Vivid Sky

[suhail_dps]

Hi All,

The view from my balcony, very early in the morning, before the sunrise...



Please critique and provide suggestions to improve...

Not really sure, why the noise in clouds even at iso 100..maybe i did something wrong...

Thanks

[Murtasma]

I like the saturation compostion and color however what fstop did you use. i think if you stopped the lens down some you could have gotten more depth of field thus getting the clouds more in the field of focus.

[suhail_dps]

Thanks Murtasma,

settings used were F/10, 1/25, Iso 100...do u recommend using a greater number f-stop for such a shot...???

[clockdoc]

Hi suhail. Nice rendition of the sunrise. Did you use auto or manual focus on this one? In many cases such as this it helps to switch to maual focus and vary the focal point, thus helping to achiece more depth of field. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[Mr. Clipit]

Great sunrise, great shot! the only part I'm not crazy about is the frame. I think the shot would probably be better off without it. As for the focus of the clouds, I would agree that manual focus is the way to go. Focus closer with a blurred treeline might have worked well too.

[suhail_dps]

Thanks Clockdoc and Mr.Clipit...i used auto focus for this one...i am still very new at Dslr photography and honestly have not clicked a single pic with manual focus till today...but will give it a try next time around.

Are there any special trick's to keep in mind or generic guidelines to follow for using Manual focus?

Thanks again.

[clockdoc]

An understanding of depth-of-field and how it is related to aperture and where you focus will help a great deal. For a given aperture, a certain distance in front of where you focus will be acceptably sharp as will a distance beyond where you focus. It does this is a 1/3 forward to 2/3 back ratio. Think of what you want to be in acceptable focus from the point nearest to the camera to the most distant. Then focus at a point about 1/3rd the way in. Hope that is clear. If not , please let me know. Depth of field will change with the lens/focal length you are using. The closer you are to your subject the less depth-of-field. That is why macro or extreme close-up shots have so little depth of field.