MG TF pics, feedback needed

[BigWig]

I took these the other night on my Rebel, using the 'flower' setting (unsure of the proper term) can anyone give me some direction on how I could make these better using the more advanced settings on the camera...






cheers

[rustybin]

Not sure that you could do much other than shutting the door on the top one. They are very nice. I only have one decent photo of my old 164 cloverleaf and it has the door open, bugs me everytime I see it.

Presumably you didn't have the tulip thingy switched on for the top one. If so it may be a little out of focus as it is for close-ups. It's hard to tell at the size above.

The bottom three look great, the top one is slightly under exposed but I don't know how much control you have on a rebel to correct that. If it has a night portrait mode or similar it could do the job.

>> Edited by rustybin on Monday 14th November 18:50

[_dobbo_]

Can't see any - "image not available".

Flower mode is I believe macro mode.

[simpo two]

No pix for me either, but much as I hate to trot out the old stuff, it's probably time to RTM so you know what the buttons do.

[BigWig]

Ok thanks for the comments. I needed to know where I was going wrong. I've not had it long and it is my first 'proper' camera. I'm doing a Corolla GTi and Cooper S on Saturday as well as the TF again so I'll post them up if thats ok, to see if there has been any improvement.

Door shut...

[m1spw]

Huh? Can anyone else see any of the pics??? I can't

[te51cle]

I saw the pics when they first came up but now all I get is image not available so can't comment properly but I seem to remember that they were quite well composed. As has been mentioned, the flower symbol is for the macro mode on the camera - meant for close-ups of small objects. It'll probably produce what you expected to see when picking up details on the car, but results may be unpredictable for the whole vehicle in shot. The portrait mode (usually the profile of someone's head) might work for complete vehicles.

For more advanced use you'll want to change to aperture priority which will be indicated by an A or Av. Try a value of 8 to start with, to get more of the car and background in focus select a larger number, to get focus on one small area and make the rest of it more diffuse use a smaller number. You may need to use a tripod if you're not already, especially if its overcast and/or late in the day, otherwise you might get some general softness due to camera shake.

[simpo two]

ing hell, just stick it on Program and get on with it.

[BigWig]

God knows why it isn't linking, poxy computers!

Here is the album...

[url]www.photobox.co.uk/album/thumbnails.html?c_album=2108696[/url]

Simpotwo, explain yourself.

>> Edited by BigWig on Monday 14th November 22:50

[NMD]

Photobox are a bit of a pain when it comes to hosting pics to link to - you'll need to make the album available for public viewing on their website and then your links should work ok. Failing that, it's pretty straightforward to load them up on Imageshack.