First Crack at the bucket

[BroMiCs]

Hey everyone,
I am new here and it it my first post.

I have just recently purchased my first DSLR camera and have been busy taking photos ever oppertunity possible.

I purchased my first digital camera in 1999. It was a kodac 1 megapixel camera. Since then I have owned nearly 6 more point and click's. All of good quality but still point and clicks.

I have purchased a Canon T2i (550D) with an 18-55mm and a 55-250mm lens.

Here are a few of my first shots.

[Iguanasan]

Hey, BroMiCs, welcome to the forum. That's a nice camera you have there so I hope you have fun with it.

You have some interesting subjects here and some nice compositions. A few technical details to work on but overall it's a nice set. I really like the bee shot!

[Mad Aussie]

Yep ... I'm seeing some nice compositions in that lot. Welcome BroMiCs

[Wicked Dark]

Welcome aboard. You've made a good start.

[Marko]

Welcome indeed - nice start and I too dig the bee shot!

[BroMiCs]

Thanks guys, Glad you like the pix....

The bee shot took a long time... I have like 50 pix of the bee's on the flower, but but they take off so bloody fast it was almost impossible to catch them in the act.. especially at such close range.

I am just learning how to use the camera at the moment.
I am a bit disappointed in the color of the original pictures from this camera. I find they are a bit desaturated and dull. I had to give them a bit more life in photoshop by adding some vibrancy..

Any idea's why the camera might be taking such dull pix...

[Mad Aussie]

Any idea's why the camera might be taking such dull pix...

Are you shooting in JPG or RAW?

I'm guessing if you are new then you are shooting JPG which should return slightly brighter, more vibrant shots. In your cameras menu is colour settings (see the manual) try setting this to 'Vivid' or similar and see what happens.

Also some of those shots are a little over-exposed or at least right on the verge of it. This will wash out colour also.

[JAS_Photo]

I like the angle of view of the first photo. If you have concerns about a particular photo just post it in the critique section and someone will help you out.

[BroMiCs]

Yes, I agree the photo's are a bit bright.
Most of my shoots have been days were it was overcast yet still bright..
I find that any shots that have the sky in them are either too dark or too bright cuz the white sky washes them out..

I just recently learned a photoshop technique to brighten darker areas of the photo so that I can tone the sky down... but on many of the reviews of this camera they mention that it does take bright photo's

I have never taken any courses on actual photography. Just been having fun with my expensive point and shoot cameras over the years...

I want to take some online courses, but I blew my budget on the camera .lol

As for the settings, it does have a vivid blues and greens setting, but I still find it a bit dull. I have never worked with RAW images before so i haven't tried them yet..

[jlandrews]

Some nice shots there, I like the bee particularly.