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MissJezabelle
06-17-2005, 01:11 PM
I got brave and I took the camera off of auto. yeah me. I tried the whole natural light thing and this is what I got. All three were shot with my D-rebel with the canon 28-90 lense ISO 1600. I still have so much to learn, but I finally got the nerve up to do it when my hubby said "hey it's digital if you don;t like it erase it and try again. It's not like yur wasting film. Right" Hmmnn words to live by. anyway I thought for a 1st effort they were ok, I even got me some catchlights :) Any CC is welcome.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/jezabelle/TJ2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/jezabelle/TJ1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/jezabelle/TJ3.jpg
TheObiJuan
06-17-2005, 01:57 PM
Howdy, congrats on bravin' it and gettin' out of auto. ;)

The black and white is great. The images are soft, but that works for it since they are baby pics. The background blur is nice too.
aparmley
06-17-2005, 03:20 PM
very nicely done indeed, id be happy with those...Thats a great place to start if you ask me... you're only gonna get better, however, you'll have a bad one or two or three or four in there, but just like your husband said, delete it! :D I do that too! ;)
speaklightly
06-17-2005, 08:50 PM
Jezz-

Existing Light is a wonderful medium. Congratulations on some excellent photos.

Sarah Joyce
Warin
06-20-2005, 03:46 PM
The grain is really nice, actually. A lot of people seem to think that a tack sharp, no visible grain image is the only thing that cuts it...

I disagree. Available light high iso shots, especially black and white, are beautiful and possess a great deal of "character"

Great pictures... nice depth of field... :)
timmciglobal
06-20-2005, 09:13 PM
Buy a 50 MM F 1.8 lens for natural light, you'll be astounded (plus you'll be able to lower ISO a step or two) 70$ or so.

Otherwise not bad, maybe a bit too overexposed on first 2.

Tim
Warin
06-21-2005, 02:39 PM
A second thought:

Blank CDR and DVD media are pretty cheap now. Don't erase anything! Transfer everything and burn it to an archive. You never know when a detail in a "bad" shot gives you something you need.

But that's just my opinion.