Official TST Photograph Thread (for our many talented photographers)

[SvicksTc]

Awesome info Eric seems like there is a Lot more I'll have to look into with external flash

like say obviouly I don't have an umbrella can I bounce the flash off a wall or will that produce horrible results

[twizhimself]

Originally Posted by SvicksTc

Nice info thanks

yea i usually keep my info available on flickr...but yea it was a stab in the dark (literally) cuz your eye cant see all those stars..so focusing took a few trys. next time i go to maui, im going to bring my good tripod and in buying a shutter release..(longer than 30sec exposures ftw)

[Erik]

Originally Posted by twizhimself

yea i usually keep my info available on flickr...but yea it was a stab in the dark (literally) cuz your eye cant see all those stars..so focusing took a few trys. next time i go to maui, im going to bring my good tripod and in buying a shutter release..(longer than 30sec exposures ftw)

The next battery pack im buying for my d80 will allow me to do a an infinite exposure (as long as the battery or power lasts). Idk what you have, but just pick up a infrared remote. The nikon d series use the ml-l3 which works well with the bulb setting

Originally Posted by SvicksTc

Awesome info Eric seems like there is a Lot more I'll have to look into with external flash

like say obviouly I don't have an umbrella can I bounce the flash off a wall or will that produce horrible results

Thats what you do, you bounce off a wall, ceiling, or through a diffuser. For example, if im shooting in a church, i usually just point upward and let the light come back down to fill. Or if im shooting a band, i usually have it flash upward, behind me (if its a small venue) or remotely from the side or something.

[sleeper15]

Originally Posted by Erik

The next battery pack im buying for my d80 will allow me to do a an infinite exposure (as long as the battery or power lasts). Idk what you have, but just pick up a infrared remote. The nikon d series use the ml-l3 which works well with the bulb setting


Thats what you do, you bounce off a wall, ceiling, or through a diffuser. For example, if im shooting in a church, i usually just point upward and let the light come back down to fill. Or if im shooting a band, i usually have it flash upward, behind me (if its a small venue) or remotely from the side or something.

my canon has a "bulb" mode, whic is, as long as i hold down the button, the shutter will stay open. havn't tried using it yet though.

[Erik]

idk much about canons but i know they have an infrared remote. You press the button once, itll open the shutter, press it again, itll close. Unless you have a exposure set, then itll work for whatever the exposure length is set for. This is extremely convenient for night shots. you can now turn your iso down to 100/200 and do a 2 minute exposure versus a 30 second at 800 or so

[Saab93Aero]

I need a new place to store my gear, too much to fit in my camera bag, what do you guys use to store your gear in?

[Erik]

boner.

sorry cant think.

[Saab93Aero]

^haha, yea i used to think they same thing, but there are a few kit lenes in there, so not that great in my mind, should sell some to make some space. But i cant squeeze my 70-200 in there, that thing gives me a boner everytime i get to use it

but i am looking for something water/dust proof, something along the lines of a pelican case, but for home use. My dad offered his old gun case, but i dont have any 500mm-600mm lenses to fit in the riffle spots.

[SvicksTc]

^^Damn all my stuff fits in my apollo backpack your gear is just redunkulous haha, Get a plastic like chest, pad it and store away... Im sure they are mucho cheap at walmart

and my Nikon has a bulb setting to as long as i hold the button down it stays open, but really need a remote to do shots like that....

[Erik]

the remote for the nikon series is 15 bucks from amazon. search nikon infrared remote, or ml-l3. this, just like flash, will change photography for you. Now you can get out and do some night photography in the pitch black. The d40 had an autoshut off at i think 23 minutes. your 50 may be the same so keep that in mind.

[cnuhtowel]

they call me betty crocker

[Omar_MSP]

Yum! Yum!

[SvicksTc]

what are those peanut butter chocolate things you have there? haha and recipe

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[cnuhtowel]

it came out of this book my neighbor had, it was called "How to become a Domestic Goddess" they taste like reeses cups

http://www.tammysrecipes.com/chocola...butter_squares

thats not exactly the same, mine had brown sugar in it too, and no graham cracker

[SvicksTc]

Ok so im thinking of going to attempt my first HDR Shot this weekend and from doing some reading this is what i gather...

Want to be shooting in Manual or Auto-P
Change the bracketing to 2 Stops (varies depending)
Take 3 Photos

Now this is where i get a lil confused, I get the concept of one at normal exposure, under exposed, over exposed..so am i just chaging the EV values for each of the 3 shots or since i changed the bracketing to 2 stops this automatically does this for me?

Also is it best to shoot in RAW or FINE Fomart (Kinda a general question for all my photos too)

I understand Photomatix Pro is a good program from merging HDR now it starts as 32bit do i need to convert to 16bit? or does the program do this for me?

Thanks for all the help

and to continue with less talk more photos

[cnuhtowel]

i use photomatix, im not sure about the technical stuff, but its really easy to use, you just select the different exposures, and it will merge them for you and let you tone map it. i would shoot on manual, the auto settings are annoying, and i was always told to shoot in raw, but im not that serious so i still use jpeg :x

p.s. check your PMs

[SvicksTc]

^^^ Your Sir Are The Man

[sleeper15]

i use photomatix pro 3.

i have my camera set up for bracket shooting at +/- 2. after i setup the first pic for normal exposure,then the next 2, willl automaticlly be taken under and over exposed.

i shoot those in RAW, but, i convert it to jpeg in PS before i use photomatix.

here's one i did. set the light blending on low to get the cartoony look (this is a repost)

[SvicksTc]

Ya im real exicited to give this a try...

For general photos should i be shooting in RAW, right now my Nikon is set for FINE

[vwcorradokid]

Originally Posted by SvicksTc

Ya im real exicited to give this a try...

For general photos should i be shooting in RAW, right now my Nikon is set for FINE

Fine JPEG and RAW are almost identical with their editing capabilities with Lightroom or Bridge. The main reason for shooting RAW is the indestructibility of the original image.