what I wouldnt give for a d200

5/30/2006 10:42:58 PM

gunzz... I got my 350D (w/ kit lens) last wednesday, and I really like it. I ordered it from Newegg when they offered it for $649 (after rebate). I would like a few other lenses, but I just can't afford them before the cross-country road trip I'm taking in a week and a half. I'm still learning the ins and outs of all the settings and modes though. PM me if you want to ask any specifics.

5/31/2006 1:38:39 AM

I loved my Rebel XT. It was my pride and joy.
Until I got my 30D.
Now I just need some different lenses
Someone spot me 1200 bucks for a 24-70.





That being said, i really haven't shot as much as I'd have liked to recently. I've been too busy. It sucks

[Edited on May 31, 2006 at 1:52 AM. Reason : .]

5/31/2006 1:49:35 AM

zip: thanks. i tried to skew the image above to level horizon but it seemed weird so i left it at it. the bridge seems to exagerate the unlevel horizon.

here's a different view:

5/31/2006 2:02:07 AM

^That's an awesome shot. I really like how the undercurrent stands out in the water below the fall.

5/31/2006 2:09:42 AM

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom/?sdid=ERRU#

[Edited on May 31, 2006 at 2:16 AM. Reason : button]

5/31/2006 2:15:17 AM

beans....maybe its just me, but it looks like you keep oversaturating / over-contrasting the sky in your pics. the blue sky seems overly blue to seem real, and the clouds tend to lose detail with the higher contrast. other than that, awesome shots. like i said, maybe its just me since i'm still a rookie in the game and the guy w/o the SLR.

[Edited on May 31, 2006 at 2:22 AM. Reason : rvh...can't see that pic.]

5/31/2006 2:15:25 AM

yeah

i'm gonna have to say that beans photos are incredible and whatever he is doing to them is fine with me

5/31/2006 2:29:54 AM

i did enhanced the saturation of the image spefically the blues. It's an attempt to copy the VELVIA slide film effect which most landscape photographers used when shooting film.

5/31/2006 2:31:55 AM

sorry, it was my mistake, was not a pic... was a site showing the beta for a new program by adobe...

"lightroom"

looks hott

5/31/2006 2:32:18 AM

The best place to get prints is ___________________

5/31/2006 2:51:58 AM

^dependant on what you are trying to do and how you are trying to get them...

but wolf camera makes good prints. normally they take good care of the pictures... atleast the one i worked at. sams has the same as most wolf's, so then it would kinda depend on the people printing...

walmart and walgreens... places like that... not so much. sams does have a luster print which is nice...

online... i like mpix.com.



[Edited on May 31, 2006 at 3:05 AM. Reason : shot that in program i do believe... i think down a 3rd of a stop... 200mm at i do believe f8.]

5/31/2006 3:01:53 AM

Quote :

"beans....maybe its just me, but it looks like you keep oversaturating / over-contrasting the sky in your pics. the blue sky seems overly blue to seem real, and the clouds tend to lose detail with the higher contrast. other than that, awesome shots. like i said, maybe its just me since i'm still a rookie in the game and the guy w/o the SLR."

i've been with you on that statement, afropino, kinda up until this page. these 2 niagra falls pics have been stunning from him, but yes, i do think the clouds are a bit fake looking in them, unfortunately. however, the water and trees look excellent in the last two.

-ZiP!-

5/31/2006 8:04:49 AM

shot by a 5 year old Canon G1. most probably in auto mode.

5/31/2006 12:46:32 PM

Waiting for my D50 to come (hopefully Friday!)

5/31/2006 1:13:21 PM

yeah...my main concern was the clouds. they just seem washed out with the high saturation. maybe if you up the sat. on just the sky? other than that....those pics are amazing.

5/31/2006 5:51:42 PM

17

-ZiP!-

5/31/2006 6:14:12 PM

Highly artistic photo warning!!!


















All of these were taking with my POS PowerShot SD20.

