Photography Post Vol. 2

[DEPHT]

Got a great deal on an SLR, now all I gotta do is pick up some lenses. Got a canon, so what would you guys recommend as far as lenses go? I shoot mostly portraits and landscapes but I want a relatively versatile lens.

I have a $300 best buy gift card but I can add some cash so...recommendations?

[wild_whiskey]

For $300 + cash, if you want half-decent quality you should get a prime. I don't know the details of Canon lenses, but a 20mm 2.8 lens shouldnt be more than like $500

[mike lowrey]

if youre looking for a good zoom lense, get a Tamron 17-50 2.8. it has very good image quality, quite sharp at f/2.8 as well so its good for low light conditions. I've suggested this to a couple of people upgrading from a kit lense and they've been very happy. Felix has one as well I think?

[ProfMonnitoff]

17-50/2.8 is great. it's not going to last you a lifetime, but it will take good pictures for a while.

[lacquered]

My first attempt here, go easy on me fellas:D

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3799/img0455wl8.jpg

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/1881/img0408ib0.jpg

comments, suggestions are very much appreciated!

[notesee]

if youre looking for a good zoom lense, get a Tamron 17-50 2.8. it has very good image quality, quite sharp at f/2.8 as well so its good for low light conditions. I've suggested this to a couple of people upgrading from a kit lense and they've been very happy. Felix has one as well I think?

Thanks for the lens suggestions, I've been researching up on some lenses and Tamron was a company of interest, my professor also recommended them to me. Might purchase it in a couple months.

Does anyone else have this? I'd like to see some example shots from users on here who are shooting with it.

[sistersuzie]

I took that picture yesterday and although it's a tiny bit blury, I love it, I think that it's the "bluriness" and the light that makes it.

and the photoshopped version that I really like:

[notesee]

I really like the original version of that photochopped picture much better. It's just a basic filter that I'm sick of seeing.

[Felix]

^what kinda pic you want?

close up?

landscape?

person?

[aaronS]

For $300 + cash, if you want half-decent quality you should get a prime. I don't know the details of Canon lenses, but a 20mm 2.8 lens shouldnt be more than like $500

I shoot with the 20mm 2.8 usm on my 20d and i'm pretty happy with it for the price. bascially anything i shoot digitally i use that lens exclusively. check my blog for example photos. if you have any questions just ask.

[aaronS]

I've got a new entry on my photo blog http://asnell.blogspot.com i'm tired and i dont' feel like resizing them and then hosting them on photobucket so if you want to see them just click the link.

[C0C0]

[airfrogusmc]

Hey Coco is that an Eddie Hazel cd to the left of Prince? If so he was one amazing guitar player.

[Carl]

two from the fair...

[totally epic]

Shot on Neopan 1600. My first time ever developing my own film. Less than stellar results on Xtol (I think I screwed up when making the 5 liter solution), ok results on Rodinal. I probably just suck at metering though. Tips/suggestions?

[Comma H]

All taken with a Canonet GIII QL17 Rangefinder and Kodak Tri-X 400

[Carl]

This has the potential too be all sorts of amazing (i mean, its even got a fucking cowboy hat in it) but...the people need to more evenly spaced among the windows. It's litteraly split second from being badass. You could probably go back and re-work the situation, no?

[diewhitegirls]

Great stuff on this page, but I have a question:

Is there any way to capture super long exposure times (upwards of a minute) without completely blowing out the picture during the day? I've tweaked with the ISO, the aperature, but I am using a a Sony DSC-H9, so no fancy SLR action for me.

[totally epic]

Neutral density filters!

[Guest DUM]

epic, you know of a good place in Seattle that'll develop B&W, maybe I'm not looking enough but I can't find any place near me so I've been shooting color/fake-B&W

[totally epic]

Yeah, there's a place not too far from where I live that does B&W for $5.

Capitol Hill 60 Minute Photo (Pricelist)

[Comma H]

Carl, some more cowboy hat stuff for you.

Kodak Provia 100F test shot...im not all that keen on using colour

[aaronS]

comma, the second cowboy hat guy shot is awesome, i love pictures of people taking pictures

[corter]

random portraits today, i havent shot in a couple weeks and i was missing it

[chingon]

no one at SPE this weekend I can talk to?

[tweeds]

[Crillz]

totally epic: that last color shot is TOTALLY EPIC. you have a good sense of color use it!

my latest disaster:

[airfrogusmc]

Heres a series I've been working on. I think most of these have been posted here but not all together. If they have please disregard..

[totally epic]

totally epic: that last color shot is TOTALLY EPIC. you have a good sense of color use it!

Don't you mean Comma H?

[C0C0]

always a fan of your work airfrog but the photo of the orange wall and blue bin just doesn't seem strong enough to be with the rest