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GAF Photography Q3 2015

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BokehKing

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(reposting for new page, very curious on opinions)

PhotoGaf, I'm a noob, had the Nikon D32 for almost 2 years now, what should I get next?

Nothing makes sense to me
D53 and d71 share the same sensor, one has weather proofing, the other has WiFi.
I'm not trying to leave Nikon, my father has the d53 and we swap lenses all the time (around 6 in total, not counting kit lenses)


Anyway, couldn't decide so picked up a new tripod and a tonika 11-16mm 2.0 for star trails down by the beach.
 
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Ninja Dom

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Taken in August 2015, Manhattan New York from the Staten Island ferry.

Taken by myself with an iPhone 6.

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Number45

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devilsadvocat said:
(reposting for new page, very curious on opinions)

PhotoGaf, I'm a noob, had the Nikon D32 for almost 2 years now, what should I get next?

Nothing makes sense to me
D53 and d71 share the same sensor, one has weather proofing, the other has WiFi.
I'm not trying to leave Nikon, my father has the d53 and we swap lenses all the time (around 6 in total, not counting kit lenses)


Anyway, couldn't decide so picked up a new tripod and a tonika 11-16mm 2.0 for star trails down by the beach.
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I'm not up on the Nikon models but, what is it you want to get from the camera? I assume there's a problem or limitations with your current camera?
 
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BokehKing

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Number45 said:
I'm not up on the Nikon models but, what is it you want to get from the camera? I assume there's a problem or limitations with your current camera?
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It just seems dated compared to the specs of other models.

I do... Whatever will make me money with my camera, real estate, sweet 16's, baby pictures, whatever whatever.

But I enjoy landscapes the most. Do you guys use eyeem?

Might as well contribute

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Nikond32/Long Island Sound
 
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Lucky Forward

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Karsha said:
I don't have a flicr account, how do I post here? Should i resize the pics to some specific resolution ?
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You would need to use some site to host your images, whether it's Flickr or another one. When I used to use Photobucket, I would resize my image and then upload it, but Flickr lets you upload the full-sized image and when you click the "share" button it gives you options as to what size image you want to link to when you post it on GAF or elsewhere. When posting I find that either 800 or 1,024 pixels wide works best for me as far as being able to see the entire image on screen without scrolling.

A Flickr account is free and that seems to be the image host most people around here use.
 
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Futureman

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I just started taking a portrait photo class and I'm really liking it... getting my creative juices flowing. I just did portraits for the board members at my GF's work on Saturday and I'm pretty happy with the results. I used all available light which worked out well as it was a nice day out (second photo here is my GF's boss).
 
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grmlin

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Futureman said:
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I just started taking a portrait photo class and I'm really liking it... getting my creative juices flowing. I just did portraits for the board members at my GF's work on Saturday and I'm pretty happy with the results. I used all available light which worked out well as it was a nice day out (second photo here is my GF's boss).
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The dog is great :) I would reduce/mask the filters you used on the background though, the bokeh gets a little harsh this way. (or was it like this in the camera?)

I found some time to take photos again, at the baltic sea.

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Lucky Forward

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Last Saturday I went to the air show at Joint Base Andrews near D.C. I'd been there before a few times with my 7D and been disappointed by how many shots that it seemed to miss focus on, but this time I went with my 5D mkiii and had much better luck. (On both cameras I'd moved the focus lock to the * button.) The downside was that without 1.6x crop factor of the 7D I lost a lot of the reach of my 100-400L, but the upside was the 5D mkiii images can take a lot of cropping and still stay pretty sharp.

Here's my first bunch, with Thunderbirds shots still to come.

IMG_2608 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_2577 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_2665 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_2687 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_2781 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_2875 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_2773 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_2872 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_2905 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_2940 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr
 
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Futureman

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grmlin said:
The dog is great :) I would reduce/mask the filters you used on the background though, the bokeh gets a little harsh this way. (or was it like this in the camera?)
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The bokeh looks pretty close to that in the RAW file. I usually play with the "Clarity" slider in Lightroom though which is making it more pronounced. I wasn't using any masks on this photo, just a global clarity adjustment. I did tone it down a bit and reduced the vignette a bit as well and do like it better now.
 
