Picture of the Day

[ZOMGVTEK]

How do you feel about this pointlessly shallow DOF?

[Weevil]

What lens?

[ZOMGVTEK]

35mm f1.8 AF-S on a D3100.

I was near the minimum focus distance for that lens, however.

[Weevil]

Decent shot, maybe a little over exposed.

[ZOMGVTEK]

That was one of the first shots with that camera. I now have it stopped down -2/3, since it tends to overexpose. I have 1K shots on the camera now, just screwing around getting used to it...

Im ready to take some shots at CES... They might even be OK.

[lkiller123]

Las Vegas | Aria at Night by lkiller123, on Flickr

First HDR

HDR: 3 shots 0.7EV bracket
Sony DSC-H10
6.3mm (38mm)
ISO400

[ZOMGVTEK]

You're already in Vegas for CES?

I never even attempted a HDR shot on a DSLR... Did you do this handheld with some auto HDR mode?

[lkiller123]

Naw, gotta head back for school..

There is no auto HDR in my camera, and I only shoot P&S right now.
Yes I did this handheld, but for a legit HDR, you are supposed to do the shots on a tripod since you will blend the pictures together.
But if you really did this handheld, you can always select the "Align source images" on Photomatix (that's the software most people use for HDRs).

[Sam_oslo]

Last sunray, hand held with 10x zoom, on Flickr

[Tarowah]

[Weevil]

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[ZOMGVTEK]

DSC_0104 by ZOMGVTEK, on Flickr

[Weevil]

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[skier]

wow the Las Vegas at night shot looks amazing!

sweet thread

[Tarowah]

Ok this is the last Dam one I will bore you with, I took tons of shots and have about 50 more I need to process but they are all pretty much just water over the dam.

[Weevil]

A short time exposure would look real cool on those shots.

[Tarowah]

I have a couple like that but I never liked the way they turned out, I will look at them and put one of them up.

[ZOMGVTEK]

Ok this is the last Dam one I will bore you with, I took tons of shots and have about 50 more I need to process but they are all pretty much just water over the dam.

That image is surprisingly noisy for a ISO 100 shot... Is f22 necessary for what you want to achieve? There is quite a bit of defraction on the kit lens at f22. Did you sharpen it in post to compensate? I would think a D5000 would give you more information than that at ISO 100 in RAW. You should be able to get a bit more dynamic range by switching your 'Vivid' profile over to 'Neutral' and editing it as desired in post.

However... This 'PhotoScape' you used to edit it looks suspicious...

[crazydiamond]

no idea what im doing but i like the pic this is jpeg straight out of the camera

[Ch@pS]

[Tarowah]

That image is surprisingly noisy for a ISO 100 shot... Is f22 necessary for what you want to achieve? There is quite a bit of defraction on the kit lens at f22. Did you sharpen it in post to compensate? I would think a D5000 would give you more information than that at ISO 100 in RAW. You should be able to get a bit more dynamic range by switching your 'Vivid' profile over to 'Neutral' and editing it as desired in post.

However... This 'PhotoScape' you used to edit it looks suspicious...

In order to get the slow shutter speed I wanted f22 was where I had to be in order to get the water effect.


The noise comes from Photoscape due to the PP, it is a freeware photo tool so it isnt going to be the best, the reason I had to pp the image is because there was a layer of mist on the lens from the water spilling over the dam.

[Weevil]

Can only imagine what this little guy was thinking, the tripod must have looked like the Eiffel Tower to him.



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[Weevil]

woops.

[ZOMGVTEK]

no idea what im doing but i like the pic this is jpeg straight out of the camera
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i8...DSC09952-1.jpg

Thats not a bad shot...

How do you feel about this B&W edit?

[crazydiamond]

Thats not a bad shot...

How do you feel about this B&W edit?

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5288/...b673bf2d_b.jpg

thanks, looks really good! im gonna go make all of the ones i took b&w

do you know any good links i can learn what all the manual settings do on the cameras? and also tips for post processing in photoshop?