First pictures with Nikon D90 DSLR

[bren10man]

Still learning how to use my new Nikon D90 DSLR.  I used it last night with the Nikon SB600 Flash.

Let me know what you think, and any thing I can do to make better pictures.

[cliosguy]

nice pics and nice models too

[Bill.H]

Lighting. Those all seem a bit dark.

Try bright lights bounced off the ceiling.  Or shooting near a window, one that doesn't have direct sunlight, on a bright day.

For knife shots, try this.

[bren10man]

Thanks, Bill H.

I was in a dark room (no lights turned on at all).  All the lighting came from the flash.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Great pics mate

[Zack]

Looks a tad underexposed, did you bounce the flash and what lens were you using?

[rp252]

You've got some great pieces there mate

[Craig]

Looks pretty good to me

[bren10man]

Looks a tad underexposed, did you bounce the flash and what lens were you using?

1. Well, I exposed them best I could.  I think some were a bit out of focus, esp. the 125 series of 4.  It seemed the knives on the right were more focused than the ones on left.  Keep in mind, though, I had to go from AF to manual mode in the dark.  SO, that was a challenge.

2. I bounched the flash on the last 2 shots.  I turned the SB600 flash, mounted on the camera, facing verticle to the camera body (i.e. shooting across the knife instead of at the knife) so as not to reflect and leave a bright reflection on the knife.  Now, after playing around with it, I will shoot with the flash off and the flash in Commander mode, i.e. built in flash on the camera goes off, setting off via RC, the SB600 mounted by itself on a tripod or the included stand.  I like Bill H.'s link, gave me some ideas.

3. Lens: Nikon AF 18mm-105mm zooom lens.  This is what came with the camera.  I might see about a Macro lens and a larger, oh, up to 300mm, lens later.  The 18-105 pretty much covers what I need for now.