Eh, I have a monopod, but in my experience using it gives me more blur than without.
I've been meaning to try the string tripod method for a while now, but I'm also preposterously lazy and unwilling to even set it up. I'll get around to it before going out to another overhead bridge though.
Alternatively, ditch the motion-blur effect and crank the shutter-speed as high as you can without the image getting too dark.
I'll definitely try for some stock-still shots (it'll be harder for the actual night race though) but I find it's kind of simple to actually perform; I'd like to try panning more often as I could apply it to other kinds of subjects.
Stock-still shots are a lot easier to compose though.
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That is pretty interesting. This is one of the things I hate about going Canon or Nikon, when the other guy rolls out a new toy. Oh well, mine is still faster (jerks with your full-frames).
Well, I got my hands on a spiffy Nikon D80, and ended up going to an anime convention in Durham on Saturday. I played with it...a lot. I won't bore you with hundreds of cosplay poses, but instead I submit for your approval/critique these three:
Well, I got my hands on a spiffy Nikon D80, and ended up going to an anime convention in Durham on Saturday. I played with it...a lot. I won't bore you with hundreds of cosplay poses, but instead I submit for your approval/critique these three:
Probably not quite that much, around $3000 maybe because the 1D is at the $4000 price point but it could possible be more, I doubt it would be as high as 5k though.
An-D - The second shot is probably the strongest. Really nice capture. But my favourite is the last one, young link is so cute!
Went to the city on Saturday, took about 100 shots, and there was only one photo that I thought was strong enough to show off. Pretty depressing really.
I was out late last night. Both of these were shot with a good ol' 50mm prime.
My backup battery died while I was going through the in-camera long exposure noise reduction, so I wasn't able to try again if the shot came out poorly without driving all the way back into town, charging my battery and racing back out before the sun came up again. I was pleased with the result once I got to it.
An-D - The second shot is probably the strongest. Really nice capture. But my favourite is the last one, young link is so cute!
Thanks! It was really awesome timing on my part when it came to the fire dancer. Things were winding down a bit at the convention, and I left for a late dinner. As I parked my car coming back, she was just lighting up. It was a fantastic show. I got tons of pictures from it, but I liked the one I posted the best.
And yeah, the little Link was pretty freakin' adorable. She did not know what to make of all the people 'Awwing' at her and taking her picture.
I went to an art festival today and there were four photographer booths. One guy was pretty awesome and had some decent stuff. The other three, however, seemed like really mediocre photographers that were asking over $150 for prints. My question is, do these people seriously get people to buy their pictures? Because if they do, then fuck, I need to option up a booth.
I think it would help your picture a lot if you cropped out some of the brick. I like the reflective surface thing thats happening with the windows, but the excess brick-wall kills the picture a bit.
Poison, I'd crop that just to the right of the black-suited gentleman. I'd also straighten the shot, as it's a bit crooked. I would also maybe crop out the weird noise at the bottom, there.
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They say/do something inappropriate and get jailed which basically just means they can't start threads, can only post links instead of images, and don't have an avatar. Maybe other stuff. I dunno.
Oh whoops I take photos too. I didn't appreciate the 70-200 2.8 until I took this shot. I didn't think much of it until I brought it up on the computer.
Prosp, that is the cutest horse I’ve ever seen. I squealed with girlish delight when I saw it.
Pilcrow, I love your portraits. I wish I could take stuff this good at my family gatherings. I blame the dark, dungeon-like setting of my grandparent’s at night, but I’m just covering for my inferior skill. I only have one issue, which is with the very first shot. The right eye being so out of focus coupled with the left eye being so sharply in focus is a bit unsettling. I realize it’s a candid, but I’m not so sure if I’d keep that one. Everything else is great.
anable, that’s some wild flare. How’d you compose that without frying your eye? I’m not particularly taken with the bench, though it’s technically just fine. I’d like to see the same shot with a clever black and white conversion.
bombs, I like your crane. And you’re a madman for not enjoying a $2k lense.
