My first post of pictures.

jherring002

Senior Member
Here is my first post of pics in this forum. Honesty criticism accepted. Have had my camera about a month now.

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Bill16

Senior Member
Congrats on the D5200! Your off to a great start! Are you shooting auto, or do you have some photography experience already? Very nice shots! :)
 

jherring002

Senior Member
@Bill16
Negative on auto.

These were all Aperture Priority.
No prior experience, but I have read about 6 books so far and about 12 hours of YouTube videos. So I think I have the basics of how to control the light my camera sees.

Also these were all taken with my 35mm f1.8 lens. I had 3 macro filters stacked on all but the yorkie.

The macro filters were 2x 4x & 10x
 
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Bill16

Senior Member
Awesome! Way to go for sure! I'm very impressed! Your shots are much better than my first shots! :D

Negative on auto.

These were all Aperture Priority.
No prior experience, but I have read about 6 books so far and about 12 hours of YouTube videos. So I think I have the basics of how to control the light my camera sees.
 

jherring002

Senior Member
Awesome! Way to go for sure! I'm very impressed! Your shots are much better than my first shots! :D
Well they aren't my 1st shots. But they are the first I've posted. Believe me, my first day I went out and shot everything at iso 6400 for some reason and all my pictures were trash. That's when I decided I needed to learn how to work this thing.
 

Fortkentdad

Senior Member
Very nice.
You are off and running for some great shots.

There is so much great help out there for the photo enthusiast now-a-days and with digital it costs nothing to try and try again until you get it right.

I have that 35mm 1.8 and use it on a D5100 - great lens.

And the bug porn gets my vote as your best shot. Most eye catching for sure.

Others are nothing to sneeze at either.

You asked for criticism so I'll make this observation. I used to use those screw on magnifying filters (and they seem to working fine for you) but you may want to consider adding a true macro lens to your collection. If cost is a non-issue just go get one. If that is not the case, and you have not won the lottery, then I'd suggest you consider a manual vintage good bit of glass. Keep in mind your crop factor when choosing the focal length but I don't think that is a limiting factor. I have a 60mm and 105mm macro. Keep in mind an AF or AF-D lens probably won't have a motor in the lens so will be same as manual focus for the D5200. MF lens glass can be just as good as the AF glass but costs far far less. When shooting macro, manual focus is very workable. I have a MF fisheye and it focuses down to less than half inch. I just position the camera in from of the object and move it back and forth (1-2" of movement) and shoot a batch of images - some will be better than others but I always get several very usable images. More of a suggestion than a criticism I suppose. So free advice and worth every penny.
 

Moab Man

Senior Member
Welcome and you have a great camera. You asked for some feedback...

Picture 1: you could crop down the dead space to the left. Adds nothing to the image.

#2: Insects can be difficult and they don't always cooperate unless your [MENTION=9753]Scott Murray[/MENTION] who seems to have the insect world trained. With that said, if you could have had the bugs more to the right so they were "entering" your picture rather than exiting. OR crop down to about a third of the picture on the subject area. I like the edge of the leaf in the photo, but would be perfect for me if they were on the right. Of course this picture has a little freaky freaky going on, but if you're into insect porn who am I to judge. :)

#3 Good move on getting down to the dogs level. That holds true with animals and children as a general rule. Photo would be improved if the dogs feet hadn't been amputated. Really sharp image of the dog which that lens is great for.

#4 Tighten (crop) up on your subject. The dead space adds nothing to the focus point of the image.

Your off to a nice start. Keep working at it. The more images you take the better you will get.
 

jherring002

Senior Member
Very nice.
You are off and running for some great shots.

There is so much great help out there for the photo enthusiast now-a-days and with digital it costs nothing to try and try again until you get it right.

I have that 35mm 1.8 and use it on a D5100 - great lens.

And the bug porn gets my vote as your best shot. Most eye catching for sure.

Others are nothing to sneeze at either.

