My Minolta 7D just arrived
Few pics from an SLR virgin
Comments would be appriciated
Tried for the "Saving Privare Ryan" style silhoette
Found a dead seal too :/
Few boats moored
Penguin Island
Thats it for now

Photos are resized stright from the camera.
Sorry for the Photo barage ;P
Thanks for sharing!
Is the dead tied up?!?!? why? Is that how it died?
Enjoy your new camera!!!!
I don't know :| It was tied to a fence post.
Great to see an SLR converter! Hope you enjoy using it and post plenty more.

#3 and 4 are great shots Wayne. #3 is quite blue. Did you use a polorizer?
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 ?
Photoshopped one of the images
Hrmmm one of the best pieces of advice i got when i got started into photography, was to "keep things simple".

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.
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
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

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..
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.
have fun with the new camera wayne........I am sure you will
#2and#3 for me
cheers