More from the Big Island:




Alas, wishing I had more time to get out with my camera. Today would have been perfect with a rare N. California snow fall.

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12/8/2009 12:26:23 AM

I wish I had an SLR to bring to Saipan with me next week

12/8/2009 12:31:03 AM

Bweez, ive been waiting for you to post from that game.
where were you sitting? i was looking for you on TV

12/8/2009 3:15:07 PM

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"I wish I had an SLR to bring to Saipan with me next week "

How about you just take me and I'll be your personal photographer. FOR FREE!

12/8/2009 5:22:23 PM

Some pretty cool images in this article...

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/10/35-fantastic-hdr-pictures/

12/10/2009 7:59:36 PM

hard to take a bad photo in HI

12/10/2009 9:03:15 PM

A few from last night.

12/11/2009 5:38:40 PM

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"Bweez, ive been waiting for you to post from that game. where were you sitting? i was looking for you on TV"

Haha, I was on the baseline on the end Miami was shooting on each half. On the side the benches are on.

^Those are sweet. What lens?



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12/11/2009 5:43:31 PM

Thanks.
Sigma 10mm 2.8 fisheye.

12/11/2009 5:46:25 PM

totally just got my 400 2.8 this week. I'm in love.

12/11/2009 11:55:25 PM

i shot my first wedding a few weeks ago
im still post processing..should be finally finished tomorrow

i now know i will never want to shot weddings for a living

12/12/2009 12:44:17 AM

12/12/2009 12:45:54 AM

I love this thread.

12/12/2009 12:48:32 AM

^^ I've been meaning to go out to that bridge and take some pictures. how was it?

12/12/2009 8:20:18 AM

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"How about you just take me and I'll be your personal photographer. FOR FREE!"

haha if you can get to the island you can crash in our hotel room

12/12/2009 8:22:36 AM

^^ it was a pretty good spot.

i couldn't sleep last night so i took some pictures off the back deck.



and i took this one in the back yard this morning.

12/14/2009 9:54:39 AM

how much did that lens set you back
i really dig it

is that bridge not in use?

12/14/2009 5:28:13 PM

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=sigma+10mm&N=0&InitialSearch=yes

It looks pretty sexy. But I <3 the tokina 11-16.

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12/14/2009 6:44:02 PM

^^Not really. The only way to get to it is down some desolate back road, and it leads directly to a no trespassing sign and land owned by the airport authority. We were up there for an hour or so and didn't see a single person.

12/14/2009 8:31:30 PM

i played w/ a friend's tokina 11-16 the other day and it was really awesome. i haven't touched my camera in like 5 months.. but that was so much fun. if i had some cash i'd look into that.

12/14/2009 9:40:09 PM

i bought a t1i a week ago or so - love it so far - just got the kit lens and the 55-250 that has been making the rounds in all of the deals recently

12/14/2009 9:41:48 PM

^^ it really is a great lens. i love it.

12/14/2009 10:37:18 PM

^^I just got the d3000 with the 50-200vr for 50 bucks less than I could get the XSi with the 50-250IS right now, but at the time it was about 150-200 less than that package usually is. I can't decide if I'm upset or not. I'd been holding out so long and this is clearly the best deal in a long time for the canons.

12/14/2009 10:41:20 PM

Seriously, what is the fundamental difference between the d5000 and the d90 besides kit lens and the swivel screen? Do those difference really justify the increased price??

12/16/2009 12:18:15 AM

Internet says D90 has internal autofocus motor and more lens options or some shit.

I dunno I don't shoot Nikon.

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12/16/2009 12:41:19 AM

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these are fucking SICK d7freestyler



I need to start playing around with my camera again

12/16/2009 3:01:24 AM

I guess the internal autofocus motor could make it $300 more expensive...funny though, I checked the nikon website and didn't see that bit of info...

12/16/2009 8:58:23 PM

i am keeping my fingers rediculously crossed right now that i get a digital slr for xmas.... cannot wait if i do.

think i might even take the new car up to nyc for a day trip after xmas should be an awesome trip.

