In my classes, I encourage people to start looking at photos that others have taken and start to learn by observing what people shot and how they get the image. Flickr is one of the best resources I know for this because you get to see the metedata of each shot like what camera they were using, lens and camera settings. So not only do you get to see some beautiful photography, you get to see how they got that shot! When I was first learning about my camera and all it could do, looking at photos every morning over coffee was an invaluable exercise.
Here is a shot that I took that I pulled off Flickr so you can see where the settings are. Selecting the info button tells you my camera settings. These were twinkle lights on a tree that I shot at a slow shutter and then dragged the camera down so the lights left streaks.
xo Christiana
