The *Official Photography Thread*

i picked up two of those pancake lenses... one for my 5Dmk3 for photo and one for my 7D for video...

for the money, it's a great lens... used it for an 1980s themed editorial...



And closeup with a ringflash:

 

I hate you mike..haha

 

just trying to make a living

 

It must be so hard...hahaha


Some of my fav shots from this last weekends trip. Love my star shot. Sad there where a few clouds..but other then that, best one yet i think.

4thjulyweekend-22.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr
4thjulyweekend.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr
4thjulyweekend-18.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr

 

Great pics! Especially the stars and the last one.

 

Thanks! Was really happy with the star one. Was gonna do another but I screwed up on setting up the camera haha

 

The beauty of trails is that you can stick with a lower ISO and f/4 or 5.6 and still get a great shot with just a longer exposure. The hard part, at least for me, is nailing focus. You almost have to use live view to nail it-even tho it's infinity.

 

I used the moon and auto focus. Works great. Just have to wait for it to set later. Or just use the sun before it sets. Then turn off auto focus.

I don't do super long exposures. I stack now with 30second exposures. Iso was 1250.

 

I use manual and live view. Auto just seems to hunt forever.

 

Someone asked about some camera basics. I ran across this on PetaPixel today and it describes how to get sharp landscape photos. There's some good stuff crammed into a couple of minutes.

Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=73Yx4NnXPRg

 

Monsoon season is here in Arizona, makes for some great pictures!


http://youtu.be/ZuVvJ3SdS5w

 

That first picture is money! Great colors in it too.

 

Well, I was going to dump my vacation shots in here. But flickr must have updated again, super lame.

 

Work computer is old like dirt, so it hasnt updated. I'll only put a few up. As always, criticism welcome.

IMG_1430 by flyin' B photography, on Flickr

My favorite.

IMG_1432 by flyin' B photography, on Flickr


IMG_1612 by flyin' B photography, on Flickr


IMG_1781 by flyin' B photography, on Flickr

boat1 by flyin' B photography, on Flickr

 

Belize

Iguana Rescue



Mayan Ruins



1800's Sugar Mill

 

Really like the sugar mill photo! Good colors/vibe to it.

 

This shot is rocking it dude! Awesome!

 

Thanks Murph! That was my favorite too.

And I agree, that sugar mill shot is great!

 

From a recent shoot:

DSC_7174 by thxem, on Flickr

DSC_7249 by thxem, on Flickr

DSC_8112 by thxem, on Flickr




Just so no one gets in trouble, depending on where you work these are a tad NSFW:

DSC_8331 by thxem, on Flickr

DSC_8262 by thxem, on Flickr

DSC_7903 by thxem, on Flickr

DSC_7756 by thxem, on Flickr

DSC_7628 by thxem, on Flickr

DSC_7494 by thxem, on Flickr

Sorry for the big post.

 

My brudda!