First offerings from a newbie...eek!

[Miss McT]

Got my Nikon D40 a few weeks ago. Have *a hell of a lot* to learn and not very technically-minded :shake: but very determined!!! ;)

Have read and seen some great stuff on here and thought it was about time I offered up some of my first pics...now i'll be really embarrassed if this doesn't work! hehe ;)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1248/640283187_02b0003a88.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1166/640283225_ba5e11056a.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1353/759961309_bec11edbec.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1387/759961239_402b82cf74.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1020/759961039_f9231d06c3.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1332/759960937_ffa0ffeb20.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1206/640283243_543a8b8280.jpg

[StuvUk]

Some nice shots - like the one of Durham Cathedral from the river :)

[Jimmy_Lemon]

WOW! they are great :) The framing is excellent, all really well exposed and all pin sharp :) Really like the Cathedral shot and the last one with drop of water in the light...really good stuff, cant wait to see what else you produce :D

[DarknFuzzy]

Yup, Cathedral shot is grand. :)

[Kevin H]

Very nice, like the rainbow best.:thumbs:

[Ewan]

Um. You sure you weren't a pro tog in another life time or something? These are ace! First and last especially - can't fault 'em!

[zeroeseight]

Nice, if you are lacking in technical skill you are certainly making up for it in creativity :)

[Jo]

WOW! they are great :) The framing is excellent, all really well exposed and all pin sharp :) Really like the Cathedral shot and the last one with drop of water in the light...really good stuff, cant wait to see what else you produce :D

Yeah that!

[dougdarter]

All things considered, that's a wonderful set.

Congratulations.:clap:

[Gilly B]

Great first set.

I feel sometimes that the more experienced with the teccie bits of the camera I get, I forget the key principles in the art of good photography. I think that's why some of my work is getting worse not better. Trying to be clever and do everything on manual - had one of my cameras ISO set on 1600 on a bright day photographing a wedding - good job my other camera was set at 100.

You have done extremely well with these shots and I particularly like the rainbow and catherdral shots. :thumbs:

[dundiggin]

eek - I just joined today and can't imagine being able to put up such a good set.

I'd like to add that I really, really like the first one - which is not to say anything against the others.

[petemc]

Some really good shots there. I'm not really into flower shots so they don't do much for me. The first is the best imho. Do more of them :)

[Tsukiyomi]

Like the first and last one best.

The water on the last one I like.

I wouldn't worry, most on here are porbably newbies In disguise anyway.;) :p

[Summerleft]

Same for me first and last one, really well done

[Miss McT]

:bonk: wowee, thank you so much for all your positive and encouraging comments - that's made my day! :)

[mikeyb]

Hi,

really good these and I always like how the Nikon shows greens on images, always deep and vibrant.

MIke.

[Lady Pitstop]

great set Miss CT:thumbs:

[Puz]

Some really good shots there. I'm not really into flower shots so they don't do much for me. The first is the best imho. Do more of them :)

:agree:

[alexisonfire]

Some really good shots there. I'm not really into flower shots so they don't do much for me. The first is the best imho. Do more of them :)

Agreed also :)

[Tsukiyomi]

:bonk: wowee, thank you so much for all your positive and encouraging comments - that's made my day! :)

Encourage fellow D40 users Is a must!;)

[photomad]

these shots are great

makes me want a d40 better start saving

[petemc]

these shots are great

makes me want a d40 better start saving

To be honest, I reckon you could get shots this quality from a digital compact. Whats best about these shots is the composition and the view. Photographer > camera.

[shorey666]

:agree: with you there Petemc,a good eye:clap:

[MG TF 135]

Gotta love #1, i like the contrast between natural tree (left) and man made 'tree' (right). The rays through the clouds make the shot. Always nice to get a couple of framers in the first batch!!

Now the hard work really begins, keeping up the standard!!

[Miss McT]

I'm so pleased with all these comments - very reassuring and encouraging - thank you so much! :)

[strax]

A very nice first set as everyone else has already said. You have a good eye for a picture.:)

[Mohain]

Some nice shots there. I like the first one a lot. I've been meaning to take advantage of the brightly sunlit forground against a dark stormy situation for a while. Never seem to manage it well.

Keep up the good work :)

[natjag]

I've heard a few togs say that you can learn the technical bits of photography, but you can't be taught to see the picture.

So my only bit of criticism is that the first three images look a bit noisey (technical) probably due to a high ISO.