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  • sonictksonictk Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    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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  • GrifterGrifter title goes here BermudaModerator mod
    edited May 2008
    Went fishing yesterday.

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  • gilraingilrain Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I've recently become obsessed with traditional wetshaving and the tools and rituals involved. I took this photo for a forum on the subject, to demonstrate a modification I made to my brush, but then realized it's a decent photo on its own, in my opinion.

    Interesting in general, or just to wetshavers?

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  • PilcrowPilcrow Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
  • Uncle LongUncle Long Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    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).

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  • An-DAn-D Enthusiast AshevilleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    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:


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  • gilraingilrain Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    An-D wrote: »
    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:


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  • anableanable North TexasRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Pilcrow wrote: »

    Am I getting my Canon models mixed up or is that going to be a $5,000 camera when it launches?

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  • VeritasVeritas Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    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.

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  • foursquaremanfoursquareman Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    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.

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  • Uncle LongUncle Long Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I was out late last night. Both of these were shot with a good ol' 50mm prime.

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    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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  • An-DAn-D Enthusiast AshevilleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    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. :)

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  • anableanable North TexasRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    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.

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  • PoisonFistPoisonFist __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2008
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    Took this a few days ago.

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  • An-DAn-D Enthusiast AshevilleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    PoisonFist wrote: »
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    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

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  • gilraingilrain Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    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.

    It's a great shot, though.

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  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Finding Nemo Musical at Animal Kingdom

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Nice.

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  • ProspicienceProspicience The Raven King DenvemoloradoRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I already said it but those are really excellent sheri.

    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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  • PilcrowPilcrow Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Since I don't frequent the other threads on the board and I'm not too familiar with standards and practices, help me out -- why do people get jailed and what does it mean?

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  • anableanable North TexasRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    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.

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  • bombardierbombardier Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2008
    Ahahahahaha, happy horse!

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  • PilcrowPilcrow Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Mom's birthday yesterday, so, more family candids.

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  • anableanable North TexasRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Playing around with lens flare:
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    And a bench:
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  • bombardierbombardier Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2008
    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.

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  • anableanable North TexasRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    bombardier wrote: »
    I didn't appreciate the 70-200 2.8 until I took this shot.

    What?! Or did you just not really get a chance to use it?

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  • bombardierbombardier Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2008
    I've used it a lot but that was the first shot that was like I couldn't do that with my other telephoto.

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  • PilcrowPilcrow Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Pretty bird. That pupil is like a...black hole.

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  • needOpticneedOptic Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Nice shot, bombs.

    Here's one from the sister lens. 70-200 F4L

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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    That bird is EPIC.

    So, I got a few shots with me camera.

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    And finally, a generic pet shot.

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    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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  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
  • anableanable North TexasRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    For those of you that host on flickr: a Greasemonkey plugin that writes bbcode for you.

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  • Dark MoonDark Moon Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    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.
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    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.

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    Spotlights at the Forks.
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    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?
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  • An-DAn-D Enthusiast AshevilleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Just a question:

    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?

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  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Dark Moon wrote: »
    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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  • RinderRinder Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Sheri wrote: »
    More!

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    I knew we should have gone to animal kingdom. Godamn friends and their lust for alcohol.

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  • VirumVirum Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Sheri I just love those colors <3

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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Dark Moon wrote: »
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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.

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  • saltinesssaltiness Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    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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  • Dark MoonDark Moon Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Thanks - it was just a lovely sunset. I haven't yet robbed the multiple banks it'll take to buy that B+W 77mm slim MC CPL.

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