The *Official Photography Thread*

cool. i might get one of those around christmas. itll mostly be used for like action photography like dirt jumping and maybe snowboarding so ill most likely only have one shot anyways so i should have time to let it cool down and recycle.

i actually tried some like 10 dollar lights at walmart. they worked alright i just didnt realize the lights were different two different temps haha ill have to get some matching lights and try them again.

x2 thats why ive been considering an 800 you can find some for the price of a new sb700.

 

Just been messing around a little and heres some of what Ive come up with. Let me know what you guys think!

 

Riley is 2 and Jedi is maybe 3? As far as no good goes, what you can't see off to the right is a table full of food to the right side

Yes. Borrowlenses.com has awesome customer service!

 

Published photo by Blue Moon Originals, on Flickr

 

here are a few more pics. The noise is bad because I had to shoot at ISO 3200 because the lighting was such crap


Making a jump shot by Blue Moon Originals, on Flickr


Making a 3 pointer by Blue Moon Originals, on Flickr


Tip off by Blue Moon Originals, on Flickr

 

Nice basketball shots! And yeah it takes some expensive equipment to get good noise free shots indoors like that (70-200 f2.8 lenses).

 

Thank you

I was using a Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR1

Its the news papers tho

 

Oh really. I have no experience with fast lenses so I guess they don't make as much of a difference as I thought.

I guess that's why people spend big bucks on high end bodies, for the ISO performance.

 

they make a big difference in being able to take pics in low light conditions.

Had I had a D300s/D700/D3 those images would have been crystal clear

 

Oh ok, I tried taking some basketball shots with my 55-250, it did not go well haha. ISO 3200 was still too slow, had to bump it to 6400 which is useless on the 550D.

 

Hey Tony, Nice BB pix. Two comments. White balance and tighter crops.

I know you're probably not shooting with flash/access to the arena strobes. That would definitely make things better with regard to pop. What settings? You said ISO 3200. I'm guessing f/2.8--on what body? With most newer Nikon bodies, ISO6400 is pretty darn good and if you really needed it, noise ninja would clean that up.

Also, you shooting with VR on?

 

the body was a Nikon D3100, f2.8, shutter speed 1/640 or 1/500.

I did crop some of some of them

I'll post a few more that I have

 

Fastbreak by Blue Moon Originals, on Flickr


Driving by Blue Moon Originals, on Flickr


Layup by Blue Moon Originals, on Flickr

 

So work asked me to put a car on ebay to sell and I thought I would use my new lens to take the pix of it. What do you think?



"micro machine shot"






What do you think?

 

looks good

I really like your tilt shift photos

 

x2 on both of those statements. They are pretty sweet

 

no the white balance is off, I need to adjust them again

 

I think you're right.

And Colin, the car pix are awesome. Only comment is watch your backgrounds--you have a fence running through the top of the car in your first shot. It's not too bad but just something to watch.

 

I think what may have caused the green glow was the green paint on the court and green pads on the hoops themselves

 

I agree the WB is off, but the pictures look good, I like em, a bit of pp and they would look even better (hope you don't mind I played with one of them)