The official "Put up or shut up" thread

[Nikkor]

I love the idea of this thread. So I'll add some photos with nasty combinations that I am very happy with:

Nikon D200
Nikkor Ai-S 50mm f/1.2 (this is quite possibly the least sharp lens ever made seriously it has more CA than a lensbaby)
no flash, dark room
1/60th @ f/2.8, ISO200

Ready for it?
Canon Powershot SD850 IS
Can't remember the lens on this P&S but it's 17.3mm
1/1000th @ f/5.8, ISO 80

I tell you what, my Canon Powershot SD750 took some sexy pictures! Some that can put my SLR to shame.

 

[Nikkor]

These days I've been playing around with white balance, desaturation and less clarity. I find that I like editing the photo as much as taking it.

Oh my goodness.
Oh my goodness.
Oh my goodness.

Is that all you did? Desat and WB? Suh-weet. Please allow me to steal these ideas. I've been trying to achieve this look for a few weeks now. I love it.

:clapping:

 

[itznfb]

I don't post photos often... and I actually think I already posted this somewhere....

D300s, 70-200@200mm f/4, ISO800, 1/400sec
no cropping
sharpened in capturenx2

 

[rufus5150]

I'll probably hate this in 6 months, but I'm enamored with it right now...

 

[camz]

Who said not to shoot portraits at 28mm? LOL. Well the client's mom really liked this one even with the distortion b/c it's "so her!". You just never know on what they choose.

5D Classic
24-70 2.8L @ 28mm
f16 1/250 Manual Mode
580 EX II Camera left @1/8th output (Softbox 24in)
Pocket Wizard Flex TT5 x2

btw anybody try octoboxes? I do prefer their rounder catchlights however functionality wise wonder if there's an advantage?

 

[snowbear0924]

I've been lurking for a while. This one got third place in the local County Fair last year. I'm not that good, yet, but get lucky once in a while.

Cell phone camera.

 

[Brieff]

3 photos combined, no EXIF-data... my gimp didn't respond and this is a screen capture..

Camera: Canon EOS 450D Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/2000) Aperture: f/1.8 Focal Length: 50 mm ISO Speed: 400Exposure Mode: Manual White Balance: Auto

Camera: Canon EOS 450D Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/2000) Aperture: f/1.8 Focal Length: 50 mmExposure Mode: Manual White Balance: Autowith flash

Camera: Canon EOS 450D Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640) Aperture: f/4.0 Focal Length: 70 mm ISO Speed: 200


Exposure Mode: Manual White Balance: Auto
few selfies...

so normally I shoot manually and try to still the movement.. Not always, but very often. I have some with longer exposure (few seconds etc...) but those are just experiments and they rarely look good to me.. ;D I have to practice that more.

.. And sometimes I feel like I edit my photos too much... It's just too fun
The first is edited with gimp and the others with Lightroom... I'm moving towards Photoshop little by little.. I used GIMP so many years that it's just the easiest way... I really should open Photoshop more often.. ;__; I'm just too lazy..

 

[GeneralBenson]

Canon 5D2
Av: f/2
Tv: 1/20
ISO: 1600

I used the modeling light of a boom mounted AB400 with barn doors attached to illuminate only the boxes.

I like this a lot. I printed it up an shook it, but I couldn't tell what any of the gifts are.

I kind of feel that with such a strong sense of symmetry, that I would like the tree to also be centered. But I'm not sure, it might be too much symmetry that way.

 

[inTempus]

Yeah, I think the tree being centered might have been too much. I eye balled it several different ways before settling on this composition. Who knows, maybe centered would have looked cool too. <shrug>

I don't even know what's in them! They are real presents I grabbed from under our tree. I think they're for my son though, I don't think I've gotten anything yet. Probably because I ask for silly expensive things camera related.

 

[pvdnh]

Hey everyone! I'm new-- this is my first post and thought it would be fitting to chime in here. After seeing some discussions about the new Nikon d3000/d5000 and their weaknesses, I thought I would share a photo I have taken on the d3000. This camera is known for some problems that it has with noise and poor low-light capabilities, but I feel that it is completely capable of handling anything that a beginner to intermediate photographer can throw at it.

I myself am not a beginner but am a broke college student that couldn't afford to throw the money to a d90, and decided that a d3000 can handle what I like to do with my cameras- I don't need a ton of bells and whistles- just something that can capture images and make me happy I was able to print this image at 20x30" and am completely happy with the results- even better than any print I was able to make of the same size with my d70 that I've had for the last five years.

This doesn't stand up to some of the images in this thread but I hope you enjoy it!

ISO 100 13" at f/8

 

[bentcountershaft]

 

[Dao]

now .. I feel dizzy ...

 

[GeneralBenson]

Yeah, I think the tree being centered might have been too much. I eye balled it several different ways before settling on this composition. Who knows, maybe centered would have looked cool too. <shrug>

I don't even know what's in them! They are real presents I grabbed from under our tree. I think they're for my son though, I don't think I've gotten anything yet. Probably because I ask for silly expensive things camera related.

Please, like you need more camera stuff!! :lmao: Did you get that MkIV yet?

 

[rufus5150]

Please, like you need more camera stuff!!

Photography is an 'always N+1' activity.

 

[Plato]

Marathon Man