Thanks!

What do you mean by more info like the iso, aperture, shutter speed settings? Right, the context of the photo is important too. I will edit accordingly.

Hello,

This is my first time posting anything here besides my intro looong time ago. I picked up photography as a hobby and to help relax myself from med school. I only have a 50mm f1.4 lens. All my gear are gifted to me and I am in no position to acquire gear right now. I'll probably start posting more here as time goes on.

Not that I am excusing my newbieness but I just learned how to physically balance the "exposure triangle" and it generally works. I'm having fun so far.

Please critique.

This first photo is heavily cropped but the whole picture did not feel very interesting. As for post processing, I tried to smooth out the sun and sharpen the silhouette of the people. That's pretty much all I did.

The second photo, is straight out of the camera besides turning the DNG to JPG.

The third photo is straight out of the camera if I am not mistaken.

The last photo is resized because I posted it in another forum but no other edits.

That's all for now!

I am having so much fun! My goal is still to capture the beauty in cars but I cant help but take photos of mundane things and make them better. Something like a decorative tea set that no one ever looks at in my house is suddenly something "cool". Do not let me get started with photographing flowers and fruits/fruit trees! This isn't really about me photographing at this point. It is more about appreciating things I have always gone on ignoring.

Of course, there are still numerous techniques and perspectives that I would love to learn. I'll post a photo or two up soon.

Thanks everyone.

Thanks for the greetings!

I've bought the book. I'm waiting for my work to die down a bit before reading it (I'm a teacher and final exam season is coming soon).

Anyway, Having all of that said, I'm more or less used to accessing pretty much anything in my camera's menu. I still am not sure what some of these things do yet but that will come with reading the manual. As for the actual act of photographing things, I think I know what iso, aperture, and shutter speed do...more or less? However, it takes so much precision in these settings these things up on my own to acquire legible photos. I am currently relying on auto mode...I don't want to rely on it all the time. At this point, I can see how useful the programmable buttons are and appreciate the simple design of the camera.

As for my camera, I asked my mom about it. She told me it is a Leica SL and the lens is a 50mm f1.4 and told me it's very capable. She wanted to get me a 24-90 zoom lens at first but someone bought it off her. Apparently, she sold it and got a smaller one mostly because she no longer likes lugging around the SL.

For my first question, how do I view .dng files on my computer? Is there a free software that do that for me? I can search some online but I really do not know which ones are user friendly and safe to use.

Thanks!

Yeah, I have a manual. A lot of the terms are understandable at a very elementary physics perspective. The manual helps a ton so far when it comes to navigating the menu and programming buttons.

As for the book, I'll look into it. I hope it is something that can help clarify all the jargon I'm seeing.

Thanks!

Hello, I am new here. I'm no photographer at all. At least, not one that I would artistically a photographer. I recently acquired a camera and lens from my mom as a "hand me down" as she got newer stuff. All she told me was to take care of it, not lose it, don't sell it, and use it. She used to use it as hobby which she took very seriously. I asked her advice on how to start out but she told me "figure out the questions [I] would like to ask."

Right now, I'm still figuring out the functions of my camera and still waiting for my memory cards to come in. I know that the camera holds 2 SDXC cards. I hope 2 x 128GB is enough.

Anyway, I'm going to do just that and it's nice too meet you all.