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mechakev
Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Posts: 6
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 6:59 pm Post subject: Canon 450D and a nifty 50. Mostly (C&C welcome) |
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mechakev wrote:
Hello,
Trying to learn and improve, here are a few photos.
Comments and such are very appreciated, as are tips!
Thanks,
Kev
(I have a few manual lenses too that I hope to be using more...)
Sigh these pictures worked when I was previewing... |
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DigiChromeEd
Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3460 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 7:27 pm Post subject: Re: Canon 450D and a nifty 50. Mostly (C&C welcome) |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
mechakev wrote: |
Hello,
Trying to learn and improve, here are a few photos.
Comments and such are very appreciated, as are tips!
Thanks,
Kev
(I have a few manual lenses too that I hope to be using more...)
Sigh these pictures worked when I was previewing... |
Photos don't appear on your first post - anti spam measure.
Welcome to the forum btw! _________________ "I've got a Nikon camera, I like to take a photograph" - Paul Simon |
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Excalibur
Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5017 Location: UK
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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Excalibur wrote:
IMO the first two are very good, the others are also good if they are just snaps for yourself, family or friends. BTW I like the lost dog shot but shame it couldn't be sharper. _________________ Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, EOS 300 and EOS300v, Chinon CE and CP-7M. Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Konica Autoreflex TC, FS-1, FT-1, Minolta X-700, X-300, XD-11, SRT101b, Nikon EM, FM, F4, F90X, Olympus OM2, Pentax S3, Spotmatic, Pentax ME super, Praktica TL 5B, & BC1, , Ricoh KR10super, Yashica T5D, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony Nex 3
.........past gear Tele Rolleiflex and Rollei SL66.
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mechakev
Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Posts: 6
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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mechakev wrote:
Thank you . And yes, Its all a bit of fun! |
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SonicScot
Joined: 01 Dec 2011 Posts: 2697 Location: Scottish Highlands
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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SonicScot wrote:
Welcome
for the record, the 'lost dog shot' is easily my favourite _________________ Gary
Currently active gear....
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E-M1 Mkll
Rubinar 1000/10 + 2x matched extender
Tamron 500/8 55BB
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Vivitar Series 1.... 200/3, 70-210/3.5 (V1 by Kiron), 135/2.3, 105/2.5 macro, 90/2.5 macro (Bokina), 90-180/4.5 Flat Field Macro, 28-90mm f/2.8-3.5
Carl Zeiss.... 180/2.8, 135/3.5, 85/1.4, 35/2.4 Flektagon, 21/2.8 Distagon
Nikon.... 55/3.5 micro, 50/1.2
Elicar 90/2.5 V-HQ Macro
Zhongyi Speedmaster 85/1.2
Jupiter-9 85/2
Helios.... 58/2 44-3
Hartblei 45/3.5 Super-Rotator TS-PC
Zenitar 16/2.8 fisheye
Samyang 8/3.5 fisheye
Nodal Ninja 4, Neewer leveling tripod base
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mechakev
Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Posts: 6
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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mechakev wrote:
I'm quite sad in that I take quite a lot of photos of my puppy lab. She's utterly amazing.
Just started using a 1980s 28mm Olympus MF lens that I got from a car boot sale, its superb! £7.50 well spent.
I quite like the soft focus of the newly named lost dog photo
I'm finding photography to be very satisfying, lots to learn but I feel (and hope) that I am improving. |
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eddieitman
Joined: 12 Apr 2011 Posts: 1246 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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eddieitman wrote:
Welcome on board kevin i am glad that you joined up after our chat at work, I do feel guilty for leading you down the slope of manual lenses, I know we discussed editing photos in Photoshop so here is an example of how the photo looks after running just a few tweaks to it
Original
Tweaked
Added Auto Adjust, tiny contrast, shadows pulled out, de-noise and sharpen
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Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things don't work out, just take another shot. |
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Jon E
Joined: 24 Aug 2012 Posts: 132 Location: Kalispell, MT
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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Jon E wrote:
Just beautiful!!! _________________ I Shoot Everything
SLR ~ Minolta XE-7 Rokkor-X 85mm f/1.7, Rokkor-X 300mm f4.5, Tokina AT-X 35-70mm f/2.8, Soligor Tele-Auto 200mm, f/2.8, Rokkor-X 50mm f/1.7, Sigma Mini Wide 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 80-200 f/3.5, Albinar 75-300mm f/5.6
DSLR ~ Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM, 85mm f/1.7, Rokkor-X 300mm f4.5, Tokina AT-X 35-70mm f/2.8, Soligor Tele-Auto 200mm, f/2.8, Rokkor-X 50mm f/1.7, Sigma Mini Wide 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 80-200 f/3.5, Albinar 75-300mm f/5.6
Bridge Camera ~ Fuji HS20EXR, Fixed 30X MF 24-720mm lens |
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mechakev
Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Posts: 6
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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mechakev wrote:
Thanks guys and thanks Ed for the Photoshop examples |
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ChromaticAberration
Joined: 23 Dec 2010 Posts: 819 Location: Portugal
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:45 am Post subject: |
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ChromaticAberration wrote:
You definitely need to invest some time on post-production for contrast adjustment or some of your photos will just look washed out, it happens to any lens mounted to any camera so don't feel bad about it just correct it when you are comfortably sitting at your computer.
Also, some photos work better on the upright position instead of landscape, #4 is a good example, too much "empty space" to distract that would have been minimized if you had chosen to compose vertically instead of horizontally. _________________ Body: Fujifilm X-E1
Landscapes: Samyang 12mm f/2 NCS CS
Macro: Vivitar Series 1 105mm Æ’/2.5
Portrait: Helios-44 58mm Æ’/2.0
Low-light: SMC Takumar 50mm Æ’/1.4
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mechakev
Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Posts: 6
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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mechakev wrote:
Yeah, I think I have now realised that I am going to have to spend some time on post shooting, I shall stop being lazy! The before and after shots of the lizard pretty much prove that.
Point taken about shot 4, a portrait shot would also have eliminated the knee poking in from the side...
Funny thing is, the best shots here are the ones taken with the worst lens! (the lizard and bird were took with the kit lens).
I'm going to edit a few and post some later, possibly with some before and after shots.
Thanks,
Kev |
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