So a local photog is selling a 1DMkII with 14k clicks on it for $875USD/$1100CAD. This is $400CAD under the going price for a 5D in decent shape as well as under the going rate for a 1DMkII in town. How big of a step sideways would that camera be compared to a 5D?
nO, cool texture. What's up with the date/graphic?
Get the 5D. It's the right camera for you. The allure of the pro body is understandable, but the pros of the 5D for your style and what I've seen so far will far outweigh any advantages offered by the mkII. If it was the 1ds mkII, then perhaps there might be some more consideration, but it's not.
Well if it were a 1Ds MkII for $1100 I'd buy it in a picosecond, if only to resell it for the $5k it's worth :P. I'm worried about finding a good 5D at a reasonable price somewhere nearby me, though. Given the current state of the Canadian dollar (worthless), I can't buy from the states. Completely out the question, the cheapest 5D there is $1800CAD before shipping. 5Ds only seem to come up in Canada every month or so, and tend to be on the expensive end of $1500-1600. That's not bad, by itself: but they're never in my city. There'd likely be a roadtrip involved in picking one up when it does eventually come for sale at a decent price.
salti, that is a really awesome look. As always, I have quibbles. White lines on the right side of the frame and just above the figure - distracting and easily removed. I also really wish the girl had been positioned such that all of her scarf was in frame during every exposure, but that one’s not so easy a fix. Still a kickass image and a look I hope you develop further.
Thanks for the crit. I agree with your comments. This one was really a trial run to see if I could do it without getting massive amounts of flare and it worked! So hopefully I will have some more fleshed out images using this technique next week.
Cow - Pretty much all of those are pleasing, though I think the sheep one could use a little sat boost. Where is that first one from? What's up with those rocks?
Cow - Pretty much all of those are pleasing, though I think the sheep one could use a little sat boost. Where is that first one from? What's up with those rocks?
So a local photog is selling a 1DMkII with 14k clicks on it for $875USD/$1100CAD. This is $400CAD under the going price for a 5D in decent shape as well as under the going rate for a 1DMkII in town. How big of a step sideways would that camera be compared to a 5D?
nO, cool texture. What's up with the date/graphic?
Get the 5D. It's the right camera for you. The allure of the pro body is understandable, but the pros of the 5D for your style and what I've seen so far will far outweigh any advantages offered by the mkII. If it was the 1ds mkII, then perhaps there might be some more consideration, but it's not.
Well if it were a 1Ds MkII for $1100 I'd buy it in a picosecond, if only to resell it for the $5k it's worth :P. I'm worried about finding a good 5D at a reasonable price somewhere nearby me, though. Given the current state of the Canadian dollar (worthless), I can't buy from the states. Completely out the question, the cheapest 5D there is $1800CAD before shipping. 5Ds only seem to come up in Canada every month or so, and tend to be on the expensive end of $1500-1600. That's not bad, by itself: but they're never in my city. There'd likely be a roadtrip involved in picking one up when it does eventually come for sale at a decent price.
Friend at work's dad is going to be selling his 5D, I can see how much and if he's willing to ship it if you want.
EDIT: Might as well ask this here instead of making a new post. Anyone have a 350D whose DOF preview button has just randomly stopped working? Mine just all of a sudden stopped working, I've tried with multiple lenses and it's sort of annoying as I've used it plenty of times before.
EDIT: Might as well ask this here instead of making a new post. Anyone have a 350D whose DOF preview button has just randomly stopped working? Mine just all of a sudden stopped working, I've tried with multiple lenses and it's sort of annoying as I've used it plenty of times before.
You've probably already checked this but when trying to use the DOF preview button you aren't at the widest aperture are you because that will make it look like the button is doing nothing.
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EDIT: Might as well ask this here instead of making a new post. Anyone have a 350D whose DOF preview button has just randomly stopped working? Mine just all of a sudden stopped working, I've tried with multiple lenses and it's sort of annoying as I've used it plenty of times before.
You've probably already checked this but when trying to use the DOF preview button you aren't at the widest aperture are you because that will make it look like the button is doing nothing.
Sorry, should have put in the post that I've tried it at many different aperture settings from f/1.8 and up.
So a local photog is selling a 1DMkII with 14k clicks on it for $875USD/$1100CAD. This is $400CAD under the going price for a 5D in decent shape as well as under the going rate for a 1DMkII in town. How big of a step sideways would that camera be compared to a 5D?
nO, cool texture. What's up with the date/graphic?
Get the 5D. It's the right camera for you. The allure of the pro body is understandable, but the pros of the 5D for your style and what I've seen so far will far outweigh any advantages offered by the mkII. If it was the 1ds mkII, then perhaps there might be some more consideration, but it's not.
