lamb to the slaughter!!! (C&C)

MC256

hi, I'm new to boards.ie and also to photography...I've just bought a digital slr and I'm doing a course so I'm going gung-ho and I've put some photos on the flikr! site... (god bless anonymity!)

this is the flikr! address

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mc256/

so I'd appreciate any comments (once they don't put me off photography or boards.ie forever!!!)

Cheers!!!

dazftw

I like the miami vice one and the firework ones!

What camera are you using?

Keep shooting and uploading more

That reminds me I should setup a flickr account...

Ruu_Old

Nice set of interesting and well composer shots there OP. Keep posting and ask for any advice you need, thanks for sharing. The firework ones worked out quiet well, can always be tricky to capture.

Tarakiwa

WOW - pretty impressive stuff!!
I too am a complete beginner at photography but I have to say that I would be dedlighted if I had taken any of them!! - I dare say that a few of the more experienced photographers on this site would be happy with a lot of them too!!

Keep shooting & keep sharing!

T

mtracey

Some super shots there

CONMIKE12

I echo the above sentiments.Some really great shots there.i left some comments on your Flickr.Keep up the good work and keep sharing.

Borderfox

Great shots, love the Miami Vice one and Chillin. Keep it up

Morlar

I really liked the miami-vice one too - might be an idea to clone out the sun glare on the lower right of it. Some great pictures there - loved the chillin one and the abstract one too.

MC256

DeafVision wrote:

I like the miami vice one and the firework ones!

What camera are you using?

Keep shooting and uploading more

That reminds me I should setup a flickr account...

Thanks very for the comments everyone, I'm encouraged, which is a pleasant surprise...!!

I am a photography heretic and I bought an Olympus E-500 (here cometh the wrath of the Nikon and Canon users!!!) with the twin lense pack and also got a very cheap macro, wide angle and 3x telephoto add on kit which is proving very interesting for me and traumatic for hte flaura and fauna of the garden!!!

iplogger1

MC256 wrote:

Thanks very for the comments everyone, I'm encouraged, which is a pleasant surprise...!!

I am a photography heretic and I bought an Olympus E-500 (here cometh the wrath of the Nikon and Canon users!!!) with the twin lense pack and also got a very cheap macro, wide angle and 3x telephoto add on kit which is proving very interesting for me and traumatic for hte flaura and fauna of the garden!!!

The fireworks look very nice. Fireworks can be tricky in terms of getting the exposure/metering / shutter time and white balance set correctly.
You captured them nicely.

Interesting choice, the Olympus. Wear it well !
Post often.

MC256

iplogger1 wrote:

The fireworks look very nice. Fireworks can be tricky in terms of getting the exposure/metering / shutter time and white balance set correctly.
You captured them nicely.

Interesting choice, the Olympus. Wear it well !
Post often.

Thanks...I think the fireworks were more beginners luck than design...I only had the camera 2 days and I was just trying all the different settings and some of them worked out...

Yeah interesting is one way of putting it...I read all the reviews on the D50 and the 350D and the E500 and then just went and tried them all out...to be honest I reckoned for a complete beginner the differences were quite marginal and I thought I'd be unlikely to extend the camera to it's limits anyway...also DPReview gave it quite a good review so that, coupled with the fact that 500 was the one that felt the most comfortable in my hand and I liked the aesthetics of it kind of swayed me - a friend of mine has a D50 so there are constant 'discussions' on optics and lenses and all other things I'm only getting to grips with so a bit of diversity keeps it fun...

Ruu_Old

Don't mind all these flickrs, get yourself a deviantART account.

iFight

Some very cool pics there OP, keep em comming