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[wildrice]

I am new to photography (also forums so forgive me ahead of time)
My job takes me all over the United States, and I like walking so I carry my Canon sx120 with me.
I think it is good to have comments on ones work so I am looking forward on hearing form you all..You can see my pictures at Picasa Web Albums - Wild Rice Photos and here as wildrice thanks!

 

[dak1b]

ever think about investing in a dslr?

 

[Skyclad]

Nice photos! That storm cloud would scare me.. never seen clouds so black before. I'm glad to see more pictures from an SX120IS as I plan on getting one in a few months.

As dak1b stated, it might be good for you to think about getting a DSLR camera. I would myself, but being between jobs at the moment and having only a $200 budget for a camera is why I would be getting the SX120IS. Otherwise I would get a used Rebel XT kit off ebay or something.

Are you using auto or manual mode on your camera. I ask this because some of your animal shots look a bit noisy (grainy) and out of focus. But most of your other shots look nice and clear.

 

[wildrice]

I just got this camera in june so I am doing a lot of playing around, so far i am real happy with this sx120. Maybe after i get better I will upgrade.

 

[Skyclad]

I just got this camera in june so I am doing a lot of playing around, so far i am real happy with this sx120. Maybe after i get better I will upgrade.

That works. I'd say for now, the main thing would be to learn the basic and 3 most important functions of the camera, which would be..

ISO
Aperture
Shutter Speed

Once you learn those, you will be golden as it seems you already have a semi-good eye for composition it seems.