This is Photography

[Cabriolet]

[rturbo 930]

Alright guys. I'm fairly new to photography, and generally have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. Also, I've never edited a photo before in my life until earlier tonight when I decided to google "how to edit photos". So be gentle.

First attempt at editing a photo. Before and after (Looking at it now, I think I did too much. Whatever.):





And a few more 'afters' with varying amounts of editing.









All of these were taking a while ago, and probably all of them on auto mode. Also worth mentioning, my laptop (T430s) has a notoriously bad screen in terms of colors. I'm guessing they look quite a bit different on a better screen.

Edit: Just compared on a Macbook. Big difference lol. I think I'm gonna do #1 again. The evergreens look like they're red. And my cat is yellow.



Still looks ridiculous on a Macbook despite looking pretty normal on my screen. Starting to question the Macbook screen. Fuck it.

[BlackbirdM3]

Panning is hard with a 50mm (IMO)

IMG_8781 by Wschnitz, on Flickr

Fancy ram was worth a pic:

IMG_9979 by Wschnitz, on Flickr

Columbia river:

IMG_9854 by Wschnitz, on Flickr

IMG_9880 by Wschnitz, on Flickr

IMG_9824 by Wschnitz, on Flickr

IMG_9887 by Wschnitz, on Flickr

IMG_9432 by Wschnitz, on Flickr

Really need to grab a lens thats a little more versatile. Thinking something like a 18-105 range.

Its not your lens that is the issue, its your shutter speed. For cars, you are looking about 1/80 to about 1/125. A bigger lens will just get you closer, not make the blur more pronounced. A 50mm will be great if you can get close enough to the action.

I shot this at 70mm

This was about 100mm if I remember correctly.


This was shot at less than 55mm (I don't remember exactly)


This on the other hand was 300mm F14 1/100 shutter speed. A panned shot doesn't get any better than this.



Will

[Joe G]

First time I have had the DSLR out in a long time. Also the first time I have played with photoshop (only played with exposure and clarity). I am pretty happy with the result.

Shot with an old (2006ish) Sony A100, 18-55mm, F3.5

[Wschnitz]

Yea I dont really know which lens would work best for panning, id assume somewhere in the 20-30mm area with a wide aperture.