D80 snaps

[Ramedge]

Okay guys, now i am no pro and just getting into photograpy so go easy on me lol

Any way, got my D80 on monday didnt really get going with it till wednesday so heres a few of the nicer pictures i have taken since then.

Weeds can look good!








Had to take this without a tripod took so many attempts, but have now purchased one






Thanks for looking

[Lee @ SCAN]

Some cracking shots there

[timread]

Wow those are some nice shots. Bet you're pleased you went with the D80 now!

Out of interest, what settings did you use for the flower shots? Did you use one of the program modes e.g. aperture priority/macro, or did you go down to manual? Are the shots as taken, or tweaked in software e.g. Photoshop?

Still learning to take good pics with my GF's D70, but I like taking plant macro shots and need to get better at choosing the right settings for that kind of composition.

[Ramedge]

Originally Posted by timread

Wow those are some nice shots. Bet you're pleased you went with the D80 now!

Out of interest, what settings did you use for the flower shots? Did you use one of the program modes e.g. aperture priority/macro, or did you go down to manual? Are the shots as taken, or tweaked in software e.g. Photoshop?

Still learning to take good pics with my GF's D70, but I like taking plant macro shots and need to get better at choosing the right settings for that kind of composition.

I am well chuffed with it its so satisfying !

For the flower shots i mucked around with the Macro mode and some of the Manual modes. I found that manual mode A which is apature priority mode (i think) worked best (if not better than macro mode) at close ups on flowers.
I have used photoshop to adjust the brightness/contrast a little on most of them apart from one

Edit: Actually it might of been the S mode "Shutter Priority" hope that helps?

[merdat]

Yes, Nice pictures- enjoy the camera.

[IBM]

very nice pics.....some lovely light in those shots, especially 1-3, 6 & 7 (the remaining two, for those counting, being relatively dark shots, and therefore hard to commend for their light, lovely or otherwise).

Perhaps play around with smaller apertures, pic 7 is a little tight, and hard to tell what the point of focus is. Lovely composition in 6. Is it full frame, or a crop?

[Ramedge]

Originally Posted by ibm

very nice pics.....some lovely light in those shots, especially 1-3, 6 & 7 (the remaining two, for those counting, being relatively dark shots, and therefore hard to commend for their light, lovely or otherwise).

Perhaps play around with smaller apertures, pic 7 is a little tight, and hard to tell what the point of focus is. Lovely composition in 6. Is it full frame, or a crop?

Thanks for the tips. 6 (the tree) is a full frame picture but the one above it 5 is a crop just incase you meant that one!

Cheers!

[IBM]

Originally Posted by Ramedge

Thanks for the tips. 6 (the tree) is a full frame picture but the one above it 5 is a crop just incase you meant that one!

Cheers!

Yeah, I meant six....I figured 5 for a crop, unless you'd switched your D80 for a Lomo panoramic camera

[Ramedge]

Originally Posted by ibm

Yeah, I meant six....I figured 5 for a crop, unless you'd switched your D80 for a Lomo panoramic camera

haha yes. well 6 is full frame pic no croppage!

[charleski]

My fav is No 6, though I would have desaturated the branch coming out on the right as well, as it's slightly distracting. (For someone 'just getting into photography' you're pretty good at Photoshop masks .) Nice control of local contrast.

[Ramedge]

Originally Posted by charleski

My fav is No 6, though I would have desaturated the branch coming out on the right as well, as it's slightly distracting. (For someone 'just getting into photography' you're pretty good at Photoshop masks .) Nice control of local contrast.

Yeah i couldnt decide weather or not to desaturate it or not.

I have been using photoshop for years for web/graphic design and image enhancement, So i am very familiar with masks

Next step HDR

[Bluecube]

Oooohhh! Very nice indeed! I'm very impressed. Love the colours.

[Spanamana]

Welcome to the D80 lovers society. Great work btw.

G