dancing in the rain? Photography and Digital Camera

I'm new to this site and to photography, other than with my cell phone! ha. I just got a canon EOS Rebel T21. Im trying to learn the in and outs still, but the books are pretty Greek to me! I can't really afford to take a class right now, so Id really appreciate all the feedback I can get. I know that I was using the creative auto setting while taking this pic. I think its a great pic, but its also a pic of my daughter lol. Please let me know what you think and what i can do to improve! Thanks!
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dancing in the rain?

Nature`s Watching Photography and Digital Camera

Close up of a tree, found some red. Taken with Sony Nex 5N. Some said looks like an eye. I can`t remember the details of Aperture etc.
Nature`s Watching

Puget Sound, WA Photography and Digital Camera

Puget Sound, WA

The Tempest--Ariel Photography and Digital Camera

Hello all!
So I'm doing a poster for my local theatre company Murphys Creek Theatre... I have a shot that I would like to use...but I'm not sure which is a better choice for the poster...
We are doing the Tempest in a Steampunk style (which is awesome!) But does this look right? The director wants steampunk...but also fantasy and magical. So do you think I have made a good edit here? Anything I should change? Any feedback would be appreciated =)





Camera GENERAL IMAGING CO. X500
Exposure 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture f/3.4
Focal Length 9.5 mm
ISO Speed 400

Also, here is a link to what it would look like in the poster: Mamas-Art's deviantART Gallery

Thank you very much for your time =)
The Tempest--Ariel

75mph and no brakes..... Photography and Digital Camera

This is ranking up there with one of the worst things I've had happen in a while.
Travelling down Interstate 80 at 75mph and realize I no longer have brakes!
I had the cruise control set and when I went to tap the brakes to kick it off it just didn't feel quite right, so I touched the brakes again and this is when I realize they're gone. :eek: I felt my heart just about leap out of my chest!

I am just so lucky I didn't need to stop fast. I was able to slowly get down to where I could shift to 3rd, then 2nd, then all the way down to low and get off on the shoulder and coast to a stop.

But seriously, I am getting way too old for this kind of excitement....
75mph and no brakes.....

Flower power 2 Photography and Digital Camera

(Sorry, I don't know how to delete a thread - info, please.)

I've only had the Tamron macro for a month or two and wanted to give it a real try-out today. It's been cloudy, damp and drippy here, a perfect day for flower photography, right? Off to Elizabeth Park in Hartford. Your comments are always welcome. Thanks for looking.

From the herb garden


Told this was an early beach rose


Yellow iris


Need an ID on this one

Flower power 2

Macro lens for jewelry photography. Photography and Digital Camera

Hi. I am looking for macro lens for my old canon 300d.

I will need it for quality jewelry shots for my ecommerce site. I managed to take some OK ones with build up lens of 300d. But surely need macro lens.

So far i found 2 "budget" lenses that supports 1:1:

[1]Tokina AT-X Pro 35/2,8 DX Macro
[2]Sigma EX 50mm f/2,8 DG Macro

After checking some reviews i think Sigma will be good for my need.

would like to hear your advice before buying, total noob here:confused:
Macro lens for jewelry photography.

Pine Apple Photography and Digital Camera

Pine Apple

My Car Photography and Digital Camera

Here is one that I took today. I used BKT at 1EV step, three shots, and put them together in photoshop. And some post processing.


VW Polo HDR by Robert Klarić
My Car

Contest Winners: "Landscapes - Nature Black and White" Photography and Digital Camera

Let me mention first of all that I love all my fellow dpsers (is that a word?) that chime in and answer questions and direct people to the rules. You make it so much easier!

There were a lot of images to go through this time and it was very hard to narrow it down. When there are this many, some of our favorites will not make it to the finals. If you have a favorite picture, be sure to give your fellow member a little "love" and leave a comment at their flickr or other site, or send them a pm here on dps.

