Photography Talk

K.C. · Apr 7, 2015

Who's ready for Opening Day?!?!

Let's Go Giants!!

K.C. · Apr 7, 2015

AT&T Park

DSLR , f/14 , 30" , ISO 100 , Focal Length 16mm

(Saturday, June 28, 2014)

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K.C. · Apr 7, 2015

Home of the Giants

AT&T Park

DSLR , f/22 , 20" , ISO 100 , Focal Length 35mm

(Saturday, June 28, 2014)

1883

K.C. · Apr 8, 2015

Golden Gate Bridge from Fort Point

DSLR , f/9 , 30" , ISO 100 , Focal Length 24mm

-Exposure Compensation +1

Photo inspired by ISOlution | Photography

(Thursday, June 26, 2014)

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K.C. · Apr 9, 2015

Golden Gate Bridge from Marin Headlands

DSLR , f/5 , 30" , ISO 100 , Focal Length 28mm

(Saturday, June 14, 2014)

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K.C. · Apr 10, 2015

...BUMP for more Great Photos...

tS_kStin · Apr 11, 2015

Some images over the past couple of weeks.

Parking Garage roof top

Driving the streets by ts_kstin, on Flickr

Traveling at night by ts_kstin, on Flickr

My Harley by the Bridger mountains. Playing with the refection.

Sitting Bike by ts_kstin, on Flickr

Got an ND filter

Water flow by ts_kstin, on Flickr

Calm stream by ts_kstin, on Flickr

Went for a walk and found a hood off a Ford truck that I found in some bushes

Bush hood by ts_kstin, on Flickr

Other random things I found on the same walk

Rustic by ts_kstin, on Flickr

Having a load of fun learning my camera. Taking everything in Manual or Aperture mode to learn. I don't like having things do the thinking for me.

TCMach · Apr 12, 2015

Kinda new at the whole photography thing. Got a Canon Rebel XSi that was handed down to me, all criticisms welcome because you guys know way more than I do. All photos shot in raw and edited in Elements 10. Still using the supplied lens. Thinking about picking up a Rokinon 24mm f1/4 though. Ideas?

Photo of Fisher Tower in Moab. f/11, 1/30s, ISO 400, 32mm
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/102663750@N03/16935125260" title="IMG_0572b by Tyler Carvell, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8813/16935125260_2b2e2783da_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="IMG_0572b"></a>

Took a little night photo too, my first time ever doing this kind of shooting so its a little rough. f/4, 30s, ISO 1600, 24mm. Kinda grainy, star trailing, etc, but hey you have to start somewhere haha
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/102663750@N03/16234278594" title="IMG_0580 by Tyler Carvell, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7647/16234278594_845bc91430_b.jpg" width="1024" height="764" alt="IMG_0580"></a>

USKTog · Apr 13, 2015

TCMach said:
Kinda new at the whole photography thing. Got a Canon Rebel XSi that was handed down to me, all criticisms welcome because you guys know way more than I do. All photos shot in raw and edited in Elements 10. Still using the supplied lens. Thinking about picking up a Rokinon 24mm f1/4 though. Ideas?

Photo of Fisher Tower in Moab. f/11, 1/30s, ISO 400, 32mm
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/102663750@N03/16935125260" title="IMG_0572b by Tyler Carvell, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8813/16935125260_2b2e2783da_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="IMG_0572b"></a>

Took a little night photo too, my first time ever doing this kind of shooting so its a little rough. f/4, 30s, ISO 1600, 24mm. Kinda grainy, star trailing, etc, but hey you have to start somewhere haha
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/102663750@N03/16234278594" title="IMG_0580 by Tyler Carvell, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7647/16234278594_845bc91430_b.jpg" width="1024" height="764" alt="IMG_0580"></a>

Hi Tyler,
Based on the Fisher Towers image, I am guessing you don't have a circular polarizer (CP) filter. While not mandatory, most who shoot landscape will use a CP filter to bring out the blue hue a bit more!

