Caporegime
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The OP's gave himself the reputation right from the get go when he dimissed all the entry level cameras and was considering a D700, eventually settled on a D300 (which to his credit, I think he took the advice on here and got that to save a bit of money).
Now, the problem, or the pressure of telling people you have a semi pro body is that you are expected to get shots that warrant the purchase of camera of such calibre. There is obviously a "honeymoon period" where if you are new, like you are, that you can post "crap" images. However, the shots you posted were not just crap in my opinion, they were more to do with your inability to see the fault in them. Faults that was blatantly obvious to everyone else.
1 - Sharpness and focusing
They are often out, for me, they go into the bin
2 - Exposure
Yours are usually under exposed, often by half a stop or more, again, either fix it or bin it.
I won't even go into composition, or being creative, as those will come later, but the first 2 the camera basically does it for you automatically. So there is no excuses not to get them right, and no excuses to not to spot them. The fact that you either can spot them and still posted them worries me.
Also, you seem to do weird PS processing, that Vegas sigh that Derek took…god knows what you did with that and god knows why you thought it was better. You made it worse and thought it was better. It isn't gear that was holding you back, there is a logic of thought and preception of what is right and wrong that you need to change…..
The OTHER side of the OP that irrates me is attitude.
Be modest, humble and grateful.
No one stops learning, LISTEN to advice, don't blame your gear or others.
At the moment your gear is capable much more of what you can do with it. Don't buy a single thing until it limits you. And if you want to know what those are:-
1 - Light - do you find yourself shooting at silly low light situations like in a dark church but forbidden to use flash. And find yourself in that situation in a regular basis?
2 - Speed - Do you need to shoot at silly shutter speed like at a motorcross? (btw, your D300 can do this MORE than fine), which btw, it is also to do with light in a way.
If I were in your shoes, do the following.
Take more pictures.
Stop reading gear reviews.
Now, the problem, or the pressure of telling people you have a semi pro body is that you are expected to get shots that warrant the purchase of camera of such calibre. There is obviously a "honeymoon period" where if you are new, like you are, that you can post "crap" images. However, the shots you posted were not just crap in my opinion, they were more to do with your inability to see the fault in them. Faults that was blatantly obvious to everyone else.
1 - Sharpness and focusing
They are often out, for me, they go into the bin
2 - Exposure
Yours are usually under exposed, often by half a stop or more, again, either fix it or bin it.
I won't even go into composition, or being creative, as those will come later, but the first 2 the camera basically does it for you automatically. So there is no excuses not to get them right, and no excuses to not to spot them. The fact that you either can spot them and still posted them worries me.
Also, you seem to do weird PS processing, that Vegas sigh that Derek took…god knows what you did with that and god knows why you thought it was better. You made it worse and thought it was better. It isn't gear that was holding you back, there is a logic of thought and preception of what is right and wrong that you need to change…..
The OTHER side of the OP that irrates me is attitude.
Be modest, humble and grateful.
No one stops learning, LISTEN to advice, don't blame your gear or others.
At the moment your gear is capable much more of what you can do with it. Don't buy a single thing until it limits you. And if you want to know what those are:-
1 - Light - do you find yourself shooting at silly low light situations like in a dark church but forbidden to use flash. And find yourself in that situation in a regular basis?
2 - Speed - Do you need to shoot at silly shutter speed like at a motorcross? (btw, your D300 can do this MORE than fine), which btw, it is also to do with light in a way.
If I were in your shoes, do the following.
Take more pictures.
Stop reading gear reviews.
