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03-09-2010, 04:23 PM | #2601 | |
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Each photo is a tad bit soft overall, and a bit underexposed (more so on the first shot than the second). The car pose is good, but I'm not quite sure why you decided to crop it in the way that you did. One thing to keep in mind is that except for most pro-level lenses, often times a lens isn't very sharp at full wide open. Just about every lens is sharpest when stopped down a little, and it's more often the case with consumer-level lenses. That's why even with my own 50mm ƒ1.4 lens, I usually shoot at ƒ1.8 or ƒ2.2 to make it sharper overall than at full ƒ1.4.
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03-09-2010, 04:30 PM | #2602 |
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Hey Armin, what do you think of the pic I posted on page 103 (I think you missed it haha)? How's the editing on it? I wanted to try the slightly desaturated look with it without taking everything away.
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03-09-2010, 04:41 PM | #2603 |
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I'm sorry, I have my settings set to show 50 posts per page (thus this is my Page 53). Can you please repost it? Sorry if I missed it before.
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03-09-2010, 04:49 PM | #2604 |
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Yea not a problem I know you have lots of requests for help in here.
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03-09-2010, 05:08 PM | #2605 | |
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03-09-2010, 05:15 PM | #2606 | |
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Ahh i see now the dark shadow. Also as i look at it now i see the red on the hood. I left the brick on the left to add a lil to it. But ill take the bricks out and see how that looks. And ill also try to take the sail out too. |
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03-09-2010, 05:34 PM | #2607 |
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Heres a re-edit hows this one?
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03-09-2010, 05:43 PM | #2608 | |
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03-09-2010, 05:55 PM | #2609 |
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Definitely better, although there's still a few hints of red brick you missed here and there. The thing with the sail isn't so much getting rid of the shadow, but how the lines of the building appear to grow out of the car. There's not really an easy to fix that other than moving the car so that it doesn't sit on that corner of the building.
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03-09-2010, 06:03 PM | #2610 | |
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03-09-2010, 06:27 PM | #2611 | |
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03-09-2010, 06:27 PM | #2612 | |
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A question for you regarding equipment: I'm thinking of picking up an SB600 speedlight for my D3000. This will be my first fancy-pants flash. Any advice? Should I stay away a bit longer and learn more camera techniques or is a larger flash a fairly OK thing to start playing with early on? I'm not super happy with how even with my fairly fast 35mm I cannot take crisp candid indoor shots without upping the ISO. I figure bouncing the flash around will help, and since I can't with the fixed flash I'm looking at the SBs... |
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03-09-2010, 06:35 PM | #2613 | |
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I've looked at a number of them and don't really know what would be good. Also the suction holding ratings, what should I be looking at in terms of holding power for an average rig? I know I can get an 8 foot section of aluminum box tubing from my local home depot for pretty cheap. I'm just concerned about what kind of force would need to be had in order to counter the distance and weight multiplication at a distance and such. Also what's the better place to buy from? My searches have proven to yield me not the greatest results as of lately. |
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03-09-2010, 06:54 PM | #2614 | |
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I've got the SB-600 myself and I use it for portraits and weddings. It's an excellent speedlight, but I rarely use it for cars...and when I do, I've learned that it's best to use it off the camera. It's just not powerful enough to light up an entire car, especially if left on the camera. I use it mostly to augment natural lighting, which is what I recommend more than it being used as a primary light source. Nevertheless, even at ƒ1.8, certain indoor situations require you to raise the ISO, and unfortunately really good high ISO performance doesn't come until you go a bit higher end into the prosumer cameras (like my own D300). |
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03-09-2010, 06:56 PM | #2615 | |
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http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._Cup_with.html Just remember that when it comes to camera-related equipment, the whole saying "you get what you pay for" tends to ring even more true than it does when buying car parts. |
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03-09-2010, 07:06 PM | #2616 | |
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It's always good to have a compliment from a mentor .
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No truer words have ever been spoken. NEVER skimp on rig parts, EVER! |
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03-09-2010, 07:08 PM | #2617 | |
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03-09-2010, 07:21 PM | #2618 | |
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03-09-2010, 07:30 PM | #2619 |
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Thanks for the tips and the link. I always love seeing your work. Maybe we'll take some pictures decent enough to put up for CC.
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03-09-2010, 08:02 PM | #2620 |
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Thanks for the assistance Armin. I'm pleased to see that lightspheres aren't expensive pieces of equipment. My girlfriends college graduation is coming up so indoor shots will be plentiful I feel. I want to start getting my ducks in a line to be the family photog for that event haha. Thanks for the advice as always man!
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03-09-2010, 08:58 PM | #2621 | |
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03-09-2010, 09:14 PM | #2622 | |
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03-09-2010, 10:05 PM | #2623 |
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i took this one after giving it it's first wash after winter... i like the picture alot, but please tell me what i can do better, so i can make everyone like it too haha.
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03-09-2010, 10:14 PM | #2624 |
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So, I was a little bored today after work, so I decided to tackle my other rig shot. The angle is much better (I feel), but I was too intimidated of trying to photoshop this rig out since it covere a LOT of different areas of the picture. So, after about an hour of playing around with clone stamp and other various methods I was able to recreate the image without the rig. The sky is a little less overexposed in this one too... what do you guys think??
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03-09-2010, 10:44 PM | #2625 |
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