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[Platanomangu]

hi im new here and using DSLR's Cameras, i love to take pictures to actions sports and landscapes, i just bought a new Nikon D7100 with a 18-55mm lens, i tried my camera at work trying to take some nice pic to the street but they were coming out really ugly here the link http://imgur.com/a/QfpHO i would like any suggestion pls, was my first time trying to take a landscape

[Shadowman]

Depends on what you want out of the images. In some you have light streaks, is this your intended result? You've overexposed in some and underexposed in others. What settings are you using? Are you familiar with correct exposure?

[Platanomangu]

No im not, but is confusing to me im tring to get a nice low exposed one and a regular with more natural colors they looks like yellow to me, but like asaid beside auto mode they are my first pics on M and A mode

[Mario Xavier]

Ney, I know your struggle! Here's a link to some very important tutorials on this site. I know it's a lot of reading but if you really want grow into shooting Manually start here: https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/le...y-concepts.htm

specifically here: https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tu...a-exposure.htm

[Shadowman]

To Ney and Mario,

First stop, read your manuals to find out what functions are available, learn to use them to get the type of image you want, head to the tutorials on this forum for information on exposure, color, using your equipment.

[davidedric]

Hi Ney,

Having responded to your welcome message, I'd like to make a couple of suggestions.

First, thanks for sharing the pictures - now we can see what is going on.

I remember that you are a new owner of a D7100 - a very fine camera - and I think you are new to dslr photography. Though manual shooting is where some (but by no means all!) experienced photographers end up, by starting there you are giving yourself a very steep hill to climb.

There are three key variables: aperture, shutter speed and ISO (the holy trinity or infernal triangle, depending on taste). You need to learn how they interact. That's what the tutorials will take you through.

I would start with "P" (Program) mode, and auto ISO, and let the camera decide what variables to use. It will almost always do a pretty good job. Then, look at which settings the camera has "chosen". That can be your starting point. Then experiment with one variable at a time (A mode, Tv mode, manually setting ISO), to see how they interact and what result they produce.

Take it easy. There is a lot to learn, and the only way to learn is by taking photographs.

Regards,

Dave

[Polar01]

Ney I see that you have the new D7100 which is a great tool that can produce stunning images, to get those images two things are needed on the camera and the shooter. You have one of the items that is the camera, you sorry to say do not have any idea of what you are doing which shows in the images you have posted. Do not use manual that is for people that know what they are doing, instead do as Dave in post #6 states, learn the 3 key variables, read the manual not the whole manual at this time but the parts that focus on those 3 key variables. The next thing is practice, practice, practice and more practice then learn from that, oh and get use to practice as you will be doing the rest of your life so when that moment comes that once in a life time shot forms up you will not have to think about what you are doing.

Cheers:

Allan

[Platanomangu]

Thank you all for your advices. ..I know I started to run before walk