First shut - set to S mode and ISO 100. Using 1/200 shutter speed. Realized that because I was quite close to my Toro, 1/200 can't quite freeze his movement. His eye is a bit blurred.
Then I used 1/400 of a second - much better freezing of the actions. Obvious to tell from his eyes.
Just for the sake of it - I decided to use a longer shutter speed - so I set it to 1/4 of a second - eh...kind of lost Toro completely.
Lesson learned - adjusting shutter speed depends on fast your object is moving, this is relative to how far you are from the object. Pretty simple stuff. Also, the picture at 1/200 looks fine on my view finder until I got home and looked at it in photoshop. Another lesson for me to zoom in on my camera to make sure it's clear even if it looks fine on the view finder - it's too small afterall.
ps. D80 and 18-70 kit lens used.
Here is a bad shot on the same day - not sure if it is because of the sun or what - the color looks not exciting. It's under sun light so I didn't adjust for WB - similar image came out even if I adjusted it to "sunlight" WB. Any comments anyone??
Maybe I should just take it from a different background as Toro's color blends in with the rest of the image??
2 comments:
Great shots, looks like you had fun on what seems like a perfect weather day. Beautiful dog as well...I am glad to see this long exposure stuff is rubbing off on you all. In this scenario, the last shot is obviously too blurred, but to see a bit of motion, like in the first image, makes the shot very interesting....Good job!
Good point. Just thought about something, I will try "panning" my dog next time....it should be interesting too. To make the dog clear but background blurry ^.^
Thanks for the feedback.
Post a Comment