First pics with my Nikon D40x

[kaluwa]

I just picked up my D40x about an hour ago and took some pics with it. This is my first time ever using a SLR so go easy on me. I just snapped a few around my house. I'll hopefully have more pics tomorrow. These were all done in AUTO, becuase I have no idea what I'm doing with manual settings.

What do you think?


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[kaluwa]

Figured it out, thanks Gotboost.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Looks good man! Now take some pictures of the honda lol.

[kaluwa]

Well I was bored and snapped a few more pics.. I tried photobucket this time, I don't really see much of a difference from Flickr.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m112/kaluwa3/NikonD40x022.jpg

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[Hoosier Daddy]

I like the swings shot.

[.:Chris:.]

Looking good Kaluwa.

[Sabotage]

nice pics!

[nismo]

get er done buddy! hit me up tomorrow.. im off so we can go shooting! :thumbup:

-skwirt

[SaturnTypeR]

nice!

[skunkdSiR]

nvm.. shit got stolen last nite :(

[.:Chris:.]

What, your car got stolen??

[skunkdSiR]

nah someone broke into my car and took stupid shit since they couldnt get the stereo stuff.. one of the items was my camera :( :tear:

[civicfrk1]

damn that sucks^


and kaluwa , FINALLY!!! lol.


now wait till you start buying lenses n filters and all this crap lol

[.:Chris:.]

Damn, that's almost worse than your car being stolen because the car's insured. Do you have any type of insurance to cover the stolen stuff?

That really sucks. :(

[Sabotage]

oh man, that sucks, sorry to hear about that. after having a car fire, i don't keep anything of value in my vehicles.

[CEMAYHALL]

Yo Home Skillet! ~> As I told you through PM's... I'll tell you the truth!:D

I know youre just starting out but One thing I noticed is that some of your pictures are not in focus... I dont know what the view finder looks like on a Nikon (b/c we all know Nikon's suck and I WONT ever use one :P) but try to use the focusing points through the view finder (if Nikon's have them?)

Over all... They're good pictures for your 1st time shooting w/ your new toy!!!

Pic 1. Snail: The body is in focus but the face/ head isnt? I would think thats a little more important... ~> Just back off a little and allow the full item to be in focus, then crop from the original size (if thats what youre looking for...)

Pic 2. Bird: Good Shot!

Pic 3. Red Flower: Not Centered/ Cropped the lower part of the flower out. Good shot over-all!

Pic 4. Purple Flower: Good Shot!

Pic 5. Black Dog: Good Shot!

Pic 6. Black/ White Dog: I would have tried to get the rest of his ear in the picture rather than his blurred body...

Pic 7. Park Bench: Good Shot...

Pic 8. Swings: Uh Oh :lol:... The Foreground is in focus rather than the actual swings...

Pic 9. Playground: Ehh... Its just a whatever shot... Nothing to exciting :lol:.

Pic 10. Weed: Good Shot!

Pic 11. Meeter: Center it... ~> Over all its a good picture!

Pic 12. Lizard: His head isnt in focus :(...

Pic 13. Weed: Add a little more contrast... Its hard to tell the definition in that particular weed.

Pic 14. Caterpillar: You cropped him out :(.

Pic 15. Caterpillar: His heads out of focus.

Pic 16. Crazy Flower: Center it but EXCELLENT SHOT! You can see a lot of detail and the color is :thumbup:.

:bigthumb: to you again and keep practicing!!!

[skunkdSiR]

nah, the insurance wont cover anything that was stolen cuz it wasn't really car stuff. i even have to fork out the money to get the window replaced :(

me < ownage

[kaluwa]

Damn, Adam. That sucks. :( Where was this at?

Chris, thanks for the pointers. I have to work on the focus a little bit more. I need to get familiar with the manual settings too. ISO, Aperature, and all the other shit. lol. I tried some pics last night messing with the ISO but they came out really grainy.

[ERG]

nah someone broke into my car and took stupid shit since they couldnt get the stereo stuff.. one of the items was my camera :( :tear:


My condolences!

[ERG]

Yo Home Skillet! ~> As I told you through PM's... I'll tell you the truth!:D

I know youre just starting out but One thing I noticed is that some of your pictures are not in focus... I dont know what the view finder looks like on a Nikon (b/c we all know Nikon's suck and I WONT ever use one :P) but try to use the focusing points through the view finder (if Nikon's have them?)

Over all... They're good pictures for your 1st time shooting w/ your new toy!!!

Pic 1. Snail: The body is in focus but the face/ head isnt? I would think thats a little more important... ~> Just back off a little and allow the full item to be in focus, then crop from the original size (if thats what youre looking for...)

Pic 2. Bird: Good Shot!

Pic 3. Red Flower: Not Centered/ Cropped the lower part of the flower out. Good shot over-all!

Pic 4. Purple Flower: Good Shot!

Pic 5. Black Dog: Good Shot!

Pic 6. Black/ White Dog: I would have tried to get the rest of his ear in the picture rather than his blurred body...

Pic 7. Park Bench: Good Shot...

Pic 8. Swings: Uh Oh :lol:... The Foreground is in focus rather than the actual swings...

Pic 9. Playground: Ehh... Its just a whatever shot... Nothing to exciting :lol:.

Pic 10. Weed: Good Shot!

Pic 11. Meeter: Center it... ~> Over all its a good picture!

Pic 12. Lizard: His head isnt in focus :(...

Pic 13. Weed: Add a little more contrast... Its hard to tell the definition in that particular weed.

Pic 14. Caterpillar: You cropped him out :(.

Pic 15. Caterpillar: His heads out of focus.

Pic 16. Crazy Flower: Center it but EXCELLENT SHOT! You can see a lot of detail and the color is :thumbup:.

:bigthumb: to you again and keep practicing!!!


I fucking love honest photographers! (in a non-gay way):D

[CEMAYHALL]

Chris, thanks for the pointers.
PM me if you need any additional pointers :thumbup:.

I fucking love honest photographers! (in a non-gay way):D
Of course "in a non-gay way!" :D... ~> The way I look at it is that if we dont give each-other "constructive criticism" or teach each-other, non of us will grow as photographers!