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<blockquote data-quote="bluenoser" data-source="post: 22495" data-attributes="member: 6351">Hi Heather.&nbsp; That is a classic looking D40 shot!&nbsp; Excellent results straight out of the camera requiring very little tweaking, very punchy colours, sharp - quite pleasing.&nbsp; You are indeed lucky to live so close to a beach! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;I'd say Jack is correct in his observation that the picture is a bit crooked but that yes, you'd still have some leaning - especially at the edges.&nbsp; This may be due to you having either the camera tilted up slightly (i.e. not perfectly parallel with the ground) and/or distortion being introduced by the lens (also quite likely - especially in lower cost, short focal length lenses).&nbsp;The exposure is actually quite good - a nice looking histogram. Your ISO was already at base 200 so you're left with shutter speed and aperture.&nbsp; You could try an aperture setting of f/8 or f/11 which cut the amount of light hitting the sensor.&nbsp; However also slowing the shutter speed much more would introduce more light as the shutter stays open longer.&nbsp; There are of course various types of filters which will cut the light entering the sensor too (ND or even CP filters) but frankly your settings did a great job! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />ISO 200 is the lowest ISO setting on the D40</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bluenoser, post: 22495, member: 6351"] Hi Heather. That is a classic looking D40 shot! Excellent results straight out of the camera requiring very little tweaking, very punchy colours, sharp - quite pleasing. You are indeed lucky to live so close to a beach! :) I'd say Jack is correct in his observation that the picture is a bit crooked but that yes, you'd still have some leaning - especially at the edges. This may be due to you having either the camera tilted up slightly (i.e. not perfectly parallel with the ground) and/or distortion being introduced by the lens (also quite likely - especially in lower cost, short focal length lenses). The exposure is actually quite good - a nice looking histogram. Your ISO was already at base 200 so you're left with shutter speed and aperture. You could try an aperture setting of f/8 or f/11 which cut the amount of light hitting the sensor. However also slowing the shutter speed much more would introduce more light as the shutter stays open longer. There are of course various types of filters which will cut the light entering the sensor too (ND or even CP filters) but frankly your settings did a great job! :) ISO 200 is the lowest ISO setting on the D40 [/QUOTE]

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