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GAF Photography Thread of 2016

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JadedWriter

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Rubmifer said:
Birds are cool! I always wanted to go bird spotting, but I just don't have the patience. :p
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I don't think I do either. I'm tempted to just go walking through Central Park to hopefully get different stuff. I mainly just snap a shot from either my front door, backyard or a window outside my house.
 
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jongkookie

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Some more birds:




Did a quick video for a friend yesterday in his apt's rooftop pool and this pigeon showed up while I was setting up lol.

Bird photography seems like a cool thing tbh but there isn't a lot of birds here in the suburbs of DFW so it's a little tough to shoot.

Speaking of which, I really need to get out and shoot for fun, been too busy with work and other things. The weather is supposed to be nice tomorrow so I might just head out to a free event or whatever and shoot.
 
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jongkookie said:
Some more birds:




Did a quick video for a friend yesterday in his apt's rooftop pool and this pigeon showed up while I was setting up lol.

Bird photography seems like a cool thing tbh but there isn't a lot of birds here in the suburbs of DFW so it's a little tough to shoot.

Speaking of which, I really need to get out and shoot for fun, been too busy with work and other things. The weather is supposed to be nice tomorrow so I might just head out to a free event or whatever and shoot.
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Yeah bird photography and wildlife in general is cool, but it gets to a point where you need reach, which gets expensive and you start needing teleconverters as well. I don't know how people do it since it's borderline hunting. I've been sick lately so I can't go to the gym so I've been doing my best to shoot regularly. Just while walking to and from work and other stuff since the weather is way better.
 
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Some cool shots I got up at the Skagit Co. Tulip Festival
 
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JadedWriter

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inner-G said:
I need to.

For someone who does it as part of my job, I'm way more anxious/self-aware than I need to be when shooting. It's really counter-productive and something I always have to fight.
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Do you do it in your spare time as well or just for work? I found I need to have have two mind sets for it. A work mind set where I can't just be this anonymous dude and introduce myself and make sure I get names of the people I'm photographing. And a street photographer mind set that's sort of trying to be incognito but at the same time will kind of sort of be 5 feet in front of you if he has to for a quick second. It's weird, I know.
Ryuelli said:
I actually really like the first one. Looks great with the bokeh.
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Thanks. Shooting birds, especially the smaller ones is weird cause the focus will just drop off depending on where you're focusing and for some odd reason with a subject that small it's hard to figure out where the drop off would be.
 
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I have come into trouble. While here in the Philippines, I want to take a shot of the full moon head on, because it has a very nice pattern on it but every time I take a shot the moon itself is way too bright.

I take it I need a filter for this shot but what kind of filter?
 
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Madridista said:
I have come into trouble. While here in the Philippines, I want to take a shot of the full moon head on, because it has a very nice pattern on it but every time I take a shot the moon itself is way too bright.

I take it I need a filter for this shot but what kind of filter?
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If you're taking the moon alone in the sky, you don't need a filter, you just need to control your camera's exposure. Dial in some negative exposure compensation, or if that's not enough, shoot in manual.

If you have foreground elements as well, you might consider blending multiple exposures -- one for the foreground and one for the moon.
 
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RayStorm

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Madridista said:
I have come into trouble. While here in the Philippines, I want to take a shot of the full moon head on, because it has a very nice pattern on it but every time I take a shot the moon itself is way too bright.

I take it I need a filter for this shot but what kind of filter?
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I assume you just want the moon in the frame and no landscape and have a camera that allows you manual controls? If so, ISO 800, F6.3, 1/160s or around that should give you what you are looking for.
 
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Lender

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Madridista said:
I have come into trouble. While here in the Philippines, I want to take a shot of the full moon head on, because it has a very nice pattern on it but every time I take a shot the moon itself is way too bright.

I take it I need a filter for this shot but what kind of filter?
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What are you shooting with? Make sure the aperture is quite high (f8-f9) and adjust the iso and shutter speed accordingly. Shooting the moon is not that hard. What's your range?
 
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Pachimari

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It's only the moon I want in the shot yes.

I have a Canon 60D with a 55-300mm lens. I have it mounted to a tripod too. I'll try the suggested setting above tomorrow night. :)
 
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Astral/H3X

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Here's some photos I took. Not fantastic, but whatevs, gotta keep excercising the oibawl

Thirsty Frogs by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
Thirsty Frogs by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
Baby of Freedom by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
Tiny Blue Petals by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
Curtains, Drawn Back by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr20160424-DSC02385.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr

EDIT: Seems I failed to add lens info. Sadly, that will have to wait till later to be updated, since my work account doesn't have the Lenstagger profiles. :(
 
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vern

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Meus Renaissance said:
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These look awesome! Where at?

JadedWriter said:
Had a photo shoot today.
DSC_3605 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
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Your portraits are getting way better. These are pretty good man.

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I like this one. Nice reflection.


I'm not feeling too inspired lately, took a walk the other day and couldn't find much to shoot. Kind of in a rut. I'm gonna change up my lens I think next time. Usually use my 35 or 24-70...I'll go out with my 100mm macro and see how that changes my perspective. Anyway this is the best of what I got the other day:

Shanghai Line 6 by Eric, on Flickr

Shanghai Line 6 by Eric, on Flickr

Shanghai Line 6 by Eric, on Flickr

Shanghai Line 6 by Eric, on Flickr
 
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vern said:
Your portraits are getting way better. These are pretty good man.
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Thanks man, I think I have another one coming up this weekend. I don't know why some of those photo gear review critics shit talk the Sigma 70-200, but it's a great fucking lens. I shot most of that shoot with it and used the Sigma Art 18-35 for some others. That's a legit lens combo.
 
