Butterfly this weekend

[joeyb]

Hi everyone,

I'm new here...& new to photography (I've always "took pictures", but never anything other than with a "point & shoot" camera). I went out out week and got my first DSLR, a Rebel XTi & went out this weekend to test it out.

I've got alot to learn! But, I caught this one yesterday & for being so new I thought it turned out pretty awesome!

Joey

[DonRicklin]

Welcome and nice first capture! You'll learn, eventually how to give the picture a little 'pop'. Checkout the tutorials and keep the images coming.

Don

[BriShay]

I love it!

[DaddyO]

Its a nice shot. If you got this good one this time I suspect future images will
be even better yet. :thumb Michael

[SloYerRoll]

Good shot! Welcome to dgrin :wave

Nice Depth of Field (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field). Very nice Bokeh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh) too :wink

Like Don said, you'll learn there are many great tutorials (http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1100284) in here that will show you how to make your image really POP (http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/2292454/1) and give it the look it deserves.

Cheers,
-Jon

[Glory2Jesus4Photography]

Good shot! Welcome to dgrin :wave

Nice Depth of Field (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field). Very nice Bokeh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh) too :wink


Cheers,
-Jon
:agree
I always what to long to take the shot on butterflies and bees so they are gone by the time I press the shutter.

[joeyb]

Thanks for the compliments & encouragement! (& thanks for the links to tips)

Like I said, I have alot to learn & it took a LOT of other shots to get that one (& a few others that turned out pretty good), but hopefully I'll continue to get better.

I'm headed to the foothills of NC tomorrow on my day off to take some pictures of waterfalls. Probably not the easiest thing to photograph (& look decent), but I thought it sounded like a fun day trip on my day off.

Again...thanks for the welcome & kind words. I hope to be posting lots more soon! :D

[joeyb]

I know just what you mean...they seem so "slow" & you don't think you need to rush, but just as you're about to take the picture...*poof*...they're flittering off to the next flower...LOL.

:agree
I always what to long to take the shot on butterflies and bees so they are gone by the time I press the shutter.

[david-low]

Very good and pleasing for someone new to photgraphy. Keep posting.