Color Changing Fountain in Zrenjanin

[emils]

Just a week ago I have purchased my first digital camera. For the first time I have seen so many different settings and functions so I have decided to take few photos of one color changing fountain in Zrenjanin.

Here are few photos that I have made:

http://d1mr5irvqzosls.cloudfront.net/thumbs/image/gvajipw5i16_300x250.jpg (http://fliiby.com/file/gvajipw5i16/)
Color Changing Fountain in Zrenjanin - Photo 14 (http://fliiby.com/file/gvajipw5i16/)
by emilex (http://fliiby.com/emilex/) from Fliiby
Settings:
Exposure: 5 sec at f/14
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO Speed Rating: ISO 800
Lens: E PZ 16-50 mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
Camera: Sony a6000


http://d1mr5irvqzosls.cloudfront.net/thumbs/image/ko2rzl9ndeg_300x250.jpg (http://fliiby.com/file/ko2rzl9ndeg/)
Color Changing Fountain in Zrenjanin - Photo 13 (http://fliiby.com/file/ko2rzl9ndeg/)
by emilex (http://fliiby.com/emilex/) from Fliiby
Exposure: 5 sec at f/14
Focal Length: 42 mm
ISO Speed Rating: ISO 250
Lens: E PZ 16-50 mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
Camera: Sony a6000


http://d1mr5irvqzosls.cloudfront.net/thumbs/image/n6mfjoxctw6_300x250.jpg (http://fliiby.com/file/n6mfjoxctw6/)
Color Changing Fountain in Zrenjanin - Photo 09 (http://fliiby.com/file/n6mfjoxctw6/)
by emilex (http://fliiby.com/emilex/) from Fliiby
Settings:
Exposure: 30 sec at f/9
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed Rating: ISO 100
Lens: E PZ 16-50 mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
Camera: Sony a6000

Since it is first time that I have tried to make few night, long exposure photographs I hope that you will help me a little bit with advice's to improve them. In my folder I have uploaded 16 photographs, so if you have time check all of them.


Thank you all :)

[Runmonty]

I hope that you will help me a little bit with advice's to improve them.

Hi Emils and welcome to the forum

You have created some nice photos there, and the best way to learn is to do exactly what you have done - experiment and ask for some help :-)

One thing that I can immediately suggest is to ensure that your photos are straight. It is something we are all very conscious of here. If you cant do so in camera you should consider correcting it when editing afterward.

The other thing is to think about the backgrounds. The shots with the church in the background are much more interesting to me than the others. We all see something that we would like to photograph and concentrate on that and forget the background. It is one of the most significant things we can do to improve our photos (and one of the things, even with years of experience that we often overlook).

Congratulations on these shots. You have really done well with the long exposures. Keep experimenting and posting. I look forward to seeing more.

[emils]

Thank you so much for your post Runmonty and thanks for suggestions. I see that I have made mistake with the horizon. I have not edited those photos but I could try to fix this issue in Lightroom. I will post more as soon as I upload them :)

[Iguanasan]

Welcome to the forum, emils. Runmonty has offered some good advice here and I echo the recommendations. What I will add is not to try and bite off more than you can chew. What I'm trying to say is to learn one new thing each time you photograph and don't try to become an expert overnight. You will get better and better as you grow.. just give it time.