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NIlooc223
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Share some of your favorite pictures you've taken or have seen. Just thought it would be interesting.

Here are some photos I've taken.





Also feedback on these 2 photos?
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I used to be into photography, but haven't done much in years. I'd be interested to know about your equipment and if the photos are retouched/reframed. Or are you good enough to get a perfectly framed picture every time?

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Posted: 19th Jan 2013 16:20 Edited at: 19th Jan 2013 16:26
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Here are a few from my travels - I really need to upload the rest to Flickr at some point!

All are shot on a Pentax K-r, without any retouching (all I had was my smartphone!), bar the kangaroo which had the contrast levels adjusted because I accidentally uploaded the version I was playing around with trying to mimic the unnaturally vibrant colour filter on my girlfriend's camera.


Chicago


Grand Canyon


Sky Tower - Auckland


Goolawah - NSW


Sydney


Phnom Penh



Kanchanaburi


Bangkok

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Posted: 19th Jan 2013 18:48 Edited at: 19th Jan 2013 18:51
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As I said I'm just entering photography.. I actually shot all these pictures with only a camera and tripod.

I use a finepix s4200. It's a great entry level camera if your not sure if your actually interested in photography. It is a bridge camera.

I took the water one from about a foot away with default flash. I had micro on and iso was set around 64. I only Photoshoped the colors in it and did not crop,align or anything like that.

For the squirrel I shot from my porch with the camera fully zoomed in (no tripod) And shot the picture again only edited the colors. I Have a lot more photos those are just my favorite 2.

Thanks!

Those are some great pictures. I like the car one! What were the settings you had for that?

Edit: The irony in the first one. The car looks like its going really fast and then behind it is. Jimmy Johns super fast delivery.
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Posted: 19th Jan 2013 19:15 Edited at: 19th Jan 2013 19:19
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I really like the droplet one - nice work!



Exact settings above. I slammed the aperture open (was between buildings and lighting wasn't great - it's not a very fast lens either, I think it peaks out at f/3.5), ISO is set at 200 as I use quite a lot of ASA200 film, so I like to keep them the same as I am more familiar with what settings to use for which situations. Shutter priority, and then slowed it down to 1/10 sec to let a decent amount of light in and produce the motion blur with the car.

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Posted: 19th Jan 2013 19:35
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Thats neat I might give that a try this weekend.

I'm looking to buy a new camera either

Nikon 3100 or Nikon 5100 but I can't decide.
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Posted: 19th Jan 2013 22:42 Edited at: 19th Jan 2013 22:47
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I was looking at Nikons when deciding what to buy. To be honest, you'll probably be happy with whatever you get, but there are a few things to take into consideration. Don't buy the marketing BS with megapixels. You won't find manufacturers touting resolutions for DSLRs like you do with compact cameras, because unless you are doing pro shoots, the sensor resolution really doesn't matter. What matters is that the camera has a great range of lenses, and you enjoy using it.

I tried quite a few cameras out until I got it down to the Pentax K-r and the Nikon D3200. You will find this website very useful, it will objectively compare any two cameras you want. In the end, the two things that did it for me:
Pentax has an amazing lens lineup, they have only ever had one mounting system and you can use ANY Pentax lens. Nikon has several different systems and so if you upgrade your camera, you run the risk of loosing a large investment.
The K-r also has a proximity sensor which shuts the LCD off when you put your eye to the viewfinder. This doesn't sound that big of a deal, but it's actually surprisingly distracting having the LCD blaring in your vision when you're trying to frame a shot.

This is not me pushing Pentax on you, I merely want to point out that there is more to comparing cameras than specs alone! Nikon make some amazing cameras, so hopefully you'll be chuffed whichever one you choose. Read some magazines and ask around a bit - don't rush into making a decision because it'll be a bloody expensive mistake if you pick the wrong one!

http://snapsort.com/compare/Nikon-D5100-vs-Nikon_D3100

One thing I love about the current Nikon lineup is they all do 1080p video.

