Just a stuff toy

[MatthewBatiduan]

I'm not really sure if this is a macro shot. but, anyway, please; comments, suggestions, reactions are really appreciated.
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Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS
Shutter Speed: 1/3s
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 28.00mm
ISO: 1600

[EmyB]

Hmmm the monkey's face doesn't look sharp. Was this handheld? (I presume so because your ISO was so high). It would have looked much sharper if you rested the camera on a pile of books or something, and then your ISO could have been really low to stop any noise.

[MatthewBatiduan]

Ohhh, that's the effect of High ISO, ey? Thanks, EmyB! This advice will really help me in my future shots! THANKS!

[EmyB]

I think I've confused you there.

ISO doesn't really relate to how sharp the photo is (except in a roundabout way). It's the sensitivity setting of the camera's sensor. The shutter speed is the thing that has caused this photo to be blurry. It's too slow at 1/3 second.

Your camera has probably automatically set the ISO that high because it was struggling with the low light situation. But even with such a high sensitivity it still did too slow a shutter speed.

Does that make sense?