This forum is for forum related feedback & suggestions, so members may not realize it's here looking for feedback on photos. But I'm betting if we mention [MENTION=6277]Don Kuykendall[/MENTION] , he or another mod will kindly move it to the Photo Feedback forum.
Looks like you are getting to know the D3100.
Welcome Chase. I'm going to assume you are a young man and not yet an adult based on your picture and what you were shooting. If this is correct... that's really cool and I expect that one day you will be a phenomenal photographer starting young and gaining lots of practice.
As my Kiwi friend Lawrence said, one photo at a time per day for photo critiquing. But, I expect that you have great enthusiasm so I will go one-by-one in additional post after this one.
Yes. Still in hs sadly. But thank you very much! Where exactly should I post these? If this is the wrong place
Woody
The focus seems soft, yet looking at your other pictures, which are sharper, I'm thinking something was off and it's not a lens quality issue.
As the photo is shot you have a lot of empty space around Woody that doesn't contribute to the photo. It would need to be cropped tighter or shot closer depending on how close the lens will allow you to get.
This is common through each of your photos - you need to look up and study the "rule of thirds" so you better know how to compose your shots. Of course, with all rules there is a time to break them, but you really want to understand the rule before you strike out to break it. Here is a link that gives you a quick read on it. Rule of Thirds - Digital Photography School
Road shot
I suspect you stumbled upon a technique of photography, but had no idea what you were doing with it - leading lines.
Leading lines are things in a picture that take to to something. In your photo you have great leading lines between the road, lines on the road, and the power lines, but they are leading me to what? The "what" or destination is missing.
Here is a great write-up with pictures on leading lines done by our own Horoscope Fish. You will need to read it a number of times as it has some pretty heavy reading to get started with, but the pictures will really help you to understand.
http://nikonites.com/tutorials/18482-composition-3-leading-lines.html#axzz3SuDlIAg4
Again, welcome to the forum and I hope you stick with it. GOOD photography is something that has really been lost and unappreciated by your generation.
Here are the third lines for Woody.
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Cropped putting woody on the thirds and getting rid of all the dead space. Gets rid of the distracting tree in the back and brings you to the point of interest - Woody.
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