Baby birds on the porch.

7/1/2008 6:24:36 PM

they took ur jawbs!!!!!

7/1/2008 6:29:06 PM

[Edited on July 1, 2008 at 7:03 PM. Reason : jghjjgky]

7/1/2008 6:39:49 PM

Quote :

"they took ur jawbs!!!!!"

Stupid goobacks.

7/1/2008 7:01:54 PM

7/1/2008 10:27:01 PM

Anyone know if a good spot to take pictures of the fireworks in DC?[quote]

7/1/2008 10:28:54 PM

JBaz, c'mon man. If you spend that much on camera equipment, please, at least spend a little more on your drinks.

7/2/2008 12:03:30 AM

^^ reflection pool of the lincoln monument

7/2/2008 12:05:20 AM

I can't afford drinks because I'm a photoholic not alcoholic. I do have $300 worth of hard liquor in my room, but I only bought them for photo taking...

Simple illustration of the nade

7/2/2008 12:14:57 AM

Let me have it when you're done then.

7/2/2008 12:21:27 AM

Unfortunately I've noticed a trend since I bought my D40. In low light ISO1600 shots (sometimes in normal ISO ranges though, like ISO 200) I'll have some reg/green/blue dots appear on my images. It's actually pretty annoying, and I'm just curious if it's dust on the sensor or something.

In this image (full res, straight from the camera):
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~chfranci/DSC_0029.JPG

I can count at least 5 red dots, 2 green dots, and 2 blue dots.

WTF?

[Edited on July 3, 2008 at 10:53 AM. Reason : edit: Looks like the forum doesn't like my link. Copy/paste the whole thing -- it works.]

7/3/2008 10:52:24 AM

damn that does look bad... hope it's just dust!

are the dots in the same place everytime or completely different??

7/3/2008 10:53:45 AM

From what I can tell they're in the same spot every time.

I did the 'mirror-lockup' thing real quick to take a look at it, and yes it looks like there's a few dots on the sensor.

Damnit.

7/3/2008 10:56:30 AM

I did a little more research, and apparently I have a few 'stuck pixels'. You can send your camera to Nikon to have them remap them out of the sensor so they're not used to help create the image. Unfortunately I have a trip coming up on the 26th, and I'm trying to avoid sending in my camera. In fact, I bought the camera for the trip...

...grrr.

7/3/2008 11:15:53 AM

Yeah, that's definitely a bad sensor. You've got quite a few elements that are stuck on. They're plus shaped because of the way the sensor uses RGB sensitive elements to compose an image where certain ones are sensitive to a particular color.

Would be nice if Nikon would send you a loaner or a new body completely.

7/3/2008 2:52:30 PM

Two separate issues:

1: Pixel issue

2: Dropping camera issue -- last night while taking my camera + 2 lenses out of my car in the camera bag, my girlfriend dropped it on the sidewalk. There's not a lot of padding in there, so it made an expensive noise. I believe it landed on my 55-200 VR lens, because the camera body itself is fine -- no scratches/dents/dings at all. It works perfectly, except for the aforementioned pixel issue (discovered before the dropping incident).


I talked to Nikon and they said they could fix or replace the camera body due to the pixel issue, and the guy on the phone agreed that it was under warranty since that was before the dropping incident. They also said they'd be happy to look at the 55-200 VR lens. I don't believe the VR is as effective as it once was, and if nothing else it sounds like there's a grain of sand in it when I zoom. Otherwise, both work fine. I'll ship them both out on Monday and let everyone know how Nikon's customer service is.


The 18-55mm lens that was also in the bag is broken, but mostly due to me. After it was dropped, I noticed that it wasn't zooming as smoothly as it had before. Having all this stuff dropped was the last straw in a long line of things that have fucked up over the past week or so, and I lost my temper. I got pissed when I was examining the zoom ring, jammed it to one end too far, and it was stuck. Angry at that, I ripped the thing apart. So yes, my 18-55mm kit lens is now in multiple pieces in the garbage...

I replaced it today at Wolfcamera with the 18-55 VR version, hehe...$192.14 should teach me to keep my temper under control...

[Edited on July 3, 2008 at 3:29 PM. Reason : ]

7/3/2008 3:27:14 PM

just saw this, sweeeeeet sweet deal on a D70 and 3 lenses

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/sys/741390895.html

[Edited on July 3, 2008 at 3:43 PM. Reason : sfdsf]

7/3/2008 3:42:19 PM

i can promise you the body will take a f'ing BEATING. Someone in a drunken rage through my D50 through a wall...went through the drywall, cracked part of the piece on the lenses that is responsible for holding it to the body but the body was completely undamaged and still takes find pics to this day

i was impressed

7/3/2008 3:47:01 PM

^^ Decent but not sweeeeeet sweet

7/3/2008 5:04:11 PM

The D700 announcement makes me want to switch over to Nikon... Although, I can find a 5D for pretty nice prices. Makes me want to sell my 30D and get a 5D as a backup instead.

7/3/2008 6:04:54 PM

yay d700... i want!!!

