The Official Photography Thread - Vol. 3

[luong1209]

Where do you guys upload your photos from? When I upload with [ img ], it shows a red line that allows you to click...

Fong, where and how'd you upload your photos?

 

[Fong$tarr]

Where do you guys upload your photos from? When I upload with [ img ], it shows a red line that allows you to click...

Fong, where and how'd you upload your photos?

I just use the HTML code:

Just make sure to brackets near the "IMG" is a space closer and same with the URL address near the quotes on both ends. Still not sure why some people have issues posting full res stuff. Honestly I thought what you posted was fine, even if it did have the red line on it.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

awesome work wada7

 

[luckyp824]

I was about ready to buy the T3i but I heard Canon is coming out with some crazy 60 mega pixel stuff next year so should I wait for that or will the 2014 releases not really effect me one way or the other as far as entry level DSLRs go?

edit: eff it, gonna just get it.

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Any particular tripod you guys recommend?

 

[keko jones]

that **** dont work for me either .. oh well

 

[yanky]

I tried to upload an image using

It won't work

can anyone help me?

If you're using Flickr you have to use the BBCcode then post the entire text in here.

^^^No star filter. That is what comes out when jacking it up to f/22. Those are actually all shot with 3 different lenses too. The top was the 50mm, the middle with a 135mm and the bottom with a 24mm. I'd actually like to get a star filter though cause I seen some pictures of stars that would come out perfectly. Oh...and the top one was shot at almost 5 minutes of exposure at ISO 100 which I finally got that smooth water look. But all these photos suffered TONS of lint or whatever on my sensor. I had to clone all that out and that took me forever.

Wow 5 min! The photo does look very crisp. When I went the highest I went up was 30sec with f/8 and this is what mine came out to. My LCD screen is terrible so it looked great when I was there but when I got home I was like

I really like the blue tint on yours. Gives it a great look.

 

[locobaby]

Shot this yesterday. Still busy editing a bunch of pics. More stuff coming soon.

 

[Fong$tarr]

If you're using Flickr you have to use the BBCcode then post the entire text in here.
Wow 5 min! The photo does look very crisp. When I went the highest I went up was 30sec with f/8 and this is what mine came out to. My LCD screen is terrible so it looked great when I was there but when I got home I was like

I really like the blue tint on yours. Gives it a great look.

What do you shoot with again? I think that is where the full frame kicks in that a crop can't really handle. I mean I still get some issues with like gradient blending with the colors but I find that I can fix it way easier on a 21MP photo rather then my older D90 that was 12MP. But crops on long exposures just seem to show the limits of it's sensor. I still can't even get my photos to how I want it to be like I see on Flickr with others but I am learning a lot has to do with post processing. Even my blue tint isn't necessarily true to eye but color correcting is just part of the territory with shooting digital.

 

[keko jones]

Here's my little bridge 

 

[keko jones]

Here;s another one a little more vibrant ...

 

[TheGodFresco]

What's a good additional lense for the Nikon d5100? I have the standard 18-55 and 70-200 I believe.

 

[wada7]

here's a couple from Florence, Italy

 

[Fong$tarr]

And to just show off the guy that I follow on Flickr that shoots mostly landscapes in SF. Dude's colors are unreal and I just can't seem to totally match how he does it, although he wakes up at like 4am to take photos.

 

[SVNTI]

Damn, that dude is a beast. Amazing work.

 

[keko jones]

I hate to be in two different computers ... I just posted those pictures from one PC and they looked a lot different from what they look in my Laptop ...  

 

[HankHill]

I hate to be in two different computers ... I just posted those pictures from one PC and they looked a lot different from what they look in my Laptop ... 

look at some youtube videos about color profiles. The original profile for your pics may be saved as something different. If you're in photoshop check to see what color space your working in. You can choose not to color manage or switch from your monitors color renditions to what you usually end up saving in (probably sRGB). That could provide more consistency across screens.

 

[Fong$tarr]

I just saw this on his Flickr. Just shows how much post processing matters with photos.

 

[yanky]

What do you shoot with again? I think that is where the full frame kicks in that a crop can't really handle. I mean I still get some issues with like gradient blending with the colors but I find that I can fix it way easier on a 21MP photo rather then my older D90 that was 12MP. But crops on long exposures just seem to show the limits of it's sensor. I still can't even get my photos to how I want it to be like I see on Flickr with others but I am learning a lot has to do with post processing. Even my blue tint isn't necessarily true to eye but color correcting is just part of the territory with shooting digital.

D3100. I'll upgrade to a full frame once I get enough money. Once I do I might make the switch to Canon and get the 5D MKii or MKiii.

 

[PRIME]

Are Celltimeinc and Bigvalueinc on ebay legit?

The names are too similar, and the prices for a 24-205mm L lens BRAND NEW sound too good to be true ($760)

 

[khankussionz]

What's a good additional lense for the Nikon d5100? I have the standard 18-55 and 70-200 I believe.

Add a prime lens. Gives you more depth of field and more light because of the wider aperture. I have the 35mm f/1.8, 50 f/1.8, and 85 f/1.8. I want to upgrade my D5100 to a D600 and I think I've put myself in a good space with my lenses because on crop the 35mm is close to a 50mm, and the 50mm is close to the 85mm. The 35mm is the DX lens out of the bunch, the 50mm and 85mm are both FX. When I upgrade my camera I plan to add the 28mm f/1.8 and sell the 35mm. I have no problem not having a zoom because my prime line-up keeps me covered. I've been thinking of my line-up being the 14-24mm f/2.8, 28mm f/1.8, 50mm f/1.8, 85mm f/1.8, and 70-200mm f/2.8.

 

[fourdoor]

I just saw this on his Flickr. Just shows how much post processing matters with photos.

And how much can be brought out from a RAW image...

 

[Fong$tarr]

This might still be weird but I still don't like shooting RAW. For some reason it lacks color even though you get tones. Maybe I still have to do some more comparisons but so far, JPEG takes the cake for me. The rest I think you can still pull out in photoshop.

 

[fourdoor]

This might still be weird but I still don't like shooting RAW. For some reason it lacks color even though you get tones. Maybe I still have to do some more comparisons but so far, JPEG takes the cake for me. The rest I think you can still pull out in photoshop.

*WHOAH*

Fongstarr, you're not shooting in RAW? Are you editing strictly in PS or LR and PS? With all of the landscapes you do, I would think that being able to bring back details from the shadows and highlights would be something you did on the regular.

I'm shocked. And much props to you for getting the shot "right" with just a single .JPG.

The RAW preview you get to start with is indeed flat and does lack the punch (by design) but as soon as you start playing with the tones and details, there is so much more that can be extracted out of the RAW file vs. the original JPG. One of my photography teachers during one of our many class long debates about RAW vs. JPG before's favorite argument was something along the lines of:

"You know by now how to shoot in full Manual to get the image that you want but you still want to leave it up the camera to guess and decide for you on how to process your image?"

I used to shoot a lot of studio shots in class so it was a necessity to shoot in RAW with a white balance card in order to make sure that my colors were correct and ever since then I shoot everything in RAW. My thought is that memory cards are cheap and so is HDD space so why not take advantage of all of that extra data that your camera already provides you so that you can enhance your images even more.

 

[ksteezy]

one from a e-sesh from like 4 weeks ago...

ill post more later