so... i managed to ruin every picture...

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from my day at the races :(

i love taking horsey pics... espcially for the races (only for me and my wall/facebook)! nothing more

but i was severly ****** off when i noticed blobs of **** on my pics. yes dirty lens.

im so ashamed. I have a uv filter on... so that shall be cleaned - but what about the lens - how do i clean it??

you might be able to see the offending marks in thes pictures.... im really annoyed as i love racing pics....


EDIT; im not even posting a pic...
:help:
 
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If the front and rear elements of the lens are clean (as well as any filters on the lens), then looks like you got dust on your sensor. You can run a sensor clean from the camera menu, or you will need to use a rocket blower to blow the dust off or some specialist sensor cleaning equipment which a couple of members here sell I think.
 
The only way you can see dust on an image is when it's on the sensor, and it only shows up at high f/numbers, often in the sky. Try a rocket-type blower like a Giottos off Amazon and remember that if it's at the top of the picture, that is the bottom of the sensor. And don't touch anything, or you'll make it worse.

If you can see it through the viewfinder, it's on the underside of the focusing screen, above the mirror (and doesn't appear in the image). Dust on or in the lens or mirror is invisible.

Alternatively, just avoid high f/numbers. You won't get best sharpness higher than f/11 anyway. Meanwhile, clone them out in post processing ;)
 
come on suze... put the pics up... we'll all have a 'whip' round and fix em for you.

you see what i did there?
 
If you put some up, Ill have a go at cloning out some of the spots..

Its neigh bother.

**Goddammit, too late again**

I was never any good at shoeing in puns.
 
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Lets all stop foaling around now...
 
sorry about the late reply been v. busy with cwk/uni and riding my own horse.

lol @ the horse jokes (utterly terrible!!) hahahah :D




so heres the utterly garbage pictures.... im still livid. (note; these were meant for my wall but instead will end up in "recycle bin" on the computer
 
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Im probably being a complete numpty here...but wheres the dust thats so bad?

edit...jimmy beat me to it :lol:
Glad its not just me though!
 
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every picture is like *blugh* on the screen...... also - its not the sweat/steam coming off the horse lol... a few *non sweaty* pics are like that too....

i think my lens needs cleanning.... but what cloth to use???
 
Can't see anything either, you sure the mud is not on the horse?
 
noooo i have deleted other pics now but its defo like splodge across the screen


any tips for cleaning the lens with a cloth?/paper towel - what??
 
I really cant see anything there that looks like dust. The middle pic wasnt there when I first looked though...so if thats not *all* sweat from the horse you may have a lens smudge?

I'd say shutter speed is too low in the last two mind.
 
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Well I wouldnt be using a paper towel for starters. Have you got a lens cloth (or a glasses cloth if you wear them). Something lint free, or youll be forever picking bits of it out.
 
I'm struggling to see the marks? They are slightly OOF, is your monitor clean?
 
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I really cant see anything there that looks like dust. The middle pic wasnt there when I first looked though...so if thats not *all* sweat from the horse you may have a lens smudge?

I'd say shutter speed is too low in the last two mind.
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kk thanks. the pics are crap but they were just examples :)

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Well I wouldnt be using a paper towel for starters. Have you got a lens cloth (or a glasses cloth if you wear them). Something lint free, or youll be forever picking bits of it out.
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yeah i have a glasses cloth - i wil use that
thank you :)
 
up the contrast a touch, splash of saturation and up the blacks a bit, and they'll look a lot better, they look kinda washed out at the moment. With this great british weather, often ends up like that.

then work on your autofocus use, and check your shutter speeds, to make sure you're focussing properly and using shutter speeds that won't cause any motion blur.
 
Can see a few spots on the bottom of the last pic, but the rest look ok at that size. The camera blur is more distracting than any dust spots. Keep an eye on your shutter speeds to prevent the blur.

I just had my camera sensor professionally cleaned and Ive still cost a few dust spots. Only takes 30 seconds to remove them in Lightroom.
 
They just look badly out of focus to me?
 
More likely auto mode or poor focusing due to user error. On the last pic, centre frame behind the horse and boy you can see a strap in focus.
2nd pic the horses coat is in focus, 1st pic womans coat is in focus.
 
Pic 1 - is definitely steam off the horse.
Pic 2 - the point of focus is on the horse's blanket and the shutter speed is too slow resulting in a blurred image caused by subject movement.
Pic 3 - is just out of focus.

Nothing wrong with your lens - just you (in the nicest possible way) - try again...:thumbs:
 
haha thanks. i knew they were bad pics but didnt realise how far i was off :D

will clean the lens anyhow and get practising :)
 
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