I recently got a Nikon d40 and i am learning how to use it. Here are some pics from the first couple of shoots. Some advice would be apperciated.

Oh, what's up dude. You know it is spelled without correct?

yea i just thought it would be a lil more obvious i guess.

Cool pictures, get rid of the kit lens and zoom in a little bit.

White balance is off on all of the pictures of your car.

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Google the rule of thirds. You don't really want to always center everything in the middle of the frame, especially when it is a small subject like the car in the field.

Oh, and shoot as much as you can. This is the best way to learn.

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Like above..... check out the rule of thirds.... also, get yourself a piece of shit paper...and set your white balance before shooting... if you dont want to do that then just shoot RAW images, (which take up more room but you will quickly realize you can save alot more photo's where jpg's might have been over/under exposed. worth the less # of pics imo.) plus with RAW you can edit the White Balance once you get it into Photoshop

oh and your shots do have potential... unfortunatly for me its hard to work with such small jpg's but here is an example of a normal shot made into a decent advertisement...


over all they are decent pics but just dont catch the eye and make you say "wow that looks nice." but you will learn

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oh another thing...
with this pic..


thats a really harsh shadow on the car/ground with it being a white car its hard to get good detail in the body... but you will learn usually the least favorite time to shoot any pics of cars is during daytime when the sun is at an angle. Best time is dusk or dawn when the light isnt so harsh, more uniform plus you can expose the hood and roof the same as the side.

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Hope that was your yard!

It's my backyard! Dn't worry about it!

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wow, these guys gave some really constructive criticisms. Nice.

That they did. It's posts like these that drive forums!

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there is nothing wrong with a kit lense.

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agree for the most part... except none of my camera were bought as a kit all bodies only cause i already had all 9 of my lenses.

edit: ok i lied.. my first canon DSLR (10D) was bought as a kit but the 20,30,and 40D werent. lol

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Ryan
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the problem with this photograph is it was taken at 1600 iso, which made the darker sections of the photo (in this case, the rims) to be near impossible to tell the details.

Play around with the menu, learn how to control the manual settings.

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tried to save it

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Thanks for the advice. I will def try to shoot RAW pics and see if they come out better. Ill post my next couple and hopefully they will come out better.

What's up Tully? I didn't know you were on here. I haven't had a look at the forums in a while though.

Nice pics. I gotta get another photo shoot of my car. Definitely take a few RAW shots, they are sweet. Like someone mentioned, just take a ton of pictures, that's really the best way to get better. I took 120 pics at the blown euros meet today.

Brandon

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yea, im actually gunna go shoot now lol. But we have to meet up some time a take some pics....cause some of the ones i saw earlier were sick.

I think these are a little better, but i still have a lot of room for improvement. Sry for some many but i like them all haha.

post up the exif data son!

Your white balance be whack!

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god damit still..

Post exif data son!

http://www.pbase.com/dlcmh/examining...kon_d40_images

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is that a soccer field? haha way to ripp it up

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Date: 2009/05/13 20:18:50.5
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Image Quality: Compressed RAW (12-bit)
Image Size: L (3008 x 2000)
Image Comment:
Camera
Device: Nikon D40
Lens: 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G
Focal Length: 38mm
Focus Mode: AF-S
AF-Area Mode: Closest Subject
VR Control:
AF Fine Tune:
Exposure
Aperture: F/4.8
Shutter Speed: 1/5s
Exposure Mode: Manual
Exposure Comp.: 0EV
Exposure Tuning:
Metering Mode: Matrix
Sensitivity: ISO 400
Flash
Flash Sync Mode:
Flash Mode:
Flash Exposure Comp.:
Image Settings
White Balance: Auto, 0
Color Space: sRGB
High ISO NR: OFF
Long Exposure NR: OFF
Active D-Lighting:
Image Authentication:
Optimize Image
Optimize Image: Portrait
Color Mode: Mode Ia (sRGB)
Tone Comp.: Auto
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Auto
Sharpening: Medium low
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Thats for the one with the white rsx? This that what you were talking about?

Yep, that is exif data. When shooting in direct sunlight try to keep your ISO around 100 and dusk/dawn maybe 400-600. It's a little trial and error until you're really comfortable. As for shutter speed without a tripod (so your image is sharp), use the reciprocal of the lens focal length.

1/20th for 20mm focal length
1/50th (1/60th or 1/40th) for 50mm focal length
1/100th for 100mm focal length
1/200th for 200mm focal length

1/60 is usually a good standard for a kit lense.

It would be beneficial to read up on shutter speeds and aperture, this is lengthy but good.
http://www.uscoles.com/fstop.htm

Also, for better quality hosting check out flickr.com, you will notice the difference over photobucket.

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