First pictures

[IanTurner]

Hi Guys An Girls, Not long had my camera now, I finaly made a decision and brought a Canon 450D with standars 18-55mm lens kit
Here are a few pics i took the other weekend in london at night what do you guys think, I hope this is in the right section.

Ian

 

[coldpenguin]

Very nice. I like the reflection in the last one, that is not the water is it?

On the top one, have you edited to bring out the red? If so, I would be tempted to carry it further right (even if it needs a bit of help), and a little lower, so you see more of an arch.

 

[IanTurner]

Its the marble on the wall I sat my camera on, It does look like the water though, The arch has been edited but thats as far as it goes, (I think) I daren't do anymore for fear of spoiling it plus im still learning lol
Thanks for the coments though.
Ian

 

[ljgf]

ooohh. the pictures are really great i love it, wish i have that camera too. haha, i only have a sony digicam with 6 megapixels. i edit the pictures using my adobe photoshop cs3 and its very cool.

 

[TwentySixDays]

...I would be tempted to carry it further right (even if it needs a bit of help), and a little lower, so you see more of an arch.

- I thought you might have been able to just crop the right-hand side, but then you lose one of the crane which spoils the composition.
If you extend the red and fix the horizon with a subtle crop with rotation I think you will get the most out of the image.

No3 - Good pick up on the marble reflection

 

[IanTurner]

Thanks for that TwentySixDays, May have another fiddle see what i can come up with. The marble reflection one wasn't planed either, Only used it as it was a good place, Wasn't until i saw the pic on my laptop how much better it was!

ljgf- Thanks for your comments, I only have a trial version of Paintshop Pro X2 at the min so still deciding on what software to go for...
But remember its not the camera that takes the photo, Its the person! lol

Ian