Were these shot hand-held or on a tripod? If hand-held, you could probably get away with dropping the ISO down to 200. If on a tripod, I'd suggest you keep the camera at ISO100 for the bulk of your daytime shooting. Only in windy conditions where I am shooting wildflowers, for example, will I bump the ISO up, so that I an have a faster shutter speed.

Also, from a compositional perspective, don't be afraid to crop out unnecessary elements, such as the dirt road at the bottom of the Fisher Towers image.

For the night-sky shot, not a bad start. If you haven't heard of this yet...store this one in the brain:

"Rule of 500"

Take 500 and divide your focal length (24mm) into that (500/24) to determine your maximum exposure length. In this instance 20.833333 is the longest you should keep the shutter open, to avoid any star trails.

Given the bright light behind you (headlights from another vehicle?), you probably could have gotten away with ISO800.

Overall, not a bad start at all.

TCMach · Apr 13, 2015

USKTog said:
Hi Tyler,
Based on the Fisher Towers image, I am guessing you don't have a circular polarizer (CP) filter. While not mandatory, most who shoot landscape will use a CP filter to bring out the blue hue a bit more!

Were these shot hand-held or on a tripod? If hand-held, you could probably get away with dropping the ISO down to 200. If on a tripod, I'd suggest you keep the camera at ISO100 for the bulk of your daytime shooting. Only in windy conditions where I am shooting wildflowers, for example, will I bump the ISO up, so that I an have a faster shutter speed.

"Rule of 500"
Take 500 and divide your focal length (24mm) into that (500/24) to determine your maximum exposure length. In this instance 20.833333 is the longest you should keep the shutter open, to avoid any star trails.
Given the bright light behind you (headlights from another vehicle?), you probably could have gotten away with ISO800.

Thanks! Honestly I've never heard of a CP filter so I'm pretty sure I dont have one. They were shot by hand, I do have a tripod but it was underneath all the camping gear at the time so I went with the handheld.

Thanks for the tips. I'll definitely try to stick to the lower ISOs and keep the 500 rule in mind next time I shoot. The light was my headlamp. I used it to brighten up the truck in the picture. I would never have thought to go to a lower ISO when doing night shooting, guess I still have a lot to learn!

snivilous · Apr 13, 2015

Took these with my Dad's Nikon D40 a few weeks ago, was my first time getting away from the automatic settings and playing with everything after reading up a bit. For my birthday I got a Nikon D3300 that'll I'll get in two weeks when I get home from school and can start getting more creative with my photos.

USKTog · Apr 14, 2015

TCMach said:
Thanks! Honestly I've never heard of a CP filter so I'm pretty sure I dont have one. They were shot by hand, I do have a tripod but it was underneath all the camping gear at the time so I went with the handheld.

Thanks for the tips. I'll definitely try to stick to the lower ISOs and keep the 500 rule in mind next time I shoot. The light was my headlamp. I used it to brighten up the truck in the picture. I would never have thought to go to a lower ISO when doing night shooting, guess I still have a lot to learn!

Keep practicing, trying new settings and composition elements.

If you don't try, you won't learn...nor get any better!

Nobody is a master (regardless of what they may think); there is always something to learn.

MT-4RUNNER · Apr 15, 2015

Hyalite Dam Graffiti copy by willkent1115, on Flickr

Hyalite Road Edit by willkent1115, on Flickr

Solo Ice Fisherman by willkent1115, on Flickr

leftyguns21 · Apr 20, 2015

[MENTION=82211]TCMach[/MENTION] [MENTION=112332]USKTog[/MENTION] gives great advice. spot on. (I need to be better about using a CP filter too. but I just fix it in post) do you have Photoshop or photo editing software by chance? the shot of the runner looks like focus is on your truck so the stars look a little out of focus. in this scenario you could shoot two shots and combine in post so its all in focus. night shots are tricky and take a looooot of practice.

any of you canon users use magic lantern? I just installed it over the weekend and so far....impressed. having that built in intervalometer is great.

was poking around downtown Denver so snapped a couple shots with my new 70-200 lens.

f/16
30secs
70mm
ISO100

f/16
1/125"
125mm
ISO160