Suggestions please...

MelPMelP Registered Users Posts: 131 Major grins
edited October 18, 2005 in Landscapes
Hi everyone,
This is a great site. I have been lurking around for a few weeks...
Thought now is as good a time as any to post for the first time. I just bought a new DSLR (Nikon D50) a couple of months ago. Been using a Nikon N65 and Fuji S7000.
Anyways, I took these photos over the weekend and they don't look very sharp, kinda hazy. Do ya'll think it could be the lens (not one of the best lenses. Using 2 Sigma lenses that I used with my N65.

Any suggestions you have would be excellent!!

This one is of the TN River:
40371802-M.jpg


My daughter was looking for a big rock (that she could pick up) to throw into the river:
40371798-M.jpg


Thanks for looking,
Mel

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  • Sask2005Sask2005 Registered Users Posts: 140 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2005
    exif info
    What's the exif info??? pls
    MelP wrote:
    Hi everyone,
    This is a great site. I have been lurking around for a few weeks...
    Thought now is as good a time as any to post for the first time. I just bought a new DSLR (Nikon D50) a couple of months ago. Been using a Nikon N65 and Fuji S7000.
    Anyways, I took these photos over the weekend and they don't look very sharp, kinda hazy. Do ya'll think it could be the lens (not one of the best lenses. Using 2 Sigma lenses that I used with my N65.

    Any suggestions you have would be excellent!!

    This one is of the TN River:
    40371802-M.jpg


    My daughter was looking for a big rock (that she could pick up) to throw into the river:
    40371798-M.jpg


    Thanks for looking,
    Mel
  • MelPMelP Registered Users Posts: 131 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2005
    Sask2005 wrote:
    What's the exif info??? pls
    The first one was taken at: 1/160th at F10 at ISO 800
    The second one was taken at: 1/164th at F7.1 at ISO 800

    I reckon the ISO had a lot to do with it. I sometimes forget that I can change the ISO with the digital camera.

    So perhaps these pics were user error?? ne_nau.gif

    Thanks,
    Mel
  • Sask2005Sask2005 Registered Users Posts: 140 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2005
    The second one is my choice and in fact I would strive to take a pic this good. Fine by me.
    MelP wrote:
    The first one was taken at: 1/160th at F10 at ISO 800
    The second one was taken at: 1/164th at F7.1 at ISO 800

    I reckon the ISO had a lot to do with it. I sometimes forget that I can change the ISO with the digital camera.

    So perhaps these pics were user error?? ne_nau.gif

    Thanks,
    Mel
  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2005
    I kinda agree with you that they could be better. I think they are both over exposed a bit. Your shutter speeds are pretty low for ISO 800 in daytime.

    They both could be helped a bit with a polarizor.

    Just my thoughts.

    Thanks for sharing.
    http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/

  • MelPMelP Registered Users Posts: 131 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2005
    Thanks for the comments!!

    I don't use my polarizer too much. It seems to make all of my pics too dark. Once again, probably user error here as well.

    Mel
  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2005
    They look washed out with over exposure, but a lot can be recovered, I quickly used a couple of curves layers (cs2) and boosted the saturation
    to get this.....hope you don't mind

    40525726-L.jpg
    gubbs
    gubbs.smugmug.com

  • MelPMelP Registered Users Posts: 131 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2005
    gubbs wrote:
    They look washed out with over exposure, but a lot can be recovered, I quickly used a couple of curves layers (cs2) and boosted the saturation
    to get this.....hope you don't mind

    40525726-L.jpg
    Wow!! The colors look alot better.
    Gotta get a copy of Photoshop. Using GIMP at the moment but not too crazy about it.

    Thanks,
    Mel
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