Pictures New DSLR camera

[Khizz]

My husband bought me a camera in the sales, the Nikon D3400. He refused to take responsibility, instead saying that Jeff had laid a really weird egg...I came home and found he had placed the box in the bird cage for me to find

Anyway, as I'm a complete photography beginner any tips are welcome! Here are some unedited test shots on my 2 favourite feathery models, using manual mode as well!


(she has chop on her beak...typical..)

 

[Yoshi&Raphi]

I don’t know anything about cameras but those photos are beautiful!

 

[winnieirn]

Just perfection! :super:

 

[Khizz]

I don’t know anything about cameras but those photos are beautiful!

Just perfection! :super:

Thanks! I really love taking pictures of animals, I'd love to get better at it and hopefully take pictures of wildlife! So I think I have the perfect subjects to practice on!

 

[Khizz]

I was really happy with this pic of Jeff, he looks so little!

 

[Dartman]

Leave it in auto till you start to figure out what everything does and start researching and playing with all the advanced settings. I use mine in mostly the first manual mode and it usually does great but I have a bit of experience with the main settings and what they do. I have a now older Cannon T3 that replaced a Rebel XT and have been quite pleased with both of them. Nice thing is you can try different things and delete the pictures that didn't turn out like you hoped and slowly learn what everything does. There are great digital camera forums that can help you figure it out and what works best for anything your trying to do. I have more money n lenses than I paid for the camera now and most of them were excellent used from eBay.

 

[Greencheek Lee]

Those look great!!

 

[Dona]

Beautiful pictures and models!
And super sweet hub.

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

My husband bought me a camera in the sales, the Nikon D3400. He refused to take responsibility, instead saying that Jeff had laid a really weird egg...I came home and found he had placed the box in the bird cage for me to find

Anyway, as I'm a complete photography beginner any tips are welcome! Here are some unedited test shots on my 2 favourite feathery models, using manual mode as well!

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(she has chop on her beak...typical..)

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Oh my.... for first time photos those are great! Look at Jeff's majestic curl... so cool!

 

[Khizz]

Leave it in auto till you start to figure out what everything does and start researching and playing with all the advanced settings. I use mine in mostly the first manual mode and it usually does great but I have a bit of experience with the main settings and what they do. I have a now older Cannon T3 that replaced a Rebel XT and have been quite pleased with both of them. Nice thing is you can try different things and delete the pictures that didn't turn out like you hoped and slowly learn what everything does. There are great digital camera forums that can help you figure it out and what works best for anything your trying to do. I have more money n lenses than I paid for the camera now and most of them were excellent used from eBay.

Thanks! Yeah I read everywhere about how you should use manual mode and made the mistake of trying it too soon. I've since switched back to Auto so I can learn about angles and framing first. Plus so I can work a little with Gimp to get to grips with it!

I just ordered a book for beginner photography so I'll see how that goes!

 

[Khizz]

Here is a capricorn at my local wildlife park. He hasn't got feathers but he's a cutie

 

[Zara]

Love the thread! Keep posting your pics, I love seeing them!

 

[SandraK]

I was really happy with this pic of Jeff, he looks so little!

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All I see is that beautiful exotic crest of his, the photo is great but I still love the crest.

 

[Khizz]

I got my camera out again today. I have more photos of our walk round a small lake near our house, but I want to edit them a little more.

Here are some beautiful calves I met on a walk (they all came running over and I almost died from happiness!)



And obligatory Jeff and Mabel pic:



And a quick snooze:

 

[Zara]

Honestly cannot decide which pic is cuter!!!

Those calves look soo cute, I´d just want to hug them all