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 Billy
   
Location: Oklahoma City
Gender: Male
Penetration connoisseur
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< on 5/23/2010 7:34 AM >
|  | | | I just graduated from the point and shoot world to the SLR realm. There are a couple of the shots I like that I have taken through trial and error. It would be cool to get some input into what I am doing. Thanks for looking.
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swizzler
Location: Ontario
Gender: Male
| | Re: New camera.
<Reply # 1 on 5/23/2010 12:09 PM >
| | | | Congrats on taking the leap into single lens reflex!
I think for the most part all your shots aren't too bad. Looks like you have the exposures bang on. The only thing I might suggest is watching your lines. The first one would be much better if it were straight - something that can be easily corrected in Photoshop. Also, you may want to try unsharp mask on a few to crisp them up a bit.
Good job.
Canon EOS 5DMKII | EF 24-105 f/4L | EF 17-40 f/4L | EF 50mm f/1.8 II | Yashica Electro 35 GS |
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Billy
Location: Oklahoma City
Gender: Male
Penetration connoisseur
| | | Re: New camera.
<Reply # 2 on 5/25/2010 12:27 AM >
| | | | Sweet man thanks for the remarks!
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secretdestroyers
   
Location: Baltimore
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: New camera.
<Reply # 3 on 5/25/2010 4:05 AM >
| | | | i'd prefer to shoot straight on and not fix it later but i don't ever use a tripod, it's just not my style. i find the best way to fix it without a tripod is simply taking care when composing your shots. even when it's that simple i still shoot a lot of crooked shots.
SD
F this I"m going exploring! |
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ahhntzville
Location: Boston
| | Re: New camera.
<Reply # 4 on 5/25/2010 3:56 PM >
| | | | The first one is awkward because it's shot at an upward angle, so everything is cut off. It's an interesting scene with the sign there, but it would be a better shot from farther back, including the entire wall. Maybe portrait orientation.
The 1909 shot and the other orangey night shot look that way because of your default white balance settings. Figure out how to adjust your white balance, and to get a truer color cast to your pics, try to dial it down as far as you can without having things start to look blue and weird. If it lets you choose a color temp, I find that around 3000 seems to work OK.
The last one has that distracting piece of wood on the left, and the angle looks like you were just walking by that valve and aimed down to take a photo of it. It might be better shot from a lower vantage point, although the subject is still sort of meh.
I like the one with the seats and steering wheel, nice. None of these are terrible shots, I'd just say work on putting more thought into your composition.
[last edit 5/25/2010 3:57 PM by ahhntzville - edited 1 times]
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TurboZutek
King Dick
Location: Scotland
Gender: Male
Giant octo-penised rapephant
| |  | | Re: New camera.
<Reply # 5 on 5/25/2010 4:23 PM >
| | | | 1909 = White balance is wrong. Try 'Tungsten'.
We all had ostriches. My dad had an ostrich farm! I remember one day someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success, so we all went out and celebrated… by killing an ostrich and boiling it in kiwi fruit. |
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Billy
Location: Oklahoma City
Gender: Male
Penetration connoisseur
| | | Re: New camera.
<Reply # 6 on 5/27/2010 4:54 AM >
| | | | Posted by TurboZutek
1909 = White balance is wrong. Try 'Tungsten'.
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Excuse me ignorance.. but, Try 'Tungsten'. ?
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TurboZutek
King Dick
Location: Scotland
Gender: Male
Giant octo-penised rapephant
| | | | Re: New camera.
<Reply # 7 on 5/27/2010 9:38 AM >
| | | | Posted by Billy
Excuse me ignorance.. but, Try 'Tungsten'. ?
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In your camera there is a setting called 'White Balance' - in there will be a setting for outside night shots, which will remove the Orange glow you'll notice around the lights colours in the picture mentioned. The setting is normally called 'Tungsten'; but consult your manual in case it's called something else.
This can also be corrected in post if you are shooting RAW.
Basically, you want to select whichever white balance setting will turn that white date keystone white again.
Chris...
We all had ostriches. My dad had an ostrich farm! I remember one day someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success, so we all went out and celebrated… by killing an ostrich and boiling it in kiwi fruit. |
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Billy
Location: Oklahoma City
Gender: Male
Penetration connoisseur
| | | Re: New camera.
<Reply # 8 on 5/27/2010 8:44 PM >
| | | | Posted by TurboZutek
In your camera there is a setting called 'White Balance' - in there will be a setting for outside night shots, which will remove the Orange glow you'll notice around the lights colours in the picture mentioned. The setting is normally called 'Tungsten'; but consult your manual in case it's called something else.
This can also be corrected in post if you are shooting RAW.
Basically, you want to select whichever white balance setting will turn that white date keystone white again.
Chris...
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Ah I see. I'll give it another shot here in a day or two and post it up! thanks for the info man. I'm SLRetarded.
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TurboZutek
King Dick
Location: Scotland
Gender: Male
Giant octo-penised rapephant
| | | | Re: New camera.
<Reply # 9 on 5/27/2010 8:47 PM >
| | | | Posted by Billy
Ah I see. I'll give it another shot here in a day or two and post it up! thanks for the info man. I'm SLRetarded.
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You're welcome matey. I'm no expert, but my own night shots improved a shit load once I'd figured out the white balance!
Chris...
We all had ostriches. My dad had an ostrich farm! I remember one day someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success, so we all went out and celebrated… by killing an ostrich and boiling it in kiwi fruit. |
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Adv.Pack
Location: Connecticut
Adventure Pack
| | Re: New camera.
<Reply # 10 on 5/28/2010 11:59 PM >
| | | | Posted by arntzville
The first one. Maybe portrait orientation.
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agreed. Opinion: a lot of hallway shots work better vertical. Also MAKE SURE ITS STRAIT! I do that all the time too. But, its something to really look out for.
#4: What it the light shining down on in the room? Maybe a shot of the room with the light coming into it would be more interesting.
#5: yeah, white balance
#7: Move around a bit and experiment with composition.
Maybe use a long exposure rather than built in flash.
[last edit 5/29/2010 12:00 AM by Adv.Pack - edited 1 times]
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