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08-09-2008, 02:13 PM
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Frustrated Newbie
I'm still very newb at photography but I've been getting more and more frustrated with some of the pictures i've taken
 I don't understand why a lot of my pictures come out really hazy and unclear and why it takes so much processing to make the pictures look half decent. is it my newbiness or is my camera really that bad? All of these have been taken with a canon 20d with a 28-135mm lens that i got to learn with. no tripod! these are a few of the bad examples. when there is good lighting, than the picture quality is much better, and the haziness reduces and everything is much clearer. i should also mention that these are taken in ASIA where it is EXTREMELY humid. the weather is also itself very hazy, so not sure if that could be the reason. and these were taken at the zoo at around 3pm, an hour later a storm hit and it started raining hard. so not sure if those could be factors as to why i haven't been getting good pictures? and if i am over processing my pictures? please give me some ideas and what i can do to improve! 1a. 1/100sec F/5.6 at 135mm ISO-100 no flash  1b.  2a. 1/50sec F/5.6 at 135mm ISO-100 no flash  2b.  3a. 1/100sec F/5.6 at 135mm ISO-100 no flash  3b.  thanks for looking! Last edited by Bobyl573 : 08-10-2008 at 12:18 AM. 
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08-09-2008, 05:14 PM
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With my experience, I usually get hazy pictures when the day is overcast or when the sun is shining down from the sky.
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08-09-2008, 10:51 PM
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haha....whoa! your first pic said 1/1000s but when i looked at your EXIF data, it said 1/100s.
better make that change cuz i was thinking that's a little fast, maybe that's why u're getting these pictures
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08-09-2008, 10:54 PM
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i don't know how 20Ds work but it looks like that the most noticeable thing you tweaked was the saturation.
i'm pretty sure you can adjust the color options on your camera so that the JPEG processing will have more saturated colors. I know my nikon D80 can do it. i'm assuming these were shot in JPEG and not RAW right?
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08-09-2008, 11:35 PM
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^exif data says he used Aperture Priority
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08-10-2008, 12:16 AM
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Thanks. Can't use Firefox as work.... First suggestion, try shooting in Auto Mode and see how the pics turn out compared to Av Mode. See what settings the camera selects compared to the settings you selected. It should give you a good base line to start out with. Second, Av Mode isn't really the best selection when shooting animals (unless you have lots of light to work with) - they tend to make lots of sudden movements and that will blur your pics - even more so when shooting hand held using slow shutter speeds. If the lighting is poor, try bumping up the ISO to allow for use of higher shutter speeds. 1/250 should be plenty unless they're running or jumping around.
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08-10-2008, 12:22 AM
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ohh sorry about the typo, yea these were all shot jpeg and not RAW. in terms of processing, i had to tweak the levels and curve and contrast to make it look less "hazy" i think i should try bumping the iso and also changing the mode. i'm chose av mode that day cuz i didn't have much time to think and my sister was running from one animal to another haha, but thanks for the advice guys.
does humidity and weather also play a lot in how picture quality turn out?
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08-10-2008, 12:27 AM
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Humidity shouldn't really effect anything unless it's a thick haze between you and your subject. Light and subject movement effect your pictures more than anything else...
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08-10-2008, 12:44 AM
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I was deployed to Oman a few years ago and fought that problem constantly. We lived/worked in air conditioned tents where the temperature was as low as we could possibly make it. When I'd leave the tent, the 100+ degree temperatures with 80% humidity would instantly cause everything to fog up (glasses, cameras, etc). Several times I ran inside to grab my camera to take a quick picture only to have the lens fog up and make me miss the shot. When I took them anyway, they came out all hazy. The camera needed a good 15-20 minutes to acclimate before I could take a clear picture. I don't know if that relates to your problem, but it shows that heat and humidity can cause hazy photos.
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