Tried these but only one good...

mumof2

Used black card behind daffs to bring them out of the boring withered briars....The chains look lovley, colours right I think.

Daffs disappointing - I know wind was blowing lightly, but still, I expected better.

Chains not edited - original and looks quite good, Daffs had to be edited as briar came into top of image, and sharpened it slightly but no better really.

Ideas?

Am going to try more outdoor pics tomoro to see if I can get it right.

smelltheglove

I think the daffodil shot is a littleover exposed. The extra sutter speed for a better exposure also would have removed the slight motion blur leaving you with more sharpness.

I'm not sure what you were trying to achieve with the first so I cannot comment on it. Maybe you had something in your head you were aiming for?

mumof2

smelltheglove wrote: »

I think the daffodil shot is a littleover exposed. The extra sutter speed for a better exposure also would have removed the slight motion blur leaving you with more sharpness.

I'm not sure what you were trying to achieve with the first so I cannot comment on it. Maybe you had something in your head you were aiming for?

Sharpness and colour were a main concern.......but it shows up good in the chains, really happy with it (boring I know, but vibrant at least). Most of my pics wer lacking in lush green pastures, just dull boring fields.....

Thecageyone

If it's just vibrancy you're after in the chains, the colours do look well, but the overall image looks underexposed. It just lacks a little 'oomph' - a boost of light of some kind.

the daff's are definitely over exposed. That wouldn't be got to do with them moving, more the light that was hitting them at the time.

hbr

mumof2 wrote: »

Daffs disappointing - I know wind was blowing lightly, but still, I expected better.

1/25s is a very slow shutter speed for a daffodil on a windy day. Use a faster shutter
speed, even if it means increasing the ISO. I notice the shot was taken at 18:07.
Try a little earlier when there is a bit more light.

Am going to try more outdoor pics tomoro to see if I can get it right.

Keep at it. Outdoor flower shots can be tricky. The slightest breeze looks
like a hurricane when you look through the viewfinder.

From the public park today:

FoxT

mumof2, I agree - I think the rings are OK, the daffs are

- a little overexposed
- and if you could move the black card a bit further away, that would help ( ie it will make the black background darker) - probably need to go to ISO 200 to do this.
- and your shutter speed is borderline, (ie too slow)
- and, while the daff on the left is reasonably sharp, the others are blurred, but whether that is due to the slow shutter speed or AF I dont know.

- Shooting at f/4.5, your DOF will be quite shallow so I doubt you will be able to get them all in focus.

- This photo I think was ISO 200, f/4.5, 20mm(?) 1/25th

I would try the following:

STEP 1

- focus on 1 particular point ( ie just enable 1 AF point on the camera)
- move the black card a few cm further back
- bring the shutter speed up to about 1/50 to 1/80 (reduce exposure, darken background, reduce shake)

STEP 2
- Up the ISO to 400, and reduce the aperture by a stop ( ie go to about f/5.6) use the same setup & shutter speed

STEP 3
- cut the aperture by another stop (now at f/8), up the ISO to 800 to compensate.


I am guessing that step 2 above may well give the best result, but it is always worth experimenting!

-FoxT

mumof2

FoxT,

thank you, that is a brilliant help. I was wondering today if metering has anything to do with my shots being out of focus at times?

City-Exile

hbr wrote: »

I notice the shot was taken at 18:07.
Try a little earlier when there is a bit more light.

Yeah, I agree!
You've got to get the light right & early morning is often good.
If it's too bright, the daffodils are difficult to expose properly.

mumof2

City-Exile wrote: »

Yeah, I agree!
You've got to get the light right & early morning is often good.
If it's too bright, the daffodils are difficult to expose properly.

I cant wait to be able to do that!!!! Beautiful. But any processing involved?

FoxT

mumof2 wrote: »

FoxT,

thank you, that is a brilliant help. I was wondering today if metering has anything to do with my shots being out of focus at times?

Your are welcome. To answer your Q., No. Metering measures the brightness of the subject & figures out the aperture & shutter speed to use.

Autofocus operates independently of metering. (even though they both start at the same time when you 'half press' the shutter button).

City-Exile

mumof2 wrote: »

I cant wait to be able to do that!!!! Beautiful. But any processing involved?

Just contrast/saturation. Nothing fancy.