First timer looking for comments and tips

[Ruggerbugger]

I'm looking for any advice and tips people might have on the following photos, taken with my S9600 with various combinations of shutter and aperture priority. I'm basically learning as I go until I find a local photography club, so any advice on composition and cropping would also be welcome. I'm particularly interested in ways of getting more definition from the clouds. I don't have photoshop, but do have the Image Mixer and Hyper Utility software that came with the camera.

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[BenW]

Does the camera have manual ISO adjustment? I think you could use a lower ISO for the clouds and using a tripod if you're not already could possibly help with the clouds.

Also with the flowers i'd say you could improve the lighting, perhaps even use a soft flash to brighten up those dark areas

[Hans Voralberg]

What aperture you using for those cloud shots ?

[UltraMagnus]

for the clouds, i would set the ISO to its lowest setting and adjust the shutter speed to be higher.

as for editing, there is always "the GIMP", which i have found to be just as good as photoshop, even if its interface is rather "unique"

[Ruggerbugger]

Aperture is 5.6, I can change the ISO from 80 to 1600. I'll have another crack tomorrow and post some more.

[Hans Voralberg]

Try f8 ? or f16