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Old 01-02-2015, 10:57 AM
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2015 Official Photography Thread

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Just got my first DSLR. Hope to get better at it and be able to post something decent in here in a few months!
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Just got my first DSLR. Hope to get better at it and be able to post something decent in here in a few months!
sweet, which one did you get?
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in for the pics!
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It was from last fall, but hadn't posted it on here yet!

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sweet, which one did you get?
I ended up with a Canon T5i. Heck of a christmas present from my parents. So far I've had a good bit of fun tinkering around with it. It takes some pretty good pictures, even with my current lack of skill
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Looking back thru pics I took 3 years ago with my stupid little watermark lol

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I can't wait for the snow to be gone and the car shows to start again. If anyone is in Michigan you need to come to Gridlife in May this year. This was from last year, was just doing some re editing of the show photos the other day

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looking good everyone ^

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I ended up with a Canon T5i. Heck of a christmas present from my parents. So far I've had a good bit of fun tinkering around with it. It takes some pretty good pictures, even with my current lack of skill
look at that, u sound like a natural. When u start to post photos use Flickr to get pretty good quality for posting. better than facebook and photobucket like by alot haha

it is exciting learning and trying new techniques with the camera
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Originally Posted by DSmastery
looking good everyone ^



look at that, u sound like a natural. When u start to post photos use Flickr to get pretty good quality for posting. better than facebook and photobucket like by alot haha

it is exciting learning and trying new techniques with the camera
Thanks for the advice on that one. I was going to just use photobucket. I've spent more time reading about the camera than I have using it so far. I've made a bit of progress. Learned to shoot in manual mode, and fully understand the exposure triangle to go along with it. I want to start messing with depth of field, as I really love those types of pictures, but I don't feel that is the appropriate next step lol.
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Ohh nice wish i knew that before i grabbed photobucket to post pics maybe ill try flickr. I have a canon T3I
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Originally Posted by WVU_SS
Thanks for the advice on that one. I was going to just use photobucket. I've spent more time reading about the camera than I have using it so far. I've made a bit of progress. Learned to shoot in manual mode, and fully understand the exposure triangle to go along with it. I want to start messing with depth of field, as I really love those types of pictures, but I don't feel that is the appropriate next step lol.
u can try dof, but certain lens will help create the image better. u can do it will your kit lens by being pretty close to the subject at hand and have the camera set at the widest aperture (3.5) ~ maybe and the background will come out blurry and fun haha

With a prime lens with an aperture of like 1.8 or 1.4 that blurry bg becomes more smoother and milky and the less stuff infocus as the wider(smaller #) the less the camera will focus on.

i took these tires from my big boy lego set

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Originally Posted by DSmastery
u can try dof, but certain lens will help create the image better. u can do it will your kit lens by being pretty close to the subject at hand and have the camera set at the widest aperture (3.5) ~ maybe and the background will come out blurry and fun haha

With a prime lens with an aperture of like 1.8 or 1.4 that blurry bg becomes more smoother and milky and the less stuff infocus as the wider(smaller #) the less the camera will focus on.

i took these tires from my big boy lego set

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Lol big boy lego set?
And that's what I was figuring. I've got two lenses (gotta love that Costco package), but the lowest f value I've seen so far is 3.5. I'm going to play a bit tonight. I've got a few things I want to try before I take my Christmas tree down.
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Originally Posted by WVU_SS
Lol big boy lego set?
And that's what I was figuring. I've got two lenses (gotta love that Costco package), but the lowest f value I've seen so far is 3.5. I'm going to play a bit tonight. I've got a few things I want to try before I take my Christmas tree down.
haha ill never grow up
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Originally Posted by GBRunner24
I can't wait for the snow to be gone and the car shows to start again. If anyone is in Michigan you need to come to Gridlife in May this year. This was from last year, was just doing some re editing of the show photos the other day

Thats one good looking Honda. Have anymore picstures?
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I normally use imgur to upload my pictures, they cap the size at 10mb per picture though. Maybe I'll try flickr
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Originally Posted by Canadia
I normally use imgur to upload my pictures, they cap the size at 10mb per picture though. Maybe I'll try flickr
you can do a comparison and see. flickr lets you upload the full size, and we usually share the 1024x678 option so its big but not killing the internet haha

no cap that i tho of, i think the biggest upload with editing was 7mb crop sensor camera
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I've posted this pic a few times, but I just can't get over how nice it turned out considering it was taken with my **** 5mp Moto G phone camera, lol. I need to get the ol rebel out and snap some winners for this thread!

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yea man keep it up
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Hey DS what the best advice setting wise you can give to snap some good car pics? Or well any advice is better than nothing lol
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fun little edit

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Originally Posted by eddieavila10
Hey DS what the best advice setting wise you can give to snap some good car pics? Or well any advice is better than nothing lol
a nice open location helps so u can position the car or yourself to capture the best angle. I get lucky and just move into postion and turn the wheel a little and it works out haha

shooting manual if the camera u have allows it, idk what you have. and post editing to make the image pop.

when outside ISO 100 is the best but if u need to set it higher like something under 400 to keep from putting the shutter too slow to gain the amount of light needed to get the shot.

try mimicking what u see others do that you like to do as well. sure somethings require the correct equipment but that info is out there to help
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Thanks DS ill try it out and yeah i think i can shoot manual i have a canon t3i
Lol i just noticed your edit hahaha looks cool. yeah i think i need to retake my engine pics the ones i took the shutter was to slow and has been fixed since last time i took pics so that should help and my iso for sure was to low. I know i can get a nice pic just need more help with setting up better lol

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Ive seen it done before but i liked the way it looks
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Welp. Just heard a nasty little rumor that the midwest drift series that I've been shooting for the past 3 years has pretty much collapsed. Wont have much time this season to travel further away to watch events, but I'm glad I was able to shoot these dudes on track for so many events.
A few favorites from my 2014 season
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love those action shots man ^

Originally Posted by eddieavila10
Thanks DS ill try it out and yeah i think i can shoot manual i have a canon t3i
Lol i just noticed your edit hahaha looks cool. yeah i think i need to retake my engine pics the ones i took the shutter was to slow and has been fixed since last time i took pics so that should help and my iso for sure was to low. I know i can get a nice pic just need more help with setting up better lol
if u have tripod handy it helps if lighting is an issue in areas.

if u do some post editing on the seat photo it will come out that much better


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