Photography Thread

[ThePhilosopher]

16x9 crop and natural light - what am I thinking?

Nikon D3 with Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8D@145mm: ISO 100 1/320s f/4

 

[Philligan]

Did you stitch that, or are you just really far back?

 

[Philligan]

I took these of a friend's dog today. I love greyhounds, they're really laid back.

Odie by philbabbey, on Flickr

 

[ThePhilosopher]

Did you stitch that, or are you just really far back?

I'm just far away - that's even cropped a bit. I'll try stitching next time.

 

[Tang]

been digging around old SD cards for things I might've missed the first time around..

bird of winter by nrrfed, on Flickr

mall symmetry by nrrfed, on Flickr

 

[MetalBuddah]

Here are a few of my favorites from the Periphery and Thank You Scientist sets at the 2/13 stop of the tour at The Fillmore in Silver Spring, MD.

 

[ThePhilosopher]

Last one from this set, I promise. I'll try removing the wrinkles near the bottom - good ol' dodge and burn.

Nikon D3 with Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8D@80mm: ISO200 1/200 f/7.1
Calumet Travelite 750 in 16x20 softbox above and camera left of model

 

[Philligan]

I helped a friend shoot a project for school this evening, and since we shot it at the school, I messed around with the white seamless cove they have in the studio. I'm not used to having this much space to work with.

Dave by philbabbey, on Flickr

 

[Tang]

Holy shit guys, this is seriously brilliant.

New Artificial Lighting Tricks Human Brain into Seeing Sunlight | Urbanist

Can't wait for this to be cheap enough for the common man.

 

[Nats]

Friend asked me to shoot her daughter's baptism this past Saturday. Here's one from that shoot.

Untitled by JAPAMM, on Flickr

 

[Tyler]

Are there any good places that have RAW files available for download to work on practicing retouches? Ive been wanting to experiment with some new things and while my images arent bad, I really do need some better glass before I think I can be really satisfied with how things come out.

 

[Philligan]

Are there any good places that have RAW files available for download to work on practicing retouches? Ive been wanting to experiment with some new things and while my images arent bad, I really do need some better glass before I think I can be really satisfied with how things come out.

What lenses are you working with right now?

 

[ThePhilosopher]

Are there any good places that have RAW files available for download to work on practicing retouches? Ive been wanting to experiment with some new things and while my images arent bad, I really do need some better glass before I think I can be really satisfied with how things come out.

This place: ModelMayhem.com - Challenges, Contests, and Samples, though most of these require an account to get the images from the thread creator there are some that just post links up to the RAWs.

 

[Tyler]

What lenses are you working with right now?

Canon 50mm 1.8 its not bad for what it is but theres definitely sharper

 

[flint757]

It's an amazing lens for how cheap it is.

 

[Skyblue]

A few photos from some hiking I did with my friends a while back.

Both phone pics, processed in VSCO.

 

[Philligan]

Canon 50mm 1.8 its not bad for what it is but theres definitely sharper

Honestly, man, that lens will still more than do the job. I had that and the 50 1.4 and didn't see a noticeable difference in image quality, especially stopped down. If you want a different focal length to work with that's one thing, but if you're looking at spending for a more expensive 50, you're better off buying lighting gear or train/plane tickets to shoot more IMHO.

 

[Tang]

Honestly, man, that lens will still more than do the job. I had that and the 50 1.4 and didn't see a noticeable difference in image quality, especially stopped down. If you want a different focal length to work with that's one thing, but if you're looking at spending for a more expensive 50, you're better off buying lighting gear or train/plane tickets to shoot more IMHO.

If you're gonna spend money on a 50 might as well go all the way and pick up the Sigma 50 1.4 ART. It's a no brainer, unless you like to travel light.

 

[Rook]

I've had to opportunity to try the 50mm ART recently, so I'm gunna do my usual thing and play Devil's advocate haha.

I didn't like it (flame shield on).

It's sharp, sure, but the bokeh was meh, and on the whole the images don't pop like other lenses I've tried. It was also big and heavy for a 50mm, which both kinda go against the whole reason I'd use one in the first place.

Build was OK.

I wouldn't buy it. For that money I'd stick with the softer, nicer-blurring canon or the even cheaper, even softer still but wonderfully deep looking Zeiss 50 1.4. Sharpness just isn't a big factor for me at all though, and I've found the images from both the ART lenses I've tried now very sharp but very flat looking. Not for me. Not to mention the size haha.

That said, nobody who ever looks at your pictures will notice difference between a canon 50 1.4 or sigma 1.4. Maybe, if they were looking, they might with the Zeiss, but for all its contrast and colours and softness it's a general pain to use, patience required haha.


EDIT: Phil, I'd have agreed with you but having recently been editing some photos from our site taken between the 1.8 and 1.4, the images from the 1.8 (at 1.8) were only usable if you took the middle of the frame, there's all kinds of nasty shit at the edges but the 1.4 had no such problem. As I say, I'd have agreed with you before but I've kinda changed my mind now. I'll try dig out some examples on Monday.

 

[Rook]

Also I took some shots for a music duo the other day, thought I'd share a few:

B&C3 by NickNickNickHowlett, on Flickr

B&C4 by NickNickNickHowlett, on Flickr

B&C2 by NickNickNickHowlett, on Flickr

B&C5 by NickNickNickHowlett, on Flickr