[Aliska]

FD, what a moniker. It was fun talking about one of my favorite subjects. Since I was a kid I always knew how to point and shoot and sometimes got lucky. My dad tried to explain about light meters and I didn't get it. Since I got online, I started reading and taking in as much as I could. People mentored me, and I learned what f, shutter speed and a whole lot more but never enough.

I like backlit photos if the light doesn't overwhelm the subject. You did a good job making it presentable and then some. Guys like car photos and that 57 Chevy is sharp.

I've watch SS improve with his birds. He gets some terrific ones. IIRC he was shooting with a p&s zoom lens which had pretty good reach but soon moved up to dslr which gave him sharper ones.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Thanks, if you aren’t getting better you’re not paying attention!

[FLAMING DEATH]

The most I ever learned about photography is when the meter went dead on my Praktica MTL-5. I bought it on eBay because it is a near replica of the camera I learned on, my dad’s old Praktica LTL.

Once the meter died, I taught myself how to manually estimate exposure and continued to shoot with that camera. I learned about f-stops and shutter speeds and their relation to one another. I learned how to look at the available light and take my film ISO into consideration and set the aperture and shutter speed accordingly. After a while, I got really good at it. The picture of the black-eyed susans was done with that camera.

Lots of fun.