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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.

Marty

Well done Marty
I particularly like the last one. Hope to see more soon.

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

Chris

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?

Cheers
Kristine

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.

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
Marty

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.

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!

Cheers,
Mudder

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 -

Regards

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!

Cheers

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.
Vic

Going great Marty

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

Cheers
Ray

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



Nice..

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.
Marty

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.

Regards
Meic