I so wish the Fedex guy would get here...

Ditto

Which 16-35? There's two versions... I had the old version and I did not like it at all. The f/2.8 was good but the distortion towards the edges was horrible. I've heard the newer versions have alleviated this to some degree. I have the 17-40 f/4 L and I use that thing all the time, it's a great, lightweight, inexpensive L :happydance:

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens

Santa brought me a Vello battery grip for the 5D MIII, a lens collar tripod mount for the 70-200 f4 IS, and an Oben lightweight ballhead tripod. Very good day! Going to do my first real shoot with the Z in a long time tomorrow morning. Pics to follow after edits.

The more I mess around with Photoshop, the less faith I have in advertising.
I mean, I knew this already, but holy crap is the liquify filter a powerful tool!

Oh yeah, its unbelievable what can be done in photoshop. I look at it this way, no picture you will ever see in legitimate, middle to high end advertising is ever not photoshopped.

I made a new, non-existent person tonight.
I felt like I was in Weird Science.

First attempts at star trails. I will probably be practicing a lot more of these. :)

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Nice Tracy, what tripod are you using?

A really crappy and cheap Sunpak one from Best Buy. :icon17:

I caved and bought a new Lenovo laptop with an HD screen for editing. My brother wants me to take his engagement photos and I'd like be able to edit correctly.

Photoshopping is the way to go for advertisements. You should see what we do at work for Hasbro, really badass stuff.

Took a picture today of my bike before I start crashing it. Really wish I could use my canon 70-200 2.8 on the Nikon. O well this will work for now.

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:icon18:

I didn't notice all the stunter kit at first.
Yeah, that bike won't be pretty for long.

Luna if you think that one is pretty check out my other bike. This one I have actually been stunting for several months now.

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They make adapters that would allow to use the Canon on the Nikon.

Ohh man. I totally forgot! Gonna order one asap. It was nikon to canon that they dont make. I forgot you can do canon to nikon. If I remember correctly auto focus wont work with those correct? I also have a 2.8 24-70 which I miss playing with as well.

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I may be totally wrong on this after doing some investigating. It looks like you can get adapter to use Nikon lenses with Canon cameras, but not the other way around.
Most of the info that I found was from a couple of years ago, so it may no longer be valid either. I'm not familiar with Nikon stuff, so I can't search specifically.

Shot of the day today:

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This would have turned out great if I had left it for a few more frames. It was too cold for my husband. :thumbsdown:

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I wish the car itself was lit a little more. What if you did a shot like this and then light painted the car so it stands out a little more in another shot and Photoshop them both together?

Looks cool though.

That's planned for after I get the right set up for just the stars. I could have swapped in an earlier shot of the car that was well lit thanks to the moon but I wanted the real focus to be on the stars.

IDK anything about astronomy, but do stars move like that everywhere or is it different for different parts of the earth?

All I know:

It's different depending on what direction you face and how far into the night you are. If you have the north star in your shot, it will remain stationary and the rotation will be around it. If you shoot away from it, it can vary from part of a circle to this:


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So how long do you leave shutter open for?

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The one with the 350 I used about seventy 30 second frames with ISO 1600. The 370 I used about eighteen 20 second frames and a lower ISO to help with the moonlight. The one above this was bulb mode and open for ~3 minutes or so with ISO 1600 just to see what it would show.

Thats amazing. Had no idea stars move that fast.

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Edited my previous post for better clarity. :)

Most of the movement is the rotation of Earth, not the movement on the stars.

Ahh yes you are correct. Stupid me.

Still is amazing!

stars seem out of focus, what kind of tripod are you using?

A crappy Sunpak with focus set to infinity.

Tracie actually inspired me to do the same thing. I couldn't get the star trails program to work right, so the stars are spotty instead of a single solid line...

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This one I had to take a lot of the pictures out of the stack since there were a crapload of cars on the road messing up the shots, so the stars are kinda sparse (there's like 3 or 4 shots in this one I think)...

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Of course yours are better.

Huck - The lighting from the passing cars has a cool effect on your car. It really brings out the fenders

New year, new car! We traded my wife's 2011 Altima Coupe SR for a 2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring!

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