First pics with my digital rebel!

Well I got my 300D in the night before last, but since charging the battery, yesterday after work was my first chance to get out and try it out. My girlfriend and I first went to a local lake/park, and then downtown to snap away. I think I shot around 200 shots, but these were a few of the ones I wanted to hear opinion on. For the most part...I think I figured out roughly how to take half-way decent daytime shots. Just for fast moving objects, like cars for example, I can just crank up the ISO...and I'm good. But for night shots...I can't seem to catch all the light without making the shots come out blurry (since I don't have a tripod yet). And when I flash people, it's obviously flashed in the picture. When using flash at night, should I be quite a ways back from the person I'm shooting at night?

Oh yeah, and on another note. Why is it that when I'm shooting in "Sports" mode...objects always turn out blurry? So far, the only way I've been able to catch fast moving "action" shots is by turning up the ISO to 800 or 1600.

Anyway, what do you think about some of these for my first shots (keep in mind the only thing I've ever used before now was a disposable camera)? hehe\

edit: Oh yeah, btw, no cropping or photoshopping was done on any of these. I simply pulled them straight out of the camera and resized them.

I really like the second one!!! I think the reflection of the buildings' windows at the time of day really added something. :)

As for the sports mode, it's all about camera shake I think. Most of mine come out fairly well, but I *do* get some blurry ones as well. Most of the time I have the speed set to 800. I will post some in a few. :)

Good luck! I love my Rebel!

I have had excellent success with "sports" mode. BUT, I pretty much only use it on moving targets, and I follow the target with my eye/camera for but a moment before the snap. I've gotten some great stop-action that way. In fact, my first roll of film with my Rebel Ti captured my son coming down a water slide, completely stopping him while the water moved around him. It was awesome, and I had no idea I was capable of such shots.

I've used sports mode on non-moving targets too and can't remember having a problem with blur, so I don't know what to tell you.

I take a lot of night shots, and before I got my tripod, I would prop on all kinds of walls, bridges, even a tower of ashtrays once when I was desperate. I like the unique perspectives I was forced to take, and I consider my night shots to be some of my favorite work.

I think these are great shots, very clean, and great framing.
With my POS camera (someday I will have my Nikon :), if I am in action mode, I almost always need to use my flash- and adjust the white balance. UGH.

Keep posting!

-VillenaDeCorte

Thanks to everyone for the comments. These were all taken freehand, but I have since purchased a tripod for the nightshots (I like nightshots, for some reason). It may take me a while, but I think I can get the hang of this. hehe

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Originally Posted by kellybean

I take a lot of night shots, and before I got my tripod, I would prop on all kinds of walls, bridges, even a tower of ashtrays once when I was desperate. I like the unique perspectives I was forced to take, and I consider my night shots to be some of my favorite work.

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I hope you took a couple of detail shots of that "traypod" that you assembled. :D