RealisticRadical

O anime kids, so sad.

Terrible that 90% are nihilists; that might be why they like crappy writing, and also story lines with big plot holes. 

Sad, sad, and very sad. 

Greetings radical blimp. Feel free to float over there. 
 
Welcome to our thread.

was the hat tipping implied?

O anime kids, so sad.

Terrible that 90% are nihilists; that might be why they like crappy writing, and also story lines with big plot holes. 

Sad, sad, and very sad. 

O anime kids, so sad.

Terrible that 90% are nihilists; that might be why they like crappy writing, and also story lines with big plot holes. 

Sad, sad, and very sad. 

Interesting structure you've adopted for this poem... I see your skills are evolving quickly. Kudos!

all you have to do is ask. we can give you plenty where that came from 

Dont reply to the troll please.
 
He will eventually crawl back to his parents basement its fine.
 

This poem is called No One But Myself
 
Well here I go again, I swear it’s uncontrollable
Ether I am cursed, Or just very gullible
No one though, Even knows my struggle
If it don’t stop, I'm in so much trouble
 
I can feel it within
It’s got me pinned
It’s blending in
Like it’s my evil twin
 
I look in the mirror I see everything but happy
I see my reflection just waiting to attack me
It starts whispering in my ear
It starts defining the definition of fear
I start visualizing the picture in my head clear
I fall on my knees, in emotional pain
                                                                                                                                                  The hardest part is, I have no one to blame....

Don't blame the camera, the Canon T3i/600D is a good camera. Blaming the camera is like bad cooks blaming the pots and pans for their horrible cooking.
 
The main thing is I guess you are still learning as a photographer.  Switch your camera settings to let you choose the focus point you want to use.  Don't let the camera decide what it wants to focus on.  There are 9 focus points on your camera, manually select the one you want to use, for example of your subject is to the left side of the frame use the left side focus point and frame your composition accordingly.
 
Also know that with low-mid range cameras like the T3i which have few focus points, the most accurate focus point will be the center one which will be cross type, the rest will be line types.  So what you can do is stick to using the center focus point, half press the shutter to lock focus and recompose the scene.
 
The T3i may let you use up to 12800 ISO with boost, but I advise you never to go above ISO 1600 and keep to the base ISO (for the T3i it is ISO 100) as often as possible.
 
If you are using a kit lens, never reduce your aperture to anything smaller than f/11.  Anything smaller than f/11 will cause diffraction to become worse.  Most lenses tend to have a sweet zone for aperture between f/4-f/11 depending on the quality of the lens.  Wider apertures can cause the image to be soft but still be usable if you are going for the blurred background beautiful bokeh effect, very small apertures will mean increased diffraction and will actually cause the image to lose sharpness.
 
 
Also, shutter speed: With hand held shooting, obviously the faster the shutter speed the better it is for captured images to be stable.  But even if the camera has built in image stabilization anything slower than 1/100th of a second is not recommended, you should use a tripod or monopod or place the camera on a solid stable surface.  However if you don't have any of those nearby, there is a way you can hold the camera to improve stability.
 
Stand with your feet either together or just a few inches apart. hold the camera up to your face with the viewfinder at eye level as you normally would (I don't recommend using the LCD live view option) but keep your upper arms tight against your torso and hold your breath just before the moment you press the shutter button fully.  Most people tend to spread their arms away from their torso to the sides or lean forward, that is not a good way to hold a camera.

Precisely! I thought perhaps i should, even while i was taking the photo, but i was in a uncomfortable spot; i'll have to go back later today, and take it again.
 
I was messing with the brightness, and aperture, so i think that's why photo is a tad bit to dark. TBH i think the colors look better when the picture is slightly darker.
 
Yep, you're totally right. That's what i was trying to fit in the picture, and it was hard finding a branch that would shine light through, so i had to move around a little. Thanks very much for the Image, and the help!  
 
I do to tbh, i didn't think there should be rules, as that's something the individual creates when they discover their style. My professor really wants me learn about this though.

I'm in college for photography, and one of my assignments is to take a personal photo using the rule of thirds; which sounds easy, unless you don't really fully understand the rule of thirds.


Whenever i take a photo, and try to follow this rule, it always looks worse than i thought it would be. I just want to make sure i'm doing the rule of thirds correctly. Can someone help?