The Photography Thread

MirrorEyes wrote:

Did you guys get pulled over for taking the cops picture? That's happened to me before haha. And I agree with Shehroze, would love to travel around, especially New Zealand.

hahahahaah fcuk yeah men the wanker saw me taking a pic hahaha and pulld us over but didnt get a fine or anything hahaha

those pics do look awesome guys.. we all need to head over to NZ soooooooon

LOL, he pulled you over for taking his pic... SO YOU TOOK ANOTHER! ROFL. It's not against the law or anything right? He can't get you in trouble just for taking a pic???

Nah they just think you're up to something if you take their pic or whatever haha. At least that's how it is up here, can't get in trouble for it either way.

Time to bump this thread me-thinks

Just bought myself a Nikon D5100 18-55/55-200 kit yesterday, yet to really play around with it and take proper photos but should get plenty of good opportunities over summer

i was doing some light painting tonight and just though id share these. im wicked bored right now lol

here is one of alan



and here is one for us ae101 owners

Two shots I took on New Years Eve at the Hunter Valley Gardens Christmas lights and fireworks - note that they are both straight off-the-gun, no effects mode settings or post-processing






And the second one auto-adjusted in IrfanView

thats super cool tyler..

Thanks ishaq, if I don't get the package im expecting in the mail tonight ill go outside and try to incorporate my car

That's awesome! Light painting is amazing, I don't think I've got the equipment for it.

yeah you do... well maybe. what camera do you use?

Don't you still have that DSLR Chris?

I use the Nikon D300.... but I can't imagine producing anything like that.

Why is that? Put it on a tripod and set the shutter speed to 15 seconds.

And then do what lol?

Turn out he lights and get creative with a flashlight? lol I don't know how to do light painting just yet myself... To Youtube!!

yeah just put the camera on a tripod. i set my f stop to 5 and my shutter speed to 30 seconds cause thats as long as i can go before it goes to bulb (i really need to get a remote so i can use that mode) and i set my iso to 100. first i turned the lights on so i could focus then it was lights out and i acted like a complete idiot lol. i had a lot of fun. i didnt get any "awesome" shots though. ill see if there are any neat ones that i missed

here is another of alan



and just a random whatever you want to call it

4ageboi wrote:

so yeah i painted my mates car few weeks back it was silver painted it black check out the shots while we driving on the motoway..
i was driving and taking pics at the same time..hahahaaha

for a couple pics i thought for a moment that was an s2k but those taillights are deceiving

kickfli12 wrote:

yeah just put the camera on a tripod. i set my f stop to 5 and my shutter speed to 30 seconds cause thats as long as i can go before it goes to bulb (i really need to get a remote so i can use that mode) and i set my iso to 100. first i turned the lights on so i could focus then it was lights out and i acted like a complete idiot lol. i had a lot of fun. i didnt get any "awesome" shots though. ill see if there are any neat ones that i missed

Well, learning what "f-stop" "iso" "aperture" etc might be a good start for me

Though, now that I see your two pics of the purple light... I suppose that I have done "light painting"! I took these in South Carolina on my trip. But, I moved the camera instead! lol.

This one is my car door LEDs and a random street light.



These two are just the random street light.




Oh well,

that first one is really cool!

gold94corolla wrote:

kickfli12 wrote:

yeah just put the camera on a tripod. i set my f stop to 5 and my shutter speed to 30 seconds cause thats as long as i can go before it goes to bulb (i really need to get a remote so i can use that mode) and i set my iso to 100. first i turned the lights on so i could focus then it was lights out and i acted like a complete idiot lol. i had a lot of fun. i didnt get any "awesome" shots though. ill see if there are any neat ones that i missed

Well, learning what "f-stop" "iso" "aperture" etc might be a good start for me

ISO - remnant from film days, in which it referred to how quickly the film reacted to light (the film "speed") - these days it is how sensitive the sensor is - higher numbers = more sensitive but also means more noise
Aperture - the size of the diaphragm in the lens - the larger the size, the more light the lens lets in
F-stop - a measure of the aperture as a ratio of the focal length. An f-stop of f/2.8 means the aperture is set an effective (ie after magnification etc) of the focal length of the lens divided by 2.8. Smaller numbers on the denominator mean a larger ratio and thus a larger aperture opening (a "fast" lens)

Basically, you use a combination of the main camera settings (ISO, Aperture and shutter speed) to determine the outcome of the photo. For instance, in low-light situations you need either a slower shutter speed (to keep the shutter open longer, but means more chance for blurring from movement), high ISO (to get the sensor to react to very small amounts of light, but this can introduce noise) or large aperture (which lets more light hit the sensor whilst the shutter is open, but can tend to softer photos and more out-of-focus areas). All 3 are compromises and you have to weigh up which you prefer - decent DSLRs have standard presets called PASM which will allow you to change one of those settings (ie Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority) and it will automatically work out the others, let you set all of them yourself (Manual) or give you a bunch of presets to choose from (Program) or just do it all by itself (Auto).

Gosh it's so much lol. I do seem to get a lot of noise in my pics, so lowering the ISO would fix that.

Basically, using a tripod with low IS, small aperture, and longer exposure/shutter speed should look the best?

Yeah something like that.