{framing} part II

My new lens arrived yesterday and I did not have a chance to try it out until this evening. It's the 24-70mm f/2.8 :) I snapped this shot of Bug just after bathtime tonight. It was really dark so I had to max my settings with my ISO kickin', my shutter slow and aperture wide open. I got this image with no flash. I was surprised how crisp it was considering my settings :) I post processed in Lightroom 2. The color version looked good but it was screamin' black and white to me.

ISO 1600
40mm
f/2.8
1/50

{framing}

In this image I was capturing natural framing. My favorite part about this image is how the lighting is hitting N. It was very patchy lighting from the sun beaming through the branches. I bumped up my exposure a bit and added in some black for depth.

ISO 200
50 mm
f/3.5
1/320

RAW baby!

Here they are... My first official photos shot completely in Manual RAW. I am amazed at the difference this makes. I've been so excited ever since I loaded them onto my computer. Bug wasn't lovin' me taking his pictures today but had to post this for exposure sake. I played with the curves in each in Lightroom 2, but did not adjust much. I also added a light vignette. I posted my settings under the photos...I'm going to try to do that from now on.

BTW, he's blowing raspberries in the second one:)

ISO 100
50 mm
f/2.5
1/3200
post processed in Lightroom 2

ISO 100
50 mm
f/3.5
1/4000

post processed in Lightroom 2

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