Help..puppy pics came out bad!

[dragnfly1996]

Hi, I hope this is the section for my desparation. I got my first back drop and light today in the mail, along with my first new lens, 50mm 1.4. So I set up my BD and my new light and I get my puppy to sit for me and I play with my settings thinking they look really good on my lcd and sadly when I upload them they are all yellow and just don't look that great! I just don't know what I did wrong. I would LOVE to have some advice, please? Pretty Please?

Here are some examples:


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/lovingeyesphoto/IMG_1295.jpg
Tv 1/160
Av 2.0
ISO 100
Flash Off
White Balance Auto


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/lovingeyesphoto/IMG_1298.jpg
Tv 1/160
Av( Aperture Value )
2.0
ISO Speed
100
White Balance
Auto


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/lovingeyesphoto/IMG_1304.jpg
Tv 1/320
Av( Aperture Value )
1.4
ISO Speed
100
White Balance Auto

I am assuming I didn't have enough light, but when I used my flash at these settings it went completely overexposed. and I figured I could get a halfway decent picture even with only one light. :(

[gerolamo]

Cute dog.
I actually like the pictures, but you might want to increase the depth of field (looks quite shallow) - but actually that's a composition choice.
Also you might want to check the white balance, try using the custom balance if shooting JPEG.
And of course, the lighting - try using natural light if you don't have a good flash - or bounce the flash to get rid of the shadow.

[Bootless]

I can't give you advice on how to take them, but I have had to fix some like this in post processing... (prob best to retake them)

the first trick to these dark typ photos is to first adust "shadow/highlight" in pscs

then play with levels, saturation, contrast... etc...

I did a quickie example of what I mean... (but this is never a perfect fix it is best to start with better photos... again I cannot help you with that part, just learning myself)

[Bootless]

by the way is it just me, or are the eyes two different colors?

[rosie777]

Cute pup (redundant, I know :) ) Dragonfly.
Bootless, that's great work on the pic!
Definitely 2 different color eyes ;)

Rosie

[Maureen Souza]

I'd bouce a flash off the ceiling and make sure your aperture is up to about 5.6 to get better DOF.

Cute pup.

[PhotosGuy]

As they said, learn WB. Good start, though. Maybe try to get more down to the dogs level. You wouldn't like pics taken of the top of your head, would you? ;-)

[ksmattfish]

I like the shallow DOF. You need to figure out your white balance. If you shoot in RAW it should be easy to correct in a RAW editor.

[dragnfly1996]

Maybe try to get more down to the dogs level. You wouldn't like pics taken of the top of your head, would you? ;)
she is about 10 lbs and about 10 inches at her back. I was sitting, if I had laid down, (she is 5 months old) I would have slobber on the lens. ;) at this age, I was as low as I could go.

As for white balance, thanks for the advice!!! I will be playing with settings all day today. I did get my 420ex in the mail yesterday so I am hopeing some flash fill will help too.
I LOVE THIS BOARD!! Thank you all!!