Post Your Photography

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Cheers :) Here's another 2 I took today. The first one could've been better, I should've gone for for sky rather than more sand (which I cropped out). Couldn't use much photoshop on it either, filters were simply a no-no

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/011/d/0/Beached_up_my_name_by_backslashio.jpg

And here's a tree :p

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/011/a/d/Tree_in_the_sky_by_backslashio.jpg

[Spazzola]

I noticed this thread, but since I've got too much to put in one post (plus my internet connection would kill me for it), I'll just chuck a link to my DA.

http://fishguts108.deviantart.com/

I use a Samsung Techwin L730, so basically a point and click camera, all that I could afford at the time. However considering it isn't some top notch SLR, it does a rather good job in terms of picture quality/clarity. There's also some fractal art in there using Apophysis, but nothing special on that front.

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Some nice photos there Spazzola, a few of them would look really nice with a bit of touchup using Photoshop :)

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Taken last year whilst in QLD (IXUS 80), kinda plain but its got a nice mix - had to crop a fair amount out

I'm just taking the easy way out atm - find a crappy old photo & make it look good :p

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/013/f/0/Rocking_by_the_ocean_by_backslashio.jpg

[Spazzola]

Some nice photos there Spazzola, a few of them would look really nice with a bit of touchup using Photoshop :)


Thank you. As cliche as it may sound, I really appreciate the compliment :)

Yeah, I keep getting people say that. I would, but I prefer my photography to remain largely unedited (apart from resizing, greyscaling or the occasional colour alteration). I guess since I'll remain a hobby photographer, I like to show the beauty of nature and just what can be achieved without high quality technology. Well, until the day I eventually get an SLR, then I might look into photoshop. But until then, I'll stick with the natural and blemished approach ;)

Unless I get a book a mate recommended to me. It seems to go through all the ins and outs, so maybe sooner than later.

[Blue]

If you get an SLR, you'll hopefully have to do less shopping, because the photos will turn out better in the first place.

Photoshop is so overused, it's ridiculous.

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Photoshop is so overused, it's ridiculous.
It is overused, sometimes it makes you wonder if you took a good photo or because you used photoshop :p However we all need it unless we have access to the best cameras & the best lenses & the best filters

[banjoeskimo]

Photoshop is the new darkroom. Not using it at all (even if its use is only very subtle; i.e. levels, sharpening filter) is like deciding a carwash is somehow impure and you'll only keep your car clean by waiting for it to rain.

Cut out the luddite bullshit and learn to edit. If your photos don't look even remotely decent before they're edited, obviously you shouldn't be calling yourself a photographer. Outside of that? It's called polishing your work.

[Lazlow]

or if you want to act all hard core, flipping off the digital age, shoot film

































http://www.uyac.com.au/forum/images/smilies/Untitled-1%20copy.gif

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Mine's *normally* colour correction, contrast, brightness & shadow highlights - usually to represent the original scene or just give it a bit of extra for effect. Sometimes I barely have to do anything though. I still say I have some skillz :p

[banjoeskimo]

I just don't get where all the anti-Photoshop sentiment comes from. I mean, sure, I'll grant in a heartbeat that there's a massive community of people who think knowledge of a tool (i.e. Photoshop) somehow equates to knowledge of the art, and that Photoshop itself is usually the epicenter of that movement, but that's true of cameras too. I can't even begin to count the number of times I've seen people buy cameras well beyond their skill level, or equate the amount of money they spent on tech with the quality of their work (their catch-cry usually manifesting itself as some crap about how they can't work "seriously" with anything in the entry level SLR market, as though anyone who buys one is automatically a second rate amateur.)

Photography as an art is a lot like making a great game. There's not just one element that guarantees success. Just as a game has to balance quality of gameplay, visuals, music, technical considerations (i.e. frame rate, a good control scheme) and story, so too should a photographer aim to consider multiple factors: equipment, lighting, lense used, post work, expression, and of course all the fundamentals that go into taking a shot in the first place (shutter speed, ISO, aperture).

I get that Photoshop is an abused tool of the digital age, and I understand that far too many consider it a free pass into a perverse definition of artistry. But forgoing its use entirely in some bizarre pursuit of an imagined purity makes about as much sense as Nintendo constantly churning out shitty predictable stories because gameplay is king. The two are not mutually exclusive. We can do both.

Also? I'm sorry in advance. I've had to have this conversation way too many times in the last year year and am now incapable of delivering my opinion without sounding like an angry pretentious cock. ;)

[Spazzola]

Excellent points there banjo, I can't see any sound arguement against them. I've seen people bag photoshop and the people who use it, as if they were purists who saw photoshop as a blight upon the art. I mainly pass on using photoshop since I haven't explored what it can do, and only want to do that when I feel ready. When I feel confident that I can use it to improve my photography. Just because I can't use a tool, doesn't mean nobody else should. I say the 'purists' should also use a similar approach.

Some of my favourite photographers use photoshop and corel to edit/refine their work. They show how all the aspects combine to create an excellent shot. According to some, they should never use certain aspects. I'll admit, a piece of wood in some water would look rather bland without the post work. But then the 'purists' probably also fail to deem said wood and water as a potentially viable coupling.

So I agree with what you said, that forgoing the use of certain tools in some pursuit of an imagined purity is rather...stupid. But then it also comes down to the individual. Some just lack confidence with the tools, others just don't agree with them. I guess that's one of the many 'joys' of being a species which values pride.

[StorminNorman]

I think the advent of Camera RAW shows that post-processing of digital photos is a legitimate part of the digital photography process.

It's all down to the photographer's ability with it that will produce good or bad results.

[Blue]

There's a difference, though, between post-production (in all its forms) and Photoshopping.

Aperture is post-production software. Take your RAW image, and it acts as a virtual darkroom, allowing you to 'develop' your image as you see fit, making subtle adjustments to levels and colour balance (or draining the colour all together), and removing dust or lens-based imperfections, before cropping your image and ending up with something improved yet recognisable.

Photoshop can do all of this too, of course. Except most people wield it like a sledgehammer. Post-production is a part of the photographic process; 'shopping' is an easy way to take a flawed photograph and make it look worse.

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Man, I wish there was a way to go back in time & reshoot everything with digital cameras :( I'm still making the digital family photo album (from the 70/80s era) & found it hard to scan certain pages because there was adhesive attached to the photos & if its not that there's craploads that are out of focus & a massive loss of detail. Also the amount of actual usable photos if you took them today would be about 5%

[Blue]

That's the lost joy of the inherent imperfections of amateur photography. Supposedly.

