Any photographers in the house?

Bubblefuzz wrote:
Tanglebones wrote:
Bubblefuzz wrote:

Nice pics. I've often been tempted to rent a full frame for festivals mainly. Get rid of that low light noise.

I've got tickets for three burlesque shows during the rental period

Cool, be interested to see/hear how big a difference there actually is between cropped and full frame for gigs from someone who I'm assuming is new to fancy-full-frameness?

Yup! First time shooting with a DSLR that isn't my (wife's) t3i

So far, the difference is really palpable, both in terms of the improved low-light performance, the larger frame, and the faster processor. Here are a few photos I took at the NY Nerdlesque Festival on Saturday:
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The photos were taken with my telephoto zoom (75-300mm), from about the 2nd row, to the extreme house left, photographing the center-stage area.

That's pretty good.
Had to zoom in to actual size in a new browser window to see any noise at all.
Didn't have to do any reduction in post?

Bubblefuzz wrote:

That's pretty good.
Had to zoom in to actual size in a new browser window to see any noise at all.
Didn't have to do any reduction in post?

I probably would if I was doing something professional with these. As it was, I just shot at 3200 and left 'em as is. The Daenerys is cropped a bit to remove the shadow of an audience member. I think I ran a very mild noise reduction on the two Joker ones.

Cool, the full frame doing the business then.

Have some more fun with it. Do you even want to give it back?

Bubblefuzz wrote:

Cool, the full frame doing the business then.

Have some more fun with it. Do you even want to give it back? :)

Well, yes.. but only because I want to try out a few more cameras

I think I'll give a Fuji X-T2 a shot down the line, and maybe a Sony A7r2. Those'll be more expensive to test, though, since I'll need to rent lenses as well. Then, come my birthday-time, maybe I'll be ready to commit to a bigger purchase

Kittylexy spontaneously signed us up for a photography class last Saturday. It ended up taking a lot of concepts that I'd read, and kinda got, and gelled them together for me (mainly regarding how to take the concepts behind the exposure triangle and apply them practically).
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Exposure triangle? Hmm. You have to provide a link Tangle. The last time I did any theory was, good lord, 10-12 years ago? I've forgotten a lot but I do remember some stuff. But that stuff might be outdated thanks to the advent of digital photography. So, tell me, what is exposure triangle?

Strangeblades wrote:

Exposure triangle? Hmm. You have to provide a link Tangle. The last time I did any theory was, good lord, 10-12 years ago? I've forgotten a lot but I do remember some stuff. But that stuff might be outdated thanks to the advent of digital photography. So, tell me, what is exposure triangle?

Basically the relationship between aperture, shutter speed and ISO.

Tanglebones wrote:
Strangeblades wrote:

Exposure triangle? Hmm. You have to provide a link Tangle. The last time I did any theory was, good lord, 10-12 years ago? I've forgotten a lot but I do remember some stuff. But that stuff might be outdated thanks to the advent of digital photography. So, tell me, what is exposure triangle?

Basically the relationship between aperture, shutter speed and ISO.

Oh, that I get. Thanks.

I made an instagram page against my generally very poor anonymity judgment.

The latest:
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tuffalobuffalo wrote:

I made an instagram page against my generally very poor anonymity judgment.

The latest:
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Nice! followed!

We're doing some spring cleaning and I have a couple of tripods I'd like to see go to a good home.

The tripod make and model is Bogen #3046. The head is Manfrotto but I don't see a specific model number.
They are old but in new condition and I'm happy to send them to any established Goodjer for just the cost of shipping. They are just under 14 lbs. with the packaging.
They're pretty robust and seem like they'd have no trouble supporting a video rig.

Pics:
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Please PM me if interested.

So, there was some hub-bub in my town. A local brewery, up in the city. Is upgrading their fermentation tanks. They chose to use the Erie Canal, to ship them in state. Cause it was the 200 year anniversary for the canal. Well, the barges shiping the tanks made for a great photo opportunity. Here are just some of the photos I took.

Toast the Tanks - A couple more, than the ones I posted here.

The first barge hit the canal locks about 9 - 9:30 AM

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Second set hit the locks about 3PM

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I have one of the two videos uploaded to my facebook. the post should be public.

Video of first barge leaving town

Bonus Pic, me under a poncho, and a plastic bag over camera. Sitting in the rain for 2 hrs...

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Nice shots. Thanks for sharing an interesting moment (and letting me do so while inside)

Nice photos! I especially like the ones of the first barge through.

Tanglebones wrote:

Nice photos! I especially like the ones of the first barge through.

Yeah, I decided to take a video of the second one coming around the corner. Since it was nice out. But its a bit blown out. But still good. Just gonna take like an hr to upload it like the first one.

Got somebody to take this photo of me awhile back and this is how it turned out:

2017

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And as a counterpoint photo I took today, the hope of 2017:

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So.. continuing a post I made in the silly purchases thread, I sprang for the Fuji X-T2, since there was a package deal going for the summer - body + battery grip + 35mm prime for $330 off retail.

Here's a few of the first photos I've taken:
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Tanglebones wrote:

So.. continuing a post I made in the silly purchases thread, I sprang for the Fuji X-T2, since there was a package deal going for the summer - body + battery grip + 35mm prime for $330 off retail.

Here's a few of the first photos I've taken:

Geese are all over the place here, great photo ops.
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Bonus!
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Tanglebones wrote:

So.. continuing a post I made in the silly purchases thread, I sprang for the Fuji X-T2, since there was a package deal going for the summer - body + battery grip + 35mm prime for $330 off retail.

Here's a few of the first photos I've taken:
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Nice framing.

Thanks! I was really happy with this one, too:
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Tanglebones wrote:

Thanks! I was really happy with this one, too:
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I still need to figure out the settings for taking a photo from within the tree line. To out side of it. Everything in the foreground is always dark. While everything in the background is bright. Took a few photos my last hike that would of been great.... But the lighting was all wrong...

Agu_Sakku wrote:
Tanglebones wrote:

Thanks! I was really happy with this one, too:
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I still need to figure out the settings for taking a photo from within the tree line. To out side of it. Everything in the foreground is always dark. While everything in the background is bright. Took a few photos my last hike that would of been great.... But the lighting was all wrong...

When you're shooting, even if the subject has left (flown away, etc), just keep fiddling with your camera's settings. Adjust the F stop, shutter speed, etc, an increment per shot and you'll learn a ton.

Also, sometimes the camera just can't process an extreme range of light. You can get around that by taking multiple photos at different sensitivities and blending them in Lightroom to make an HDR photo. Those can run the risk of looking unnatural, though.

Tanglebones wrote:

Also, sometimes the camera just can't process an extreme range of light. You can get around that by taking multiple photos at different sensitivities and blending them in Lightroom to make an HDR photo. Those can run the risk of looking unnatural, though.

Man, that takes me back.

From Hylebos Park today:
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Some recent shots with the Fuji - I'm getting the hang of the beast now.

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Nice.
I really need to get out again.