Picture of the Day

[Mescalamba]

My new pink iPod Nano 5G.

Camera: Panasonic DMC-G1
Exposure: 1.6
Aperture: f/10.0
Focal Length: 45 mm
Exposure: +1.00
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

[ripken204]

damn all of you.
so i'm driving home after timing a cross country meet all day in horrible weather.
i pass by wires, ing wires. and all i think about is XtremeSystems's picture of the day thread.
so you jerks just made me spend another hour outside in horrible weather taking pictures

but hey, i got some really nice shots

http://gallery.ripken204.com/main.php?g2_itemId=601



Camera: Canon Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6
Exposure: 1/8
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

[Elisha]

Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/2.2
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Canon 50mm f/1.8

[hikaricloud]

damn all of you.
so i'm driving home after timing a cross country meet all day in horrible weather.
i pass by wires, ing wires. and all i think about is XtremeSystems's picture of the day thread.
so you jerks just made me spend another hour outside in horrible weather taking pictures

but hey, i got some really nice shots

I never meant to start a telephone line craze. D: But all that matters is you got some good shots.

[ripken204]

I never meant to start a telephone line craze. D: But all that matters is you got some good shots.

heh, well i had nothing better to do, and better yet, i started taking pictures within an hour of sunset. so i got some telephone lines and sunset at the same time

btw, i really like having dark pictures with cool looking sunsets.
and since it's technically another day for me now..

http://gallery.ripken204.com/main.php?g2_itemId=625




http://gallery.ripken204.com/main.php?g2_itemId=637

[Lestat]

wow great shots ripken!

and elisha i take it you are liking the 7D ?

how about the video? have you been able to utilize that to get some nice video, especially video showing off nice depth of field

[ANP !!!]

Nice shots Ripken.
Sweet shot Elisha
Cool shot Nate.

For Halloween
Thats me on the top and my Mom on left

[Equinediver]

Have to admit this was pure fluke when trying to get a photo of this orchid!



Nikon D70
Exp 1/1000 @ f4.8
50mm
ISO 200
Sigma 18.0 - 50mm 2.8

[ripken204]

wow, that it an awesome fluke, once in a lifetime shot

[Mescalamba]

Equinediver

Simply amazing.. you can win some contest with that.

[Tarowah]

Camera: Nikon D5000
Lens: Nikkor 55-200 f/4-5.6G
Exposure: 1/4
Aperture: f/14
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

[Mescalamba]

Tarowah

Nice shot, pretty sharp.. impressive what can D5000 do in right hands. Good composition too..

[Nate P.]

20D
24-70


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Thats me

[Tarowah]

Tarowah

Nice shot, pretty sharp.. impressive what can D5000 do in right hands. Good composition too..

Thank you! I have been having a lot of trouble getting decent shots over the past few months, it seems the harder I try the worse I do and I cant fathom how you guys get such clarity out of your cameras it blows me away.

[inCore]

I definitely need a strobe. Thinking of getting an SB-900. I've agreed to do some portaits for a friend, a strobe would help a lot.

Here are some simple autumn colors:



Model = Nikon D90
Lens = Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
Exposure Time = 1/640"
F Number = F8
ISO Speed Ratings = 200
Exposure Bias Value = ±0EV
Flash = Off
Focal Length = 35mm

And of course, nice facial expression ANP.

[Mescalamba]

Thank you! I have been having a lot of trouble getting decent shots over the past few months, it seems the harder I try the worse I do and I cant fathom how you guys get such clarity out of your cameras it blows me away.

I guess its because lot of guys here are more than average photographers. Not me, tough..

And about getting decent shot.. hmm.. when I want to shoot something, I shoot quite a lot pics.. different views/angles/focal lengths.. etc. and then pic some best. I don´t plan a lot.. just shoot. But thats me, its probably different for others. Anyway you are doing nice pics..

[Mescalamba]

Cause my G1 has some "issues" to get focus in low-light (which makes shooting in woods a lot harder) .. I tried something different.

Btw. does it seems oversaturated/undersaturated to you? Or is it "ok"? All criticism welcomed ofc.



Camera: Panasonic DMC-G1
Exposure: 0.5
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 45 mm
Exposure: +0.40
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

And bit of PS work..

[Tarowah]

Mescalamba that shot seems like I can reach into it, thats the kind of clarity I am talking about.

[Elisha]

and elisha i take it you are liking the 7D ?

how about the video? have you been able to utilize that to get some nice video, especially video showing off nice depth of field

Love it. Video is pretty good. I have to figure out how to use Vegas Pro so I can edit some video. I have a bunch of unedited stuff that looks pretty good at ISO 3200.

I tried my cousins 50mm f/1.8 the other day and hit rates were only about 20%.
Seemed like his lens front focussed quite a bit. I didn't have time to micro adjust it since I only used it for that one night.
He said he has never gotten sharp images from that lens either but then again he's more of a point and shooter with his XSi.
Also noticed that AF was super slow with it as well in dim light. The 18-55mm locked focus much faster in the same light.

Regardless I won't buy that lens just because of the slow AF.

[Lestat]

he got a bad one elisha, i have not heard of anyone with slow focus or front/back focus issues.
mine is fine and fast.
spend the $90-ish, you wont regret it.
or spend the $400 and get the 1.4 model. or get the sigma 30mm f/1.4 like marin. i would go for the 30mm

[Lestat]

mesca,,, seems abit under saturated, unless those are the closest to their real colors.
not everything has blazing full bright colors. especially things in the color range you shot, those are usually duller more subdued colors (browns, light blue)
it looks a bot hazy though over in the lower left corner, or is that just me? maybe some light flair?

if you have the option with the G1, bump the saturation up 1 notch. it will richen the colors without over doing it.

[ridney]

Extreme Swing, Clarke Quay - Singapore



7D, 28mm, F2.8, 1/80s, ISO 3200, Ex Bias 0

[Mescalamba]

mesca,,, seems abit under saturated, unless those are the closest to their real colors.
not everything has blazing full bright colors. especially things in the color range you shot, those are usually duller more subdued colors (browns, light blue)
it looks a bot hazy though over in the lower left corner, or is that just me? maybe some light flair?

if you have the option with the G1, bump the saturation up 1 notch. it will richen the colors without over doing it.

Yes, G1 has that option.. its pretty much capable doing everything that any "standart" dSLR can.

Hazy.. mm maybe result of adding some vignette effect in PS.

Undersaturated.. heh, ok.. I´ll stick with my +15 saturation in PS.. (its due aRGB to sRGB conversion which loose lot of saturation..). Thanks for response.

[Lestat]

oh i see the vignetting, yes that might be all it is then.
send me the original if you can, jpg please, not raw, probably too big for my isp's email system unless it can be zipped to under 10mb.
lestat@mchsi.com

[Elisha]

he got a bad one elisha, i have not heard of anyone with slow focus or front/back focus issues.
mine is fine and fast.
spend the $90-ish, you wont regret it.
or spend the $400 and get the 1.4 model. or get the sigma 30mm f/1.4 like marin. i would go for the 30mm

Most likely a bad one.
I still really want a Sigma 50mm f/1.4.
I'll be getting a 35mm f/2 soon.