[Lemontime]

Sucks in all technicalities, but i love this for some reason..

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4290730238_d65507e48e.jpg

[Spazzola]

Sucks in all technicalities, but i love this for some reason..

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4290730238_d65507e48e.jpg

I wouldn't say so. The focus is placed solely on the contents of the cup. The lack of focus on the cup allows this to happen. If you want to look into the use of colours, white symbolises purity. So since the content is held within a white cup, it could be considered to be healthy or pure.

If you want to look even further, the grain of the wood is flowing vertically. This (the wood) could hint at the liquid being organic/natural rather than artificially refined/manufactured, while the grain doesn't clash with the picture. A combination of the lack of focus and the direction of the grain achieve a similar effect to the cup - direct the viewer's attention to the content of the cup.

Not many people look at things with such over-analysis, I personally blame it on one too many years studying the arts (literature, not visual/graphical). One could also argue that it's just a cup, a table and some crap floating in some mucky water. All depends on what you want your audience to believe. There is never one sole interpretation for something, always something to keep in mind if you want to imprint a message in your work.

Personally, I like it because of it's simplicity.

[StorminNorman]

I've mentioned Neil Creek (http://www.neilcreek.com) in this thread before. Well, he's written a book (http://digital-photography-school.com/nuts-bolts) for Digital Photography School.

It's targetted mostly at beginners, but it seems like one of thos books where most people will get something out of it. I know Neil well, and he knows his stuff when it comes to photography, so it should be worth a read, at least.

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Some photos I took down south over the weekend, no planning done - just snapped & hoped for the best :p Simple colour correction & slight contrast was pretty much all these photos needed

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/025/1/8/Secret_of_Mana_by_backslashio.jpg

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/025/e/4/Dancing_Dog_by_backslashio.jpg

[Serenity]

Oh my. Those are both amazing. May I at least hopefully take credit for perhaps being your inspiration for the second one?

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Haha, okay :p I was inspired. I took a couple of similar poses, like this one:

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/026/6/2/Kungfu_Dog_by_backslashio.jpg

[Serenity]

:D I love the motion blur and framing. Good work!

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Thanks :) Would've looked better without the motion but the dog was moving that quick I was lucky enough to get her in mid-air. Also would've liked to get it in better lighting so you could see the shadows, must've been about a 1.5m+ jump

[Michaelangelo]

Went shooting again, had fun with some friends...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Sea_of_Fire_by_Eibach.jpg


Phwoar! That sky is outrageous.

Kudos.

[Michaelangelo]

Some photos from the nowheres-ville town in France where I spent Christmas:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/brad221/xmas-fr1.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/brad221/xmas-fr2.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/brad221/xmas-fr3.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/brad221/xmas-fr4.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/brad221/xmas-fr8.jpg


And one from Paris:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/brad221/xmas-fr7.jpg

[Blue]

Sweet pic of the dog, Slash.

So anyway, I'm dipping my toe in the fetid waters of club photography:

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs220.snc3/22733_1336915826855_1349881352_957753_1520628_n.jp g
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs240.snc3/22733_1336909426695_1349881352_957689_3648668_n.jp g
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs240.snc3/22733_1336911986759_1349881352_957704_4480847_n.jp g
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs240.snc3/22733_1336912146763_1349881352_957705_676935_n.jpg
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs300.ash1/22733_1336912226765_1349881352_957706_4392380_n.jp g
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs300.ash1/22733_1336913466796_1349881352_957721_3451028_n.jp g
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs220.snc3/22733_1336913626800_1349881352_957724_1102676_n.jp g

Sigh. But at least it gave me an excuse to go out and drop some cash on a 580EXII before this Friday. Need some sweet ceiling bounce.

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@ Michaelangelo

That shot of Paris looks good, I liked those kind of warped photos :)

@ Blue

There's some sweet contrast in that 2nd last photo. I prefer more of those lifestyle photos compared to posted ones

@ myself

I'm so sick of looking at photos of flowers & bees whilst trying to find decent examples of telephoto zoom lens. I don't care what kind of flower it is, its all garbage! Would anyone recommend a Tamron 70-300mm (the cheap one) as a good telephoto lens? Heard there's some purple outlining above 200mm though

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So instead of positing some generic flowers I'm posting a generic lemon I took since its probably the only semi-interesting thing in my entire backyard

http://home.exetel.com.au/backslashio/IMGP0088a.jpg

Very little editing done for this (apart from resizing and making it slightly darker), used my 50-200mm lens

[Dunkurtin]

Blue, i hope all those people thought they were going to end up in a newspaper or something when you took those photos.

[Blue]

Blue, i hope all those people thought they were going to end up in a newspaper or something when you took those photos.No, they were aware that the photographs would be used for promotional purposes. Although, you know, at a club or bar it's a fair assumption to make.

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Was purely a test photo but I liked it way too much :)

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/033/c/7/Giraffe_tree_by_backslashio.jpg

This was resized too & even then 75% of the whole photo was cropped out

[Serenity]

Good job man, nice warm colours.

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Thanks :) Am I the only one who thinks it looks like a giraffe's head poking out? Think I used a bit too much contrast too in photoshop, there's not really much difference at all from the original photo but it seems to come off a little too strongly

[Blue]

Well, I can't help but see it now. :p

I'd up the brightness just a touch.

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Well, I can't help but see it now. :p
The giraffe or the colours?
I'd up the brightness just a touch.
Done :) Although you really have to have them side by side to tell the difference, lol

[Blue]

The giraffe or the colours?

Done :) Although you really have to have them side by side to tell the difference, lolThe giraffe! ;)

Looks like a Marowak.

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Just testing out my polariser filter today

http://home.exetel.com.au/backslashio/filter.jpg

Works quite well & doesn't saturate the colours too much. I finally figured out how the filter screws on now, turns out the CPL can actually still rotate whilst securely in place since its meant to change the angle of the polarising element (thanks to Whirlpool forum once again)

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Whipped out my tripod again tonight for practice & decided to take some photos of the stars although there wasn't any moonlight & being in a populated area you can never really see much. But despite this I managed to take a good photo with stars I couldn't see with my eyes

http://home.exetel.com.au/backslashio/IMGP0221a.jpg

Basically I played around the settings until I started getting clear shots. The hard part was pointing it at the stars then bending down so far because the camera is 50cm below my height. Also I figured it'd be better to put it on a 2 second timer so I'd have less chance of nudging it. All good practice though, especially with the ISO levels & exposure settings & doing more manual focusing (since auto-focus was epic fail for nighttime)

[Serenity]

PNG quality is better ;) Still you've succeeded in taking a decent star shot, which I still haven't done yet.