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JadedWriter said:
Thanks man, I think I have another one coming up this weekend. I don't know why some of those photo gear review critics shit talk the Sigma 70-200, but it's a great fucking lens. I shot most of that shoot with it and used the Sigma Art 18-35 for some others. That's a legit lens combo.
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Because TECH WARRRZZZZZZ

Yeah I wish I could do portraits ahaha.
 
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JadedWriter

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H3XAntiStyle said:
Because TECH WARRRZZZZZZ

Yeah I wish I could do portraits ahaha.
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I'm pretty sure you could. It's just another one of those things that take practice. I know my last two are way better than my first photoshoot. I also know the second set I did with my girlfriend are a lot better than the first batch I did with her and we just shot that walking around. I do notice it's easier for me to give her direction than with strange people, which I have got to improve on. When it comes to people shitting on third party lenses I'm starting to lose respect for them for doing it. I went through a lot of reviews finding a better equivalent to the Sigma I bought, only to buy the damn thing for a "you'd be stupid not to buy it" deal only to be blown away by the damn thing. No lens is perfect I agree, but you really don't need Canon/Nikon lenses to take good pictures. I pretty much have a bag full of Sigma glass and they're all good lenses.
 
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Astral/H3X

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JadedWriter said:
I'm pretty sure you could. It's just another one of those things that take practice. I know my last two are way better than my first photoshoot. I also know the second set I did with my girlfriend are a lot better than the first batch I did with her and we just shot that walking around. I do notice it's easier for me to give her direction than with strange people, which I have got to improve on. When it comes to people shitting on third party lenses I'm starting to lose respect for them for doing it. I went through a lot of reviews finding a better equivalent to the Sigma I bought, only to buy the damn thing for a "you'd be stupid not to buy it" deal only to be blown away by the damn thing. No lens is perfect I agree, but you really don't need Canon/Nikon lenses to take good pictures. I pretty much have a bag full of Sigma glass and they're all good lenses.
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Yeah, third party lenses can be great (assuming QA holds up). I've got two Samyang lenses and I love em both, only issue is that my 14mm seems to be decentered a bit, but that's only presented as a real problem when doing landscapes.
Only first party lenses I'm interested in are a 28-70 and a 70-200, just because I need electric recognition to effectively take advantage of IBIS on zooms.
 
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H3XAntiStyle said:
Yeah, third party lenses can be great (assuming QA holds up). I've got two Samyang lenses and I love em both, only issue is that my 14mm seems to be decentered a bit, but that's only presented as a real problem when doing landscapes.
Only first party lenses I'm interested in are a 28-70 and a 70-200, just because I need electric recognition to effectively take advantage of IBIS on zooms.
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Every time I look at Sony first party lenses I see the price and my reaction is literally "These fucking prices, fuck you people."
 
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JadedWriter said:
Every time I look at Sony first party lenses I see the price and my reaction is literally "These fucking prices, fuck you people."
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Save on the body, pay on the lenses.

And I mean, I can use Canon lenses BETTER than you can anyway ahaha. (Since the Metabones adapter gives the same AF performance, and I can use FD mount lenses without penalty unlike EOS cameras.)

You don't buy Sony for the lenses, unless you're a pro. Apparently the G Master lenses are just stupidly good, even for the price.

EDIT: There's also the fact of paying for all the engineering, IIRC most Canon/Nikon lenses are using some pretty old designs for the glass, so that's a factor. But yes, the lenses are more expensive.
 
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brerwolfe

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I used to have a full-time job and it would've taken me years to save for a camera and lenses with all the other expenses I had. Ended up getting a couple freelance jobs at the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010, used those paychecks to buy a 7D (recently released at that point) and a Canon 70-200 2.8 II.

Still have both, but I've retired the 7D and only bring it out for jobs where I'm doing a 2-camera interview. I think I'm gonna start taking it with me on kayak trips around my house.

My favorite lens is my Canon 16-35, though. Man I love that thing.
 
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JadedWriter

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H3XAntiStyle said:
Save on the body, pay on the lenses.

And I mean, I can use Canon lenses BETTER than you can anyway ahaha. (Since the Metabones adapter gives the same AF performance, and I can use FD mount lenses without penalty unlike EOS cameras.)

You don't buy Sony for the lenses, unless you're a pro. Apparently the G Master lenses are just stupidly good, even for the price.

EDIT: There's also the fact of paying for all the engineering, IIRC most Canon/Nikon lenses are using some pretty old designs for the glass, so that's a factor. But yes, the lenses are more expensive.
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So far I've been perfectly happy not being able to use Canon lenses. I use some for work, so getting away from them is fine. Oddly enough I barely use Nikon which is funny cause my work horse lens used to be the Nikon 50. Now it barely gets on my camera. It's always in my bag cause you just never know but I barely use it.
brerwolfe said:
I used to have a full-time job and it would've taken me years to save for a camera and lenses with all the other expenses I had. Ended up getting a couple freelance jobs at the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010, used those paychecks to buy a 7D (recently released at that point) and a Canon 70-200 2.8 II.

Still have both, but I've retired the 7D and only bring it out for jobs where I'm doing a 2-camera interview. I think I'm gonna start taking it with me on kayak trips around my house.

My favorite lens is my Canon 16-35, though. Man I love that thing.
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I need freelance photography jobs so bad.
 
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