from SlickDeals:
BHPhoto has the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi 10.1 Megapixel, SLR, Digital Camera Body (Silver, Black) for $570 + $9 shipping. Thanks cogentman.

oooh i want one so badly

11/3/2006 10:32:10 AM

That bhphoto link says $684 and out of stock. It's also body only but I'm sure you knew that.

11/3/2006 10:43:49 AM

ronnie, those are great pics of STL... I really miss living there

11/3/2006 3:24:09 PM

i also lived in st. louis...it got kind of old going to the arch all the time, but now that i only get to see it once every couple of years when we visit family for christmas or easter, i miss it

good shots

11/3/2006 3:31:25 PM

11/4/2006 4:35:13 PM

took this last night at my parents' house out where city lights don't ruin everything

11/5/2006 2:54:00 PM

11/5/2006 10:12:32 PM

I really like this one.

11/6/2006 12:58:56 AM

ok critics... rookie at work.







[Edited on November 6, 2006 at 3:30 PM. Reason : ]

11/6/2006 3:22:57 PM

Not taken by me...in fact, not even taken with a dSLR. But I still think they're awesome pics.

11/6/2006 8:05:03 PM

I got my 30D wet today.

Really wet. I figured in the bottom of my bag and covered with an umbrella I'd be fine, but somehow the bag got water in it and the camera sat in it for a while. I took the batteries out and am hoping for the best.


I don't wanna have to send my camera off AGAIN!

[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 3:40 PM. Reason : ]

11/7/2006 3:40:35 PM

man, that sucks

11/7/2006 3:48:30 PM

my first attempt with photoshop

11/7/2006 4:36:30 PM

Damn...nice picture !

11/7/2006 4:49:08 PM

^^suggestion, bring the white point in a good bit (to about 180) and it'll add a little more pop to the picture.

11/7/2006 4:52:44 PM

^I will give that a try
^^ thanks

11/7/2006 4:55:05 PM

I'd also crop the blwon out sky from the top left of the picture and make it a more extreme horizontal. The top left is distracting.

And stowaway was right with the white point.

11/7/2006 11:42:48 PM

Trip to Hanging Rock State Park a few weeks ago:



I think this was 20 shots, used autostitch.
Big: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=270949257&size=o

Taken from a friend's place off the parkway in VA.
Crappy day usually = crappy pics, but I kind of like this one after processing.


[Edited on November 8, 2006 at 12:59 AM. Reason : ~]

11/8/2006 12:57:26 AM

maybe i shouldn't be posting this in this thread, but i thought it would be the quickest way to get an answer

i'm looking for one of those collapsible white chambers that you use to take "professional" pictures of small-medium sized objects...know what i'm talking about? i tried searching on google, but i think i'm missing a keyword

i would assume camera shops around here (southeastern camera?) would have them, but they're probably 10 times more expensive than i'd like

11/8/2006 11:50:29 AM

They are pretty expensive, at least they can be for big ones. The magazine I was checking out the other day was advertising a 6x6 foot one for something like 1200 bucks. Small ones aren't so bad, and you can go to a larger Wolf Camera and ask about them.

[Edited on November 8, 2006 at 12:06 PM. Reason : .]

11/8/2006 12:03:15 PM

11/9/2006 10:49:51 PM

^Cool... but is it still alive?

11/9/2006 10:55:34 PM

Presumably. I managed to scoot it outside with a paper towel and it scurried off.

11/9/2006 10:59:44 PM

any quick online guides for filer usage?

I'm particularly interested in how to optimize the use of my circular polarizing filter. Apparently, I should be doing something with that outer rotating ring, and possibly something with my white balance.

11/9/2006 11:10:08 PM

Googled for it:
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-use-and-buy-polarizing-filters/
Looks like it will give you a start... basically you rotate the filter to get whatever effect you're going for, like clear water, deep blue sky, etc.

The 2 pictures at Hanging Rock that I posted above used a polarizer. I should have spent more time choosing a better setting for it before shooting the panorama - then not touching it between shots. Oh well.

