Comments, feedback, criticism, suggestions, etc. are always appreciated. Thanks!
Sorry, due to a work crisis, new posts will be intermittent the next few months.
My beef with this image is the blur --a bit too much for my taste. Perhaps taking a tripod would had helped. Some museums charge a bit more for the tripod, but it can really make the experience worth the while. Come to think of it, your problem seems to have been the high ISO. What did you use? Still would had been resolved by a low ISO and the use of a tripod and crossing your fingers hoping that nobody would walk in front of the camera to ruin the exposure. I like the choice of subject, a favorite when I go to museums. Take care,
Luis
25 May 2008 10:01pm
@Luis A. De Jesus R.: you're totally right. i don't have a tripod yet unfortunately. but i appreciate your honest critique! :)
Even if you don't have a tripod, which who wants to lug around a tripod in a museum, you could always set the camera on a ledge or something, set up your shot and use the self-timer.
Oh yeah, caught the comment on ISO. I think you could have boosted your ISO way higher and had a nice sharp image (though it may depend on the camera --my little L11 takes crappy shots at ISO 800). 320 is not high. I hardly ever set my D40 to less than 400 ISO, and I use 800 regularly. I'm also satisfied with the shots I get at even 1600. Now, 3200 is a big push, with lots of noise, but sometimes even that much noise is better than blur --it's a matter of taste. Almost everything in photography is a trade off. Also, you can try bracing as Melissa suggested, and sometimes, you can take several shots and find one that you got steady enough to be sharp. Sometimes I take ten or more shots in low light to get one that I find sharp enough.