Sorry another Landscape

[Becndicko]

I am too new to DSLR, I have taken a fair few shots, I dont have anyone too refect my work off, so please any critistm or comments are welcome. I have used my new Nikon D3100. I have attached a few. i am sorry I should attach the formation and settings, but at the moment cant do. Most were taken in Auto, as I am a bit scared and unknown on venturing into Manual. And if I did take a good shot in Manual it would be a flook as I am not sure of settings yet.

[Corey Thompson]

The good thing with digital is you're not wasting money on film by taking experimental shots. Throw it into Aperture priority, focus on a specific subject, and watch how the foreground and background surrounding the subject changes as you go increase and decrease the aperture. Then throw it into manual, mount the camera on a sturdy surface, and watch how the exposure changes as you increase and decrease the shutter speed. Then start increasing the ISO and decreasing the ISO and watch what happens. Venturing off into manual can be fun.

btw, I like the pier shot.

[Krusty79]

You're really only supposed to submit one image at a time for a critique and ask for feedback on specific aspects of it. That being said, I think your first and third images are good. The second one doesn't do much for me.

Since you're shooting landscapes, I would also encourage you to try aperture priority. Most lenses are sharpest around f/8 and you can get some good depth of field in your shots if you shoot around f/8 or f/11. If you go too much smaller, you may get diffraction, which degrades sharpness.