Photography Thread v 2.0

[Applesauce]

Heres one of my favorite pictures from a trip to Japan I took last week. All taken with a simple point-and-shoot 8.0MP Canon Digital camera...



I would like to upload many more but tinypic is slow and imageshack is garbage

[jackie]

here are some random pics that i took. none of em were edited or cropped or anything

[LMSkim]

I am not sure if these are up to the standards of this thread. Anyways here are some cool sunset shots I got from this weekend.

[LiveToSkim]

I guess I should contribute a few...


Big Sur


Big sur also


Little Corona in Newport Beach. Can't remember iif I posted this one already.

showoff. haha those are so sick.

[Walruz996]

Took some more car shots, been taking more of these than skim.

[Applesauce]

^^^ The first two don't even look real! They look like some Xbox 360 video game renders.

[Sandskimmernewbie]

Shooting portraits Friday then again during the month.

Should be fracking epic.

[Walruz996]

Hahaha, I've never heard shooting portraits be described as "fracking epic."

[Pat-Juh]

Hell yeah got my new Sigma 70-200 f2.8 EX HSM Macro II today via the mail... It's tack sharp even at 200m f2.8! Damn I was stoked when I saw the first result s from it .

Pics will follow!

Need some Skimweather to take some sick pics

[Jukebox Josh]

I thought I'd throw in some oldies. The red on is a picture I took of my friend with corn syrup on him. Then a bunch of over editing, but someone bought it at an art show so I'm down. I don't even think it's that great.

[Jukebox Josh]

SECOND PLACE FAILURE

[del-a-where?]

^^^ The first two don't even look real! They look like some Xbox 360 video game renders.

first one looks hdr to me

[Walruz996]

frack HDR, get the same result from shadow/highlight and an unsharp mask.

[txsandskimmer77]

No it's not mine but man what a beautiful picture! That is where I will before the summer is over with...relaxation on the frio river!

[beachbum]

where raves or ZBR with the damn river scenery line.

[Walruz996]

Took some more car photos today.

[DT]

I realize we're related and all, but the car photogs you've been shooting have been f**king amazing! Even the staging has been very cool.

[Walruz996]

Thanks, DT. Maybe one day I'll see your car in a parking lot and get a shot.

[DT]

I'm kind of inspired to go shoot some *good* pics of it sometime.

[MattSkimz]

The lizard was walking ontop of the water in my pool. i call him Jesus Liz.




Thinking about posting more, just didnt wanna over post the first one ^_^

[daerob]

[/QUOTE]

i saw this photo or one like it in a cardomain newsletter...where was it taken?

[Walruz996]

I took that behind my house on Jacaranda Golf Course.

[DT]

So the Cicada are going crazy up here. Saw one of the skins they out of on a chair, and just below it was the Cicada that just came out of it. It was really soft and smooth - I put it in some plants, grabbed the camera. I shot a couple of it and picked it up to get a good pic of it near the skin and it flew away (must have dried out enough).

[Jaleez]

niceeeee last pic, i mightve focussed a bit different cause now theres this blurry thing in the way
still sick

[DT]

Finally burned my Ritz gift card - picked up this Tamrac mini-backback. Kind of cool, has room for the body with a mounted lens (looks like up to about a 300mm or so, kind of T shaped area), plus room for another lens or two, charger, external tripod strap. Small, but roomy enough to carry a few pieces of equipment.

Also per some of the people in this thread I picked up some Quantaray UV filters for my 55 and 200 (they're an MC-1A) and they were doing a buy-two-get-one-free so I wound up with the two UV's and a Circular Polarizer (C-PL). It was like $40 for the 3 which seemed pretty decent (free anyway with the card).

[Ammy]

I just got a few UV filters for my 55-200 and 18-55, I'm always hesitant about the Lens getting scratched by sand when I am shooting skim or surf. Picked up a polarizer as well, haven't got to use it yet though, so no feedback on that except for it was expensive.

[vbskimva]

I went to Ritz yesterday and bought an sb-400 and a polarizing filter; i'll probably try the filter today when I go to the beach.

[DT]

I went to Ritz yesterday and bought an sb-400 and a polarizing filter; i'll probably try the filter today when I go to the beach.

Yeah, I'm going to walk over and hit up some photogs tomorrow with the P-filter, see how it works out (supposed to be nice and sunny).

I need to score a supplemental flash too - that direct camera integrated one is decent, plenty of power, but it'd be nice to be able to get some indirect flash and tone down the harshness/redeye/etc.

[SKIMPOWERMAN]

http://diogobrazphoto.blogspot.com/ my photo blog...

[shiznit]

[shiznit]

one more

[primomojito]

i shoot with a canon XTi that i just bought. i havent really had the chance to take some great pics with it because i have been busy... i'll post a few later, but i was wondering what are the shutter speeds, f stops, ISOs, etc you guys use to shoot some of that badass lighting in those pictures? do you use a tripod?

[shiznit]

my pictures are with actual lighting situations and are completelyun-edited.

[DT]

If you have a PC grab EXIFReader or Exif Image Viewer - they're both freeware apps and read the EXIF data out of images. Like the pic of the rain drops above:

Filename : DSC_0127.jpg
JFIF_APP1 : Exif
Main Information
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Model : NIKON D60
Orientation : left-hand side
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YResolution : 300/1
ResolutionUnit : Inch
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DateTime : 2008:08:07 19:03:36
YCbCrPositioning : co-sited
ExifInfoOffset : 216
Sub Information
ExposureTime : 1/500Sec
FNumber : F5.6
ExposureProgram : Unknown (0)
ISOSpeedRatings : 320
ExifVersion : 0221
DateTimeOriginal : 2008:08:07 19:03:36
DateTimeDigitized : 2008:08:07 19:03:36
ComponentConfiguration : YCbCr
CompressedBitsPerPixel : 2/1 (bit/pixel)
ExposureBiasValue : EV0.0
MaxApertureValue : F5.7
MeteringMode : Division
LightSource : Unidentified
Flash : Not fired(Compulsory)
FocalLength : 200.00(mm)
MakerNote : Nikon COOLPIX Format : 24944Bytes (Offset:860)
UserComment :
SubSecTime : 80
SubSecTimeOriginal : 80
SubSecTimeDigitized : 80
FlashPixVersion : 0100
ColorSpace : sRGB
ExifImageWidth : 3872
ExifImageHeight : 2592
ExifInteroperabilityOffset : 25796
SensingMethod : OneChipColorArea sensor
FileSource : DSC
SceneType : A directly photographed image
CFAPattern : 8 Bytes
CustomRendered : Normal process
ExposureMode : Auto
WhiteBalance : Auto
DigitalZoomRatio : 1/1
FocalLength(35mm) : 300(mm)
SceneCaptureType : Standard
GainControl : None
Contrast : Hard
Saturation : Normal
Sharpness : Hard
SubjectDistanceRange : Unknown
ExifR98
ExifR : R98
Version : 0100
Thumbnail Information
Compression : OLDJPEG
XResolution : 300/1
YResolution : 300/1
ResolutionUnit : Inch
JPEGInterchangeFormat : 25936
JPEGInterchangeFormatLength : 8746
YCbCrPositioning : co-sited

[primomojito]

hmm... okay sounds good

i'm at work right now but when i get home, ill be sure to put up some of my work for feedback. most of it will be with my little canon SD750, some with my canon S3IS. thanks for your help!