Author Topic: Official DTF Photography Thread (Read 145179 times)

brakkum · « **Reply #245 on:** December 01, 2010, 01:44:40 AM »

Thanks! I was very lucky to get her to look straight at me long enough to get that shot. Usually she'll pay no attention to anyone unless it involves food.

Logical Nightmare · « **Reply #246 on:** December 01, 2010, 02:15:22 AM »

Quote from: sonatafanica on November 28, 2010, 03:04:12 PM

Quote from: Logical Nightmare on November 25, 2010, 09:03:33 AM
This was a fun shoot. I call it "Cupcake in a Tree."

I laughed waaaay too hard at that

Now I did too.

Quote from: brakkum on November 28, 2010, 03:02:42 PM

I really like this one. It's very confusing to look at, which I love - why are the ropes not in focus while the leaf is? It probably has to do with the ice looking out of focus because that's what ice looks like. It makes the picture quite special. Well done!

Rina · « **Reply #247 on:** December 01, 2010, 08:02:57 AM »

The cat looks great -good texture shot.

Also, the ice looks really neat, awesome job.

brakkum · « **Reply #248 on:** December 01, 2010, 09:14:30 AM »

Well thanks! I was inspecting that shot after I first took it, and was kind of pissed that the ropes and some of the ice didn't look more focused, so I almost went back to just change that. But I realized it is kinda unique in a way, and I love how in focus the leaf is. Oh well, happy accident!

Nathan Explosion · « **Reply #249 on:** December 01, 2010, 07:31:14 PM »

Hello DTF, I currently go to college for photography, so I though I'd share some of my work. Stylistically I've changed a lot since I began a few years ago, partly in my attempt to be "progressive". I recently got a Canon EOS 60D but most images were shot with either a Rebel XTI or Fuji S100FS.

Here are some of my most popular and my own favorites.

Picture I took of me for my HDR Class

Taken with an infrared converted camera

Space Invader · « **Reply #250 on:** December 02, 2010, 09:00:20 AM »

Wow dude, those are incredible. Love the watches.

brakkum · « **Reply #251 on:** December 02, 2010, 09:21:43 AM »

Very awesome!

Nathan Explosion · « **Reply #252 on:** December 02, 2010, 11:25:50 AM »

Thanks

Quote from: Space Invader on December 02, 2010, 09:00:20 AM

Love the watches.

If you're talking about the first image, it was a picture I took for a high school project with my speedometer in test mode. My technique to make it keep entering test mode so that I could keep retaking the shot however made the fuel pump short out a few days latter....

Chino · « **Reply #253 on:** December 02, 2010, 03:14:11 PM »

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This one is awesome!

Rina · « **Reply #254 on:** December 02, 2010, 08:48:10 PM »

Really cool pics.

You did a really good job!

chknptpie · « **Reply #255 on:** December 03, 2010, 09:23:55 AM »

ha I love the car and cotton ball pic

Logical Nightmare · « **Reply #256 on:** December 03, 2010, 09:33:20 AM »

Quote from: Nathan Explosion on December 01, 2010, 07:31:14 PM

This one is absolutely glorious. I haven't heard of infrared converted cameras - care to explain a bit to me? I'm curious.

brakkum · « **Reply #257 on:** December 03, 2010, 09:56:48 AM »

I'm very interested in trying infrared photography at some point, I'm curious as to what goes into the conversion process.

7StringedBeast · « **Reply #258 on:** December 03, 2010, 01:25:45 PM »

I think I'm going to be getting 2 new lenses soon for my D5000. I'm going to get the nikon 35 mm f1.8 prime and the 55-200mm zoom, both dx style lenses. They came highly recommended from Ken Rockwell.

Nathan Explosion · « **Reply #259 on:** December 03, 2010, 02:08:52 PM »

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This one is absolutely glorious. I haven't heard of infrared converted cameras - care to explain a bit to me? I'm curious.

Well I've found that my non-converted Fujifilm camera is quite sensitive to Infrared but basically you send a popular digital camera in (or you can do it yourself) and they take out the infrared blocking filter over the sensor and replace it with either a clear filter (full spectrum = IR-UV-Color) or a IR filter (590nm = high color, 720nm = white foliage, blue sky) All cameras can take infrared pictures though if you have an infrared passing filter. The problem is that the exposures are quite long, sometimes several seconds to minutes.

Here's some more of my infrared shots.

