Recent content by matt_ttuk

True pro Matt

What a pointless exercise

A good guide is to always use a speed over the length of your lens so if you were at 200mm then you would want over 1/200 sec. If you have a crop sensor camera as I understand yours is this will increase again so would be 200x1.5= 300. So you would want a shutter speed above 1/300. This is...

I agree, I think you may both be disappointed by the results if taken indoors with only natural light and an on camera flash. Lighting is key to taking a good photograph, especially indoors where it will make or break a photo. Matt

Well the 50D is really just an updated version of the 40D so much of the decision will be cost I would have thought. I guess you need to ask yourself if you think the updates justify the extra cost for what you do. Expect you have probably seen the site below, but if not is quite useful as it...

Dont even need Elements can do it for free in GIMP. Take a look at the example, its in Photoshop but almost identical work flow in GIMP etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gySpAuuDM4 Matt

Based on the lighting on the car I would say its just had a diffrent sky shopped in. Very easy loads of tutorials on the net. Matt

There is quite a lot of lens flare in both of those pictures. Very noticeable in the top left of the second picture and also the rainbow effect just in front of the bird. This will defiantly not help, always use a lens hood if you have one. As others suggest shutter speed may be a key factor...

I would recommend a read of the link below, also there is a lot more useful information on this site too. http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/sharpness.htm What you need to be careful of is the difference between sharpness and acutance, all you are doing when you sharpening is enhancing...

This was discussed last week http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=177656 Matt