official photography thread

[VulgarDisplayCFH]

Puppy kicker what city is that?

I think it's San Jose.. Probably on the Parking Garage by the Train Station.

[bpz]

Added a few more shots to my Flickr page, the one above is probably my favorite. Check 'em out!
Flickr: brian-peck's Photostream

[circle]

puppy kicker, i see church on the hill!

[IvanTheTerrible]

Oh man, I've never noticed this thread... I'm huge into fashion and lifestyle photography..















Sorry for the mass post, I got excited.

You can check more of my work at Flickr: 4-am's Photostream

[VulgarDisplayCFH]

Some amazing stuff!!

[Rayce]

[Blix]

Here`s one from a job, a sweet little Moroccan girl I photograph on her birthdays, this is the third time around:

[guroo]

Here are some new ones with my new film SLR. I love it.






This one's from the end of the roll.

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I wish my new polarizer would get here... the cat knocked my camera onto the floor. I had my wide angle on it as well, so when it landed it pulled the filter apart. Camera and lens seem to be fine though, it was a cheap polarizer anyway.

[dcphotos]

Nice shot of the little girl Blix!

Here is some stuff I just uploaded:

I love shooting these. I lay on a catwalk about sixty feet over the floor, and shoot with a 200mm lens. There are panels I have to shoot through so I only hear them coming and hear the crowd, I can't see out past the foul line:


Did I already post this? Sorry if I did. Bellpepper from my garden, these things are delicious:

Shot with my old point and shoot while road cycling:

This one isn't photo related, nor a particularly great job of stitching, but I finally got my ramp surfaced and skating last weekend. I'm still going to paint the surface and put another coat of sealer on it:

[Steez Police]

Here is some stuff I just uploaded:

Awesome! I would love to shoot a basketball game like that, it sounds like so much fun!

I love the pepper, crazy definition, I wish I had a pipe like that, it reminds me of a friend's backyard (he lived in a big old party house) that featured a half pipe, a zipline, MTB stunts, and a jib yard in the winter. Looks like a blast.

[tomlarry@hotmail.com]

ok my camera just broke so i was thinking what would be a good underwater camera that worked just as good as on land that cost around $500 the only one i could think of was the Olympus Stylus 1030SW 10.1MP Digital Camera
if there are better ones in that price rang can you help me out? thanks

[lexx]

ok my camera just broke so i was thinking what would be a good underwater camera that worked just as good as on land that cost around $500 the only one i could think of was the Olympus Stylus 1030SW 10.1MP Digital Camera
if there are better ones in that price rang can you help me out? thanks

How deep do you want to go?

If it's for diving you're going to need housing, the olympus cameras are great for the beach but image quality isn't the best too be honest. They're built like tanks, but they do suffer a little. That said, if this really is just for the beach then the Olympus can not be matched by anything on the market.

This canon is a little 'old fashioned' compared to many of the compacts on the market, but the image quality stands and the underwater housings are reliable and well built. The downside is that it takes AA batteries.

Amazon.com: Canon PowerShot A720IS 8MP Digital...
Amazon.com: Canon PowerShot A720IS 8MP Digital...

Amazon.com: Canon WP-DC16 Underwater housing for...
Amazon.com: Canon WP-DC16 Underwater housing for...

The Fuji F50 is being heavily marketed at the diving community but the Fuji can be a little slow compared to most other compact cameras these days. There is a noticeable lag and doing simple things like deleting images can take longer than you'd expect.

Amazon.com: Fujifilm Finepix F50fd 12MP Digital...
Amazon.com: Fujifilm Finepix F50fd 12MP Digital...

Amazon.com: Fujifilm WP-FXF50 Underwater Housing...
Amazon.com: Fujifilm WP-FXF50 Underwater Housing...

This is the camera/underwater housing I would go for simply because the Panasonic Lumix range are awesome point and shoot compacts - very sharp lenses made by leica, very reliable (i work in a camera shop and we very rarely get them coming back under warranty) and they're very fashionable out of the water. For value the FS3 is great, for a little bit more zoom and a few more pixels the FS5 could be worth the extra $$$.

Amazon.com: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS3S 8MP Digital...
Amazon.com: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS3S 8MP Digital...

Amazon.com: Panasonic DMW-MCFS5 Marine Case:...
Amazon.com: Panasonic DMW-MCFS5 Marine Case:...

[pete..]

desaturated and used the burn tool a bit, im not too good at editing. tell me what you think

[longboardorific]

ive been taking some sweet pictures,
the color in guanajauto is amazing
the only problem is i have an extreme suspicion that the film is in black and white, expired and that the camera leaves the shutter on for about 15 seconds whenever you take a picture

[VulgarDisplayCFH]

If I buy a random flash from the pawnshop for like 10 bucks. Will it work on my D40?

[wardlarson]

take your camera there and try it first.

[Blix]

If I buy a random flash from the pawnshop for like 10 bucks. Will it work on my D40?

It depends. If it (the flash) has an "auto" mode you can use it. No TTL communication between the camera and the flash of course, but you usually have a choice between 2-4 different apertures you can use, and the flash has a sensor that calulates the amount of light it needs to put out. You just use you camera in M and set the aperture at the same setting as the flash, and that puts you in the ball park. I use an old Nikon flash in "Auto" on my Canon DSLR a lot, works great.

[VulgarDisplayCFH]

Ok cool. I'm gonna test it first.

They're also selling an old Pentax K1000 film camera for 30 bucks, should I snag it?

[wardlarson]

i happened upon this film camera setup, and I know nothing about it. i was hoping someone would. It's a Vivitar 450/SLD with a 28-67mm wideangle 1:2.5" Vivitar lens.

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