nO, it’s a nice display of the tech but nothing’s particularly catchy about the dandelions.
yalboro, every shot there but the first has a pretty glaring technical issue that makes them unsalvageable (entire frame out of focus being the biggest problem). The first is kind of neat, but it’s hard to tell what exactly you’re photographing and the focus point is off (in the middle of the leftmost body). You might consider pumping more light onto the scene and shooting with a smaller aperture to deepen your DOF and get more stuff in focus. Alternately, just be very careful when you’re focusing. Be sure you’ve got either user selected or centre focus point and not the horrendous “auto-select focus point” mode set with your AF, so you can choose what’s in focus rather than your camera looking for areas of high contrast.
Sheri, your photos don’t get enough love in these threads. All three are gorgeous, with the second being maybe a bit on the blue side with the WB. I realize it’s a blue scene, but you could probably make the highlights on Nemo white without sacrificing the blue tones of the rest of the scene. So pretty. May I ask what lense those were shot with?
So I finally got around to processing some more of my shots from the other night out photographing with my friend.
The aforementioned friend looking cute on some stairs.
I, like an idiot, stuck the only buildings in the frame on my Sigma 10-20mm’s wacky W distortion pattern that’s impossible to fix in PP. The horizon is flat as a pancake but the buildings are leaning sickeningly. Is it...is it that bad? Also, how about the crop? I wanted to do something different, with an 8”x10” aspect ratio, that really showed off the sky. I can't go anymore to the left with the crop either without pulling in a bunch of ugly buildings.
Spotlights at the Forks.
My first attempt at nighttime panoramic photography. Five shots taken at 10mm stitched together in PS. I missed the big goddamn lense flare when editing the initial frames, and could use a bit more blending in the sky, but how is it otherwise?
Sheri, your photos don’t get enough love in these threads. All three are gorgeous, with the second being maybe a bit on the blue side with the WB. I realize it’s a blue scene, but you could probably make the highlights on Nemo white without sacrificing the blue tones of the rest of the scene. So pretty. May I ask what lense those were shot with?
Thank you. I might take another look at that one later on. And yes, totally not enough love.
Didn't you hear? I own a 70-200mm f/2.8 IS. I loves it.
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yalboro, every shot there but the first has a pretty glaring technical issue that makes them unsalvageable (entire frame out of focus being the biggest problem). The first is kind of neat, but it’s hard to tell what exactly you’re photographing and the focus point is off (in the middle of the leftmost body). You might consider pumping more light onto the scene and shooting with a smaller aperture to deepen your DOF and get more stuff in focus. Alternately, just be very careful when you’re focusing. Be sure you’ve got either user selected or centre focus point and not the horrendous “auto-select focus point†mode set with your AF, so you can choose what’s in focus rather than your camera looking for areas of high contrast.
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Thanks for the advice. I've only been at this properly for maybe a month, so I'm still learning a lot. I'm still trying to figure out the balance of light and my various settings, though; any time I'm on manual my shots come out way too dark.
I actually like the one with the distorted buildings, Dark Moon. The colors are great and the distortion gives it a nice stylistic feel. Did you use a polarizer on the sky or was it just so late that's how the sky looked?
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I've been meaning to try the string tripod method for a while now, but I'm also preposterously lazy and unwilling to even set it up. I'll get around to it before going out to another overhead bridge though.
I'll definitely try for some stock-still shots (it'll be harder for the actual night race though) but I find it's kind of simple to actually perform; I'd like to try panning more often as I could apply it to other kinds of subjects.
Stock-still shots are a lot easier to compose though.
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Went to the city on Saturday, took about 100 shots, and there was only one photo that I thought was strong enough to show off. Pretty depressing really.
My backup battery died while I was going through the in-camera long exposure noise reduction, so I wasn't able to try again if the shot came out poorly without driving all the way back into town, charging my battery and racing back out before the sun came up again. I was pleased with the result once I got to it.
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Thanks! It was really awesome timing on my part when it came to the fire dancer. Things were winding down a bit at the convention, and I left for a late dinner. As I parked my car coming back, she was just lighting up. It was a fantastic show. I got tons of pictures from it, but I liked the one I posted the best.
