Gallery Photography thread - painting pictures with light

[Lore]

Why not? What's their policy on that? No removable lenses?

No glass?

 

[ManWithNoName]

Why not? What's their policy on that? No removable lenses?

Not allowed bigger than 200mm. So when they asked how big it was I honestly told them 55mm. I just didn't tell them it extended out to 250mm.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Few more.

 

[eth-dog]

That is one of the few good clash guernseys.

 

[monty1104]

Here are a sample from my trip to Africa in 2012. Will upload more later but have to compress some files.

View of Table Mountain from hostel

Namibian Sunset I


Namibian Sunset II

Elephants on the Tanzanian plains

Tanzanian Sunset

Eagle (?) and fish

 

[Howard Moon]

Shuttle take off from space. Love this.

 

[Howard Moon]

can anyone tell me how you take those portraits that show all the lines an imperfections of someones face?

is there a certain filter or setting that makes it happen? (for a novice)

 

[GUMBLETRON]

Depends on the camera. You want a very tight, close focus, which will give you the skin detail and the background defocus. My P&S has a specific setting for it, better cameras would have particular lenses.

Also getting right up in your subject's face helps.

After that, you * around in Photoshop a bit, sharpening, tweaking contrast, etc.

 

[tesla1962]

Fraser Island, Queensland (holiday snaps)

 

[GUMBLETRON]

"Snaps"

 

[Max Headroom]

Not my photo but I think this statue and photo is really cool - from Tinatgel Castle in Cornwall, source of Authurian legends. It is called Gallos (Cornish for powder *edit sorry - power).

Not all the locals like it - see this article http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...ue-plunges-sword-into-tintagels-arthurian-row

 

[ManWithNoName]

 

[tesla1962]

caught two eagles riding thermals at dawn over Charles Knife Canyon, WA
right place, right time, wrong lens - damn, damn damn

 

[tesla1962]

Some critters from the Pilbara and Ningaloo reef - amazing place but so far from anywhere

black-footed rock wallaby

white cockatoo chicks (?), Yardie Creek

Osprey nest, Yardie Creek

An octopus somewhere

Turquoise Bay, the snorkelling is better at Coral Bay or Oyster Stacks IMO

Photo not mine - taken by a woman on the boat with a proper underwater camera

My shot with a $49 camera

 

[Doss]

Fantastic stuff, tesla1962. Hopefully I have some good additions here soon.

 

[Beerfish]

Hopefully I have some good additions here soon.

Regular updates would be awesome.

 

[Lore]

General question, what lenses do you use, what lenses do you like, and why?

Brand name or no?

 

[IggypopsTshirt]

 

[Harlequin]

What a beautiful photo, a precious little life

Is this a little IggypopsTshirt?

 

[IggypopsTshirt]

What a beautiful photo, a precious little life

Is this a little IggypopsTshirt?

Thankyou, Harlequin. It is indeed little Ig at the tender age of 3 days old.

 

[Doss]

Thankyou, Harlequin. It is indeed little Ig at the tender age of 3 days old.

Congratulations, mate!

 

[Harlequin]

Thankyou, Harlequin. It is indeed little Ig at the tender age of 3 days old.

Congratulations and thank you for sharing such a beautiful photo

How's the little one going?

 

[IggypopsTshirt]

Congratulations and thank you for sharing such a beautiful photo

How's the little one going?

Strong as an ox and keen for the 2017 membership packages to be released.

 

[tesla1962]

General question, what lenses do you use, what lenses do you like, and why?

Brand name or no?

Complex question fly. You seem like a poster that likes to be comprehensive so I'll have a shot.

Telephoto zoom lenses are great and versatile for most things. The problem is that you lose image quality (softer) when you go from a fixed focal length to a zoom. I am happy to accept this given their sheer versatility and it suits me given my photography these days is just incidental snapping when i have my camera (DSLR) with me on holidays. I have an 18-135 and 18-200 (both Nikon lenses). I prefer the 18-200 but it's a little bit heavy - it sits on my camera 95% of the time and does most of the things I want. I also have a macro lense that is stunning and very exy but I hardly ever use it (long story) and a 70-300mm lens for wildlife, but it's probably a bit small if you are serious about wildlife photography.

It depends on what you want to shoot. I am going to get a 50mm lens next week for portraits because they are so cheap and so sharp. It's crazy not to have one and I don't understand why I don't have one now. I had one for my old 2nd hand Olympus OM1 SLR years ago when I first discovered photography and I loved it.

I would love a decent wide angle lens for landscapes but I need to save up

If you are seriously into sports photography or wildlife photography the lenses are going to cost you serious amounts of money because of what they have to do. For me they are a winning tattslotto kind of thing.

 

[Lore]

Complex question fly. You seem like a poster that likes to be comprehensive so I'll have a shot.

Telephoto zoom lenses are great and versatile for most things. The problem is that you lose image quality (softer) when you go from a fixed focal length to a zoom. I am happy to accept this given their sheer versatility and it suits me given my photography these days is just incidental snapping when i have my camera with me on holidays. I have an 18-135 and 18-200 (both Nikon lenses). I prefer the 18-200 but it's a little bit heavy - it sits on my camera 95% of the time and does most of the things I want. I also have a macro lense that is stunning and very exy but I hardly ever use it (long story) and a 70-300mm lens for wildlife, but it's probably a bit small if you are serious about wildlife photography.

It depends on what you want to shoot. I am going to get a 50mm lense next week for portraits because they are so cheap and so sharp. It's crazy not to have one and I don't understand why I don't have one now. I had one for my old 2nd hand Olympus OM1 SLR years ago when I first discovered photography and I loved it.

I would love a decent wide angle lens for landscapes but I need to save up

If you are seriously into sports photography or wildlife photography the lenses are going to cost you serious amounts of money because of what they have to do. For me they are a winning tattslotto kind of thing.

Thanks for the reply! I don't require long answers haha If everyone tells me a little bit then I can sort of get a feel for different perspectives and different considerations and work out what might be better for me.

At the moment I have a Canon with 24-105 kit lens, and I've messed around with a few different types of photography – motorsport, portraiture, nature, landscapes. Given the expense of buying them I'm a bit hesitant to know what the best option will be as a second lens. Probably a telephoto zoom for sport, and primes for portraits, street photography, nature, landscapes. But then there seems to be a bit of contention between a 35/85/135 set up or a 50/100/150 set up as well, which is also impacted by ff/crop-sensor discussions. And then Canon has three different 50mm lenses, or there are Tamrons and Sigmas that have the right mounts as well (quality?)...

Basically I don't know exactly what I need, or which one is the best quality for the price... and I'm not going to go out and buy five different lenses all at once either so sort of need to prioritise a bit too. :/