NEED HELP BAD

[mdaddyrabbit]

I was shooting with my 20D and the 70-200mm F/4 L all my photos look grainy its driving me crazy cause I know its something I am doing. And now these are 2 of 70 I took today and they ae blue? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[stapimp]

what were your settings? EXIF data?

[exposingmyself]

can't help you with problem but no. 1 is soooooo nice just as is. looks like a cyanotype.

[mdaddyrabbit]

These are the settings.

[jimsolt]

These are the settings.

I'm sure you're right, but I read the exif for the second picture (bird) as 1600. That would explain some grain.

Jim

[PhotosGuy]

Which WB setting did you use?

[TommySharp]

Looks like a white balance setting to me maybe?

[lostdoggy]

Looks like a white balance setting to me maybe?

I 2nd that. Looks like Halogen.

72 x 72 seems low. Are you shooting in RAW??? If so you are processing it in too low of x -y resolution. Try upping it to 240 or better.

[rammy]

I agree with jimsolt. Here are the actual EXIF data.

On both shots, white balance is set to MANUAL therefore the last custom WB you did is probably still stored. Change WB to cloudy. ISO is way too high at 1600 which is why you had to up the shutter to 1/1000 sec! Bring it down to 100 in normal light conditions.

Shot 1:
File: - C:\_MG_1778.jpg
Make - Canon
Model - Canon EOS 20D
Orientation - Top left
XResolution - 72
YResolution - 72
ResolutionUnit - Inch
Software - Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
DateTime - 2005:05:17 21:54:27
WhitePoint - 0.31
PrimaryChromaticities - 0.64
YCbCrCoefficients - 0.30
YCbCrPositioning - Co-Sited
ExifOffset - 344
ExposureTime - 1/1000 seconds
FNumber - 4.00
ExposureProgram - Aperture priority
ISOSpeedRatings - 1600
ExifVersion - 0221
DateTimeOriginal - 2005:05:17 06:28:46
DateTimeDigitized - 2005:05:17 06:28:46
ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr
ShutterSpeedValue - 1/1000 seconds
ApertureValue - F 4.00
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
Flash - Not fired, compulsory flash mode
FocalLength - 188 mm
UserComment -
FlashPixVersion - 0100
ColorSpace - Uncalibrated
ExifImageWidth - 600
ExifImageHeight - 400
FocalPlaneXResolution - 2886.36
FocalPlaneYResolution - 2885.81
FocalPlaneResolutionUnit - Inch
CustomRendered - Normal process
ExposureMode - Auto
WhiteBalance - Manual
SceneCaptureType - Standard

Shot 2:
File: - C:\_MG_1846.jpg
Make - Canon
Model - Canon EOS 20D
Orientation - Top left
XResolution - 72
YResolution - 72
ResolutionUnit - Inch
Software - Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
DateTime - 2005:05:17 21:54:15
WhitePoint - 0.31
PrimaryChromaticities - 0.64
YCbCrCoefficients - 0.30
YCbCrPositioning - Co-Sited
ExifOffset - 344
ExposureTime - 1/100 seconds
FNumber - 5.00
ExposureProgram - Shutter priority
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExifVersion - 0221
DateTimeOriginal - 2005:05:17 07:47:16
DateTimeDigitized - 2005:05:17 07:47:16
ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr
ShutterSpeedValue - 1/100 seconds
ApertureValue - F 5.00
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
Flash - Not fired, compulsory flash mode
FocalLength - 163 mm
UserComment -
FlashPixVersion - 0100
ColorSpace - Uncalibrated
ExifImageWidth - 600
ExifImageHeight - 400
FocalPlaneXResolution - 2886.36
FocalPlaneYResolution - 2885.81
FocalPlaneResolutionUnit - Inch
CustomRendered - Normal process
ExposureMode - Auto
WhiteBalance - Manual
SceneCaptureType - Standard