight ex 550 at very fast shutter speeds ,fp mode ? ) , al servo , continous shooting mode, is on, mode 2 for moving objects, center point focus ,auto white balance to sun , tryed other settings for wb (local news wag recamended manual focus ,hmm try that sunday) tryed every possible shutter speed /aperture , bumbed up the iso to 200 (i thought iso being bumbed up was for low light situations , was told for really fast shutter speeds i should bumb it up ?, how come my pictures don't look like other great sports shots ive seen, lol)end of day when cloud was over and got some good action shots then , still the faces not really sharp . i was reading my manual today to get a better understanding , and tryed some things in there that i wasn't paying attention to while shooting sunday . the 1st was to exposuer compensation in tv or av mode , adjust the shutter speed, slower or faster, aperture more open or closed , i was experamenting in the manual mode down near the river with my 70-200 2.8l is and also tryed it with the 1.4 II extender , ive been told i need to have at least 750 shutter speed to freeze the action unlike the av,tv mode when i tryed to get the exposure balance meter to the middle i couldn't get anywhere near there with a 350 shutter speed no matter what aperture i went to , when i bumbed up the iso i was able to but the pictures weren't excatly crisp and sharp like i want . ive heard the terms under expose and overexpose a stop 2 stops etc would this mean by not haveing the exposure balance meter in the middle but 1 or 2 nothches =/- ?. if so when does one go about doing this , more light faster shutter speed , less light slower speed am i on the right track ? i also started looking at the histogram and comparing readings , between manual and auto settings , i shot the same pic in auto then manual and the manual was alot nicer and used a faster shutter speed , compared to the auto ss and aperture .is that the best way to go about determing the right exposure in manual ? im going to another horse show again sunday to give it another try . im also thinking of just getting a good position and use my 24-70 2.8l instead of haveing to zoom all the way out with the 70-200 ?. am i headed in the right direction here ? thanks. nicky |
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help needed :shooting manual with the canon 10d
"RichPeopleSuck" wrote in message ... On 26 Jun 2004 01:41:00 GMT, (Nickyvonbuskergr) wrote: have you more money than sense? das B depending on your definition , do you have any photography sense to help me with my post ?. nicky I think what he means is When I see posts like yours my heart sinks inside. Knowing that someone who doesn't even have the most basic and rudimentary skills needed to be a photographer, yet can afford top-of-the-line equipment. I saved up for five years to finally get a decent digital camera and it's nowhere near as nice as the one you have in your hands--the very camera that would allow me to delve into those night-time and available-light shots that I pride myself on. You have shown yourself to be a sniveling, jealous, petty, small person. Be gone. PLONK. |
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