[Serenity]

Our very own Dunkurtin.
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/038/9/3/Scott_shoots_by_kmw1990.jpg

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My camera doesn't have a PNG option :( Only JPG & RAW & RAW+. Or do you mean I should shoot in RAW & save in PNG?

I also took a photo of a streetlight tonight which was good experimentation trying to get the lighting conditions perfect. So nice having a tripod to hold the camera still for once! Awesome tripod (as I've probably already mentioned), I love it with its professional feel & doesn't budge if the camera's on a tilt heavy angle :D

[Serenity]

Save in PNG ;)

[Lazlow]

The difference between PNG and high quality JPEG is negligble and not worth havng a file size 5 times larger. Especially for photographic work.

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Guess I'll probably stick with jpegs then :) I don't mind too much

New photo today, some wildlife! Could've been a tad sharper but I didn't have my tripod with me. Bloody hell, all of my photos look like postcard photos :p

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/039/3/2/Looking__Eating_and_Chatting_by_backslashio.jpg

edit:

Another wildlife photo

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/039/4/7/Ducking_around_by_backslashio.jpg

[Lemontime]

You really gotta get rid of that border, bro. Doesn't do anything for your photos; just looks trashy and cheap. Sorry!

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I like my borders :(

[Lemontime]

They don't really add anything to the photo, kind of just look intrusive and awkward? Again, sorry! Just trying to help you out man! Either go boarderless, or even just a 1px black border. Also: flickr >> deviantart! :P

Here's one I took a while ago.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4347957729_e4bfa656f3_o.jpg

kinda dig it

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I tried flickr, I get even less views on that than I do on DA! Not worth the trouble. I could go for a slightly smaller border but Eibach is the one who told me I should add borders and since he's much better at photography than I am I figured I should follow his path :p Plus if the photo was pretty average (me with friends or something) I wouldn't use a border then because I'm not trying to be artisitc

Nice photo btw :)

[StorminNorman]

Also: flickr >> deviantart! :P

Unfortunately, Flickr is owned by Yahoo, which basically means that I won't use it on general principle.

[Lemontime]

What's wrong with Yahoo?

[Blue]

I tried flickr, I get even less views on that than I do on DA! Not worth the trouble. I could go for a slightly smaller border but Eibach is the one who told me I should add borders and since he's much better at photography than I am I figured I should follow his path :p Plus if the photo was pretty average (me with friends or something) I wouldn't use a border then because I'm not trying to be artisitc

Nice photo btw :)It's not the borders that ruin the photos, it's the text. Really obtrusive and ugly. Although I would make the borders thicker or thinner than they are now.

Another thing I've noticed with your photos is that you tend to crop headspace a little too much; for instance, that duck, and also the leaping dog you posted earlier. In my opinion the framing could be better, but they're good photos otherwise. In that duck photo, it's caught in the no-man's land between very aggressive cropping and more balanced framing.

In the seagull image, there is twice as much distance between the bottom-most seagull's feet and the bottom of the frame than there is between the top-most seagull's head and the top of the frame. If you provided it with that amount of headroom once again, I feel that the composition would benefit.

These are only my opinions. It's all subjective, they say. ;)

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It's not the borders that ruin the photos, it's the text. Really obtrusive and ugly. Although I would make the borders thicker or thinner than they are now.

Another thing I've noticed with your photos is that you tend to crop headspace a little too much; for instance, that duck, and also the leaping dog you posted earlier. In my opinion the framing could be better, but they're good photos otherwise. In that duck photo, it's caught in the no-man's land between very aggressive cropping and more balanced framing.

In the seagull image, there is twice as much distance between the bottom-most seagull's feet and the bottom of the frame than there is between the top-most seagull's head and the top of the frame. If you provided it with that amount of headroom once again, I feel that the composition would benefit.

These are only my opinions. It's all subjective, they say. ;)
Well I use the text as a kind of a trademark in case someone tries directly linking my images as theirs. I could use a better font though

With the seagulls, its difficult because that was originally shot straight on like a normal photo, not angled so I wouldn't be able to give out anymore space above the top seagull without cropping out one of the others in the bg. Guess I could crop out a little bit of more sand so its balanced but I didn't want to have too much water showing

With the duck there wasn't really any aggressive cropping done at all, just more water on the top & the bottom - didn't cut out anything else & couldn't make it look any better. All of these shots were on the go too so I didn't have time to adjust any of these properly

Here's the originals (before cropping & editing but not at original size)

http://home.exetel.com.au/backslashio/IMGP0304b.jpg

With the framing of the dog normally its because of incredibly dull backgrounds that I crop them in the first place - there was no way of making that look any better & tbh it was a pretty average job I can't be bothered fixing

[StorminNorman]

Well I use the text as a kind of a trademark in case someone tries directly linking my images as theirs. I could use a better font though

You can do this in the metadata.

[Blue]

Shot in RAW tonight, which I've rarely bothered to do. I'm amazed at how much adjustment I can make to an image. Underexposure just ceases to be an issue.

I had my camera set up to take photos of everyone at the venue, but I struck a hurdle when I took a shot of a fairly dark-skinned couple without making any adjustments to compensate for skin tone. In RAW, my Cheshire Cat shot could be salvaged.

Combined with the 580EX II, I was content with the results this week.

[StorminNorman]

Only problem with shooting RAW for me has been the stupid amounts of disk space it uses. That said, I may be getting a 1TB drive for my Macbook this week, so that problem will go away.

[Blue]

Only problem with shooting RAW for me has been the stupid amounts of disk space it uses. That said, I may be getting a 1TB drive for my Macbook this week, so that problem will go away.Wait, what, WHAT!?

1TB internal? In a MacBook? I need to upgrade my Pro's drive from the puny 250GB it now possesses.

[Syntheia]

http://imgur.com/HpH13.jpg

http://imgur.com/klTA4.jpg

(Not a great photo, but I had fun making it)
http://imgur.com/e6Pxs.jpg

[banjoeskimo]

but Eibach is the one who told me I should add borders and since he's much better at photography than I am I figured I should follow his path :p

Hey, I'm not some flawless demigod or something, tread your own path. :p

But seriously though, borders aren't necessarily a bad idea, but they need to not be intrusive. Blue is right to point out that text is obnoxious, but I think more than anything it's the black. It's just so much heavier than any of the other colours on the screen and so it becomes distracting.

