little V

[photorookie]

I'm a regular viewer of this forum and thought I would start up posting again. Here are a couple of captures of my great nephew V. All are natural light taken with a canon 5D Mk II and a Canon 50mm 1.2 L. The first is in my living room and the next two are at a local park. Comments and suggestions on improvement always appreciated.

[Pixerfun]

He's cute! Love his grin in the 3rd one. I'd be happy with these.

[photorookie]

Originally Posted by Pixerfun

He's cute! Love his grin in the 3rd one. I'd be happy with these.

THANKS!

[digitalphotocandy]

Cutie Pie, The highlights look blown in the cheek areas. But very sweet.

[agresbach]

great shots! striking eyes on the little guy!

[FELINEDEBOURGES]

Some tips: use a bit smaller aperture I just checked the top one at it was taken at f2.0 I'd bump that to at least f4 to get more of his face in focus (the other two were at f3.2 and you can see a marked improvement in DOF, but I'd prefer more). Do you shoot manual at all? I also see these were taken in full auto. I find it a darn shame that you have a 50mm 1.2 and are not shooting with manual settings.

[photorookie]

Originally Posted by FELINEDEBOURGES

Some tips: use a bit smaller aperture I just checked the top one at it was taken at f2.0 I'd bump that to at least f4 to get more of his face in focus (the other two were at f3.2 and you can see a marked improvement in DOF, but I'd prefer more). Do you shoot manual at all? I also see these were taken in full auto. I find it a darn shame that you have a 50mm 1.2 and are not shooting with manual settings.

Thanks for looking and the tips, I appreciate it. I was shooting in aperature priority (Av) mode not the full auto. I generally shoot in that mode, set the ISO in the 100 to 400 range and then vary the aperature to keep my shutter speed above 100 or close to 100 if indoors. The first one being indoors got me at f2.0 and shutter speed of 80 using that method. Any suggestions on changing that method?

thanks again!

[FELINEDEBOURGES]

Originally Posted by photorookie

Thanks for looking and the tips, I appreciate it. I was shooting in aperature priority (Av) mode not the full auto. I generally shoot in that mode, set the ISO in the 100 to 400 range and then vary the aperature to keep my shutter speed above 100 or close to 100 if indoors. The first one being indoors got me at f2.0 and shutter speed of 80 using that method. Any suggestions on changing that method?

thanks again!

Ah, I haven't used non-manual settings in a long time so I thought when I saw it say auto, that meant full auto. I would have thought it would specify which type of auto though...hmm. Interesting. I digress... I can see how Av would be helpful when shooting children in low light (It must have been quite low light to only get 1/80 at f2!) I suppose you did the best you could with the conditions at hand. For the outdoor photos though, keep in mind the f16 and sunny rule - in bright light to avoid blown out highlights (and even high mids in my experience) you need to keep around f16. I guess you have to choose between beautiful bokeh with lower (larger) apertures (but not too low as I mentioned) and not blowing highlights if you want to catch those outdoor candids in the middle of the day.