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Futureman

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The fluorescent lights in this room gave a weird color cast where half the frame was orange and half a pale green. I really liked the portrait, so instead of throwing it away I decided to just roll with the weird lighting and go over the top on my editing...

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lostinblue

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devilsadvocat said:
PhotoGaf, I'm a noob, had the Nikon D32 for almost 2 years now, what should I get next?

Nothing makes sense to me
D53 and d71 share the same sensor, one has weather proofing, the other has WiFi.
I'm not trying to leave Nikon, my father has the d53 and we swap lenses all the time (around 6 in total, not counting kit lenses)
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I reckon if you say you're a noob but want to upgrade then you want a D5300?

D5300 has a little edge over the D7100 in image quality, it only loses out slighly to the new D7200; and the stuff D7x00 has over the D5x00 models is a few software options, bigger viewfinder and support for autofocus on older lens. Note the D3x00 and D5x00 are not in the same performance range so you'll notice an upgrade in noise ratios and look there and then.

It's also bigger, heavier and clunkier. I'd say the D5x00 is a better option here. With the extra money the D7x00 costs buy either a 35mm f/1.8 G lens or a 50mm f/1.8 G. In fact, if you want to hold out a while longer with that body, do start buying lenses.
 
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Damaged

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Man, feels like ages since I've been out to take pictures but had a great walk today and I'm pretty happy with the results





 
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theepicoftyler

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Got some more film developed this weekend. I really like the guy I take my film to for development, he takes time to talk with me constructively about my photography each time I come in. How do I broach the subject of his film scanner being dusty without seeming like a dick? Looking at the prints he gave me vs, the scans the scans are dusty and tend to be more grainy. Does he just have a low-quality scanner?


7476043-R1-E014 by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr

Also, can someone tell me why the light trails are reflected in the sky here? Is it a peculiarity with my camera or of shooting film?


7476043-R1-E018e by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr
 
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Damaged

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theepicoftyler said:
Got some more film developed this weekend. I really like the guy I take my film to for development, he takes time to talk with me constructively about my photography each time I come in. How do I broach the subject of his film scanner being dusty without seeming like a dick? Looking at the prints he gave me vs, the scans the scans are dusty and tend to be more grainy. Does he just have a low-quality scanner?


7476043-R1-E014 by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr

Also, can someone tell me why the light trails are reflected in the sky here? Is it a peculiarity with my camera or of shooting film?


7476043-R1-E018e by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr
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That's a tricky one, I had problems with my regular place before I started to do my own and just ended up saying that I wasn't happy with the amount of dust on the scans they did, ended up with a refund and they cleaned the machine and it didn't happen again.

The reflected light in the second image, it's not another set of power cables by any chance is it? They look to be going to a pylon
 
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theepicoftyler

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Damaged said:
That's a tricky one, I had problems with my regular place before I started to do my own and just ended up saying that I wasn't happy with the amount of dust on the scans they did, ended up with a refund and they cleaned the machine and it didn't happen again.

The reflected light in the second image, it's not another set of power cables by any chance is it? They look to be going to a pylon
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It's the light trails for sure. It happened in another photo I took a month or so ago.


7418043-R1-E006 by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr

I just had a thought... is it a reflection on the filter? I never use filters, but the guy I bought this camera from had a filter on the lens already and I've just never bothered to take it off.
 
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Astral/H3X

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Took some photos, some of which were trying out my 16-50 at 16 to decide if a wide lens is something I should look at.
There's a few more on my Flickr but figured this was good for sharing.

20150919-_DSC9678.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20150919-_DSC9682.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20150916-_DSC9664.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20150916-_DSC9656.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20150916-_DSC9626.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20150916-_DSC9583.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20150916-_DSC9584.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
 
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Fëanorian

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Haven't done much lately, I did do a timelapse tonite of the sunset and it was awesome, but I cut it short because I wanted to do a panorama of the sky. Probably I shouldn't have done that haha.

