Recent content by Kateloucook

LOVE the clarity of this action shot...how!??

So...how do I get to this (aside from the skill needed behind the camera ;) )

I love this photo for so many reasons (this is pre editing where I sorted the washy colour). I love his expression, the background etc but it's just not quite clear in his whole face. Parts of it are clear but others are a little blurry f/4.5 1/200 shutter ISO400

This is typical Monty, bounding towards me with a ball. I tried to use the cross hairs to get him but no chance: F/5 1/320 Shutter ISO200 (I realise the shutter should have been faster but then I had to use higher ISO which I always thought you shouldn't do!)

Thanks so much for your replies! I'm now going to start looking at the lenses you suggest! I am a slave to manual and perhaps I need to understand shutter priority a bit more as from memory on my beginners course, this might be the best mode to click in! I can't add more than one photo so I'm...

Hello all I'm a relative beginner in the world of dSLR photography. I do try and take images on manual mode and have taken a few walking courses around London but am always striving for that crystal clear image. Myself and my husband recently got a lovely chocolate Labrador and I love nothing...