Photo Critique Club

[CCsGarden]

Those are so cute!!! They would be perfect for a Christmas card!

Yup! I'll be making cards for next year

 

[azurbanclucker]

That spot lighting from the right is a bit strong in all of them. It's my only nit. Can you soften it at all?

 

[CCsGarden]

That spot lighting from the right is a bit strong in all of them. It's my only nit. Can you soften it at all?

yeah, that's the sun coming in from the windows. Maybe if I close the curtain that will help?

 

[azurbanclucker]

yeah, that's the sun coming in from the windows. Maybe if I close the curtain that will help?

Closing it may cause a different problem and drop the light level too much. Do you have like a sheer curtain (or some kind of thin blanket that just cuts the light down a little bit) you could hang there to diffuse the sunlight? Even 10% less would make a difference.

 

[CCsGarden]

Closing it may cause a different problem and drop the light level too much. Do you have like a sheer curtain (or some kind of thin blanket that just cuts the light down a little bit) you could hang there to diffuse the sunlight? Even 10% less would make a difference.

Yes! I'll try that!

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Any tips? The focus in pretty much all of these is soft, and I really have no idea why. I made sure to focus on the face in all of them...

The settings are similar for all, ISO 100 ish, f5.6, and shutter speed 1/100 to 1/160 of a second, except for the brown hen, which was 1/80. The lighting wasn't the best, as it was pretty foggy, so I did some lightening and minimal cropping afterwards.

I think this one is one of the best, the focus is pretty good.

Then none of these look great...

And I think this is the best of the white hen.

Any help would be appreciated! I feel like I'm still learning how to work my new camera

 

[R2elk]

I think this one is one of the best, the focus is pretty good.

 

[Gill-b]

Any tips? The focus in pretty much all of these is soft, and I really have no idea why. I made sure to focus on the face in all of them...

Question...
Was your camera hand held for these photos? Or on a tripod?

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Question...
Was your camera hand held for these photos? Or on a tripod?

Hand held. I don't think a tripod would've worked for these chickens, they move too fast! So that's probably part of the problem, just a bit of movement with a slow shutter speed.

 

[R2elk]

Then none of these look great...