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Howdy, /p/!

I've been lurking here for quite a long time, and last week I finally laid hands on my first DSLR camera, a Nikon D60 (I'm a /p/oorfag and down here where I live, electronics are way too expensive - it was the best deal I could fit into my budget).

So yeah, c&c these first photos please. I know it's newbie work, but I'd like you guys to point out what sucks aboum them, what is positive, and what I could have done to make them better ~

All of them were taken with kit lens, and have undergone little to no shooping.
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>> R
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Most of them were taken in my building's garden, so it's basically nature shots - which I know we've all had quite enough of already. But still, I tried to work on composition and explore the camera's features and not simply take zoomed snapshots of kawaii flowers desu etc.

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>> R
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>> R
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I'm pretty fond of this one. Intentional overexposure is intentional. Do you guys think it's any good?

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>> R
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Again, intentional overexposure.

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>> R
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Is this any good? Q.Q

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>> Anonymous
>>242124
i like this one
>> R
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Temaki (Handroll) ftw D;

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>> R
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This is it. Show no mercy, /p/!

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>> R
>>242133
Shit, I forgot to resize this one, I just saved it as .jpg. My bad.

Also, yeah, I like bokeh.
>> Anonymous
>>242124
>>242123
moar liek intentional suck, amirite?
>> R
>>242138
Not quite :B

I took a pic like this with faster shutter but it sucked, sky was too gray and building walls ended up too dark.. So I thought something like this would look better, because the tree would show more clearly..

Got any tips or ideas on what I could have done instead?
>> Anonymous
>>242139
wait for better light
try spot metering off of something
hdr (not the shitty over the top kind)
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>242118
Interesting. Good use of flash for the clean black background.

>>242120
>>242121
>>242123
>>242124
Meh. Boring plant photos. The overexposure doesn't help. Like someone else said, wait for better light. And find better subjects, too.

>>242127
Too much ear, too much back-of-the-chair. Your focus is on the side of his face rather than his eyes.

>>242133
Overexposed. Needs more depth of field. Also, pretty boring subject. Also, now I want sushi.

>>242134
Meh. Any art in this shot is the sculptor's doing, not yours.

Go out and find some more interesting subjects.