First goes to The Great Salt Lake by Lostsoulstav:

"Sure, the sky is blown in the centre but it works in the context of this high contrast image from Lostsoulstav. It was just the right moment to take the photo because of the way the cloud (top left of centre and echoed bottom left) balances the silhouetted branch (bottom right of centre)."

And we have another three-way tie for second!

Trees at Twilight by debsij:

"Fog and soft focus give this shot some drama, makes you wonder what could wander out of that mist. A good example of how black and white can transform a photo into something different."

Tunnel of Trees by ebradrt:

" Ebradrt's is more enclosed that most of the landscape shots but I think it still qualifies, not least because the path draws you in and the overexposure of the trees on the horizon of visibility further emphasises the depth of the scene even though foreground foliage hides the sky."
"I feel like walking right into this shot. Little touch of fog, laciness of the trees, plus the texture of the road make this an appealing image."

House on Lake by nixm

"Beautiful curve that leads the viewer's eye around the image. Nice textures and contrast of the clouds to the sky. Little house gives a good point of interest."
Contest Winners: "Landscapes - Nature Black and White"

Fire Truck Photography and Digital Camera

Got bored today at work while sitting around and decided to have a little fun.
Fire Truck

How to compose a photo scene Photography and Digital Camera

Experienced amateur photographers and even professional photographers usually know what to look for when composing a scene for their photo. Over the years, they have developed the skill to see the potential of great pictures around them. In this course, I will provide you a few simple guidelines that will allow you to learn what to look for and how to see beautiful scenes all around you. If you take these guidelines to heart and follow them on every photo you take from now on, chances are, your photos will come out better than you'd expect. Today, you can start developing your artistic skill of seeing and composing a beautiful photo by following 3 simple guidelines.
Tell a story. What is the idea behind your photograph? What kind of story does your photo convey? What is your subject matter or theme?Emphasize your story. Does your photograph focus on your main subject? Does it give importance to the main elements of the story you wanted to convey in your photo?Simplify your scene. Does your photograph include only elements that are necessary to convey your idea or story? Did you remove (or at least minimize) the elements that distracts or elements that does not add to the idea or story?
By following these 3 simple guidelines, you can now look at your surroundings with a new perspective. You can start developing your skill for the artistic side of photography.

For more detail and sample photos, check the full article at How to compose a photograph Develop Photography nobadfoto.com
How to compose a photo scene

D7000 - first impressions from a newbie to DSLR Photography and Digital Camera

I anticipate a long and wonderful relationship with this camera.

After the P500, the silent focus is wonderful. The fact that it DOES focus and not hunt constantly, even better. It will be amazing once I actually understand the focusing. :rolleyes:

It fits my small hands perfectly.

But the reason I am in love with it (and probably could be with many other cameras as well) is the viewfinder. On the P500 the viewfinder was useless so I had to use the screen which of course made it hard to go back and forth and get the shot. Plus my 50-plus year-old eyes are, well, old and tired and don't work so well anymore. I can use the viewfinder without my glasses and see perfectly to compose the scene and follow the bees. This makes me happier than I realized it would.

Just playing with it a few hours last night and again this morning points out to me how much I have to learn, but that's okay, I'm up to the challenge. :D

I do think there's another lens in my future. :eek: I like to get right on top of the bugs and the flowers but I can't get close enough with the 18-105.

Now to read up on how to change some of the basic settings and more on the focusing. I'm guessing that the times the focus dots don't pop up are because I'm too close to the subject.
D7000 - first impressions from a newbie to DSLR

The REAL reason I haven't been around much Photography and Digital Camera

So, some of you might have wondered why I haven't been around much. Or maybe you haven't *weep weep* :p

Well I thought you'd like to know the real reason I've been away. Please click the link below.
This photo is only going to be up for a few days for fear of forever dealing with those who don't understand it (oops I just gave away a little hint there :eek:).

Before I post the link I must ask you to READ THE DESCRIPTION!!!!! On flickr, that is, the flickr description.

