Official Photography Thread: Vol. ICan'tFindTheLastOne

[pghshoecollector]

Shot I took while waiting on my girl to get off work...Any tips on taking better night shots?

 

[dunkahollik]

canon 270 ex flash, anyone think its a good flash or no????

 

[kickmatic23]

so quick question... d40.. can it take a 4gb or a 8gb SD card? i looked in the manual and it says something like only up to 4gb (i think it said 4) is testedto work in it.. thanks in advance

 

[stepinitup]

bump

 

[samness20]

Originally Posted by PghShoeCollector

Shot I took while waiting on my girl to get off work...Any tips on taking better night shots?

pshhh that looks good to me..but im just a noob

what did u have your settings on to have it so clear in the night if you dont mind me asking?

 

[apollo xxxiii]

A few more snaps from my trip to the "Land down under". I'd love some C&C.

Some Panos:

 

[victorjames]

 

[victorjames]

anyone know how to get my sig to say flickr with a link instead of the whole link....greatly appreciated.

 

[victorjames]

Nice panoramics Apollo.....

 

[Fong$tarr]

Last two panos are dope........but that last one is just itching to get Photoshopped. Good shots though.

For some reason the architectural ones don't execute as well. I think since you are dealing with something that should be mathematically correct, it ishard to sell it when it is stretched and off center. Looks dope though.

 

[apollo xxxiii]

Originally Posted by Mr Fongstarr

Last two panos are dope........but that last one is just itching to get Photoshopped. Good shots though.

For some reason the architectural ones don't execute as well. I think since you are dealing with something that should be mathematically correct, it is hard to sell it when it is stretched and off center. Looks dope though.

Thanks for the input. I had a feeling some of my shots should have been PP'ed, but the problem is I have no clue on how to use Photoshop toprocess pictures.

How would I start?

 

[mjbetch]

idk. just thought i'd share

I MISS THIS PLACE %$*. I NEED TO GO BACK hahaha

 

[pwalrus]

Nice photos everyone!
I just picked up a canon powershot point n shoot today, but I aspire to get a digital SLR someday soon.
I was playing with depth of field using the macro setting

 

[pghshoecollector]

Originally Posted by samness20

Originally Posted by PghShoeCollector

Shot I took while waiting on my girl to get off work...Any tips on taking better night shots?

pshhh that looks good to me..but im just a noob

what did u have your settings on to have it so clear in the night if you dont mind me asking?

thanks lol...I'm the definition of a noob to this...That was my first time with a tripod going out to shoot PERIOD, so yea...This was one good shot out oflike 30, but I have the f stop all the way down, Iso at 100 and exposure at 22 seconds

 

[nayokochan]

if you're shooting any night shots you want your iso to be high, around 800 if there are a lot of lights like in a city but definitely 1600 if it'spretty dark. however i'm assuming that you had an extremely low aperture which is how so much of the light got into your shot so you cancelled out theotherwise light-killing iso, which turned out a great shot.

 

[j paycheck]

As always feel free to C&C (please or visit the Flickr)...












I posted something similar a few pages back but this is different image. Enjoy!

 

[xxokayplayerxx]

Promo shoot for Online Store

 

[nikeairsncrispytees]

Originally Posted by NayokoChan

Originally Posted by nwick001

Quick question. So how do i get enough sun light in the picture with a fast shutter speed? for example, if i was taking a picture of a water fall and wanted to capture the water falling and not a blurry motion but enough sunlight at the same time, how would i do that? Do i put the F stop higher? or ISO? any help is great. thanks.

go for a higher ISO. the ISO is one of the things that determines how much light gets into the picture. If you're shooting at a high shutter speed, like 1/2500 and it's a bright and sunny day outside, you might want to try your ISO at 800. If the pic comes out too bright, bump it down to the next lowest setting (on my camera that would be 400, but every camera is different). the aperture is also a factor but it's more for the depth of field and how much detail you want in the shot. if you want to have a shot that shows all the little drops of water splashing about, then your aperture would have to be at a higher number (like f/8 or f/9). and since it would be at a higher number your ISO would need to be higher to make up for that because a high aperture means that the diameter of the lens is smaller which lets in less light.

I personally disagree with his method. I would bump up the ISO as a last resort--especially with a subject as sensitive as a waterfall. Thelittlest bit of noise or grain could really ruin that shot. If it's in complete daylight, I would go for a damn near closed up aperture, something likef/17 or f/19 and set the exposure to 1/250. If it's in the woods with trees and a few shadows and you don't like the blurry water shots, I'd openit up to f/13 and probably bump up exposure to 1/300 or whatever the next exposure length setting on your camera is just for good measure. I've never shota waterfall or really nature for that matter, but these are just my guesses on how I would approach it. I always try to keep my ISO at 400 at the maximumunless I really need the shots to develop quicker for action shots in low light or something like that.

 

[j paycheck]

I hate being the last person on the previous page, usually overlooked... posting as a weak attempt to make ya click the previous page and check out my post!Check them out and C&C.


Hey, don't judge me! At least I didn't quote myself!!! :-D LOL

 

[nikeairsncrispytees]

Originally Posted by cucumbercool

Did anyone bother to read the manual or did people learn their camera simply through use?

I had been friends with a girl in my high school career that was a photography major (I went to an arts school) so I helped her in the darkroom a lot todevelop her photos and contact sheets so I learned the basics then about aperture and shutter speed and stuff like that. My camera didn't come with amanual so I mostly learned from reading online and flipping through a few books but primarily just shooting. I can't imagine how expensive this hobby wouldbe to learn without an LCD. I have a Canon EOS Rebel G (their film SLR) and I'm still afraid to play with it too much because I don't wanna develop 10bucks worth of trash. Hahahah.

 

[nikeairsncrispytees]

Originally Posted by J PayCheck

I hate being the last person on the previous page, usually overlooked... posting as a weak attempt to make ya click the previous page and check out my post! Check them out and C&C.


Hey, don't judge me! At least I didn't quote myself!!! :-D LOL

The lighting (or lack thereof) of your last photo makes it really mysterious. Thumbs up for both the ones you posted.



Sorry for all the posts guys. I'm just taking this one step at a time. A lot of people in here asking for advice recently and I don't really wantanyone to get overlooked and think that we're a bunch of pricks.

 

[nikeairsncrispytees]

Originally Posted by PghShoeCollector

Shot I took while waiting on my girl to get off work...Any tips on taking better night shots?

Looks like your tripod and the wind didn't really get along. It shouldn't be this shaky to have used a tripod. In situations like this,I'll open it up a little more and set the exposure length a little bit shorter so that I can get a similar shot with less movement in it. If I were you, Iwould have personally set the WB to something a little bit cooler. If your camera has an Incandescent light setting, I would go with that just because whereveryou took this there's more yellow light than blue or white lights. Unfortunately for you, the building on the left with the blue steeple thing on top hassome VERY bright lights behind its logo which may mean that you need to pick another spot. I'm afraid that if you shortened the exposure it would be toodark everywhere else and if you opened it up anymore it would be washed out. I would say to find a different spot with a more interesting subject.

 

[drunken cow]

Breath taking

 

[165kicks]

Originally Posted by Drunken Cow

Breath taking

Really nice!

 

[dunkahollik]

270ex canon flash ??? anyone have any thoughts on this flash ?


i know its 230$ and im sure its not top of the line but id liek to know if it will perform well with the lenses i have on a xsi

15mm fisheye

50mm 1.4

tokina 11 16 ultrawide


thanks!