Also, I don't have a widescreen monitor so it's a bitch viewing your pictures sometimes. Would it be an issue to resize them down to something smaller, more along the lines of what Blue and Syntheia have been posting? It'll make viewing for everyone easier, and you'll probably get increased clarity from the image.

[Serenity]

Fremantle Town Hall.
http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt133/breakfastrats/076b.jpg
The lamp post annoys me but I just love the angle, is all.
http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt133/breakfastrats/075b.jpg

[Blue]

Also, I don't have a widescreen monitor so it's a bitch viewing your pictures sometimes. Would it be an issue to resize them down to something smaller, more along the lines of what Blue and Syntheia have been posting? It'll make viewing for everyone easier, and you'll probably get increased clarity from the image.The benefit and problem with Facebook; it shrinks your images to what is, on my screen at least, a pretty tiny size. Saves you the effort sometimes, but it's a pain at others.

And yes, acorns are awesome.

[Italian Stallion]

Pentax k-x, Nikon D3000 or Canon EOS 1000D. Which would be the best choice for a starters DSLR? Unless there's another, better choice for a similar price~

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Pentax k-x, Nikon D3000 or Canon EOS 1000D. Which would be the best choice for a starters DSLR? Unless there's another, better choice for a similar price~
Imo the Pentax K-X, thats what I'm using :D The twin pack is a good starter pack too & there's been reports of being able to haggle the twin lens pack to $800 at JB (but it'll only be in the black colour and it'll most likely have to be a special order). Best value for your money

Pentax K-X shoots 720p video (though has to be on a tripod to get the benefits) & handles ISO levels much better than most of the Canons including the ones that cost twice as much & it has liveview if you prefer to use that on the odd occasion. The lens its bundled with focus quite quickly too & the camera itself has built-in IS

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@ Serenity

Very nice :D Nice strong colours

[Italian Stallion]

Not too fussed about the 720p video, since i have a 720p video recorder. :p But the camera itself seems good.. what do reports say I should be able to get the single lense pack for? :D So far it seems like $700 with an extra 2 year extended warranty seems the go.

Curious why they decided to use AA batteries though..

Edit: Woopsies! Meant to post this in the camera thread, my bad!

[Blue]

pentax k-x, nikon d3000 or canon eos 1000d. Which would be the best choice for a starters dslr? Unless there's another, better choice for a similar price~1000d.

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Not too fussed about the 720p video, since i have a 720p video recorder. :p But the camera itself seems good.. what do reports say I should be able to get the single lense pack for? :D So far it seems like $700 with an extra 2 year extended warranty seems the go.

Curious why they decided to use AA batteries though..

Edit: Woopsies! Meant to post this in the camera thread, my bad!
You can get the single lens pack for about $670, get a price quote from JB (like $700), then go to Officeworks for 5% store competitor's discount thing. But if you get it for $700 anyway that's still really good value

And Pentax decided on the choice of AAs so its more worldwide friendly since AAs can be found anywhere when you need them, personally I'd prefer a battery pack since I loathe AAs and it always makes it a lot heavier (and it rattles a little) unless you buy Energizer Lithiums (which actually come with the camera) which are awesome since they're super lightweight but they're not rechargeable. So you'd be better off with the Sanyo Eneloops since they're easy to find & cheap & last quite a while

[Serenity]

1000D hands down for the accessibility of a wide range of lenses without different mounts needed, accessories, image quality in general.

Then again I'm biased, but it really is a great choice. I've never had any problems with mine. Except recently it doesn't like focusing but perhaps it's the lens.

[Blue]

You can get the single lens pack for about $670, get a price quote from JB (like $700), then go to Officeworks for 5% store competitor's discount thing. But if you get it for $700 anyway that's still really good value

And Pentax decided on the choice of AAs so its more worldwide friendly since AAs can be found anywhere when you need them, personally I'd prefer a battery pack since I loathe AAs and it always makes it a lot heavier (and it rattles a little) unless you buy Energizer Lithiums (which actually come with the camera) which are awesome since they're super lightweight but they're not rechargeable. So you'd be better off with the Sanyo Eneloops since they're easy to find & cheap & last quite a whileThat charger cost you $70, and I'm hoping that included batteries. The Canon comes with a battery pack and charger, and you can normally get a free camera bag with the Canon kits, too.

As Serenity said, the Canon (or even Nikon, but I wouldn't buy it) give you access to a wide variety of new and used lenses and accessories that integrate fully with the camera's systems. Using a lens mount can leave you with only manual focusing, image degradation, and another thing you need to buy. Between lens mounts and AA battery chargers, you're racking up a total already, in an effort to get the camera up to the level that the 1000D is already at.

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That charger cost you $70, and I'm hoping that included batteries. The Canon comes with a battery pack and charger, and you can normally get a free camera bag with the Canon kits, too.

As Serenity said, the Canon (or even Nikon, but I wouldn't buy it) give you access to a wide variety of new and used lenses and accessories that integrate fully with the camera's systems. Using a lens mount can leave you with only manual focusing, image degradation, and another thing you need to buy. Between lens mounts and AA battery chargers, you're racking up a total already, in an effort to get the camera up to the level that the 1000D is already at.
Yeah, the charger came with 8 AAs, seems expensive at first but it'll pay for itself and last for years - these are very slow discharge batteries, you can not use your camera for months but still have it on a full charge. But when you get down to it, its a small hassle for what is actually a very decent & capable camera (the camera is awesome so honestly who the f*** cares? :p). The amount of lens choice might seem limited but there's enough variety (although expensive variety...) for me since I doubt I'd be buying lenses often. Just a shame I can't get that nifty50 :(

It'd be a whole lot easier if lenses were backwards compatible with other brands, all of this "exclusive stuff" is like region coding for no apparent reason other than to annoy people

[Blue]

Yeah, the charger came with 8 AAs, seems expensive at first but it'll pay for itself and last for years - these are very slow discharge batteries, you can not use your camera for months but still have it on a full charge. But when you get down to it, its a small hassle for what is actually a very decent & capable camera (the camera is awesome so honestly who the f*** cares? :p). The amount of lens choice might seem limited but there's enough variety (although expensive variety...) for me since I doubt I'd be buying lenses often. Just a shame I can't get that nifty50 :(

It'd be a whole lot easier if lenses were backwards compatible with other brands, all of this "exclusive stuff" is like region coding for no apparent reason other than to annoy peopleOh, I'm not questioning the quality of the charger at all, it's a very good product. I just grabbed a fairly average Energizer charger, with 2450mAh NiMh AAs. They're good, but they take ages to charge. I'll have to grab a spare set.

