Thank you all xx

Ha, Thank you Peter, yes, gentle enough Great comments

Ok so I've been playing around with lights/exposure etc in Photoshop, am I getting the right idea? These are the ones I didn't think I should show. Sorry if I'm bombarding you all, I just want to make sure i'm not wasting time thinking I'm doing something right when I'm not?

Steve I promise you I am a first time Camera user lol, although your words are very flattering (I don't even know what spades mean) anyway, I'm pleased with your comment (I think)
Andrew - I will have to get into Lightroom and see what that's all about, thank you
David - Thank you very much indeed, I hope it hasn't been a one off, obviously I have only uploaded 6 images (my best ones, in my opinion) I took hundreds lol and a lot of them were really bad! But with pratice I will get there, and like you say, I really just need to learn to use the camera, as pretty much all I know is how to focus in on something and turn up the lighting/dimming button (AV).
Thank you all again for your lovely words

ChrisA - Oooh, homework!! I welcome the challange, and will keep you posted you are right (obviously) the sharpening definitely works!! The version is just Photoshop CC, I have it on trial, I used to have CS4 and preferred that so will get it again (just had a computer again after months of not having one!!)
Andrew - Thank you very much, it's a shame to hear your camera was stolen, there are some horrible people around!
I will have a play around with Levels and try to better my images.
Thanks for the great advice really appreciate it. x

Thank you so much Andrew I will try and do something with Image 2 to make it better.
The dog is Max, he's my own little Furry Model!!

Wow thank you both very much, fantastic feedback, I am truly ecstatic!!
I will work on all you have advised.
I opened them all in Photoshop to resize them, but image 2 has been edited in Photoshop - just converted to Black & White
I really am very very new to this so excuse my words, I know quite a bit of Photoshop but literally nothing about lenses/filters, or anything. My Dad left me with a couple of good books, and I of course have the forum to research for self educating (thank goodness) there is so much to learn, it's very overwhelming!
Thanks again for your comments, I'm over the moon

A few of my first shots, opinions very much wanted, but please be gentle

Haha, thank you ChrisA
Thank you JammyBee

Hiya,

I'm Sarah and I live in Wellingborough (Northamptonshire).

I am COMPLETELY new to Photography, I have just inherited my Dad's old Pentax K100D with various lenses and a tripod I have had it for 2 days and I'm in love with it, it's not the best camera in the world but it's taking some pretty nice pictures for me. I am taking pictures of anything and everything at the moment, and I love it

I look forward to learning lots about Photography on the forum and meeting some nice people.

Sarah
xx