New to using a DSLR.

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Drewber

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I used to take photos with my older camera but I got a d3100 and I need help, any feed back will be greatly needed. be as harsh as needed but be constructive lol.
 

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Drewber

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haha thanks, but I did not crop the shots, they were zoomed in too much... Getting my baby girl to stand still is easy but when you have someone like me behind the camera, well the shot looks bad. But hey I will take you calling them nice any day! lol.
 
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Dave_W

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The images seem to be technically fine as far as focus and exposure. Which is more a function of the camera rather than the photographer. Composition, however, is 100% the photographer. That said, to create a more interesting and compelling images, try offering your viewers a unique point of view on your subject matter in a way your viewers don't often see. When you take a photograph from a standing aspect looking down at your dog, it offers nothing new to the viewer since this is the average way most of us see dogs. With that in mind, consider retaking this image of your dog but this time do it at eye level or maybe below eye level. Offer your viewers a unique perspective and one that your audience is not used to viewing the subject matter you're photographing will make for much more interesting image.
 
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Drewber

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Thank you Mr Don, I was filling that at and the internet I was using shut down. I'll get back on that now.

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DraganDL

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Nice dog you've got there - beautiful combination of a coffee-black and creamy-white;).
As for the composition, there are two things that you should be aware of:
-avoid cropping the "details" like the tail and the ears (yes, it is cropping, just like Jonathan put it, in this case cropping has been done by the camera - the term is not related only to a software)
-the dog is too close to the left-hand side of the frame (it's far from being a rule, but here in particular, the dog's head should have been kept in the lower-central part of the frame, slightly zoomed out, of course)
 
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Jonathan

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Dave_W said:
The images seem to be technically fine as far as focus and exposure. Which is more a function of the camera rather than the photographer. Composition, however, is 100% the photographer. That said, to create a more interesting and compelling images, try offering your viewers a unique point of view on your subject matter in a way your viewers don't often see. When you take a photograph from a standing aspect looking down at your dog, it offers nothing new to the viewer since this is the average way most of us see dogs. With that in mind, consider retaking this image of your dog but this time do it at eye level or maybe below eye level. Offer your viewers a unique perspective and one that your audience is not used to viewing the subject matter you're photographing will make for much more interesting image.
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I'm going to try and snap my dogs' bellies!
 
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