Some time in the woods

[Delan Robbins]

Im very new to DSLR and im getting myself off of the auto setting, and trying new settings. I am working with the Shutter speed, f-stop, and iso and finding i get difference results with different settings. So more or less im taking a lot of bad pictures to get to some ok ones. how did i do on these. Please be honest

[Doctor Atomo]

Nice pics!
Looks like your settings are fine, no EXIF data is included, but the snow is white, the pictures aren't overly dark... the blue seems a little exaggerated. Picture three seems a little crooked...

[LeeR]

I am in agreement with the good doctor above: the image appears to be in focus and properly exposed. If you were experimenting with some new settings your experiment appears to be successful. Aside from that, I have to ask the question: what is the purpose of this shot? If the purpose is, "here is a shot of some very long icicles hanging from a roof" then, again, you have been successful; though any point and shoot camera could have accomplished the same. If you were trying to say something more, then I am missing it.

[Delan Robbins]

I was looking to show the icicles. I was trying to adjust the I.S.O. and , F-stop to make sure it wasnt to bright and to also show the reflection in the windows. I realize a point and shoot may have been able to get the same photo, but im trying to not use the auto setting and learn how to adjust for brighter, and poor lighting photos. I hope that makes sense.

Thank you both for your comments.