Took this picture in a downpour , looks pretty cool but I see my mistake in the picture where I caught the corner of the a post of the house let me know what you think.

Like with everything else, I'll learn ....not afraid of constructive criticism........ only way to get it right.

Thanks for the input, I see what your Talking about. Never saw the poles in the back ground just concentrated on the the subject and not the entire picture.

Like I said...I'm going to make mistakes and it's the only way to learn, and the input will only help me

Thanks, I'm going to start playing with some pictures and while I'll make some mistakes.... it's the only way to learn. Going to enroll in a photography class, only way to learn.

Oh please let me know what you think about this picture of me and my daughter ? I did some work on Lightroom, so I would appreciate any and all comments. This is the original photo

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I'm going to start tomorrow by going to a camera store in Delaware and in the coming weeks and months to B&H in NYC, before I make a final decision.

Wow... lots of great advice from everyone. So I will definitely do a lot more research. Now my primary use will be wildlife, stellar and most importantly my granddaughter is in college and on a Track and Field team, so I definitely want great pictures. One of my other hobbies is Metal Metal Detecting, and I quickly found that having the right equipment makes all the difference, I started with a $200.00 detector and within a few days I realized, I needed to upgrade , so after trying other machines I bought a Minelab ctx3030ml that cost $2500.00 and that made all the difference.
So yes , having the right equipment makes all the difference. Taking a good picture is nice , but taking a great shot is better . My birthday is coming up in September so I'm going to treat myself, now I have a lot of research to do.

Thank you all for your valuable information

I thank you all for your input, and you're right I will take my time in purchasing this camera because it will be a large purchase I assume looking in somewhere in the order of 17 to 2,500 even $3,000 so yes I will take my time. One interesting point that was brought up as the Nikon refurb cameras, I've always been hesitant to buy anything as refurb has anyone had any experience with Nikon refurbished cameras

I'm relatively new to photography so I decided to do some research, and now I'm driving myself crazy. I have purchased a Canon EOS camera for my girlfriend at one time and I decided that possibly I may need something a little bit better so I've been looking at the Nikon d500 and just working down the line but every time I get online to look at some further information about some other cameras i get even more confused..... I'm lost. As I said I'm somewhat new to the Hobby and I'm wondering if that 500 is just a little bit too much for me I do want a full frame camera that much I do know. Anybody have any suggestions please please let me know so that I can go even crazier. That being said I've learned in the past that you get what you pay for