St Peters Rome

• soleeman

  Member

  May 18, 2009 at 3:24 pm

  Hi there,

  Just got back from Rome last week. Here are a couple of shots looking over the river to st peters

  What do you think. They were both shot hand held.

  

  
  steelydan

  Participant

  May 18, 2009 at 4:20 pm

  Both shots look very soft to me, thats due to the fact they were handheld.

  They both have an iso of 1600 which is way too high for the first shot as the camera decided to take an average reading of all the area and gave you ISO 1600 f18 a/1250sec You might have been better off setting it on Aperture priority and choosing f8 and then let the camera decide.

  The second one is a little better as iso 1600 but still soft as it was handheld again. If you are stuck for a tripod just place the camera on a wall or bench and set the 10 sec timer and let it off

  Good attempts though
  5faythe

  Participant

  May 18, 2009 at 5:13 pm

  Hi Aaron,

  I hope you had a good time in Rome.

  John had some very good advice for you there.

  In #1 the sky is very bright.
  When averaged over the whole frame the camera settings have resulted
  in the buildings (which I presume are your main subject) being very
  dark in your posted image.

  You can try to sort this out in a number of ways.

  If you want to sort this out in camera you can use a graduated filter which
  can hold back the sky and give a more even exposure over the whole frame.
  This might be a little more difficult than normal here as the reflection of the sky
  is also much brighter than the buildings.

  You could take 2 images. One is metered for the sky and one for the buildings.
  These can be combined with imaging software.
  A tripod is vital for this.

  You could also use RAW. In this case one exposure might do.
  You could process once for the sky and once for the buildings and then combine them.
  This is dependant on their being detail available in all areas of the image.

  Sorry for being longwinded but it is possible to greatly improve images like this with one
  of the methods mentioned.

  Cheers,

  John.
  soleeman

  Member

  May 18, 2009 at 9:12 pm

  Thanks for the replies.

  I’m still trying to get the hang of the settings and what each ones does. will try to work on what has been suggested. – and looking for a tripod now too.

  Thanks again,

  Aaron
  flynny

  Participant

  June 1, 2009 at 3:48 pm

  Hi Aaron,
  There is some good advice on the above posts,
  If you don’t already have it, get a copy of “Understanding Exposure”, by Bryan Peterson.
  If you are struggling a little with your camera settings, this book will explain it all.
  Hope this helps,