C2RL R
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Took my D60 to Stapeley Water Gardens at the weekend to try it out for the first time. I took 74 pics of various things and i'd say there are about 4 that were ok. all the rest were complete garbage! i'm just getting to grips with CS3 also so i'm not even sure if i can make the half decent ones any better. 
i've got a few books that i'm reading at the minute that i can hopefully pick up some good tips from but i'm suffering from a major lack of confidence at the minute! did anyone else feel like this at first or am i just shit?
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Adam_B
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Just keep doing it dude. Post your images here and people will offer constructive critisism and then you can go away and try again, you will be a picture taking hero in no time 
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Scotty_B
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Post up the pics.
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C2RL R
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i'm uploading the best of them now. they are by no means good photo's though and are mainly plantlife due to me being at a garden centre!
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Scotty_B
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quote:
Originally posted by C2RL R
i'm uploading the best of them now. they are by no means good photo's though and are mainly plantlife due to me being at a garden centre!
My first reaction is tripod and remote shutter. Did you use either?
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C2RL R
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nope!
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C2RL R
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C2RL R
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sorry they are not bigger nor have these fancy borders...i've only used photoshop twice!
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Scotty_B
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These are actually quite good. Most are a little under exposed though.
The Dragon shot is really nice and sharp and would benefit from a tighter crop.
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JonnyJ
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Dont worry Carl, most peoples first shots are terrible (you should have seen mine!) but you will get there in the end. I was helped along by the fact i had a good friend who is ace at photography and the fact im a graphic designer which means i know how to set a shot out and ive had years of experience in photoshop.
Keep at it and you will get there, look at other photographers work and see if you can work out how they got that shot you like.
Flickr is good to look at, if you find a pic you like you can look at the photo properties and see what settings they used.
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Doug
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That's a better first attempt than I had!
You will find that ALOT of the stunning pictures you see have been processed in Photoshop. You need to learn Photoshop aswell as how to take photos it seems these days
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C2RL R
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yeah mate and it's a lot to learn too! i've got 4 books on the go at the minute, trying to learn as much as i can. i'll keep at it though as i can't really get much worse
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