DSLR Shots and Discussions

Sales@F.I. Inc. · 03-31-2013, 10:43 PM

very nice! forgive me as im sure you have posted your setup, but what were those photos taken with? ^^ here are a few of my favorite shots iv taken in the past that I have on this computer

friend took this one of me playing around in the dirt in my duramax..

onzedge · 03-31-2013, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Blake@F.I. Inc.

very nice! forgive me as im sure you have posted your setup, but what were those photos taken with? ^^ here are a few of my favorite shots iv taken in the past that I have on this computer

Thanks.

Shot with my Canon 7D with a 24-70 2.8 L lens set at 50mm. 1/60th at f 5.6, ISO 200, Canon Speedlite 580EX (with Gary Fong cloud diffuser). No post-processing.

onzedge · 03-31-2013, 11:31 PM

LunaZ · 04-01-2013, 01:04 AM

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Huck · 04-01-2013, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

Thanks.

Shot with my Canon 7D with a 24-70 2.8 L lens set at 50mm. 1/60th at f 5.6, ISO 200, Canon Speedlite 580EX (with Gary Fong cloud diffuser). No post-processing.

Show off.

Here's a few that I took last night. Trying to get the hang of this night shot thing.

Sent from my iPizzle using magic and new-fangled science stuff

Cmike2780 · 04-01-2013, 04:25 PM

Huck, I think Photobucket is making your pics "muddy."

Huck · 04-01-2013, 04:44 PM

hell yeah it is. I don't feel like paying money for the full-res version though

How about this instead?

Huck · 04-01-2013, 04:50 PM

And let me ask you guys a question. During night shots, if I'm looking through the viewfinder, the camera has no problem focusing. But after it focuses it won't shoot, and it blinks the flash symbol at me. Then without moving or anything, I'll switch to live view and it has a lot of trouble focusing. Once I get it focused (or almost, as you can see in the first pic above) it will take the pic no problems, no flash. What I resorted to doing was looking through the viewfinder, focusing, then turning off the auto focus and switching to live view to take the pics. It was kind of a pain. What am I doing wrong? For reference, I'm shooting with a D5100, stock lens, and the settings were 100 ISO, 5.6 aperture, shutter speeds between 15 and 25 seconds depending on the shot, and an auto white balance. Suggestions?

Cmike2780 · 04-01-2013, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Huck

And let me ask you guys a question. During night shots, if I'm looking through the viewfinder, the camera has no problem focusing. But after it focuses it won't shoot, and it blinks the flash symbol at me. Then without moving or anything, I'll switch to live view and it has a lot of trouble focusing. Once I get it focused (or almost, as you can see in the first pic above) it will take the pic no problems, no flash. What I resorted to doing was looking through the viewfinder, focusing, then turning off the auto focus and switching to live view to take the pics. It was kind of a pain. What am I doing wrong? For reference, I'm shooting with a D5100, stock lens, and the settings were 100 ISO, 5.6 aperture, shutter speeds between 15 and 25 seconds depending on the shot, and an auto white balance. Suggestions?

If you're in "M" (manual), it shouldn't be asking you to use the flash at all.

If you're in "A" or "S", the camera is basically saying it can't get a proper exposure without the flash. I'm not sure why switching to live view makes a difference though.

You can always set the focus manually. That dot in the left hand corner indicates focus (#2). Just aim the center on focus node on the object you want to target. It will light up once the target is in focus. Metering and autofocus will not work as well in the dark, even with the high end professional gear. This is basically why it's best to go manual everything for night photography. Your results will be more predictable from shot to shot. If you look at the exposure metering bar (#11), that too may shed some light on why it's telling you to use the flash.

Huck · 04-01-2013, 05:18 PM

Yeah, I can't figure it out. I'm in Manual for all the shots. Oh well, I'll keep playing with it.

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Huck · 04-01-2013, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Blake@F.I. Inc.

very nice! forgive me as im sure you have posted your setup, but what were those photos taken with? ^^ here are a few of my favorite shots iv taken in the past that I have on this computer

( Click to show/hide )

That first pic is freakin beautiful!

Knio · 04-01-2013, 10:57 PM

I've been trying some large panoramas

IMG_5267
IMG_5428

~20 shots with a 50mm on a T3i

cgust · 04-02-2013, 12:11 AM

Spring is finally arriving to Minnesota! And with it comes the waterfowl. Now that I'm done with school it will be a challenge to get the time to scout and take photos but here are some from the past two springs. Thanks for looking!

Common Merganser (female)

Greater Scaup

Blue-winged Teal skimming water

American Black Duck

Green-winged Teal

Boost_lee · 04-02-2013, 03:49 AM

Nice shots, #4 is great

6spd · 04-02-2013, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by cgust

Spring is finally arriving to Minnesota! And with it comes the waterfowl. Now that I'm done with school it will be a challenge to get the time to scout and take photos but here are some from the past two springs. Thanks for looking!

Common Merganser (female)

Greater Scaup

Blue-winged Teal skimming water

American Black Duck

Green-winged Teal

Great stuff!

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Huck A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Cocoa, Florida Age: 42 Posts: 5,075 Drives: Pantydropper machine Rep Power: 33	And let me ask you guys a question. During night shots, if I'm looking through the viewfinder, the camera has no problem focusing. But after it focuses it won't shoot, and it blinks the flash symbol at me. Then without moving or anything, I'll switch to live view and it has a lot of trouble focusing. Once I get it focused (or almost, as you can see in the first pic above) it will take the pic no problems, no flash. What I resorted to doing was looking through the viewfinder, focusing, then turning off the auto focus and switching to live view to take the pics. It was kind of a pain. What am I doing wrong? For reference, I'm shooting with a D5100, stock lens, and the settings were 100 ISO, 5.6 aperture, shutter speeds between 15 and 25 seconds depending on the shot, and an auto white balance. Suggestions? __________________ VLEDS \| Evo-R \| Moddiction \| CF Hood Struts \| F.I. CF CBE & LTH \| Stillen CAI \| NST Pulleys \| UpRev \| Z1 \| M7 \| Status \| Forgestar \| PSS \| Whiteline \| SPL \| SPC \| Kenwood \| Zenclosure \| Kicker \| Alpine Type R

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