Playing with my new Nikon D40

[trlblazer3]

Ok, so I finally made a decision on a new camera (thanks everyone for their help in in the other thread). These are some shots I took tonight just to play around. Just to let you know, this is my first SLR experience ever, and I haven't touched these files other than transferring them to my HDD. Let me know what you think!

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w37/trlblazer3/Pansy.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w37/trlblazer3/flowers.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w37/trlblazer3/Duck1.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w37/trlblazer3/dogwood.jpg

Hopefully with a little practice and education on DSLR, I can get better at it. My first reaction is that I absolutely LOVE this camera. I'm definitely going to have fun with this thing for sure.

[scottgt]

like the last photo...i love getting close ups on flowers

[RTexasF]

Beauties, I like all the little faces on the first one.

[dengood1]

were you using a filter?

nice pics btw.

[trlblazer3]

Nope, no filters were used. I haven't grabbed any yet, I'm probably going to run to the camera shop later this weekend to grab some.

[hispeed]

You forgot to tell us what make & model of camera you bought.
Very nice photography.

[trlblazer3]

I got the Nikon D40 with 2 lens kit that Best Buy has running on sale right now. The kit came with the camera, 18-55mm and 55-200mm AF-S lenses, two instructional DVD's -one specific to the camera and another one as a good intro to SLR photography (I thought the two DVD's were a great tutorial), software, strap, and battery pack. I also picked up a case and 2 GB Ultra II SD card (on sale for $34, I thought that was a pretty good deal). I can't wait to get out tomorrow to snap a few more pics and get a little more familiar with the functions etc. So far its only seen the Auto mode lol

[Reddwarf]

Are these with the lens that comes with the Nikon D40? Very nice. How fast will it shoot?

[trlblazer3]

Yep, these were shot with the lenses the came with the kit. I don't have any other lenses in my ownership, so that's why I thought it would be best to step into the DSLR genre with a kit like this. I'm loving it so far, it seems pretty capable, more camera than I'll probably ever need. The AF is amazingly quick the times I was using it, and the manual say it'll take 2.5 frames/second. I've yet to try continuous mode yet so I can't confirm.

[tod071]

Congrats on the new setup! What setting did you have it on?

No use getting a DSLR if you're not using the different settings. I'd start with P and slowly move into the other settings. You'll see the differences after alot of trial & error.

Good thing is that you won't waste film! Get a good memory card that has a fast write speed too. (sorry, just noticed you picked up the Ultra II)

Good Luck!

[supercharged]

That's a work of art!!!:righton:

[joe.p]

Great pics..look foward to seeing more

[D]

The picture of the duck needs to be cropped. The picture of the blue flowers should be closer up. Id increase the aperture on the picture of the pink flowers, f/11+. Id also try doing it with cloudy WB instead of auto. Thatll give you more vivid colors. Use the lowest ISO possible. And try to make the pictures a little more interesting. I suggest signing up on fredmiranda.com: Specialized in digital cameras, photoshop actions, and digital darkroom (http://www.fredmiranda.com).

I edited the picture of the duck. Increased contrast and sharpness, then cropped it.

http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1301/7953/167178.jpg

[sparkie]

You pro picture taker! Beautiful.:applause:

[alban61]

Very nice pictures! My fav was the 2nd one with all those flowers in different shades of pink.