Ran out of day light for the second assignment, but here is another from today. This plant is atleast coming to life. 
and for all you guys that think f/4 glass doesnt produce good background blur..this is a perfect example of how good a job this lens does. i use it all the time,,and i have the f/2.8(is).
lmao,,blame slowdad
for my white balance,,,,,to fricken funny. go get a grey card and learn to shoot custom white balance
really,,leave it in awb until you get things figured out
. good examples of depth of field, put it at f/8 and watch what the oppiset affect will be. as blue just said, you need to keep your shutter speed above 160 with that lens if your hand holding. so only bump your iso when you need to increase your shutter speed for now.
write this down someplace and take it with you everytime you go out and shoot for the next 3 months. it will burn in brain and become 2nd nature for you. this comes from a master photog with 30 years experience and he shot models for cosmetic company's for his career. its his KISS system and it really works
f-stops--- 2.8,,,,,4.0,,,,,,,,5.6,,,,,,8.0,,,,11,,,,,,,16
shutter speeds 1/500,,, 1/250...1/125,,1/60,,,,1/30
all of those f/stops and shutter speeds account for about 90% of our settings--there are exceptions but not many
exceptions on this board are sports shooters who need to keep shutter speeds above 800 to freeze action
so now you can use you iso settings to keep shutter speed and f/stops in those given areas. it really has helped me tremendously. i carry a lightmeter with me everywhere and when i photograph a person, blows me away how close those numbers actually are after i measure ambiant light and start setting up.
other good numbers that always work........but you have to shoot manual flash b/t an 1/8--1/16 and thats where the light meter comes into play. use can use the histogram and viewfinder and get pretty dam close
shade--- ---f/4.0 at 1/125
backlit------f/8.0 at 1/125
sidelighting--f/11 at 125-got to fill from the shady side probably less than a 16th-tricky
daylight----f/16 daylight rule always apply. i photograph people at f/16 at 1/125 and use my flash to fill below a 16th and get unbelievable daylight shots, really works very well.
