Official BeyondUnreal Photography Thread
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We just found them there. No idea how they got there or why...
Maybe a strange ritual. Notice some of the broken cups form a body
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They were already like that, all of them were warped and mishapen, some even had bent cutlery wrapped around them. I think someone must have found a box of factory rejects lying around the place.Canon 450D/Rebel XSi
What lens are you two using then?
My 40D never seems to be as crisp and clear as yours seem to be.
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Jackal, I have the standard 18-55mm Canon kit lens and a Sigma 10-20mm. Hazel has the kit lens and a 70-300mm Tamron. About shots being sharp, I dunno, I don't do anything special afaik. I always shoot in manual mode, and get the shutter speed and focus right, then take a few shots with different settings (light level meter isn't always reliable, have to under-expose slightly most of the time) to get it right. I have white balance set to Auto when shooting, and just fix that and adjust stuff accordingly in the photoshop RAW editor. Using the PS sharpen filter after resizing often helps, but can make things look worse if the shot has a lot of small details already.
Of course you have to hold the camera steady or use a tripod if you don't want blurry photos to begin with.
I'm sure others here can give you some actual useful tips...
Jackal, I have the standard 18-55mm Canon kit lens and a Sigma 10-20mm. Hazel has the kit lens and a 70-300mm Tamron. About shots being sharp, I dunno, I don't do anything special afaik. I always shoot in manual mode, and get the shutter speed and focus right, then take a few shots with different settings (light level meter isn't always reliable, have to under-expose slightly most of the time) to get it right. I have white balance set to Auto when shooting, and just fix that and adjust stuff accordingly in the photoshop RAW editor. Using the PS sharpen filter after resizing often helps, but can make things look worse if the shot has a lot of small details already.
Of course you have to hold the camera steady or use a tripod if you don't want blurry photos to begin with.
I'm sure others here can give you some actual useful tips...
No that helps actually. I'm using the kit lens 28-135mm which I think is my issue. I have been wanting a 100mm macro and a 50mm L lens. I want both right this very second, but I have to chose which one to get lol.
I think once I actually get a better lens, my shots should turn out better.
I think once I actually get a better lens, my shots should turn out better.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830995416
It's not the L lens, but it's alot $1200 cheaper lol. It's got a plastic body, but the reviews say it's pretty good. Might be a good "try before you buy" type of deal (meaning, it'd be nice to see what I can do with this one before I flop out $1300.00 for this lens.)
It's not the L lens, but it's alot $1200 cheaper lol. It's got a plastic body, but the reviews say it's pretty good. Might be a good "try before you buy" type of deal (meaning, it'd be nice to see what I can do with this one before I flop out $1300.00 for this lens.)
@ Slainchild
Some lovely shots there...the Sigma 10-20 really gives everything a new perspective when shooting. I loved mine (I sold it when I got a full frame camera)...it's much cheaper than equivalent Nikon or Canon lenses and both the build quality and image quality are excellent. Mine got covered by numerous waves while shooting at the coast, and never gave me a moments problem.
Here's a handful of shots taken on the coast not far from where I live in Lisbon...I love shooting the coastline.
Non of these are HDR, they are all one exposure taken in low light with neutral density graduated filters holding back the highlights in the sky, and in some cases, a straight neutral density filter (basically, darkened glass) to enable longer exposures.
Two minute exposure
30 second exposure
1 second exposure
20 second exposure
400mm telephoto shot
2 minute exposure
2 second exposure
30 second exposure
4 second exposure
1 second exposure
2 minute exposure
Some lovely shots there...the Sigma 10-20 really gives everything a new perspective when shooting. I loved mine (I sold it when I got a full frame camera)...it's much cheaper than equivalent Nikon or Canon lenses and both the build quality and image quality are excellent. Mine got covered by numerous waves while shooting at the coast, and never gave me a moments problem.
Here's a handful of shots taken on the coast not far from where I live in Lisbon...I love shooting the coastline.
Non of these are HDR, they are all one exposure taken in low light with neutral density graduated filters holding back the highlights in the sky, and in some cases, a straight neutral density filter (basically, darkened glass) to enable longer exposures.
Two minute exposure
30 second exposure
1 second exposure
20 second exposure
400mm telephoto shot
2 minute exposure
2 second exposure
30 second exposure
4 second exposure
1 second exposure
2 minute exposure
Dude, Israphel, please get a Flickr account so I can better track your epic photo taking. Those shots are jaw droppingly awesome.
Dude, Israphel, please get a Flickr account so I can better track your epic photo taking. Those shots are jaw droppingly awesome.
Quoted and agreed.
I need to get a new tripod. :/