nomad

some nice pictures posted, heres a few bird pics taken at the local park, cheers martyn

Munch

I know that car, Owners called Rob, local lad

James998

I took that at donny show a few weeks back, it's a very very nice car, favourite euro lupo for me.

Heres a few more I took that day;

Red16

nomad - lovely shots... what lens did you use for those bird photo's?

Here's a couple of Autumn pics, as a bit of last minute inspiration for people trying to get an entry for this weeks photo comp

fezzajsy

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nomad am luving the detail in those pics..awesome!!

nomad

awe thanks guys, the lens was a 70-200mm nikon, i also used a x2 convertor making it 400mm at F5.6. the ideal is to get in close to get the feather texture, if you take a long shot and crop you lose too much detail, the only downside is DOF, the closer you are the less depth of field you have,
heres a pic of a sparrowhawk that came into my garden, it was a dull day but luckily i had a monopod to hand, the shot was about 1/15th of a sec at 400mm, vr and monopod saved the day. cheers nomad ps it was shot through double glazed windows so is very soft,

nomad

i would suggest for all the newbies that are looking to get into photography should take trip here
http://www.photoinf.com/
lots of tips and tricks for composition,
composition rules have been in place for thousands of years, they work because they are tried and trusted,
i saw some pics in a mag recently where the photographer didnt adhere to any composition rules at all,
he said he didnt believe in them and rules were just meant to be broken, boy were his pictures crap, cheers nomad

Benni

Amazing Nomad, purely amazing.

Benni.

Red16

I agree with Benni, your photo's are fantastic nomad! oh and thanks for the link.

Red16

Few from tonights shoot... started off at the Tees Barrage





Then headed up to Angel Of The North turned out a bit grainy but i still like it.



Had a few stop offs on the journey from teesside to gateshead but the results of those pics werent great

Dicko&Vacant

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tees barrage ones look good ben its a good place to get some nice car shots aswell

nomad

like the tees barrage shot, the blur of the water shows its taken with a slow shutter speed, i dont know why some shots are coming out grainy, if you post your exif data for the angel of the north we might be able to help, sometimes if the exposure isnt quite right and you adjust in photoshop its possible that you lift the grain from the shadows as you bring the exposure up, another possibility is you maybe using a high iso (or auto iso), for long exposures you want lowest iso your camera has,
heres a composition type of picture, your eyes read a photograph like a page, they start from left to right (maybe not chinese people lol), the idea is once you get to the wing your drawn down towards the centre of attention, lastly anything that is perceived to be moving needs space to move into , if this was a tight crop your eye would leave the page as it automatically follows the flight of the gull., cheers martyn

fezzajsy

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wicked thread

Red16

Here are the settings i used...



A small aperture to get all of the wings in focus, a long exposure, which turned out to not be long enough, so i forced it with photoshop, probably the reason it looks grainy. I'll have to return and get a proper shot with even longer exposure.

Red16

thanks... i was a bit disappointed with how little was actually at the barrage mind the car we were in wasnt worth photographing... trust me

nomad

red i think it might be worth taking a few shots at different exposures , the iso was good , i think your probably right in as much that you lifted the exposure which also means lifting the noise levels,
the trouble with looking at the pic in camera is it usually looks ok, its only when you get back home and put it on a computer screen that you spot the errors, it might be worth just checking the image on your camera histogram (i usually have my histogram showing on every pic and just glance at the exposure levels) .if your peaks are all bunched up on the left hand side (i mean right up against the edge here not just towards the left) then its probably underexposed, cheers martyn ps if anyone wants to get a better understanding of histograms luminous landscape gives a good example
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tu...stograms.shtml

Red16

I normally would take a few different exposures but we ran out of time and had to rush off to pick someone up i will return soon and retake the shot

Matt (Muska) posted that exact same link to histograms the other day, i forgot to read it, but will do so now

Red16

Here's another Gateshead Angel photo taken last night.



The quality is much better than the previous one but the angle isn't as good.

