Who is in to... Photography?

theogt · Jan 11, 2009

Well, I'll definitely do RAW from now on. I'll just have to buy bigger SD cards if need be.

CliffnDallas · Jan 11, 2009

CowboysFan02 · Jan 11, 2009

CliffnMesquite;2568862 said:
That's a great shot. How long was the shutter open?

It was open for 0.013 sec.(1/80), sort wish I had thought about at the time and tried the same shot with a flash too to light up the foreground.

Kevinicus · Jan 11, 2009

vta;2571664 said:
Yeah. JPG is a compression format and shouldn't be used if you're going to do anything further with the image. It's basically an end product for something that will not be edited again and most definitely never be sized up.

With Camera RAW, you have plenty of options and it's most important in your conversion from the start. You do need Photoshop, though, with the CR plug-in, which is free. When you open it in Photoshop, you're presented with the Camera Raw window and all the settings...

There you set the Max resolution and image and color correction, sharpness, etc.

Like I said earlier, a lot of the consumer Digital SLR's are not full frame (the digital equivalent of 35mm), so printing big won't be perfect, but you can get some very good stuff from them, using Camera Raw. Your particular camera can definitely get you nice prints at that size you mentioned.

Just don't do it from a JPG.

Also, RAW is not an end Format either.
You'll have to save the file as something else when you're done. Tif, Photoshop, or final JPG. I know space is an issue, so you'll have to consider you'll have two files of the same image: the RAW, (digital negative) and the processed file.

We have done high quality large prints using JPG with no problems at all.

Meat-O-Rama · Jan 12, 2009

vta;2571624 said:
Nice pics. I love this one.

Yeah, that is a great one. Is that a single exposure or some sort of HDR?

Kevinicus · Jan 12, 2009

c0wb0y_m0nkey;2571898 said:
Yeah, that is a great one. Is that a single exposure or some sort of HDR?

I think she did something to it, but I'm not sure if it was one she did HDR. Looks like maybe it was just Sepia added.

I believe this is the original (except for the text of course.):
http://i44.***BLOCKED***/albums/f20/alphie06/hcfrontpostcard1.jpg

And another of the same building:
http://i44.***BLOCKED***/albums/f20/alphie06/hccorner1.jpg

Kevinicus · Jan 12, 2009

tomson75 · Aug 16, 2010

Thought I'd bump this bad boy....just got a Nikon D90. Pretty stoked so far. Tough call between that and the Canon 50D, but the addition of HD video, a user friendlier flash, and a lower cost prevailed.

I'd love to here more about RAW formatting. I no longer have CS or Photoshop...is there any other way to work with it at home or directly on the camera (I obviously haven't finished reading the manual)? Or is RAW something I should use when I'm planning on taking shots to a pro for larger display?

Anyway...I'd love to see some more shots added to this thread.

vta · Aug 16, 2010

tomson75;3499546 said:
Thought I'd bump this bad boy....just got a Nikon D90. Pretty stoked so far. Tough call between that and the Canon 50D, but the addition of HD video, a user friendlier flash, and a lower cost prevailed.

I'd love to here more about RAW formatting. I no longer have CS or Photoshop...is there any other way to work with it at home or directly on the camera (I obviously haven't finished reading the manual)? Or is RAW something I should use when I'm planning on taking shots to a pro for larger display?

Anyway...I'd love to see some more shots added to this thread.

Congrats on the new camera.

I'm not sure about the D90, but on the D700 you have some rudimentary editing tools, like color correction, temperature, crop, etc, but nothing like the control of editing in RAW. RAW is for finer control over the image before any kind of compression. It's like modern day film processing where you can effect the exposure, contrast, etc, in the processing stage. You can correct a wrong White Balance and saturation as well.

The files are much larger than JPG'S, so storage and Flash Card size are a concern. You can get good prints from a JPG and that's usually the final file size you can hand off to a printer, it's just better off being the final and not the format for work in progress.

It takes tons of space, but I keep everything, from RAW, to edited Photoshop documents, to final JPGS.

You can use Nikon Capture NX 2 for RAW processing. It's a lot cheaper than Photoshop @ $179.00. I've never used it, so I can't vouch for it, but it's a place to start looking and hunt up reviews.

Happy shooting.

cowboyblue31 · Aug 16, 2010

tomson75;3499546 said:
Thought I'd bump this bad boy....just got a Nikon D90. Pretty stoked so far. Tough call between that and the Canon 50D, but the addition of HD video, a user friendlier flash, and a lower cost prevailed.

I'd love to here more about RAW formatting. I no longer have CS or Photoshop...is there any other way to work with it at home or directly on the camera (I obviously haven't finished reading the manual)? Or is RAW something I should use when I'm planning on taking shots to a pro for larger display?

Anyway...I'd love to see some more shots added to this thread.

