There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept – Ansel Adams
since my last post, it has been a flurry of day to day action. I recently received a new DSLR camera, a Canon Rebel T3i we bought at Costco and I have been struggling to use it and learn all it's features. many of these I cannot control on my Canon Powershot, while I can still take great photos with this camera, I wanted something that would allow more flexibility in my photography.
for instance, I could change my lenses, control the shutter speed with a greater range and adjust my exposure for more drama. this also means that I had a steep learning curve to advance my skills.
I started with some basics, the birds next door.
I took close to 100 shots to get a couple that remotely resembled the look I was going for. these were taken with the telephoto lens that came in the kit on full automatic focus.
the next day I went to one of the parks in the city to take some more photos of random subjects to see what I could do in the field. the birds in the shot above are always next door. there's nothing really random there, they are always expected.
now these aren't terrible, but I learned a lot about using a flash, and depth of field. not unlike the next batch of photos that I took on the following weekend.
The second picture in the middle, I think was a great photo that would have turned out phenomenal, if the deer was in focus. I think the framing is so quintessentially Bambi, it's not even funny. The last one too, good framing, but when the subject is blurry, because the depth of field is shallow, I'm at a loss of what to do!
for instance, I could change my lenses, control the shutter speed with a greater range and adjust my exposure for more drama. this also means that I had a steep learning curve to advance my skills.
I started with some basics, the birds next door.
I took close to 100 shots to get a couple that remotely resembled the look I was going for. these were taken with the telephoto lens that came in the kit on full automatic focus.
the next day I went to one of the parks in the city to take some more photos of random subjects to see what I could do in the field. the birds in the shot above are always next door. there's nothing really random there, they are always expected.
now these aren't terrible, but I learned a lot about using a flash, and depth of field. not unlike the next batch of photos that I took on the following weekend.
The second picture in the middle, I think was a great photo that would have turned out phenomenal, if the deer was in focus. I think the framing is so quintessentially Bambi, it's not even funny. The last one too, good framing, but when the subject is blurry, because the depth of field is shallow, I'm at a loss of what to do!
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