These are just snapshots but...

[cdifoto]

...the lighting is ideal right after a rainstorm. My yard even had nice green grasses and bright colored foliage.

This is Martha. She brought her little P&S along when she visited and got all excited and just HAD to get some pics of our flowers. I decided to shoot the shooter.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a304/cdifoto/misc/2006-04-22_016.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a304/cdifoto/misc/2006-04-22_026.jpg

[Vich]

Man! I'm gonna send my stuff in too! You SUCK with your la-de-dah high contrast, super dialed in shots right from your camera!

[cdifoto]

Man! I'm gonna send my stuff in too! You SUCK with your la-de-dah high contrast, super dialed in shots right from your camera!

Well I did add USM and crop the second one in addition to boosting the shadow contrast to about +5 in RawShooter Premium. I also healing brushed out her acne. So it's not really straight from the camera. The lush green is a result of JUST having a downpour of rain all day. That was just a short break in the showers.

Thanks for the compliments though! :D

[cdifoto]

Here's another one I just thought was funny.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a304/cdifoto/misc/2006-04-22_036.jpg

[jamison55]

Great Job, Man. You captured her really well. Both one and two are very flattering to her. You probably made her feel really good about herself!

[cdifoto]

Great Job, Man. You captured her really well. Both one and two are very flattering to her. You probably made her feel really good about herself!

Think so Jamie? These were just random snaps. She has only seen them as previews on my little itty bitty biotch LCD on the XT. I emailed the first 2 to her this morning but I don't think she's checked it yet.

The last one I know isn't flattering...I just thought it was hilarious the way she was holding her camera.

I'm thinking I tried to MF on this one and unfortunately wasn't quite on. As you can see, I used flash for this shot.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a304/cdifoto/misc/2006-04-22_024.jpg

[cdifoto]

Don't know if I like this one or not. It's about a 75% crop. It was a full body not even filling the frame and I cropped it tight to the upper body you see. We'll just call it "soft focus". heh.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a304/cdifoto/misc/2006-04-22_038.jpg

[rawpaw18]

Don
Love the one by the tree, I have always dug that lip biting smile and the pose was nice. I think the problem
with the last one is um it "front focused", focus on the eyes my friend, they were about 4-5 inches further back.:D

[cdifoto]

Don
Love the one by the tree, I have always dug that lip biting smile and the pose was nice. I think the problem
with the last one is um it "front focused", focus on the eyes my friend, they were about 4-5 inches further back.:D

C'mon man you know I'm highly...um...professional 'n' stuff.

Seriously though MF is a biotch through that tunnel of XT viewfinder. I only tried it because with that composition, none of the XT's 7 points fell on her face, so I tried manually getting it. It didn't work. In hindsight, focus-recompose probably would have been safe at that distance.

[rawpaw18]

I would like to have SEVEN focus points, d50 has five yes five, and their placement is well not where I would of put them. If you only had 5 points, wouldn't you want a center focus and at the intersecting lines as in the rule of thirds #. I am a novice at best, but every where you read about photography, it seems these are the points of focus, Nikon d50 has them at 12,3,6 and 9 o'clock.:confused: That doesn't seem to make sense to me.

I have not even begun to try manual focus.

[cdifoto]

I would like to have SEVEN focus points, d50 has five yes five, and their placement is well not where I would of put them. If you only had 5 points, wouldn't you want a center focus and at the intersecting lines as in the rule of thirds #. I am a novice at best, but every where you read about photography, it seems these are the points of focus, Nikon d50 has them at 12,3,6 and 9 o'clock.:confused: That doesn't seem to make sense to me.

I have not even begun to try manual focus.


lol I have 7 but they seem SO far apart at times. There's the most accurate center one which is basically useless for portraits, then two on each side of it and one above it and one below it if you're in landscape position (horizontal). When she's off to the side like that, only the one focus point is on her...but it's on her side or shoulder. Not exactly where you want it when you're trying to concentrate on her eyes. I coulda stopped down to f/4 or 5.6 but I didn't really want to. Better than botching the shot like I did though I guess. A 1D/1Ds has 45 focus points and you can map them in groups. Now THAT would be nice.

[rawpaw18]

45 that is crazy, but then maybe that is what is needed.

When in manual focus does your camera have an indicator like 35mm to tell you that the area is in focus, or is it just when it looks focused to you in the view finder. I see no indicator on mine.

[Bluedog]

45 that is crazy, but then maybe that is what is needed.

When in manual focus does your camera have an indicator like 35mm to tell you that the area is in focus, or is it just when it looks focused to you in the view finder. I see no indicator on mine.

I'll answer _ no and neither does the 20D or 30D but you can buy aftermarket focusing screens that allow for just that.

[rawpaw18]

Hey thanks for the info. I was just curious.

[rawpaw18]

I know this is the Canon forum here, but since I said something in error here I better correct it here.
The d50 in manual focus, using a lens that has an aperture of f5.6 or faster, there is an indicator light to let you know when the area is in focus. Hold the shutter button down halfway and turn focus ring until the in focus indicator (little green light at the bottom left of the view finder) comes on. Presto, your in focus.

[cdifoto]

I know this is the Canon forum here, but since I said something in error here I better correct it here.
The d50 in manual focus, using a lens that has an aperture of f5.6 or faster, there is an indicator light to let you know when the area is in focus. Hold the shutter button down halfway and turn focus ring until the in focus indicator (little green light at the bottom left of the view finder) comes on. Presto, your in focus.


The XT acts the same way as your D50 when doing that but the confirmation light is based on your active focus point...otherwise it has no way of knowing what you're truly trying to focus on. Without an active point on the correct area of the subject, you have to eyeball it 100% and the best you can do on the XT is try to get the viewfinder in focus. There are no focusing aids. The confirmation is more like an idiot light than a focus aid.


EDIT: Just played around with my camera and found out that only the center focus point can be used for the idiot light...none of the others do that. So unless you're composing with the center point AND have it selected as your active one, it's 100% eyeballing and for me, guesstimating.

[DonSchap]

I tell ya... you can really do cool things... with software

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[dallas75287]

I tell ya... you can really do cool things... with software

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Don, how did you do this? I love it!