Sarah Swimming

[bkdonnelly]

Newbie, taking hordes of pictures, still relying heavily on auto settings although with guidance from people here I'm starting to venture into manualville. Criticisms encouraged!

My neice Sarah enjoying a sunny day in the pool. Taken with my Canon D30 using a Canon EF70-200 4L USM lens.

[ACArmstrong]

Nice job - I shot some pictures a few weekends ago of my daughter swimming in a pool like this. It's not as easy as you'd think. You did a nice job with your composition and DOF - the only thing I see is that the colors are a little muted and you could use a little more light.

Can you share what the settings were?

[Lava Lamp]

Newbie, taking hordes of pictures, still relying heavily on auto settings although with guidance from people here I'm starting to venture into manualville. Criticisms encouraged!

My neice Sarah enjoying a sunny day in the pool. Taken with my Canon D30 using a Canon EF70-200 4L USM lens.

It sounds counter-intutive, but use your camera's flash with people on sunny days - you'll get more light in their eyes. This photo is good, but you'll notice that your niece's face and eyes are dark in realtion to the relatively bright water.

[bkdonnelly]

Sorry, meant to pass on the settings:

Shutter: 1/250
Aperature: 4.0
ISO: 200

I too felt Sarah's face came out a little dark, and I wish the colors had a little more punch. I tried to boost things a little in PhotoShop, but everything I did to fix the face ruined the appearance of the water. I'll try the flash next time. Thanks all!

[MB1]

A fill flash would probably help with filling out the face if it didn't distract her.