Local Dam

[Piet]

Please commend on the series.Basicly the same photo with different settings on the camera, or should I rather take the photo's on automatical settings?

[natatbeach]

and what camera you used...I am still learning so it would be a great help...just from an aesthetic sense...of just looking and liking...I like the sharpnes and clrity of the second and third but I really like the light and feel of number one.

[Piet]

and what camera you used...I am still learning so it would be a great help...just from an aesthetic sense...of just looking and liking...I like the sharpnes and clrity of the second and third but I really like the light and feel of number one.

I am such a novice myself that I never even recorded the settings on my Vivitar VivCam digital camera.I will try and remember in future to record the settings.
Thanks Piet.

[Elysian]

None of these shots are really bad Piet, but they all have one thing in common: too dark.

I don't know if you have some imaging software that has a tool like "curves", but use it and you'll be amazed what's hidden in those darker areas, without washing out the pure blacks. It really has a postive impact on the mood of the images, especially image #1.