Well if it were a 1Ds MkII for $1100 I'd buy it in a picosecond, if only to resell it for the $5k it's worth :P. I'm worried about finding a good 5D at a reasonable price somewhere nearby me, though. Given the current state of the Canadian dollar (worthless), I can't buy from the states. Completely out the question, the cheapest 5D there is $1800CAD before shipping. 5Ds only seem to come up in Canada every month or so, and tend to be on the expensive end of $1500-1600. That's not bad, by itself: but they're never in my city. There'd likely be a roadtrip involved in picking one up when it does eventually come for sale at a decent price.
Here are a few of mine from the shoot with those boys I posted a pic of a page or two ago. I dont really like how they turned out but hey, it was free for the client.
I'm quite conflicted about this next one. Did I get the dark, horror-ish look I was going for, or is it just a black blob running at my heavy-black-clipping mother?
I see a dark, horror-ish spectre pelvic thrusting
I really like your last shot of the snowed city!
Also, I love the Giant's Causeway (from photos) but haven't had the pleasure of visiting. Great picture, Cow!
Edit: The shots so you's reading knows what I'm sayin' about-
Oh man! The clouds move when I look at it! Super cool.
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Cow - Pretty much all of those are pleasing, though I think the sheep one could use a little sat boost. Where is that first one from? What's up with those rocks?
Keep playing around with your fill light and I think you'll have it. Also look at adjusting color channel luminance and see if that doesn't bring out some vibrance in the foreground.
I started to mess around with what you said earlier and...
Excuse my dumbness but how do you adjust the color channel luminance in PS? You don't mean change the layer's blending options from normal to luminosity do you?
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Keep playing around with your fill light and I think you'll have it. Also look at adjusting color channel luminance and see if that doesn't bring out some vibrance in the foreground.
I started to mess around with what you said earlier and...
Excuse my dumbness but how do you adjust the color channel luminance in PS? You don't mean change the layer's blending options from normal to luminosity do you?
Well, the simplest way would be to open up your hue/saturation menu, select the color you're going to mess with from the drop down window (obviously you don't just want to adjust master) then adjust lightness and saturation (and tonal value if you're so inclined). Blending layers for each value should smooth things out, but you don't need to alter the layer's blending options.
I has it but I do lots of complicated stuff with layers and masking which I don't think could be done with lightroom.
Either that or I haven't fully learned how to use the program yet.
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I has it but I do lots of complicated stuff with layers and masking which I don't think could be done with lightroom.
Either that or I haven't fully learned how to use the program yet.
Lightroom is great for a lot of things, and because of the kind of stuff I do at work it really helps my workflow, but it can't do everything. Luckily you can switch really quickly between LR and PS by quick tapping Cmd+e.
I has it but I do lots of complicated stuff with layers and masking which I don't think could be done with lightroom.
Either that or I haven't fully learned how to use the program yet.
Lightroom is great for a lot of things, and because of the kind of stuff I do at work it really helps my workflow, but it can't do everything. Luckily you can switch really quickly between LR and PS by quick tapping Cmd+e.
I'm guessing you use Lightroom 2 and CS4? I've been playing with the trials of both and I find CS4 so much easier to work with pictures with those quick selections compared to CS3 and the switch between editing a RAW from Lightroom to CS4 is so much quicker now that Photoshop opens the RAW image directly instead of Lightroom first asking you what to do, then saving a TIFF, etc.
I has it but I do lots of complicated stuff with layers and masking which I don't think could be done with lightroom.
Either that or I haven't fully learned how to use the program yet.
Lightroom is great for a lot of things, and because of the kind of stuff I do at work it really helps my workflow, but it can't do everything. Luckily you can switch really quickly between LR and PS by quick tapping Cmd+e.
I'm guessing you use Lightroom 2 and CS4? I've been playing with the trials of both and I find CS4 so much easier to work with pictures with those quick selections compared to CS3 and the switch between editing a RAW from Lightroom to CS4 is so much quicker now that Photoshop opens the RAW image directly instead of Lightroom first asking you what to do, then saving a TIFF, etc.
FYI Ritz camera is closing 300 stores nationwide starting April 4th if anyone is looking for deals.
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FYI Ritz camera is closing 300 stores nationwide starting April 4th if anyone is looking for deals.
I'm guessing it's going to be just like circuit city where they mark everything up then discount it so you're really not going to be getting any deals. Maybe they'll have cheap film though.
I call these, 'Jake takes a fucking photo for the first time in a month.' Also this monitor is crap, so I think the first could be a bit warm.
Also, CC, I thought you didn't believe in architecture photographs? :P Did they have that forest of scaffolding in the Grada Familia? I thought that was the most beautiful thing about it.
Ed!: Not really digging the composition, although I think the heavy contrast could probably work from a different perspective.
