Hombre.

[Minerva]

At ease in his own shell!

Canera: Canon PowerShot G7.
Exif: Unavailable.
C&C welcomed and appreciated. Thank you.

[Wavelength]

Very nice; why, you had to use flash?

[bnnrcn]

I think your flash created some very harsh light on its head Carol. So, may be taking more than one shot with different flash settings and exposure settings might help next time

[Minerva]

I think your flash created some very harsh light on its head Carol. So, may be taking more than one shot with different flash settings and exposure settings might help next time:roll eyes:

Ok Binnur, thank you so much for always viewing and advising, really appreciate it.

[Minerva]

Thank you Nandakumar, I have a lot to learn

[madcrow]

Carol, +1 for Binnur. Still a good image.

[Geoff F]

Whether to use flash on a close up shot is always a debatable issue, Carol. As a general rule, my default position is to start with a bit of flash then do a quick change if I am getting problems. But, I'm using more 'advanced' equipment and with an external flash unit. Some flash output compensation is normally essential. Can you vary the flash output level with your camera?

If a subject appears to be likely to cause problems I like to take shots with and without flash just in case; but that is only possible when the subject is suitable. If I think I'm only going to get one shot then I tend to choose something which will be more on the under exposed side than over exposed, where all hope of recovery is lost. It is easier to brighten a slightly dark scene.

Having said that, I suspect you could still do a little bit of selective brightness reduction work on this image to balance out the brightness levels a little better.

The eye is sharply focused which is the main thing. Could you have used a narrower aperture to get more focus depth? I always shoot this sort of scene in aperture priority mode to give more focus depth. Slightly increasing the Iso can be helpful as long as it isn't too excessive so a very 'noisy' image will result.

[Minerva]

Catol, +1 for Binnur. Still a good image.

Thank you Maurice

[Minerva]

Whether to use flash on a close up shot is always a debatable issue, Carol. As a general rule, my default position is to start with a bit of flash then do a quick change if I am getting problems. But, I'm using more 'advanced' equipment and with an external flash unit. Some flash output compensation is normally essential. Can you vary the flash output level with your camera?
I will be shortly using my new camera, a Canon EOS Rebel SL1/100D, all I need now is the courage! Thank you so much Geoff for viewing, your time and advise, all duly noted. I cannot vary the flash output on my G7 which is now in Camera heaven, just thought I would upload a few from that camera before I use the new. I will try selective brightness reduction on this image but I doubt I'll manage that as new also to PP. As I recall this image was shot in AP mode. I am happy the eye is sharply focused.
If a subject appears to be likely to cause problems I like to take shots with and without flash just in case; but that is only possible when the subject is suitable. If I think I'm only going to get one shot then I tend to choose something which will be more on the under exposed side than over exposed, where all hope of recovery is lost. It is easier to brighten a slightly dark scene.

Having said that, I suspect you could still do a little bit of selective brightness reduction work on this image to balance out the brightness levels a little better.

The eye is sharply focused which is the main thing. Could you have used a narrower aperture to get more focus depth? I always shoot this sort of scene in aperture priority mode to give more focus depth. Slightly increasing the Iso can be helpful as long as it isn't too excessive so a very 'noisy' image will result.

[Minerva]

Thank you very much Geoff, for viewing, your advise, duly noted. The image was shot in AP mode. I will be using my new Canon EOS Rebel SL1/100D in the near future. I just thought I would upload some images from the G7 which is now in Camera heaven but I think had somewhat of a good run considering the amateurihsness of the owner!! It gave me some courage to get out or in and shoot! Cheers.

[JBW]

I love the shot. I have the same problem with Flash shots. My camera comes with a 'flash compensation' setting yours may have something similar. depending upon the situation my compensation moves from 0 to -0.7. Once I set it I adjust the brightness of the shot with shutter speed.

Distance from the subject and subject reflecting qualities will also make a difference.

you have the 'eye' and now you just need a bit of experience. In my case slow learner that I am it took about 25,000 shots.
B.

[Minerva]

I love the shot. I have the same problem with Flash shots. My camera comes with a 'flash compensation' setting yours may have something similar. depending upon the situation my compensation moves from 0 to -0.7. Once I set it I adjust the brightness of the shot with shutter speed.

Distance from the subject and subject reflecting qualities will also make a difference.

Thank you so much Brian

you have the 'eye' and now you just need a bit of experience. In my case slow learner that I am it took about 25,000 shots.
B.

[Minerva]

Thank you so much Brian.

[Wavelength]

Carol, i see you click on "Reply with Quote" but reply separately. You can include your reply in the quote itself by clicking below the quote; you may please try this next time
Regards

[Minerva]

Carol, i see you click on "Reply with Quote" but reply separately. You can include your reply in the quote itself by clicking below the quote; you may please try this next time
Regards