A Picture I Took - 2009

teatime0315 · May 6, 2009

Recent Photoshoot

xref · May 6, 2009

Got my D90 3 months ago and I'm learning new things every time I use the camera.

Here are some pictures I took. Not as good as the pictures here but I just want to share.

NoxTek · May 6, 2009

God I want a DSLR so bad.... so damned expensive though.

Having fun with the telephoto on my beloved FZ28:

Apparent Vignetting at the top left and lower right corners is actually because I'm a butt-tard and must have had the lens hood slightly off kilter...

Exif:

* Camera Make = Panasonic
* Camera Model = DMC-FZ28
* Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 10/3200 second = 1/320 second = 0.00313 second
* Lens F-Number/F-Stop = 56/10 = F5.6
* ISO Speed Ratings = 100
* Original Date/Time = 2009:05:04 14:28:01
* Flash = Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
* Focal Length = 48/10 mm = 4.8 mm

Exif:

* Camera Make = Panasonic
* Camera Model = DMC-FZ28
* Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 10/5000 second = 1/500 second = 0.002 second
* Lens F-Number/F-Stop = 56/10 = F5.6
* ISO Speed Ratings = 100
* Original Date/Time = 2009:05:04 14:28:08
* Flash = Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
* Focal Length = 223/10 mm = 22.3 mm

Exif:

* Camera Make = Panasonic
* Camera Model = DMC-FZ28
* Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 10/4000 second = 1/400 second = 0.0025 second
* Lens F-Number/F-Stop = 80/10 = F8
* ISO Speed Ratings = 160
* Original Date/Time = 2009:05:04 14:28:15
* Flash = Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
* Focal Length = 864/10 mm = 86.4 mm

VictorChan · May 6, 2009

Let's keep moving people.....!!

Black and White Warbler

Male Common Yellow Throat...

Black-Crowned Night Heron

NoxTek · May 7, 2009

PP: Desaturate, reduced to 800x600, watermarked

Original EXIF:

[ Overview ]
Creation date: 5/6/2009 17:52
Camera: DMC-FZ28
Focal length: 4.8XmmX(equiv. 27Xmm)
Aperture: F2.8
Exposure time: 1/80"
ISO speed rating: 100/21°
Program: Macro
Metering Mode: Pattern
White Balance: Auto
Focus Mode: Auto
Image Stabilizer: On, Mode 2
Noise Reduction: ±0 (Standard)
Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode

PP: Reduction to 800x600, watermark

Original EXIF:

[ Overview ]
Creation date: 5/6/2009 17:53
Camera: DMC-FZ28
Focal length: 4.8XmmX(equiv. 27Xmm)
Aperture: F2.8
Exposure time: 1/100"
ISO speed rating: 100/21°
Program: Macro
Metering Mode: Pattern
White Balance: Auto
Focus Mode: Auto
Image Stabilizer: On, Mode 2
Noise Reduction: ±0 (Standard)
Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode

NoxTek · May 7, 2009

VictorChan said:
Black-Crowned Night Heron
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Victor, those shots are amazing especially the first one where you can see his deep red eye. I long for the ability to take shots like this.....

xpsango · May 9, 2009

tired some processing

jimmyb · May 9, 2009

Tonight, for the first time in my life, I made fried chicken.

The recipe is "buttermilk fried chicken" from a cookbook by Martha Stewart.

My results:

I think I did a decent job of replicating what was in the book.

Edit: It was delicious. fyi.

KnishofDeath · May 10, 2009

Auric · May 10, 2009

I'm back from Kaua'i with 600+ photos still left to sort; here's one for starters:

Tedium · May 11, 2009

From today's hike:

There's more from the day on my photostream.

NoxTek · May 11, 2009

ben chi(f4) · May 11, 2009

Mother's day Weekend:

Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: f/2.5
Focal Length: 50 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 0.00
Exposure: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: f/2.5
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: f/1.6
Focal Length: 50 mm
Focal Length: 50.4 mm
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

crashthenet44 · May 11, 2009

JohnnyNapalm · May 11, 2009

This picture cracks me up every time I see it.

Whoodie · May 11, 2009

My first DSLR: Canon 50D

I did spend some time in Lightroom.

ben chi(f4) · May 12, 2009

I've been trying to use the higher ISO settings on my D50 and the noise is so bad. Thank god for noise ninja. I have to upgrade my camera. D700 or D300 IMO is what I'm going to go with next. For now, I'll keep working on my skills.

A late upload from mother's day:

Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: f/2.5
Focal Length: 50 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

Also, besides The Exposure and the Aperture in sunlight, is there anyway to make the picture less overexposed?

Auric · May 12, 2009

ben chi(f4) said:
Also, besides The Exposure and the Aperture in sunlight, is there anyway to make the picture less overexposed?

Just ISO. There's also exposure bias, but adjusting it will automatically alter your shutter speed. Personally, I would've shot that at ISO 100, as 1/4000 is far faster than you need for that scene.

ben chi(f4) · May 12, 2009

The D50 only goes to ISO 200.

madFive · May 12, 2009

ben chi(f4) said:
Also, besides The Exposure and the Aperture in sunlight, is there anyway to make the picture less overexposed?

