I feel like I've been improving a lot and growing so much since I joined this site so I wanted to share my first picture and my newest picture and I'd love for you to do the same. Thank you for such a supportive and fun community and critiques and support I love this :) Have a good day
Blurry.. no real attention to light.. still one of my favorites but had no clue about settings.
Taken yesterday.. more attention to light and depth of field. I'm proud of this one, but just more excited that I can see improvement w/ my pictures.
@swguevin Lol yours are both great what a creative idea for Christmas.. beautiful colors and lighting! @jsilver Oh man I love that second shot sooo much how awesome! @tandem02 you can tell the progress in your photos as well how amazing! It's so cool to watch yourself grow and so much fun!
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LONE WINDMILL
This is a great topic! You may not be able to see improvement by these two pictures, but i do know I have grown and improved so much since Jan. 1 2012 and getting my first DSLR for Christmas 2011.
This is my posting for tomorrow (as I won't have time to post later). It's something I've NEVER done. It's absolutely new to me and I'm feelin' a little unsure of it. It really is a picture...
@shirljess great improvement! @cherrygirl Aw wonderful Flower I love that one great job! @mstipe I love your first! But yes a lot of improvement as well! Great shots! @traeumerlein87 Lovely last shot how cool!! I need to start doing challenges for more knowledge. @mittens Oh man that tree bark is BEAUTIFUL!! I love the tones and everything wonderful job! @mortisa Definitely I love the shapes good job! @henrir I love that water shot but your last shot is awesome! Good job! @cocobella Gorgeous sunset!!! Love it! @cmc1200 Absolutely gorgeous macro! And doing this in six months is a great idea! This for me has just been a few months and I just joined about a month ago! You can do the next one :) @tulipgirl great lighting on the last I love it. I love the idea of the first.. you should try it again! @groovygirlrn great job Sheri!! Awesome dragonflies.. I have a special place in my heart for dragon flies.. wish we saw more here :) @mej2011 Wow huge improvement that's amazing! Great job! @eyesofbetsie Thank you so much that was so sweet!! And great improvement from you as well! I like it I like the effects too.. I don't know how you did it..?! @lesphoto Beautiful sunset.. but to make nails look gorgeous is a hard feat.. great job I love it! @flagged Your latest is INCREDIBLE!! Great job! @michaelelliott Love love love it! Amazing shot of the city, great capture of the sun so cool! @krissym Your most recent is soooo lovely I feel calm when I look at that picture great job! @mummarazzii You know I follow you and to see your first to your last gives me great hope for my photos. Thank you so much for sharing everytime I look at your pictures I think how the heck does she do that! The tones are always perfect, the lighting is always great.. just amazing job! Thank you so much! @zuzana Both are gorgeous! I love the soft tones in your last how do you do that? @agavegirl13 I commented on your photo already soooooo gorgeous! Huge improvement amazing job!
( Everybody thank you for posting this was soo fun to watch you all grow.. Happy snapping :)
And my latest post. I've become more comfortable with my camera and what it's capable of- as well as learning some fun processing effects to use for more creative shots.
Yesterday's.. I haven't posted today's yet :-)
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I don't think I've grown as much as I could. I need to put more focus on stretching myself I think!
@mummarazzii Wow, Lisa, your progress is amazing! I had just asumed that you started at a very high level already so this really surprised me - in a good way.
