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wayney · May 4, 2005, 05:35

My Minolta 7D just arrived Big Grin

Few pics from an SLR virgin

Comments would be appriciated Smile

Tried for the "Saving Privare Ryan" style silhoette

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Found a dead seal too :/

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Few boats moored

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Penguin Island

Thats it for now Smile

Photos are resized stright from the camera.

Sorry for the Photo barage ;P

adam · May 4, 2005, 05:41

Thanks for sharing!

Is the dead tied up?!?!? why? Is that how it died?

Enjoy your new camera!!!!

wayney · May 4, 2005, 05:43

I don't know :| It was tied to a fence post.

Lak · May 4, 2005, 05:46

Great to see an SLR converter! Hope you enjoy using it and post plenty more. Smile

Petographer · May 4, 2005, 06:35

#3 and 4 are great shots Wayne. #3 is quite blue. Did you use a polorizer?

wayney · May 4, 2005, 06:42

Nice overcast day, I think the clouds were reflecting the blue water I suspect ? I have a polariser but didn't think to use it. Any way I can improve my shots ?

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Photoshopped one of the images

Lak · May 4, 2005, 08:22

Hrmmm one of the best pieces of advice i got when i got started into photography, was to "keep things simple". Smile

Toad · May 4, 2005, 10:30

Very nice. You will get a lot of pleasure from the Minolta. My favs are #1 and the the seal.

I really like the sepia tone and film grain on your second attempt at the seal - really improves the mood of the shot.

Don Schaeffer · May 4, 2005, 10:43

Nice shots. I do think the first photo is too dark.

That photo of the seal is a classic, especially in the b&w form.

--Don

wayney · May 4, 2005, 20:25

I was going for a silhoette on the first one.

Thanks for the advice Lak I'll keep it in mind when I'm shooting.

Thanks for the comments, lots more I 'd love to learn Smile

***shuttertalk*** · May 5, 2005, 01:02

Congrats wayney!

Love the seal shot, especially the sepia one. Pity it met its demise though. There's a lot of texture in that shot which I find appealing.

The boats pic is also quite nice..

Peted · May 5, 2005, 01:24

Great shots I love anything near the beach, was bought up on Scarborough Beach, but I am thinking that the moderators and dialuppers will give you a stern talking to, your images need to be reduced in size as many were up around 450kb.

Russt · May 5, 2005, 06:28

have fun with the new camera wayne........I am sure you will Wink

#2and#3 for me

cheers

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