Hey all. I got my D50 a few weeks ago but havent been able to have a proper play with it due to finishing Uni. I was also sorting insurance for it so havent strayed too far out of the house with it yet, but i thought i'd post three from my (dodgy) first batch of pics. Just playing about really, and looking for anyone to pick apart these pics. To be honest most of what i got was rubbish, and these arent great either!!
Not very interesting really. Wanted a pic of our house so i took one! lol.
I had a go at taking some pics of my housemates car. It turns out i need to spend a lot more time framing my shots; most were terrible (wonky etc). I was using manual focus and aperture-priority mode to help me out. I guess this often pushed the shutter speed to be longer and hence gave me a bit of shake. Combine this with manual focus and hmn...
Here i was actually meaning to focus on my housemate, but managed to hit the bush (which i didnt even notice was in frame, woops). I think this is probably the nicest of the first lot thought. Nice blue sky i guess.
So? Should i be using aperture-priority mode or jump straight in to full manual? Do people generally use manual focus or auto?
Also i take it the .nef files are the Nikon RAW files, how come i can see thumbnails of them in Explorer, but cant open them in PS (CS2)?? Do i need to use Nikon PictureProject to convert them into something PS can handle? Whats the general workflow? Also, when cropping, do you generally stick to a common ratio (4:3 or something?) or just go nuts?
Thanks for any pointers. I'm sure these are pretty terrible but it is my first lot!
Not very interesting really. Wanted a pic of our house so i took one! lol.
I had a go at taking some pics of my housemates car. It turns out i need to spend a lot more time framing my shots; most were terrible (wonky etc). I was using manual focus and aperture-priority mode to help me out. I guess this often pushed the shutter speed to be longer and hence gave me a bit of shake. Combine this with manual focus and hmn...
Here i was actually meaning to focus on my housemate, but managed to hit the bush (which i didnt even notice was in frame, woops). I think this is probably the nicest of the first lot thought. Nice blue sky i guess.
So? Should i be using aperture-priority mode or jump straight in to full manual? Do people generally use manual focus or auto?
Also i take it the .nef files are the Nikon RAW files, how come i can see thumbnails of them in Explorer, but cant open them in PS (CS2)?? Do i need to use Nikon PictureProject to convert them into something PS can handle? Whats the general workflow? Also, when cropping, do you generally stick to a common ratio (4:3 or something?) or just go nuts?
Thanks for any pointers. I'm sure these are pretty terrible but it is my first lot!