Don't think I've learnt much that I didn't know before, just getting more and more frustrated with not being able to control the focus... or anything else. :-P prrrrrrrrrr
@meagang thank you so much Meagan :) Wonderful compliment x Your latest shot is just stunning!! @traeumerlein87 thanks Lisa, I have learnt a lot in the last 6 mths and I know I have sooo much more to learn, it makes it easier when you love what you are doing :)
I didn't know how to use any settings other than auto when I started and I certainly wouldn't have attempted a macro. I have learnt about DOF and although I've got a lot to learn still realise that I've improved no end. I shoot a lot of stuff on aperture priority and would like to progress further with a DSLR which I'm thinking about buying in the next 6 months or so. This pic of the toadstools is not actually one of my best but it is one I posted today. Have a look at some of my other river pics to see some better ones
@meagang This one I processed in Picmonkey. I love when people use those warm dreamy tones, I don't have photoshop, so I just tried to make something similar to what I saw in other projects. I just play with all different edit options until I like it. :-)
I do think that I have improved in the past 6 months but I am sure that I was capable of taking a much better shot for my first one. Trouble is I was suffering from a bit of a New Year's Day hangover at the time but really wanted to start on 1st January
@olivetreeann I love it great job!! @m9f9l Oh I think you have! I love the silhouette of the boys so beautiful.. I think night shots are really hard.. at least they are for me lol! Great job! @sjodell Absolutely stunning!! So gorgeous the light, the colors I love this one! @primitiveprobe Nice shots great job :) @madarhino I think that your last one has a great focus! @newbie Love the ducks!! Great job water looks perfect and you can see the colors of the feathers so well! @munchkin84 Absolutely beautiful bokeh! I'm trying to play with mine not sure how you get the blurs of light so big in the background.. beautiful! @lyno Absolutely gorgeous!! I love the tones and the focus great job! @peadar Love it very creative and great focus! @rosiekind Great job Rosie.. you made those mushrooms look beautiful I love the focus and colors! @chelseap92 Great improvement!! I'm trying to play with shutter speed for water.. haven't quite mastered it as well as you. Nice job Chelsea! @wenbow Aw such a sweet shot.. lots of improvement with you as well! @nataliestrawberry Gorgeous pov for that flower beauitful.. nicely done! @jantan Lol new years day hangover should be a pass for all :) Great job! @alceyone Holy cow!! I love that droplet photo amazing! @carmel Great job Ariel! Love how the water looks like mist at the bottom beautiful! @northy Wow I love your last shot. I really need to start taking more random photos of streets and street walkers.. great job! @jonesp I can only hope to be as good as you in six months. That water shot is incredible.. what we're your setting if you don't mind me asking? How do you get the water so silky? Or is that a secret I need to find six months down the road ha ha :) @gareauk1 So cute! Awesome job :) @notliz Beautiful.. I love the post processing in your latest. Great job!
Meagan, the 'secret' is an ND filter to allow you to get long exposures which in this case helped me get the smooth water effect. Other times, it gives me more of a misty/foggy look. It really depends on the movement of the water. This one was 30 seconds. Have a read of this thread in which I gave some more info and also has some great examples of others work:
Well ive only been doing this for 19 days, and only had my DSLR for a few weeks, im learning how to work my camera still. So in the 19 days I have gone from
My webcam
To my camera playing in Manuel mode and playing with my editing program
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This is a great topic! You may not be able to see improvement by these two pictures, but i do know I have grown and improved so much since Jan. 1 2012 and getting my first DSLR for Christmas 2011.
This is my first taken with an IPhone 4.
This is my latest taken with my new baby a Nikon P510.
And, yesterday's. Straight up manual!
Great idea!!
Day 1
Day 113 for the camera settings challenge 'Panning'
My newest one
Water shot at a photography class
Today's picture. I have definitely learned more, but have much more to learn.
and my last with my Nikon D90, manual settings ...so proud !
And my last, kind of an experiment with light:
And this which is a tad better even to my eyes ;-)
Today
And my most recent picture.
@eyesofbetsie
latest
Latest
And most recent at home in NYC with Nikon from the other day:
One of my most recent:
My latest
I have learnt soooo much from being on this site!! And there is so much inspiration :)
June 21 - my today's photo
and my latest,
( Everybody thank you for posting this was soo fun to watch you all grow.. Happy snapping :)
My first
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Yesterday's.. I haven't posted today's yet :-)
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I don't think I've grown as much as I could. I need to put more focus on stretching myself I think!
& my last:
My first
My last:
Last:
Don't think I've learnt much that I didn't know before, just getting more and more frustrated with not being able to control the focus... or anything else. :-P prrrrrrrrrr
Ooh I think I have come a long way. My first photo, valentines day, was trying to figure out how to use the camera. Random shot, out of focus.
and here is my latest, nice crisp focus and pov with a purpose lol.
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@traeumerlein87 thanks Lisa, I have learnt a lot in the last 6 mths and I know I have sooo much more to learn, it makes it easier when you love what you are doing :)
And my latest, last evening:
and latest
I didn't know how to use any settings other than auto when I started and I certainly wouldn't have attempted a macro. I have learnt about DOF and although I've got a lot to learn still realise that I've improved no end. I shoot a lot of stuff on aperture priority and would like to progress further with a DSLR which I'm thinking about buying in the next 6 months or so. This pic of the toadstools is not actually one of my best but it is one I posted today. Have a look at some of my other river pics to see some better ones
My latest shot from yesterday:
Using both manual setting & focus, learning heaps on here
Yesterday's picture.
...and my last 173 days later
This was the year when I finally learned how to get the hang of the DSLR. It's been a steep learning curve.
... and today.
here's my first shot:
and my latest ;p
My latest which was planned and thought about:
To say I have learned a lot in 6 months would be an understatement!
last:
Early days ...
Current ...
Long Exposures - Water
My webcam
To my camera playing in Manuel mode and playing with my editing program