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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bourbon Neat" data-source="post: 484562" data-attributes="member: 37727">Firstly, I like what your going for and your compositions are mostly good. You obviously have an eye for capturing what is there. The shots you have posted look to clean up pretty good in Lightroom.How many hours does it take to become an average photographer? How much study is involved? How much practice? I have taken over 10,000 digital images and would not consider myself much at this hobby. I do believe my end results have improved since joining this forum less than a year ago. There are some really talented and heavily experienced members here who are willing to give advice to anyone without fee. Most images posted here will include the exposure information if a mouse pointer is hovered over the image. View the photos that you think are what you want to achieve and check the information as a starting point for your similar captures.The lighting and exposure triangle is so very important for the basis of a good shot. It takes book study and experimentation to get a handle on that. Depth of field which is altered using the aperture will take book study and experimentation. Post processing to get the most out of what your sensor captured will take book study an experimentation. Understanding each of the steps will bring it all together for you.There are no shortcuts to any worthwhile goal, they all must be earned through hard work and dedication. You have a nice camera that will produce what you expect it to, it will take your efforts at book study and experimentation to get there. It will not happen over night or after 250 shots and the frustrations will lessen over time.Note: Book study was old school and pretty much equals video clips on the internet. I for one would not rule out hard copies all together though. Adobe has zillions of tutorials to get the most of your images using their software.</blockquote>

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