First shot with DSLR by a Newbie
Dec 16, 2018 16:30:35 #
OK new camera came, opened the box and said, "Now what do I do? Charged and loaded the battery; put in the card and formatted. Looked at it for a few days, put the lenses on and off, looking through the viewfinder, set the date, went through the menus, turned the dials but scared to push the button....yesterday, finally decided to put in car while running errands, hoping to make a shot. Night was coming quick and I still hadn't tried to make a shot, came around a curve in the road and there was this huge decorated tree, so I pulled over and said "Why not?" So here it is my first shot with my first DSLR and a really poor attempt at post processing with the Corel program sent with the camera....
After this shot I remembered that the next town over has a "Christmas Boulevard" so I decided to drive over and wait for complete nightfall and make an attempt to grab a few more shots....took a total of 75! Unfortunately all in some form of automatic but at least I was push the button....
After this shot I remembered that the next town over has a "Christmas Boulevard" so I decided to drive over and wait for complete nightfall and make an attempt to grab a few more shots....took a total of 75! Unfortunately all in some form of automatic but at least I was push the button....
Dec 16, 2018 16:34:49 #
Glad to read you are enjoying your new camera. I can still remember the puzzlement and then rapidly growing appreciation of my first DSLR, after years of film photography. You already have latched onto the potential of post-processing. Nice, and very timely shot of the Christmas tree. Take every opportunity to photograph and study the art of photography. There are a lot of very experienced and creative people here who will be a great resource for advice and encouragement.
Dec 16, 2018 16:41:14 #
adamsg wrote:
Glad to read you are enjoying your new camera. I can still remember the puzzlement and then rapidly growing appreciation of my first DSLR, after years of film photography. You already have latched onto the potential of post-processing. Nice, and very timely shot of the Christmas tree. Take every opportunity to photograph and study the art of photography. There are a lot of very experienced and creative people here who will be a great resource for advice and encouragement.
Thank you for the words of encouragement...it took me all day to decide to post because I thought neither were very good...
Dec 16, 2018 17:05:58 #
Here is something you can quickly do with your original shot using Lightroom. Please excuse the inadvertent copyright, I forgot to cut off the export template. If you are interested, I will send you one without the ©
Dec 16, 2018 17:18:58 #
WOW! You did that with post processing with a shot I made! I really have to learn how to post process (and save up and buy a real program). Thank you! This shot looks really good; now I am feeling really good about investing in the DSLR and pursuing further knowledge. Again, thank you
Dec 16, 2018 18:00:27 #
It is a huge learning curve.... Just take your time. Remember, pixels/delete are free, and you can always "return to original" in all of your post processing. So just click away, look at the results, read the exif data, and learn from that then try again. Once you get the hang of it, the learning comes pretty fast.
Great start
Great start
Dec 16, 2018 18:19:00 #
HardworkingGal wrote:
WOW! You did that with post processing with a shot I made! I really have to learn how to post process (and save up and buy a real program). Thank you! This shot looks really good; now I am feeling really good about investing in the DSLR and pursuing further knowledge. Again, thank you
One step at a time. Post processing, like learning to play an instrument, is not a quick process, but if you have the "eye", you can easily learn it one step at a time.
Like any skill, it will take time to master, but it's fairly easy to get started. Some of the software programs are free, some are in the fifty dollar range. My choice is the Adobe Light Room / Photoshop suite, which is ten dollars a month by subscription. Many professionals think it is the gold standard for image processing, and I agree. Preference for one or the other is generally a matter of devout belief, and you'll find many strong opinions here. Any "which is best" discussion is likely to devolve into as passionate discussion as a discussion of politics or religion. Take your time and try out the free ones first. Soon you'll be making your images better just like the ones above.
Andy
Dec 17, 2018 07:17:53 #
Nice shot and good processing. A little noise in the second photo but you can take that out. Keep up the good work. Don't be shy, post what you like and share with the rest of us.
Dec 17, 2018 08:15:39 #
Dec 17, 2018 09:52:41 #
Dec 17, 2018 10:23:10 #
Not bad at all. Now spend some time learning the camera and photography basics. You will notice an immediate improvement in the quality of your images.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Dec 17, 2018 11:09:25 #
HardworkingGal wrote:
After this shot I remembered that the next town over has a "Christmas Boulevard" so I decided to drive over and wait for complete nightfall and make an attempt to grab a few more shots....took a total of 75! Unfortunately all in some form of automatic but at least I was push the button....
After this shot I remembered that the next town over has a "Christmas Boulevard" so I decided to drive over and wait for complete nightfall and make an attempt to grab a few more shots....took a total of 75! Unfortunately all in some form of automatic but at least I was push the button....
Congratulations and best wishes!
Dec 17, 2018 11:27:57 #
Dec 17, 2018 19:18:00 #
HardworkingGal wrote:
OK new camera came, opened the box and said, "... (show quote)
Very nice, HardworkingGal. Just keep pressing the button, have fun
Dec 17, 2018 20:52:03 #
Welcome to the Hog :)
Set ISO 800 - 1000 and reshoot WITH forced flash
Make sure to capture RAW + JPG - - then play with the 'enhance shadow' in your RAW import program.
It's a lot of fun :)
Set ISO 800 - 1000 and reshoot WITH forced flash
Make sure to capture RAW + JPG - - then play with the 'enhance shadow' in your RAW import program.
It's a lot of fun :)
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