Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II - Nifty Fifty

lotsofphotog wrote in post #9341359
I'm on my phone right now but in the morn ill type up what I do in ps. It's really easy.

Zach- that made me lol

Thanks! Can't wait to learn this trick.

Last one before I go to bed.

izthistaken wrote in post #9339189
^That's awesome. I wish that we had SOME rolling hills here. :/

Thanks

Some Wintershot @f/2

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Ok here's what I do.

Open pic up and tweak RAW image to where I want it to be without any processing. Then, in PS, I create a solid color adjustment layer. Pick a dark navy blue color (you can adjust it later). Change the layer from normal to Exclusion. Adjust the opacity to your desire and if you're not happy with the coloring, go into the solid color layer and change that. Voila!

lotsofphotog wrote in post #9342984
Ok here's what I do.

Open pic up and tweak RAW image to where I want it to be without any processing. Then, in PS, I create a solid color adjustment layer. Pick a dark navy blue color (you can adjust it later). Change the layer from normal to Exclusion. Adjust the opacity to your desire and if you're not happy with the coloring, go into the solid color layer and change that. Voila!

Thank you I will try this when I get home.

So I am new to the DSLR world. I did get the kit lens, and I bought this at everyone's recommendation. Tried to take some pictures with it, and they came out ok, but not as good as everyone elses. I have a Canon t1i, and I was wondering about the following things.

1) What setting do you take these great pictures on? I have mine on the "Manual Av" setting, which seems to do mostly automatic but allows me to play with the f/stuff.

2) Do you use the manual focus, or always let it auto-focus? If it auto-focuses, it seems I can't get as close to the subject as I might like. Some of your shots seem to be very close of pets, people, etc. Is this done by cropping, or is there some trick I am missing?

3) Can you only get extremely sharp photos in bright, natural light? Or is there some trick I am missing as well. I've made the plunge, now I need you guys to help me swim!

I'll upload a picture in a second.

http://www.flickr.com …/46294138@N07/4​253401503/

You should really take a class locally or online to learn about photography and using your camera for the results you want.

Maybe others can take more time to answer your questions in the other forum thready more better than this thread.

-Steve

orangekayak wrote in post #9343317
So I am new to the DSLR world. I did get the kit lens, and I bought this at everyone's recommendation. Tried to take some pictures with it, and they came out ok, but not as good as everyone elses. I have a Canon t1i, and I was wondering about the following things.

1) What setting do you take these great pictures on? I have mine on the "Manual Av" setting, which seems to do mostly automatic but allows me to play with the f/stuff.

2) Do you use the manual focus, or always let it auto-focus? If it auto-focuses, it seems I can't get as close to the subject as I might like. Some of your shots seem to be very close of pets, people, etc. Is this done by cropping, or is there some trick I am missing?

3) Can you only get extremely sharp photos in bright, natural light? Or is there some trick I am missing as well. I've made the plunge, now I need you guys to help me swim!

I'll upload a picture in a second.

orangekayak wrote in post #9343317
So I am new to the DSLR world. I did get the kit lens, and I bought this at everyone's recommendation. Tried to take some pictures with it, and they came out ok, but not as good as everyone elses. I have a Canon t1i, and I was wondering about the following things.

1) What setting do you take these great pictures on? I have mine on the "Manual Av" setting, which seems to do mostly automatic but allows me to play with the f/stuff.

2) Do you use the manual focus, or always let it auto-focus? If it auto-focuses, it seems I can't get as close to the subject as I might like. Some of your shots seem to be very close of pets, people, etc. Is this done by cropping, or is there some trick I am missing?

3) Can you only get extremely sharp photos in bright, natural light? Or is there some trick I am missing as well. I've made the plunge, now I need you guys to help me swim!

I'll upload a picture in a second.

leaving the lens wide open like that is going to give you a shallow DOF...google DOF calculator, and you can plug in numbers to see how small the area that will be in sharp focus is at f1.8

this lens isn't the easiest to MF...so i use AF...as far as getting close to people i don't really understand...you were right up against that mug, which is probably smaller than most peoples faces, or pets...so you should be fine, but yes it has a minimum focus distance, and if you get inside of that nothing will be sharp

as long as your shutter speed is fast enough to stop hand shake, or stop subject motion you should be able to get sharp shots from this lens

nice pics Zoran, I like fountain pens...although the ones I have are the modern copies

Ok lotsofphotog I tried your technique and it's very easy but I think I need some more practice with different settings to get them to look as good as yours. I also need to take a better picture thats in focus more Anyway since my loving girlfriend is always eager to pose for me I gave it a shot.

Wowzers I love that!