And since I felt like I wasn't focused where I wanted to be, I tried again. Here are some roses at my neighbor's house. Please excuse the satellite dish. And tell me if I am even on the right track too please.

 

roses F/11

roses F/22

Sattalite dish aside, I think you nailed it, congrats.

Thanks Eric. Any idea why I had trouble getting the windchimes in focus? (They're back a page and were my first attempt at this lesson.)

My guess is primarily because the chimes were probably moving.  If you look at the fence on the same plane as the chimes, it's pretty sharp.

cnewge01:

What I was meaning is that the photo looked too light to me. Here is an example of my second try using just AV mode. See I can control the light (expoosure) when I am shooting in manual, but I am not getting it using the AV mode. Does this make sense?

 

The real reason AV is not working for you is that you have Your Exposure Copmpensation set for +1 so your camera is over exposing in AV (orTV mode for that mater) by 1 full stop. reste it to Zero.

Exposure Compensation does not work in Manual Mode on Canon's so that is why you get better exposures using manual Mode.

See you camera's manual for how to reset your exposure compensation or come back and ask 

Here are the flowers I "buttared" 

 Ok, here is my assignment. I think I understand. I can see the differences in the depth of the focus of the images.

  

 Since I'm the newbie in the fourm and late at that; the apple is to Butta up the teacher.

Awesome guys.... i'll take that apple thank you bery much...

 

 

haha

 

Gtrman

 

Ok so today was the first chance I have gotten to take any shots (I just discovred this AWESOME forum yesterday). Unfortunately I had to work all day and then it was raining when I got home so I had to shoot in the house.  I know they aren't great, but I just stuck to the rules.

f/4

 

 

 

f/6.3

f/10

 

the last one is soo blurry! Well hopefully I will get a better shot at lesson 2 :)

 

Thanks to those who put this together, I am SUPER STOKED about participating!

 Here are mine. I haven't gone to bed yet so it is still Tuesday!

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F8

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Many of us have had the last image go blurry in our shots... I just wanted to put a short explanation to ensure we all understand. As you change you F number to a HIGHER number...the Shutter speed gets LONGER..... (how rude). So hand holding that puppy gets more and more difficult. So remember, if you are increasing the shutter speed in this assignment.. tripods are nice. As we go on through the assignments, we will learn how to avoid this problem... again...don't worry about it now, but I wanted to make sure you know its nothing you are doing "wrong" and your camera is not broken, we just need how compensate for that low shutter speed.. Coming soon.. Gtrman

I just have to say...  this has been one hell of a "trial run."

Kudos everyone!!!

 

This place is better than Disney!

LOL at VMAXGUY...Parkay 

Moose:

LOL at VMAXGUY...Parkay 

Somebody had to do it!

heheheheeh

Now THAT is a good one....

parkay !

Nice.

Ok so I am very late but oh well. excuse the lack of photobucket.

f5.6

f8.0 the wind doesn't help!

did I mention it was windy?

f10

Hello,

This is a wonderful forum. Thanks for everyone who created this community. I will receive my camera next week and as soon as a receive i will post the pictures. The camera i bought is gonna be my first dslr. I am really excited :)

Congrats, what camera did ya get.  Welcome to the madhouse Mpix!

i got a Canon EOS 40D comes with Canon  EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM. I think i made a good choice for my first SLR. What do you think?

I'm a nikonian myself, but I know people who are looking at that amea, and there is always someone saying how they love thier 40D.  I have nearly that same lens though.  It has 10mm wider, but no IS, so an even trade.  You'll have a lot of fun with it.  And this is the place to learn.

I already read the manual and i watched the videos of The Nerd Husband who has same camera. Some videos of his shows the menu and some really cool options of the camera. I really feel myself ready for it.