Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T5 Photo Location: Sherwood, Oregon ISO: 500 Shutter Speed: 1/60s Aperture: F6.3. Shutter Priority Mode With CWA Metering. F/L @55mm. Many thanks for viewing. Tony
Great colour on this flower Tony. Not too many blue flowers around compared to other colours. I'm interested to know why you set Shutter Priority mode - got me intrigued. Also, how are you getting the black background? It's a great way to make the vibrantly coloured flower take centre stage and really pop
Greetings Greg, I have tried using Aperture Priority, however it appears to be inconsistent. With Shutter priority I have discovered the I.Q., to be better and more consistent. I also discovered that I can confidently use my Canon Speedlight with Shutter Priority, whereas with Aperture Priority I often times end up with nightmares for images. Let's see. Regarding the blacked out background, on FastStonesimageviewer, there is a slider feature named "Shadows." That and mixed a bit with Contrast is how I achieve that affect. Thank you very much for your review and kind words there, Sir Isac. Cheers, Tony
I haven't used AP since the 90's! No control over the shutter speed doesn't appeal to me one bit. I only use manual - so much more control. The only time I'm off manual is Tv (Shutter Priority) for fast action shots like sports or birds in flight, where I need to get 1/2000th plus. With a speedlight, you will only get 1/250th shutter speed which is a bit limiting - but with your flower shots should be fine. Because modern sensors can handle high ISO easily, for flowers I would recommend: Manual | f:5.6 - f:8 | 1/500th | Spot or Evaluative metering | spot or grouped focusing | Auto ISO. It's a start and you can adjust settings after looking at the image on the LCD and histogram.
