My frist pictures

picasso · Sep 30, 2006

Hey !

I'm new to Photography and I just bought Nikon D50, I have not used any SLR befor.

I 'd like to get critique on these picutres,

Thanks in advance

danalec99 · Sep 30, 2006

Your thread has been moved to the Landscape Gallery since it does not follow the Critique Gallery guidelines.
You may post one image or variations of it per thread in the Critique Gallery.

Welcome to TPF!!

WNK · Sep 30, 2006

Welcome!
Glad to have you here. I really like your photos that you posted. You have some great use of DOF there; looking forward to seeing more of your shots!

ravikiran · Sep 30, 2006

Hearty Welcome Picasso,
For a first SLR use, I think the shot is superior. Though focus has to be adjusted still, which you can gain with experience. I think you are using the 18-55mm kit lens.
Hope you shall have fun in TPF.
ravi.

LaFoto · Oct 1, 2006

Hiya Picasso and welcome to ThePhotoForum.
Congratulations on getting (and successfully using) your first SLR.
You got the idea of DOF (depth of field) right, it shows.
You used the on-camera flash on the first of your two flower pics, I gather? It makes the flower a bit flat in appearance now... do you also use some kind of post processing software to mildly adjust your once scanned-in pics a little? That first could do with some darkening... only a bit.

The second is nice, you captured the red very well... it is hard to get red flowers right, you know!

In the course of time you will hear more and more people tell you about "too centred subjects" in the frame ... and maybe you will find out for yourself that after a while you begin to find your own pics with flowers smack in the middle of the frame a little boring ... this is so because our eyes/brain like pics to be a bit off-centre. So a subject - even though best focused when it is in the very centre of your viewfinder - should always be somewhere off centre. Imagine you'd put a grid of thirds over your frames, horizontal thirds and vertical thirds. Subjects are best placed on the imaginary cross lines of those thirds, either to the upper or lower right or upper or lower left. That is called "The Rule of Thirds".

picasso · Oct 1, 2006

Thank you for your comments

ravikiran said:
Hearty Welcome Picasso,
For a first SLR use, I think the shot is superior. Though focus has to be adjusted still, which you can gain with experience. I think you are using the 18-55mm kit lens.
Hope you shall have fun in TPF.
ravi.

Yes, I use 18-55mm lens

LaFoto said:
Hiya Picasso and welcome to ThePhotoForum.
Congratulations on getting (and successfully using) your first SLR.
You got the idea of DOF (depth of field) right, it shows.
You used the on-camera flash on the first of your two flower pics, I gather? It makes the flower a bit flat in appearance now... do you also use some kind of post processing software to mildly adjust your once scanned-in pics a little? That first could do with some darkening... only a bit.

The second is nice, you captured the red very well... it is hard to get red flowers right, you know!

In the course of time you will hear more and more people tell you about "too centred subjects" in the frame ... and maybe you will find out for yourself that after a while you begin to find your own pics with flowers smack in the middle of the frame a little boring ... this is so because our eyes/brain like pics to be a bit off-centre. So a subject - even though best focused when it is in the very centre of your viewfinder - should always be somewhere off centre. Imagine you'd put a grid of thirds over your frames, horizontal thirds and vertical thirds. Subjects are best placed on the imaginary cross lines of those thirds, either to the upper or lower right or upper or lower left. That is called "The Rule of Thirds".