First shots with 40D

Airedrifter

I went to a picnic last night and tried out the new body.

Tough light but a few came out.

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photogmomma

#1 - Tough light? Pshaw! That's perfect light! Gorgeous! Great composition, but the expression isn't quite right. But the light is gorgeous...

#2 - My favorite for composition and expression! Very, very cute. But it looks too red in their skin tones for me. It also looks pretty grainy so try it in B&W and I think you might love it as the lighting is great!

#3 - Too red again, but still cute. Looks like you might have had a slow shutter and it's a bit grainy. Was that because it was too dark? Or a high ISO? I find that if you get the exposure dead on, you won't get the banding grain as much, but you still get pleasant grain. If you didn't bump your ISO, try that instead - you'll get a faster shutter speed and more pleasing grain! Still a cute capture, though.... (And adorable girl!)

Airedrifter

photogmomma wrote:

#1 - Tough light? Pshaw! That's perfect light! Gorgeous! Great composition, but the expression isn't quite right. But the light is gorgeous...

#2 - My favorite for composition and expression! Very, very cute. But it looks too red in their skin tones for me. It also looks pretty grainy so try it in B&W and I think you might love it as the lighting is great!

#3 - Too red again, but still cute. Looks like you might have had a slow shutter and it's a bit grainy. Was that because it was too dark? Or a high ISO? I find that if you get the exposure dead on, you won't get the banding grain as much, but you still get pleasant grain. If you didn't bump your ISO, try that instead - you'll get a faster shutter speed and more pleasing grain! Still a cute capture, though.... (And adorable girl!)

You were right. (I had a harsh white light from inside blaring from one side and tried some flash bounce off the house siding to balance things out. The yard side was a black hole.) Thanks for the comments. I was shooting at iso 400. I should have bumped it up some more. It looks like TriX doesn't it?

photogmomma

LOVE the B&W conversion! Wonderful! I'm sure dad (I'm assuming) is quite happy with it!!