Photography Thread

Time lapse is cool, I want to borrow my dad's and mess around with it.


You seem to be enjoying the 5D though.

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static06 said:
Bought a Canon EOS Rebel SL1 a couple weeks back....... I do want to buy a wide angle lens but I'm afraid if i get one thats fairly cheap that it would not produce great pics like I would it too. I may just say to hell with it and order one lol. Khaos, do you know of any good photography forums?
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Khaos said:
Hopefully Geoff posts up as he has a crop sensor camera and has quite a few lenses for it. IIRC, he has a 10-20mm wide angle that takes great pictures.
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So I have an SL1 as well, ( sooo many DSLRs in my house ) and its mainly for the wifey. Too damn tiny for me. Anyway, for an ultra wide angle you have a couple of options.

1. Canon 10-22mm. Most expensive out of the bunch, has some damn good image quality. Its HEAVY. New expect to pay 600+, used can be found around 400 ish.

2. Tokina 11-16 F2.8. This is excellent because its wide and fast ( F2.8 fixed aperture ) but they are expensive new, 700+ and used ones are uber cheap, saw one the other day for 250, but they sell FAST.

3. Canon 10-18mm STM. I own this one. In one word = OUTSTANDING! Its cheap, paid 299 for it brand new, image quality is VERY VERY good and its an STM lens so for video its completely silent. The cons to it are its all plastic and its not weather sealed. Those might not be too big deal to you though. Here is what the 300$ UWA produces

BOINK!!! by G_Anderson, on Flickr

Big Fall by G_Anderson, on Flickr

Hole Fall Top by G_Anderson, on Flickr

Leafy Rock bed by G_Anderson, on Flickr

Careful with faces though at 10mm, things get wonky haha

Reese at 10 by G_Anderson, on Flickr

Cooper by G_Anderson, on Flickr

And as you can tell, I do alot of landscape in wet locations with it. Its held up fine with some water getting on it. So its much tougher then whatd youd expect. I tend to put gear through its passes, and i've been happy with it so far. I've also done some video with it and i have no complaints about it.
 
What kind of setting do you need to use to make the river look soft like that? I've always liked those kind of shots a lot
 
a-fuso said:
What kind of setting do you need to use to make the river look soft like that? I've always liked those kind of shots a lot
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I'd imagine he increased the exposure time so it captures the movement of the water and gives it that effect.
 
Yeah I have been loving the 5D immensely!

That picture Geoff posted is taken with a tripod. Set the shutter speed to like 2+ seconds to capture the movement of the water
 
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Tripod is required. Aperture very high, F22+. Shutter speed 1/2 second or longer. Low ISO.

Those pictures up there were like F/22, ISO 100, shutter was 18 to 30 seconds.
 
Love taking those shots... even if you can steady yourself with a railing or something if you're at falls that happen to be a tourist attraction, you can get a pretty good pic.

Sent from my igloo eh.
 
Cool thanks guys, I'll have to try it out. Took a few film photography classes, but all black and white. Need to get my mom's dslr and practice some more.
 
Nice!

I really would like to get into portrait photography just to mess around. It would be nice to know how to do it and it would break up the usual "car, car, car, sunset, car, car, car...." feed I have going :rofl:
 
Sooooo i may or may not have something in my truck that will allow for submersion of my DSLR unharmed into liquid matters......... Pictures ( hopefully ) to follow
 
Im not going in my aquarium, its cold water and the fish are assholes haha. Going to go shoot some spring fed creeks this weekend that are full of neat fish
 
anyone got an extra light room? I got a new laptop and my old laptops harddrive is done. im not wanting to get on any torrents.
 
Got a couple of Henry the other night




Holy hell photobucket killing quality, thought maybe I finally took some worthy of this thread then they had to go and screw it up
 
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