First Outing with the 400D

[BigTruck]

2,5, and 6, those are my favorite, they all look great but those ones got the most going on in them!!

[Papa9571]

Those are good shots but I would like to see more "blur" on the propellor.

To do that switch the camera to Tv and manually adjust the shutter speed down towards 1/60 until you get the look you want. The shots will not be "brighter" because of the longer shutter open time because the camera will compensate.

If you are shooting moving water you do the same thing to get thr the illusion of water flowing instead of a stop action shot.

[Mictheslik]

Those are good shots but I would like to see more "blur" on the propellor.

To do that switch the camera to Tv and manually adjust the shutter speed down towards 1/60 until you get the look you want. The shots will not be "brighter" because of the longer shutter open time because the camera will compensate.

If you are shooting moving water you do the same thing to get thr the illusion of water flowing instead of a stop action shot.

I think 1/60 is a little dramatic, and will result in the whole picture being blurred (unless you have a very steady hand for panning) I find about 1/250 is about right

.mic

[mrjake2002]

Cheers for all the tips!

OK, I think I'm getting the hang of this...

So I set the shutter speed at around 250 then use exposure compensation to make the image darker?

[Mictheslik]

Cheers for all the tips!

OK, I think I'm getting the hang of this...

So I set the shutter speed at around 250 then use exposure compensation to make the image darker?

If you're on shutter priority mode the aperture should compensate for the lower shutter speed.....however, you may need to use exp compensation aswell generally...I find that in direct sunlight I need to compensate down about 2/3 but in grey weather I need to go up about 2/3.....just experiment

.mic

[mrjake2002]

Cool, should be going up there again on Tuesday as I've only got one lesson.  ;D

[Vapour01]

If you're shooting into the sun you want to overexpose a little, not under.

[Mictheslik]

If you're shooting into the sun you want to overexpose a little, not under.

I meant when I was shooting a subject that was illuminated by the sun and was painted white, like most aircraft are

.mic

[Vapour01]

If you're shooting into the sun you want to overexpose a little, not under.

I meant when I was shooting a subject that was illuminated by the sun and was painted white, like most aircraft are

.mic

That depends what you shoot, thankfully most of my shots are of grey aircraft...

[Double_Farvel]

Great captures!!! I love the last one...very dramatic!  ;)