Originally Posted by darthchilli (Post 6121074)

thanks for the feed back
i ahve a craptacular lens in the 17-85mm...
its horrible in low light conditions as well as the barrel distortion when its full wide at 17mm

the first pic was with an L lens i borrowed..
that made a WORLD of a difference on the same shot/settings with my lens

thanks! im slowly working to improve from the equipment i have until i get my hands on either the 17-55mm 2.8 or 24-70L

still deciding

as for the 3rd one, i think if i put the fstop to a bit higher, the province logo wouldnt "glow" as much
correct me if im wrong

Originally Posted by ckrieg (Post 6121747)

so question. if AF isn't that good when shooting portraits at such a wide aperture, how can you tell what exactly is in focus when using MF? I sure as heck can't in my viewfinder.

Originally Posted by ckrieg (Post 6121747)

so question. if AF isn't that good when shooting portraits at such a wide aperture, how can you tell what exactly is in focus when using MF? I sure as heck can't in my viewfinder.

Originally Posted by Soundy (Post 6123055)

You can always look into a better focusing screen, like those from Katz Eye. Proper manual-focus aids make a BIG difference, even on a smaller viewfinder.

Originally Posted by keitaro (Post 6123822)

those aftermarket focusing screens affect your exposure metering. For instance, on a Canon EOS 40D comes with the Ef-A focusing screen. If you change it to the Ef-D or Ef-S focusing screens, you must go into C.Fn IV -5 and select which screen you are using. This makes the camera compensate for the difference in the metering. Since the camera does not have the proper numbers used to compenstate for the aftermarket one, your metering is going to be way off.

Originally Posted by ckrieg (Post 6125461)

Originally Posted by ckrieg (Post 6125461)

Originally Posted by Slo40 (Post 6125990)

Nothing special, just thought it was cute. My almost 2 year old "hockey guy" nephew.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...9hockeyguy.jpg

Originally Posted by ckrieg (Post 6125461)

3rd portrait shoot. Give me as much criticism as possible please. How can I improve?

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/c..._0478-Edit.jpg

I personally think your hair light is about a half stop too strong and your key light isn't strong enough. In fact, I think that if you feathered your hair light to skim the entire back side of her it would have been more effective. This would require you to GOBO the flash. Your editing of her skin is too smooth in my opinion. That being said, I tend to lean towards the more natural side of things with minor cleanups. I also think that the jacket is too dark and no details other than the highlights on the buttons can be seen.

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/c..._0486-Edit.jpg

The subject doesn't "pop" from the image as much as she could. If you are trying to balance the background and her then that has been accomplished, however I would personally say the photo is flat and lacks a dimension and dynamic. Although most people won't catch it, there is a very faint double shadow on her face from your fill light. I would have lowered that fill light maybe another 1/2 stop. Again, details of her jacket are lost.

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/c..._0501-Edit.jpg