Official Photography Thread: Vol. ICan'tFindTheLastOne

[rap sizzle]

Originally Posted by Kickmatic23

Originally Posted by nyrican23

Do you have canon or nikon? The canon forums is photographyonthenet.com

nikon d40... got it 2 weeks ago

POTN might not be the best place for you then. There's a lot of helpful info but Nikon users are frowned upon

 

[apollo xxxiii]

Yeah I'd change the white balance on all of those pictures, but they're a start.

and breaking news... my D80 was stolen (supposedly). I'm trying to find out information on what happened.

Terrible day for me.

 

[rap sizzle]

^ Damn Justin, that sucks

Me on the other hand am getting a new toy tomorrow!!! Can't wait! Will post photos when I get it

 

[apollo xxxiii]

^

damn you and all your seemingly endless flow cameras/camera lenses

 

[kickmatic23]

Thank you Rap Sizzle, Apollo XXXIII and nyrican23 for your responses.

I wanna get a 'nifty fifty'... prob more towards march tho

And to answer your question Rap Sizzle, even tho your a Canon guy.. i have the 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens and 55-200mm f/4-5.6 VR. I'd be willing to spendI guess $50ish on a filter.. that's all I have to spend now

(damn economy). Should I wait and save up for a more expensive better one?

 

[rap sizzle]

$50 should be enough to get you an MRC filter for that 18-55 of yours but the regular UV is decent if you're on a budget.


MRC for $51:
http://www.adorama.com/BW52UVMDP.html?searchinfo=b+w 52 010&item_no=1http://www.adorama.com/BW...%2Bw%2052%20010&item_no=1

Regular UV $25:
http://www.adorama.com/BW52UV.html?searchinfo=b+w 52 010&item_no=2http://www.adorama.com/BW...%2Bw%2052%20010&item_no=2

 

[jcinista]

I'mnew to my Nikon. I liked the way this came out but I can't seem to duplicate it. Anyone have tips on how I can get crisp pics in low light situations? isthe "nifty50" the next lens I shouyld be heading toward?

 

[rap sizzle]

^ Ummm...dude...wanna resize?

Sharp/crisp and low light don't exactly go together. To get sharp images, you need narrow apertures and with narrow apertures, you need more light. You canstill get pretty sharp photos with wide aperture lenses but those can cost quite a bit. The 50mm f/1.8 prime is a good introductory lens to shoot in low lightthough. Were you shooting in auto?

 

[SVNTI]

^ The pic would have been better if the more of the girls body was visible in the frame.

 

[kickmatic23]

Originally Posted by SaNTi0321

^ The pic would have been better if the more of the girls body was visible in the frame.

i was just thinking the same thing

thank you for the links rapsizzle

so get the uv first? i googled it and some site said the only filter that matters is a polarizing one.. i gotta get a for dummies book on all this or take aclass somewhere

 

[rap sizzle]

^ you want more body? Check out Katy Perry's photo in his blog

 

[rap sizzle]

^ UV filters offer protection. If you read around, you'll notice that photographers are split when it comes to using protective filters. Some say itdegrades image quality while others like me feel otherwise. One of the reason for getting a high quality filter like the B+W ones I've suggested is becausethe cheaper $7 ones actually do affect your images. You'll actually lose a stop (in simple terms, light is lost through the filter) with cheap ones.

Sorry for flooding the thread with my posts but I can't sleep due to excitement for the receipt of my package tomorrow

 

[SVNTI]

^ MkII?

If not, then it's the $6000 20mm f/0.8[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]L[/color] IS Thatactually comes with a lens hood...

J/K

Awesome... I know... C/C not needed.

 

[rap sizzle]

Damn Santi...why you gotta post that Rogers Cable remote...makes me miss Toronto

btw, check out Noise Ninja to clear up some of your shots.

 

[rizobs]

i am a little sick of my skylines right now (and i'm sure you guys are too), so i'll move onto some portraits/action shots that you guys could critiquefor me

this is my niece. she was running at me and i caught her when she was about 10-12 feet away.

 

[jcinista]

Originally Posted by Rap Sizzle

^ Ummm...dude...wanna resize?

Sharp/crisp and low light don't exactly go together. To get sharp images, you need narrow apertures and with narrow apertures, you need more light. You can still get pretty sharp photos with wide aperture lenses but those can cost quite a bit. The 50mm f/1.8 prime is a good introductory lens to shoot in low light though. Were you shooting in auto?

what lens do u recommend for low light other than the 50mm f/1.8?

 

[rap sizzle]

With a cropped sensor and tight budget...the Sigma 30mm f/1.4.

 

[jordanx3]

Some pictures I took with my G10 when I was in NY over new years eve.

 

[jcinista]

Thank u Rap Sizz info is appreciated.

check my blog for more food + chicks.

 

[DVMNXK]

Some pics from last weekend. My camera kind of sucks so...

I'llprobably head back downtown tomorrow to take some better pics.

Super Lasagna pizza....heaven on Earth

Roof of the Pantheon

Fountain Of Trevi

The Pantheon

The Coliseum..kept the original size of the pic to try to capture how massive it is (pause).

Caesar was that dude.

 

[jcinista]

Originally Posted by jordanX3

Some pictures I took with my G10 when I was in NY over new years eve.

what settings are used to achieve that kind of coloration? the pics are dope btw. i was playing with my homegirls G10 over the weekend. it makes me want one!so many options and it takes amazing pics.

 

[rizobs]

Originally Posted by Illuztrious

Some pics from last weekend. My camera kind of sucks so...

I'll probably head back downtown tomorrow to take some better pics.

Super Lasagna pizza....heaven on Earth

i like this shot, the orange sets off the pizza nicely and the other pizza has a good placement.

if you're still in rome, try using a longer shutter speed at the trevi fountain to create that mist effect. thats what i wanted to do, but didnt have adslr back then.

also, try alice's pizza by vatican city. as you walk out from st. peter's go to the left exit of the square. go down a block or two and make a right onone of the small streets. best thin crust i've had.

 

[elboricua 6]

Double Post

 

[elboricua 6]

Some nice pictures in here -

I need to step up my game ..

This might help - Seriously looking into it!

I manage to keep the exif in all for you Rap - lol now I'm working on the TIP. I have the shutter lock, i need to find how to change it to the AF!

P.S.

My Parade Access Card - Blurred out the name and organization for security reasons - LOL

 

[mjbetch]

so i have about 11K shutter actuations on my D50. how much longer till i need to replace my shutter/cam? 50K? sometimes more?