Hello, 1st post, 1st pic. Comments welcome!

[andonato]

Hello forum, my name is Tony and this is my first post. I took this picture last weekend while blueberry picking with my family. I am still very much a beginner, figuring out my new Nikon D60, which is my first DSLR (upgraded from a Sony P&S). I welcome any comments!

1/125
F8
ISO 100

Thanks!

 

[inTempus]

If you want critiques, you should post the image in the forum and not a link to flickr. Few people will follow the link.

 

[Samanax]

People here don't like to click on links in order to view your pictures, better to imbed the pictures in your post. Just pick a few that you want C&C for.

How to post pictures and use forum functions: A pictoral guide to using TPF

 

[andonato]

Fixed, thanks.

 

[dakkon76]

I'm fairly new as well, but the first thing that I noticed was that the blueberry was dead-center, which doesn't really work very well for the subject, IMO (maybe if it took up more of the frame, it would look better centered)

A thread about a great composition article was just posted here - specifically, check out the "rule of thirds"

Second, it looks like some of the stems farther up on the branch are in sharpest focus, whereas the blueberry itself looks a little soft.

Hope that's worth something

 

[max3k]

is it me, or is the blueberry soft in focus....other than that, its just not an interesting subject....keep shooting!

 

[MarkV1184]

is it me, or is the blueberry soft in focus....other than that, its just not an interesting subject....keep shooting!

The blueberry appears a bit out of focus to me as well. Maybe you can get a little closer and take the shot with the highest possible aperture your lens will allow (I believe the D60 kit lens is F3.5). This will allow for a faster shot and may sharpen it up a bit.

 

[andonato]

Thanks for the comments, much appreciated.

 

[Samanax]

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