Not being able to pick up a Nifty Fifty is a shame, but oh well. You can't expect different systems to just work with one another, because each company has of course designed their own very different systems to achieve a very similar end result. It's not so much the same as region coding, it's more like trying to play an X360 game on a PS3. :p

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The Sony NiMH charger is actually quite good, I forgot I even had it until after I bought the new charger. Problem with the new charger is that I'm colourblind so I have no idea whether its currently charging or finished charging (red for charge, green for full) whereas with the Sony charger it turns itself off so I know its done. Obviously its not as fast but less confusing

it's more like trying to play an X360 game on a PS3
"They're both the same size, it should work!"

Got my lens hood today, damn citiwide sent me a traditional collapsible round one instead of the flower shape :(

[Blue]

The Sony NiMH charger is actually quite good, I forgot I even had it until after I bought the new charger. Problem with the new charger is that I'm colourblind so I have no idea whether its currently charging or finished charging (red for charge, green for full) whereas with the Sony charger it turns itself off so I know its done. Obviously its not as fast but less confusing


"They're both the same size, it should work!"

Got my lens hood today, damn citiwide sent me a traditional collapsible round one instead of the flower shape :(Ha, that's a pain. :/ Mine just has the light go off when charged, too. Simpler, better!

Do you find that colourblindness presents any challenges as far as the actual photography is concerned?

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Ha, that's a pain. :/ Mine just has the light go off when charged, too. Simpler, better!

Do you find that colourblindness presents any challenges as far as the actual photography is concerned?
Green & red LED lights are the worst - I always get it wrong. Also I get them confused if I'm playing videogames (like Mashed, get the green & red cars together and the colours seem to overlap for me). Real colours aren't too bad

There's probably some challenges where photography is concerned but I haven't encountered it

[Italian Stallion]

Just as an update, I got the Pentax. More info over at the camera thread!

[Serenity]

Oh. Damn. :(

Hope you enjoy using it anyway.

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Oh. Damn. :(

Hope you enjoy using it anyway.
Don't like us Pentax users do you? :p

[Serenity]

Well you're kind of shooting yourself in the foot with your lens selection capabilities. Very limited selections.

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I wouldn't say 'very' limited and it is backward compatible with old Pentax lenses, its certainly a smaller selection yet you can normally find something that does the exact same thing. I'd just say its annoying if you're doing photography courses & all your friends have Canon lens so you can't borrow them. Like I keep on saying, the Pentax K-X is an excellent camera, why doesn't anyone want to agree with me? :p

There's still nothing wrong with choosing a different brand once in a while, we can't all be Canon/Nikon wannabes ;) And Pentax would be regarded as the 3rd most popular choice against the other companies

[Serenity]

That's true but yeah, it's an uphill battle.

[StorminNorman]

Wait, isn't K Mount basically the defacto standard lens mount for anything that isn't a Canon, Nikon or Minolta? There should be like a billion lenses for it.

[Serenity]

Canon, Nikon and Minolta are among some of the best quality lenses out there, though.

[Italian Stallion]

From what I've read, the Pentax lenses are up there in terms of quality with the Canon & Nikon lenses, often having better build quality, and usually quite a bit cheaper.. presumably thanks to having onboard IS. The optics of the kit stuff is meant to be a bit better than the competition too, and the K-x is regularly compared to the 500D & D5000s in terms of image quality. The K Mount business means there's 35 years worth of lenses available for it too, which often sell cheap as chips second hand. The main place Canon seem to excel is with telephoto lenses, since the longest(? don't know the terminology here..) lens Pentax make is 250mm.. but Sigma, Tamron etc stuff seems fine at filling that gap.

As I said, this is just stuff I've read.. but the majority of reviews around seem willing to agree with that. There's always bound to be fanboys around who will ignore whatever isn't by their chosen brand, so any of it could be some crazy pro-Pentax propaganda, but I'm still content with how it seems to perform for the price.

If I ever get to the point where I feel I'm good enough to warrant an upgrade, and I don't believe there's enough available on Pentax, perhaps then I'll consider moving... but as a starting point, I'm pretty impressed so far. :D

With that said, any of the three I originally asked for opinions on, I think, would have sufficiently filled my requirements.. Almost anything is an upgrade to my old Sony P&S, really. :p

[sheeps]

Canon and Nikon have the market share but I doubt that's going to stop a Pentax, Olympus or Panasonic user from taking excellent photos.

So the only reason I'd stick with Canon really is because I know how to use it.

[StorminNorman]

Pre-digital photography, Pentax was up there with Nikon, Olympus, Minolta and (later) Canon in terms of being a highly-regarded photography brand. They kind of fell away in the transition to digital photography, but have been trying to claw their way back to respect in the past couple of years.

[Serenity]

I have to admit I'm tempted by stuff in the general style of the Olympus PEN and also some of the Leica ones, if it helps my case in terms of not being a Canon fangirl.

Basically the only other brands I'd consider in a DSLR purchase are Nikon, Olympus, Leica and perhaps in the future Sony, they're starting to make a bit of a name for themselves.

I've also always wanted a Polaroid camera for its kitschiness, simplicity and general style, but because they're now discontinued, the film would cost a fortune.

[Blue]

Leica are over-priced crap.

I would never buy a Sony, either.

[sheeps]

I'd like to see what other digital rangefinders you'd recommend...

[StorminNorman]

I have to admit I'm tempted by stuff in the general style of the Olympus PEN and also some of the Leica ones, if it helps my case in terms of not being a Canon fangirl.

I'm a big fan of Micro Four-Thirds. It has the potential to replace the entire bridge camera segment with actually decent cameras. All it really needs now is more glass options.

Sony.

Sony's camera division is actually the company formerly known as Konica-Minolta, so there's some genuine pedigree in their camera range.

It's just a pity they ruin their cameras with Memory Stick Pro.

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Got my Hoya HD UV filter today, real high quality stuff (its the best you can get). Hopefully it'll do a good job at preventing lens flare & general protection :) I've had a few photos where the sun was too dominate during sunsets and CPL filters were too dark to use

[Lazlow]

Don't make me tap the sign! (http://www.hyper.com.au/forums/showthread.php?t=12625)

[Serenity]

Thread merge IMO

[banjoeskimo]

For anyone interested, I'm selling some prints over at the Auction Hut (http://www.hyper.com.au/forums/showthread.php?t=20429).