1.5/365 Read Description!!!! | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Oh, and I started a 365 (again :o), yesterday was day one. I'll be posting on flickr. Feel free to look! :)















































teeheehee


*chuckle*




And if you don't share my sense of humor, please, no mean comments.
The REAL reason I haven't been around much

Bubble Photography and Digital Camera

Bubble

Standing/storing/laying? Photography and Digital Camera

Hello DPS Forum,

Just want to know the "proper" way to stand/store/lay a camera with an attached lens. For this i used a 80-200. Anyways, thanks.
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Standing/storing/laying?

First time model posing for me Photography and Digital Camera

Hi all!

i need some help.

A local artist friend of mine is having a female model pose for him and my task is to capture quite a few poses for him to paint later. The model will be wearing an all black outfit consisting of tights and a small tank top. I am working with 2 light stands and white umbrellas with 6500k bulbs, although I was thinking of attaching my speedlite to one of the umbrella stands, I also have a diffuser for my on camera flash when triggering the slave speedlite. Backdrops are black and/or white. I have no remote/wireless triggers so my on camera flash will have to fire. the camera I have is the Canon T2i.

Any general advise would be much appreciated.


Thanks!
First time model posing for me

Flower power Photography and Digital Camera

Mods, please delete post. Thanks.
Flower power

Collecting Pollen Photography and Digital Camera

Took this one at the beginning of April. I was just starting to take pictures of the pretty white blossoms on a tree in the park when I started hearing a constant hummmmm in the background. That's when I noticed the trees were filled with them.

So I started taking shots, most of them with manual focus from about 3-4 feet away on full zoom. A few came out in focus. This was one of them.


Collecting Pollen

Baby portrait Photography and Digital Camera

Hi,
I photographed this baby as a present, I do like this photo a lot but I find many faults so I want to know your opinion.
Cropping, focus and the eye direction are the things that more or less bother me.
I like the image but perhaps Im too subjective, so I wish for some input. How about pp and composition, I really like the diagonal and perhaps thats why it works for me...

Any honest opinion is greatly appreciated, I dont know what to think :(

EXIF:
Canon EOS 550D
1/200 sec
f/2.5
ISO 200
EF50mm f/1.8 II
Baby portrait

365, all things in progress Photography and Digital Camera

I'm 130 days into my 365, and man it is a GRIND! I'm learning so much, and somehow I've got this quiet confidence in the back of my brain that knows I'll finish, but it sure is hard work some days. I love DPS, so I thought I'd try and reach out a bit and share some of my favorites. Thanks for checking 'em out!









I'd love feedback, comments, critiques. I'm just making sure I keep myself motivated and active! Feel free to check out the rest of the project on my flickr stream
365, all things in progress

Calgary Peace Bridge. Photography and Digital Camera

Calgary Peace Bridge.

Self Portrait HDR Photography and Digital Camera

I'm about 130 days into a 365, and have been starting to composite myself into the HDR shot. Basically I take my bracketed exposure of the background, and then take another shot of me in the frame, and composite them in photoshop. The results are interesting, I'd love to hear what people think!









Thanks for checking 'em out! Visit my stream here to see more of my 365! I'm having great fun and learning a lot. And of course, feedback is much appreciated!
Self Portrait HDR

Just a Spider Photography and Digital Camera

I was working on my computer last night and a spider dropped down in front of me.

After screaming like a little girl I dusted off my Nikon AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED N and took some shots. I lit it with an SB-600 from the left and an SB-700 directly underneath it. All fired via my pop-up flash on my D7000. Love CLS!

