General Photography thread

[Zukey Seagull]

Took a photo of some berries and got a pic of the cliffs with someone standing stupidly close to the edge

 

[spence]

Keep the pictures coming. They are great

 

[Zukey Seagull]

Keep the pictures coming. They are great

Thank you Spence, but i dont want to keep putting loads on and everyone getting fed up with all the photo's

 

[Zukey Seagull]

frog in the garden

 

[jevs]

Thank you Spence, but i dont want to keep putting loads on and everyone getting fed up with all the photo's

Never get fed up with looking at photos.

 

[Zukey Seagull]

this was a while back. but only taken on my little digital kodak camera, i like this one because the seagull in it. but not the best photo

 

[Jack Straw]

I have a Nikon D80 with an 18 - 105 lens which I bought off a mate quite cheap.
Although I've studied the manual, I'm still baffled by all the jargon and the swithches and knobs on the camera.
My motto used to be, "Put it on green and click".
As the popular consensus of opinion on here seems to be put it on P, I've done so. Then I click.
The automatic focus switches on the camera and lens are still on. I can't see what's different with the photos I've taken recently on this setting compared to the green.
Are there any recommended web sites where I can start to learn how to perhaps pick up some advice in laymans' language so I can take advantage of what I'm told is a pretty good camera?
Any advice would be great.
Your help is much appreciated.

I can't believe it's over two years since I posted this. The reason I've replied to my own comment is to encourage others that may think that grasping all that goes with this hobby is impossible, to keep going.
I've now upgraded my camera to a Nikon D7100, (I understand most of the knobs and buttons now), never use the green (auto) setting, now shoot in RAW and hence forced to carry out the "digital processing" operation.
I'm still no Lord Lichfield, but now think I understand what you need to do to get a good photo, and I'm looking forwards to what I learn in the next couple of years.
Here's a couple from yesterday evening.

 

[Uncle C]

Captured at Hyde Park Winter Wonderland

Sorry its so large, but the software on here seems to do its own thing

 

[jevs]

Uncle Jack....the colours on those pics are absolutely stunning

 

[Smirko]

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Sunset at Beachy Head the other week.

 

[Dan Aitch]

The Subways the other week at just about the darkest venue I've shot in this year.

 

[perseus]

Gorgeous colours in that wisteria.

The flowers here caused me to dig back into some of my flower close ups.
Again just standard macro setting on my Nokia N8.
Again from my allotment in May 2012.
Sorry to be a bit indulgent but I'm blown away by creation in action. Oriental poppy emergence is an amazing sight to behold.

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This seems to make nonsense of buying an expensive DSLR and macro lens. Not sure I could do any better, probably worse.

 

[Jack Straw]

Jevs' garden last week.

 

[Zukey Seagull]

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Sunset at Beachy Head the other week.

i have a photo similar to this one but without the sunset. not as good

 

[Kneon Light]

Rough Legged Buzzard photographed near Eastbourne yesterday

 

[jevs]

Jevs' garden last week.

Can you take lots more photos, Boss. You make the Rockery look so good !!!

 

[Jack Straw]

Can you take lots more photos, Boss. You make the Rockery look so good !!!

Some Euphorbias, the mossy waterfall and dead Sedum head.

 

[Zukey Seagull]

Guess where this was taken?

 

[WATFORD zero]

The Beacon

 

[Zukey Seagull]

correct, easy one that was.