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I learned about the megapixel crap when I first started my sister owns a Cannon rebel T1 I think? Anyways although its megapixels are like 9 it takes better photos then my camera which is 14 megapixels. Isnt more megapixels good for digitaly zooming in on your subject anyways?
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Posted: 20th Jan 2013 12:41 Edited at: 20th Jan 2013 12:43
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More megapixels = higher resolution pictures. My camera is 'only' 12.4 megapixels - the images it produces are 4,288 × 2,848, which is more than enough for the beginner. Yes, you will get better digital zoom with more pixels - but you don't use digital zoom on a DSLR - that's what lenses are for! Alongside the kit lens, I also have a 50 - 200mm zoom lens which is pretty versatile - I actually use this more than the kit lens (I think just about all of those photos above were taken using it), so look out and see if you can find any good bundle deals.

The reason why your sister's camera takes better photos than yours (let's assume that the subject and lighting conditions are exactly the same) will be because it probably has a higher quality sensor on it. Light metering will probably be better also.

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Also, a friend for your squirrel :p Yours is much better though, I'm afraid my foreground and background separation is a little off - everything was all the same colour!


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WOW!!! photography and squirrels!
if all nothing wrong - im post few of my photo



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@The Wilderbeast

That's a nice photo. And I don't quite understand what light metering does. Could you explain it to me or give me a link that has a good explanation?

@Schuhart

That's a beautiful photo. Where was it taken? Are the colors sightly photoshoped or is that just the image as captured?
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Several pics I took of a 6" mantis I found around the garage:
http://zimnox.com/mantis/


Indian Run Falls (taken from a closed hidden bridge)



Hayden Run Falls



Alum Creek



Creekside, under the street



Creekside


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2 NIlooc223
This taken in a Crimea Republic - on Black Sea, Ukraine.
A was a crorrect colors in a photoshop - but - to the naturally colours.
Too many sun and dust in a atmosphere.

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In Crimea too...
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....clickable....[/href]


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....clickable....[/href]

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Quote: "That's a nice photo. And I don't quite understand what light metering does. Could you explain it to me or give me a link that has a good explanation?"

The process on the newer cameras will be a bit more complex than this, but to give you the general idea... Light metering is how the camera knows what exposure to set to get an equal white/black balance. Ever taken a picture of someone standing in front of a very bright light source and found you can't pick out any detail because they are completely black? This is because of light metering.

Essentially it has a monochrome view of the current view. It will then basically try and calculate what exposure is needed to give an average colouor of grey. Imagine a picture where half the view was black, and the other half was white - in theory this should give a perfect exposure, because the average shade was grey (right in the middle of black and white).

Going back to our person standing in front of a bright light, there is lots and lots of light (white) coming from the lightsource, far more than there is coming from our person. So our average at the moment would be much nearer white. To get the average to grey it would dial the exposure down until the light was close to middle grey, and the person was black. So the result of this is that the picture is 'perfectly' exposed, with the average shade in the middle of black and white.

You'll find a camera's light meter doesn't always give the best results (like in the example above). What if we wanted to see detail on the person? Well at the moment, to get that average grey colour, the exposure is so low that he is just black. So if we manually correct the exposure and dial it up a couple of stops, then you'll notice that the light source will be completely white, but we can now see the person clearly - what clothes they are wearing etc. etc.

I would very much recommend picking up a copy of Photography by Barbara London. While it's an old book, pretty much everything to do with film cameras is relevant to DSLRs. It will do a much better job of explaining things than I - and has some great info in it!

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Im thinking about getting into Amateur photography. Anyone have any ideas on where to start in terms of a DSLR for a beginner?

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I have a couple pics on my site (http://www.canales.me) that I took myself with a Nikon d3100, there's some pros and cons to any camera and you should watch/read a bunch of reviews to get the best one for you.

I found youtube tutorials the best place to go to learn how to use a DSLR, but I'm sure books and professional videos are quite good too.

Really understanding your camera and shooting is super easy (a picture has a total of what, a dozen variables? It just takes practice to get everything right and do it quickly enough to be useful.

We can debate different cameras all day but ultimately you'd have to take into account all the different pros and cons. Do you want a camera that takes awesome video? My camera for example takes great pics and crisp clear video but you can hear the lense moving when it's on auto focus and you can't hook up an external mic. That said, it was pretty cheap for a DSLR and the only video I could see me doing would be static shots or xmas videos.

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@The Wilderbeast

Thanks for the explanation it makes much better since now and I'll go check out that book.