Use ISO-200 (Doesn't D50 have a "low" setting? This should be equal to iso-100) and tighten the aperture to around 5.6 or 8 - this will darken the exposure quite a bit. 1/4000s is crazy fast; I generally only use that for action shots - you may have to slow down the shutter to between 800-2000 or slower once you find the aperture that works best.

One cheat I've started using when I'm crunched for time, is to switch the camera to auto, hold the trigger down half-way to see what settings it wants to use, then go from there in manual mode, tweaking as needed. Just to learn your camera a little better, try snapping a few in auto when entering a scene, look at the stats, and decide how you want to change it in manual.

Auric · May 12, 2009

Just finished processing this one:

ben chi(f4) · May 13, 2009

madFive said:
try snapping a few in auto when entering a scene, look at the stats, and decide how you want to change it in manual.

I do that from time to time. I'll have to try the "low" setting.

Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 55 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

madFive · May 13, 2009

^^wow - still pretty bright there. I think the sun must just be brighter where you live!

At least the detail is still good on the main subject.

In this case, looks like you could have sped up the shutter a bit - maybe closer to 1/1000s would do the trick. Also, if you're going to be shooting a lot in bright sun like this, you might enjoy trying a polarization filter on your lens. (I've been meaning to try one of those for a while, but haven't gotten around to it yet.) Apparently it's pretty-much like putting sun-glasses on your camera – should add detail back into a lot of the bright highlights in this kind of scene.

ben chi(f4) · May 13, 2009

Thanks mad-

I thought this photo came out pretty good. I guess I could have toned down the exposure on the Post Processing. I think 1000 would of made the photo way too dark.

Also, turn down the brightness on your monitor!

VictorChan · May 13, 2009

Blue Falcon said:
Victor, those shots are amazing especially the first one where you can see his deep red eye. I long for the ability to take shots like this.....

Thanks...

Here is a shot of a Flowerhorn Cichild. Just playing with some flash photography. What do you know? I underexposed this shot by 2 stops. Set the flash unit to manual mode, -1/32 compensation. ISO2000. It came out pretty good with a F4 lens under the aquarium light, night time.

Auric · May 14, 2009

For a bunch of photos taken on a lush green island, very few of them have much green in them:

madFive · May 14, 2009

^^great shot auric - I'm continually impressed with these landscapes.

I like the motion-blur on this water - curious what shutter speed you had to use to get this?

Auric · May 14, 2009

Thanks. The shutter speed was 1.3 seconds, aided by a 3-stop ND filter. 1 second is a good rule of thumb if you want silky water, but you can still get that sense of movement up to about 1/4th of a second, depending on how fast the water is moving.

This one was 1/8th of a second:

VictorChan · May 14, 2009

Couple of boring shots.....

Stuff on the floor

Auric · May 15, 2009

I was going to hold off posting for a bit, but this one just has to be seen:

Nick_Leo · May 16, 2009

took a few pics of my brothers supermoto.

ben chi(f4) · May 16, 2009

Great photos Leo.

I just did my first photo shoot. Here's a sample of what I did. I hope you guys like it.

Slideshow here

Constructive Crit please.

Tedium · May 16, 2009

ben chi(f4) said:
Great photos Leo.

I just did my first photo shoot. Here's a sample of what I did. I hope you guys like it.

Constructive Crit please.

I'd watch the consistency with the exposure. Some of the shots are too high in contrast with blown highlights while others are underexposed. Compositions seem fine for a first shoot. Is your monitor calibrated?

ben chi(f4) · May 16, 2009

I didn't use one. I did it all by eye. They are probably too high because of Lightroom.

jimmyb · May 17, 2009

ben chi(f4) said:
I didn't use one. I did it all by eye. They are probably too high because of Lightroom.

I thought the overexposure looked quite good in some of them. I think as long as your doing it consciously it's alright.

Where were they taken?

Jelly · May 17, 2009

Auric said:
I was going to hold off posting for a bit, but this one just has to be seen:

I like... I have always loved rusted things, and the building style is cool looking too!

jimmyb · May 17, 2009

Was on campus today:

Then went to the park:

Still at the park:

I thought this juxtaposition might be meaningful:

ben chi(f4) · May 18, 2009

jimmyb said:
I thought the overexposure looked quite good in some of them. I think as long as your doing it consciously it's alright.

Where were they taken?

Deep Cut Gardens
Middletown, NJ

Tim Wardlaw · May 19, 2009

This big guy lives just around the corner from me.

HaMMerHeD · May 19, 2009

I went to Arizona last week, and I took some pictures of some things on the way. I'm a pretty crappy photographer, and I've obviously touched them up. They are touched up with added color and contrast for use as a wallpaper. They were all taken from a moving car on a Nikon CoolPix L20 10.0 Mpixel digicam.

The cloud in the foreground was beaten all to hell by lightning and thunder.

This is the lower edge of a shelf-like cloud.

Just a nice scene by the side of the highway.

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