C & C for a beginner.

[COLTSFANATIC1]

I am new to the photography world, i purchased a Nikon d3100 w/18-55mm kit lens about 4-5 weeks ago and have not been able to put it down, I have shot aprox 1500 photos with it in that short amount of time and I would like to know if I am abusing the camera or can it handle it? Should I slow down? I have experimented with with everything from macro (cropped not really macro) to smoke photography, As a newbie its realy fun and I hope it stays this fun.
Also I have attached a few of my shots for some C & C. I have just recently learned about the ROT, thats why most of the photo subject are centered. I have also started using manual mode right out of the box as sugested by most.
Thaks in advance for the advice.


#1 watter droplet (cropped)

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#2 spider (cropped)

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#3 flower (cropped)

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#4 smoke (cropped) edited with lightroom 3

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#5 edited with CS5

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[photo guy]

the water drop is great in my opinion, the smoke shot is nice, the flower shot is on the blurry side

 

[prakhardeep]

The water droplet and spider shots are spot on. Good work.

The flower shot is however out of focus. Also, the boy shots seems to be a bit soft this maybe due to some extra work done in CS5.

 

[markv20]

#1 Very noisy. Why did you shoot at 3200 iso? In my expierence anything shot that high is going to have alot of noise. I always try to keep mine as low as possible and very seldom am I shooting above 100-200 iso.

#2 Dof is too small, causing some of the spider to be out of focus

#3 Same as above, dof is too small

#4 I like it

#5 As many people, im not a fan of selective coloring so this does nothing for me

 

[COLTSFANATIC1]

Thanaks so much for the C & C,