Rate the Photo Above you

[GDRRiley]

32 minutes ago, Eviljuche said:

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need to rate the photo above yours

canon60D 24-105 F4 IS USM @ 105mm F7.1 1/640 ISO 160

kinda wish I had a slightly longer reach here but I figured the crow wasn't going to wait for me to swap to a 70-200

 

[The Blackhat]

4 hours ago, Eviljuche said:

What a beautiful collecton of Nikkors!

Where did you get these cogs? So steampunk!

Film always has a feel to it that I enjoy. Messy composition aside, it’s a good shot indeed.

Those cogs are actually my table. I use it as a backdrop. I’m a little constrained with angle a bit currently since the black boards I put up to cover the floor and behind where I shoot aren’t actually black, so if I shoot at the wrong angle everything turns grey. That’ll be fixed in a few days though.

[sub68]

4 hours ago, GDRRiley said:

need to rate the photo above yours

canon60D 24-105 F4 IS USM @ 105mm F7.1 1/640 ISO 160

kinda wish I had a slightly longer reach here but I figured the crow wasn't going to wait for me to swap to a 70-200

 

I actually like this view of the crow in the field and the background the sky.

Here is a phone picture for you guys.

I could zoom but it will be bad.

[Distinctly Average]

On 6/4/2021 at 1:46 PM, sub68 said:

I actually like this view of the crow in the field and the background the sky.

Here is a phone picture for you guys.

I could zoom but it will be bad.

Content that counts and for some reason I quite like this.

 

Here is my contribution to the thread. A cuckoo on the ground feeding.

 

[sub68]

3 minutes ago, Distinctly Average said:

Content that counts and for some reason I quite like this.

Thanks I am happy about the lighting

3 minutes ago, Distinctly Average said:

Here is my contribution to the thread. A cuckoo on the ground feeding.

I like the depth of field that is just on the bird.

speaking of birds

 

[Duckster]

On 6/6/2021 at 6:04 PM, sub68 said:

Thanks I am happy about the lighting

I like the depth of field that is just on the bird.

speaking of birds

 

very nice photo, I love how the chicken is in focus and staring right into my soul. overall, 10/10 would like to see this chicken again.

 

photo below is from an iphone 12 shot in raw using an app that allows for the changing of iso, shutter speed, etc. I looked for a vaporwave-esque sky look. It is edited in davinci resolve 17.

 

 

 

 

[RanchTheHay005]

I took this picture when i was in 6th grade for a photography competition...i did not win the prize though...but then the Judge personally came to me and told me to watermark this image and told that he loved this picture 

 

please dont use this pic without my consent.....

 

I took this on my CANON POWESHOT SX150IS 14.1mp camera

[Radium_Angel]

15 hours ago, Sed Linus said:

watermark

It's kinda ruins the image, makes it difficult to judge it on its merits because of the giant WATERMARKWATERMARKWATERMARKWATERMARK all over it.

 

No one will steal your image, we are all fans here of each other's work.

Still playing with toys (and having a friend with a vape because I"m having trouble sourcing dry ice)

 

 

[RanchTheHay005]

3 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

It's kinda ruins the image, makes it difficult to judge it on its merits because of the giant WATERMARKWATERMARKWATERMARKWATERMARK all over it.

 

No one will steal your image, we are all fans here of each other's work.

Still playing with toys (and having a friend with a vape because I"m having trouble sourcing dry ice)

 

 

then ok!

 

i will put the version without the watermark....i will edit it right now!

[The Blackhat]

5 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

 

Still playing with toys (and having a friend with a vape because I"m having trouble sourcing dry ice)

Well that’s quite the style! Nice image as far as all composition is concerned. I’m not sure if it’s just compression or what but it’s got quite a lot of color noise.

 

 

Playing around with my D100 some more. Quite interesting to experience my expansive collection of expensive Nikkors on this $50 DSLR I got that’s 19 years old. This is probably the best shot technically it’s taken in its entirely life. The dynamic range is crap and it’s about as sharp as a door knob, but it’s kinda sorta passable as a dedicated camera. Composition is quite messy lol.

[Radium_Angel]

4 hours ago, The Blackhat said:

I’m not sure if it’s just compression or what but it’s got quite a lot of color noise.

Probably a combination of the conversion from .tiff to .jpg (and making it fit on the screen) and the ISO of 800, which was intentional, to add some grain to the shot. Shot with a Nikon D3x, but my normal work is fetish in a studio, (studio is ah closed due to covid right now) and toy photography with what I have on hand as far as lighting goes, is still all very new to me.

4 hours ago, The Blackhat said:

Playing around with my D100

Funny you should mention that, some years ago I participated in a Colour Run (a 5k fun run) and wanted to take pics from inside the race, so I too picked up a 50$ D100. I fully expected it to die off due to the colour dust, but here it survived.

 

 

 

Also, how well do you find the Canon to work with an adapter to Nikon lenses? The exposure curve seems a tad sharp (compared to the other ones you've posted), but that's probably the limitations of a nearly 20 year old dSLR showing up

 

[sub68]

13 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Funny you should mention that, some years ago I participated in a Colour Run (a 5k fun run) and wanted to take pics from inside the race, so I too picked up a 50$ D100. I fully expected it to die off due to the colour dust, but here it survived.

You would be surprised on what a non pro body can survive.

Both my old XTi and GX85 survive light rain.

17 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Also, how well do you find the Canon to work with an adapter to Nikon lenses?

I wonder this too.

I got a bunch of nikion film lenses for free.

