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Anonymous
I've spent the last couple of weeks getting used to my new Nikon D40. It's my first SLR, so I've basically just been fucking around, but I managed to take a couple of pictures which I think are nice, so I thought I'd share them. Any criticism is welcome.

This one is down by the waterfront in Kobe.
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>> Anonymous
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Kobe Port Tower.

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>> Anonymous
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The waterfront again. I like this picture, but the broken lights on the ferris wheel kind of fuck it up a bit.

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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
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Well, I don't have a Japan near by, anyway.
>>45415
>>45417
>>45418
Also my first DSLR ;)

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>> Anonymous
I think they're really good. The only problem is that the horizon isn't level in some of them. The ferris wheel photo is just superb.

Did you take these on a tripod? They're really, really sharp. Which is a good thing.
>> Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j
>>45421

I <3 this photo. Well done. Great composition
>> heavyweather !4AIf7oXcbA
>>45628
Ditto!

I'm very impressed. Is this your first SLR period, or first dSLR? You certainly have a very good grasp of exposure and photography in general. Please keep on posting! This is great stuff.
>> Anonymous
Thanks everybody! I shouldn't take too much credit, I'm just lucky to have a lot of cool stuff to take pictures of in my city. Ferris-wheel-at-night pictures basically just take themselves.

>>45575

Yeah, that's a pretty embarassing problem I seem to have. I spend ages trying to take a nice picture and then I get home and realise I was too retarded to hold the fucking camera straight.

No tripod though. I just rested the camera on any nearby object that was firmly attached to the ground. I couldn't have done any of the first three freehand, I don't think.

>>45643

I took my Dad's old 35mm SLR on holiday a few years ago, but that's basically the extent of my experience.