The official "Put up or shut up" thread

[craig]

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

 

[GeneralBenson]

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.

 

[mishele]

Canon 5D MkII
100mm Macro

 

[craig]

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

 

[Chuck]

Just out of curiosity: Is that typo intentional??

 

[Montana]

All taken this year with canon gear.

Canon 40D & Canon 600 f/4 IS

Canon 40D and Canon 70-200 2.8 IS

Canon 40D and pretty sure this was with the Canon 600 f/4 IS

Canon 5DmkII and 70-200 2.8 IS

A senior portrait session from July 30th Canon 5DmkII and 85 f/1.2L

 

[craig]

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.

)'(

 

[citjet]

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.

 

[camz]

Nice Thread! It's like the kumbaya thread of TPF . 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)

 

[Digital Ink]

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

 

[ErectedGryphon]

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.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_MBg15_7EmKs/SukJH8e-cuI/AAAAAAAAAKU/haOjZAlgubY/s800/RocketShotF8.jpg

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.

 

[Rekd]

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. 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

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

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

...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

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

 

[epp_b]

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

 

[Rekd]

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

 

[epp_b]

I also wanted to say that laughed audibly at hchristensen's post with the prairie dogs. The expressions are captured in such a perfectly anthropomorphic manner