This is 1:1



This is to get the whole body in



If you're wondering why it's upside down it's because it was hanging underneath a shelf.
Just a Spider

Nesting Photography and Digital Camera

Nesting by mrnash, on Flickr

Exif data

Camera Nikon D7000
Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture f/4.0
Focal Length 35 mm
ISO Speed 200
Nesting

Changing color in textured blanket Photography and Digital Camera

Ok, Here's the deal. I found this adorable blanket that I want to use for a newborn shoot. The only problem, is we don't know what my friend is having. The blanket is purple (as you can see ;)) and as I was going to return it if she has a boy but the tag fell off. So I kinda have to keep it now. My question is, is there a way to change it's color to like a blue or maybe even gray if it's a boy? I've tried all sorts of things, color varations, replacing the color but I can't get it to look right. Also, how would I change the blanket color w/o changing the baby as well (here I put my son's dog on to try it out).. any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!


Changing color in textured blanket

Used 40D vs New Rebel t3 Photography and Digital Camera

Hi everybody,
I've read the website and forums, but it's probably appropriate that my first post is asking advice on which camera to buy. My choices as I see them are my father in laws 40d, or a new rebel t3. I will be using the camera for work, forensic related. An example of the pictures I'll be take are of a car, showing indentations, scrapes, etc.
I will almost always be outside, in normal daytime conditions.
For cost, a new rebel is $500 with an 18 to 55, and the used 40d is $1000 new I think, and I'm not sure how much it's worth used.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Used 40D vs New Rebel t3

Trying something new - editorial dog and bed - framed Photography and Digital Camera

I don't know that it is finished editing...then again I never feel like I've finished editing an image!

It is best viewed on a black background. So, you may have to see it in Flickr.

But, here it is. A somber mood. That's all I'll say.

So, I wonder what you all think of it? It is a new technique for me and my technique needs to be refined. I think I've captured the intent. a bit of loneliness, a bit of tension. I often like to create images that require a bit of time to digest. As far as the border and left side...quite frankly I've never tried this before. But, it would make a nice card with the appropriate poetry. Do you agree?




Camera Model Canon EOS 60D
Firmware Firmware Version 1.1.0
Shooting Date/Time 05/09/12 03:04:04
Copyright Notice 2012 LaPierre & Osaka
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 3.2
Av( Aperture Value ) 14.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 1000
Auto ISO Speed OFF
Lens EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Focal Length 10.0mm
Image Size 5184x3456
Aspect ratio 3:2
Image Quality RAW
Flash Off
FE lock OFF
White Balance Mode Shade
AF Mode Manual focusing
AF area select mode Manual selection
Picture Style Monochrome
Sharpness 3
Contrast 0
Filter effect N :None
Toning effect N :None
Color Space sRGB
Long exposure noise reduction 0:Off
High ISO speed noise reduction 0:Standard
Highlight tone priority 0:Disable
Auto Lighting Optimizer Standard
Peripheral illumination correction Enable
Dust Delete Data No
File Size 23720KB
Drive Mode Single shooting
Live View Shooting ON
Trying something new - editorial dog and bed - framed

Light Art!!! Photography and Digital Camera

Clicked with a Canon EOS 1100d, 18-55mm Macro lens, f/5.0, Shutter speed of 0.4s .... Took a car moving on the opposite side of the road. Post production i did was decreasing thie white balance using the RGB Palette on the EOS Utility's Digital Photo Professional. :)
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Light Art!!!

Crappy focus... why? Photography and Digital Camera

I took this pic at the weekend and I'm just really not happy with the way it looks - overall it just looks out of focus and a bit naff... I'm not just talking about the people but just the whole image seems soft.

I did shoot using the all points focussing option which I think was a big mistake, and have now switched on the red square on the LCD screen image so I can see if I've missed the intended focus spot... on this image it's on the guy in the grey top's hand.. however I would have still thought that at f/5.6 the DOF would have been deep enough to keep the people looking fairly sharp?

But then it's not just the people, the whole image just seems soft and crappy :mad:

I'm rubbish at group shots so can anyone give me advice on just what I did wrong? Or is it just the fact the focus point automatically selected was so wrong that it threw the whole image off?



EXIF:

ISO 125
f/5.6
1/200
26mm
Crappy focus... why?