Some pictures of the past week or so:

DSC_6412-2 by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
DSC_6417-2 by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
DSC_6429-2 by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
Looks like a boat! by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
Bridge over dam by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
low altitude clouds by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
another garage panorama by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
 
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dr3upmushroom

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theepicoftyler said:
Got some more film developed this weekend. I really like the guy I take my film to for development, he takes time to talk with me constructively about my photography each time I come in. How do I broach the subject of his film scanner being dusty without seeming like a dick? Looking at the prints he gave me vs, the scans the scans are dusty and tend to be more grainy. Does he just have a low-quality scanner?


7476043-R1-E014 by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr

Also, can someone tell me why the light trails are reflected in the sky here? Is it a peculiarity with my camera or of shooting film?


7476043-R1-E018e by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr
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If it was a pharmacy then I wouldn't expect them to care, but if it is a dude who you say is into photography than it seems unacceptable, and if you bring it up nicely I don't see why it would be offensive. how much does he charge a roll?

I recently bought myself an inexpensive scanner (Epson V500), and while I'm still learning how to scan the best I can, it's much more enjoyable doing the scanning myself.

P.S I've noticed, that no matter where I got my film scanned, it always seems like they "over expose" the shoot when creating the file.
 
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Damaged

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dr3upmushroom said:
If it was a pharmacy then I wouldn't expect them to care, but if it is a dude who you say is into photography than it seems unacceptable, and if you bring it up nicely I don't see why it would be offensive. how much does he charge a roll?

I recently bought myself an inexpensive scanner (Epson V500), and while I'm still learning how to scan the best I can, it's much more enjoyable doing the scanning myself.
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Totally agree with this, so much more involving doing it yourself, the V500 is great little scanner as well

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Keeping on topic, some film shots I scanned this morning

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RayStorm

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Every year there's the free exhibition Game City, where you get to test out upcoming games. Apparently during the 3 days 72000 people visited the hosting Town Hall of Vienna this year. Aside from the latest and greatest games, and this year also all the VR you could handle, there's also a cosplay parade through the city. As a still way to non-interactive photographer this is a yearly opportunity I simply can not pass up.

I welcome critique (especially if you take a look at the album that contains many more pictures. I find myself having a really difficult time deciding on which of a given set of images of a similar motif. E.g. Assassins Creed's Evie Frye with a gun pointing to her head: I prefer this frame in terms of composition and technical aspects (strong focus on her face), but this one with the shooter in the picture has her looking at him, which seems like a very strong interaction between them. Ideally if the guard rail had not been there I would have cropped it to just show his extended arm with the gun, but as it is, that would add too much distraction I feel. In fact I already feel kind of like I might have cut off way too much at the bottom, where her flag and cape would be hanging down in a fairly dramatic way. But that would move her eyes way down the list of things you take note of.

And the same question goes for those many other pictures I have multiples of. But I feel they are just different enough to show them both. But then again, obviously few people have the time or interest to look through many pictures (especially if their contents are very similar). So if you have the time, I'd be grateful for comments especially in that regard, but obviously also in all other aspects.

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Lucky Forward

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RayStorm said:
I welcome critique (especially if you take a look at the album that contains many more pictures. I find myself having a really difficult time deciding on which of a given set of images of a similar motif. E.g. Assassins Creed's Evie Frye with a gun pointing to her head: I prefer this frame in terms of composition and technical aspects (strong focus on her face), but this one with the shooter in the picture has her looking at him, which seems like a very strong interaction between them. Ideally if the guard rail had not been there I would have cropped it to just show his extended arm with the gun, but as it is, that would add too much distraction I feel. In fact I already feel kind of like I might have cut off way too much at the bottom, where her flag and cape would be hanging down in a fairly dramatic way. But that would move her eyes way down the list of things you take note of.

