[Pic Thread] A Walk Through Delamere Forrest ...........

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Hi - I got my first "proper" camera (D5100) just before Xmas and it had its first real outing with a noob behind the lens last weekend ...........

Nowhere near the standard and quality of everyone else here, but I enjoyed myself and loving the new hobby :)

Hope there are some (or at least one :D) you like :)

ONE

Random field by n00btastica, on Flickr

TWO

Mud by n00btastica, on Flickr

THREE

Path by n00btastica, on Flickr

FOUR

Woodland view by n00btastica, on Flickr

FIVE

Woodland water 2 by n00btastica, on Flickr

SIX

Woodland path by n00btastica, on Flickr

SEVEN

Woodland water by n00btastica, on Flickr

EIGHT

Woodland by n00btastica, on Flickr

NINE

Tree by n00btastica, on Flickr

TEN

Trees by n00btastica, on Flickr

ELEVEN

Wooden den by n00btastica, on Flickr

TWELVE

Trees up close by n00btastica, on Flickr

THIRTEEN

Logs by n00btastica, on Flickr

FOURTEEN

Stone with moss by n00btastica, on Flickr

FIFTEEN

Treestump by n00btastica, on Flickr

SIXTEEN

Mossy wall by n00btastica, on Flickr

SEVENTEEN

Railway bridge by n00btastica, on Flickr

EIGHTEEN

Wall by n00btastica, on Flickr

NINETEEN

Railway Line 2 by n00btastica, on Flickr

TWENTY

Railway Line 1 by n00btastica, on Flickr

TWENTY ONE

Old Silo by n00btastica, on Flickr
 
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Railway Line 1 - Nice, but the rest are naff I'm sorry to say. Beginner aside, why would anyone else find them interesting? I mean this constructively, but you've gone to the trouble of uploading x amount of photos and they're lacking substance... I don't see anything of any interest in any of them (subject or technique).
 
Basically to get used to the camera and post processing (which even I can see is OTT on a lot of them). I like the textures and composition of all (or most) of them, but could see why some may not like them due to lack of "subject matter", but we all need to start somewhere :)
 
Tough subjects to make "interesting", but technically you seem to be a dab hand at choosing the right DOF for the shots. Quite like the railway shots + wall and felled tree covered in moss myself. Looks like the weather was a bit dull in the first shot though that ruined it for me, but to get round that you'd either have to shoot on a different day in better conditions (or time of day for that matter), or invest in a circular polarising filter or some graduated ND filters to try and tame the sky and bring out some detail in it.
 
Thank you :)

It was one of those "were taking the kids out, to get out the house" moments and I grabbed the camera and yes it was mid morning on a dank grey day but my first real chance (apart from trying to heard my 3 and 5 year olds through the forrest) :)

Cant wait till the better weather and really must carry the camera round with me more generally, there are so many I wish I had my camera moments !

Thanks for the comments -any feedback is much appreciated :)
 
Forests are a great place to take photos of your kids though so don't miss the opportunities there. Get them to throw leaves in the air and other activities where they are having fun and get low down to their perspective and you are bound to get some cracking shots and have fun doing it.
 
Yeah, they were having a great time - i got a few shots of them as well (:P) but really need to get my head round the camera settings first before i start on anything other than still life :D
 
Just stick the AF mode to continuous and start "chimping" :P You'll soon get the hang of it. Theres some good and very thorough books for getting the best out of the D5100 also. Have a look on amazon for one!
 
Woods aren't that easy to photograph (well I don't find them easy anyway!). Whilst your there it's all very nice, but if you don't have a strong subject/leading lines in a shot, when you get home and look at the pictures they can be a bit lacking. I take my camera out all the time on family walks/trips, I'm definitely more of a "take pictures of places I go to" rather than a "go to places to take pictures of them" type of snapper.

Get your kids in the shots, if you're worried about posting the shots online you can still have them in the shot to give interest/scale. For example just their backs as they walking away down a trail.

Edit: if your kids are as reluctant as my daughter to be in a photo, make it a game:


Jennie by jj_glos, on Flickr

Peek-a-boo!
 
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jonney_joop said:
decent pics but could u please number them so its easier for us to comment?
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Cheers and numbered :)

Rojin said:
Woods aren't that easy to photograph (well I don't find them easy anyway!). Whilst your there it's all very nice, but if you don't have a strong subject/leading lines in a shot, when you get home and look at the pictures they can be a bit lacking. I take my camera out all the time on family walks/trips, I'm definitely more of a "take pictures of places I go to" rather than a "go to places to take pictures of them" type of snapper.

Get your kids in the shots, if you're worried about posting the shots online you can still have them in the shot to give interest/scale. For example just their backs as they walking away down a trail.
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Thanks, yeah I know what you mean and at the moment im definitely a take my camera on trips rather than go on a camera trip :)

Good call on the kids and some good food for thought from all the comments from next time - thank you :)
 
16 and 17 have good potential I feel if you'd not taken up quite so much of the frame with the walls. You could create some good leading lines out of them.

There's not much technically wrong with them though :) (app/sharpness etc...) it's just the subjects aren't massively interesting

kd
 
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