The Phase begins: Dan's photo thread

[dmogx]

Here is my photo thread.
Will this noob be able to learn how to properly use his camera?
What will this noob have to show in the near future?

or..  will he give up and drop photography as a hobby? 

 STAY TUNED (like 6 years..)

Gear:
Canon EOS 350D rebel XT.
EFS 18-55m f/3.5-5.6 II USM

these were from before.

Point and shoot with AUTO mode. no photoshop.










I read about HDR photos, was stunned by the quality they produced.  so i decided to give it a try just now, didn't turn out so well.  Perhaps my subject is a little bland (as opposed to something interesting or appealing).  Still learning my settings, created this photo..



critique is much appreciated because there are plenty of pro photographers in here that can teach me to become better

[w00tgasm]

Try playing around in AV mode.

Basically, the lower the number, the blurrier the background gets.
The higher, the more in focus everything will be. But you get longer shutter speeds.

[dmogx]

here's the ones i used to make the supposed HDR photo.. turned out bad.. but oh well
for the record i'm still learning how to use this thing lol.. like complete noob learning everything from scratch

[w00tgasm]

Hm, I think I sent you a link of a dude on you tube who does hands on tutorial with the canon XTI...

[dmogx]

ya i'm slowly but surely watching these to learn hahaha.

[w00tgasm]

Its what I watched instead of studying/homework/being productive.

[StevieSpeed3]

Practice is the best way to improve

Xt is a great place to start Dan- Luvin mine...

[dmogx]

i'm still randomly clicking away figuring things out lol.. still learning about aperture values, underexposures, overexposures, etc..

and yup, i chose to buy the xt because (well it was damn cheap LOL), but i thought it would be a good stepping stone..  seeing as i've never owned any good cameras and have never taken any photography lessons.  It didn't seem very feasible for me to buy something like a 40D or something crazy, considering i only know one feature, which is auto-focus lol

[M Speed]

I have no idea...I use a point and shot camera....so my say is the pix look great

[dmogx]

found me a box of 24 kinder surprises

[Ice-520]

first one is interesting

[w00tgasm]

yeah, the first one is sweet.
the colors in the kinder surprise one is awesome tho

[melonvitara]

first image - rules of third eh

[derrick]

first image - rules of third eh

I learned that before... but now I forget what it is. LOL.

[dL]

This forum is turning into SIAT soon

dL

[d1]

first image - rules of third eh

I just learned that in iat 100

[Username]

I like both photos Dan.

On the Fossil photo, I would clean the face of the watch. I'm not sure if that is dust or scratches, but I find it a little distracting.

The second photo has very vivid colours.

Great work!

  Kev

[StevieSpeed3]

First Pic is my favorite Dan...

[jefferino]

I want one of those eggs.

[dmogx]

I like both photos Dan.

On the Fossil photo, I would clean the face of the watch. I'm not sure if that is dust or scratches, but I find it a little distracting.

The second photo has very vivid colours.

Great work!

  Kev

My watch is just badly scratched