7StringedBeast · « **Reply #260 on:** December 03, 2010, 02:28:31 PM »

wow those look so cool. I would love to shoot a film with that kind of a look.

Nathan Explosion · « **Reply #261 on:** December 03, 2010, 02:40:51 PM »

Quote from: 7StringedBeast on December 03, 2010, 02:28:31 PM

wow those look so cool. I would love to shoot a film with that kind of a look.

You can with the right white balance.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thatguyfromcchs08/5173932608/

brakkum · « **Reply #262 on:** December 03, 2010, 10:14:55 PM »

Some new ones from me...

Nathan Explosion · « **Reply #263 on:** December 08, 2010, 10:48:08 AM »

Yesterday, I took a trip to Cincinnati, Ohio and went to the outdoor observation deck of the 49 story Carew Tower.

Rawr Rawr

Zydar · « **Reply #264 on:** December 08, 2010, 10:52:34 AM »

Absolutely beautiful pictures, Nathan!

Rina · « **Reply #265 on:** December 08, 2010, 10:53:41 AM »

Quote from: brakkum on December 03, 2010, 10:14:55 PM

Some new ones from me...

These two look great. I love the color effect you did with the red and blue. Looks awesome.

Quote from: Nathan Explosion on December 08, 2010, 10:48:08 AM

Yesterday, I took a trip to Cincinnati, Ohio and went to the outdoor observation deck of the 49 story Carew Tower.

I LOVE this one, looks beautiful!

Logical Nightmare · « **Reply #266 on:** December 08, 2010, 12:01:33 PM »

Quote from: Nathan Explosion on December 08, 2010, 10:48:08 AM

Yesterday, I took a trip to Cincinnati, Ohio and went to the outdoor observation deck of the 49 story Carew Tower.

This one is awesome! The motion and colours! Wow!

Also, some advice: Be sure you hold the camera straight. Slanting horizons aren't too nice... When I have a perfect picture overlooking the horizon, I often take a series of pictures, slowly tilting my camera to one side at the same time. That way you're almost guaranteed one good picture. It's hard to see if it's perfect on the display, so I just take a series of pictures and delete the bad ones when transferring them to the computer.

Nathan Explosion · « **Reply #267 on:** December 08, 2010, 12:19:21 PM »

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This one is awesome! The motion and colours! Wow!

Also, some advice: Be sure you hold the camera straight. Slanting horizons aren't too nice... When I have a perfect picture overlooking the horizon, I often take a series of pictures, slowly tilting my camera to one side at the same time. That way you're almost guaranteed one good picture. It's hard to see if it's perfect on the display, so I just take a series of pictures and delete the bad ones when transferring them to the computer.

Thanks, and yea ever since I got my battery grip for this thing I've noticed I've been having more trouble determining if the camera is dead straight.

brakkum · « **Reply #268 on:** December 08, 2010, 02:12:15 PM »

Quote from: Rina on December 08, 2010, 10:53:41 AM

These two look great. I love the color effect you did with the red and blue. Looks awesome.

Thanks! funny thing is, I didn't even touch that picture with the red and blue! It was in a small jazz club here in St. Paul, and the lighting hit these two kids just perfectly!

Nathan Explosion · « **Reply #269 on:** December 08, 2010, 08:36:36 PM »

Quote from: Nathan Explosion on December 08, 2010, 10:48:08 AM

Yesterday, I took a trip to Cincinnati, Ohio and went to the outdoor observation deck of the 49 story Carew Tower.

I shot some HD video with my 60D while on this trip and posted it to Vimeo.
https://vimeo.com/17623628

brakkum · « **Reply #270 on:** December 13, 2010, 12:08:28 AM »

A few more from the last week.

brakkum · « **Reply #271 on:** December 26, 2010, 10:35:12 AM »

Thread revival perhaps? Here's a pic I took at a gig in Minneapolis a couple days ago.

7StringedBeast · « **Reply #272 on:** December 28, 2010, 12:45:59 PM »

I got 2 new lenses for my Nikon D5000. I got a 35mm prime f1.8 and a 55-200mm f4-5.6 zoom lens. I got to do a bunch of shooting with the 35mm and it looks great. I can't really post the pics here though unfortunately as I was able to get a human subject to shoot and I don't think she'd like them on the internet.

But lemme tell you, they look great, really happy with the lenses. Super crisp and really shallow depth of field when I want it.

Haven't been able to use the zoom that much yet. Hopefully I can take some pictures soon and post them.