This is Photography

[izthistaken]

I love that graph. Someone tagged me in that on Facebook a while back. I should print it out and carry it with me. I don't think there are enough 'I suck's on there though. lol

[87e30]

Always a good graph.

Hmmm, if I venture over to potn then I'll want to switch to canon. ugh. So hard to with hold a full frame camera for under 1000 dollars.


And the reason I say bokeh gets old... is because I rarely see it in anything commercial or paid.

[Pussy30]

Yeah im trying so hard to wait until i can snag a d700 for under a grand once they drop the new stuff. The 5d is so tempting.

[red911turbo]

Are you using a filter for you outdoor shots? I love the tone in this and many of you rolling shots! I feel many of mine come out very harsh feeling.

Cheers,
Chris

[87e30]

Yeah im trying so hard to wait until i can snag a d700 for under a grand once they drop the new stuff. The 5d is so tempting.

Yeah, but even after new cams then the d700 won't drop to anything less than 1500 I don't think, if it drops that much at all. Rumors say the replacement will be around 3000.

5d is so tempting... ah but 3fps... really??? I don't know if I can do it.

Plus canon has so much glass that nikon is lacking. Nikon is $$$.

[VicSkimmr]

Are you using a filter for you outdoor shots? I love the tone in this and many of you rolling shots! I feel many of mine come out very harsh feeling.

Cheers,
Chris

I do, but most of that was done in post. I typically use a circular polarizing filter on my wide angle lens, but I've never been able to get the effect that most people seem to be able to.

In that shot I did the following post work.
1. White balance adjustment
2. desaturated the whole shot
3. selectively brightened the reds a bit
4. added a graduated neutral density filter to both the top and bottom of the pic to help draw the eye to the subject
5. bumped the contrast a bit for mood
6. cropped to 16x9

It also helped that it was partly overcast that day (never happens here) so I got some softer light than I normally would since it was the middle of the day.


You boys know you want to go Canon :p

[T Verdier]

There's actually no vignette, all I did was increase contrast a bit and add a hair of sharpening. It's a transformer box that was in a wildfire. It used to be that green color near the lock all over.

This guy is a master of parallels
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crmarks...7626013028989/

I do post on POTN a bit, it's a great resource

hat was a coment for izthistaken.

i like that parallel guy though

Yeah im trying so hard to wait until i can snag a d700 for under a grand once they drop the new stuff. The 5d is so tempting.

5d is so tempting... ah but 3fps... really??? I don't know if I can do it.

yeah thats exactly why my friend is waiting for the mark3 he said if it has 6fps or more he will buy it. honestly my 7d is fantastic. 8fps is really fun for shooting sports. aps-c sensor though.

[Kruzen]

Did a test shoot with my newest model last night *snicker*..

She's about 3 months..

[VicSkimmr]

hat was a coment for izthistaken.

oh my bad

[5Toes]

Canon does seem ahead. I just love Nikon though, dont know why

[5Toes]

I tried to vignette the bird a little

[emoshun]

Is that a pet bird or a prop?

[KennyT]

You tried to do what? Vignette affects the edges of the photo, not the center.

[5Toes]

No vignetting is something else - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignetting

And it is a wild bird. It hit our window and got stunned. So he allowed us to pick him up

[T Verdier]

Canon does seem ahead. I just love Nikon though, dont know why

ahead of what?

No vignetting is something else - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignetting

And it is a wild bird. It hit our window and got stunned. So he allowed us to pick him up

You add vignetting to the edges to draw attention to the center. You don't vignett the subject.