dallasuo said:
....here are some of our pictures. Any advice would be appreciated.
Below is intended to be constructive. It's easy to just say "nice pics" but I assume you are looking to improve.......
It looks like in many cased either the shadows or the hightlights are "blocked out". This is the main problem with digital photography. It lacks the tonal range of film
So you have to be careful about taking shots that include both deep shados and bright white. Several things you can do:
1) Use the flash to fil in the dark areas. THis only works for dark areas that are close to the camera but this can be extened by using an external strobe, Nikon makes some nice ones for the D70.
2) Shoot RAW format this gives you more "depth"
3) wait for an oercast day, the light is softwer
Also the images are not as sharp as I'd expect. Perhaps this is because you posted reduced sized and highly compressed JPG images. Nikon glass can make imagesthat show more detail when viewd through a loupe. Detail should be limited by the pixel size with no detectable bluring.
ALL andscape potos wil be improved by use of a tripod.
Read up on "composition". There are some simple rules.
shot of wife in front on upper and lower Yosimite falls could be better if (1) she had move to the left a bit so the lower falls does not flow into her head and (2) you can 'brighted her up a bit with flash used a slightly lower exposure to avoid "blocking out" the white water in the falls.
The one of you in front of the bridge is good, would be much better id a fill flash were sed.