5/31/2006 6:49:00 PM

rumor has it that you take the best pictures while sitting in a car

5/31/2006 7:26:31 PM

Quote :

"it's just a little discouraging that i look at this thread, see people taking pictures for fun, then remember that 99% of my photos can't be posted publicly due to customer privacy. "

haha, some of us may have broken that rule in this thread, it's all good, chief

-ZiP!-

5/31/2006 7:41:06 PM

no ronny, it is NOT kanye

5/31/2006 7:57:29 PM

i hate you all, i want one
hey randy let me hold yours

5/31/2006 7:58:55 PM

5/31/2006 7:58:55 PM

You're more than welcome to play with mine Brian.

5/31/2006 7:59:46 PM

^but will you let him use your camera?

5/31/2006 8:01:08 PM

skokiaan beat me too it

for real though, one of these days i would love to
when my live calms down a bit and i have a free weekend

[Edited on May 31, 2006 at 8:02 PM. Reason : a]

5/31/2006 8:01:56 PM

Oh, my camera? Definitely not.

5/31/2006 8:02:50 PM

i don't think i want you anywhere close to mine

but i will however let you take some pics with my camera if you are around while i'm in town.

5/31/2006 8:03:07 PM

Quote :

"haha, some of us may have broken that rule in this thread, it's all good, chief"

commercial stuff I wouldn't be too worried about posting, it is the portrait stuff that I don't want to post.

5/31/2006 8:37:08 PM

there has to be a catch to this

http://www.slickdeals.net/#p7589

Quote :

"Winkflash has 100 4"x6" prints for $1 shipped with coupon GM85RS36. Thanks papayabhai2002 "

so anyone that has been looking to get a bunch of prints

.01 per print ain't bad

6/1/2006 11:13:13 AM

Olympus d460 with an AWESOME 1.3 MEGA-pixel sensor. auto mode. turn to B&W in PS.

6/1/2006 1:33:17 PM

i like it

6/1/2006 1:52:07 PM

Nice composition.

6/1/2006 3:55:15 PM

Hey coolbeans,

See the white halo around the man on the bench, in your shot? I think that's a tell-tale sign of a shot being sharpened too much in the postprocessing. I feel that if you reduced the amount of sharpening and sometimes the amount of saturation that you do after shooting, a lot of your shots may come out truer-looking, and in turn, more appealing? Just a suggestion, and I realize that last one wasn't your main SLR.

-ZiP!-

6/2/2006 8:49:28 AM

From http://www.topleftpixel.com

6/2/2006 8:55:09 AM

spookyjon/woodfoot with posting the canadian guy who owns us all --
we should keep this to just our own work?

but i agree, that guy's stuff is inspirational, and then after you've seen tons of it, downright depressing

-ZiP!-

6/2/2006 8:59:01 AM

Eh, I hadn't posted anything of his in a couple of weeks, just really liked that one.

sry

6/2/2006 9:00:29 AM

no prob chief --

the words on that RV are very bizarre

also: coolbeans, i'm not trying to tell you how to do your thing, just making an observation

-ZiP!-

6/2/2006 10:25:59 AM

dammit

how the fuck are we stuck taking shots of random ass shit

while some dude with a fucking point and shoot gets to take naked pics of chicks like Melissapat83???

btw


i pulled out the camera last night and shot some shit in my room for the fuck of it

6/2/2006 10:57:18 AM

^you just pwnt everyone in this thread with that comment

-ZiP!-

6/2/2006 11:04:21 AM

thats what i'm saying...

dude is shootin hot bitches with a damn fuji

i'm taking pictures of my sloppy chair and three of my suit sleeves

wtf

6/2/2006 11:08:09 AM

yeah it makes you say >.< ...

6/2/2006 11:12:05 AM

I'll let you all take nudes of me if you want

6/2/2006 11:13:40 AM

6/2/2006 11:42:51 AM

6/2/2006 12:07:56 PM

ok, now you guys get back to posting pictures

I really like this thread, so I haven't ever shat on it

6/2/2006 12:09:05 PM

I have a bunch of stuff from my walk around the arboretum yesterday.

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
















Finally, some shots of us testing out the new studio lighting down at the studio.

6/2/2006 12:14:44 PM

YOU'RE LIKE A GENTLE GIANT

6/2/2006 12:16:34 PM

ronny looks so emo in that last one

6/2/2006 12:20:02 PM

take no offense at the foot of wood

buy my initial thought at teh second one is "that looks like he's trying out for Beast in X4"

6/2/2006 12:20:50 PM