Pls Analyze

[Azzure_7]

Yah! just like what the tittle says, Please let me know how do I improve it.
Please don't tell me about the issue where the pic is taken place at. I know it's not a very nice scenery. I just want to know more about the focuss.. It's just that I can't get it foccused.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p68/penyuijo/IMG_0462.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p68/penyuijo/IMG_0191.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p68/penyuijo/IMG_0384_2.jpg

[SonicZoom]

You can't avoid the subject of location.

Location is THE most important part of the photo. Think about it, you see S2000s, 350Zs, Evos everyday. You wouldn't react too well to a picture of a 350Z in a parking spot... but take that same car and put it in a dedicated location, then it's instantly a much much better picture. Picture quality looks fine.

[lostdoggy]

Pleaz don't take this the wrong way. Your photos are flat. The images have not pop. Composition seems like you just walked around the car and shot it. Don't let the surrounding control use the the surrounding to work for you. Anybody with enough money and manpower can create a scene but it takes vision to bring nothing to something.

[Azzure_7]

So, I should use higher ISO, for me to be able to get a faster spd.
Am I right?

[Dan-o]

Yes higher iso.

[Azzure_7]

Ok. I have a question
I'm using a G7 and when the LCD turns on, there is a bar on the right below that lies vertically, The bar below the picture of a hand. What's that bar's name? As far as I know, I should adjust it in a way so that it stays in the middle right?(to get a good pic?)

[lostdoggy]

Now are guys pulling Pen's leg here, 1/100 sec is too slow at 7.4mm w/ IS on? I don't think the problem is camera motion, maybe too shallow DOF.

[PhotosGuy]

I'm using a G7 and when the LCD turns on, there is... Most of us here aren't using that cam. You should either look in your instruction book, or take the question to Canon G-series digital cameras (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=17) if you want an answer? So, I should use higher ISO, for me to be able to get a faster spd. Am I right? Yes. But as is said just above, that shutter speed should be fine with that lens @ 7.4mm.
Your 2nd shot looks to be focused on the reflection in the body, instead of the text?
Now are guys pulling Pen's leg here, 1/100 sec is too slow at 7.4mm w/ IS on? I don't think the problem is camera motion, maybe too shallow DOF. I agree. "and be careful, shooting at that slow of a shutter speed you're risking a blurry photo" is way off base, so I'm deleting the post.

[rpolitsr]

The image IMG_0462.jpg (http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p68/penyuijo/IMG_0462.jpg) of the first link does not look neither out of focus nor blurred to me. It is a bit ‘soft’ perhaps due to the large aperture ( f 2.8 ) or as a result of resizing without sharpening, which is normal.

You are shooting in manual mode. That gives to you total control over the camera’s settings but, on the other hand, the camera does nothing to help you, not even automatic light metering.

I would suggest shooting the same images both in AUTO or P and in MANUAL mode to compare the EXIF data later on your computer.

1/100 sec. f 2.8 and ISO 200 are settings for relatively low available light and I see a bright sky in your picture. Just in case check the ND filter setting in the Menu to be sure it is set to OFF. (pg. 71 of the Advanced Camera User Guide)

[Azzure_7]

Most of us here aren't using that cam. You should either look in your instruction book, or take the question to Canon G-series digital cameras (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=17) if you want an answer? Yes. But as is said just above, that shutter speed should be fine with that lens @ 7.4mm.
Your 2nd shot looks to be focused on the reflection in the body, instead of the text?
I agree. "and be careful, shooting at that slow of a shutter speed you're risking a blurry photo" is way off base, so I'm deleting the post.


IS is on on continuos mode.
So in conclusion, I should use higher ISO, higher aperture and faster shutter spd?
And lastly, what do you mean by "are you guys pulling pen's leg here?"(Quoted)? (I came from India. Just to let you guys know)

[PhotosGuy]

IS is on on continuos mode.
So in conclusion, I should use higher ISO, higher aperture and faster shutter spd? @ 7.4mm + IS I might use 1/25 f/8 ISO 400 as an alternative to what you used. Or maybe 1/25 f/5.6 ISO 200. Or maybe a tripod & 1/8 f/11 ISO 100. Or maybe...
Depends on the result you're going for?

[Azzure_7]

Hmm. then I should spend some penny on tripod.. ..
Thnks

[PhotosGuy]

Someday, yes, but I don't think you needed one for those shots. It looks like you had plenty of light there.

[gkuenning]

And lastly, what do you mean by "are you guys pulling pen's leg here?"(Quoted)? (I came from India. Just to let you guys know)

"To pull someone's leg" is an idiom meaning to gently mislead them, in a teasing manner. It would be pulling my wife's leg if I came home and told her I got a big promotion at work--but only if I told her the truth a few minutes later.

As to your focus problems, the other thing to consider is that the camera can only focus on high-contrast areas. If you're pointed directly at a body panel on the car, it might not find something to focus on. In that case, my G3 warns me: it flashes a LED by the viewfinder, and the box in the center of the LCD turns yellow instead of green.