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04-01-2014, 02:57 PM | #3601 |
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Nice to see someone pick up a full frame camera...expensive, but to me, certainly worth it.
To me, with modern camera techno being pushed every further, you could have gotten acceptable image reliability in low light, but I have a lot of old manual focus lenses, and I want them to BE WHAT THEY ARE on a camera body. I love having a DX body or 9 in the closet where I can instantly simulate 1.5x reach improvement, but when I snap on my 24mm lens, I want it to be WIDE. The 'real thing' wide. Gotta love full frame. Don't forget to drop in on the new inmates forum and introduce yourself to the members of the Asylum. |
04-02-2014, 01:05 AM | #3604 |
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Gerard what did you buy?
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04-02-2014, 10:46 PM | #3609 |
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Phone or not Marc, those are drool worthy photos right there.
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04-03-2014, 03:54 AM | #3610 |
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I have learned something intriguing from this thread, now that I have perused almost a third of it. Anyone can snap still life photos (like my nooby camera phone pictures haha). What seems to separates "photography art" from most camera work, is the vision (that I don't seem to have) to capture something in its perfect moment, and be able to stir the audience - produce a "wow" factor. I mean no disrespect to the lot of us, but I think you guys also recognize the fascinating photos here when you see it.
Personally, I am really impressed by the...not macros, I don't know how to describe it - close up yet in intriguing angles of mundane things in life. The lighting does something incredible to it, the perspective puts the object, place, or being in a manner I never held in perception, and so makes the subject matter - especially when it's a mundane object - just spectacular and puts me in awe. I've stared at several of these pictures for hours. I guess I just realized what photography is all about, lol. I'll do my best to get some other things in than straightforward shots. |
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Since I couldn't explain the type of shots I was finding exceptional, I linked them. I would appreciate any tips and equipment needed (if at all) to produce these results - especially the latter.
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04-03-2014, 08:48 AM | #3612 | |
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As far as equipment goes, I've seen some pretty amazing shots with cell phone cameras, but it requires a lot things to be just right. And there are so many limitations with them. Any DSLR produced now can give you what you need to capture good, quality pictures...IMO. To produce the awe-inspiring shots, I think you need a decent DSLR, a little bit of knowledge, for me a lot of luck and the 'eye' for what makes a great shot. I don't have the eye, I still think I just get really lucky every so often. I do really enjoy the hobby and while I think I can improve on my photos, I know that I'm not artistic at all so I'll settle for the fun I have while doing it.
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04-03-2014, 10:27 AM | #3613 |
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I am like most of you now, torn between the subject matter and the essence of what Marc was getting at.
Cell phone photos can be as good as the VERY good imagers many of these new phones have in them. But speaking strictly about cell phone pics, photography is certainly not just taking pictures, and what you have pushing on you is the desire to shoot cool pics, regardless of the tool used. So if you are trolling around for some advice, my best advice is always to improve the light when you intend to shoot something that you can control. A cell cam might be easy to use, but never let that trick you into thinking that taking a good pic with it is easy. To that original point, if you can improve the light, the camera phone will respond by giving you much more even exposure as well as showing a much truer color with more controllable shadow areas. TO say nothing about the possible improvement in overall focus and sharpness. So what we now have learned is that YES, I DO have a camera I can sell you cheap, and NO, you need not give up your cell-cam. Just make sure that if you are taking the time to shoot a pic that you want to rise above the snapshot level, ALWAYS think first about the light. If you can get enough bounced light to enter your cigar studio, your photos will go up in overall appeal exponentially. And by all this I mean DO NOT let your camera produce the lighting for your photos. No flash should ever come out of your cameraphone when you are setting up still life shots. Second I would say to shoot the heck out of it. If you go to the trouble of taking multiple cabs of PLPC apart to shoot, make the most of your time, shoot angles, different formations of stacking, move the light around. The un-definable quality you spoke of that makes any old photo into a photo that you LIKE is the seemingly effortless interplay between light and framing that captures a NOVEL image for the brain. I can look through THOUSANDS of thumbnails of photos and stop dead on one that my BRAIN perceives as having an interesting composition of angles, colors or light. And I literally stop in my tracks and give it a longer, bigger look. Sad thing about composition is, that while people try all the time to TEACH it, it is not as easy as it sounds. Everyone likes different things and looks at the world in their own way. It is very hard to force a great photo into existence simply by applying all the rules of composition to the scene or situation. The best way to GET to where you have the ability to impress yourself and others is to take it seriously and practice it often. Take the TIME to set up some good lighting. Don't stop with one setup and move to the next box of cigars. NO REALLY....explore the space. EDIT: If this mysterious quality you spoke of is ACTUALLY NOT just a better overall photo, and you are talking about how one item is in crisp focus and the rest of the photo fades away to dreamyness, THAT is something different and less do-able with a cell phone. IF THAT is your white whale, that is as simple as getting a camera that lets you control the point of focus as well as the lens aperture. Which is why I offered to sell you a camera. Well, that's not true, I offer to sell EVERYBODY a camera. But we can get you cheaply into the DSLR world in one quick shot if that is what you are after. If not, there is a world of possibilities in that cell-camera if you adjust the variables you can control. (light, composition) Last edited by OLS; 04-03-2014 at 10:41 AM. |
04-03-2014, 10:33 AM | #3614 |
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04-03-2014, 06:54 PM | #3615 | |
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04-03-2014, 06:58 PM | #3616 |
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I realized I was talking too much and not showing enough. Here is a shot I made over the summer last
when i was visiting south LA to shoot. This girl had a birthday party coming on Sunday and they set up her bouncey castle on Saturday afternoon, where she burned a lot of freeze pops while bouncey-ing. The reason I post this is that this is such a cool lens, and now I realize that these were captured off of Photo bucket...I must have not wanted to fire up my other computer. I wanted to find the EXIF data to see if it was a 85mm f/2 or a 105 f/2.5 Nikkor. Hell I can't even tell you what body it was on, but I imagine a D700. Reason I post it is easily one of my best lenses, a couple of AI manual focus lenses, (whichever lens it ends up being). I love both of them. The 105 was under a hundred and the 85 was $190 I think. 85s are pricey. But getting them in manual focus really allowed me to get something good without spending like an idiot. Last edited by OLS; 04-03-2014 at 07:06 PM. |
04-03-2014, 07:28 PM | #3617 | |
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04-04-2014, 08:32 AM | #3618 | |
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Invaluable resource for beginners, and all photographers. Another great resource is the website - photography-on-the.net/forum Mainly a Canon site, but has tons of info on every aspect of photography. |
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04-04-2014, 10:16 AM | #3619 |
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Any recommendations for a quality compact? Trip to Europe in May and don't want to lug anything too big with camera bags, etc. etc....Would like something with some "control" however...Was somewhat of a photo-geek in high school and early 20's (mannnnyyy years ago!) have a Nikon SLR with various lenses somewhere in the house...would like to get back into photography in a small way other than my Iphone...Suggestions?
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04-04-2014, 10:36 AM | #3620 |
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I have a Nikon CoolPix. I used Nikon SLRs for years, but I have been using this more than anything else anymore. Compact with lots of features. YMMV. Have a great time over there!
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