Decision made! My theme for this Masterclass is going to be 'In the garden', it was going to be 'In my garden' but I thought that might limit me too much. We were at an 18th birthday party yesterday evening, held in our friend's garden and I took lots of photos, some of which I'd like to share, especially as I had to experiment in order to get the right settings as the bad weather and poor light were not on my side
Ok, we have the birthday boy, Tom on your left and Andrew (in fancy dress I might add) on the right. As well as the dull light, the moving subject matter was tricky too, one moment they were coming towards you and the next they were flying backwards, legs & arms all over the place. This one was shot in AV, the WB was set on cloud, ISO 800, 1/60, 5.0.
I didn't have time to look at the histrogram during the party, but looking at it now, it's at it's peak in the middle section and tapers out to both edges.
The shot of Matt & DH playing badminton , again on AV, 1/40, 5.0, ISO 800 I've cropped and added the feathered border.
And lastly, the one of Matt, AV, 1/160, 5.0, ISO 800. All taken with my new Sigma DC 17-70mm f2.8-4.5 and metering mode set to evaluative metering.
