Hey Captain,

Congrats on your camera. The best advice is to SHOOT LOTS OF PICTURES. The best way to learn is by doing. Keep your camera always in one of the four following modes: Programmed Automatic, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, or Full Manual.

Learn how to quickly change your ISO setting to adjust to various light environments.

Take a look at flickr.com, and get ideas of what kind of pictures YOU like, and how to emulate them.

Enjoy the ride!

Nick - very cool pic of some very cool glasses - keep up the great work.

wow! that picture looks awesome. Such a sweet pair of glasses too. congrats man. Nice job

That pic of the Radars looks so good, it should be on a menu! TASTY.

Once again, an over-used HDR picutre of my Zero's

that's poster worthy

BiGCoB, sick picture, my grails indeed

Thanks guys.
Now I'm waiting a new camera that I should get for my birthday to shoot new pictures.

Francois, if your pictures are with your "old" camera, I can't wait to see some with a "new" one!

Excellent pic Francois... Can't wait to see what you achieve in the future.

This boy has talent yo!

Still shooting with my Old cam as the new one has gone back to the retailer as soon as I got it because there was a problem with it.

Here is my last picture, with some Photoshop rendering.

Hope you'll like it.

Nice work Francois as always...I wouldn't mind the bigger version as a wallpaper...

Nice work Francois as always...I wouldn't mind the bigger version as a wallpaper...

+ 1 ME TOO

thats an awesome picture man. id use that as a wallpaper too

man, that is a sick photo there Francois! Love that rendering with the p/s proceesing added.

Thanks guys, I'm really glad that you like my work. Original size will be available soon on my Flickr account (migrating to pro version).

Well done Francois, love the way yiu set the whole thing, I will be glad to use it as a wallpaper once you have uploaded it.

francois , do you photograph as a hobby, or are you professional ?

Not sure this is a serious question, but if it is, thank you for asking.
I'm definitely not a pro. I'm only playing a little with my camera.

edit Full size available here :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigcob/2791915553/sizes/o/

The size is optimized for wide screen (16:10)

Thanks Francois , this will be my new desktop for quite a while I would think...keep up the great work!!

Excellent work Francois. You obviously have a flair for photography

FRANCOIS - thanx for my new background on my computer. :)

Thank you guys, I'll try to keep making things you appreciate.