Help with lense

[laffinorse]

Originally Posted by eeyore

I wouldnt worry about having a lot of ***** - even the great andy rouse reckons his hit rate is about 1 in 30 - mine is a lot lower , even allowing for me having lower standards than him.

eeyore,

I only deleted the blurred ones, some of the other ISO settings, are darker.
The two dogs are ours the one at the back is 15yr old.
Will try again to get some bird photos, prob not tomorrow, her indoors wants to go shopping.

Cheers

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by laffinorse

eeyore,

I only deleted the blurred ones, some of the other ISO settings, are darker.
The two dogs are ours the one at the back is 15yr old.
Will try again to get some bird photos, prob not tomorrow, her indoors wants to go shopping.

Cheers

not a bad shot at all les - you might have benefitted from pulling the zoom back a bit and composing to give them some space on the left to "run" into. about a third of the frame would be ideal - also try getting down to their level as composition is much more powerful at eye level than looking down on the subject - I often take a bin liner or something to lay on. (this goes for any animal not just doggies)

[laffinorse]

Originally Posted by eeyore

not a bad shot at all les - you might have benefitted from pulling the zoom back a bit and composing to give them some space on the left to "run" into. about a third of the frame would be ideal - also try getting down to their level as composition is much more powerful at eye level than looking down on the subject - I often take a bin liner or something to lay on. (this goes for any animal not just doggies)

Thanks eeyore

Can see what you mean re composition, below is original photo, think I overcroped.
Now getter more used to Camera after all your advice.

[speckled wood]

Originally Posted by Ollie

I wasn't impressed with the macro on this lens, that's why I have just bought a Sigma 150 macro. Found it very difficult to get good sharp macro images unless there was very good light and the tripod was rock steady. However I was satisfied with the telephoto end of the lens.
Roger

For me I realised that with the 150 hand holding would not be an option so the 105 was the only option. A trouble with almost all of the affordable zoom lenses is the small maximum apatures available, I sadly mis the 1.4 and 2.8 apatures available with the old prime lenses. Admittingly DOF is a problem at wide apatures but of course the other feature of the old cameras was the easy means of obtaining a DOF preview to rapidly establish a suitable apature to obtain the right DOF.

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by laffinorse

Thanks eeyore

Can see what you mean re composition, below is original photo, think I overcroped.
Now getter more used to Camera after all your advice.

you had a dificult choice here - you could have done with getting lower to include the front dogs feet - but doing that would have hidden more of the back dog.

I think in this instance i would have moved to the left so that they were running more towards me and got down to their eye level.

alternatively you could have got lower in your position and focussed just on the front dog

another possibilty would be to use a slower speed and pan with them as they ran past you which would blur the background but keep them sharpish - if you tried this your focus point wants to be on the front dogs eye.

dogs are great for practice as they are more likely to do what you want than less cooperative animals , so i would reccomend that you keep trying different stuff out and see what you like - a big benefit of digital being that it wont cost you owt

feel free to pm me if you want any one to one advice

[laffinorse]

Thanks everyone for help and suggestions of reading matter.

Now received two thirds of my library.
Digital SLR Hand Book Andy Rouse, started this one very intresting
35mm Photography Steve Bavister only glanced thru this
Understanding Exposure' by Brian Peterson still waiting for.
Bought 3 as 3 for 2 offer and all at reduced price.
Have polish up my glasses.

Cheers

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by laffinorse

Thanks everyone for help and suggestions of reading matter.

Now received two thirds of my library.
Digital SLR Hand Book Andy Rouse, started this one very intresting
35mm Photography Steve Bavister only glanced thru this
Understanding Exposure' by Brian Peterson still waiting for.
Bought 3 as 3 for 2 offer and all at reduced price.
Have polish up my glasses.

Cheers

I'm sure you will find them both very useful laffin , once you have read them would you mind reviewing them in our reviews section - I think both are in there already but It would be good to get a beginers views on how helpful they are

[laffinorse]

Originally Posted by eeyore

I'm sure you will find them both very useful laffin , once you have read them would you mind reviewing them in our reviews section - I think both are in there already but It would be good to get a beginers views on how helpful they are

eeyore,

Will do

Cheers