***DSLR/Photography MegaThread***
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BleedingPurple
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Bad A**!
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Bad A**!
Truly inspiring stuff!
Boy, BP, I bet all of these gear goodies is making your head spin being new to DSLRs.
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More messin' 'round with HDR:
My messy-as-hell office is probably not the best of subjects for HDR, I know. Just playin' around with photomatix, really.
Here's the median exposure:
I really need to clean my office up...
STEINBERGER IN DA' HOUSE!
I heard it's a major trial and error thing, FBJ. It'll come. I'm glad you're doing it so you can give the rest of us hints when we stop slacking.
BleedingPurple
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LOL, seriously! I wanna be able to do THAT!
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All you gotta do is shell out $600 some-odd bones for the box and the sensors to get cool shots like that!
I'm thinking, though, that the ZigviewR that ValleyFan linked to is the way to go for me, though. Less than half the money and does the same thing reliably, from what I hear. I might pop for one of those before the month is out.
STEINBERGER IN DA' HOUSE!
I heard it's a major trial and error thing, FBJ. It'll come. I'm glad you're doing it so you can give the rest of us hints when we stop slacking.
Werd! That little Steinberger cost me all of $50 and a bottle of Gentleman Jack, but it is seriously the coolest little guitar.
That HDR of my office was the first HDR image that I've had come out half-way decent. I didn't think it would, either. Photomatix is very easy to use compared to qtpfsgui (I don't have Photoshop CS3, so I can't compare), so I might grab a license for that bit of software and really go at it. It'll be a hell of a lot easier now that I have a good tripod.
BTW, can anyone looking at that picture give me an accurate count of the number of expensive hobbies I have? I can't seem to come up with the same figure twice.
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I played with one that a photographer for the CSUN paper was using during this soccer match. At the time, I was using my 70-200 F/2.8 VR Nikkor so there was some definite side-by-side comparison. I thought the Nikon focused faster (and so did he), but all-in-all both lenses were pretty darned equal. Good stuff.
Kick ass lens. There is a reason it is the workhorse of the Canon lineup. Very similar to f/4.0 in sharpness and contrast, but an f/2.8.
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I'll try, but it sounds low. (If you're asking and can't come up with the same number twice.)
Guitar collecting/playing, autographed/game used baseballs, old school video games (NES), bobbleheads, and keeping Dell afloat. (
)Sooo, 4? Well, that doesn't sound right.
Bad A**!
Guys. Hate to tell you this, but I figured out how this image was really captured:
Hey would any of youz guyz that has teh camerz be interested in doing a little LGK DSLR THREAD fun-photo project? I was thinking like every month we could declare something new and interesting to be our photographic subjects. You know, something different to get our learning curves to start on the upward climb again? The subject could be a color or a shape or something else even more creative than that and our eyes could sort of be our guides to show each other the different creative possibilities. You know, "green," or "old/young," or "circles," or "hands," or something simple like that?
We could throw out ideas and then decide in the last week of the month what the following month's subject or exercise would be. Rules could be set like:
1) The "subject" has to be accessible to everyone,
2) The project can't require the use of special equipment or techniques, though you can use what you've got in your gear collection or bag of tricks,
3) Participants have to submit a minimum of 24 of your best captures,
4) Participants have to be open to other participant's constructive criticism, technical, and artistic advice,
I could create a private group on flickr.com where everyone can upload their images for everyone else to see and comment on.
What do you all think? I think it'd be a great way to develop our photographer's eye and hone our technical skills a bit and maybe provide some good pictures for our portfolios! 24 good captures could be gotten in just a couple of days of carrying your camera around with you! I'm open to to discussion of ideas for ground rules and subject matter!
We could throw out ideas and then decide in the last week of the month what the following month's subject or exercise would be. Rules could be set like:
1) The "subject" has to be accessible to everyone,
2) The project can't require the use of special equipment or techniques, though you can use what you've got in your gear collection or bag of tricks,
3) Participants have to submit a minimum of 24 of your best captures,
4) Participants have to be open to other participant's constructive criticism, technical, and artistic advice,
I could create a private group on flickr.com where everyone can upload their images for everyone else to see and comment on.
What do you all think? I think it'd be a great way to develop our photographer's eye and hone our technical skills a bit and maybe provide some good pictures for our portfolios! 24 good captures could be gotten in just a couple of days of carrying your camera around with you! I'm open to to discussion of ideas for ground rules and subject matter!
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That sounds like a rocking idea!
BleedingPurple
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That's just not fair, Glenn! I only have a P&S! I need to get me a DSLR. (You'll be happy to know that after reading a bunch, I'm now leaning towards a D80)
P.S. Great idea by the way.
Can outsiders (thouse without cameras) observe and judge?
P.S. Great idea by the way.
Can outsiders (thouse without cameras) observe and judge?
If we do it, I don't see why PNS'ers should have to sit on the sidelines.
So do you have any ideas on potential subject material or ground rules?
