Post your photography skills! (self-gloss)

Originally Posted by whodini

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Originally Posted by jefferyd

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Me too.

I've been lugging that and the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 around but am flirting with a walking-around lens instead. I like the idea of the 24-70 f/2.8L but not the price tag

85 is my favorite too for portraits. Next is 35mm which I use as a general walkaround. Picking up a 135 today to complete the holy trinity

24-70 is overrated IMO. You won't like it if you're used to the quality and speed of primes. Soft wide open or at 70. I guess it's good if you "need" to get a shot like a photo journalist.

Some shots from the last couple of months with an 85. They're all really heavily cropped since they were shot in portrait orientation but I had to resize to those dimensions.


IMG_0842 by table4one?, on Flickr

IMG_2006 by table4one?, on Flickr

IMG_2411 by table4one?, on Flickr

IMG_3004 by table4one?, on Flickr

IMG_1517 by table4one?, on Flickr

Originally Posted by Pieceofsand

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Thanks. I think I'll run out a take a pic of a cruise liner so get your best "Titanic" clip lined up.

man I havent been to this thread in a while.
I'll dig up some of my other stuff later.

very noice guys

I like it, IronRock, but I wish it had a larger aperture to add some mystery.

IR would be cool too.

Originally Posted by il ciclista

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IR would be cool too.
I do IR in both digital and film. Fun stuff. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dysong/...7619781124222/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dysong/...7606564738120/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dysong/...7606520921625/

nice, I've never shot IR, do you just put a filter on it or do you convert the camera?

I like the double exposure .... Or not ...

^ very nice, especially like the last two

I took a boat ride in Maine with my father and got to test out my Fuji X100. It does a nice job with shallow DOF:

How's this for shallowness...




Or even more extreme (Big A watching?)

NOBD, what made you decide on the 60D? I'm looking to upgrade but I'm still debating if it's worth the extra $ to jump out of the Rebel series when the specs for the T2i/3i are fairly similar to the 60.

Those shots are intense, btw.

Originally Posted by il ciclista

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nice, I've never shot IR, do you just put a filter on it or do you convert the camera?
I use filters. An R72 is the most common filter used. There are other filters that have different cut off points. When you get around 900nm things get pretty weird and expensive. Some of these higher cut off filters cost 300 bucks. Ouch. For B&W shots you don't do anything with the white balance. On a bright day start out with f8 at about 15 seconds and see what you get. Adjust one way or the other for exposure. For color digital IR you must set the white balance. Do a manual WB shot at lush green grass in blazing sun. It'll be around 2800k with a G8 or so filter. You have to post process these images. At the very least you flip the R and B channels. That gives you the black blue sky and white with a red tint vegetation. You might have to kill cyan altogether as well. Now if you get certain cameras modified you can shoot at whatever speed the camera meters. There's basically the same amount of IR light as there is visible so it's the same same. When they modify the camera they also set the focus for IR light. Correct focus for IR is short, ie focus at about 9 feet for a subject 10 feet away. (unmodified camera) Don't play with wide open f stops either. You'll get some real funky ghosting in a strange purple flair. f8 to f22 works really well. If you want it grainy like film IR then set the ISO to 400 to 1600. Film IR is a whole different animal but once you get the hang of it that's where you'll get the real deal IR. I used to photograph crop fields in color film IR. If the field was predominately red it was healthy. If you got a bunch of yellow you had a problem. It meant the plants were stressed or diseased. You could not tell the difference between the plants if you viewed them side by side in visible light. Back in the day that's how it was done. Now it's done with IR satellite imagery. Anyway once you try it you'll be hooked. Once you get that down pat then you can go play in the UV side of life. That's where things get real interesting.