So, I used to be pretty active on this forum... but after they removed a bunch of sub forums, I decided to move on.
Well anyway, I see a ton of threads here about buying cameras, and what gear should I get to do *_____*... not too many threads with photos in them though
Anyway, here is what I do:
(I'm a student/ photo editor for a student newspaper)
So, I shoot a D300, with either the 17-50mm f/2.8 Tamron, or the 70-200mm f/2.8 VR Nikon. Don't mind the weird comments.
So, i've been accumulating quite a few photos in the last few weeks... might be due to the 8fps and my itchy shutter finger.
Anywho, I was going to post these a while back, but my laptop got borked and I had no way to post this. So this is really just a light smattering of what i've done since I got the new cam.
So this was one of my first attempts at star photography. didn't have a tripod so I used my cellphone and a stone pillar. I kinda liked this one:
http://x024.uploaderx.net/x/D300_Stars.jpg
I'm like obsessed with the sunset views over the lake here in Madison. I probably have over 500 shots of like 50 different sunsets from the past 3 years, but I really liked how this turned out. The metering on this camera is so amazing. It's almost taking some of the fun out of guessing exposures with my d50 :
http://x024.uploaderx.net/x/D300_Sunset.jpg
This dude was also taking a photo, but I really liked the shadow cast with the sunset in the background. Not sure if I really like the photo yet, but it's growing on me:
http://x024.uploaderx.net/x/D300_Squatter.jpg
Rainy night, had my camera with me after a long night after taking quite a few hits of... well... anyway. Here was my favorite from the walk:
http://x024.uploaderx.net/x/D300_RainyNight.jpg
This is the dress rehearsal for the end of the semester dance performance. The lights were constantly changing and you can't use a meter because they're moving so fast... these things are probably the hardest photography i've had to do. Anyway I really like the way this one was framed:
http://x024.uploaderx.net/x/D300_Dancers.jpg
ISO 3200 for most of the show:
http://x024.uploaderx.net/x/D300_Dancers2.jpg
Wasn't sure if any of these were actually going to turn out because I had gotten what I needed from this performance and was just looking through what I had before the next crew came on, all of the sudden everything goes black but the backdrop... I kinda like how this one turned out:
http://x024.uploaderx.net/x/D300_Dancers3.jpg
Anyway, i think this photo shows the true sharpness of the 70-200VR pretty well. Mind you this is at f/3.5:
http://x023.uploaderx.net/x/D300_SpringerClose.jpg
Well anyway, I see a ton of threads here about buying cameras, and what gear should I get to do *_____*... not too many threads with photos in them though
Anyway, here is what I do:
(I'm a student/ photo editor for a student newspaper)
So, I shoot a D300, with either the 17-50mm f/2.8 Tamron, or the 70-200mm f/2.8 VR Nikon. Don't mind the weird comments.
So, i've been accumulating quite a few photos in the last few weeks... might be due to the 8fps and my itchy shutter finger.
Anywho, I was going to post these a while back, but my laptop got borked and I had no way to post this. So this is really just a light smattering of what i've done since I got the new cam.
So this was one of my first attempts at star photography. didn't have a tripod so I used my cellphone and a stone pillar. I kinda liked this one:
http://x024.uploaderx.net/x/D300_Stars.jpg
I'm like obsessed with the sunset views over the lake here in Madison. I probably have over 500 shots of like 50 different sunsets from the past 3 years, but I really liked how this turned out. The metering on this camera is so amazing. It's almost taking some of the fun out of guessing exposures with my d50 :
http://x024.uploaderx.net/x/D300_Sunset.jpg
This dude was also taking a photo, but I really liked the shadow cast with the sunset in the background. Not sure if I really like the photo yet, but it's growing on me:
http://x024.uploaderx.net/x/D300_Squatter.jpg
Rainy night, had my camera with me after a long night after taking quite a few hits of... well... anyway. Here was my favorite from the walk:
http://x024.uploaderx.net/x/D300_RainyNight.jpg
This is the dress rehearsal for the end of the semester dance performance. The lights were constantly changing and you can't use a meter because they're moving so fast... these things are probably the hardest photography i've had to do. Anyway I really like the way this one was framed:
http://x024.uploaderx.net/x/D300_Dancers.jpg
ISO 3200 for most of the show:
http://x024.uploaderx.net/x/D300_Dancers2.jpg
Wasn't sure if any of these were actually going to turn out because I had gotten what I needed from this performance and was just looking through what I had before the next crew came on, all of the sudden everything goes black but the backdrop... I kinda like how this one turned out:
http://x024.uploaderx.net/x/D300_Dancers3.jpg
Anyway, i think this photo shows the true sharpness of the 70-200VR pretty well. Mind you this is at f/3.5:
http://x023.uploaderx.net/x/D300_SpringerClose.jpg