In reply to Post #32
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In reply to Post #45
Wow,i can honestly say ive never seen such awesome photography in my life, those shots are nothing short of miraculous.
I guess its plain to see from these snaps.....that its all about the timing,being at the right place at the right time with the right equiptment.
Thanks for linking us up with them 9

In reply to Post #40
Sound advice lads, thanks Dave,i think i mananged to take it all in,lol.
I think i just need more practice and keep reffering to the info in this thread as its all gradually gonna sink in,i think i get the whole exp thing now,and understand a little more about iso thanx to you guys, the efix data i posted here is for the dog shot tho.
I also have a digital photography book by tom ang, very good beginners book,its not the masterclass book tho so maybe i need a copy as i find his way of explaining things quite easy to absorb

In reply to Post #36
its the foot bridge over the frome in my village m8, (rode,somerset)

In reply to Post #34
EXIF — this group of metadata is encoded in 12,790 bytes (12.5k)

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Custom Rendered Normal
Date/Time Original 2008:12:06 16:54:53
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hows this lot????

In reply to Post #33
i loaded the same pic into the link u provided, does this give u all the info u need now???
http://regex.info/exif.cgi

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oh poo.....no it dont

In reply to Post #32
Cheers 9er, your a star, book hunting tomorow,and your right about the dog slightly out of focus,but its the best i did so far,i took it coz the sunset seemed to bring the dogs colour out,almost had it.,the table is more in focus,ill soon av it right

In reply to Post #30
I also half depress the button while it twitches the focus then click when its clear,but on some pics i have recently discovered that sometimes i twist the lense myself to bring the pic into focus,.....i bet your wetting yourself here m8 , i aint got a scooby doo what im doing.

In reply to Post #29
Sorry Nine,this must be real frustrating for you,ill try explain a bit more and ill put an example up,as explained earlier, the pic of the footbridge i took was in full auto mode on my canon eos,so i wasnt aware of what iso was, or ap etc,i just pointed and shot, and always hold the cam steady as poss to my face with my elbows into my chest,i havent the steadiest of hands but always struggle with taking consistently clear, and fully focused pics,now i know a pro has an "eye" for the perfect shot, and i certainly dont have that luxury/skill,so its normally a few pics of the scene or whatever and i keep the best one.i have pretty near perfect eyesight and dont wear specs,i can see when i have obviously just not held the cam steady and the shot is out of focus, but please look at this pic and you will see its full of colour, and reasonably in focus and clear/crisp,i merely wish to have all, well, much more of my pics this little bit clearer with more depth of colour.
Anyway,please feel free to criticize this pic, i trust your judgement fully,and its very much appreciated.

In reply to Post #27
By "crisp", i mean flat or lfieless, and yes i guess a little out of focus sometimes,i know a tripod would help to some degree but i just dont get clear pics,well not all the time anyway.
And i would happily supply you the full efix data.........if i knew what it was and how to do it