4 hours ago, The Blackhat said:

Playing around with my D100 some more. Quite interesting to experience my expansive collection of expensive Nikkors on this $50 DSLR I got that’s 19 years old. This is probably the best shot technically it’s taken in its entirely life. The dynamic range is crap and it’s about as sharp as a door knob, but it’s kinda sorta passable as a dedicated camera. Composition is quite messy lol.

Yes comp is messy.

I think my XTi is just a bit better iirc.

But yeah early 2000 cameras are barley passible.

 

Here is a landscape I took on my action camera.

I think this is the best picture this thing has taken.

This camera has a fixed apature for a cell phone sensor of 2.8 I bet it's bigger for how small the apature is.

[The Blackhat]

2 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

Also, how well do you find the Canon to work with an adapter to Nikon lenses? The exposure curve seems a tad sharp (compared to the other ones you've posted), but that's probably the limitations of a nearly 20 year old dSLR showing up

They handle as well as my skills can keep up with them. So far my favorite style is definitely AI-s due to how ridiculous they are built. I have a few AF lenses and then some AF-S like my 80-200 AF-S (geez that thing is great), but I like the feel of the AI-s ones more, even though I tend to prefer the performance of the AF-S stuff lol. My 17-35 AF-S and 80-200 AF-S are some of the best lenses I’ve ever seen or used (for zooms, of course).

[The Blackhat]

2 hours ago, sub68 said:

I wonder this too.

I got a bunch of nikion film lenses for free.

You can pick up adapters for Nikon lenses to the EF mount for about $10 on eBay, unless they’re rangefinder lenses in which case you’ll need a mirrorless for that, but those adapters also exist.

[Radium_Angel]

Forgive the image spam, I'm still trying to master toy photography.

Added another light (LED) and added a directional UV light for the overturned toxic waste barrel (the resin has glow in the dark mica powder added) to make it pop.

Still working with a friend who vapes, hopefully I will be able to get some dry ice this coming friday (the only place that sells it around here, isn't open on the weekend)

Also shot with ISO 100, instead of 800.

[GDRRiley]

3 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

Forgive the image spam, I'm still trying to master toy photography.

keeping going, always nice to see the growth

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Added another light (LED) and added a directional UV light for the overturned toxic waste barrel (the resin has glow in the dark mica powder added) to make it pop.

I like where this is going. looks cool

 

 

I decided to lug my friends 70-200 F2.8 IS USM this weekend. I can't wait for my X-S10 to be in so I can get some decent glass of my own

My GF was shooting with her body and got this

Cannon 60D, 70-200 f2.8 @ 190mm F8 1/640 iso160

 

[Radium_Angel]

10 hours ago, GDRRiley said:

lug my friends 70-200 F2.8 IS USM

Amazing lenses but lugging is the right word, they can really weigh on you.

The critter is cute but not as sharp as I was expecting, what am I missing?

 

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

Amazing lenses but lugging is the right word, they can really weigh on you.

The critter is cute but not as sharp as I was expecting, what am I missing?

no AF it just hunts and won't lock, so its all manual focus, its not my lens and it doesn't get used much by its owner so I doubt they want to fix it

I also tend to avoid cranking sharpness in post

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, GDRRiley said:

no AF it just hunts and won't lock, so its all manual focus, its not my lens and it doesn't get used much by its owner so I doubt they want to fix it

I also tend to avoid cranking sharpness in post

No worries, I miss my manual focus lenses, but my eyesight, never great to begin with.....well, I have to rely on AF these days.

[The Blackhat]

I have a big issue with sharpness on teles as well, but not due to lack of focus accuracy, because I can’t get the shutter speed fast enough and I shake far too much.

This was shot on a 180mm, then cropped in significantly as I was quite far away from the guy. Oh, I also refuse to ever use any post process sharpening. I have an LR preset that auto applies 0 sharpening on import lol.

[Radium_Angel]

4 hours ago, The Blackhat said:

I also refuse to ever use any post process sharpening

It's a chainsaw IME, a little bit can produce fine work, but it's very easy to overdo it, and thus ruin the image.

[Radium_Angel]

Ok, playing around some mire, this is quick and dirty.

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"The battle was fierce and lengthy and in the end, only one remained. Unfortunately, the creature was simply too stupid to unlock the secrets hidden within the Lament Configuration."

[Radium_Angel]

I'm spoilering this shot, as the caption is a tad naughty (and I'm cluttering up this thread too much as it is)

 

Spoiler

Bob loved coming home early from work and getting a little head from his girlfriend

Spoiler

[GDRRiley]

21 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

Ok, playing around some mire, this is quick and dirty.

13 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

I'm spoilering this shot, as the caption is a tad naughty (and I'm cluttering up this thread too much as it is)

I think the caption is fine.and nope not cluttering

both have very nice lighting and colors

 

 

60D 70-200 F2.8 L IS USM @ F8 1/64 ISO 640 200mm

I certainly pushed the grade hard, I really like how this color grade works

[Radium_Angel]

7 hours ago, GDRRiley said:

I really like how this color grade works

The sky reminds me of the vacation I took in Colorado some years back, that delightful pure blue that aches to look at. Safe to assume this was modified in Post?

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It is clear I have much to learn about toy photography, it was a nice day and I wanted to do something a little more humorous, so, a boy and his dog, out for a walk

If anyone has experience in this sort of thing, I am all ears!

Nikon D3x, f/11 1/15th sec, ISO 100, 70mm (from a 28-70 f/2.8 lens)