Official Photography Thread: Vol. ICan'tFindTheLastOne

[trueshotaura]

Wow your guys photos look amazing! Which would you guys recommend Lightroom or Aperture? I have a 30 day trail of both and find Aperture to be a little biteasier because i'm a noob but I'm thinking of maybe forcing myself to learn Lightroom? Is one better than the other?

 

[jaw knee c]

Originally Posted by SaNTi0321

Man, how am I supposed to take pics for a panorama? I just tried and i did horrible... i just put the cam on a tripod and took 1 shot then rotated the cam to the right, took shot 2, rotated and took shot 3. came out horrible, PTGui cant even stitch em...

you need to have overlap (~20%) between each shot. Also make sure you shoot in manual mode so the aperture, shutter speed and exposure are the same ineach shot. Try using the photomerge function in CS3 to stitch.

 

[Fong$tarr]

fong, what aperture & shutter speed did you use for those show pics?
I took the pics with my Canon G9 point and shoot. There is an exposure setting but I think it was on zero anyways. I probably took about 30 shotsand those were the ones that came out decent.

Check out my lomo pics that I just got developed:

Pretty neat for just doing some stupid candid shots.

 

[SVNTI]

Originally Posted by Jaw Knee C

Originally Posted by SaNTi0321

Man, how am I supposed to take pics for a panorama? I just tried and i did horrible... i just put the cam on a tripod and took 1 shot then rotated the cam to the right, took shot 2, rotated and took shot 3. came out horrible, PTGui cant even stitch em...

you need to have overlap (~20%) between each shot. Also make sure you shoot in manual mode so the aperture, shutter speed and exposure are the same in each shot. Try using the photomerge function in CS3 to stitch.

Am I supposed to zoom all the way in when i take the pics?

 

[jaw knee c]

^^^zoom in? Don't change the focal length between each shot. Chose what focal length you want to shoot in and keep it the same from shot to shot.

 

[Fong$tarr]

I like the concert pics. I never knew that G9 could take such good pics in low light.

Well, the stage lighting was pretty bright, but out of any point and shoot that Ihave used, the G9 reigns supreme. But like all point and shoots,you have to rock that steady hand. I took a bunch of photos, only to get about 7 decent pictures with no motion blur. My favorite one in the group is thegreen/yellow one cause the guy in the forefront is blurred rather then the other way around.

 

[SVNTI]

My first attempt at those globe looking pics. it looks cut off cause it wasn't a 360 panorama, but i think it came out pretty decent.

This is the original pic I used, took it a while ago.

and heres the result.

 

[seattle206]

You can still take great pics inside. Taking indoor pics is the hardest. Why not try and master it. Not that I mastered
my camera (I am still learning), but i think the more you use it in different situations the better you will get.



yeah i can, but i feel uninspired when im inside the house. iono, perhaps its because i feel like crap...

 

[Junok]

Santi info on how you did it?

 

[SVNTI]

Originally Posted by gHeTtOnOyPi

Santi info on how you did it?

Heres where I learned how to do it.

 

[hamez3]

some pics i took the other day with a nikon D70

let me know what you think

 

[akf0dy7]

^^ Boston Terrier? nice pics! makes me remember the two dogs that i had. RIP!

 

[alljayevryjay]

Originally Posted by TrueshotAura

Can anyone tell me if this is a good camera? It's a D40x and I just picked it up yesterday for $400. It didn't come with a lens but the seller provided me with this one. Can anyone chime in if is this a specialty lens or can I use this from my day to day photo taking? Also all of my photos include these shadows, how do I remove them? Thanks!

That camera + lens for $400?! Thats a steal!

 

[Junok]

Thanks Santi I finally figured it out.

 

[tony23retro]

 

[jaw knee c]

Originally Posted by SaNTi0321

Originally Posted by gHeTtOnOyPi

Santi info on how you did it?

Heres where I learned how to do it.

Thanks for the link Santi0321
So remember the panny i did of the golf range. Well, I had a 360 panny of the whole view so I tried the Polar thing....

 

[SVNTI]

 

[theunderachievers]

Originally Posted by SaNTi0321

couldn't agree more! dope jawknee.. and thanks for posting that link Santi, i can't wait to try it

 

[jaw knee c]

Thanks fellas. Took me about 2 hours to do cuz the damn laptop I'm working on doesn't have enough memory which caused CS3 to run super slow.

 

[SVNTI]

Heres a sneak peek at the Nikon D60 from PMA 2008. Its in Spanish, but you guys can probably make out what shes showing. the first cam she shows is the normalD40, then the D60. she shows the new tilt sensor, also the viewfinder sensor that turns the lcd off when you put your eye to the view finder, the sensorcleaning system, and she shows the time lapse feature. you can choose 1 or 15 frames per second but the max is 100 frames, then it saves it as a .avi file.pretty cool. (10MP, 3.0fps, and some other improvements) price is said to be $750, not sure if the VR lens is included in that price.

 

[tman90]

i done this while i was bored at school... i just found a picture from google as i did not have my own panorama.

BTW: i am an absolute noob to photoshop, this is the first thing i've ever done on it!

 

[hypebeast mcstreetwear]

Thanks for the link Santi0321
Yea thanks. I'm at school now with a couple hours to burn soo..

Here's what I came up with.

OG Pic of San Diego

Here's my novice attempt.

If I can get a good enough picture of Hartford, I'll probably use one as a mixtape cover or something.

 

[Fong$tarr]

Wow...that globe pic is pretty sick! Some more captures that I got around putting together...

 

[sinser13]

Fong those pics are dope

 

[schnitzengiggle]

Originally Posted by SaNTi0321

Originally Posted by gHeTtOnOyPi

Santi info on how you did it?

Heres where I learned how to do it.

ughh that way to do "globe" pics is god awful. Im a graphic designer and I

every time i see someone do it that way. The Flexify II plugin makes muchcleaner globes. You just gotta play around with it to get the right look. Please if people are gunna do globes dont butcher it. purchase Flexify or Dl (w/e youwant) and LEARN.
here are examples : http://www.flickr.com/photos/erik-nl/