7/3/2008 7:11:09 PM

7/3/2008 9:01:50 PM

i pretty much think that is all kinds of awesome.

7/3/2008 9:49:21 PM

I'll add my pup I think I want to rework the edit around the neck though...it was a really quick job, meant to leave room for a full body inset, but I don't think I like it. I'll probably go back and round it out some more.



[Edited on July 3, 2008 at 9:59 PM. Reason : ]

7/3/2008 9:58:46 PM

7/4/2008 3:32:45 AM

7/4/2008 7:27:40 AM

raspberries and blueberries from my garden a few weeks ago





the hi-res version of this looks cool (IMO) because of the detail on the fish, but meh

7/4/2008 10:23:11 AM

i just thought this was kind of neat...nothing special, though

7/4/2008 9:18:14 PM

Little bit of HDR here.

7/5/2008 12:08:47 AM

Salsa dancing at Touch. I do have to admit, these pictures aren't the best, cept for the still life.









[Edited on July 6, 2008 at 6:56 AM. Reason : img]

7/6/2008 6:55:17 AM

They definitely are not the best. Why did you even post them? I know you've got better stuff, especially since you've actually been shooting regularly (I am jealous, I have not been).


Also, give me a lens.

7/6/2008 10:26:24 AM

is peace camera store open today?

nevermind i looked at their site and they are closed...

any good camera shops around here besides them?

[Edited on July 6, 2008 at 11:36 AM. Reason : asdf]

7/6/2008 11:35:08 AM

I'm just pissed off that I didn't get to take any fireworks pictures and probably that's why the pictures sucked. But the still life shots came out really good. Products & sports are probably the two categories I'm really good at.

7/6/2008 12:41:22 PM

I really like that second Carmen's picture, though a couple stops smaller of an aperture might make the phone number on the card more easily readable...and thus a GREAT promo pic for the restaurant

7/6/2008 5:52:41 PM

took it using my D40x
left the shutter on bulb
f5.6
still not as awesome as I was hoping it would be.
only editing I've done is just make the picture a bit smaller, b/c the original was huge on this board.
I got like a hundred of pix of the fireworks, but they all look like that.

7/6/2008 7:59:34 PM

Quote :

"I really like that second Carmen's picture, though a couple stops smaller of an aperture might make the phone number on the card more easily readable...and thus a GREAT promo pic for the restaurant"

Did it. I just liked the Bokeh of the larger aperture one and it matched the ambient really good.



[Edited on July 6, 2008 at 11:27 PM. Reason : img]

7/6/2008 11:22:36 PM

I agree, I like the bokeh (new term for me, thanks for the heads-up) on the original...in fact I like the original better overall, but the improvement in DoF for the subject area might make me--if "me" was the restaurant owner--use the latter.

What was/is your setup? The picture looks exactly the same other than the background and DoF. I've heard of using plastic wrap to simulate crushed ice in beverage shots, is that what you did?

7/7/2008 7:17:24 AM

messed around a little bit this weekend, not as much as i wanted to but oh well..

7/7/2008 11:50:08 AM

^^^ Jbaz, I like that pic. Very nice DoF but I would think the mint leaves and lime need sharpening. Other than that great pic. (I'm not a pro either and it's probably better than a picture I could take but I just wanted to add my comment)

7/7/2008 3:10:39 PM

nothing special, ring light left of camera, about 1 foot up. Camera on tripod for about 1 second exposure. Just shot as is with no prep. Asked for drinks, shot, and consumed in 5 minutes.

Anyhow, Model shoot from Sunday.

7/8/2008 12:35:43 AM

holy finger off the trigger!!!

nice lighting though. one day I'll get some off cam flashes.

7/8/2008 6:54:51 AM

7/9/2008 1:15:28 AM

i want you to take some shots for me sometime

7/9/2008 1:18:56 AM

7/9/2008 1:19:16 AM

photo not there...

7/9/2008 3:07:11 AM

Do any of you guys post or look at dpchallenge.com? Its kind of fun to vote on pictures. I thought maybe we could do a similar thing, someone pick a topic, then we have a week or so to go out and capture that as best we could. It might be fun. Anyone interested?

7/9/2008 3:46:06 AM

it will never work on tww, too many assholes here and besides, most of the assholes stay out of this thread. This is our little photo haven.

7/9/2008 3:57:20 AM

not even if we did it in the lounge? I guess you're probably right though.

7/9/2008 4:02:50 AM

not as many assholes there, but still assholes. Maybe if we had our own photo section and a few photog's moderated it to be clean then it could be possible, but that idea just won't happen. ever.

7/9/2008 4:28:39 AM

need gear advice!

I'm shopping for a tripod head, looking at something like a manfrotto 486 - a small ballhead to keep a nikon d40 in position with medium size lenses, also needs to be fairly cheap. So a quick release head would cost a little more, but I'm not sure I'd use it since for the foreseeable future I will only have one camera and no big lenses. I am planning on doing outdoor stuff on a tripod, so it seems like it would speed up tripod setup just to have the QR plate on the camera and be able to just plunk it on top.

thoughts?

7/9/2008 9:02:17 AM