New E500 Practice

Playing around with my new camera last weekend. All i did was resize them. Any post processing suggestions welcome. Im still somewhat of a SLR newbie so be gentle. Any and all comments greatly appreciated.







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Oly E-500

you have a cow artifact in all three of them....probably will need to send it back for service or exchange.
j/k.....I'm just feeling silly today, must be the cold medication.

I like the last one, looking right at you, better lighting and focus than the other two, number two looks blown in the highlights on my monitor, my guess is that you took this one mid-day......better lighting early or late in the day.
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I wish these trees weren't here, I want to see the forest!

...it reminds me of my mother-in-law.

You're a little over-exposed in the first two shots, as indicated by the blown highlights. Try playing with EV, WB and full manual as you're out and about. After all, film for the E-500 is pretty cheap!

While shooting photos at any time of the day is acceptable, as tuthdoc mentioned early morning or late afternoon provides the best light.

I know this particular book has been mentioned 37 million times before, I'll mention and suggest it again...

"Understanding Exposure, Revised Edition" by Bryan-Peterson. It's a great read.

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Regards,

Steve

Thanks for the comments. Ive never had a camera with so many different adjustments that can affect the outcome of the picture. I have a few other pics i will post tonight after the family leaves. Need more practice.
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Oly E-500

http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/oly-e/e500-using.html
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I wish these trees weren't here, I want to see the forest!

Yep the third one looked the best. It convey a sense of the energy of the situation, the hazy sunshine, the colours and the soft background convey the atmosphere of serene summer's day in the country, almost slows you down just looking at it - being stuck in the city too long.

Two tutorials I have found invaluable are: -

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.shtml

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/understanding-histograms.shtml

Haider

Thanks for the comments and links, i am learning more and more about SLR photography everyday thanks to people like you on forums like these. Here are a few more that caught my eye from this last weekend outing. Hopefully my future photos will be better Thanks to you.





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Oly E-500

Ok, you got the exposure right with these ones, but now you have to work on the compostion.
The first cow not only has horns growing out of her head, but also a tree ;-)
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http://kagman2.blogspot.com/
http://cgbier.zenfolio.com/
( Both just started, so don't expect too much)