Official Photography Thread: Vol. ICan'tFindTheLastOne

[Junok]

^ Love the colors on the first one.

 

[ii2cky]

crux - i use a program called auto stitch... its probbly not the best but its free and it does the job

i used it on this pano pic, this was 5 pics in one... funny it looks concave tho, too lazy to fix it


since everyones posting these i like to add this pic, i took it yesterday and i really like how it turned out after i b/w the background

 

[Fong$tarr]

^^^^^Sick city pano. Where is that at?

And Krux, use CS3 photoshop if you can find it. There auto stick is way better.

 

[Sinner]

Originally Posted by Mr Fongstarr

^^^^^Sick city pano. Where is that at?

Thats Hong Kong, sir!

Ricky - nice pano... how long were the exposures?

 

[kingcrux31]

HONG +%$%#%@#+!%!@ KONG!

Best skyline IMO.

 

[carlofromdapi]

Originally Posted by kingcrux31

HONG +%$%#%@#+!%!@ KONG!

Best skyline IMO.

I love HK!

 

[Fong$tarr]

So ii2cky...you live in Hong Kong? Why did I think you lived in the Bay or LA? And was that taken with the Lecia? Shows how Chinese I am but that building withthe rainbow grandient is nuts. I seriously had no idea what the Hong Kong looked like as far as the city goes.

 

[nocomment6]

A pic I took this weekend, we were on a family trip in Mondsee, Austria, which is next to Salzburg. I like how this one turned out.

ANother one,panorama in the dark.

 

[ii2cky]

sup fongstarr,

yup from hk, i should really try and get a better capture... i think i can do a better job for sure

btw what kinda cam do u have? i remember u saying u have a g9 and something else?

 

[kdwallace]

And check out these photos from another Fatlace blogger in Greece. It shows I need a new lens badly and need to stop with this stich assist crap. Dope stuff:

I've been thinking about that recently - and trying to work out why some of my pano's work perfectly and others you just can't get to matchup.

It's down to lens distortion I'm pretty sure - I took one with my 50mm prime the other week - and it was huge, like 5 shots horizontally and 2vertically - and it stitched together perfectly in seconds. No having to fiddle around with anything.

Here it is - nothing too exciting which is why I haven't shown it already - but technically I'm pretty pleased with it.

The only problem is that 50mm is a bit long for some of the stuff that I like to do for landscape panoramas. I'd like a 28mm prime or something.They're kind of expensive though.

 

[Fong$tarr]

^^^Dope! The best thing about panos in my opinion is that it captures just a massive amount of space (well duh). Those mountains look straight epic! Some Lordof The Rings stuff right there. Where is that?

And ii2cky, I have a G9 but also got a XTi. I barely shoot with my G9...and will probabyl get rid of it and put it towards a lens. It would have been perfectif I didn't get the DSLR....just compact powerful, but since I have the DSLR, I feel like I have to get something smaller or maybe nothign at all. The onlyreason why I wouldn't use the DLSR is if I couldn't take it with me somewhere (ie concert, museum, etc) but the G9 is seriously no better causeit's not even something you can stick in your pockets.

 

[kdwallace]

That's Glencoe again - looking back down the pass from the direction that most of the other shots were in. That's right before I dropped my camera inthe bog that I mentioned a few pages back.

It would have been better as I intended having another shot on the left - would have made it a better composition I thought at the time. But, when I got backand opened it on my PC I had missed the top left shot.

Been away again this weekend but I didn't get too many shots as the weather was terrible. This was an angle I tried a couple of times but the light wasnever too good. This was about 3pm today and probably about 7 would have been nice but I had to get home.

There's also an island basically in the middle of the horizon but it was so hazy that you can't see it.

Suffered for this shot too - I started at the bottom of the slope that you can't see but the angle was no good so I climbed up the steep hill a little -through stinging nettles and all sorts of scratchy bushes, got stuck so couldn't go back down and had to go back up - carrying my camera and tripod all thetime and only wearing Huarache lights, shorts and a t-shirt.

Eventually I got right to the back and it was almost the angle I was looking for - and I could have walked there from the parking lot in about 30s.

I'm there fairly regularly so I'll keep going back until I get the angle right - and then wait for better light.

 

[berlskee]

macbook X shoes = mindless

*btw... PS not needed for this pic.

 

[i flipzkickz i]

I just picked up the new Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 (Canon mount) via B&H. I have been lusting after that piece of glass since it was announced last November.

I'll post some pics in 3-5 days when it arrives in the mail.

 

[Fong$tarr]

Okay so I am having just the hardest time trying to convince myself what to buy. I just need a little more convincing and I am wondering what most of you thinkin here. So I am in the market for a fisheye (like a lot of heads that are in here) and will use it for everyday use for what it is and eventually use it forskate photography. So I am stuck between 3 lenses: 1) Canon 15mm 2) Tokina 10-17mm and 3) Sigma 15mm. Now I've been reading countless amount of reviews andmost (not all) say to stick with the same brand as your camera. In this case since I have the XTi, I should get the Canon 15mm. But for some reason I am moresold on the Tokina and I am not sure why. I think whenever I see sample pics of the Tokina, I swear they seem more distorted then the Canon. Am I seeingthings? I mean does it make a difference that the Tokina is set at 10mm as supposed to 15mm? Also I threw in the Sigma cause alot of folks are saying thattheir 15mm is damn near the same quality as the Canon but just a lot cheaper in price (which might be a little issue since I am broke and will only get about alittle over $400 for my Canon G9). So any suggestions or opinions would be cool.

