just darkening of the exposure above the car to bring out the clouds... and fill light to bring out the car just a lil bit more

:tup: thanks for sharing

one more for tonight... I know its a bit grainy... 1600 ISO

http://ccastro.smugmug.com/Automotiv.../IMG1154-L.jpg

looks great :tup:

thanks

My girlfriend:

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1325283865
Canon 7D | 28-135mm f/5.6 | 1/40 sec | ISO 1600


Scarlett:

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1325284423
Canon 7D | 28-135mm f/5.6 | 1/8 sec | ISO 3200


Just messing around with a few shots around the house, with the camera set on CA (Creative Auto, or "Green Square Plus") to see how it behaves.
This camera is light years ahead of my 2003 10D in how quickly it focuses and how well it meters the light of a scene. I guess they've programmed the auto modes with the assumption that the person aiming the camera can't hold it still, ratcheting up the ISO to achieve a faster shutter speed. This results in a fair bit of noise. Nothing that can't be edited out, but I'd rather it wasn't there in the first place.
Time to dive into the manual and start using my camera for real. :rolleyes:

Here's another beer from the old camera:

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1325284874
Canon 10D | 50mm f/2.8 | 1/125 sec | ISO 400

^^^ Good stuff.

I see you like good beer Luna, +1.

Im a huge beer lover myself, I couldnt count the number of beers Ive tried.

Last night I ordered up a Nikkor 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR AF-S DX lens and also a Nikkor 35mm 1.8G AF-S DX. Got a wireless remote as well. I was about to blow $200 something on a Manfrotto tripod and realized I need lenses more than a tripod. Gonna be ordering a tripod soon though. My camera bag will now consist of the two lenses mentioned above as well as my Nikkor 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 ED VR AF-s DX and my Ronikon 8mm f3.5 fisheye.:tup:

It sounds like a nice range of lenses. :tup:

Im pretty excited. I have wanted a nice big zoom lens for awhile. But Im really excited about the prime lens.:happydance:

Prime lenses rock. I love my EF 50mm f/1.4 USM. I put it on the new 7D last night.
Stay tuned for more cat pictures. :icon17:

I was so up in the air about choosing either a 35mm or a 50mm, both f1.8. I ordered the 50mm and cancelled it like 5 min later cause I feared it may be a little much for shooting indoors. Do you ever feel that way??

Yes and no. It's not great for shooting the person sitting next to you, but for portraiture, that focal length combined with a crop frame camera puts you at a distance that makes the model comfortable while still filling the frame and providing a lot of detail. About 6' of distance from the model gives you a head and upper torso shot. When I have to use a camera mounted speedlight, I like being able to get a little further away because it softens the effect of the flash (I also use a soft box on my flash).
that's not to say that you can't get close with the 50mm. If you go back and look at the photos I've been posting here, most of them were done with the 50mm mounted on my old 10D. If I could carry only the lens mounted on my camera, the 50mm would be the one I would choose 9 times out of 10 for the subject matter I shoot (models and beer?).

This shot of Max was taken from about 26" away.
I could stand to stop it down a bit as his whiskers go out of focus as they curve towards or away from the camera, but I'm kind of digging the softness these low f-stops are giving me. Plus, a higher stop would mean either a slower shutter speed or higher ISO or both, or adding artificial light.

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1325356721
Canon 7D | 50mm f/2.5 | 0.3 sec | ISO 500

Nice shot of Max.