/shameless self promotion

[Michaelangelo]

Piazza San Marco, Venice

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/brad221/venice.jpg

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Been a while since I've submitted a proper photo, took this about 4 months ago & only recently bothered to dig it up & tidy it :p

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/170/1/3/The_Sound_of_Guitars_by_backslashio.jpg

[Serenity]

Been a while since I've submitted a proper photo, took this about 4 months ago & only recently bothered to dig it up & tidy it :p

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/170/1/3/The_Sound_of_Guitars_by_backslashio.jpg

That's wonderful, Adam! I love those colours.
So I upgraded to a 5D mark II and God, am I loving this camera. I'm getting a lot more critical of my pics so I'm only posting a few that I feel are decent.

Drink.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1298/4689898033_1f47ae4265_b.jpg
The highlights are blown as hell, but eh.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4689791829_1645eb8453_b.jpg
Silverwolf when he visited.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4670561711_87f40ca438_b.jpg

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That's wonderful, Adam! I love those colours.
So I upgraded to a 5D mark II and God, am I loving this camera. I'm getting a lot more critical of my pics so I'm only posting a few that I feel are decent.

Drink.

The highlights are blown as hell, but eh.
Thanks :) My friend (who was in this photo) pointed out to me today that he must've been inbetween strings because you can notice that nothing is actually moving :( Dang. He was playing for about 10min straight, I must've caught him on his break :p

I can't believe how much you spent on that camera but as long as you love it thats the important thing :D Whatcha gonna do with your 1000D?

I like that photo of the drink, the highlights are probably a bit too strong imo but I like the focus on the bottle & brief sharpness on the timber

[Serenity]

I'm probably going to keep it as a backup, I could sell it but getting $400 for it and the 18-55mm would be a stretch.

[/backslash]

Yeah, probably worth keeping as a backup especially if you want to take a photo somewhere where you don't want to risk a $3k camera or want to setup 2 camera points to get a shot

[sheeps]

I sold my 1000D with the 18-55mm IS for $500.

[Serenity]

That's IS, mine is not.

[banjoeskimo]

God, it's been too long. My GPU was on the fritz for a while and using Photoshop wasn't possible. Currently playing catch-up with shooting I've done over the last few months. As always, there's more on my deviantART gallery (http://eibach.deviantart.com/gallery/). Enjoy!

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/My_Rainbow_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/The_Columbia_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Nicole_and_Blondie_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Nicole_and_Blondie_II_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Nicole_and_Blondie_IV_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Nicole_and_Blondie_III_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Nicole_and_Blondie_VI_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Blast_Off_III_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Blast_Off_by_Eibach.jpg

[banjoeskimo]

A couple more from processing I did this arvo.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Andrew_Exhibit_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Andrew_Exhibit_II_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Windfarm_Ahead_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Golden_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/A_Squishy_by_Eibach.jpg

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Some really great photos there! :D Nice work

I especially like this one:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Nicole_and_Blondie_III_by_Eibach.jpg

Looks like the bg was practically painted

[banjoeskimo]

Still processing. Apologies for the flood, I've been unable to upload for far too long. I should be done soon.

Today's favourites:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Blue_Mountains_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Boundless_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Puff_II_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Puff_III_by_Eibach.jpg

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

Those are not real places.

[banjoeskimo]

Haha, I know right? When I first moved to the states I was stunned by some parts of Washington state, my first reaction was something along the lines of: "OMG! The Windows XP wallpaper is REAL!"

[banjoeskimo]

Went shooting the other day, results are as follows:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Alexis_Summer_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Alexis_Summer_II_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Alexis_Summer_III_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Alexis_Summer_V_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Journeywoman_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Summer_in_Spokane_by_Eibach.jpg

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I like the angle & distance on the 3rd photo, makes her look tiny next to the stump :p

[Ad-Rock]

Here are a few of my favourite photos from my recent trip to South Africa's Kruger Park. I couldn't justify (or afford) spending money on a good DSLR camera + telephoto lens, so I got a Pentax X90 with 26x optical zoom.

The zoom was essential, but the next time I go on safari I will definitely take a better camera. Trying to auto-focus through trees and long grass was a total bitch.

Also, I didn't know jack about photography before the trip, so most of my photos turned out pretty average. Next time I'll know what to do and what not to do!

Baboon eating grass (he was giving a brilliant profile shot and turned away at the last second.)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee75/Ad-Rock_photos/IMGP0103.jpg

Young Steinbok love (bummer about that piece of grass in the middle!)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee75/Ad-Rock_photos/IMGP0130.jpg

Lioness and cubs
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee75/Ad-Rock_photos/IMGP01152.jpg

Vervet Monkey (a bit out of focus which is a shame - not taken by me)
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee75/Ad-Rock_photos/IMGP0110.jpg

Yellowbilled Stalk
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee75/Ad-Rock_photos/IMGP0045.jpg

Hooded Vulture
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee75/Ad-Rock_photos/IMGP0022.jpg

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Those photos still look pretty good, did any of these ones involve massive zoom?

[Ad-Rock]

Those photos still look pretty good, did any of these ones involve massive zoom?

Thanks, they're all taken from the back seat of a car with a little tripod and so all are zoomed in. iirc the vulture, baboon and monkey are at over 20x.

[banjoeskimo]

550D has officially been road-tested, and is banjoeskimo approved. I've been extremely happy with the image quality so far, and have finally made the jump to shooting RAW full time. Probably not going to be noticeable to you guys, as I size down all my photos to the same resolution I always did for internet viewing, but this'll come in handy if I ever start doing prints. That said, I've been able to do some crops that I'd never have gotten away with on the 350D due to lack of image res, and it's definitely nice to have more flexibility.

Some samples, with more to come soon:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Rebirth_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Lady_of_the_Water_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Anniversary_by_Eibach.jpg

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Love that first shot :) Especially how it picks up all the small individual droplets of water

You been hired for that job yet?

[banjoeskimo]

I've got a 3 month contract editing photos for a school portrait studio that starts next week. It's pretty boring stuff (removing teenagers' acne... w00t) and the pay's shit ($10/hr) but it's better than being unemployed. F---ing impossible to find real work in this country at the moment, the unemployment rate's been hovering around 10% for the last year. I think I've applied for almost 100 positions now and I've only had 3 interviews.

