Official Misc Photography Crew, Part IV "You're not close enough."

[azurejer]

Good to be back in T.O.... Been making an effort to get out and shoot more.... here are a few from the past week or so.

Repped. Shot that bridge a little while back with a couple, will shoot again, it's a nice spot!

[obmas]

I abused my CPL yesterday in new york. Dropped it multiple times by accident, kept it in my pocket, shot a ton with it. Surprisingly no scratches/etc. Further I dropped it in the snow a while back and l;eft it there for a few hours or so. Still no issues.

Love the hoya products.

Hoya HD or Hoya Pro1D?

The lower end stuff made in the phillipines are garbage. Even the Pro1D stuff is okay. The HD filters are so expensive...

[VmissileX]

Hoya HD or Hoya Pro1D?

The lower end stuff made in the phillipines are garbage. Even the Pro1D stuff is okay. The HD filters are so expensive...

I got a Pro1D and i'm pretty happy with it.

[Dominik]

Love the hoya products.

I prefer the build quality of B+W (especially the Kaesemann filters) but my Hoya HD polarizer lets in a little more light so I usually put it on my 70-200.

The 9 stop ND400 had a strong magenta cast but since I mainly used it for B&W it wasn't an issue not to mention it was easy to correct in post.

I got a Pro1D and i'm pretty happy with it.

Bought a 52mm one for my 50 f/1.4 a long time ago and it worked fine.

[microspot]

wha'ts up guys started an 80 + pics thread with all my pics from the last day of the Fibo here:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=167137541

[M0tibation]

Went out with the intention of doing a milky way shot (slept passed my alarm) so I had to settle for just a sunrise.

[Dreyth]

Sup guys. Canon here. 5D mark III.
Picked up a canon 70-300mm 4.0-5.6 L lens yesterday, got it for $900 off craigslist. Like new condition.

I'm pretty impressed with it. It's more for my dad. He's traveling to europe soon and will be up in some mountains and he'd like to take pics of far away things. But man, this thing focuses FAST and ACCURATE and built like a tank. I dont like the fact that the aperature isn't constant, but whatever its not for me its for him. Personally I'm saving up for the 70-200 2.8L ii.

Some pics I snapped right after getting it while hanging out with some friends:







last one is edited of course.

[nvrstopworking]

Nice pics in those last 2 posts. Well done guys!

[VmissileX]

Sup guys. Canon here. 5D mark III.
Picked up a canon 70-300mm 4.0-5.6 L lens yesterday, got it for $900 off craigslist. Like new condition.

I'm pretty impressed with it. It's more for my dad. He's traveling to europe soon and will be up in some mountains and he'd like to take pics of far away things. But man, this thing focuses FAST and ACCURATE and built like a tank. I dont like the fact that the aperature isn't constant, but whatever its not for me its for him. Personally I'm saving up for the 70-200 2.8L ii.

Some pics I snapped right after getting it while hanging out with some friends:


last one is edited of course.

very nice---especially the third.


Be wary of racoon eyes although.You're best bet is to adjust your angle or use a reflector.

[Dreyth]

very nice---especially the third.


Be wary of racoon eyes although.You're best bet is to adjust your angle or use a reflector.

ahhh the god damn raccoon eyes

usually i wait for the sun to go down more and/or have them pic their head up more.

i should start experimenting with reflectors

[VmissileX]

ahhh the god damn raccoon eyes

usually i wait for the sun to go down more and/or have them pic their head up more.

i should start experimenting with reflectors

reflectors can be a pain in the butt to carry around, but work well.

Also a niceflash can fill your eyes out properly.

[Jamestrussel]

Nothing wrong with screw-in ND filters. You have to watch for vignetting when stacking filters with a wide lens but otherwise they're fine.

Look for compositions that are anchored by an element that isn't moving like a rock, pier, log, etc. Cloud movement also works well. You can also use it for city shots where you want to make people and cars disappear.

Side note for anyone looking to clear out a city or landscape but for whatever reason don't want to use longer exposures, photoshop has a great feature for this. You basically just expose as you normally would, shoot multiple frames with objects in different positions, and ps can remove objects similarly to the way you would do it manually with masks,

[VmissileX]

Emerald Tree Boa 01 by devchatt, on Flickr


Here is a pic of a snake i took at the zoo this sat.

[Vikes723]

Awesome Hardcore show last night, Orange County Scene for HC is nuts

[Lamborg]

Any brahs use shoulder straps and do you prefer it over neck straps?

[Boakey]

Any brahs use shoulder straps and do you prefer it over neck straps?

I mostly use a black rapid strap. I love it for when I'm out street shooting/walking around because it puts the camera out the way but is very easy to grab and bring up to the eye.

