[KenCo1964]

Okay here's some pics i've taken with the new camera. Still learning, so be gentle.

[Steve]

If you edit your post and put [img] tags around your urls they will be shown on the forum as pictures instead of links. This will make it easier for us to view the shots. If you would like me to do the dits for you, I really don't mind

Off to have a look at the shots myself now though..

[dod]

I really like the lamb with its' coat shot. Only thing I'd suggest is taking care about whats in the viewfinder, the post at the bottom is quite intrusive.

The first one's not bad either, maybe a little dark in the foreground but you've kept the sky detail, a bit of processing could brighten that up a lot

In fact, hope you don't mind but here's a 30 second mess about

[Steve]

The first one is quite nice and has all the elements of a great picture but it is a little too cluttered in the foreground with no real focus point.

The second one works a lot better as the foreground wets your appetite and your eyes are drawn into the picture..this is very well balanced and a great shot.

Third one is nice use of rule of thirds, and good choice of DOF to capture the subject and the background.

The b&w version is not contrasty enough for me and the horse could have been better if caught a fraction earlier in the frame. As it is it is just too close to the edge of the frame and make the picture look like a snap rather than a composed picture.

The fifth is interesting, may I ask what you where trying to achieve with this? I have some opinions on it but would like to hear your thoughts first?

The last picture is not too good at all unfortunately, you have captured the sheep with their backs to us and with a blurred post right in the middle of the picture which distracts immediately. Unless there is some specific reason for showing the rear/back of an animal it is nearly always preferable to capture them from the front showing the expression or eyes. The conversion on this picture is a nice idea but the picture is not strong enough to warrant the post processing.

[KenCo1964]

Originally Posted by Steve

If you edit your post and put [img] tags around your urls they will be shown on the forum as pictures instead of links. This will make it easier for us to view the shots. If you would like me to do the dits for you, I really don't mind :)
Off to have a look at the shots myself now though..

Yeh thanks Steve, if you could please explain how to add these tags for future reference that would be great.
The 4th shot did look to have more contrast before I put it up and I noticed the difference straight away.
The 5th, I took a few shots of the cockerel and chicken crossing the road, all the while focusing on the cockerel but for some reason I lost focus and shifted to the rails, the rails or the side barriers of the cattle grid, being b/w they also resemble a crossing. This was not my intention it just happened but appealed and that is why I submitted it.
The 6th, unfortunately I was not quick enough here and the sheep started to walk away but with brining out the odd lamb with the orange plastic jacket looking to the others walking away had a sadness but that’s just the softy in me.
Thanks for your comments and thanks dod for your comments too much appreciated.

[IanC_UK]

if you do [img ]http://link.co.uk/jpg.jpg[/img ] it will show the picture in the post instead of the link. I have put an extra space in after the g to stop it making mincemeat of this post lol

[Steve]

Actually i can't edit the post as your file names contain underscores (_) which prevent the [img] tags from working.

[KenCo1964]

Originally Posted by Steve

Actually i can't edit the post as your file names contain underscores (_) which prevent the [img] tags from working.

These images were uploaded using 1,2,3,4,5 and 7 as file names, any underscores were placed by the gallery uploading software. Sorry i can't suss it out, i will use image shack until someone can help.