EDIT: Finally persuaded my wife to pose for a few shots.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Sunflower_II_by_Eibach.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Sunflower_by_Eibach.jpg

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I'm slightly worried that your wife doesn't own any other clothes :p Or was it all shot on the same day?

Sucks that you have to do stuff that barely involves photography, you deserve a lot better than that. Couldn't you contact those people who said your 350D was too insufficent or is that offer long past?

[banjoeskimo]

I'm slightly worried that your wife doesn't own any other clothes :p Or was it all shot on the same day?

Sucks that you have to do stuff that barely involves photography, you deserve a lot better than that. Couldn't you contact those people who said your 350D was too insufficent or is that offer long past?

Oh that's way gone.

And that was actually a separate shoot, but she really likes that dress and usually doesn't want to model unless she's in something bright and colourful, so, eh. :p

[StorminNorman]

I just want to say that I'm browsing this thread on an iPhone 4 and all the photos on this page still look utterly spectacular.

[sheeps]

They're a bit funked up by facebook compression.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs023.snc4/33509_420269240457_704110457_5275285_1786213_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs233.snc4/38985_420269060457_704110457_5275266_5768930_n.jpg

The following are from when I cameramanned on a video clip (http://vimeo.com/13974136) for a band called Eagle and The Worm.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs236.snc4/39132_420396345457_704110457_5278988_5922060_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs216.snc4/39132_420396340457_704110457_5278987_47141_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs269.snc4/39805_420396295457_704110457_5278985_7918991_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs236.snc4/39132_420396350457_704110457_5278989_1516744_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs116.ash2/39132_420396355457_704110457_5278990_7497285_n.jpg

[Clift]

Shot I got this morning as I was about to leave for work:

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/5351/img5752j.jpg (http://img801.imageshack.us/i/img5752j.jpg/)

Couldn't really avoid the street lights and shite, was running a bit late so I quickly took 6 or 7 shots, put the camera back inside and left... That was the best result. :p

Probably the best one I've taken since getting Banjo's 350D. :(

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@ sheeps

Some very nice photos there! I like the filters/whatever you used :) Those are the kinds of shots I want to do

[banjoeskimo]

Went shooting again. As always, the full results can be seen on my deviantART account (http://eibach.deviantart.com/gallery).

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/red_and_black_by_eibach-d2yjs6w.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/red_and_black_ii_by_eibach-d2yjs5v.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/netherworld_by_eibach-d2yjruu.jpg

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I like the first one :) You always have such good lighting techniques, love the water reflection too. Incidentally do any of your photos get put up around their house?

[Nic Xtreme]

I love the first one. It reminds me of this brilliantly framed scene from Season 2 of Skins that has, for some reason or another, always stuck in my head.

[Stevorooni]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/Stevorooni/rainbow.jpg

2 photos taken on my phone and stitched together because it was too wide to fit into one photo!

Just thought it looked cool, it's not often that you see the entire rainbow stretched out from end to end.

[sheeps]

Wow. It's starting to look like a triple rainbow. Oh my god.

[fishfishmonkeyhat]

What does it mean?

[sheeps]

It's so intense.

[banjoeskimo]

Went shooting again the other weekend, got to go to a windfarm and take some pictures. Awesome time.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/wired_by_eibach-d322drv.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/dead_end_by_eibach-d322dr4.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/an_odssey_awaits_by_eibach-d322dn0.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/wind_farm_by_eibach-d322dis.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/something_old__something_new_by_eibach-d322dhb.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/ahoy_by_eibach-d322dg7.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/greetings_from_the_wasteland_by_eibach-d322de0.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/emergency_landing_by_eibach-d322dbr.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/moose_by_eibach-d322dak.jpg

[Michaelangelo]

Love the first 2! That's awesome.

[Rambo]

Sorry I'm late to the party and all, but what camera are you using there? Those photo's are amazing!

[banjoeskimo]

Using my shiny new Canon EOS 550D, shooting in RAW. :D

[tau]

What lens(es) do you use?

[banjoeskimo]

My usual suspects are just the default Canon 18-55mm and 70-300mm lenses that come bundled with many of the ---D series cameras. Although some of those wind farm shots were taken with a 10-20mm Sigma wide angle that I borrowed from my father in law.

[banjoeskimo]

Finally got around to processing a bunch of stuff, including... my first panorama! (http://eibach.deviantart.com/#/d3687pj) Posted as a direct link so as to not break the forum formatting. Be sure to click the "Download Image" button at the bottom right corner so you can see it full size.

Normal sized photos as follows:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/mist_by_eibach-d3687jd.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/bridge_to_nowhere_by_eibach-d3687d1.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/afternoon_mist_by_eibach-d3687bg.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/white_magic_by_eibach-d3687gg.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/those_ducks_must_be_freezing_by_eibach-d3687fb.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/the_meeting_place_by_eibach-d36879k.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/snowy_creek_by_eibach-d36877w.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/snowflake_by_eibach-d36874a.jpg

[banjoeskimo]

Stupid image limit. I wasn't done. :p

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/harvest_by_eibach-d3686u6.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/happy_birthday__clark_kent_by_eibach-d3686t0.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/dock_by_eibach-d3686wl.jpg

[Serenity]

My photography page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Korren-Winters-Photography/111397258914876

[sausage]

banjoe dude just want to say I'd totally smash your wife on the nearest slab mate.

carry on.

[banjoeskimo]

The f--- does that even mean? :p

[sausage]

it's those glasses

[SOX]

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/snowflake_by_eibach-d36874a.jpg

[Michaelangelo]

Went to Paris on Boxing Day.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/brad221/IMG_2672.jpg

[Cubby]

Super old photo, I really should start taking more, just need a better camera first.
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs20/i/2007/246/8/a/Buzz_by_Resident_seven.jpg

[banjoeskimo]

Been pretty drab around here weather wise, but it makes for some nice bleak winter photography:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/tendrils_by_eibach-d38yng8.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/winter_soup_by_eibach-d38yn94.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/from_the_void_by_eibach-d38ymrc.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/to_nowhere_by_eibach-d38ymwp.jpg

[banjoeskimo]

Went to Portland about a fortnight ago, here's the results. As always, you can see more here (http://eibach.deviantart.com/gallery).

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/oblivion_by_eibach-d3bfadq.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/bike_mountain_by_eibach-d3c6jjo.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/bike_mountain_iii_by_eibach-d3c6jdl.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/wakka_wakka_wakka_by_eibach-d3c6gz0.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/lol__oregon_by_eibach-d3c6drr.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/jake_vs__portland_by_eibach-d3c6iba.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/jake_inflicts_massive_damage_by_eibach-d3c6i8g.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/the_one_that_got_away_by_eibach-d3c6ham.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/on_the_road_by_eibach-d3c6dir.jpg

[Xanafalgue]

Holy shit it's the giant enemy crab!