@Bread Dog

I would recommend something like a Cannon Rebel T3 or above (Couple more in the series). My sister got one to start off with and is very happy with it. Great photo quality and not overwhelming. Great and affordable camera. If your budget is a bit lower I would check into bridge cameras. The only thing I don't like about Bridge cameras is that the viewpoint is also digital. This makes a lot of things a little off from where you took the picture because it's like looking through a window.
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I got a Sony NEX-F3 last week so I've been taking quite a few:
(Not sure if I'm doing these links right)





If they don't show up then here's my Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gradeb/

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A really like the bubbles shot - nice work!

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Posted: 22nd Jan 2013 23:53 Edited at: 22nd Jan 2013 23:54
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One of my own Resized.



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Wow lots of pictures they look good. I like the bubbles one a lot.

@The Nerd

That picture is nice it would of been perfect if the water had a reflection in it. What time was this taken?
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I honestly forget what time the picture was taken. However, I wanted the picture to show the other houses on the lake and the way the area is oriented, the sun rises and sets in a position that is hard to see. it was just a picture I took for fun, so I could improve on it For example, the sky is a little overexposed. I also wish I had a tripod, because moving water can look very interesting with a slow shutter speed.

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Posted: 24th Jan 2013 04:10 Edited at: 24th Jan 2013 04:12
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I am very impressed with my little bridge camera. Got this picture of the moon not to bad...



Although there is noticeably quite some noise and grain you have to think that it was taken with a $200 camera and a cheap $20 tripod. So not to bad at all in my opinion...

Oh and... I decided on the camera I'm going to purchase. It will be the Nikon D5100 which comes with an 18mm-55mm lens. I also plan to purchase a 70mm-200mm lens made by sigma for $175... I want to start of cheap with my first lens so I figure this will do...I also am purchasing a polarizer filter and a wireless shutter release. Along with a new and real tripod. Overall I'm looking at about $900... So being under 18 without a job this will be a challenge since everything I purchase I do on my own. So wish me good luck! Also share some more pictures! It's giving me inspiration.

@Thenerd

Yes I see what your talking about. But it has good composition I like the angle you took.
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Sorry for the double post...

@TheNerd

The photo is easily recoverable I just spent about 15 minutes in Photoshop and improved it greatly least I think so. What do you think?

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I like it, there is good contrast in the bottom of the picture. I think the color of the canoe is one of the best aspects of the picture though. If I went back to redo it, I would use the HDR mode my camera has where it takes three pictures in a row with varying exposures, and then combine these afterwords to get good contrast in the sky and foreground. I've never wanted to edit photos after I take them, though. I feel like somehow it makes them less valid

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I'd have been interested to see how it came out. HDR is nice if it's used sparingly, but a lot of pictures look plain weird when using multiple exposures.

@NIlooc

Awesome choice, and I love the moon photo. I would hold off buying the cable release and tripod for the time being - but having a couple of lenses to start off with is really good as it allows you to explore and vary your shots a little more than if you just had the kit lens. Sigma have some really nice lenses, so good choice!

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Might I recommend this guy. You can use it almost anywhere:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ABB4HC/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i01

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@The Wilderbeast

Why wait off for a tripod?

@bitJericho

Thanks for the info.
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It's your money haha, all I'm saying is that you have one already, and decent tripods can be expensive - so perhaps wait until you outgrow your old one first.

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The tripod I have dosn't work for my needs. I'm a huge fan of doing anything with long exposure shots but the tripod I have is very unsteady and does not have smooth panning.
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Posted: 26th Jan 2013 00:18 Edited at: 26th Jan 2013 04:48
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Sorry for double post heres a new picture that I call The eye of the old



What do you think?

Edit: Another photo... Light photography test

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Well with that information - go buy a new one :p

Those two shots are brilliant - lovely contrast in the first one. The second one is really interesting too - how did you keep it so dark without getting light bleed on the surroundings?

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These were the settings:

Iso: 64
Shutter speed: 8 seconds
Aperture: I believe was like 3.6? Not positive...

Anyways I took it starting practicly by the camera spinging a light slowly walking backwards.

There was actually a little bit surroundings so the right of it barley see able and so I opened it in lightroom and painted some the the splotches were the light bleed was. If you turn up the brightness on the picture then you can see the areas I am talking about. It was still practicly black around it.
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Well since its the weekend I have been taking tons of new pictures. Here is a new one...

