Virgin Territory

[mwthomsen]

I am interested in what you think. I am completely new to the world of DSLR's so I don't know all the jargon as to the picture specifics. I picked up a used 40D and the lens was a canon 28-80. That is about as technical as you are going to get from me at this point.

Thanks in advance.

[drumsfield]

First of all nice scene. I wish I were there riding my mountain bike.
The stray branch to the right top is distracting.
The picture doesn't look as sharp as it could be.
A tab bit more sky than was necessary.

[Flo]

It is very soft and OOF ...getting the data from the photo helps figure out what your settings were;)

[kj77263]

It is technically wrong, soft and OOF, but honestly I like it... adds an artistic edge ;)

[mwthomsen]

Thanks.

OK I think I have the data on the photo it say 1/160 iso 100 and the there is a number 7.1? It was taken in the auto landscape default.

And it seems like all of my pictures are slightly out of focus, suggestions.

[Living Daylight]

7.1 is the aperture, which is too wide for a deep landscape like that unless you are focusing pretty far into the distance and don't mind a blurry foreground. The larger your aperture (smaller number) the shorter your depth of field.

I would highly recommend pickup up a book like Understanding Exposure to learn about photography some more. Learn to use manual mode and unleash the true power of your new DSLR.

[lazaro23]

dont worry i was just like you about a year ago i had no idea what all those numbers meant but lil by lil i got the hang of it. its just a matter of practice if you are able to take some classes i highly suggest it. in my opinion your composition could of been a bit tighter. maybe show less sky to bring the focus to the mnts. Also as previously stated the branch on the right is a bit distracting

[corkneyfonz]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2636/4034868149_ca88907e08.jpg

[mwthomsen]

No worries at all. I am actually enjoying all there is to learn about my new hobby.

[mwthomsen]

Corkneyfonz,

That edit looks much better what did you do besides just recrop it?

[drumsfield]

Yea it looks way better now.

[corkneyfonz]

All thats been done is a small sharpening in photoshop cs3 using the unsharp mask of about 190 at 0.9pixels and I've done a quick curves adjustment as there was too much blue. Its probably not perfect as I didn't bother checking that the channels were balanced. A duplicate layer was made and blended using the overlay mode. Finally a quck crop improves the composition. This image is embedded from my flickr account and will always produce sharper images than attatchments. As I do not hold the copyright please inform me at any time if you want the image deleting,