Re: Proper play with new camera!!
 

Replied... I think :lol:

Re: Proper play with new camera!!
 

Er, excuse me mister...:smt093

Re: Proper play with new camera!!
 

What?, did I say anything wrong? :lol:

Re: Proper play with new camera!!
 

Truth hurts Filipe!!

Re: Proper play with new camera!!
 

i also have started to pull together a few of my first shots (only got my first "real" camera 2 weeks ago) and not that i am asking for help or advice from people, but critique would be muched appreciated. and as always the orgers seem a fountain of knowlage as wisdom.

I will try to upload a few shot tonight!

Re: Proper play with new camera!!
 

Go ahead, we'll be more than happy to shoot you down! :lol:

8-[

Taxiiiiiiiiii............... :-#

Re: Proper play with new camera!!
 

Jimmy if you have a Canon then don't bother:lol:

Re: Proper play with new camera!!
 

no its a Nikon 3100

Not the best i know, but a good start.

I am always up for constructive criticism so bring it on!! :)

Re: Proper play with new camera!!
 

Oi, I resent that! :(



Who would I make fun of then? Pentax owners? :p

Oh wait, that wouldn't be politically correct... :lol:


It's an excellent starting camera, and don't let any Canon owner tell you otherwise. Not that they would, they're usually too busy comparing megapixel specs :lol:

*runs*

Re: Proper play with new camera!!
 

Filipe gives excellent advice, when you choose to deal with an inferior camera system I guess it's learn fast or give up...

MBK, I've not seen the sunset pictures but I'd say that there are a few classic things that wash these photos out:

1) The camera shoots into the sun, thinks "ooh, isn't that a lot of light / dark" and opts to over-expose, leaving the sky too bright, loosing some detail. As covered already by keith & filipe, the exposure compensation dial usually helps, just take it down a bit per picture until it looks right.

2) The camera thinks "my what a lot of orange, we're probably indoors under incandescent bulbs, better try and add some blue so everyone doesn't look orange". This takes all the lovely oranges and reds and makes them way less striking. On your camera once you move out of "Auto" to "P" or one of the other creative modes you will have a "White balance" button. If you set it to "daylight" the colours often seem much more like you see them. Other settings like "florescent" and "cloudy" can help change the colours to make the scene look different. Well worth a play :)

3) The picture mode. On standard picture mode the colours are usually set to a fairly normal level, don't want everything looking un-natural do we? There will be a picture mode setting for "landscape" and a few others that usually turns the volume up a bit for colours or allows you to pick black & white when you want to, or portrait if you want skin tones to come out a little nicer. Think of these as different film types that professionals used to take great care over depending on the type of scene they were shooting. Useful to have on a button :)

As above. Set all this back to standard afterwards or you get dark pictures with funny colours when you just want a picture of your dog :)

Jambo