I picked up the Canon 50D back in May and I love it. Looked at the Nikon d90 also, but I have always shot canon, so I went with the 50D.

Here is a link to my blog. I just put it up last week.

www.flashburnphotography-joe.blogspot.com

kmp77 · Aug 16, 2010

I had a Nikon D90 and sold it to get a Canon T2i. The canon's HD video is FAR superior. The D90's was pretty useless.

Here's my first test with it using fake tilt shift:

[youtubehd]Eqm5WTOAM0A[/youtubehd]

Meat-O-Rama · Aug 16, 2010

kmp77;3499698 said:
I had a Nikon D90 and sold it to get a Canon T2i. The canon's HD video is FAR superior. The D90's was pretty useless.

Here's my first test with it using fake tilt shift:

[youtubehd]Eqm5WTOAM0A[/youtubehd]

That's awesome, how'd you do the fake tilt shift?

Chief · Aug 16, 2010

An old thread resurrected. Since I first posted in it, I've upgraded to a Canon EOS Rebel XS.

So many great photos on here. I really like the first black-and-white that theo posted, as well as the waterfall by Cowboysfan02, and the shot of the dog in front of the blue wall with the window by ethiostar. Too many good photos to list them all.

kmp77 · Aug 16, 2010

c0wb0y_m0nkey;3499742 said:
That's awesome, how'd you do the fake tilt shift?

After Effects. Just layer the video on top of one another and set masks and blurs to create a shallow DOF effect. Then you just mess with the speed and frame rate.

Kevinicus · Aug 16, 2010

kmp77;3499698 said:
I had a Nikon D90 and sold it to get a Canon T2i. The canon's HD video is FAR superior. The D90's was pretty useless.

Really? My wife and I have been able to do some pretty good things with the video on her D90. The only thing I'm not fond of is the audio, but that's not really a big concern.

We also refuse to buy Canon's for various reasons.

As for my wife, she is going to be having her first gallery showing soon. She made up a portfolio and took it around to some galleries (or one gallery actually) and they reserved a spot for her probably next month if we can get it ready by then.

kmp77 · Aug 16, 2010

ChldsPlay;3499994 said:
Really? My wife and I have been able to do some pretty good things with the video on her D90. The only thing I'm not fond of is the audio, but that's not really a big concern.

We also refuse to buy Canon's for various reasons.

As for my wife, she is going to be having her first gallery showing soon. She made up a portfolio and took it around to some galleries (or one gallery actually) and they reserved a spot for her probably next month if we can get it ready by then.

D90 doesn't capture real 720p video..I think its 800px and removes every other pixel to get to 720 so there's a stair stepping that's going on. The quality isn't anywhere near the canon's either.

ologan · Aug 16, 2010

Chief;3499745 said:
An old thread resurrected. Since I first posted in it, I've upgraded to a Canon EOS Rebel XS.

So many great photos on here. I really like the first black-and-white that theo posted, as well as the waterfall by Cowboysfan02, and the shot of the dog in front of the blue wall with the window by ethiostar. Too many good photos to list them all.

Great camera. I got my XSi last Christmas and haven't stopped taking pics yet. Still learning, and have my sights set on a Canon "L" 35mm lens as a wide angle addition to my bag. I can't wait for Fall colors up here in the mountains.

http://i232.***BLOCKED***/albums/ee264/ologan/th_sunflower.jpg

http://i232.***BLOCKED***/albums/ee264/ologan/th_bodines4.jpg

http://i232.***BLOCKED***/albums/ee264/ologan/th_july2010c.jpg

casmith07 · Aug 16, 2010

I have a Canon T1i and I absolutely love it. I haven't had a chance to test the video out like I want to...my telephoto lens only goes to 250mm and I want something that I can get closer with...but the prices are ridonkulous for those lenses.

I only shoot in RAW. I definitely want to get a tripod so I can take advantage of slower shutter speeds.

Tony Dorsett's cleats at the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Silhouetted bodies with old helmets...some idiot stepped into the right side of my frame and it threw the light off a little.

The Fedora

tomson75 · Aug 16, 2010

kmp77;3500196 said:
D90 doesn't capture real 720p video..I think its 800px and removes every other pixel to get to 720 so there's a stair stepping that's going on. The quality isn't anywhere near the canon's either.

Personally, I'd rather have the better camera and opt for a separate video camera. Shooting HD movies on a DSLR is nice, and a real consideration for choosing a camera with that option, but to make it the deciding factor seems pretty damn silly to me.

Either choice is pretty damn good though. Apples and Oranges.

SaltwaterServr · Aug 17, 2010

I shoot an older Fuji S3 Pro that will get upgraded to a pro-sumer Nikon one of these days. My best work isn't available for display for model disclosure reasons.

My first ever "photograph".

For the ladies. The clothing store wanted these done a very specific way, hence the odd post processing. Damn club was firing a strobe the entire time and screwed up myself and the other photographer.

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