Valadilene's daily

[Valadilene]

Heres hoping i can keep this up. Im usually good about takin at least one picture a day, this will hopefully challenge me to make them better. Here was today.



I'm having a problem with focus. When I use manual focus, in my viewfinder, it looks sharp as a tack to me.. but then when I get it on my computer, my focus point is off.. can anyone give me some pointers? Do I need to get my eyes checked? I do wear contacts, but this is a more recent problem...

[stine]

hey there! beautiful still life, love the colors here.
hmm, about the manual focus: i think it happens to me every now and then, especially when the light conditions are a little dark, it's hard to get the focus right. butyou get used to it, i guess.
one other thing that comes to mind is the dioptrin-correction some cameras have. they're easy to get altered when you carry your camera around and one usually never checks them. so maybe that could be a solution... anyway, lovely pic!

[klips]

Another thing you could try is shooting tethered, if you have EOS utility installed and a Cat-6 cable you can use live view on your computer screen I need to try this out too, by the way.

[purplerose]

Really nice photo though.

[Valadilene]

Been super busy the last two days, ill post three pics tonight to make up for it..

Stine- yeah, i thought it wasn't the dioptics, but then i was messing with them today and it seems like you may be right. We'll see once I put the photos I took after messin with it on my computer.

Klips- thats not a bad idea.. I should try that..

rose- thanks!=)

[MLlanes]

you dont even need a computer. if you have an AV out on your camera, you can hook it up to one of those portable dvd players and use it as a big screen.

i know some people do it when they have to travel and take portraits for business and such

[Valadilene]

Not as good as the last photo, but here's three. The last one was for a photo class assignment.. only photo shop was dodging and cropping.

[purplerose]

The last one makes for a pretty good abstract. Maybe it could be a bit sharper?

[Ment]

The first one is great, really nice colors and DOF.

The second and third one could use some more sharpness, and the third is a little too dark, I almost can't see the subject.

The last one is a nice abstact shot.

[Valadilene]

Thanks! yeah.. still having problems with the focus.. that and ive been being a bit lazy and not busting out the tripod when i should >< here's today.. net troubles the last couple days.

OK!