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<blockquote data-quote="John Braden" data-source="post: 336207" data-attributes="member: 24488">EXIFCamera: Nikon D5300Exposure: 1/32 @ f/5.3Focal length: 85mmISO: 400Lens: Nikkor 18-140mm 1:3.5-5.6G EDMy first two weeks with a DSLR (D5300) had me in Japan for my learning/proving grounds. I always used a point-and-shoot camera in the past (Canon) and I decided to get a DLSR. I often sat in wonderment of the basics of photography-Aperture Priority and I wanted to shoot a subject with other items in the photo out of focus. I know it's one of the most basic &quot;effects&quot; but, to me, it was something that excited me about photography. I wasn't aware of the &quot;neutral setting&quot; of the sharpness on the D5300 when I took this.I tried the center the main subject, the torii gate, in the center with some vegetation and a stone lantern on the peripheries to &quot;frame&quot; the subject, per se. I haven't altered the photo in any way but I wonder if using software to perhaps sharpen or add more color to make the water more blue or the torii more vermillion would make it better. I am such a beginner, I don't know what professional or advanced amateur photographers &quot;see&quot;. I welcome any and ALL critiques. No matter how small, even if it's to say I should have waited for the ferry to get out of the background! [ATTACH]103095[/ATTACH]Itsukushima Shrine torii, Miyajima, Hiroshima 5/13/14 09:21:28am</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Braden, post: 336207, member: 24488"] EXIF Camera: Nikon D5300 Exposure: 1/32 @ f/5.3 Focal length: 85mm ISO: 400 Lens: Nikkor 18-140mm 1:3.5-5.6G ED My first two weeks with a DSLR (D5300) had me in Japan for my learning/proving grounds. I always used a point-and-shoot camera in the past (Canon) and I decided to get a DLSR. I often sat in wonderment of the basics of photography-Aperture Priority and I wanted to shoot a subject with other items in the photo out of focus. I know it's one of the most basic "effects" but, to me, it was something that excited me about photography. I wasn't aware of the "neutral setting" of the sharpness on the D5300 when I took this. I tried the center the main subject, the torii gate, in the center with some vegetation and a stone lantern on the peripheries to "frame" the subject, per se. I haven't altered the photo in any way but I wonder if using software to perhaps sharpen or add more color to make the water more blue or the torii more vermillion would make it better. I am such a beginner, I don't know what professional or advanced amateur photographers "see". I welcome any and ALL critiques. No matter how small, even if it's to say I should have waited for the ferry to get out of the background! [ATTACH=CONFIG]103095._xfImport[/ATTACH] Itsukushima Shrine torii, Miyajima, Hiroshima 5/13/14 09:21:28am [/QUOTE]

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