A Dragonfly Poses For First Picture.
The very first picture taken with my new Canon EOS 5D Camera
This picture was the first I took with my new Canon EOS 5D plus Sigma 105mm DG Macro lens set on auto. I was in lodgings at a farm in South Wales and took the plunge to buy the camera and lens. I was so eager to use it, as soon as I got back to my digs I unpacked the camera and went into an adjacent field where I saw this dragon fly. I got as close as possible without scaring it away and took two shots. When I got back to my room I loaded it to my laptop and was surprised at the detail of the picture.
I then packed it away and have never had time to use until just lately. I’m new to photography and find all the stuff about F stops and shutter speeds plus focal lengths etc. a little confusing. I have vowed to get out there and just experiment with the settings and hopefully learn something. I would appreciate any advice from other more experienced photographers in the form of comments to this post.
I had to crop this picture right down because the Canon EOS 5D is a 12.8 mega pixel camera producing pictures of 4368 x 2912. The results I got with point and shoot set to the auto have spurred me on to hopefully become confident with this fantastic camera.
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Lens: SIGMA DG MACRO 105mm F2.8
f8
1/500 sec.
ISO 320
Focal Length 105mm
A closer look.
I’ve bought a couple of books, one is by Scott Kelby called “The Digital Photography Book” and will read and follow his instructions. I bought this book because I already have another of the authors books “The Photoshop Elements 6 Book”. and found it to be the best of a bunch of books I bought and read about elements 6. As I get used to this camera I will post the results here but remember I’m just a beginner so the results at first will be very average.
