The *Official Photography Thread*

Split toning

 

Interesting, wouldn't all photographers be categorized as that? haha

 

My sister is just getting into photography . She lives in Australia . She emailed me some of her recent shots . I figured I share them here .

 

Never thought about that!! Thanks!

 

wow those are great shots!!

 

Well, yeah. Except maybe landscapers

 

Here a shot of an old gas station we ran across yesterday. Any thoughts on which exposure is best? All comments / critiques are welcome.

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Some very nice images here!

 

I think it depends on the "feel" your going for. The first one is much more sinister..which i kinda like..Its a little dark..but i like the shadows its creates in the shingles.

 

X2. What he said. #2 has great perspective and monochrome helps it too.

 

Might have already asked this before, but before I head back for the semester, I'd like to get a tripod or monopod for my D3000. I am going to take it with me fishing and hunting a lot. I've only got 2 lenses, 18-55 and 55-200. What would you guys recommend that's a good price?

Thanks!

 

Got another question too...


For Christmas I got a 55-200mm Non VR lens for my D3000. For some reason my pictures are not very crisp, they seem to be very blurry 80% of the time. Is this user error or do I have to change the settings on my camera?

 

Depends. I don't know the lens, but I can tell you that using a zoomed in non IS (VR) lens with poor technique will cause blurring. Try upping your shutter speed. A good rule of thumb for "beginners" (not saying you are, just offering the advice) is to use at least as fast a shutter speed as MM you are zoomed. (i.e. when zoomed to 200 mm, you should shoot 1/200).

As your technique improves, you can bend this rule.

All that depends on whether technique is actually your problem.

 

post some samples. hard to tell without any samples.

 

No don't worry, I'm definitely a novice. Thanks for the advice! I'll try that.

 

You guys ever heard of Heatware? It's a place to track feedback from what I can tell. I'm about to pull the trigger and buy a couple things from a guy on another forum, and he has some feedback logged on Heatware. Is that a secure place, and is it legit? Most people have feedback within the forum (photography-on-the.net). But he had a link where his feedback was to this site:

http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=3184

 

ive never heard of it

 

More than likely this is camera technique and not the lens.

It'd be helpful if you posted some pictures with the EXIF data intact. If we can see that, I bet we can help you pretty quick. It would also be good if you could include samples at 55 through 200.

 

Did you check the link?

 

I like little things like that. Interesting stuff.

Never heard of Heatware. Guess I'd be more concerned about his POTN or other forum feedback first.