First time with a SLR

[English Gentleman]

Well i just got a second hand E-510 with the 12-42 mm kit lense, and played around with it in the last month. I've read some books on iso, shutter speed, etc, but i still have a problem. I overexpose ALL the time, and after i take the picture, it looks fine on the preview screen, but when i put it on the computer it looks el horrible =(

I just wanna now how i'm progressing, here are some shots i took.

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Thanks a lot mates

 

[DennyCrane]

It's hard to say after the fact when they've been through photoshop... could you post an original or 2?

 

[brianyi]

post the originals because none of them except maybe the sky in the first one and the rocks on the cliff on the third looks overexposed

 

[USAF-SSgt]

When you frame your shot, watch out for distractions. An example would the person in the lower right corner in shot 2. I know you can crop them out, but sometimes it's not that simple when a key part of the photo is in the same area and you wanted to size it to maintain aspect ratio.