Silent Valley

by DeeCranney

first pic of a batch I took with my new K-X, first time ever handling a manual camera

ISO - 800
shutter speed - 1/1600s
F11
Uploaded24/07/2013 - 21:05
CategoryLandscape / Travel
Shutter Speed1/1600
Aperturef/11
LensN/A
ISO800
Focal Length18mm
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davidstorm
Posted 25/07/2013 - 00:24 Link
Great to see you posting images after your 'first time', well done! If you are OK, a little bit of friendly advice:

- reduce the ISO to 100 or 200 for shots like this - the shutter speed will still be plenty high enough and the image quality will improve a lot

- Try a slightly wider aperture - the lens will probably perform at its best between F5.6 and F8; you only need a narrow aperture if there's lots of foreground and distant objects that need to be in critically sharp focus

A good start - keep posting the images and I'm sure you'll get lots of helpful advice.

Best wishes
David
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DeeCranney
Posted 25/07/2013 - 00:36 Link
cheers for the advice David, much appreciated, anything that I can learn from those doing it longer than I have is greatly welcomed
Russ
Posted 25/07/2013 - 13:17 Link
wow great image and your first with the DSLR. A born natural You have a great eye for a photo, something i don't. Well done.
Teaka53
Posted 25/07/2013 - 15:28 Link
Russ wrote:
wow great image and your first with the DSLR. A born natural You have a great eye for a photo, something i don't. Well done.
I agree. I like the way the wind is playing with the water surface
Malc
DeeCranney
Posted 25/07/2013 - 16:16 Link
WOW, thanks very much for the positive feedback , the scenery was awesome, got a couple more from my trip, but can only upload one a day
pauljay
Posted 29/07/2013 - 07:22 Link
It's a beautiful shot Damien however, you do seem to have a few dust spots on the sensor.
Paul.

Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried! (Bill Brandt)
PPG

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