The Photography Thread

TyrantSong · 09-15-2009, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by NumberNineDream

^ What lens are you using? is it a macro?

I'm using a DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR, and no, it's not a macro, to my knowledge.

NumberNineDream · 09-15-2009, 01:23 PM

feels like the one that comes with the camera, as a package. Noticing from your style [you seem to like macro photography], I suggest you get a macro lens. You'll be able to get near your subject more, and still getting a net picture.

FETCHER. · 09-15-2009, 01:23 PM

nobody like london then Na?

TyrantSong · 09-15-2009, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by NumberNineDream

feels like the one that comes with the camera, as a package. Noticing from your style [you seem to like macro photography], I suggest you get a macro lens. You'll be able to get near your subject more, and still getting a net picture.

It is indeed the one that came with it, but the whole set was basically 20 bucks, so I won't complain. I got a Nikon 80-200 mm f/2.8 AF-S with the deal for an extra bit of tokens (We do a token system at work, hence how I got the camera for twenty bucks.) and I guess once I get settled financially again, I'll start looking into Macros. Any recommendations?

NumberNineDream · 09-15-2009, 01:33 PM

^You got a really good deal on that one. I got a Canon EFS 17-85mm Macro with a Stabilizer. A stabilizer is very important if you don't want to carry a tripod wherever you go, crucial with a telephoto lens.

didn't notice the London pix, my favorite is that one:

But I got a bit of a critique, if you don't mind: It would've helped if the Big Ben was taken in a vertical way. The horizontal/vertical choice is very critical. By taking a Horizontal pic of the Big Ben, you totally destroyed the dynamic. It's good to exaggerate the height of monuments, and just follow the movement.

a horizontal Big Ben just seem static. dynamic is crucial.

FETCHER. · 09-15-2009, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by TyrantSong

Nothing too major, but I took these after I had just gotten my Nikon D40, and I had just finished putting it a new garden/fountain/thing in the front yard.

So...FLOWERS!

i like that one. and how the focal point it on the flower, & the background is slightly blurred.

~~Flower Child~~ · 09-15-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by kayleigh.

some pics i took in London

Your photos were really pretty! I liked the silouette photo the best. London looks so beautiful, the architecture is absolutely stunning. I imagine it was even more so in real life.

FETCHER. · 09-16-2009, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Flower Child

Your photos were really pretty! I liked the silouette photo the best. London looks so beautiful, the architecture is absolutely stunning. I imagine it was even more so in real life.

thanks, i loved the place, i recommend you going if you ever go to england!
some china pics.
budda

terracotta warriors.

again.

great wall.

FETCHER. · 09-16-2009, 08:11 AM

Forbidden city.

the birds nest.

great wall group photo.

summer palace.

Kevorkian Logic · 09-16-2009, 06:03 PM

not the best photo of it, but the sheer mass of it is a bit crazy to me

My bf's roommate, he's supposed to be David Bowie

my cousin water skiing at our beach house

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NumberNineDream Blue Bleezin' Blind Drunk Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The land of the largest wine glass (aka Lebanon) Posts: 2,200	^You got a really good deal on that one. I got a Canon EFS 17-85mm Macro with a Stabilizer. A stabilizer is very important if you don't want to carry a tripod wherever you go, crucial with a telephoto lens. didn't notice the London pix, my favorite is that one: But I got a bit of a critique, if you don't mind: It would've helped if the Big Ben was taken in a vertical way. The horizontal/vertical choice is very critical. By taking a Horizontal pic of the Big Ben, you totally destroyed the dynamic. It's good to exaggerate the height of monuments, and just follow the movement. a horizontal Big Ben just seem static. dynamic is crucial. __________________ Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Welcome to the Black Lodge Last edited by NumberNineDream; 09-15-2009 at 01:42 PM.

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Kevorkian Logic Imperfectly Perfect Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,290	not the best photo of it, but the sheer mass of it is a bit crazy to me My bf's roommate, he's supposed to be David Bowie my cousin water skiing at our beach house __________________ "it is only through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect that a certain type of perfection can be attained"