12/16/2009 9:07:25 PM

^lol me too!

it's the one thing I asked for, so I'm hoping that my parents coordinate with my g-parents to get me one or something.

12/16/2009 9:08:02 PM

haha i told my mom and dad that if all i open is a new camera on xmas i will be the happiest camper ever.

if i dont get it. i'm going to be so super bummed.

12/16/2009 9:09:00 PM

I probably will too...but I'm not holding my breath seeing how my family has been hard off money wise...although I got a new computer last year and we were even worse off...so I'm being optimistic...

if I don't get one though I won't let my parents know that I'm really bummed about it.

12/16/2009 9:10:37 PM

the d5000 is a tarted-up d40: same basic frame, so there's a thumbwheel, mode selector, and a d-pad.

the d90 has an LCD on top to show current settings and status, which bumps the mode selector over to the left of the built in flash. there's a thumbwheel and a d-pad but also a fingerwheel. The built in focus motor is a big deal, too, as there are several situations where you spend a couple hundred dollars less on a lens that has no focus motor: tokina 11-16, non-brand new nikkor primes, etc.

12/16/2009 9:19:51 PM

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"if I don't get one though I won't let my parents know that I'm really bummed about it."

First I read that as "I'll let me parents know..." and I was thinking what a dick move that would be

12/16/2009 9:22:21 PM

This website is good; http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/nikon-d5000-review-head-to-head-with-d90/

Looks like I will still yearn for the d90.

12/16/2009 9:22:33 PM

^ i like that there are some state pics in the test pictures

12/16/2009 9:24:20 PM

^I noticed that too.

Have you guys heard of this guy? http://www.benjaminwalls.com What do you think?

12/17/2009 1:16:29 PM

this guy and two of his friends were chilling on the porch the other day

12/18/2009 4:34:22 AM

12/18/2009 6:21:03 PM

12/19/2009 11:40:22 PM

thanks, th3oretecht

12/20/2009 12:36:48 AM

^^that shit is tight.

this thread makes me want to drop mad money on a camera i don't know how to use properly

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12/20/2009 1:54:57 AM

do it

you'll fit right in

12/20/2009 11:28:57 AM

I did it but I'm not posting any of my shit here until I start to learn how to use the fucking thing.

12/20/2009 12:34:59 PM

A few shots from my yearly trip to Florida...


















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12/20/2009 9:06:13 PM

Need suggestions on purchasing a len(s) for some Commercial photography. For a Canon digital EOS.

I have a 24-70 L but need a wider lens for pcitures of construction sites, remodeling work, etc. Looking for maybe a prime lens or fisheye in low light at a good price...preferably. Suggestions?

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12/21/2009 12:54:44 PM

that's some x-files type shit right there

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12/21/2009 1:05:31 PM

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"I have a 24-70 L but need a wider lens for pcitures of construction sites, remodeling work, etc. Looking for maybe a prime lens or fisheye in low light at a good price...preferably. Suggestions?"

Get the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8. Sharp, very wide, and fast.

12/22/2009 12:05:29 AM

i'm reading mixed things... should you always keep a UV filter on your lenses?

12/22/2009 3:49:56 PM

personal preferences. I personally use a UV filter only for protecting the front element from scratches and such. Other than that, it really doesn't provide much of anything else. There are purists that say that using cheap UV filters will diminish the IQ by like 1-5% in sharpness. I've only met one photographer who doesn't use UV filters for that "fact", most others just use it the way I do. Nothing more than protecting while transporting or shooting.

12/22/2009 5:21:02 PM

yeah, for $10, i can't really think of a reason NOT to use an UV filter if for no other reason than cheap and effective protection against scratching the lens

i'd like to see evidence that it diminishes the IQ in any noticeable way (i mean, i'm sure it affects it somehow, but i can't see it even being at 1%)

12/22/2009 7:28:33 PM