NC sunset during a roadtrip



Soooooooooo vibrant.

4/20/2009 6:50:15 PM

way too dark. i'm sure your focus was on the sunset, and that's fine, but the way the trees are along the road really draws your eyes to the setting sun. that would be good, except once they get there, there's just a lot of black and i think that takes away from the overall image. a little longer shutter speed would have been nice to lighten up the foreground and maybe you could have seen the reflection in the tractor trailer on the right.

4/20/2009 6:57:57 PM

Cool thanks but I was in a moving car and I purposefully moved the levels to get it slightly darker than it was.

4/20/2009 7:00:29 PM

here's a sample of my utterly photoshopped goodness

(i suck at the actual taking of pictures - not even gonna lie)



[Edited on April 20, 2009 at 7:03 PM. Reason : ok ok im done now]

4/20/2009 7:02:59 PM

mine

4/20/2009 7:03:55 PM

sweet, got my credentials with UPI for tonight's canes game. Actually getting paid and will have my pics up on the wire! Hopefully I won't bomb the captions.

4/21/2009 12:58:43 PM

nice!

4/21/2009 1:38:11 PM

My Girlfriend shot some of my soccer games... I'd set the camera up for her and she'd shoot... started using the flash for action shots... intensity and stuffs (that's me) (I upped the saturation a bit, cropped and rotated, but decided to leave the sky natural)

got my sb-400 today... should improve things even more

Kiwi I like the shot... I think it's neat overall but it does appear a tad over tweaked... but hell if I know anything

[Edited on April 21, 2009 at 9:45 PM. Reason : More shows through in my picture at higher res, the details really pop...]

4/21/2009 9:32:37 PM

i'm shooting a dog adoption fair on saturday and have absolutely no experience photographing animals. if you could offer me one piece of advice what would it be?

4/21/2009 10:13:13 PM

If it looks cute take the shot. Cute sells more than artistic. Candid is best, have the trigger ready at all times.

4/21/2009 10:18:12 PM

Listen to Kiwi.

[Edited on April 21, 2009 at 10:22 PM. Reason : LOLOLOLOL]

4/21/2009 10:22:21 PM

^^^Shoot level with the pets if you can.

[Edited on April 21, 2009 at 10:23 PM. Reason : ]

4/21/2009 10:23:05 PM

Bounce flash...kids and puppies NEVER hold still while awake so you either need broad daylight or a flash to catch them in action ... Spray and pray...but be mindful to fill your frame with cuteness so Wide zoom range so you can frame that amazing shot right next to you or all the way across the room. I never realized that I needed a flash until I spent a weekend with kids and puppies with my family and lost a TON to blurry

4/21/2009 10:28:02 PM

its outside so maybe i'll get lucky and won't have to use flash, all i have is the on-camera flash on my xsi and it seems to almost always just wash everything out or make people look much worse than they should.

thanks for advice.

4/22/2009 1:35:24 AM

goFigure...upload your pics to flickr.

TWW compresses the hell out of images.

4/22/2009 9:10:22 AM

I wish I was fit to play in this thread.

But I'm not

I wish I had time to get really good at this shit. I get lucky sometimes, though.

4/22/2009 9:40:57 AM

xmikemasonx...send a PM to JSnail! she takes some of the best pet photos i have ever seen.

4/22/2009 9:51:42 AM

Other than jsnail, anybody else from this thread in the outer banks?

4/22/2009 10:00:22 AM

no, none of these are groundbreaking or spectacular, but i do very much love this d90...i miss a number of features of the panny (if nikon can put in a live view, why can't they put in a screen that folds down and swivels?), but a DSLR truly is a whole different level...the 18-105mm stabilized kit lens is awesome, though i know i'm going to want a BASIC macro lens in the immediate future and a telephoto sometime before new zealand in the fall...i know i could sort through the thread to find recommendations, but i'd prefer it if y'all could recommend affordable macro and telephoto lenses











these aren't even that great (i truly hate poor incandescent lighting), but i never would have been able to get these on my old camera





do y'all keep any filters on your lenses? i bought a UV filter for this lens, not because i think it's really all that effective, but because i'd rather sacrifice an $11 unit than risk the glass itself if, heaven forbid, it gets dropped or bumped...also, it doesn't seem to negatively affect the images...what do you think?

[Edited on April 22, 2009 at 10:51 AM. Reason : .]

4/22/2009 10:50:51 AM

they did put a screen in that folds down and swivels. you missed it by like a week. d5000

4/22/2009 10:57:15 AM

well, FUCK

randy, you ruined my day

i wonder if wolf camera will let me swap them out...

[Edited on April 22, 2009 at 11:05 AM. Reason : .]

4/22/2009 11:05:12 AM

how long have you had the d90?

