02-05-2007, 09:08 PM
After I purchased CS2 I began to shoot RAW with my 20D. This was a new experience for me.
I hate to admit it, but after two years, I still don't know how to best use my camera. It is very forgiving, though, and I do get some great pictures.
I love to take pictures of the birds my S/O and I find at our favorite birding places.
We were recently at Casper's Regional Wilderness Park and found that, due to the heat and unusually dry Winter, the birds were hanging from the slowly dripping water faucets spotted around the park.
It made for some beautiful pictures. I used very high speeds to intentionally blur the background and in most shots it worked perfectly, even capturing the water drops in mid-air and the birds' wings in flight.
I can only guess that in some shots the speed was either too high or the ISO too low because they came out very dark.
Which brings me to my issue:
My biggest problem is that, even when the pictures look fantastic on the screen, MY PRINTS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS TOO DARK.
Adjusting brightness and contrast doesn't produce the desired print results. The prints are still to dark or blown out if I adjusted too much.
Please, I need me your suggestions on how to fix this problem.
Thanks for your thoughts,
GeneL
I hate to admit it, but after two years, I still don't know how to best use my camera. It is very forgiving, though, and I do get some great pictures.
I love to take pictures of the birds my S/O and I find at our favorite birding places.
We were recently at Casper's Regional Wilderness Park and found that, due to the heat and unusually dry Winter, the birds were hanging from the slowly dripping water faucets spotted around the park.
It made for some beautiful pictures. I used very high speeds to intentionally blur the background and in most shots it worked perfectly, even capturing the water drops in mid-air and the birds' wings in flight.
I can only guess that in some shots the speed was either too high or the ISO too low because they came out very dark.
Which brings me to my issue:
My biggest problem is that, even when the pictures look fantastic on the screen, MY PRINTS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS TOO DARK.
Adjusting brightness and contrast doesn't produce the desired print results. The prints are still to dark or blown out if I adjusted too much.
Please, I need me your suggestions on how to fix this problem.
Thanks for your thoughts,
GeneL