And the same question goes for those many other pictures I have multiples of. But I feel they are just different enough to show them both. But then again, obviously few people have the time or interest to look through many pictures (especially if their contents are very similar). So if you have the time, I'd be grateful for comments especially in that regard, but obviously also in all other aspects.
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RayStorm, I understand how difficult it can be trying to choose the very best from a lot of similar shots. (I recently came back from a day's shooting at an airshow with 1,340 exposures!) When you spend a lot of time making your post-processing adjustments and flipping back and forth between similar images, you sometimes get so close to the photos both literally and figuratively that you lose perspective. When I've completed post on a bunch of similar images and can't choose between them, I'll use what I call my "across-the-room" test: I'll select a group of similar images for a slideshow in Lightroom with about a ten second delay for each, start the show, and then literally walk across the room and watch them from a distance of about ten feet away. Whenever I do this I find that the best images always leap out at me with an impact that the rest just don't have. In the same way, the weak ones of the bunch always stand out too, like they just don't quite belong. Give this technique a try sometime, see if it works for you.

Another way to get perspective is with time - come back to your images the next day or a few days later, and it can be much easier to decide which ones stand out. Also, often when I come back later to an image that I thought I had adjusted perfectly, sometimes I'll immediately see that maybe I need more contrast or I overdid the saturation, or whatever.

As far as your cosplay girl, I prefer the close-in shot with just her and the gun. To me it has more impact with her face and the gun dominant in the frame, even though I would prefer her eyes to be darting sideways toward the assailant as she is in the other shot. To me, the wider shot has too much space between the characters, he's going out of the frame, and the youth and glasses of the gunman take me out of the fantasy scene too much.
 
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xJavonta

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My school lets me rent out cameras whenever I'd like, but I have NO idea where to start with these DSLRs. I would love to get into photography though.
 
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Fëanorian

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Took a short trip to New York last week. Took some pictures, got to see my best friend and took her to see Godspeed You! Black Emperor. So goooooood.

Grand Central Lamp by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr Grand Central Hall 2 by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
Grand Central Station by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr Grand Central 'Merica by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
Grand Central ghost high heels by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr girl art by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
Bowery House by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr COKES! by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
NYC long exposure noise by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr subway spring 2 by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
williamsburg bridge panorama b&w by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
 
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RayStorm

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Lucky Forward said:
RayStorm, I understand how difficult it can be trying to choose the very best from a lot of similar shots. [...] When I've completed post on a bunch of similar images and can't choose between them, I'll use what I call my "across-the-room" test: [...] Whenever I do this I find that the best images always leap out at me with an impact that the rest just don't have. In the same way, the weak ones of the bunch always stand out too, like they just don't quite belong. Give this technique a try sometime, see if it works for you.
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Thank you, I think I actually heard/read that an image would have to work even if you scaled it down, which would be similar to the watch from a distance approach. And I completely forgot about that until you mentioned it right now.

Another way to get perspective is with time - come back to your images the next day or a few days later, and it can be much easier to decide which ones stand out. Also, often when I come back later to an image that I thought I had adjusted perfectly, sometimes I'll immediately see that maybe I need more contrast or I overdid the saturation, or whatever.
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Indeed, that I did notice too. But for me it only works in some cases. Literally after I posted here I took note of some of the pictures and recropped them /changed exposure of the group picture (especially the sky though to give it a bit more than just a "mostly white" look. But then again it kind of fails me as I still think most of the similar pictures are just both equally good. Or rather while some might have minor blemishes (like the tree trunk merging with her left leg) but still enough interesting/unique aspects (her look down, the way she carries the flag) to seemingly warrant inclusion. Then again, I probably think that at least in a technical way this is the better similar picture even though her looking at the camera seems a bit boring in this case compared to the first picture with her looking towards the ground. Also as of late I'm very much in the mood to talk about my pictures I reckon.

As far as your cosplay girl, I prefer the close-in shot with just her and the gun. To me it has more impact with her face and the gun dominant in the frame, even though I would prefer her eyes to be darting sideways toward the assailant as she is in the other shot. To me, the wider shot has too much space between the characters, he's going out of the frame, and the youth and glasses of the gunman take me out of the fantasy scene too much.
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You verbalized what I thought too. Funnily enough elsewhere I put the other picture up, which I too prefer but still feel slightly split for the very reasons you just mentioned. In some ways I guess I felt like "he probably too took quite a bit of time to make the costume and it would be 'unfair' to then exclude him". But that probably -at least in this case- shouldn't be of concern to me.
 
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