I call it "Trapped"



This fly was trapped inside a glass bottle and died. I thought it was pretty interesting.

Edit: Here is a new one. I call it...

In Between
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Nice shots from you both.

I don't really do much photography, but my dad does. You can see some of his work here: http://www.photomarky.com

Sorry if this counts as advertising or something, just thought that it's relevant to photography, mods can remove it if they see fit.

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Your Dad has some great photos. I like a lot of his wildlife ones. His site is awesome to!

I know have a Flickr account which can be find below!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nilloc223/

This has some of my best photos that I feel proud enough to share. There's quite a few I believe you haven't seen if you want to check them out!
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Yeah, you've got some nice photos - the Eye of the Old one is definitely my favourite - make sure you upload a ton when your new camera arrives (whenever that may be)!

I've just ordered a pack of 5 expired rolls of film - super excited to go out and snap some photos. I would love to get into street photography, but I lack the confidence at the moment

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I have actually already tried street photography once. I did pictures of the homeless these are my favorite three.

Here's some tips for doing street photography that I learned.

1. Have your camera to full auto or aperture priority
2. Make eye contact with your subject so they know your taking a picture of them. Don't be a spy and hide behind stuff taking pictures.
3. Don't care about what they think.
4. The worrys. I was scared that someone would be mad. In most cases they won't care or notice. If they do become mad just delete the picture in front of them.
5. Keep your eyes open. Look around you and try to predict the persons next action. Try to capture the feelings they are having in the moment.

That's all I have learned hope that helps. Also what does expired film do? Does it do some sort of special effect?







These aren't very good defiantly since this was around the first month with my camera and getting into photography.
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No, props to you for giving it a go! Unfortunately, neither program modes or picture deletion are an option for me as I prefer using my full-manual film camera for getting some really raw B&W images.

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I'm just getting into street photography, it's not my favourite form but it's pretty new and challenging nonetheless. EDIT: Whoops! They're a bit massive...




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I don't think film cameras are that great for street photography unless if you have some crazy good practice. Even though I agree film cameras give a nice effect.

@Bmg

The first picture is decent I would of perfered to see the person walking towards the camera but no way to get that perfect haha. The 2nd picture though I like a lot The snow gives a nice effect in my opinion.

@Thecomet

That's a nice picture very sharp and well detailed.

@To everyone

5 day weekend for me! Expect a lot of new things. I have my agenda packed. I'm even going to the state capitol maybe get some cool pictures there! Wish me luck!
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@NIlooc223 Yeah the fear got to me with the first photo...still gotta make that jump to not caring what people think!

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@ NIlooc223

Thanks.

That water drop picture in your very first post, was that automatically triggered, or did you take that by hand? What was the setup? Because I remember trying to get something like that by hand when I was younger, never worked out.

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Posted: 2nd Feb 2013 00:43 Edited at: 2nd Feb 2013 00:43
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Has anyone done anything with open lenses and lasers or lights? You can get some pretty cool results:





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NIlooc223
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Posted: 2nd Feb 2013 01:17
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Yes I posted a picture of light photography I did on the first page .

Here's the set up for the water

Get a plastic ziplock bag. Fill it with water. (optional) put some food color in it.

Tape it or have something or someone hold it in one location.

Put the glass or whatever object that your using underneath it.

Now poke a small sharp item through the corner of the bag. It should now have a slow constant drip.

Now for camera...

I used a simple $8 tabletop tripod from walmart. I set my camera to Manuel mode. Changed shutter speed to 2000. Iso 64. Macro on. With default flash.

Then simply synchronize yourself to the drip of the water and hope to get the picture. Out of 50 about only 3 for me came out the way I wanted. It's a trial and error. Also make sure that photo display after shot is turned off.

You do not have to use flash if you have proper lighting I believe.
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@The Wilderbeast
I saw your picture of Jimmy John's, thought "Hey, I know exactly where that is. Right by the Chicago public library."
I then saw your location was UK.
And then I noticed you had said it was in Chicago. And I felt special for knowing exactly where that was.


That is all.

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@Le Shorte

Hahaha that's not stalkerish at all...
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