 

[patriots 18 1]

this thread has really gotten good lately. nice pics everyone

 

[i flipzkickz i]

Fongstarr,

If you are using the lens for everyday use, why a fisheye? That effect is cool the first couple of times, but it gets tired pretty quickly after that. Youcould really make more use of an ultra wide-angle lens than the fisheye. Although the fisheye covers a wider area, its edges are very poor. These poor edgesare especially shown if you defish the picture.

If you are set on the fisheye, I think I would go for the Tokina. Out of all three lenses, it has the best build quality. The canon 15mm is an old model, andto my knowledge leave a lot to be desired. The Sigma may seem nicely built, but Sigma as a brand has a HUGE problem with quality issues. I have heard countlessstories of people exchanging their lenses up to four times in order to get a good copy if any. And even if you send in the lens for calibration if it is a badcopy, there is a significant chance that it may mess up your camera as well, as they sometimes ask for the camera for specific calibration. Tokina has theadvantage in build, as their lenses are built solidly and consistent in quality.

The Tokina also gives you variety. After using the Sigma 8mm circular fisheye for a bit, I noticed that it was a bit too wide for me (i.e. my own feet weregetting into the frame in order to have the subject sharp in the middle). Having the zoom with the Tokina allows you to frame the way you want to with lesseffort. Also, if you zoom in, you lose some of the fisheye effect, so if you want to have a slightly more normal picture, you can take it to 17mm and shootaway. By no means will it be truly rectilinear, but it will be closer than the Canon and Sigma to being a normal looking picture.

If you want a wide lens you can use everyday, consider the Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5, Tokina 12-24mm f/4, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 (heralded as the best UWAavailable for Canon), or the new Sigma 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 (coming soon). Having these UWAs give you more options when composing your pictures and serve a moregeneral purpose whereas the fisheyes serve as true specialty lenses for your setup.

 

[ross is here]

^ I also interested in buying another lens. I have a Nikon D40...what kind of wide angle lens should I get?

 

[Fong$tarr]

I read all the pros and cons of fisheyes (and maybe it will be a learning experience with this) but I've been wanting to get a fisheye for some time now.I've gone from getting the generic fisheye attachments on a point and shoot to even getting the fisheye lomo. All have been fun for what it is but I reallywant a full frame fisheye since I have a DSLR finally. I hear what you're saying on getting a wide angle (which will probably be purchased after) but Ithink I just need to satisfy this hunger in getting all my pics ******ed and distorted. Plus I really want to try to shoot some skate pics and this seems to bethe standard. Thanks for the info though. I am that much closer to getting the Tokina.

 

[SVNTI]

Originally Posted by Ross Is Here

^ I also interested in buying another lens. I have a Nikon D40...what kind of wide angle lens should I get?

How much you willing to spend? Wide angle or Fisheye?

If i had the money, I would buy a Nikon 10.5mm f2.8 DX Fisheye lens. its around $600-650. Even though it wont autofocus oon the D40, people say just keepthe focus ring locked at 6ft, and you'll be in focus for most of the shots. Cool thing is it also focuses at a 3.2cm from the subject, so you can do somewide angle macro.

Sample.

 

[jua17oi3]

fisheye's are a waste of money. they distort the pictures pretty badly, its better if you get something thats 24-70mm 2.8 and spend a little more.

 

[ross is here]

what exactly is the lens hood for? function?

I have a 50mm and the 18-55mm...

 

[jua17oi3]

lens hood is to protect the front of the lens, and sometimes reduces flare....

 

[mytsharp]

Its designed to keep excess light out of the lens.

Lens hood
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In photography, a lens hood or lens shade is a device used on the end of a lens to block the sun or other light source in order to prevent glare and lens flare.

The geometry of the lens hood can vary from a plain conical section (much like a lamp shade) to a more complex cut sometimes called a flower, petal or tulip hood (as shown in the picture), which prevents the hood from blocking the field of view of the lens and producing vignetting. Flower shaped lens hoods are most often used on zoom lenses as a normal lens hood may block the field of view on some zoom settings.

Lens hoods are more prominent in telephoto lenses because the field of view has a smaller viewing angle than of wide-angle lenses. For wide angle lenses, the length of the hood (away from the end of the lens) cannot be as long as those for telephoto lenses because of the viewing angle.

Lens hoods are often designed to fit onto the matching lens facing either forward, for normal use, or backwards, so that the hood may be stored with the lens without occupying much additional space.

In addition, they offer some level of protection for the lens due to the hood extending farther than the lens itself.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_hood

My-T.

 

[ii2cky]

i just picked up a 450d tonite, my first dslr and im just stoked right now

got the kit lens, and will be using it to get to know the camera for now

i will be in US next week for almost 2 months and would be great time for me to start my new addiction and get away from my boring hk pics

holler!