Woo Hoo!!! First Piccy.....

[Marydoright]

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[TMR Design]

Just shoot, read the manuals and ask lots of questions. I'm sure you'll be fine.

Loving it is what you should be doing :D

[SYS]

Looks a bit out of focus. Try using a higher ISO, and I think you'll like your lens even more.

[Marydoright]

hahahaha DANG I should have bought the 30D....I used an ISO of 1600, thats the highest this baby goes! hahahahahhaaaa

I will try using it in light tomorrow! hahahahaaa

[Photolistic]

Looks a bit out of focus. Try using a higher ISO, and I think you'll like your lens even more.

It looks like he is using ISO 1600 already. I think thats the highest for his camera. Picture does look OOF though.

[Texsrt4]

Looks a bit out of focus. Try using a higher ISO, and I think you'll like your lens even more.


he's at 1600 already. the xti doesnt go higher. he needs a tripod and a bit less shutter speed

[Dan-o]

As long as you are having fun that is all that matters! Here is a quick tweek in CS2 ( Hope you don't mind )

http://stantoneagles.com/me/b1.jpg

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Practice WILL make perfect !!

[Broncobear]

congrats

[Marydoright]

oooooooooo Dan-O....thank you! Dont mind AT ALL! Looks so much better!!!!! how did you do that? hahahahahahaaa! I have to learn how to use my new CS2! Thank You!

My Goal Today: READ my books and take pics and practice!

Thanks Guys!!!!!

[rklepper]

One thing you should do is to get a grey card to correct white balance.

[kcp1377]

He's a cutie! I'm glad you love your 1.4! I'm really loving my 1.8 too. So far I haven't had too much of a problem with AF in low light, which I'm happy about. But the 50mm does take some getting used to after working with zoom. Try getting a little closer too. My favorite shots are always of the kids very close up. That way there's less of a background to distract. Unless there's something cool in the background of course! :)

And I've found that shooting RAW and using the Canon photo software to tweak the RAW images really helps. It lets you play with white balance even after the pic has been taken without hurting the photo. I only shoot RAW now - but make sure you have a big CF card to do that! :)

[Marydoright]

ooooooo what does the grey card do?????

ooooooooooooo Kim! thanks girl! I have NOT tried RAW at all yet! LOL Im skeered! hahahaha! Im reading about it tho....and Im going to give it a try! I think learning RAW will help me a ton! I have read a lot on this board, and from what I hear, if I try to stick to really learning this 50mm length, and learning how to frame better (like you said and taking out some background) then I will become a better photographer. So Im going to give it a try!

[Dan-o]

Ahhh mary you have sooooo much reading to do :) It gets easier the more you read and take lots of pictures.