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Postby Marty on Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:55 pm

Hi all,
I have only had my D70 for a short time and am still learning.
I am still just shooting in the auto modes.
All photos taken with the kit lens.
Love the camera and the quality of the images from this lens.
I posted a few on PixSpot.

http://www.pixspot.com./displayimage.php?album=71&pos=1

Critique would be welcome.
The images have not been post-processed.
I appreciate all the advice I have read so far.
Look forward to posting more in the future.

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Postby phillipb on Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:03 pm

Well done Marty
I particularly like the last one. Hope to see more soon.
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Postby sirhc55 on Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:03 pm

Welcome Marty - I see you are a flower person like myself. My only critique would be to look at some different angles i.e. composition. As far as the colours, sharpness etc I can not find fault.

I am sure that you will get further critique and as I said above welcome to the friendly forum :D

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Postby Kristine on Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:04 pm

Hi Marty

First of all, let me welcome you to the forum (and Pixspot! :-) ).

I looked at your pics - they are great for some one just learning; hope to see many more from you in the near future.

Are these pics from your garden?

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Postby johndec on Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:06 pm

Marty,
I think you and the D70 are going to have a happy and long relationship. For pics with no PP they are good. Of course they are all a little underexposed, but that is not your fault, the camera when left to it's own devices tends to do that.

Get to know and love the P,S,A and M modes. The auto modes are for the point and shoot brigade.
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Postby Marty on Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:14 pm

Wow, very quick replies.
Thanks for all your comments and advice.
I know I have to learn the 'other' modes soon.!!!
The flowers are from a friends garden in Nowra, NSW.
I also took this reflection from the swimming pool, which has a stunning colour.....
http://www.pixspot.com./displayimage.php?album=83&pos=4
Will keep posting when I get the chance to shoot more.
Thanks again
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Postby gstark on Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:08 am

Marty,

Welcome, and well done.

Yes, I'd be steering away from the PHD modes. You have made good use of depth of field (DoF) to help focus attention on the flowers.

I would like to see a little bit of PP applied, to help enhance the colours of the flowers a little, or perhaps the use of a custom curve along with a couple of custon settings in the camera to achieve a similar goal.
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Postby mudder on Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:13 am

G'day Marty,
Wow, if they're your first shots, I can't wait to see some more over time!

They're very nice, my favorite being http://www.pixspot.com./albums/userpics ... 07-web.jpg
which seems to have a really nicely laid out composition, also noticed that even though the cam was in auto a relatively large aperture (F4.5) was used, blurring the background, which looks like some form of wall (house?) or similar. Wonder what it would be like drooping a sheet of black paper over the wall when framing your shot? Just an idea (maybe a dumb one)... Shows just how good the D70 is too, even in Auto...

http://www.pixspot.com./albums/userpics ... 03-web.jpg might be worth trying that one vertically...?

Nice shots... I really enjoyed looking at them... And welcome to the forum Marty!

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Postby leigh999 on Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:45 am

Hi Marty,

I am relatively new as well and I have had my D70 for a couple of months. I really liked the reflection in the pool -

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Postby digitor on Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:36 am

Hi Marty,

Welcome to the forum! You'll find it a great place to hang out. I liked your pool shot - keep up the good work!

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Postby Vicareyus on Fri Dec 31, 2004 10:00 am

Hi Marty - welcome. Nice flower shots. They would really benefit from some simple pp - contrast and brightness, bit of sharpening. Do you have a program for doing this? If you are not very experienced in using it yet, try the auto-fix settings on any program and see what happens - they are usually not bad. Then start playing around yourself as time goes by with more manual pp. Another comment - when taking still-life type photos - pay particular attention to what is in the background - you have minimsed depth of field (DOF) well in these, but some backgrounds can still distract from subject despite this. Good work though - congratulations.
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Postby Raydar on Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:27 pm

Going great Marty :wink:

Can’t wait to see some of your images when you get to know the cam better!!!!!!!!! :shock:

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Postby PlatinumWeaver on Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:10 pm

http://www.pixspot.com./displayimage.php?album=83&pos=0

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Postby Marty on Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:11 pm

Thanks everbody for all your advice and comments.
None too harsh thankfully.
I will spend some time playing with the curves and maybe some PP.
Look forward to more critiques shortly.
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Postby meicw on Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:24 pm

Marty, Good shots. Like the cyclamen the best in the flower pics. Good grab of the hawk. Love the pool reflection. That was well spotted.

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