11/10/2006 12:18:10 AM

I shot my second basketball game last night, and I must say that basketball is now my favorite sport to shoot.

I came back with a LOT of really good images. It made my night.





(Does it make me a nerd if the quality of my day is directly proportionate to the quality/quantity of pictures I took that day?)

11/11/2006 12:07:23 PM

11/11/2006 1:58:27 PM

11/11/2006 3:48:41 PM

11/13/2006 9:19:50 PM

One of my mother's friends is selling this:

Canon Eos digital rebel Kit:
Body, kit lens (EF-S 18-55) Battery Charger, battery, Photoshop Elements, $420
Tamron AF 75-300mm F/4-5.6 LD macro $130 (canon)
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 $45 (canon)
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 $50
Canon 420 EX speedlite $175

11/13/2006 9:46:55 PM

11/14/2006 6:23:43 PM

can everyone please avoid using the save for web option in photoshop. It removes the exif data which some of us love seeing on really nice shots.

11/14/2006 6:31:02 PM

11/14/2006 6:37:39 PM

Quote :

"can everyone please avoid using the save for web option in photoshop. It removes the exif data which some of us love seeing on really nice shots."

I agree. A lot of us are using flickr to host the images and no exif data is tied to the jpeg but it's saved on the site. Technically, we're supposed to be providing links to the page the photo is on, which has then as a link to the exif data that was saved.

Quote :

"Remember! Flickr Terms of Service specify that if you post a Flickr photo on an external website, the photo must link back to its photo page."

Maybe that's the route to take for now.

11/14/2006 8:47:33 PM

If I were premmie, I'd be doing it properly

my photostream: http://flickr.com/photos/textilesdiva

[Edited on November 14, 2006 at 8:48 PM. Reason : ldkjsf]

11/14/2006 8:48:20 PM

http://www.charliesimages.com

11/14/2006 8:48:37 PM

^^^^ pretty nice, but oversharpened. notice the halo?

11/14/2006 8:55:02 PM

oh snap! i do! (seriously)

11/14/2006 8:56:10 PM

^x8 Nice picture maybe a little less blue but good compostion.

11/14/2006 9:01:38 PM

whatever happened to ZiP?

11/14/2006 9:09:48 PM

he wised up and got the hell out of here

11/14/2006 9:10:37 PM

i miss him

11/14/2006 9:11:19 PM

don't believe i sharpened it. its cropped in a good bit. didn't change the color at all. mostly just cropped and lightened up because it was under exposed.

11/14/2006 9:12:41 PM

^5 white balance was set to incandecent instead of shade or cloudy.

^ something put some sharpening in there, either camera or editing program.

[Edited on November 14, 2006 at 9:15 PM. Reason : ]

11/14/2006 9:14:47 PM

i think i did some sharpening to this one. i did more stuff to it obviously.

i think its just the fact that its cropped in so much. but i can check again i guess.

11/14/2006 9:19:01 PM

that is a great shot.

11/14/2006 9:21:26 PM

i did sharpen it. 100% at 1.0 radius. probably didn't think about it when i did it. i recropped it. and look at the 2. honestly there is still a bit of a halo at that crop size though... strange.





[Edited on November 14, 2006 at 9:34 PM. Reason : there is my input for a while... btw zip quit this site a long time ago.]

11/14/2006 9:26:49 PM

I don't care for the tree in the foreground, but I couldn't find a better angle than this (note the forest fire in the background)

also, I blow at editing...and all I have are IrfanView and Digital Photo Professional

[Edited on November 15, 2006 at 12:14 AM. Reason : ']

11/15/2006 12:01:43 AM

Nice pics, cheezcurd. You can give Lightroom a download if you're looking for something to edit with. It's meant for RAWs but it does an alright job with JPEG as well. Plus it's still free!

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom/

11/15/2006 12:10:00 AM

^^ is that a eureka backcountry?

11/15/2006 12:23:15 AM