Some of my best.

sixdaemonbag · Jan 18, 2011

Fair warning. I'm far from a pro. My best changes constantly.

Posting this in general because it's going to cross several categories.

1. Kaleb. Casual shot.
Nikon D50, Sigma 55-200@155mm. f/5. 1/400
Image is cropped and processed in CS3

2. The things you can find in your own front yard.
Nik D50, 18-55 @22mm, F8, 8 sec exposure, ISO 200.
Processing is CS3/LR3 for noise reduction.

3. Weber Creek in Motion.
Nik D50. the 55-200 again@70mm. f/22, 3 sec exposure. ISO 200. Tripod made of a pair of flat rocks.
Processing is CS3

4. On Safari.
Nik D50, 18-55@26mm. f/10 1/500.
Processing is CS3

Thanks for taking a look!

Trever1t · Jan 18, 2011

these are good, very good. Proves it's not necessary to spend thousands to get quality shots.

kundalini · Jan 18, 2011

Good stuff.

I'm diggin' the VW shot, thinking that if you backed off a little might not feel so constrained if you got the headlights fully in frame. Nice colors. A circular polarizing (CPL) filter would remove the reflection in the top glass panels.

Thanks for sharing.

sixdaemonbag · Jan 18, 2011

kundalini said:
Good stuff.

I'm diggin' the VW shot, thinking that if you backed off a little might not feel so constrained if you got the headlights fully in frame. Nice colors. A circular polarizing (CPL) filter would remove the reflection in the top glass panels.

Thanks for sharing.

Well, I'd probably need a wider angle lens to pull the headlight buckets in. To get that shot, the camera was laying on it's back on the asphalt and pointed vertically. I was specifically trying to get those reflections and from an angle where I could get more of the nose in, the reflections distorted oddly. Using a polarizing filter would also have killed off the reflections, so for this shot they'd ruin the effect. Thanks for your suggestions though!