Welcome to the hog from sunny Florida.. Umm I mean UHH. LOL! There is a lot of good info here.

Welcome to UHH from the Gulf Coast of sunny Florida.

That's exactly the thing I am trying to do Rook. I want to learn to use all the manual setting's first. And to learn composition for different scene's that way. Then I can try out all the different automatic setting's. I personally would rather learn the way they did back before the digital age came along. Call me old fashion an just stuck in my way's. :lol:

I just randomly chose these setting. I am fairly new to photography and just learning the manual setting. At this stage I am just experimenting with the different setting's to see what it give's me. I know I probably have a big learning curve to go through since I am just starting out.

Thank you so much Meives,That is a great help to me. I would have never thought of upping the ISO or the shutter speed like that. I see it as a good basis from which to work on my settings.

Isn't aperture priority an shutter priority partially automatic setting? I'm trying to use all manual setting where I am in control of everything. Once I master that then I figure I could use all the other setting. Now the composition you are right I need a lot of work in that area. Something that I am actively working on getting right....

Scottsman, I don't mind at all that you downloaded it an made your selection to it. But, To me that is manipulating the picture to make it what you want it to look like. It is my personal opinion that I get is what the camera see's. I personally don't believe in manipulating a picture to make it different or how I wish it had been. Just my opinion an belief...

Jean, I liked the 1st one myself the best....

Thank you for the input. In 1 I didn't think about more sky or water. I was more just playing with the setting's. But, That is a very good idea to have more of one or the other. If I get the opportunity I will go back and try to do just that an take pic's of both water and sky.

Sorry, I put this in the wrong place. I meant for this to be in Photo Analysis.

I have been playing with the manual setting's to get away from all the auto setting's and learn how to really use the camera. Any and all input will be greatly appreciated.

I'm in Pensacola.

Welcome to UHH from a fellow Floridian.

I'll do that thanks for the idea.

Thank you Meives, I never thought of cropping the photo. I'll give that a try. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

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