More Car Pix ..., from last weekend Options

[SirAndy]

here are some more pix from last weekend.

enjoy!
Andy

http://www.sirandy.com/projects/2003.05.19.asp

[Joseph Mills]

it looks sharp in the view-finder but when i hit the button and the camera is done with the picture, it's blurry (in the finder).
wtf?!?
oh well, my life's a blurr anyways ...
Andy

The only problem with your pics is that they exhibit camera movement. Maybe it will be a help to you to understand why it is happening with your pics.

Think of every pic you take as being made up of two images combined together.

One image is the one that is recorded in a thousandth of a second when the flash goes off. It is so quick there is no time for blurring movement to happen.

The other is recorded in a much longer time frame using the ambient light that's in the scene you are capturing. Outside in the sun, this is a pretty brief time, but in a darkened room the exposure becomes pretty long. It is at this time, the camera is recording your blurring movement.

Your camera wants to use both the flash and the ambient light to produce your picture. So both of these images are produced simutaneously and become a composited image that produces your single picture.

To help minimize camera movement when you shoot, and eliminate your blurred effect, you might consider trying some of these things:

Try to brace the camera on anything solid.
It even helps to brace your elbows against your body.
Here is the most important. Before you shoot, take a deep breath, and being very still, hold it for a zen second, and slowly release it. About halfway through slowly releasing your breath, gently (GENTLY), squeeze the shutter release. A second later, you can move. If all goes accordingly, you may be able to see a difference in your pics.

However, your life may still be a blurr (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Good luck.