Thanks guys!

Not my work, but found it on a photography forum. Thought it was worth a share here:

Yoshi's 370Z | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Some more from a few weeks ago:

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...psc3da296f.jpg

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...psb74f86b2.jpg

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...ps75aecf3e.jpg

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...psf7704b0a.jpg

Any better hosting sites than photobucket that don't kill quality?

Are you using your lights as a constant source or as strobes for those shots?

They are speedlights

I like Smugmug. It's not free, but the quality is much better. If you sign up for a year, it comes out to around $3.33 a month for the "basic" and $5 a month for the "power". The only big difference is a custom hostname, video storage and a few other little extras. There's no limit to the number of files you can upload and they allow you to upload images up to 50mb.

I get a $10 referral credit if you use my coupon code :tiphat: : omvZKcaChRwv8

:iagree:

Zenfolio is another one. Cheaper than SmugMug, since SM raised their price.

I am starting my own photog business and was going to try a smugmug pro account, but I just need something in the time being. Since the good ones cost, I'll probably stick it out until smugmug or whatever I go with. Thanks though guys!

Cmike, will that referral work for a pro account too? I'll use it for you if I can!

So I still have a lot to learn, but I've been playing around with night time photography and I took these last night. Using a D5100 with the stock 18-55mm lens. He problem I'm running into is that the street light next to my driveway makes a lot of the pics come out super orange/yellow colored. I'm trying to play with the white balance but not having much luck.

My street
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h9...psa413d73a.jpg




I edited this after I put the pic on photobucket, but quality than the tapatalk upload :)


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I can also get you a referral number for Zenfoilio if you're interested.

It would help if you posted your Shutter speed, aperture & ISO settings. Mixing lights with different color temps is always a bit tricky when setting white balance. You need to set a custom white balance.

Here's how to set it:
-Go to the location of your shoot. You'll need a gray card or at least something close to it in color (something neutral).
-hold down the WB button and turn the thumb wheel until it's set to "PRE"
-"PRE" will blink
-point your camera at the gray and click the shutter button. It should say "Good" if done correctly. That's it.

Alternatively, you can shoot in RAW and fiddle with the white balance afterwards.

For night landscape type photography, I usually do this:
-Set it to manual
-Set White Balance (see above)
-Set ISO to the lowest normal speed. I usually go with 100 or 200 the most.
-Set the aperture between f/8-f/11 if you want just about everything in focus.

Now all you have to worry about is the shutter speed. It's going to vary depending on how you want the scene to look. Just take a few shots until you see the one you want. Because of the ISO speed and aperture, you'll probably need to start at 1 second, then 2 second.....etc.

Thanks cmike, I'll have to try out the gray card. I was shooting 100 ISO, 5.6f on the stock Nikon 18-55 lens, and I think 20 second exposure time. I'll post some pics later when I'm home for an example of what I'm talking about.


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Awesome Boxer!

That would be me.
But I think I'll try the custom WB route sometime so I know how to do it.

Bastards tore up my trash the other day...

couple shots from my 5D Mark II

http://i47.tinypic.com/i75zk8.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/35mgr4z.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/be7bkl.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/beaa0.jpg

MkII FTW! great cars, little tight on the zoom/crop on the first one. be mindful of reflections, tho some are just unavoidable :tup:

Thanks man! Love the camera I need to start using it more.

That's what Photoshop is for! :tup:

My Grand-daughter Faye:

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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


http://i45.tinypic.com/qswn0m.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/25ev3tz.jpg

http://i49.tinypic.com/1oqars.jpg

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

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.

I love my font bong.

Show off.



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

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h9...ps6a23419b.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h9...ps21553342.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h9...ps4c860ebd.jpg


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

hell yeah it is. I don't feel like paying money for the full-res version though :( How about this instead?


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https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...65779403_o.jpg

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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.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PROD...VFCALLOUTS.GIF

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.

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

That first pic is freakin beautiful!

I've been trying some large panoramas

IMG_5267
IMG_5428

~20 shots with a 50mm on a T3i

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)
http://www.regalwildlife.com/Nature/...erganser-L.jpg

Greater Scaup
http://www.regalwildlife.com/Nature/...r-Scaup4-L.jpg

Blue-winged Teal skimming water
http://www.regalwildlife.com/Nature/...ed-Teal3-L.jpg

American Black Duck
http://www.regalwildlife.com/Nature/...ack-Duck-L.jpg

Green-winged Teal
http://www.regalwildlife.com/Nature/...ed-Teal3-L.jpg

Nice shots, #4 is great

Great stuff!