Official TST Photograph Thread (for our many talented photographers)

[SvicksTc]

So I was out late Saturday night trying to take pics of the moon but with the clouds moving so fast a lot of my pictures were blurred I tried all diff exposure times and nothing really came out good I'm guess from the fast moving clouds

It was freezing out so i didnt play with to many settings just exposures which i figured to capture the light, but with the fast moving clouds it blurred a lot of the pictures

I should of tried messing with higher shutter speeds but i didnt realize that until the next morning

what do you guys do for a shot like that?

Here is what i think is my best shot with a lot of PS touch

(the lens flare i tried it out i to see if it added that sci-fi look, good or bad?)
Nikkor 55-200mm Non VR

[jspek]

Originally Posted by cnuhtowel

if you shot this with a 2.8 or lower lens, this shot would be money. still i like it.

[Erik]

Originally Posted by SvicksTc

So I was out late Saturday night trying to take pics of the moon but with the clouds moving so fast a lot of my pictures were blurred I tried all diff exposure times and nothing really came out good I'm guess from the fast moving clouds

It was freezing out so i didnt play with to many settings just exposures which i figured to capture the light, but with the fast moving clouds it blurred a lot of the pictures

I should of tried messing with higher shutter speeds but i didnt realize that until the next morning

what do you guys do for a shot like that?

Here is what i think is my best shot with a lot of PS touch

(the lens flare i tried it out i to see if it added that sci-fi look, good or bad?)
Nikkor 55-200mm Non VR
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Just like many PS filters, they are easily recognizable. As soon as i loaded the page and saw that, i knew it was a lens flare. I always, personally, avoid the filters. Real flares are fine if thats what you are trying to achieve.

Typically for night shots, tiny aperture, long exposure. I do that for the greater DOF mostly. With the nikon remote, i can take long enough exposures that i can often use a high stop. Also, i always shoot at 100 iso, or the lowest possible just because your grain will be obvious. in the dark.

1000 iso at night looks horrid. 1000 iso in a fairly well lit arena, not so bad.
example posted not too long ago on here.

Here, you can tell there is grain but it isnt distracting. I can see the grain around the moon, so it was probably at 400 iso?

[SvicksTc]

I believe it was either at 200 but could of be 400 i was trying so many different settings....

but notice the grain to and was going to be my next question but i figured from the reading ive done it was from the iso settings

[gtsiawd96]

Originally Posted by SvicksTc

What is that, looks crazy...

In Cranberry, NJ there is a lake that drains into a creek on the east side. This the the dam were the water goes under the street to the creek on the opposite side of the road.

[cnuhtowel]

Originally Posted by jspek

if you shot this with a 2.8 or lower lens, this shot would be money. still i like it.

I have a couple that are like that, but i wanted to background to be in focus too. Thats just a real quick edit, I'm going to photoshop it in class later tonight, and I'm sure my girlfriend will 'shop it too, and make it look a lot better then mine. lol

[cnuhtowel]

Originally Posted by SvicksTc

So I was out late Saturday night trying to take pics of the moon but with the clouds moving so fast a lot of my pictures were blurred I tried all diff exposure times and nothing really came out good I'm guess from the fast moving clouds

It was freezing out so i didnt play with to many settings just exposures which i figured to capture the light, but with the fast moving clouds it blurred a lot of the pictures

I should of tried messing with higher shutter speeds but i didnt realize that until the next morning

what do you guys do for a shot like that?

Here is what i think is my best shot with a lot of PS touch

(the lens flare i tried it out i to see if it added that sci-fi look, good or bad?)
Nikkor 55-200mm Non VR

You should have tried using a low iso, and a really long shutter speed, like 20 seconds. That way, if clouds did move in front, you probably wouldnt even be able to see them since the light from the moon would be the most in focus

[SvicksTc]

I think the iso was 200 (lowest i can go?)... i can check later and i wasnt sure reall how to approach a shot like this i was outside for prolly 10-15 mins trying different settings then the battery died and was freezing out at like 1am

thanks for the tips i will work on this

[cnuhtowel]

and oh yeah, tripod is a must!

[sleeper15]

Originally Posted by SvicksTc

I think the iso was 200 (lowest i can go?)... i can check later and i wasnt sure reall how to approach a shot like this i was outside for prolly 10-15 mins trying different settings then the battery died and was freezing out at like 1am

thanks for the tips i will work on this

yeah, my old pentax could only go to 200 iso. my canon can go to 100 iso.

next time the full moon is out, i'm going to give this a try

[SvicksTc]

Originally Posted by cnuhtowel

and oh yeah, tripod is a must!

ya it was set up on a tripod...

[sisforsurfing]

Not a bad moon shot! I'm not sure what it's from, but I like the blue that creeps in.
I personally wouldn't bump the ISO any lower... the moon moves faster than you'd think, and there can be motion blur if you do a 20-30 second exposure. The D50's noise at 400, even 800 ISO is pretty manageable. If the blacks start getting noisy you can always just move up the black point in whatever software you edit and it'll squash the noise, too.

cnuhtowel - I like it, I see what Chaz says about the DoF but I like it this way. When you edit later, maybe try it with a little cooler white balance and slight push from magenta towards green. Then bump the mid-tones about 50%, decrease contrast and a little darker in the shadows/blacks. I think that shot has potential to look really nice. Sorry if that's too much.

Old one - can't wait to get back to central America.

[Yes SiR]

My 365 from yesterday.

This week's theme is black and white, which I really struggle with in every way. I have a hard time picking out shots that will really work in black and white and I can't edit them at all. This is going to be the hardest week for me and I'd like to revisit this theme every few months.

Picked this up Saturday... I wanted this motor sooo bad, but we picked it up for a friend of ours until he can make the trip down to get it.

[SvicksTc]

Awesome pic and thanks for all the info taking pics and editing is all new learning expeirence

now the thread title changed I can't post in here anymore ha

[Yes SiR]

Originally Posted by SvicksTc

now the thread title changed I can't post in here anymore ha

Crap! I didn't notice the title change. I guess I'm out...

[sleeper15]

Originally Posted by Yes SiR

Crap! I didn't notice the title change. I guess I'm out...

damnit, so am i

[sleeper15]

speaking of black and white pics, here's a couple of mine







i might have posted this one before, but, oh well

[gtsiawd96]

^^3rd one's neat^^

[sleeper15]

Originally Posted by gtsiawd96

^^3rd one's neat^^

thanks, and that was just a random shot from the francis e walter damn photo shoot. never intended it to look nice

here's 2 more, don't have high res version online of them though:

model photo shoot i did



me goofing around with my camera and flash:

[Yes SiR]

Really nice b&w shots, guys. Except for your crazy angry face, Sean, that's a scaryass picture. I'm going to really struggle through this week!