Peace Valley

[tegan]

Just a suggestion, to get a more clear shot your Aperture should be 9 to 11. I personally would go with a smaller aperture if I could, I think that would make your shots much clearer. If your shutter speed is that fast your aperture I think is far to open. Others might correct me on this but your aperture should be a fall smaller opening than your using. In daylight I shoot a smaller aperture of f/12 to f/16. No reason to be shooting that high of shutter speed. I try and keep my aperture as small as possible, the wider the less detail you get in your photos. My edit was just to show you can bring out the colours and get more clarity with some work. That was a 2 second edit just to show you what is possible with what you have, I would spend some time in post processing and clean the image up a bit.

Actually, an ISO of 100 and a polarizing filter would have improved the punch and contrast of the original to produce a result somewhat like your edit with a better sky. As far as aperture is concerned detail stays the same.

In terms of technology and glass, quality weaknesses tend to be at both ends of the zoom. The fastest zooms have special glass elements which improve sharpness and reduce aberrations. At the widest aperture, quality weaknesses in the lens show up in the image. As you stop down, these disappear, and then reappear at the smallest apertures. The result is that the sharpest, highest quality image appears on many lenses at f8 to f11 when the lens is not fully extended.

Hope this info. is helpful.

Tegan

[kiley9806]

i actually did get myself a polarizing filter last weekend, so i will have to go try that out! thanks for the suggestion...