Need help in taking photograph of scenery

[devpriya]

Hi folks,

I need to learn how to take crisp and sharp photographs of scenery. I am posting few of pics taken by me, please help me out in identifying where am I going wrong.

[devpriya]

Oops! Posted under the wrong section. Mods please move it to appropriate section

[sybren]

Do you have the EXIF information for us?

By the way, the resizing algorithm of this forum isn't the best on the planet. It always makes the photos a little fuzzy, so when sharpness is a concern it's better to upload to Flickr and give us links to the original.

[devpriya]

IMG_0956 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

IMG_0950 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Here are the Flickr links and the EXIF data is there with the pics.

[sybren]

For one thing, your sensor wants some cleaning. You can see spots in the sky on IMG_0950 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

The photos were taken at 55mm and 18mm, my bet is that you're using the 18-55mm kit lens. All zoom lenses lose quality at their extreme zoom setting, so try to avoid that. The 55mm photo was taken at f/5.6, the widest aperture at that zoom, which also won't give you the sharpest results. Experiment a little with smaller apertures and stay within roughly 20-50mm, and I'm fairly confident the results will be sharper.