Photography Post Vol. 2

[joelz]

joelz: if you know it's a bad picture then why post?

because i havent been called out yet?

[mrjameskent]

Playing with my new Nikon 50mm 1.8 D AF - within 15mins of purchase so excuse any cock-ups!!!! I LOVE this lens!

[soonami]

^^^

I have this lens too, the 50mm 1.8 D, and it's great prime for the price (got mine for $60)

Your second shot is probably the best. But what are the stories you are trying to tell with your pictures? I mean this rhetorically, because it seems like the first is just something you just saw that had a cool cartoon on it. Second has good contrast and detail as well as movement, but why is that interesting. The last is just bad: nothing is actually in focus, there is no detail, camera shake, over-exposed, no real composition just people standing/walking. If you panned with the women in focus and left the background out of focus then this could be interesting, but as it is, there isn't much to look at.

You seem to miss the point of shooting a prime is because you can open the aperture wide at low light to shoot at a reasonable shutter speed or really manipulate depth of field by shooting open to narrow the focal plane.

I don't mean this to be negative, just wanted to give you something to think about while taking pictures

edit:

giottito: those aren't photographs, they are snapshots

[C0C0]

been scanning in some old photographs for a project i'm working on

[rizzleryan]

A picture from a recent assignment i did for my class.

[walleye]

Too

Much

Ash

[mrjameskent]

^^^

I have this lens too, the 50mm 1.8 D, and it's great prime for the price (got mine for $60)

Your second shot is probably the best. But what are the stories you are trying to tell with your pictures? I mean this rhetorically, because it seems like the first is just something you just saw that had a cool cartoon on it. Second has good contrast and detail as well as movement, but why is that interesting. The last is just bad: nothing is actually in focus, there is no detail, camera shake, over-exposed, no real composition just people standing/walking. If you panned with the women in focus and left the background out of focus then this could be interesting, but as it is, there isn't much to look at.

You seem to miss the point of shooting a prime is because you can open the aperture wide at low light to shoot at a reasonable shutter speed or really manipulate depth of field by shooting open to narrow the focal plane.

I don't mean this to be negative, just wanted to give you something to think about while taking pictures

edit:

giottito: those aren't photographs, they are snapshots

Soonami - no negativity assumed, really value your feedback.

I've only been shooting for a very short time - wasn't even aware of aperature etc etc until visiting my brother who is really into photography.

Telling stories is someting I hope to develop over time, its going to be a while though but like when I'm making music, the journey is the fun part!!!

[juanda]

festive

[jewbagel]

First roll of medium format.

[jeepster]

^colors are a little washed out, but I really like it nonetheless. Natural light or otherwise?

[jewbagel]

Natural Light.

[sircheesecake]

Jewbagel: American apparel store?

Juanda: Nice photos

[primed]

Canon over Nikon anyday!

Thats a nikon on the floor btw if anyone didnt get the point of this T__T

[corter]

[primed]

The other night i was trying out some still lifes with lighting to see what i could get.

Obviously these could be accomplished by anyone with a camera, i just thought id give it a go.

Setup:

Desktop lamp

Orange card

White paper to bounce a little bit of light

Canon 40D

50mm f/1.8

If someone could leave me some comments on how to improve these then that would be appreciated.

Besides the fact that i cut off the product at the bottom of the image .

[primed]

corter is that a macro or just a low f/stop lens?

i couldnt even guess that last image.

[soonami]

last looks like a pearl snap on a western shirt

I think that's some kind of extension bellow, inverted prime lens contraption, but corter could probably better explain his setup

[joelz]

[Gil Belford]

festive

Lovely colours, especially on that last one.

Great pictures overall.

[corter]

corter is that a macro or just a low f/stop lens?

i couldnt even guess that last image.

both, i'm shooting extension tubes with a 50mm at f/1.8, lens isn't inverted though.

the last is a pink pearl snap. it's all part of a project i've been doing for a little while, i'll have more from time to time till i'm done.

here's a couple more:

this one i'm not using:

and an eyeball, we were playing around and i was about 1" away from his eye. my eyes couldn't even focus because i was so close

[un-]

[corter]

The other night i was trying out some still lifes with lighting to see what i could get.

Obviously these could be accomplished by anyone with a camera, i just thought id give it a go.

Setup:

Desktop lamp

Orange card

White paper to bounce a little bit of light

Canon 40D

50mm f/1.8

If someone could leave me some comments on how to improve these then that would be appreciated.

Besides the fact that i cut off the product at the bottom of the image .

try setting a custom white balance, they look pretty warm. otherwise, just work on composition a bit, maybe get a nice flash when you can and a cheap light stand/umbrella?

[dino might]

someone's ass got fired..

[C0C0]

that's one nice corny pic

[primed]

both, i'm shooting extension tubes with a 50mm at f/1.8, lens isn't inverted though.

the last is a pink pearl snap. it's all part of a project i've been doing for a little while, i'll have more from time to time till i'm done.

very good!!! love that eye photo, can you tell me exactly what your using please.

id like to do something like this aswell.

[Maximillion]

and an eyeball, we were playing around and i was about 1" away from his eye. my eyes couldn't even focus because i was so close

im lovin' that eye, the reflection is nice

[corter]

very good!!! love that eye photo, can you tell me exactly what your using please.

id like to do something like this aswell.

same setup, but i'm sure you could take the photo with lots of different equipment.

[johnnay]

why are his pupils so dilated? it seems to be fairly bright.

[Traynor]

[corter]

why are his pupils so dilated? it seems to be fairly bright.

it was dim in the room, i was using a flash