Posted: 4/3/2013 2:54:26 PM EDT
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Ok guys, so bear with me as I'm learning the controls on my new Nikon D3000 DLSR (birthday present from family) I did get a few photos taken a few minutes ago of spring here, and I plan on taking more here in an hour or so.
Here's what I have (plus a dag photo from a few days ago) The birds are coming out steadily, so its definitely spring time  Weather is consistently 40f in the day now, and absolutely beautiful.
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Granted, that is coming from a guy who drives with the window down in 35f weather 
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I don't know if it's my computer or my eyes but those photos look slightly out of focus. Completely possible they are out of focus. I'm still fiddling with settings and the like. For the landscape shots, I had it on aperture priority, but don't have a tripod, so there was some shaking from my hands 
Tripod should be here in a few days. |
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Nice dog picture.
For the longer lens, a rule of thumb for hand holding is to set things so the exposure in seconds is 1/ the focal length in mm. So, at 200 mm, adjust the aperture and ISO so that the exposure is 1/200 second or less. If it's a VR lens you can push it quite a bit more, but turn off the VR if you have it on a tripod. |
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Nice dog picture. For the longer lens, a rule of thumb for hand holding is to set things so the exposure in seconds is 1/ the focal length in mm. So, at 200 mm, adjust the aperture and ISO so that the exposure is 1/200 second or less. If it's a VR lens you can push it quite a bit more, but turn off the VR if you have it on a tripod. Its been nearly 10 years since my photo courses, so thats a good reminder. Once I get my tripod, the quality will improve. Still, not bad for handling a DSLR for the first time. |