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© Brandi K. Mills

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Uploaded: November 08, 2012

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Exif: F Number: 5, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/125 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 800, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 75.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Comments

Jeff E Jensen November 11, 2012

I think the only thing that would improve on this fantastic image is if the background trees extended to the top of the frame. Otherwise, I love it. I like that you kept it wide, really adds to the story for me. Nice job! #1497880

Aimee C. Eisaman November 12, 2012

I love the creativity of this one and those colors are fantastic! :~) For purposes of BP you should add a 1 pixel stroke if that is possible in your program. That will make a distinct edge on the top where the sky is. Did you do something to soften this image? To me it looks like she is out of focus. #10415651

Aimee C. Eisaman November 12, 2012

After looking at this again I think I'm seeing that your focus point fell about two feet in front of her. How are you focusing on your subjects? My suggestion for single portraits is to use a single focus point. That should be able to be set up in your cameras menu area. If you look up focus points in your cameras owners manual it should tell you how. :~) #10415655

Elaine Hessler November 12, 2012

Very lovely shot! The fall colors are beautiful and compliments your subject well. I agree that it appears soft, too. However, I do like the balance of this picture too. #10415841

Michael Kelly level-classic November 12, 2012

Great comp and colors in this shot. I like the hitch hiker story portrayed here.

I would try a bit of sharpening and see if that helps with the softness issue. You did not give your settings, but it looks like a missed focus and perhaps a bit narrow on the DOF for this shot. Aimee's suggestion of a single focus point is good. I like to use the center focus point and then holding the shutter recompose which holds the focus where you want it. You can also use other focus points singly, but I find this a bit fiddly. #10415946

Brandi K. Mills November 12, 2012

my settings were
1/125
f/5.0
iso 800
75mm

I think a larger DOF would have helped her to not look so soft and I would've like the trees a little sharper as well.
I adjusted the sharpness a bit to see if that helped. #10416004

Beth Spencer November 13, 2012

I really like all the colors and the lines in this one. I think the sharpening helped some. Next time if you use a higher fstop number it should help get more in focus. #10416710

Aimee C. Eisaman November 13, 2012

It helped a bit, but when the focus is off there isn't much you can do to fix it 100%. Having a larger aperture could help, but will also give you less of that great blurred background. You won't need to go with a larger ap. if you do single focus point and make sure it's on the subjects face. #10416965

Michael Kelly level-classic November 13, 2012

Yes a bit better. I agree again with Aimee's advice. #10417097

Debbie E. Payne November 13, 2012

This is a very creative image, too bad there isn't too much you can do with the soft focus. Take Aimee's advice and I also think the crop would be great to eliminate the washed out sky, but then that would bring her a little closer and the softness would be more apparent. I always have to remember to focus on the face if I am ever lucky enough to have a face to focus on. Do my squirrels count? #10417200

Brandi K. Mills November 14, 2012

Aimee - The only thing I can figure that could be what your talking about is the AF mode. The choices are One Shot, Al Focus and Al Servo. Pretty sure I had it set at One Shot for this photo shoot... #10418813

Michael Kelly level-classic November 14, 2012

Brandi, the red squares in the viewfinder are the auto focus points. They can be all on or turned on singly. If they are all on the camera choses which one to use (generally the closest object) If you only turn on one (I use the center one) that is the point that will be focused on. As I said if you keep the shutter button half way down after this focus is achieved you can recompose in the viewfinder without changing the focus and then snap the shot. Not sure how to change them on your camera, but it will be in your instruction manual. #10418957

Aimee C. Eisaman November 15, 2012

Look at page 68 in your owners manual...should be helpful! :~) #10419666

Aimee C. Eisaman November 15, 2012

Not sure this will work, but this is the PDF online of that page...
http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/9/0300003169/01/eosrt2i-eos550d-im-en.pdf #10419668

Aimee C. Eisaman November 15, 2012

Okay it just takes you to the whole manual so just type 68 and hit enter toward the bottom of the screen when you hover your cursor it will pop up. #10419670

Teresa H. Hunt November 15, 2012

I love this shot Brandi. Her clothing compliments the background very well.

On my older Rebel there is a button on the back of the camera that changes the focus points. The symbol for the button is a square with dots inside. If you push the button and then spin the dial behind the shutter button the focus points change. You can watch them change through the viewfinder. If I remember right, you have a newer rebel so things might be a little different. #10420569

Brandi K. Mills November 17, 2012

Thank you all for the help!
I did finally figure out the single focus point thing and tried it out with another senior photo shoot a couple of days ago. #10423520

Aimee C. Eisaman November 19, 2012

:) #10425500

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