Manchester Southside 27th June '10

Thanks very much Paul, greatly appreciated! 🙂

Matt.

Specs you can see in the end of the lens won’t make a difference. All parts of the sensor receive light from all parts of the front elements of the lens so it simply ‘sees’ past them. You could maybe try One Shot focus mode, that may make it a little easier to lock the focus on what you actually want to shoot. Your other settings look fine, just try keep your shutter speed higher than the focal length you’re using so if you’re at 100mm then aim for a shutter speed of at least 1/125th, if you’re at 160mm then aim to shoot at a minimum of 1/200th, and so on. This should prevent a lot of motion blur. Just a couple of things to try, let me know how you get on. 🙂

Paul

Well just to give you an idea, the settings I was using on that day:

AV setting
8.0 shutter speed
ISO Speed 200
AI Focus
White balance: Auto

and I used my 75-300mm, I have noticed a few specs actually under the lens which are causing a few dust spots, could this be affecting how well it focusses?

Thanks!
Matt

It’s a difficult question to answer to be honest because it depends on a number of things like camera settings, whether the lens is in good condition, technique, etc. The problem is certainly something more fundamental than not sharpening enough in editing. In the first couple it actually looks like they’re slightly out of focus, what focussing mode are you using when you shoot?

Hey Paul,

thanks for the tips – is there anything I can do next time to avoid ending up with so many soft photos, it’s something I’ve been struggling with quite a bit…

Cheers all,
Matt.

Compositionally I really like the last one, but just be sure to try weed out the soft/slightly blurry ones. Also maybe try not cutting through engines quite so much as it tends to upset that all important balance. 🙂

Paul

great snaps. 🙂

Love the photos Matt, especially the first one 🙂

Nice shots Matt