My puppy. First shoot with my new 50mm.

[LaFemmeNIKITA]

I'm reading " Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson (BTW Thank You Jdizzle for great recommendation), and decided to use some of his advices. Here what I got with my new 50mm 1.8 with fallowing settings: M mode, 1/20, f/2.8, ISO 1600, WB Tungsten.
Can anyone tell me how to get similar results in such a bad light without such a high ISO ?
C & C welcomed.

[cdifoto]

Open up to f/2 and you can kick the ISO back down some. Although you should be at f/2, ISO1600 and 1/40th if you can get it. I think f/2 to f/2.8 is a full stop. Something like that. :oops:

When it's dark, you just have to use high ISO. Nailing the exposure like you did keeps noise to a minimum anyway, and it doesn't look to bad here.

[LaFemmeNIKITA]

Open up to f/2 and you can kick the ISO back down some. Although you should be at f/2, ISO1600 and 1/40th if you can get it. I think f/2 to f/2.8 is a full stop. Something like that. :oops:

When it's dark, you just have to use high ISO. Nailing the exposure like you did keeps noise to a minimum anyway, and it doesn't look to bad here.
You're right! If i put my ISO 800 and open up to f/2 and put 1/20 I'll get same exposure. Thanks.
So here is another question: how long does it take to memorize all this things, and to become super fast at changing all the exposures, so I'll not miss the shot??? LOL:lol:

[DiscoLizard]

All you can do is open up the aperture and slow the shutter speed. Really, high ISO is the way to go for an image like this - slowing the shutter speed will create more blur, wider aperture will reduce DoF.

Oh, you should probably think about shooting in RAW, that will allow you to adjust the white balance of your photos later - this photo looks very yellow to me, but a quick use of the white balance eyedropper and you'd have a much nicer result :)

[cdifoto]

So here is another question: how long does it take to memorize all this things, and to become super fast at changing all the exposures, so I'll not miss the shot??? LOL:lol:

I'll let you know when I get there myself. :lol:

[LaFemmeNIKITA]

All you can do is open up the aperture and slow the shutter speed. Really, high ISO is the way to go for an image like this - slowing the shutter speed will create more blur, wider aperture will reduce DoF.

Oh, you should probably think about shooting in RAW, that will allow you to adjust the white balance of your photos later - this photo looks very yellow to me, but a quick use of the white balance eyedropper and you'd have a much nicer result :)
I'm terrified of RAW !!! It just seems like so much post-prosessing needs to be done. But maybe I'll give it a try, and we'll se how it goes. Thanks.
Here I did some auto adjustments to it. Does it look any better?

[DiscoLizard]

I'm terrified of RAW !!! It just seems like so much post-prosessing needs to be done. But maybe I'll give it a try, and we'll se how it goes. Thanks.

There's nothing to be afraid of, it's really very easy :)

DPP (which comes with your camera) can do it, or you could use Photoshop CS2, or similar programs. Don't be afraid, digital SLR's are made to allow you to do this processing, so you can experiment with your images as much as you like. And you can always just allow the program to convert straight to jpg with the same settings that your camera would have applied to the RAW file.

[LaFemmeNIKITA]

There's nothing to be afraid of, it's really very easy :)

DPP (which comes with your camera) can do it, or you could use Photoshop CS2, or similar programs. Don't be afraid, digital SLR's are made to allow you to do this processing, so you can experiment with your images as much as you like. And you can always just allow the program to convert straight to jpg with the same settings that your camera would have applied to the RAW file.
What a heck....I'm switching it right now LOL . So will I switch it to RAW or RAW + L ??

[DiscoLizard]

Go for RAW + L if you've got the space - there's several advantages;

- You can see and compare what the camera thinks the adjustments to the RAW should have been
- You can just keep the jpg if you think the result is good enough
- etc that I can't think of right now due to tiredness :)

I had a quick go at your photo, but couldn't do too much to it without the original file/raw. Maybe still a bit yellow, perhaps some other helpful member could do better.


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[cdifoto]

The beauty of LightRoom is the same white balance control is available to JPEGs as well as RAWs. A little curves play, USM, and here we go:

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[LaFemmeNIKITA]

The beauty of LightRoom is the same white balance control is available to JPEGs as well as RAWs. A little curves play, USM, and here we go:

This looks awesome, can you tell me what did you do step by step?

[cdifoto]

This looks awesome, can you tell me what did you do step by step?

1. Imported to Lightroom
2. Used White Balance eyedropper on stuffed toy's paw/ripped open head/whatever the white stuff is from.
3. Played with curves (not a very scientific process...mucho fiddling...mostly just raised the highlights and lowered the shadows a tad)
4. Exported to Photoshop
5. USM 10/50/0 for clarify
6. USM 40/.3/0 for sharpening (kinda pointless though since it already had compression artifacts)
7. Save for web
8. Attached to post
9. Clicked 'Submit Reply'

[LaFemmeNIKITA]

1. Imported to Lightroom
2. Used White Balance eyedropper on stuffed toy's paw/ripped open head/whatever the white stuff is from.
3. Played with curves (not a very scientific process...mucho fiddling...mostly just raised the highlights and lowered the shadows a tad)
4. Exported to Photoshop
5. USM 10/50/0 for clarify
6. USM 40/.3/0 for sharpening (kinda pointless though since it already had compression artifacts)
7. Save for web
8. Attached to post
9. Clicked 'Submit Reply'
OK !!! I understand number 1, 7,8,and 9 . :o the rest must be written in chinese. LOL

[cdifoto]

OK !!! I understand number 1, 7,8,and 9 . :o the rest must be written in chinese. LOL

I vote one on one tutorial. Come on over! :)


I don't really know what I'm doing either. I just move sliders and stuff until it looks good. :) :p

[shakyhands]

...by the way, your Yorkie's a cutie....looks like trouble!

[LaFemmeNIKITA]

...by the way, your Yorkie's a cutie....looks like trouble!
trouble is not word strong enough to describe her LOL.
but she is my whole world, this little spoiled brat !!!:lol:

[LaFemmeNIKITA]

I vote one on one tutorial. Come on over! :)


I don't really know what I'm doing either. I just move sliders and stuff until it looks good. :) :p
well, your NOT knowing what you're doing, looks pretty good. LOL

[Lil Light]

Oh my gosh!!! I want your dog!!
Yes that is an awesome picture! I'm in the middle of reading the same book i'm pretty sure.. I haven't gotten that far into it but so far it's pretty good.
I really love all the yellows and oranges that are just popping out!!