[Dominik]

Side note for anyone looking to clear out a city or landscape but for whatever reason don't want to use longer exposures, photoshop has a great feature for this. You basically just expose as you normally would, shoot multiple frames with objects in different positions, and ps can remove objects similarly to the way you would do it manually with masks,

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Great tip. Saves a lot of time vs. creating a lot of layer masks. Even creates a smart object so you have manual control for masks if you need it. That's a feature they should make more user friendly and add it to Lightroom.

[KRANE]

reflectors can be a pain in the butt to carry around, but work well.

Also a niceflash can fill your eyes out properly.

Which is why your model/assistant carries it. Remember, these are the extra efforts that separate pro photography for the amateur snapshots.

Of course you could use the flash and high speed sync. But then in some of cases you'd also need a light stand which bring us back to doe. Still simpler, would be to just go into the shade. Or wait until the Golden Hour.

[pvsampson]

I mostly use a black rapid strap. I love it for when I'm out street shooting/walking around because it puts the camera out the way but is very easy to grab and bring up to the eye.

This.Have a Black Rapid on the Macro/general purpose camera, and another brand that has steel wire reinforcement which I prefer, on the birding/wildlife.Sits the cameras on the hip nicely and easy to get up for the shot.

[pvsampson]

Got these at a wetland close to where I live.

[M0tibation]

Went out for a sunset, found a wildfire instead (blocking my damn sunset!)

[microspot]

got rid of the busy background in this edit, less is more:



posted the pic on his ******** page maybe he will get it

[M0tibation]

[MYOFIBRAH]

Nice. ^^^^

Where is that?


Question for you dudes who take "milky way" shots and the like..... What kind of lens is necessary for that? And what kind of shutter speed and ISO do you use? Is it pretty much 2.8 lens or GTFO? Could I actually pull it off with the 10-22mm which is 3.5-4.5 I believe?

i took these shots last summer with my first camera and lens. an intro crop sensor D3100 with an 18-55 3.5 kit lens. not as spectacular as the kinds you see all over the web but i was thrilled i could even capture the milky way with my gear. this is 27mm on a full frame. and stars arent really sharp bc i extended the shutter longer than i should have just to gather more light. 25s on 1 and 3, 20s on 2. all at 3200, which on the crop sensor produced a fair amount of noise but they still worked for me at the time.

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[pvsampson]

[microspot]

^ awesome shot

I think you went a little overboard with noise reduction and it got a bit mushy. to each his own but to me I would prefer a little more noise and less blur induced noise reduction.

great shot light and composition is perfect

[microspot]

Went out for a sunset, found a wildfire instead (blocking my damn sunset!)

enjoy your pics Cody looking forward to the next ones

[nvrstopworking]

i took these shots last summer with my first camera and lens. an intro crop sensor D3100 with an 18-55 3.5 kit lens. not as spectacular as the kinds you see all over the web but i was thrilled i could even capture the milky way with my gear. this is 27mm on a full frame. and stars arent really sharp bc i extended the shutter longer than i should have just to gather more light. 25s on 1 and 3, 20s on 2. all at 3200, which on the crop sensor produced a fair amount of noise but they still worked for me at the time.

Thanks a bunch for the play-by-play. Going to have to experiment a bit with this when I get a chance. Very cool shots.

[Dominik]

i took these shots last summer with my first camera and lens. an intro crop sensor D3100 with an 18-55 3.5 kit lens. not as spectacular as the kinds you see all over the web but i was thrilled i could even capture the milky way with my gear. this is 27mm on a full frame. and stars arent really sharp bc i extended the shutter longer than i should have just to gather more light. 25s on 1 and 3, 20s on 2. all at 3200, which on the crop sensor produced a fair amount of noise but they still worked for me at the time.

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Good job and shows what is possible with entry level gear that is 5 years old.

Enabling LENR (long exposure noise reduction) in the camera would have mapped out the hot pixels and careful use of noise reduction in post would reduce some of the noise. At small print sizes and for web display they look fine. A shorter exposure as you said would have dealt with the star trails.

Of course a D810 or D4s with a fast prime would yield better results but there are plenty of cashed up amateurs with that gear who never put it to use outside of cat photos and snapshots of crap around their home. Meanwhile there are people with a great eye for composition who spend that money instead on traveling to beautiful locations.

[M0tibation]

enjoy your pics Cody looking forward to the next ones

Thank you!

Took this last night...focal point was a bit too close but I kind of like the way it turned out. Should have snagged a little more sky in it though because the wide angle caused distortion on the hills but it was just a quick shot anyways.