D40 newbie, my photos suck - need settings recommendations...

Well, I've been playing with the exposure settings, but I'm not happy with the results so far. I suspect that I just need to take a lot more photos before I'm happy with it, but so far, it either looks like everything in my tank is in the shade (-1), or everything has a spotlight on it (+1). Bah humbug!

As far as white balance control, I'm just using auto. I haven't played around with this and don't plan to just yet. In my line of work, we tend to like to isolate variables singly :). Once I get a better feel for the exposure control, I will start to play with the WB.


@AkaSlyGuy, I have taken ~600 shots of my tank so far. I guess it's the Law of Averages principle: if I keep shooting my tank, eventually I'll get a picture so good, it'll be on the cover of National Geographic!


@Doahh, don't your pictures turn out incredibly grainy with those ISO settings?

@maxalmon, I haven't had my eyes checked since fourth grade, and that's when they told me I had "profound colorblindness." Beyond that, as far as I know, my vision is 20/20!
 
Nope... The D300 can shoot up to an ISO of something around 6400
The newer sensor in it really helps with reducing the grain. If I was still using my D70 yeah there would be grain.
 
This is a great thread! I have a D40x and reading some of the tips have given me ideas on how to improve my images, too. I am going to tag along to see what else can be critiqued.
 
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