newbie went out today with new camera :) 56k no no!

Slinky1989 · 25 Jun 2007 at 17:55

Bought a fuji s6500fd for £175 with case and memory card the other day as a camera to launch me into the world of photography.

Anyway I went out today to see the kind of results I could come up with and this is what I produced!

(bear in mind that before I had never used a camera of any sort with a lense like this so be kind!)

thanks!

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3.

I love the way that photography can make any random object cool or interesting

Slinky1989 · 25 Jun 2007 at 17:55

4.

5.

6.

I cant decide which of 5 and 6 is the best one.

Slinky1989 · 25 Jun 2007 at 17:57

and here's some I took last night

thanks for looking

NorthstaNder · 25 Jun 2007 at 20:18

good choice of camera. i got my S6500fd just under a month ago to launch me into the bonkers world of photography

i'm not really qualified to comment objectively on anyones photo's at the moment, but i do like what you've taken today, especially number 6. like you say, even the most mundane object can look be made to look interesting if photographed the right way. good start mate, although i'm not sure on the last 3!

Slinky1989 · 25 Jun 2007 at 20:20

Thanks for the reply

yeah I know, I was looking at the grime on one of the nobs on my cooker and thinking about what it would look like through a lense.

I do think I need to work on my focusing a bit though as a lot of my pics were slightly out, not by much but enough that you could notice it.

hargi · 25 Jun 2007 at 20:20

as a newbie my comments wont be worth much, but i like 1 makes it look so fluffy, but there all good

robertgilbert86 · 25 Jun 2007 at 20:37

They all look a bit dark and grey, is your monitor calibrated properly?

NorthstaNder · 25 Jun 2007 at 20:45

robertgilbert86 said:
They all look a bit dark and grey, is your monitor calibrated properly?

i was thinking that too...or perhaps they need a bit of processing.

JustinWilkin I hope you don't mind but i took the liberty...

Slinky1989 · 25 Jun 2007 at 20:46

I'm not sure, my old monitor was way worse than this as it was an old iiyama lcd hand me down from my big brother so to me this asus 19" is a big improvement and I haven't had to adjust it from day one.

Although saying that it could be because today the light was very bad due to lots of cloud and when I got home I realised I had been shooting in iso 100-200 so that may be why.

*stupid stupid stupid*

edit: Thanks for processing that

I kinda thought that processing was generally frowned upon unless badly needed so I tryed to do it as little as possible.

robertgilbert86 · 25 Jun 2007 at 20:51

justinwilkin said:
I kinda thought that processing was generally frowned upon unless badly needed so I tryed to do it as little as possible.

I virtually always process. If I can make the pictures look better, I do. And your pictures above could certainly benefit from just a bit of contrast alone!

NorthstaNder · 25 Jun 2007 at 20:52

justinwilkin said:
edit: Thanks for processing that I kinda thought that processing was generally frowned upon unless badly needed so I tryed to do it as little as possible.

No problem. Processing is not frowned upon at all, and you'll find that most people do it most of the time.

Take a look at Messiah Khans' images when you get a chance. They're stunning every time (git

) but they are all processed in Photoshop Lightroom and/or Photoshop.

In fact, processing them afterwards to see what results you can get can be almost as rewarding as the photography in the first place!

Slinky1989 · 25 Jun 2007 at 20:53

Ahhh right, I sometimes use the curves tool in photoshop, is that generally the best thing to do for lighting?

NorthstaNder · 25 Jun 2007 at 21:04

i use curves a lot. plus contrast and brightness but you don't really need that if you're using curves.