Any photographers in here?

[altspace]

I'm the same way Ray.

 

[JennB]

I took a few halfway decent shots in the very fast fading light of the AutoX on Saturday evening

 

[IAMHOLLYWOOD]

Grasshopper Macro:

 

[gr?]

Part of me wants to rotate the photo until the strut bar is straight. I dunno. What do you think?

Just seems odd to shoot in portrait mode when landscape would work better for the framing.

 

[Raynman]

Grasshopper Macro:

I'm in a rotatin' mood today. Rotating the photo 180 deg CCW works wonders.

 

[FunkyBuddha]

Just seems odd to shoot in portrait mode when landscape would work better for the framing.

Ya you guys are right. The whole framing is off. It was just that there was a car in the background that I didn't want in so I framed it portrait style. As for rotation..yes..a bit to the left until the strut bar is straight.

What do you guys think if I cropped it down closer to the motor and leave out the hood and the front bumper partially?

 

[IAMHOLLYWOOD]

I'm in a rotatin' mood today. Rotating the photo 180 deg CCW works wonders.

i just did it and i agree, that was just the angle i shot it at
it also looks good at just 90degres CCW

 

[gr?]

If you're controlling the vehicle positioning, time and location, you have full control over what is in the background. I'd just move the car rather than try to work around what is in the back drop.

 

[Ki||ian]

Finally got my Canon EOS 5D in this weekend and I went around to get the rust off my shutter finger. This is what I got after an hour or so.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdcorum/2605749313/" title="Solitary Tree 1 by SDCorum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/2605749313_91cc1e7a33_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Solitary Tree 1" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdcorum/2606574480/" title="Solitary Tree 2 by SDCorum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3157/2606574480_ed614a7000_b.jpg" width="683" height="1024" alt="Solitary Tree 2" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdcorum/2605743497/" title="Wheat by SDCorum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/2605743497_ccf5974370_b.jpg" width="683" height="1024" alt="Wheat" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdcorum/2605740771/" title="Barn Over Looking Wheat Field by SDCorum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3049/2605740771_cfed268b39_b.jpg" width="683" height="1024" alt="Barn Over Looking Wheat Field" /></a>

 

[FunkyBuddha]

^^^ I'd like your 3rd pic even better if it was in landscape mode. I think. Try it and see. The color saturation is very good. I like it hehe.

 

[FunkyBuddha]

Just did this tonight. My friend is moving away so she wanted to do a last photoshoot. This was lit with one flash on camera right, with a shoot through umbrella. Using my 50mm @ F2.8

We found this on the wall near where we were shooting haha..

 

[gr?]

haha.

spit or swallow?

 

[ghetto waggon]

aren't some of you using the 17-55/2.8IS lens? it seems like forever ago, but i remember a few posting that it was their workhorse.

if yes- do you still have it, and like it?

i've been all over the place with 16-35, 17-40, 24-105, 24-70, 10-22 and just don't seem to use them once i get them.

 

[Omar MSP]

my nephews birthday party after the piata broke.

 

[Ki||ian]

aren't some of you using the 17-55/2.8IS lens? it seems like forever ago, but i remember a few posting that it was their workhorse.

if yes- do you still have it, and like it?

i've been all over the place with 16-35, 17-40, 24-105, 24-70, 10-22 and just don't seem to use them once i get them.

Depending on what camera you use a lot of those lenses are subject specific which would mean you kinda know if you are going to use it before hand. the 24-70 is an AWESOME lens and it was my work horse lens in Iraq. The 24-105 has a good focal length but is kinda slow with only going to f/4.That is if you are talking about the "L" lens.

It also all depends on what camera you use and its lens factor.

Right now I use the Canon 28-135/3.5~4.5 IS because of the wide focal length choice. It just stays on my 5D and I don't have to worry too much about it for most of my shooting unless its very low light. I can't wait to get my 50mm f/1.4 in!

 

[FunkyBuddha]

Depending on what camera you use a lot of those lenses are subject specific which would mean you kinda know if you are going to use it before hand. the 24-70 is an AWESOME lens and it was my work horse lens in Iraq. The 24-105 has a good focal length but is kinda slow with only going to f/4.That is if you are talking about the "L" lens.

It also all depends on what camera you use and its lens factor.

Right now I use the Canon 28-135/3.5~4.5 IS because of the wide focal length choice. It just stays on my 5D and I don't have to worry too much about it for most of my shooting unless its very low light. I can't wait to get my 50mm f/1.4 in!

The 1.6 crop factor on the Rebels is a killer sometimes. But the EF-S lenses should be good. The 17-55 is EFS so it takes advantage of the 1.6 crop.

 

[ghetto waggon]

i don't think any of the above lenses are subject specific, really.

despite people's beliefs, i've had both and the 24-105 performs as good or better than the 24-70 in low light. i've gotten away with shooting entire weddings with just that lens.

but, I am specifically curious about the 17-55 how it's held up. people complain about the dust infiltration and IS failure over internet reviews. the range is perfect on the cropped sensor, but i've just never considered it because its an ef-s

 

[Nutari]

 

[FunkyBuddha]

i don't think any of the above lenses are subject specific, really.

despite people's beliefs, i've had both and the 24-105 performs as good or better than the 24-70 in low light. i've gotten away with shooting entire weddings with just that lens.

but, I am specifically curious about the 17-55 how it's held up. people complain about the dust infiltration and IS failure over internet reviews. the range is perfect on the cropped sensor, but i've just never considered it because its an ef-s

Ahh..ya..I've read about the dust too. And that's why I've kinda held off on buying it. It's a toss up between the 24-70 and the 17-55 for me.

 

[FunkyBuddha]