The Official Photography Thread - Vol. 3

timelessflight · May 9, 2015

DSC_2068 by K_ O_, on Flickr

DSC_2055 by K_ O_, on Flickr

DSC_2050 by K_ O_, on Flickr

dabottom305 · May 9, 2015

^Nice

Question, I recently started noticing a glare/spots when I take night shots. I was in the desert and thought it mightve been sand but I dont see any. The camera does have any smudges and the kit lens looks clean. I only notice it at night. Any idea what could be causing this?

tbreeze · May 9, 2015

timelessflight nice shots. How do you get that blur effect? I can get it on my cell but not on my real cam

halcyon · May 9, 2015

TBreeze said:
timelessflight nice shots. How do you get that blur effect? I can get it on my cell but not on my real cam

http://digital-photography-school.com/understanding-depth-field-beginners/

bjamez20 · May 9, 2015

TBreeze said:
timelessflight nice shots. How do you get that blur effect? I can get it on my cell but not on my real cam

Shoot with your lens wide open, helps to have an aperture in the 1.X range. Get your subject close the camera.

airnikesnhats · May 9, 2015

I go through stages, where there are things I like shooting more then others......been obsessed with long exposures recently. Currently waiting on a cable release and a ND filter (10 stops down I believe) to come in from amazon. Took most of these in Bay Ridge during the week.

#longexposure #brooklyn #nyc #newyorkcity by Michael Rios, on Flickr

airnikesnhats · May 9, 2015

DaBottom305 said:
^Nice

Question, I recently started noticing a glare/spots when I take night shots. I was in the desert and thought it mightve been sand but I dont see any. The camera does have any smudges and the kit lens looks clean. I only notice it at night. Any idea what could be causing this?

The sensor on your camera may need cleaning.

w3atherman · May 9, 2015

AirNikesNHats said:
DaBottom305 said:

^Nice

Question, I recently started noticing a glare/spots when I take night shots. I was in the desert and thought it mightve been sand but I dont see any. The camera does have any smudges and the kit lens looks clean. I only notice it at night. Any idea what could be causing this?

Click to expand...

The sensor on your camera may need cleaning.

Post a sample so we can get a better idea. I'm guessing they're hot pixels. It's common to have hot pixels when taking long exposures. You can map those out using the manual sensor cleaning feature and or in post processing using the stamp tool for example.

1stwitit · May 9, 2015

Some really good work these last pages, keep it coming!

benzilla427 · May 9, 2015

TBreeze said:
@tyisny
The shots are really dope. They look a bit grainy though? Any idea why that would be?

Been messing around with S (shutter-priority) mode like @bscarrillo427
suggested. Still don't have a handle on it. One of the results though. Took this picture at around 8pm yesterday.

Nice man! Just keep at it, you'll get it down.
Like

halcyon suggested, read up on depth of field if you want that "blur". Shooting aperture-priority (A) should help with that too.

benzilla427 · May 10, 2015

My parents are taking me to Cali right after my graduation next Sunday :nthat:

I think we'll be spending some time in San Diego and a couple days in the Bay. What do y'all recommend I do while I'm there? Not necessarily for shooting, I don't mind being a typical tourist lol.

Also, can anyone recommend a good, cheap third-party battery for a Nikon D3200? I've heard good things about Wasabi batteries; anyone have some experience with the brand?

bjamez20 · May 10, 2015

bscarrillo427 said:
My parents are taking me to Cali right after my graduation next Sunday
I think we'll be spending some time in San Diego and a couple days in the Bay. What do y'all recommend I do while I'm there? Not necessarily for shooting, I don't mind being a typical tourist lol.

Also, can anyone recommend a good, cheap third-party battery for a Nikon D3200? I've heard good things about Wasabi batteries; anyone have some experience with the brand?

Walk the Golden Gate when you're up in the bay. Great tourist activity and photo spot

shaze804 · May 10, 2015

Thoughts on the 24-105 L?

locobaby · May 10, 2015

Shaze804 said:
Thoughts on the 24-105 L?

Versatile lens, expect vignetting and distortion closer to the 24mm end. If you don't need the 70-105mm focal length, then I would suggest the 24-70mm f/2. I used to use the 24-105 L as my walk around lens but ended up using my 50mm 1.4 more often.

