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Rudolphs Brother!
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Technically a wild deer, but well used to people living as they
do in Pheonix Park, Dublin.
Shutterbug.
Hi Shutterbug.
Nice composition and I quite like the sunlight coming in from the side even if the whites
are a tad overexposed. Very nice dof too. The only thing that lets this image down a little
is that it’s a bit soft and could do with being more in focus. Good capture though, and I
really like it.Rob.
I guess it’s backfocused, the grass behind it is sharp. It would be a nice portrait… now I know what to shoot next weekend. I mean what to photograph :)
Thanks for the comments, I am really having trouble with the
focusing cant seem to get it sharp, used 300mm Sigma lens,
1/200 f/5.6 camera is Sony Alpha 100 any help would be much
appreciated.Shutterbug
Hi Shutterbug,
Did you shoot at 300mm? I have the sigma apo 70-300 and I find it does get a little bit soft towards the 300mm end, so I leave it as close to 200mm when at all possible… I think it also performs better at slighlty higher f stops around maybe f8-f11. Maybe I’m just not able to use the lens though and I’m talkin through my arse! :)
Cheers,
BeefThanks Beef! Yes it was at full stretch but I will try the higher f stops and see if
it helps. I am throwing myself in at the deep end with the new camera and should
probably stick to auto until I get more of a feel of the camera and wean myself onto
manual :) :)Shutterbug
No probs, sher I’m only a beginner myself but that’s an observation I’ve made since I got the lens… Lovely shot btw, I hope I get something like it in the morning when I head out to the mountain stream to find some wild deer! I hope they’re thirsty after new years eve… :)
Cheers,
BeefThere are focusing issues on some copies of the Sigma 70-300, and in general it’s recommended to try the Sigma lenses before you would take it home. You should make a test and find out if this problem is persistent (that your lens backfocuses) and if so, you can try to avail your warranty and ask for a calibration or exchange. You can either change to manual and problem is solved.
Its a classic portrait shot even though its soft.Try shooting at f8 or 9 at 300,bump the iso to 400 to give ya a faster shutter
speed….also gets rid of the shivering effect :Dnoely fair plate to you….you just answered a question I was about to ask . i am having the same “soft” problems with my sigma Iwill also try to bump up the iso and up the f stops a tad I was always trying to shoot with the lens wide open to try and get a quicker shutter but that still didnt sharpen it for me…
snaphappy wrote:
noely fair plate to you….you just answered a question I was about to ask . i am having the same “soft” problems with my sigma Iwill also try to bump up the iso and up the f stops a tad I was always trying to shoot with the lens wide open to try and get a quicker shutter but that still didnt sharpen it for me…
I’d be inclined to disagree. If you have softness due to having too shallow a DOF then stopping down will help. But if you have softness because it just isn’t focussing and the lens/shot is just soft and camera technique is poor, then stopping down will cause more problems as you’ll obviously have to use longer shutter speeds. I know Noely has suggested upping the ISO to counteract this, but it all seems a little backwards to me? I’d be inclined to shoot relatively wide open – remember that on a telephoto, even at very narrow aperture the depth of field will still be shallow (check out my “Gut Feeling” thread in the General Q&A section). Make sure you focus on the eyes, make sure your camera is in continuous focus mode and ideally focus priority mode and use a tripod/monopod/bean bag if you can.
Thanks Ciaran, I was so exicited at being so close to them that
I didnt have time to set up the tripod, hence hand held very shakily
doesnt work does it? It is all a learning curve, but I am enjoying it
which is the main thing.Shutterbug
shutterbug wrote:
It is all a learning curve, but I am enjoying it which is the main thing.
Shutterbug
Absolutely.
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