Totally agreed. A number of years ago my wife picked up a 'hybrid' fixed lens DSLR entry level camera. A couple of years later I picked up Canon 50D, Throwing on a 50mm prime and I can shoot all day. The difference in the results are night and day.
These are some photos from our last trip to Salzburg, Austria (if you haven't been I high recommend a visit there its a little, amazing place) and we went to the church that Maria Von Trapp used to get married in for The Sound Of Music. I have attached the famous church scene to refresh your memories. the actual Abby and church are not joined and I different locations. So from 0-22 seconds its filmed at the actual Abbey not too far from there, then at 22 seconds it cuts to the Church which was filmed in a different location, all in Salzburg. Also i didn't know Mozart was born there either. The detail in the woodworks inside the church is unbelievable. Also probably the first time I've ever entered a church. I think its obvious that we're both fans of the movie.
On resources. This one from Udemy is free (for now) and is quite a reasonable course. https://www.udemy.com/photography-m...e-to-photography/?couponCode=FREEFORFRIENDS16
I swore I wouldn't ever have a pet again, but I love this little girl whose name is Milly. Pictured after having her desexed, looking sad and sorry for herself. as a kitten
poking around some old Europe holiday pics and found this... This is Lake Geneva from the little township of Yvoire And a boat in a canal in Venice...
That's nice. Good contrasts of colour, nice composition. This demonstrates what has been said. Learn to see first. You can take excellent pictures with a reasonable phone/tablet camera. Once you can see and take pictures, it can be well worth while to invest in good equipment, as you have done yourself. But it's not worth spending unless you know how to take a good picture to begin with.
Some Moon shots that i took a while back using an old 10 inch Dobsonian telescope and a Kodak DSLR (afocal technique). Was playing around with spot metering and the idea was to blur the whole image except for the "Montes Apennninus" area(No processing at all). Love doing Astrophotography but it's a demanding hobby so been on the back burner for a while now but been researching a new DSLR lately so hoping to get back to it soon
Agreed. Get used to framing your shots and composing for balance and effect. Recommend take a bit more in the view and learn how to crop the photo after getting that good balance in composition. When you do get some good equipment like zoom lenses, then you can go out and use different focal lengths to advantage and enhance your shots. Example below. Caught this character asleep and got in nice and close with my wide angle lens but zoomed in as well to 40mm so that the background would be blurred just enough to show the location (which is beautiful W.A. again) but nice and sharp on the subject. I was lucky he/she awoke just as I was taking the pic and looked straight down the lens. I retreated rather quickly though, very large animal there, but it didn't seem to mind us at all. Canon 40D using 17-40L lens @ 40mm, F4, 1/640sec. Polarising filter. Near Dunsborough, SW, W.A.
The hand out the window symbolises the act of defiance. It's common in the Druitt. It says "come on cops, smell my tyres lol"
