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[Hairy Gus]

June 1, 2011 at 3:43 pm

HI Philip
I try use the 50mm as often as possible can’t remember exactly why I did not use it that day.
I take it by “shutter to 50” you mean 1/50sec, apertures no problem but I am not sure what selective focusing is exactly. :oops: :roll:
Will defiantly try sheet over window, Is that the poor mans soft box :lol:
Thanks a million for all the support Guys

Regards Gus

[phillip]

June 1, 2011 at 3:54 pm

no worries
yep shutter to 50sec or higher ok,
Focal Length and Shutter Speed – another thing to consider when choosing shutter speed is the focal length of the lens you’re using. Longer focal lengths will accentuate the amount of camera shake you have and so you’ll need to choose a faster shutter speed (unless you have image stabilization in your lens or camera). The ‘rule’ of thumb to use with focal length in non image stabilized situations) is to choose a shutter speed with a denominator that is larger than the focal length of the lens. For example if you have a lens that is 50mm 1/60th is probably ok but if you have a 200mm lens you’ll probably want to shoot at around 1/250.

selective focus is your 9 point focus, select one off to the right or left, or you can use the center and focus on the eye and recompose the shot

yep poor mans soft box works wonders, natural light is the best

phillip

[GrahamB]

June 1, 2011 at 3:58 pm

I wouldnt go too sharp. Pictures of kids should never be harsh. I do agree on the contrast though. The original was a tad flat – Nice shot though

[tsergairl]

June 1, 2011 at 4:04 pm

phillip wrote:

chris photo edit, is over sharpened, but thats the case when you try to save a shot, better off doing it again, its a learning curve we all have to do, and thats why this form is all about to give advice and help out
phillip

and i did sharpness on very. very low resolution photo :-)

cheers

chris

[Hairy Gus]

June 1, 2011 at 7:59 pm

Honestly thanks to every one for your support, I really am feeling like I’am starting to learn some thing.
Philip cheers thats my lighting system sorted out.
Chris for what its worth i really liked what you did, and seen as it was such a soft image and a small file
I think credit were credits due, Cheers yet again.
Regards Gus