4/22/2009 11:07:17 AM

ah, nevermind...i jumped the gun...i probably just need to unlearn some bad non-SLR habits so as not to depend on the swiveling screen as much...the d90 seems to be better in all respects EXCEPT for the swiveling screen (which probably doesn't matter to most people)...now that i realize the d5000 doesn't have the in-body focus, i'm feeling much better

SILLY CRISIS AVERTED.

4/22/2009 11:27:58 AM

LOVE the cactus picture

4/22/2009 11:30:00 AM

yeah, the cactus photo is pretty nice.

4/22/2009 11:35:22 AM

I like the purple flower and the white flower.

4/22/2009 12:18:52 PM

male and female Towhee in my backyard:

4/22/2009 8:33:21 PM

^badass

4/22/2009 8:34:27 PM

^^ badass

4/22/2009 8:42:01 PM

^^^ obligatory badass

4/22/2009 9:30:17 PM

Yea those are some badass shots. What kind of lens are you using

4/22/2009 9:32:32 PM

Shots from last night's hockey game. I now have UPI credentials for the rest of the eastern playoffs. Might work for N&O or AP for the finals if the Canes make it that far.

4/22/2009 10:00:19 PM

Need a lil help: Fiancee and I are going to take some engagement pic's in Raleigh in a few weeks. Any of you photog's know of any sweet places around town????

4/22/2009 10:38:16 PM

^^^55-250mm

They were not shy at all...they were only about 4 ft away. I think they have a nest in a bush by my deck and they were pissed that we were in their space.

4/22/2009 10:51:50 PM

^^I see people at the WRAL gardens all the time.. perhaps the rose garden or pullen park as well (for around NCSU)

4/23/2009 6:21:32 AM

^^^ jc raulston arboretum is pretty popular for that...give it a few more weeks if you want to make sure just about everything's in bloom, but it's pretty nice there right now

4/23/2009 7:17:54 AM

I've got a lot to learn now

Canon FT QL
Canon 50mm f/1.8
Canon 35mm f/2.5
Vivitar 85mm-205mm
Kenko CF Variable AUTO TELEPLUS 2X-3X
Variable Auto Tube
Flash (I think the battery contacts might be toast)
4 foot tripod

Got this all from the father-in-law. All I need now is some film and know how to use this thing.

4/23/2009 9:53:28 AM

i'd like to buy your camera strap

4/23/2009 10:10:08 AM

No way, that is the coolest part of this whole getup

4/23/2009 10:41:27 AM

^^^ that's awesome! i have a couple film cameras i shoot with from time to time. maybe i'll post a picture of them later. they are fun, just get the picture right the first time

and that IS an awesome strap!

[Edited on April 23, 2009 at 10:47 AM. Reason : k]

4/23/2009 10:46:18 AM

Im such an idiot

I was shooting a river and well, my camera, my tripod, and myself ended up in it. The camera seems to be ok, but my lens is all fogged up. Can I do anything about it or is it gone for good? Thank goodness it was only my shitty kit lens.

4/25/2009 4:32:29 PM

Last time I heard that story, it ended up being kaput.

4/25/2009 4:36:31 PM

4/25/2009 5:26:39 PM

that stinks. how did it happen? i hope your stuff ends up ok.

4/25/2009 5:27:13 PM

I was shooting a waterfall on some rocks. Had the camera up to my eyes and took a few steps back, slipped off the rocks and into the river.... the camera only went in for a second, and was still on when I pulled it out. I took the battery out and dried it off. Now it's sitting in front of my heater, i haven't tried it again. Luckily I didn't have any of my other gear on my back...

4/25/2009 5:36:13 PM

At least you didn't fall in the ice like I did...

Visiting my fiancee's family in Wisconsin we stop by the lake -- it was snowing, the lake was icy, but there were waves splashing on the beach...which is just a crazy scene to someone raised in NC.

I hop out of the truck and go down to the beach, I'm stepping over some rocks covered with ice, and then I had a leg go through the ice, totally up to my crotch. Thankfully I didn't break or twist anything, and I didn't go in further than just my right leg.


...didn't get my camera wet either. Being a moron, I immediately took a shot of my icy leg right after pulling myself out of the water.

4/25/2009 6:24:33 PM

^and not just any lake... Lake Michigan.

4/25/2009 6:26:11 PM

Quote :

"^and not just any lake... Lake Michigan."

Yeah, I couldn't remember which one it was.

4/25/2009 6:27:58 PM

There was some chick they did an article on who had a SLR fill up with humidity out in the Congo. She put it under halogen lamps overnight and it dried off fine. Not sure about your lens though.

4/25/2009 6:58:57 PM

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4/25/2009 7:36:11 PM