A few pics

[JGoslee]

I took all these pics with a canon digital rebel xt and the canon 100mm macro lens. Any feedback good or bad would be nice. Im still trying to get the hang of this.

 

[JGoslee]

 

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[gregr]

Sweet! Nice pics and man you have a great zoo collection... I'm jealous.
The colors look great but I think most of the shots could be just a tiny bit sharper and a few of the shots could've used a tiny bit of negative exposure compensation (underexposure). Re. the sharpness issue- it's hard to say exactly what the cause is. Were you shooting squarely into the tank? Shooting at an angle will cause distortion, especially on extreme close-ups. Were you using a tripod? What were the shutter speeds generally speaking?

 

[gregr]

Another thought- if these are crops from bigger pictures that can effect the sharpness to.

 

[JGoslee]

Some of them are crops. Im not sure what my shutterspeeds were. I was using a tripod and using a 10 second delay. I was also using AP mode with an apature between 10-14.

 

[gregr]

Good deal- aperture priority is smart for this kind of photography. You can lower the self-timer to two seconds, and the general rule of thumb is mirror lock-up should be used for shutter speeds between 1/2 and 2 seconds. Water movement will affect sharpness too of course.

 

[terryp01]

Nice.

 

[JGoslee]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8820319#post8820319 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gregr
Good deal- aperture priority is smart for this kind of photography. You can lower the self-timer to two seconds, and the general rule of thumb is mirror lock-up should be used for shutter speeds between 1/2 and 2 seconds. Water movement will affect sharpness too of course.

What is mirrior lock-up?

 

[gregr]

Mirror lock-up is an advanced feature- and the fact that Canon includes it with a consumer level camera is awesome in my opinion Anyways- when you're looking thru the viewfinder you're looking at the image reflected off a mirror. When you click the button to take the picture the mirror flips up, the shutter opens and the image reaches the sensor/film and is recorded. The mirror flipping up like that causes a minute amount of vibration, but it's enough to cause softness when you're using slow shutter speeds, especially between 1/2 and 2 seconds.
If you take the lens off your camera (not recommended because dust can get in there) you can see the mirror.