You asked for criticism so I'll make this observation. I used to use those screw on magnifying filters (and they seem to working fine for you) but you may want to consider adding a true macro lens to your collection. If cost is a non-issue just go get one. If that is not the case, and you have not won the lottery, then I'd suggest you consider a manual vintage good bit of glass. Keep in mind your crop factor when choosing the focal length but I don't think that is a limiting factor. I have a 60mm and 105mm macro. Keep in mind an AF or AF-D lens probably won't have a motor in the lens so will be same as manual focus for the D5200. MF lens glass can be just as good as the AF glass but costs far far less. When shooting macro, manual focus is very workable. I have a MF fisheye and it focuses down to less than half inch. I just position the camera in from of the object and move it back and forth (1-2" of movement) and shoot a batch of images - some will be better than others but I always get several very usable images. More of a suggestion than a criticism I suppose. So free advice and worth every penny.
I have on order the Nikon 105mm f2.8 macro lens. I ordered it for my wife though but we can share. I will like to see the difference between the filters and the true macro.

Thanks for the comments.
 

jherring002

Senior Member
Welcome and you have a great camera. You asked for some feedback...

Picture 1: you could crop down the dead space to the left. Adds nothing to the image.

#2: Insects can be difficult and they don't always cooperate unless your [MENTION=9753]Scott Murray[/MENTION] who seems to have the insect world trained. With that said, if you could have had the bugs more to the right so they were "entering" your picture rather than exiting. OR crop down to about a third of the picture on the subject area. I like the edge of the leaf in the photo, but would be perfect for me if they were on the right. Of course this picture has a little freaky freaky going on, but if you're into insect porn who am I to judge. :)

#3 Good move on getting down to the dogs level. That holds true with animals and children as a general rule. Photo would be improved if the dogs feet hadn't been amputated. Really sharp image of the dog which that lens is great for.

#4 Tighten (crop) up on your subject. The dead space adds nothing to the focus point of the image.

Your off to a nice start. Keep working at it. The more images you take the better you will get.

Thank you for your honest feedback. I've read somewhere to ask people what they DON'T like about your pictures so you can learn.

On the chopping the pups legs off....Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I should know better than that. I will say though that this little pup has energy galore and doesn't sit still for long. And being that I had the 35mm prime on, I didn't have time to recompose anyways. But that being said, when I took that picture, I wasn't even thinking about the limbs so I will need to do that in the future.

As for the others, I was working with a 35mm prime lenses with screw on macro filters. (I know, I know) So there was a limit to how close I could get. That being said, I could have cropped closer in editing.

So thank you again. This is what I'm looking for so I can improve!
 

Moab Man

Senior Member
You're welcome on the feedback. I know if I ask I want people to cut me to the bone with constructive criticism. Like Fortkentdad said, or to paraphrase, when you get a dedicated macro it will blow you away. Then we push you to a Raynox 250, but that is for another day LOL :)
 
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Ta2Dave

Senior Member
Welcome to the forum! Tons of great info here. I'm inspired everyday by the folks here, and it motivates me to get out and improve my pics. These guys are a wealth of knowledge!
 

Dxer

Senior Member
I think you first shots are pretty good! I can't really critique much any more than others have. I am still in the relearning stages myself. A lot of the folks here are pretty darn good at this hobby. I think that 35mm F/1.8 is a real winner of a lens. That will probably be my next one.
 

jherring002

Senior Member
I think you first shots are pretty good! I can't really critique much any more than others have. I am still in the relearning stages myself. A lot of the folks here are pretty darn good at this hobby. I think that 35mm F/1.8 is a real winner of a lens. That will probably be my next one.
I am in love with that lens. I have a sigma 24-70mm f2.8 but I find myself gravitating back to the 35mm. Well with the $200
 

Ta2Dave

Senior Member
I think you first shots are pretty good! I can't really critique much any more than others have. I am still in the relearning stages myself. A lot of the folks here are pretty darn good at this hobby. I think that 35mm F/1.8 is a real winner of a lens. That will probably be my next one.

I am in love with that lens. I have a sigma 24-70mm f2.8 but I find myself gravitating back to the 35mm. Well with the $200

I second this. I picked up a refurb 35mm a couple of weeks ago free shipping from Nikon for a good deal. It's a hell of a lens imo.
 

mikew_RIP

Senior Member
Great start,i think you have already got the best comments on your pictures so i will talk presentation,if you post your pictures with a space between them they look so much better.

Post your picture then click it,a box will open you can select where in the post you want it and what size then click ok,hit enter twice and your next picture will be separated from the one above then repeat.
 
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