The official "Put up or shut up" thread

Outstanding thread! The work here has provided me with renewed faith in the ol' TPF. I often thought "everyone bables but there is no link to their work" The work is of course what separates the men from the boys so to speak. Here are a couple of my humble photos.

Much Love & Bass


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Craig, love the warmth in the first photo! The second has a great retro feel. There's this girl who teaches yoga classes that I go to, and she has this great look in that same retro kind of way, and I always want to ask her to shoot, but I never do because I get uncharacteristically shy when asking strangers to do shoots. But you photo makes me want to man up and do it. Nice work.
 
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Canon 5D MkII
100mm Macro
 
Thanks General! Classic Hollywood dominates my model book and is what gets me the jobs.

Approaching strangers for shoots is a whole other topic. None the less we all must realize there is nothing more important then your next photo shoot. So... DO IT!!!!!!!!!

Love & Bass
 
All taken this year with canon gear.

Canon 40D & Canon 600 f/4 IS
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Canon 40D and Canon 70-200 2.8 IS
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Canon 40D and pretty sure this was with the Canon 600 f/4 IS
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Canon 5DmkII and 70-200 2.8 IS
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A senior portrait session from July 30th Canon 5DmkII and 85 f/1.2L
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Hey Chuck!

No idea on the origin of the typo. I only shot the photo. I can say that Hope, AZ is a sleepy little town (population 300) located near the border of CA.

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Just a few of mine that I framed on photobucket. Yea, Im cheap and dont have photoshop, but oh well.

I feel that the skill is behind the view finder rather than at the computer.

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Nice Thread! It's like the kumbaya thread of TPF :lol:. In all honestly I enjoyed seeing everyone's work in here across the board - especially the ones who I've never seen post their work before :thumbup:.

Here's a gooofy shot from last weeks wedding. We also used it for a teaser for the couple who were really game and fun to work with.

Camera: 5D (4 years old and still kickin)
Lens: 24-70 mm 2.8L @ 25 mm
Exposure Mode: Manual
Aperature: f/10
Shutter: 1/200

Flash: 580 EXII (Off camera)
Zoom: 35mm
Power: 1/2
Distance: ~ 10ft
Light modifier(s): None (ended up with installing the softbox right after as we needed more diffusion in order to slow some of those photons down)

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this one i did at my first wedding, which wasn't too long ago

Nikon D80
AF Zoom Nikkor 24-85mm f/2.8 Lense
 

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On the way out the gate this evening, I decided to stop in one of the empty parking lots and capture this shot. I'm glad I decided to put the tripod in the car today.

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Camera: Canon 5D
Lens: 70-200 f/2.8L USM
ISO: 50
Av: f/8 @ 140mm
Tv: 30 Seconds
Flash: None
Conditions: Cool breeze, clear skies, and a ton of light pollution
Post Processing: Adobe Lightroom 2.5; Crop, Light Sharpen, Light Detail. Photoshop Elements 6; Corrected minor lens flare caused by ground lighting.

I'm keep my editing to a minimum, I prefer truth in the pictures. Also, the OP stated this thread is about equipment quality, not editing ability.

My first post this thread.
 
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I'm gonna put up some of my stuff, but promise not to laugh too much. I don't usually do much post processing on my stuff, including these. No colors or white balance have been adjusted on any of these. Mostly only cropping and some auto-sharpening done in Irfanview. That's it.

I won't be posting up the good stuff because it hasn't been published yet. Once it is I'll be sure to come back and share. ;)

This is Hal Strauss. World Champion National Freestyle Motocross. I was standing right next to the landing ramp for this shot. I haven't done anything with the colors or anything yet. Just cropped. This was my second weekend of shooting with this camera. It's going back this week to get traded in for a 7D. :D Check my flickr page for more FMX stuff.

Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 120 mm
ISO Speed: 160
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

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Here's another freestyle event the weekend before, the ASA World Championship of FMX. No post processing except for cropping.

Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 150 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

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I've got some good shots of CORRacing trucks and Red Bull Air Racing planes taken with a Sony Cybershot that I'll post up later. Mean time here's a macro shot of an aluminum part I programmed and ran on a CNC milling machine. This part goes into space and holds microwave components (prolly not in the rocket Gryphon posted above, but you never know!). I've got some cool shots of a Flight Termination Controller Housing sitting around here somewhere, interesting stuff.

Camera: Sony DSC-H5
Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 15.1 mm
ISO Speed: 320
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Auto, Did not fire

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...and another macroish shot of a flower with the same camera, again with no post processing.

Camera: Sony DSC-H5
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 6 mm
ISO Speed: 125
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

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Here's an action shot with the Sony. My wife shooting my M1 .308 Scout. Real fun gun. Wife shoots the damn thing better than I do half the time.

Camera: Sony DSC-H5
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 10.9 mm
ISO Speed: 160
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

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A few of my favourites from a "cyclocross" I shot last weekend...


D40, 18-55 @ 18mm, 1/320, f/8, aperture priority, ISO 200



D40, 18-55 @ 18mm, 1/1600, f/8, aperture priority, ISO 200


D40, 55-200 VR @ 200mm, 1/800, f/7.1, ISO 400


D40, 55-200 VR @ 200mm, 1/320, f/8, ISO 400



D40, 18-55 @ 18mm, 1/100, f/10, ISO 200



Some recent concert photos...


D40, 35/1.8, 1/30, f/1.8, ISO 1600, manual


D40, 18-55 @ 18m, 1/30, f/3.5, ISO 800, manual


Some fall colours...


D40, 35/1.8, 1/320, f/2.8, ISO 200, aperture priority


D40, 35/1.8, 1/125, f/2.8, ISO 200, manual


...and that'll be quite enough pimping for one day :lol:
 
Forgot one of my fav's! Taken with the Sony Cybershot. Cropped only.

Camera: Sony DSC-H5
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 47.1 mm
ISO Speed: 160
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

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