Honestly, I think you might be relying too heavily on the if-you-freeze-someone-midjump-it-looks-like-they're-flying idea. I'd like to see some new stuff, next time.
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Well if it were a 1Ds MkII for $1100 I'd buy it in a picosecond, if only to resell it for the $5k it's worth :P. I'm worried about finding a good 5D at a reasonable price somewhere nearby me, though. Given the current state of the Canadian dollar (worthless), I can't buy from the states. Completely out the question, the cheapest 5D there is $1800CAD before shipping. 5Ds only seem to come up in Canada every month or so, and tend to be on the expensive end of $1500-1600. That's not bad, by itself: but they're never in my city. There'd likely be a roadtrip involved in picking one up when it does eventually come for sale at a decent price.
Decisions, decisions.
Edit: Okay, so under ISO1600 noise differences are negligible between the 5D and the the 1DMkII. Hmm.
Thanks for the crit. I agree with your comments. This one was really a trial run to see if I could do it without getting massive amounts of flare and it worked! So hopefully I will have some more fleshed out images using this technique next week.
It is Giant's Causeway at Portrush in Northern Ireland.
Friend at work's dad is going to be selling his 5D, I can see how much and if he's willing to ship it if you want.
EDIT: Might as well ask this here instead of making a new post. Anyone have a 350D whose DOF preview button has just randomly stopped working? Mine just all of a sudden stopped working, I've tried with multiple lenses and it's sort of annoying as I've used it plenty of times before.
You've probably already checked this but when trying to use the DOF preview button you aren't at the widest aperture are you because that will make it look like the button is doing nothing.
Sorry, should have put in the post that I've tried it at many different aperture settings from f/1.8 and up.
Have patience, get the right equipment.
Edit: a 1ds MKII can be had from KEH for 2300 in EX condition. I'm not sure how much that would cost in maple leafs though.
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Here are a few of mine from the shoot with those boys I posted a pic of a page or two ago. I dont really like how they turned out but hey, it was free for the client.
I see a dark, horror-ish spectre pelvic thrusting
I really like your last shot of the snowed city!
Also, I love the Giant's Causeway (from photos) but haven't had the pleasure of visiting. Great picture, Cow!
Edit: The shots so you's reading knows what I'm sayin' about-
God damnit stop using your deceiving alaskan ways to hide your message conveniently underneath my post.
It's okay. Jellied moose nose for everyone!
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Oh man! The clouds move when I look at it! Super cool.
You photo stealing son of a bitch. I demand at least 3 pesos or 12 rubles for punitive damages.
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I know the sheep need to "pop" just a little bit more.
Right now they're just kernels in the kettle. They need a little more heat, you know? Don't let them end up as old maids.
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damn, that's nice! I can't wait to go!
took out her barrettes and her hair spilled out like rootbeer
I like the windows XP wallpaper too!
I started to mess around with what you said earlier and...
Excuse my dumbness but how do you adjust the color channel luminance in PS? You don't mean change the layer's blending options from normal to luminosity do you?
Well, the simplest way would be to open up your hue/saturation menu, select the color you're going to mess with from the drop down window (obviously you don't just want to adjust master) then adjust lightness and saturation (and tonal value if you're so inclined). Blending layers for each value should smooth things out, but you don't need to alter the layer's blending options.
Alternatively, get Lightroom.
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I has it but I do lots of complicated stuff with layers and masking which I don't think could be done with lightroom.
Either that or I haven't fully learned how to use the program yet.
Lightroom is great for a lot of things, and because of the kind of stuff I do at work it really helps my workflow, but it can't do everything. Luckily you can switch really quickly between LR and PS by quick tapping Cmd+e.
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I'm guessing you use Lightroom 2 and CS4? I've been playing with the trials of both and I find CS4 so much easier to work with pictures with those quick selections compared to CS3 and the switch between editing a RAW from Lightroom to CS4 is so much quicker now that Photoshop opens the RAW image directly instead of Lightroom first asking you what to do, then saving a TIFF, etc.
Yes, the times, they are a-changin' as it were.
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Ed - Why the deep shadows and blown out highlights? Just going for a high contrast look or what?
Fix the fringing on the first photo, however.
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I'm guessing it's going to be just like circuit city where they mark everything up then discount it so you're really not going to be getting any deals. Maybe they'll have cheap film though.
I call these, 'Jake takes a fucking photo for the first time in a month.' Also this monitor is crap, so I think the first could be a bit warm.
Also, CC, I thought you didn't believe in architecture photographs? :P Did they have that forest of scaffolding in the Grada Familia? I thought that was the most beautiful thing about it.
Ed!: Not really digging the composition, although I think the heavy contrast could probably work from a different perspective.
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