first attempt w/ new camera

[Yinger]

My XTI just arrived and here's my first attempt with the macro lense. Any advice on how to get better shots?

[sHAZ1971]

Nice Ying. Great shot.

[Yinger]

here's a few more

[roxy25]

focus closer and change your aperture to a lower f stop, then set shutter speed faster.

[Yinger]

Thanks Shaz!

Thanks Roxy, I'll try that after i figure out how to do that haha. going to read the manual tonight

[roxy25]

Originally posted by Yinger
here's a few more

what do you have the camera set at ? and is it in manual setting or auto ?

[Yinger]

to tell ya the truth roxy, i have no idea! haha. I just got too excited when my girlfriend brought it home from her work today that I just charged the battery, went and got a tripod and started snapping haha. I'm going to read the manual tonight to get a better understanding of the camera.

but here's a few more.

[sHAZ1971]

man that is an awesome pic of the clown.

[roxy25]

o well if you don't know then most likely its on auto LOL , get a beginners guide to SLR and you should be good. I can't wait to get mine

[ycnibrc]

what macro lense do you have?

[Yinger]

thanks again Shaz!

I think I tried with different settings but couldn't figure anything out haha.

Anthony: I'm using the 100mm f2.8 macro

[Scissorhand]

it would help if your corals weren't brown, ying.

[Lagger]

How bout a macro FTS

[loc01]

Wow! I might need you to take picture of my tank.

Loc

[wishntoboutside]

for a first atempt thats great. a month or two down the road and we will be having on sick photo thread.

thanks for posting yinger. i love the one of the clown

[roxy25]

ok

here are the dials on th canon



A-dep = auto depth of field this means when you take a picture the nearest and Farthest objects will both be in focus

M = manual you can do change all the settings like aperture, shutter speed, and ISO by your self and focus ( you need to read a beginners guide to photograpghy to get this part)

AV=
Aperture priority mode , everything is auto except for the aperture you can set this your self by rotating the dial to change the f stops ( aperture ) the highest numbers means the less light coming in threw the camera and the image will have everything like the foreground and background in focus, the lowest number means more light and this is how you get an object to pop out. The background will be blurry and the object in focus will only be detailed

TV= everything is auto except the shutter speed you can change the shutter speed my rotating the dial. when the fish are swimming fast you need a faster shutter speed to capture the image or it will be blurred. you can play around with the shutter speed to get different effects

P= I forgot what P means LOL I think its ISO mode you can change the ISO ? I pretty sure that might be it, I have taken pictures in a while. Ok I checked it is ISO the higher ISO means you are shooting in a very low light situtsation or you want a grainer look on the image. The lower the ISO mean a finer image and is like daylight or normal lighting sitituation , again you can play with this to see what kind of effects you will get. But since our tanks have MH I think setting it to about 100 would be fine.

The little picture icons

Green rectangle= Automatic ( you don't have to mess with ISO,shutterspeed, or aperture) Your are limited to making special effects ( I use manual all the time) Make sure your lense is set in auto also when using this setting

Face= portrait

mountain= landscape

flower= close up

running man= action shots ( faster shutter speed to catch fast moving objects)

Man with flash= night mode
zig zag arrow with line through it = no flash ( your flash will not pop up)


hope that helps you can find websites that show you pictures of the different settings ( basically same demos you can find in a beginners book)

[faded1004]

i agree, everythign looks great!

[CW from the OC]

Nice shots Yinger, especially for your first time out. I really need to buy one of those 100mm Macros.

[Scissorhand]

Ying, did you have to play with editing softwares after taking the shots?

They look great. I like the clown pix.

Come over this weekend please, hah hah.

I'll er... clean my glass.

[Mchava]

nice pix there Ying. Where are the PD pictures at? It will take you a bit of playing to get it right. Are you still going to Jose house? LMK

[saltyreefguy]

that would be the canon rebel xti, correct? my pics don't come out like that good. i even bought couple bigger lens with macro and still i know it can be better, guess i better seek help..

[Yinger]

Hoang - you expect me to come take pics for you after you put down my corals... you should have done that after i came by. I guess you'll just have to use your 35mm to take pics for now... sorry buddy haha.

John - haha, FTS are no fun... its all about the macro now! and plus like hoang said, my corals are brown so I definitely don't want to show that haha.

Loc - of course, its the least I can do for all the time you put on my skimmer.

Richard - thanks! I was reading the instruction manual at work today inbetween clients haha.

Roxy - thanks again. its becoming a little more clear for me since i read the instructions, but thanks for the break down.

Faded - thanks!

CW - the macro is an awesome lense, i was never able to get this close with a point and shoot camera. Its worth it IMO.

Mario - I'll get a pic of the purple deaths tonight. I learned a little more about the camera today while at work and from Roxy's post.

Salty - Yup, its the rebel XTI. which macro did you get?

[FOSELONE]

first attempt...yeah right...anyway...how much did you pay total Yinger...camera & lens...i like...

[glaudds]

Great first time shots, Yinger! I've got the same camera/lens combo....I'm still learning how to use it. For quick shots I like to put into Aperture priority mode, AWB, on a tripod, with the self-timer to minimize camera shake. Here's the same shot with different aperatures, notice the difference in the depth of field...

f3.5....




f9....




finally, f22...

[Yinger]

fosel - if you wanna PM me, i'll be happy to tell you the price. Thanks!

Glaudds - I'm gonna have to try that. I'm trying to learn how to adjust the white balance right now because with phoenixes, the pics all come out blue. Thanks for the compliment. Your pics look awesome! how did far is your camera from the coral when taking pics like that?