Cristian's Photographic Photos

[Spectere]

Holy shit, insanely nice.  Birds are hard as hell to photograph. <_<  I think I might have gotten a good shot of one yesterday morning (in a tree, but the little guy was still awfully fidgety).  Won't be able to tell until I get the film developed, though. :s

oh shit. nice lighting and detail on that one. Too bad you can't make out the background, though. But again, perhaps its a good thing-- it forces attention onto the bird

Exactly.

Also, smaller apertures require longer exposures, so you're less likely to be able to stop motion like that (which I hear requires about 1/500 of a second) unless you have really good light and fastish film.

[cristian989]

oh shit. nice lighting and detail on that one. Too bad you can't make out the background, though. But again, perhaps its a good thing-- it forces attention onto the bird

Thanks, and yes it does .

Holy shit, insanely nice.  Birds are hard as hell to photograph. <_<  I think I might have gotten a good shot of one yesterday morning (in a tree, but the little guy was still awfully fidgety).  Won't be able to tell until I get the film developed, though. :s

Thanks.  Yeah, birds are tricky.  I've basically given up on walking around trying to find birds, but if the right picture shows up and it happens to be a bird, and i have the right lens, i MIGHT take the picture

Also, smaller apertures require longer exposures, so you're less likely to be able to stop motion like that (which I hear requires about 1/500 of a second) unless you have really good light and fastish film.

It's true that a smaller aperture will give you a 'bigger depth of field'... BUT, if you're shooting with a 300mm lens on a 1.5x digital crop factor from about 15 feet away, you could shoot F22 (or F32) and you still would get a blurry background (if the subject distance and background distance are far apart).  I would never shoot f22 anyways cause diffraction kicks my ass after f16 on most of my lenses.

[Spectere]

Thanks.  Yeah, birds are tricky.  I've basically given up on walking around trying to find birds, but if the right picture shows up and it happens to be a bird, and i have the right lens, i MIGHT take the picture

I've had very good luck getting pictures of ducks.  They're pretty much the only bird I was able to get a full frame shot of.   I was even able to get some decent shots with my D40's kit lens (18-55mm), which says a lot.

It's true that a smaller aperture will give you a 'bigger depth of field'... BUT, if you're shooting with a 300mm lens on a 1.5x digital crop factor from about 15 feet away, you could shoot F22 (or F32) and you still would get a blurry background (if the subject distance and background distance are far apart).

Too true...

I would never shoot f22 anyways cause diffraction kicks my ass after f16 on most of my lenses.

Diffraction's a bitch.

I generally try to keep it at or below f/11.  For one, my D40's sensor has a few specks of dust that become noticeable at f/16 (except for a particularly large one that you can see at f/4...UGH) and start to become very apparent at around f/22, and I haven't messed with my 70-210mm AF enough to know what its limitations are, but it works great with f/11.

[Zakamiro]

F64 4lyfe. :>

Usually I just use the best combo of fastest exposure time with smallest aperture. Of course, the film/iso speed needs to be pretty high to do it. :> Doing a setup like that is great for street photography, when shit can GO DOWN hella abruptly....

[Spectere]

I've found that as long as your exposure time is 1/1000 or better (I heard that 1/500 is enough to stop motion, but I dunno) you should be a-ok with capturing hella abrupt shit.  With my D40 I use ISO 200 whenever possible to lower the graininess a bit.

If you really want to play it safe, and your camera supports it, try setting it to either use manual settings with an automatic ISO selection (so a 1/1000 shutter speed in a shadowy area would wind up giving you ISO 800 and ISO 200 in broad daylight, or whatever) or using an aperture-priority program (which is marked with an "A" on both of my Nikons as well as my dad's Sony CyberShot) to help maintain a high shutter speed while achieving fairly consistent results.

[flypie]

Hey Cristian! Good to know you're still taking photos. I thoroughly enjoyed looking through this thread. I love the black and white tree on page one, but the one photo that stood out to me the most was the field (5th photo down on page 10)- awesome leading lines.

[cristian989]

Hey Cristian! Good to know you're still taking photos. I thoroughly enjoyed looking through this thread. I love the black and white tree on page one, but the one photo that stood out to me the most was the field (5th photo down on page 10)- awesome leading lines.

Thanks!!  Great to hear from you...you still photographing?

[Spectere]

Hey Cristian! Good to know you're still taking photos. I thoroughly enjoyed looking through this thread. I love the black and white tree on page one, but the one photo that stood out to me the most was the field (5th photo down on page 10)- awesome leading lines.

Jeebus.

Hiiiiii!

[flypie]

  howdy Spectere.

And yes I am still photographing. But right now I am on a bit of a hiatus...had a lot of photo assignments over the year and I am in need of a break. I'll post a thread shortly of some of my work throughout the year. But I still owe it to you for steering me in the right camera direction (Nikon D50)- couldn't be happier with this camera!

[Bobbias]

Wicked, so you're planning on actually returning to s.net??

If so, maybe another flypie's corner could show up?

[Spectere]

But I still owe it to you for steering me in the right camera direction (Nikon D50)- couldn't be happier with this camera!

I have your camera's younger brother (the D40) -- 'tis my first DSLR.

I recommend grabbing the 55-200mm AF-S Nikkor if you haven't already.  The vibration reduction model goes for $250 and it roxors.

If so, maybe another flypie's corner could show up?

MAYHAPS. :3  That section was fun.

[cristian989]

I have your camera's younger brother (the D40) -- 'tis my first DSLR.

I recommend grabbing the 55-200mm AF-S Nikkor if you haven't already.  The vibration reduction model goes for $250 and it roxors.

MAYHAPS. :3  That section was fun.

Call me weird, but I actually remember her saying she bought the 55-200 non VR soon after she got the D50 (I think).

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[Spectere]

Heh, yeah, I don't remember.

And yikes, wet.

[cristian989]

I photographed today:

[cristian989]