[banjoeskimo]

Went to Seattle last week, photos were taken:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/urban_garden_by_eibach-d3d5i22.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/as_the_crow_flies_by_eibach-d3d5igm.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/maggie_vs__seattle_by_eibach-d3d5jcr1.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/maggie_vs__seattle_ii_by_eibach-d3d5j9e.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/maggie_vs__seattle_iii_by_eibach-d3d5j2e.jpg

[texta]

Creek outside my house:

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/217066_10150212873957082_560507081_8252673_4215662 _n.jpg

[Vindik8or]

That doesn't seem real!

[texta]

It's not. It's a photo of a model I made.

Insert picture of Manny with his tower of soup.

No. It's just a tilt-shift style photo. Very easy but with excellent results.

[banjoeskimo]

A couple of shots from recent adventures:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/roots_by_eibach-d3e6i5o.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/the_pass_by_eibach-d3e6hvq.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/music__it__s_what__s_for_dinner_by_eibach-d3e6hlo.jpg

[banjoeskimo]

Just got a new job and moved to a new town, been taking lots of pictures of the new area:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/velvet_eve_by_eibach-d3godvb.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/velvet_eve_ii_by_eibach-d3godt4.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/velvet_eve_iii_by_eibach-d3godpx.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/down_river_by_eibach-d3godkh.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/downpour_by_eibach-d3godhh.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/rescue_by_eibach-d3god2e.jpg

[banjoeskimo]

A couple more since they wouldn't all fit in one post:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/shelter_by_eibach-d3godeq.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/hideaway_by_eibach-d3godbm.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/pestilent_by_eibach-d3god8h.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/day__s_end_by_eibach-d3god5h.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/kroc_swirl_by_eibach-d3gocq7.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/kroc_church_iii_by_eibach-d3gocth.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/kroc_church_ii_by_eibach-d3gocw7.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/kroc_church_by_eibach-d3gocyj.jpg

[banjoeskimo]

Went shooting with one of my friends after she got a new dress. As always, you can check out more on my deviantART page (http://eibach.deviantart.com/gallery).

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/alexis___lake_cda_ii_by_eibach-d3lgunt.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/alexis___lake_cda_by_eibach-d3lcyfi.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/alexis___lake_cda_iv_by_eibach-d3lgusi.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/alexis___lake_cda_iii_by_eibach-d3lguqf.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/alexis___lake_cda_v_by_eibach-d3lklkq.jpg

[banjoeskimo]

Haven't posted anything in ages, my apologies for the glut of content! As always, there's even more at my deviantART gallery (http://eibach.deviantart.com/gallery[/url)!

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/kroc___ballroom_dance_by_eibach-d4b8o0k.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/kroc___slip_and_slide_by_eibach-d4b8laz.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/galena_by_eibach-d46yzo6.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/galena_ii_by_eibach-d46yzmb.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/riverstone_dusk_ii_by_eibach-d40osqu.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/riverstone_dusk_v_by_eibach-d40orhk.jpg

[banjoeskimo]

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/ruybal_wedding___together_by_eibach-d4e6evv.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/ruybal_wedding___eternal_by_eibach-d4e6evk.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/ruybal_wedding___happy_couple_by_eibach-d4e6ewn.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/alexis___greenbluff_by_eibach-d4d483j.jpg

[banjoeskimo]

Also got to visit Yellowstone National Park for the first time, totally epic photo destination!

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/yellowstone___old_faithful_by_eibach-d4c2214.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/grand_prismatic_by_eibach-d4b8px3.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/yellowstone___otherworld_by_eibach-d4c23dc.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/yellowstone___river_runs_red_by_eibach-d4c232f.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/yellowstone___home_by_eibach-d4c2372.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/yellowstone___lookout_by_eibach-d4c22qr.jpg

[banjoeskimo]

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/yellowstone___the_road_by_eibach-d4c23bz.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/yellowstone___sunset_by_eibach-d4c239x.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/yellowstone___shoreline_by_eibach-d4c22s7.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/yellowstone___rockpool_by_eibach-d4c22vo.jpg

[drzaius]

Hi guys - What is the Nikon equivalent of a canon d5?

[Italian Stallion]

You mean 5D? :p

Nikon equivalent is the D700 afaik. Fullframe sensor, but lower res than the 5D.

The D7000 should be about the same in quality (I've heard it's better in some aspects - to be expected with a much newer camera, of course), but uses a crop sensor. It's also nearly half the price.

[drzaius]

cheers

[Knuckle Children]

Took a photo this morning with my iPhone camera with the B&W filter on. I pointed it towards the sky and clicked, and it came out ok.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/Danos1977/bb5705f9.jpg

[Xanafalgue]

The sky looks like the inside of a boob.

Are we living in boobs?

[banjoeskimo]

Man, I haven't checked in in ages...

Anyway, here's a random selection of some things I've shot over the last few months. As always, there's more available on my deviantART (http://eibach.deviantart.com/gallery).

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/journeyman_by_eibach-d4fsi6v.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/the_sky_awaits_by_eibach-d4g51tl.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/no_regrets_by_eibach-d4g51pb.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/industry_secrets_by_eibach-d4kkh19.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/safe_house_by_eibach-d4kkgtp.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/the_wasteland_cometh_by_eibach-d4kkgx1.jpg

[banjoeskimo]

A few more:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/kroc___basketball_2_by_eibach-d4oo96a.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/kroc___basketball_by_eibach-d4oo9cf.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/gateway_to_the_city_of_lights_by_eibach-d4o2lre.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/shred_corps_by_eibach-d4g5277.jpg

[banjoeskimo]

Did some newlywed photos for my boss and her husband, thought I'd post them. Also some misc shots from the last month. As always, there's more on my deviantART (http://www.eibach.deviantart.com) gallery!

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Erin--Ben-198.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Erin--Ben-202.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Erin--Ben-044.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Erin--Ben-053-BW.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Erin--Ben-159.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/Erin--Ben-026-1.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/kroc_church___blue_skies_by_eibach-d4x9s07.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/urban_fallout_by_eibach-d4vc5qq.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/banjoeskimo/urban_fallout_2_by_eibach-d4vc5kc.jpg

[Arcadia Of The Sky]

lol who's the fat neckbeard ****?