my D3100 shots Comments/Critiques welcome

[shottabwoy5]

So i got a Nikon D3100 last year for my Birthday and now i have finally decided that i should get out there and try and get better at Hobby of mine....I am going to go ahead and try and update this thread as much as possible with my various shots taken from now on, hopefully they get better with time photos will be of Combination of People, Places and Cars.... comments/critiques welcome

also only editing program i use is Picasa by google


1st a picture of my son And probably my favorite photo thus far

josiah black and white by Smovelikebutter

[shottabwoy5]

now on to some others- these are some night shots i took of a relative of mine


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[shottabwoy5]

these are a little bit older there from the past waterfest but eh thought id throw them up

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[Country Wide]

by Smovelikebutter

The issue I'm having with these 2 shots, is that your use of selective coloring, is causing my eyes to fight over what to look at. I'd imagine that the subject of your shot is meant to be your relative. The thing is, the coloring the bike and the wall, is drawing my eye to those areas, even though they know they should be looking at the person. So my eyes end up bouncing back and forth which makes me want to stop looking at the photo. They also seem soft, like you missed your focus, especially the 1st one. I can't seem to find one sharp area in that one.

[shottabwoy5]

now looking at it i see what your saying thanks for the advice this was my 1at time trying to edit my own photos hopefully will get better in time any more advice would love to hear

[shottabwoy5]

here are some other photos taken all un edited

nikon photos 032 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

nikon photos 031 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

nikon photos 075 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

nikon photos 052 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

[HI SPEED]

Read up on the rule of thirds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds

This will really help to improve your composition. Good start though.

[shottabwoy5]

Read up on the rule of thirds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds

This will really help to improve your composition. Good start though.

hey thanks man

[shottabwoy5]

a few new ones

[IMG] street1 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr[/IMG]

[shottabwoy5]

domonique by ,


leonica no blemish by ,


marlon guitar by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr


tatyana


Dp Jolly


leanna and jason


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BYC Youth by

[shottabwoy5]

josiah 004


babygirl

[shottabwoy5]

any thoughts on how i can do better?

[Alfredo_mk3]

what iso are you shooting at in the baby pictures? looks kinda grainy, unless its just my eyes going out read up on rule of thirds for sure..

[peoples_car]

All of the Portraits from your 2/22 post have an intrusive black line jutting through each of your subjects.

Do what you can to avoid that in the future unless you plan on using the line as an integral aspect of your composition.

In this one, it's unevenly jutting right through Leonica's head

leonica no blemish by ,

[shottabwoy5]

All of the Portraits from your 2/22 post have an intrusive black line jutting through each of your subjects.

Do what you can to avoid that in the future unless you plan on using the line as an integral aspect of your composition.

In this one, it's unevenly jutting right through Leonica's head

i deff see what your saying

[shottabwoy5]

here is a shoot i did for a friend this was my 1st attempt to using lightroom as you can see i still can use a little work but let me know what you think

only a couple i will post up others later

Untitled by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr


dehanna edit by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr


Untitled by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr


dehanna edit3 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

[shottabwoy5]

here is some of my latest work (alot of photos its been a while since i posted anything)


matthew-1 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

matthew-2 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

matthew-11 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

jayson daniels-9 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

jayson daniels-8 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

tiara and dawn-8 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

tiara and dawn-7 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

tiara and dawn-6 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

tiara and dawn-4 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

Becky P-14 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

Becky P-11 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

Tiffany Doldson-7 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

Tiffany Doldson-5 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

Tiffany Doldson-4 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

faranda replacement-8 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

faranda replacement-7 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

faranda replacement-1 by Smovelikebutter, on Flickr

[shottabwoy5]

anythoughts?

[shottabwoy5]

so i gave the d3100 to my wife and now i currently have a d7000 i cant wait to put it to use and see what kind of photos i can acheive i know i still have along way to go when it comes to photography but i certainly have learned alot from this forum and from you guys