And yeah, the little Link was pretty freakin' adorable. She did not know what to make of all the people 'Awwing' at her and taking her picture.
Took this a few days ago.
I think it would help your picture a lot if you cropped out some of the brick. I like the reflective surface thing thats happening with the windows, but the excess brick-wall kills the picture a bit.
And is it on a hill? It seems tilted....o_O
It's a great shot, though.
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UL: I love night/stars shots man, and these are no exception. I love how the mountains are pitch black but you can see depth in the sky and water.
Poison: I'm with An-d, think cropping out a tad bit of the brick would balance it really well.
Edit: damn totp.
Since horses were kinda a big deal last week.
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And a bench:
What?! Or did you just not really get a chance to use it?
Here's one from the sister lens. 70-200 F4L
So, I got a few shots with me camera.
And finally, a generic pet shot.
Kinda did a bit of an animal schtick today, for some reason. I blame the fact that the D40 is positively neato.
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Pilcrow, I love your portraits. I wish I could take stuff this good at my family gatherings. I blame the dark, dungeon-like setting of my grandparent’s at night, but I’m just covering for my inferior skill. I only have one issue, which is with the very first shot. The right eye being so out of focus coupled with the left eye being so sharply in focus is a bit unsettling. I realize it’s a candid, but I’m not so sure if I’d keep that one. Everything else is great.
anable, that’s some wild flare. How’d you compose that without frying your eye? I’m not particularly taken with the bench, though it’s technically just fine. I’d like to see the same shot with a clever black and white conversion.
bombs, I like your crane. And you’re a madman for not enjoying a $2k lense.
nO, it’s a nice display of the tech but nothing’s particularly catchy about the dandelions.
yalboro, every shot there but the first has a pretty glaring technical issue that makes them unsalvageable (entire frame out of focus being the biggest problem). The first is kind of neat, but it’s hard to tell what exactly you’re photographing and the focus point is off (in the middle of the leftmost body). You might consider pumping more light onto the scene and shooting with a smaller aperture to deepen your DOF and get more stuff in focus. Alternately, just be very careful when you’re focusing. Be sure you’ve got either user selected or centre focus point and not the horrendous “auto-select focus point” mode set with your AF, so you can choose what’s in focus rather than your camera looking for areas of high contrast.
Sheri, your photos don’t get enough love in these threads. All three are gorgeous, with the second being maybe a bit on the blue side with the WB. I realize it’s a blue scene, but you could probably make the highlights on Nemo white without sacrificing the blue tones of the rest of the scene. So pretty. May I ask what lense those were shot with?
So I finally got around to processing some more of my shots from the other night out photographing with my friend.
The aforementioned friend looking cute on some stairs.
I, like an idiot, stuck the only buildings in the frame on my Sigma 10-20mm’s wacky W distortion pattern that’s impossible to fix in PP. The horizon is flat as a pancake but the buildings are leaning sickeningly. Is it...is it that bad? Also, how about the crop? I wanted to do something different, with an 8”x10” aspect ratio, that really showed off the sky. I can't go anymore to the left with the crop either without pulling in a bunch of ugly buildings.
Spotlights at the Forks.
My first attempt at nighttime panoramic photography. Five shots taken at 10mm stitched together in PS. I missed the big goddamn lense flare when editing the initial frames, and could use a bit more blending in the sky, but how is it otherwise?
Is it legal in the United States (North Carolina, to be more specific) to take photographs of planes at the airport? Or of the airport in general?
Thank you. I might take another look at that one later on. And yes, totally not enough love.
Didn't you hear? I own a 70-200mm f/2.8 IS. I loves it.
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I knew we should have gone to animal kingdom. Godamn friends and their lust for alcohol.
Thanks for the advice. I've only been at this properly for maybe a month, so I'm still learning a lot. I'm still trying to figure out the balance of light and my various settings, though; any time I'm on manual my shots come out way too dark.