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"Nothing to see here. God's butthurt again."

4/20/2012 3:22:13 PM

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"Omar, were most of those done with sparklers?"

4/20/2012 3:24:48 PM

Another butterfly. This was from an Easter trip to ASheville.

4/20/2012 3:31:11 PM

The goodbyes are starting. Field work is coming to an end at the end of this month.

4/21/2012 1:06:22 AM

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"Omar, were most of those done with sparklers?"

steel wool lit on fire and swung around on a cord - what kind of insane sparklers do you use for the 4th?

4/21/2012 4:35:40 AM

hi ya'll

i wanted to add to the nikon vs. canon debate.

ive asked almost every single photographer why they chose the brand they chose.

and from what i can gather by the agglomeration of their opinions (i LOVE picking the brains that have made a brand switch) is that nikons are superior in lower light and indoor settings but canons tend to be ever so slightly better in most other areas.
but in the end it's not any huge difference.

ive kinda sorta wanted to switch to nikon for a while, and maybe i will in the future, money permitting
we just have far too many lenses and im not convinced enough to justify it at the moment

4/21/2012 10:51:43 AM

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/nikon-vs-canon.htm

4/21/2012 1:22:17 PM

^ ive actually read that as well.

very informative

[Edited on April 21, 2012 at 2:33 PM. Reason : whoops]

4/21/2012 2:32:48 PM

I want to sell all of my gear and buy a medium format SLR.

4/21/2012 5:28:08 PM

One thing that Ken Rockwell did not mention (possibly because article may be a little dated) is that Canon has been kicking ass in the video field for the last few years, pretty much single handedly starting the whole HDSLR movement and spawning a massive supply of affordable cinema gear. Nikon is just now starting to catch up. If you are buying a camera made by one of those two within the last three years, that may be an important consideration to some.

^I thought a good photographer can make an award-winning photo with an AE-1? Holler if you are interested, I got one I can sell you. It even comes with an old speedlight and a power winder. I found it to not be compatible with my Photoshops

[Edited on April 21, 2012 at 6:40 PM. Reason : .]

4/21/2012 6:39:36 PM

If you make it out to one of the get together's then I would not mind if you shot with one of my 3 Nikon bodies to see how it compares.

4/21/2012 7:10:46 PM

I shot with a Nikon comparable to my 60D (it was a D5100 with a f/1.8 DX lens i believe), and I thought it had a better AF, a more intuitive menu, and a much sweeter shutter sound (FWIW than the Canon. They are fine cameras and for photography both brands are very much competitive like Ken Rockwell pointed out. I just noticed that there was nothing said about video at all in the article (probably written prior to 5DMKII times)

4/21/2012 7:28:20 PM

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"^I thought a good photographer can make an award-winning photo with an AE-1? Holler if you are interested, I got one I can sell you. It even comes with an old speedlight and a power winder. I found it to not be compatible with my Photoshops"

He can. But if Mario Andretti can spank you in a Ford Fiesta, just imagine what he can do in an Indycar? (I'm not comparing myself to him, but just extending your analogy).

I really am drawn to medium format due to the increased photo resolution it provides, and it's much more of a purist format than digital due to it's lack of accessibility.

Here is my favorite photo I've shot so far on medium format, but it was on a $5 toy camera. I'd love to see what I can do with a $500 Hasselblad.



[Edited on April 21, 2012 at 11:49 PM. Reason : ]

4/21/2012 11:48:16 PM

How do I link a photo from flickr?

^ I can't really say why but I really like that. What was the toy camera you were playing with?

[Edited on April 22, 2012 at 12:03 AM. Reason : f this]

4/22/2012 12:01:40 AM

4/22/2012 12:12:28 AM

Went out to shoot some MX/BMX friends this past two days























[Edited on April 22, 2012 at 4:57 PM. Reason : Bonus bicycle trials one from a little while ago.]

4/22/2012 4:35:38 PM

i really really really like this

4/22/2012 4:37:16 PM

i like the last portrait

4/22/2012 4:40:45 PM

I shot some record store day festivities yesterday:

http://www.beachedmiami.com/2012/04/22/sweatstock-2012-photos/





















[Edited on April 22, 2012 at 5:04 PM. Reason : ,]

4/22/2012 5:00:33 PM

Igor All really good stuff. The night time action shots are the best I think.

[Edited on April 22, 2012 at 5:01 PM. Reason : ]

4/22/2012 5:00:45 PM

Yeah, the past few posts have been rad.

