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That's no ornament! That's the Crystalline Entity fro ST:TNG...

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lol! What is the last word supposed to be?

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ST:TNG = Star Trek The Next Generation... :D

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Nifty Fifty! I sold mine, I use the 85mm 1.8 more. Saving the $1400 to get an 85mm 1.2 L :D

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I love my 50mm the manual focus is kinda annoying but soon enough i should be upgrading bodies.

After the body I have my eyes set on a 24-85 f2.8-4 or the 70-200 f2.8 :dr

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I Think my Next Purchace is going to be a Macro Lens and a New Tripod.

Not sure what lens im going with yet..

Santa Brought me a very nice Mono Pod for when I go Hiking :tu

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Nikon or Canon? I forget :-(

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sorry for long absent,i use canon 350d and 30d with a little adjustment in photoshop:D

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It's official tomorrow I am picking up my Nikon D90 with the 18-105 mm lens... so unless they do a c-section tomorrow after the doctors visit I'll have it before the baby gets here :tu

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There shouldn't be an "or" in there. It should just read "I have my eyes set on a 70-200 f2.8L"

Trust me on this.


-Roland.

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:tpd: get the 70-200!

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Its on the wish list. I just bought a SB-600 with Christmas money.

Spending 2300 on a lens as a college student isnt in the cards. Its on the wish list though. :D I have all the lenses I need for a while (minus a good macro)

I cant wait to get out and shoot with my new flash any pointers from the PROs?

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Wow where are you buying your lens? A 70-200 2.8L (non-IS) can be had for just about $1000

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http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-70-200mm...2045755&sr=8-1

Just going by the list price. Either way I will upgrade my body first.

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Oh... Nikon. Well, that's differant.


-Roland.

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The Tamron 70-200 2.8 is a little over 700 not as crisp but its still pretty good.

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Oh you said earlier in this thread you were switching to Canon.

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I may and I may not. Currently I am very happy with my setup and I dont have a great reason to switch at the moment. I have a Canon G10 with the extension tube and a fish eye and tele lens adapter that works wonderfully on almost everything else.

I am NOT a brand snob Both brands are on equal playing fields (as far as I am concerned) and if I can get into Canon for a reasonable price I will go that way. The 50D and T1i have my attention as of now.

:tf

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Just ordered myself a Canon T1i with the two lens kit with some christmas GC money. The stock lens plus the 55-250mm EF-S. I'm hoping to get it before my trip to New Orleans on Wed, but I don't think it's going to make it.

I have a canon XS, which is awesome, but I did an infrared modification on it for astrophotography, and now have to use a custom white balance and grey card every time I shoot or change lighting. Kind of a PITA for grab and go shooting.

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The 40D is a great camera too!

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Its more expensive than the 50D I like the extra pixels too :D lol

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from 2007 folder,my trip to Penang Islandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/8202/eimg1944.jpg

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/7000/eimg1953.jpg

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/5459/eimg1964.jpg

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7D, then!

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http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/7060/eimg1999.jpg

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/6209/eimg2007.jpg

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7355/eimg2014.jpg

enjoy

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I took this shot of my Brothers dag on Christmas.

http://m-mason.smugmug.com/Animals/P...56_BsmG5-L.jpg
Camera Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Lens Canon 70-200 f2.8 L
Exposure Time 0.0002s (1/4000)
Aperture f/2.8
ISO 200
Focal Length 105mm (136.5mm in 35mm)


-Roland.

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First pictures taken with my new flash.

Aside from composition hows the lighting?

