Bird BJ

[gail]

I no this is nothing special. I'm still learning but wanted your comments on this. Please go easy on me. I'm trying, It's so hard. And what setting would I put my camera on when something moving.

Like my Bird and just about anything I take shots of that are moving like animals, come out blurred are like double of him, he was moving and all the shots I did were like blurred. I got a few to where he was really still that came out OK. But the rest of them were really bad.
http://members.aol.com/gail4ev/bj.jpg

[gail]

http://members.aol.com/gail4ev/bj-.jpg

[karusel]

There is not enough light... open the aperture, choose a brighter room, use flash, knock ISO up a notch, etc. then you'll get better results.

[gail]

I was trying to use natural light. Someone reply to me that I need to use natural light and not flash.
So you think there was not enough light? I will try that thanks.

[cloudless]

Yeah I was the one who told you to use natural light. But from these two pictures they seem to be taken indoor. If you don't get enough light, the shutter will go slow and it is very easy to get blurred pictures. Try taking the pictures outdoor under sunlight, or put your pet next to the window during day time.

[gail]

Cloudless, Thank you so very much for your help. This is all so new to me. But I'm getting there by everyones help here. I have really learned a lot here thanks to you all. :)

[gail]

Is this a little better?
I took a lamp I had and shined it at him my house is really dark. It's hard to get pictures inside. So I took your advice, and found me a lamp. It was kind of hard though trying to hold the lamp and take the picture LOL. I need a external flash Bad! Santa needs to bring me one for Xmas.

http://members.aol.com/gail4ev/mybird.jpg

[acurtis]

Gail

Not really constuctive criticism but I've been following your lessons here (that's how I learn too) and that last picture looks good to me. Well done.

Andy

[eland]

Gail
The last pic is much better than the others.
Blur is caused by too slow a shutter speed and the object moving
while the shutter is open.

A lamp or any artificial tungsten light will make your pics come out orange. This can be corrected on some cameras by changing the White Balance setting.
Or simply take the pet nearer to a window, even closed, and use the diffused daylight.

What camera are you using ? Can you change the white balance settings on it ?
Can you set shutter speed ? Try to get shutter speed up to around 1/125 th second to prevent blur.
If your camera allows Shutter priority settings use that and set the speed yourself. Even 1/60th sec might be OK.

On-Camera Flash is not flattering as a rule but it is fast and will prevent blur. Do some experiments even with the pop-up flash on the camera.

Regards
eland

[gail]

eland wrote:
Gail
The last pic is much better than the others.
Blur is caused by too slow a shutter speed and the object moving
while the shutter is open.

A lamp or any artificial tungsten light will make your pics come out orange. This can be corrected on some cameras by changing the White Balance setting.
Or simply take the pet nearer to a window, even closed, and use the diffused daylight.

What camera are you using ? Can you change the white balance settings on it ?
Can you set shutter speed ? Try to get shutter speed up to around 1/125 th second to prevent blur.
If your camera allows Shutter priority settings use that and set the speed yourself. Even 1/60th sec might be OK.

On-Camera Flash is not flattering as a rule but it is fast and will prevent blur. Do some experiments even with the pop-up flash on the camera.

Regards
eland

Hi and thanks for your help. I'm trying to learn all this. sometimes I forget what Ive learned and have to go back and ask questions sorry.
I have the canon G3. and how do I set the white balance on it? and if I'm taking pictures of my bird and he moves a lot what would be a good setting
for that? When I take shots of something moving it will blur. So what am I doing wrong? sorry so many? LOL