The Photography Hangout Thread

[Khyber]

wheels are turned wrong way!

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[robertwsimpson]

Hi everyone!

Seeing some awesome shots in here. Looking forward to getting my stang so I can join in the fun. For now, one of my favorite car shots I've taken:

DBS Fisker XKRS by Robert Simpson, on Flickr

 

[wildcatgoal]

Most photos taken with my Sony A6000 and all edited with Lightroom. I had an A7 and never opened it (won at a company event) and I can't see myself even using all the features of an A6000 let alone a true alpha. If anything I am inspired by the best rock photographers, which, in reality, get lucky at first then learn to create luck and end up with great shots. Not like fashion photogs that control the situation for the most part. Anyway, I've gotten lucky myself and have sold a few prints of random shots mostly through a connected family member, none of which I can put here as, well, I don't own them anymore, haha. Interesting what people will pay for a picture they really like from someone that has no name at all. But, each of them had a very gritty, "caught a moment" or "caught something you shouldn't have" sort of thing. Nothing looks better in a photo than a wrinkled face, in my opinion. So seems like every photo I take attempts to find imperfection or even cause it and in doing so... sometimes they turn out pretty cool. And by sometimes I mean... RARELY. Like, let's be honest... I am a terrible photographer compared to many of you and just in general! Haha. But, hey, I had a recent string of luck at a car meet so here some are. I should emphasize... I really dislike - for my own photos - the perfectly smooth, perfectly lit, perfectly focused, all the correct settings, wonderfully edited photos that many others like. Just not my thing, and frankly I doubt I'm capable of it as that's just not my eye. So I've heard people say these suck and others say they're great. And I put a watermark on them because I have seen my photos elsewhere without my permission and its insulting. Yes, the first one is Nemesis5.0 on Instagram. He's in the second shot background, too.

 

[RyStang72]

Some fun candids out in the rain with my Kids yesterday.

Canon 1DX MKII w/ 50L and 70-200 2.8L. Raw, converted, processed and B/W conversion in Lightroom.

DPC_7576 by D.C. 83, on Flickr

DPC_7728 by D.C. 83, on Flickr

DPC_7610 by D.C. 83, on Flickr

DPC_7821 by D.C. 83, on Flickr


testing the weather sealing on the tools..LOL's

Untitled by D.C. 83, on Flickr

Im not far off the upgrade to the MarkII, any noticeable IQ difference to the MarkI ? nice pics by the way....

 

[ststang]

wheels are turned wrong way!

Damn...is there a posing sheet for cars?

 

[bigdave03svt]

Im not far off the upgrade to the MarkII, any noticeable IQ difference to the MarkI ? nice pics by the way....

Thanks,:cheers:

There is a small increase in ISO quality but I didn't really see it in my side by sides until 6400 and up. Up to 6400 both cameras are hard to tell apart.

Now start pushing the shadows up and the MKII is unbelievable!!! It's on par and maybe slightly better than Nikon in DR and shadow recovery. I cant believe how clean the images are when pushing shadows.

Where this camera shines above and beyond anything I've ever owned is in AF...Its an absolute monster! Its ridiculously fast to aquire focus and rarely misses. My old 1dx would get 8/10 shots in focus with 6-7 dead on. This camera will get 9/10 dead on. I've had the best from Nikon as well and nothing compares to this cameras speed and AF ability. I'm really impressed.

I was shooting 75-150 shot burst of my kids running all over the beach, towards the camera, away, side to side, all at the same time with the 200F2, and I have sequences where there wasn't a single missed shot! And others with maybe 1 or 2 out of focus.

If the 5D4 coming next week gets this sensor tech and the 30MP as rumored, it might be the best IQ from Canon we've ever seen.

 

[e2blade]

Damn...is there a posing sheet for cars?

Yes there actually is. I wrote one once.
Don't shoot F16, always turn the wheels towards the car.
And your flash is way to direct. You need to create shadow and highlights, you must shape light, not just throw it at a subject and expect it to work.

 

[ststang]

Yes there actually is. I wrote one once.
Don't shoot F16, always turn the wheels towards the car.
And your flash is way to direct. You need to create shadow and highlights, you must shape light, not just throw it at a subject and expect it to work.

Thanks for the tips!

 

[robertwsimpson]

Thanks for the tips!

Always look critically at the entire frame of your photo before you take it. Try to make it look as interesting as possible, with the interest concentrated around your subject. For example, a wheel is more interesting than a tire. That's why everyone is saying that your wheels are turned the wrong way. Shooting at an f-stop lower than f16 would separate your mustang from the background (background would be blurry). Additionally, in the second photo, the car behind yours is very distracting. You mentioned editing it out in post. That would be very difficult, and really, if I were in the same situation, I would have just found an angle that did not include that in the background. Fix everything before you shoot, not after.

The flash thing, I will defer to those more experienced with it than I. There is so much to learn when it comes to flashes. Again, though, sharp shadows and light blooms from reflections can be a distraction from what you're really trying to showcase. If you look at your photo and see anything other than what you're trying to show, rethink it!

Anyway, just my 2 cents.

 

[robertwsimpson]

one I took while on a little safari in South Africa

Elephant Desolation by Robert Simpson, on Flickr

 

[robertwsimpson]

Does anyone else here shoot with a 1DIII? I can't figure out how to make the highlights not have that magenta tint to them. I always expose to the right and then pull back to lower the noise, but on the 1DIII I always have to remember not to do that. Just wondering if there is another way.

 

[bigdave03svt]

Does anyone else here shoot with a 1DIII? I can't figure out how to make the highlights not have that magenta tint to them. I always expose to the right and then pull back to lower the noise, but on the 1DIII I always have to remember not to do that. Just wondering if there is another way.

Can you show an example? It sounds like Chromatic abberation or "purple fringing" and that's a lens design issue.

 

[Grimace427]

Does anyone else here shoot with a 1DIII? I can't figure out how to make the highlights not have that magenta tint to them. I always expose to the right and then pull back to lower the noise, but on the 1DIII I always have to remember not to do that. Just wondering if there is another way.

Are you talking about color fringing? What lens are you using? I'd say the lens is the actual cause of the fringing, not the camera.

 

[robertwsimpson]

Can you show an example? It sounds like Chromatic abberation or "purple fringing" and that's a lens design issue.

It's not that. You can see it in the sky on the elephant shot. I edit it out in all of my photos, but what you're talking about is isolated to light/dark borders. You can see the entire sky in that photo has a magenta tone to it.

 

[robertwsimpson]

Are you talking about color fringing? What lens are you using? I'd say the lens is the actual cause of the fringing, not the camera.

It happens with all of my lenses.

24L 50/1.4 135L 100-400L 24-105L 17-40L

It's not color fringing.

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