official photography thread

[VertigoJ]

I will hopefully be shooting with the Argus sometime this week.

[Mystery Bob]

So LeighGriffiths... are you going to tell us what that was? I think it was some kind of sexual pleasure device. And if you're from Adelaide do you know Leadfoot (Matty) and Nia?

[leighgriffiths]

So LeighGriffiths... are you going to tell us what that was? I think it was some kind of sexual pleasure device. And if you're from Adelaide do you know Leadfoot (Matty) and Nia?

haha. it aint anything special, its a painted concrete slab after it rained. The sun was reflecting light off of it and made it glisten.
and yah of course I know Matty. went riding wit him yesterday. great guy. he told me he met u over in hawaii.

[DELETED]

Here's a couple of a recent storm

[NJ Joe]

Here's a couple of a recent storm

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Mammatus! Love the shot.


Heres a few spring shots I took

[mediocrityman]

This thread snuck up on me!
Well, I guess I'll ask, I just got the Rebel XT off Amazon, because I couldn't find the kit anywhere else, in fact, I think it's been discontinued. Anyway, the camera is on its way, and it will be replacing my Canon Powershot, the large kind, not the kind you can take pictures of yourself for myspace with, and I was wondering if the XT was worth not saving up the extra hundred bucks for the XTi. They seemed relatively similar, so I didn't.

[Metalhead8290]

Trip to charelston SC. (nonedited)

[TheFuzz]

Hope its not wack to put up edited stuff on here

[Thunder]

longboar 020_0001.jpg

fly loaded.jpg

dervish 001.jpg
sick huh!

[Wells]

Mac: the xti is going to be slightly higher resolution (about the same as 35mm film); which won't matter unless you're planning on making big prints (bigger than 8x10).

[VulgarDisplayCFH]

I will hopefully be shooting with the Argus sometime this week.

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How do you make the first pic so focused but so blurry in the background

[tomlarry@hotmail.com]

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How do you make the first pic so focused but so blurry in the background

Depth of field - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[243racing]

My sister just bought a Nikon D80 and she was taking picture of me boarding today and snapped this one during a quick wheel change. I'm not sure why but I kinda like this one. It has a lot of depth or something. The place where I hosted the photo kinda butchered the quality but you get a good idea.

[Mystery Bob]

its a painted concrete slab after it rained and yah of course I know Matty. went riding wit him yesterday. great guy. he told me he met u over in hawaii.

Oh that's what it is! He and his wife are wonderful people and I'm so glad we met when he visited Maui. He also told me he scored a nice longboard on Oahu to take home

[leighgriffiths]

Oh that's what it is! He and his wife are wonderful people and I'm so glad we met when he visited Maui. He also told me he scored a nice longboard on Oahu to take home

yeah he got to test out his new drop wedge and superballs on a DH run yesterday. he loves it.

[VertigoJ]

Vulgar: do some reading on Depth of Field (like the link that DELETED posted) when you get a chance. But basically I was shooting with a really wide aperture setting, which allows a more shallow depth of field. Vice versa, the smaller your aperture, the deeper your depth of field.

[VulgarDisplayCFH]

Depth of field - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sick! Thanks.

[Mystery Bob]

How do you make the first pic so focused but so blurry in the background

That Wikpedia definition that DELETED linked to is very official and also pretty confusing. I'd read it but also let me have a try at a practical explanation.
If its a film camera and not on automatic, the match needle meter in the viewfinder selects a combo of shutter speed and lens opening that will give you a correct exposure. Every time you open the lens one click (stop) you must slow down the shutter speed one stop.

F4 @ 1/1000sec =
F5.6 @ 1/500sec =
F8 @ 1/250sec =
F16 @ 1/125sec

All of these combos give the same exposure except the F/16 will have a lot of focus in front and behind and the F/4 will not (like in that first shot you asked about). Faster shutter speed = more stopped action but less DOF or focus in front and behind. Slower shutter speed and smaller lens opening = more potential blur if handheld and more depth of field. So use a tripod if you are using a slow shutter speed.
If yours is digital you can go into the menu and select a portrait mode which should blur the background (and foreground) for you.........
Or you can do the same as in the film example by selecting shutter or aperture priority and making a setting to match your needs.
An example on my digital would be thus: I'm on automatic and when I focus I see in the viewfinder that the lens is set on F.4 (wide) and I have a 1/1000 sec shutter speed. I want more in focus than F4 gives so I set the camera to shutter priority and put it at 1/125 (3 stops slower) The lens closes down to F16 (narrow) and I get foreground/background more sharp........

I hope this helps and if I ####ed it up I hope that Lexx, Blix or someone will correct me quickly. Incidentally, you can look at the lens in a film camera from the front and see it tighten or stay wide if you press your depth-of-field button that's there. You also have depth-of-field lines on the lens that correspond to the distance so you'll know from where to where should be in focus. This is cool so you can preset your camera to be in focus from Xfeet to Xfeet and then you don't have to focus quickly but can concentrate on composition......

[VulgarDisplayCFH]

Wow that helps a lot. Thank you!

I still need to learn a lot...