I took this pic of my grandson and it has a very noticable shadow. I printed it to canvas and it looks nice to me. My question is, should shadows be removed or are they ok?

Glad U enjoyed your time in my home town! The pic's are nice

From my bedroom window last night

From My Bedroom Window

A couple pic's of me at my best!!

sharing a few photo's of my best Buddy!

Cisco


Cisco


Cisco

Very nice. What settings did you use?

Thanks for everyones input. Looks like I have some homework to do before I make a decision.

This site is great!

My question is would it benefit me to upgrade to a canon 5D mark iii for better quality pictures. I’m serious about becoming a good photographer. I mainly shoot landscapes, close up face shots and bugs/flowers using the macro lens.

I’ve been shooting with a canon 50D since it came out. My pictures are decent/good, but not breathtaking. I rarely use auto modes mostly AV and TV.

I have 4 lens – 28x 135mm, 75x300mm, 100x400mm and a 60mm macro lens. These are EF lens so can be used on a 5D.

Any input would be greatly appreciated

I took these at work during my lunch hour. The 1st one I think is the best.

You are right. The fly is dead. I'm learning how the different setting on the camera effect the picture. I chose to use a dead fly so that I could use the same picture setting and same subject with various camera settings and compare them.

Canon 50D with tamron 60mm macro lens

Still trying to prefect the art of close-up.

These are head shots. I trired various different settingd in AV mode. This was the best I could get.

Canon 50D 60mm tamron macro lens with macro ring flash

I took you guys suggestions and here are the results. A little better I think, not quite there yet. I also tried some head shots. I'll post new topic Gresshopper (Do Over) head shots.

Thanks for all the help!
Chris

Orginal Post in Auto mode


AV mode


2nd PIC cropped

Thanks for all the helpful tips!. I plan on reshoting this.

When I use my macro lens, I never get a good crisp shot. Any suggestions?

I'm using a canon 50D with tamron 60mm F/2 lens and a canon MR-14EX Macro Ring lite