4/22/2012 5:05:59 PM

I love the colors of the last one.

4/22/2012 9:59:25 PM

A few photos of my friends and some scenery from a recent roadtrip through the West Coast (purists please pardon my Lightroom adjustments):

























And i'll wrap up with an unmolested iPhone pic. Given enough light, the iPhone camera does not cease to amaze me [/fanboyhood]

4/23/2012 3:18:52 PM

This is great!

4/23/2012 3:25:27 PM

I love every one of those photos you posted Igor.

4/23/2012 3:26:56 PM

Thanks guys! I have been lurking around this thread for a while but the last 190 pages sure set a high standard for people wanting to poAst Now that the quality of my pics have improved a bit, i'll start posting here regularly.

4/23/2012 3:30:03 PM

i need to find some 1/8th to 1/4th adapters for my optical slaves....

or 1/4" opitical slaves themselves


any help??

(i havent done that much searching yet but i figure you guys can help )

4/23/2012 4:13:52 PM

Radio Shack

4/23/2012 4:14:48 PM

thats what cody said.


okie doke <3

4/23/2012 4:15:57 PM

Hola everyone. Found my way here via the poll skew thread being posted on gameday's FB page. Some strong work here.

A couple of mine from Utaw.

Delicate Arch


Zion NP





Wasatch-Cache National Forest

4/23/2012 6:21:34 PM

Awesome view of the Delicate Arc. It is rare to capture it with out any people underneath, especially at sunset. I really like the last pic as well.

4/23/2012 7:24:36 PM

newcomers steppin up the game!

4/23/2012 9:46:38 PM

http://gizmodo.com/5904470/couple-pays-1200-for-objectively-worst-wedding-photos-of-all-time?ref=nf

4/24/2012 9:14:36 AM

I screwed up one of my cut/pastes yesterday. #2 should have been

Zion NP


Antelope Canyon Sandfall


Bonneville Salt Flats


Canyonlands NP, Washer woman arch and "the Monster".

4/24/2012 10:14:58 AM

the one with the sandfall is gorgeous

4/24/2012 10:21:02 AM

there is some really kickass stuff on this page

and I really need to break out the f/1.8 and take some photos worthy of this thread

4/24/2012 10:21:11 AM

Just messing around.

4/24/2012 1:48:36 PM

^^ Are those self's? #3 ftw.

4/24/2012 2:02:37 PM

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"Antelope Canyon Sandfall"

Nice photo! What was your shutter speed on this one?

4/24/2012 2:55:28 PM

Thx! The SS is only 1/2 sec, if I recall.

[Edited on April 24, 2012 at 2:58 PM. Reason : more 411]

4/24/2012 2:57:59 PM

^^^Nah, my buddy Matt and I playing with my AB800.

4/24/2012 3:13:40 PM

What did you use for a modifier, Ronny?

4/24/2012 3:36:12 PM

Nothing. Was using a beauty dish at first but it wasn't looking right under the overcast sky. This was just the 7" reflector that came with the flash, from directly to his right.

4/25/2012 12:43:06 AM

This is a great page y'all

4/25/2012 7:38:26 AM

good stuff

I really need to use my alienbees more

4/25/2012 4:58:10 PM

All of you people that thought my picture was overprocessed and crowded...

I guess it was too underprocessed and undercrowded in order to beat this 1st place winner in People category!



Apparently I should have fake-HDR'd that shit by pulling three different exposures from my raw file and get a few more aimlessly wandering people into my picture.

Plz to re-evaluate your picture judging abilities.

Not saying you guys were not right about the pitfalls of my photo, it was a tough shot to expose and you were right to say that I winged that shit at the best. It's just sad that the winner took the worst parts about my shot and took them even further and IMHO his composition is inferior. It was all about the composition to me and the capture of that one moment when the sun and the friends and the couple and the puppy fell into the right place.


[Edited on April 28, 2012 at 12:36 AM. Reason : /butthurt]

4/28/2012 12:32:56 AM

prepare for a world of judgment.



[Edited on April 28, 2012 at 12:39 AM. Reason : these are the two options]

4/28/2012 12:38:17 AM

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"Plz to re-evaluate your picture judging abilities."

I'm not a pro, but I think the judges are the ones that need reevaluating...

4/28/2012 8:08:51 AM

Sorry, but that winning picture has much more of a feeling of:


While your photo has more of a feeling of:

4/28/2012 9:44:48 AM

set em up

4/28/2012 10:01:45 AM