D70 Snapshots

[PuckJunkey]

Well, I finally broke down and purchased my first digital SLR last week and it arrived a couple days ago. After "reading the bleeping manual" and testing the D70 under incadescent lighting conditions (it performed remarkably well), I headed out to capture some shots of an oncoming storm. Getting a feel for the camera basically.


I did some minor cropping, perspective correction and color enhancement in Photoshop (mostly in the grass / green areas). The clouds were actually a bit darker than shown, but I had to bump up the exposure values in ACR before doing anything else. I've only been playing with it for a couple days and already I know I'm going to love that aspect of Photoshop. Miss a shot by half a stop, no prob. Just shoot NEF and fix it in ACR. Nice.

;)

The shot with the homes is from Wednesday, the one with the tower I shot yesterday about a half hour before sunset. The compositions are obviously pretty mundane but I thought I'd post a few anyway. Once the rainy weather departs (maybe this weekend?) I will post more. There's a local nature preserve and also a state park where I've enjoyed shooting in the past; maybe I'll head to those places first. Or the Lake perhaps... I can't wait.