Hello! Newbie here. Got interested in digital photography after buying a Sony DSC-F717. Here are a few shots that I've taken (Click on thumbnail to enlarge). Please feel free to leave your comments. Thanks!

Starfish Island, Honda Bay

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/andro0120/th_DSC02011.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/andro0120/DSC02011.jpg)

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/andro0120/th_DSC02010.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/andro0120/DSC02010.jpg)


Long Exposure Shot

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/andro0120/th_DSC02165.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/andro0120/DSC02165.jpg)


Flower Power
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/andro0120/th_DSC02545.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/andro0120/DSC02545.jpg)

Welcome!!! Nice captures, #1 is my favorite. Look forward to your future posts. Enjoy the forum and happy shooting.

Good start.

Try to get a focal point in your composition. The first 3 doesn't give much interest. The flower shot is close to that. Keep on shooting, you'll be amaze to see your improvement in a few weeks.

Try to convert 1 & 2 in B&W but there's a lot of work there. Burn the sky, bring out the details of the wood and improve the over all contrast and maybe add some vignette.

Dino

http://www.anseldeilara.com/pics2/dpp1.jpg

I played a bit with your image.

I converted it to B&W and I add vignette to darken some part of the sky. I pulled out the details of wood and coconut using curves.

Try to get a focal point in your composition.

Best comment I've read. I don't think even converting it to monochrome would help. :)

Thanks for the comments! :)

agree with dino.. once you become conscious of the point of focus a lot of important things follow..

- attention to foreground, background and subject/s (basic composition)
- learning techniques to force the viewer to focus on your intended main subject like vignetting, blurring and playing with tones and exposures.
- putting emphasis using other ways like varying the angle or point of view relative to your subject and cropping

keep practicing and keep training your eye (this is an ongoing process) by looking at photos by renowned photographers among others.. then you'll soon produce images similar to the better photogs out there =)