Roderick Kingsley · May 10, 2015

bscarrillo427 said:
My parents are taking me to Cali right after my graduation next Sunday

I think we'll be spending some time in San Diego and a couple days in the Bay. What do y'all recommend I do while I'm there? Not necessarily for shooting, I don't mind being a typical tourist lol.

Also, can anyone recommend a good, cheap third-party battery for a Nikon D3200? I've heard good things about Wasabi batteries; anyone have some experience with the brand?

go to the golen gate bridge, golden gate park, twin peaks, sutro baths/lands end, chinatown. there's also a niketown off powell street, as well a nike clearance store in san leandro.

shoot, just look at my instagram feed.

that's where all the tourist-y stuff is. just hit me up if you need recommendations for food and whatnot.

benzilla427 · May 10, 2015

bjamez20 Will definitely do this, thanks!

Roderick Kingsley , good looks on the instagram suggestion. A bunch of people I follow are from Cali so I just looked at their geotags and saved the locations. Might have to take you up on those food recommendations. We'll see lol

dabottom305 · May 11, 2015

w3atherman said:
AirNikesNHats said:

DaBottom305 said:

^Nice

Question, I recently started noticing a glare/spots when I take night shots. I was in the desert and thought it mightve been sand but I dont see any. The camera does have any smudges and the kit lens looks clean. I only notice it at night. Any idea what could be causing this?

Click to expand...

The sensor on your camera may need cleaning.

Click to expand...

Post a sample so we can get a better idea. I'm guessing they're hot pixels. It's common to have hot pixels when taking long exposures. You can map those out using the manual sensor cleaning feature and or in post processing using the stamp tool for example.

I deleted most of the better examples. Here are 2 with spots. In certain settings at night I would see the posts. I feel like its probably the lens because I dont notice it with the 50 mm.

Edit - if you're on mobile Idk if you'll be able to see the spots on the top right.

Another example

khankussionz · May 11, 2015

DaBottom305 said:
I deleted most of the better examples. Here are 2 with spots. In certain settings at night I would see the posts. I feel like its probably the lens because I dont notice it with the 50 mm.

Edit - if you're on mobile Idk if you'll be able to see the spots on the top right.

Another example

clean your lenses and your sensor. should be doing it regularly to be honest. mirrorless is tricky with cleaning so i just use the airblower to get rid rid of any dust that i can. for lenses i like hoodman lens cleanse because it is a two step process

jkballer5 · May 11, 2015

Is anyone else having problems uploading to Flickr the last couple days? Been trying to upload a few pics and it's constantly failing.

benzilla427 · May 11, 2015

jkballer5 said:
Is anyone else having problems uploading to Flickr the last couple days? Been trying to upload a few pics and it's constantly failing.

I thought it was just me. I tried uploading a bunch last night and it kept telling me I had to reconnect to server or something.

dabottom305 · May 11, 2015

khankussionz I'm gonna try that out. I had a lot of bad shots cause of them. I'll hit you up when I'm back.

tokes99 · May 11, 2015

bscarrillo427 said:
My parents are taking me to Cali right after my graduation next Sunday
I think we'll be spending some time in San Diego and a couple days in the Bay. What do y'all recommend I do while I'm there? Not necessarily for shooting, I don't mind being a typical tourist lol.

Also, can anyone recommend a good, cheap third-party battery for a Nikon D3200? I've heard good things about Wasabi batteries; anyone have some experience with the brand?

don't have suggestions for what to do in cali, but congrats on getting thru the diploma grind! as cheap third-party batteries, generally it's a bit of a toss up I have had a good experience using non oem batteries and other than them maybe not lasting quite as long but others have had such bad experiences that they only use og joints...

picked up another sony camera, the qx1; it is basically just the sensor & a lens mount that is slightly bigger than a gopro inside the waterproof housing, except the sensor is the size of a crop sensor dslr but only works via a smartphone app...hoping to figure out some way to hack it so that it will shoot video manually

jodeva89 · May 11, 2015

jkballer5 · May 11, 2015

bscarrillo427 said:
I thought it was just me. I tried uploading a bunch last night and it kept telling me I had to reconnect to server or something.

Yea, found out why...
http://thomashawk.com/2015/05/flick...ff.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Still doesn't work :rolleyes

benssick · May 12, 2015

Untitled by Benjamin F., on Flickr

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