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...0/DSC_2538.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...810/tree-1.jpg

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i used to be into RC cars...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ople/tz8-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ople/cima7.jpg

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HGoing back through all my younger days i found this pic of me driving (sideways)!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...io/driftx1.jpg

Also

Wow, i was searching google today and i found a video i made back in 2005 for the fun of it... check it out. Wow, this seems like forever ago.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...+drifft&hl=en#

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Few More RC Shots




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ing/cima12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ing/cima11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ing/cima10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...king/cima9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...king/cima4.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g/100_0337.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g/100_0336.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g/100_0333.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g/100_0331.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g/100_0327.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g/100_0325.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g/100_0324.jpg

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nice pics bobby... love the rc macro shot

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Public Library.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...0/DSC_2620.jpg

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kl birdpark
http://www.klbirdpark.com/

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3656/eimg8553.jpg

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8040/eimg8587.jpg

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/332/eimg8508.jpg

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/5316/eimg8522.jpg

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/4927/eimg8535.jpg

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I should also add, that I used -2/3 stop exposure compensation on this shot. For those of you that are trying to learn something about exposure and such. I should have added that to begin with.

-Roland.

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That dog picture is sweet!

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I was just wondering if we had a thread like this. :-) All the images are on Flickr with the EXIF info preserved; so you can check out the shooting details there. All the indoor shots are (if I'm remembering correctly) shot with available light. C&C appreciated. :-)

My favorite cigar shot to date:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2734/...33d0c567_o.jpg

I thought this plant in front of my house looked holidayish:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2755/...e0d58190_o.jpg

Yeah ... it's totally out of focus; but I love the composition:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/...feef1cd1_o.jpg

One of my favorite candid portraits to date (Thanksgiving week):
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2715/...917e0335_o.jpg

My older cat:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2773/...3cb65201_o.jpg

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Nice pictures Dokk!

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Why is it that cats never seem to be in focus, hmm?

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Perhaps the JPG conversion doesn't do it justice; but her face is in focus and sharp. I was shooting at f/1.8 ... so a VERY narrow DOF (on purpose).

This one is a little clearer, even on the conversion ... again, though, note the extremely narrow DOF.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2615/...95fe1f2a_o.jpg


Oh ... and I should add that I'm using a Canon T1i with various lenses: Canon EF 50/1.8, Tamron 28-75/2.8, Tammy, Canon EF-S 18-55 IS (kit lens), and Canon 50/1.8 (respectively). My Flickr stream is here (clicky).


EDIT: One more thing -- with the cat shots, I was shooting physically as close to the cat as my lens would allow (which further explains the DOF, probably). In the first shot, I may have gotten an inch too close. :td

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I love crabs!!!

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...o/IMG_0049.jpg

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Dokk... your pic is awesome... I was commenting on cat pics in general (should've been more specific in my post). I have 2 cats and, since I got my camera) have taken TONS of pictures of them. Roughly 98% of them are out of focus or just plain look weird.

It just seems like there's something about shooting cats (especially my black one) that doesn't want to work right...

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Oh ... I haven't gotten a good picture of my black dog yet. Black animals are hard without great lighting, I think. At least ... that's what I'm telling myself. :r

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Not at all.
Choose a background that is on the lighter side rather than dark.
Use a good flash in the bounce mode with a good reflector such as Gary Fong's Light Diffuser. If you don't have that, you can always use a white cardboard, cut to fit on the back of your flash head and use a rubber band to hold it. This will allow light to go up and bounce back to the subject, creating a natural light effect while at the same time pushing some highlight to the subject via the white cardboard (you can use white paper taped to a piece of cardboard for strength).
Easy.

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Easy ... if you have a good flash. :r

That's next on the list. :D

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started taking pics last night out of the box with my new D90 [my first dSLR straight off of film cameras].... haven't had time to d/l yet but I'm with you Dokk a good flash is the next item on the list :tu

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Oops!:r

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You will certainly get away with the SB600 but I assure you, the extra money will be worthwhile to go for the SB800. As a former professional photographer, I guess I am biased as I have always carried more power than I need. That is the best way to go than to fall short.

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Almost bought a flash today. Best Buy wouldn't match Amazon's price, though; so I passed. :r

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http://www.be-logic.org/uploaded/107_1262204597.jpg

My girlfriend bought me this print from a local photographer named Greg Davis (Austin, TX)

All credit goes to Greg on this.



Something about it just brings a smile to my face.