Captain500rs

someone give is a bit advice a used to be into photography few year ago ave a normal slr canon eos3000 ,which a hace 2 lenses for,will a be able to use these wiv the new canon 450d both lenses are auto focus,cos if a can a might buy a canon if not nixon d80 it is

cheers

XRdodgybird

I think they are interchangeable but best to check with an expert, that's why I bought my D80. I already had auto focus lenses for my Nikon F65 and they were compatible with the D80... no need to start all over again if you already have kit that will work with a new body. Lenses are a money nightmare when you are buying them separately.

Captain500rs

Yeah a know the one a have is 75-300 and cost a canny bit so don see point starting again but a found a canny deal for the nixon wi 2 lenses for £499 which i think is quite cheap

XRdodgybird

It is a good deal.... my body alone cost me £470!

Red16

A Nikon D80 with 2 lenses for that kind of money sounds a bargain to me i paid just shy of that for my D60 with 2 VR lenses.

Sorry cant help with your lens compatability dilema thought!

Muska

I paid nearly £800 for my D80 with the kit lens! Kills me to think i'd get about £350 body only now!

I finally told the mrs last night in Jan i'm ugrading to a D700... give her chance to get used to the idea!

Red, i like that pic, looks like the wings go a little out of focus towards the sides, do they move a bit when the wind blows etc?

Here is something i did a while back when it was really foggy. Taken literally on my door step...

Dicko&Vacant

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Well our SLR has arrived, gonna swat up today and tomorrow and try and learn a bit about them and hopefully get some decent pics. So many settings i dont know what to do at the minute

Sarah

Red16

Cheers Matt. Not sure about the wings moving, it was a bit breezey and theyre big enough to catch the wind (54m across) but theyre really thick in section. It was also taken with the 18-55mm kit lens at its widest angle, so this could possibly be another cause.

Nice pics you added there, seen this one before... it always reminds me of a merkin though

Woohoo... finally it turned up

As i was telling you about on MSN Sarah... you'd do well to read the guides on here by Frog

and also buy this magazine, best 7.99 ive spent since getting my DSLR (excuse the crap pic, taken in auto )

pratley

Couple i took the other night.

Muska

I'm probably going to sound a bit simple but whats a merkin?!

Red16

Nice pics pratley... i might try some water shots tonight myself.

A pubic wig... google it and see

Allyc85

A few from today..

StephenC

Went to croft on sunday for the rallycross, used a 120-300 sigma 2.8, like it a lot, gonna have to invest I think





shame about the people in the background, might have a go at cloning them out later

Captain500rs

well ave bit the bullet and went out and bought a canon 450d aint got a clue how to use it lol got to get a chip changed in my 75-300mm lense tho cos it dont work on the new body might aswell of bought a whole new kit lol.will have to get a tripod aswell and have to get out and get some practise in.

Red16

TDEzzy85 - Im liking the landscape pic, the colours of the leaves in the 2nd one are great

StephenC - Shame about the background in the last pic, the car is perfectly in frame with the mud being kicked up behind and above Like the Elise pic too.

Captain500rs - Good news on the new purchase Where abouts in the North East you from?

Captain500rs

Was gonna get nixon but went for the canon wiv is already using them previously gonna have to send me big zoom lense off and get the chip changed,just been looking at this camera and its so different to what am use to lol dont know where to start. am from washington red16

Red16

Dead local to me in South Shields then Hurry up n get some pics up with your new acquisition

Captain500rs

lol have to try and work it first,had slr's before but they all been film,can take pics wi film and got a few a wud put on but me scanner aint working,will get some on wen a get a tripod and that know anywhere to get one??

Red16

That'd be great if you could get some of your old film pics scanned in

I bought my Manfrotto 190XB tripod with 804RC2 3 way adjustable head from ebay for £110 inc delivery, much cheaper than Jessops and other high street shops

this one is slightly dearer at £126

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-MANFROTTO-...d=p3286.c0.m14

Captain500rs

Just a few of leopards,lynx's n that gota good one from durham aswell will try and get them done somehow bud

nomad

a squirrel on my gate

Dicko&Vacant

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Heres my first lot of pics ive taken with the new camera, im still learning and im gonna venture out and get some scenery etc soon







Sarah