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Hi @all

Since last week I'm a proud owner of a Nikon D300s with a 18-200mm VR II lens.

It's my first DSLR. Last saturday I made a lot of photos, mostly winter landscapes.

Here are some samples, comments and tips are very appreciated, because I've just started taking photographs with DSLR cameras. :-)













Thank you very much in advance for your comments an best regards

JCDSAG
 
No more comments and tips?

Thank you again in advance an best regards

JCDSAG
 
They look great, nice first shots! I would maybe increase the contrast around the mid-tones, also do you have a circular polarizer this would be perfect for your winter landscapes...
Jon
 
Your winter landscapes are beautiful but the snow looks greyish. I think for snow you need to compensate with some +EV to get it whiter as the metering is usually fooled to underexpose.
 
They are good shots, may be better go there in the morning, you take a picture in late afternoon, or fix the problems with HDR

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for composition, I really like the 2nd and the last photo. would be awesome to draw out designs in the snow with a long stick for some of the blank snowy canvas also, just as an idea. :)

good work!
JCDSAG said:
Hi @all

Since last week I'm a proud owner of a Nikon D300s with a 18-200mm VR II lens.

It's my first DSLR. Last saturday I made a lot of photos, mostly winter landscapes.

Here are some samples, comments and tips are very appreciated, because I've just started taking photographs with DSLR cameras. :-)













Thank you very much in advance for your comments an best regards

JCDSAG
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Hey @all

Thank you very much for your encouraging comments. At the moment I do not own a polarizer, but why not :-)

I'll try to go there again in the morning and play a little around with the EV settings to avoid the greyisch snow. Drawing some designs would be very interesting ;-)

Thank you again for your comments and you help.

Best regards

JCDSAG
 
KennyKB said:
Your winter landscapes are beautiful but the snow looks greyish. I think for snow you need to compensate with some +EV to get it whiter as the metering is usually fooled to underexpose.
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The problem is that the sun is in the frame and any more exposure would blow out more of the sun than is already blown out. There really isn't a lot the OP can do in this case.

Hide the sun behind the trees, or shoot from 90 degrees to 270 degrees from the sun and exposures can be increased to brighten up the snow.
 
I like your last shot the best. It is always difficult to shoot into the sun, but you could lighten up the darker areas using NX2 control points. You would have probably had much more success shooting pictures behind you with the sun shining over your shoulder. I downloaded the first one to demonstrate what the control points would accomplish. You could spend more time and do a better job. Also I cloned out the sun flare to the upper left of the sun. Dave



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It's a great scene and you've done extremely well shooting into the sun.

I've downloaded Dave's version and dodge in some of the tree detail to the left. (Hope you don't mind me messing with your image.)

 
Nice shots!

Regarding number one or two. I'm at work which I know has a terrible monitor. Maybe I will feel differently later on my home PC. What I like about the pre-edit versions is the original feels more calm and peaceful to me.

I like images shot into the sun with some deep shadows in part of the image. There is something about the light breaking through into the scene that attracts me.

Just a personal prefrence. Maybe on a better monitor I will feel different in this case.

Anway, nice shots, enjoy your new DSLR! Very exciting!

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In most cases, I don't thing your EV was off much. It's tough to get that crystalline look from snow - you have to be pretty close with your exposure. You can't expect pure white except at noon anyway unless you mess with the WB. I like the first one a lot.
 
When shooting in snow I alway adjust the white balence. I think using the "PRE" setting and using the snow as the white board (which is supposed to be white) works the best...and I do it often since the light changes over time
 
Hey

Thank you very much again for so many comments and tips. I'll try them out as soon as the weather gets better :-)

Best regards

JCDSAG
 
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