The *Official Photography Thread*

looking good Brent!

 

I've got a question, how do you guys deal with high humidity when you are shooting? I've left my camera in its case for awhile and take it out when I get ready to take photographs but it still fogs up.

 

Usually, you'd just take your gear out of the bag and let it acclimate. That said, you'll usually see fogging when you go between temperature extremes. So if you took the camera outside to 40*F from inside at 70*F, you might see some fogging. The trick is to let the camera come to that 40*F temp before using it.

 

I want a 3' canvas print of this...right meow

 

cool thanks, its just annoying down here in the Florida humidity and trying to do anything

 

Yah. Florida is a tough nut. Be sure to let it acclimate going inside too.

 

I looks alright. I had to do quite a bit of post processing because it turned out really light. It is only a 15 minute drive so i think ill go out there again and see if i can get some better shots.

By the way, what lens do you guys recommend for shots like that? I have these lenses:

AF-S NIKKOR 55-200mm 1:4-5.6 G ED lens
AF NIKKOR 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 G lens
AF NIKKOR 18-35mm 1:3.5-4.5 D lens
SIGMA 70-200mm 1:2.8 D lens w/SIGMA APO TELE CONVERTER 2X EX

I used the sigma for that pic.

 

For landscape? 18-35mm

 

One shot, probably the Sigma. The 18-35 is gonna leave you with too much foreground.

A nice pano shot might be 100+ mm and as many frames as it takes to get it all in. The bitch is if the sky has any moisture in it, it's gonna look like crap. You need a perfectly beautiful day for that. BTW the pano could be three rows by 6 or 8 horizontal shots as an example.

 

He can always crop

 

Thanks for the advice. Latter this week when the weather is better ill go out and give it another try.

 

Here are some of my recent photos


Marshall Center at Night by Blue Moon Originals, on Flickr


Nighttime Bulls by Blue Moon Originals, on Flickr


Dark Arbor by Blue Moon Originals, on Flickr


Bull at Night by Blue Moon Originals, on Flickr

 

try not to directly center your subject. and make sure you have a steady tripod or use a self timer

 

Thanks for the tip, I was using a tripod and a remote shutter release, if they seem a little soft its because there was a ridiculous amount of haze last night

 

I forgot to mention that I got two photography internships here at USF. One is with the College of Arts and Sciences, taking pictures for their website, and being a collaborating photographer for our school's newspaper.

 

What's up guys, been a looong time since I posted here. Any chance of getting that photo of the week contest running again? I'm taking classes this fall but I'll make time for photography! Here's a few recent...





New crab cake dish for the restaurant I used to work at.