A new challenger approaches

[Pirate_Felix]

Armed with his brand new Canon EOS 450D he takes some nice shots, watch out!

[spoiler=Hanging out]

 

 

[spoiler=Down the street]

 

 

[spoiler=The same all day]

 

 

[spoiler=We did last week]

 

 

[spoiler=Not a thing to do]

 

 

[spoiler=But talk to you]

 

 

[spoiler=Hello Wisconsin!]

 

 

 

c/c on my pictures might help ;D

[Ouchy]

Apart from the last 2, they are all blurred D: Try not to shoot in Auto, and make good use of the Manual Features (Shutter Speed, Aperture, Macro, etcc)

[Pirate_Felix]

I shot the birds through the window, else i couldnt get close enough.

[Sam]

Manual Focus is your new best friend ;)

[Pirate_Felix]

Manual? ill try it out tomorrow o.O

[Ouchy]

Manual focus means you choose what to focus in on, instead of the Camera's Auto Focus feature doing it for you.

[Pirate_Felix]

Ah, but that doesnt fix photographing through a window ;P

[Ouchy]

Photographing through windows should be fine depending on the settings. :unsure:

[Jeffwilson99]

Photographing through windows should be fine depending on the settings. :unsure:

 

And how clean the windows are :wink:

 

I like the pic of the Santa candle holder.

[dsavi]

Apart from the last 2, they are all blurred D: Try not to shoot in Auto, and make good use of the Manual Features (Shutter Speed, Aperture, Macro, etcc)

I think it's a bit early for that yet.

 

Your first problem is probably focus. Are you sure you have it on autofocus? Press the shutter halfway and wait for it to indicate that it has focused before shooting. Then keep the camera as still as possible while it shoots.

Your second problem is composition. Make use of the rule of thirds, diagonal lines, horizontal or vertical lines, guiding lines, the golden spiral, etc.

The third is colors. Warm, cold, saturated, grayscale, smooth or grainy. These are all tools to be used as you wish, in combination with each other or on their own. Later you'll learn to break those rules.