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[Blagsta]

looks like spam to me

 

[Vintage Paw]

Makes me think of the Doctor Who Ep "Blink"

 

[liampreston]

Heh, yeah, a thing for road signs, as you do...

 

[funky_sessions]

Jammin'

my first attempt at gig photography. still getting to grips with my new 40d.

 

[liampreston]

A mate of mine of photographs for the local paper and blogs always curses mic stands and bass players

 

[tom_craggs]

my first attempt at gig photography. still getting to grips with my new 40d.

Who's the band?

 

[tom_craggs]

I just built my first website of photography last week. Would love to hear people's feedback, please. Thanks!

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Spam I am sure, but either way personally I find the lighting on your portraits a bit too harsh for my tastes.

 

[funky_sessions]

Who's the band?

Pando. - i'd never heard of them, a friend of mine who is a music promoter asked me to come down and take some pics for her, there were 4 different bands on that night, I managed to get some cool shots, but some faster lenses are now on my shopping list, the 17-85 IS couldn't cut it in the lighting conditions.

my sigma 105 f2.8 macro was pretty good, but still struggled with the lighting at times, so i'm thinking about a 50mm f1.4 or even an 85mm f1.2
I also want a 70-200 f2.8IS for my kit, but at nearly £1300 it's going to take some saving

 

[editor]

I just built my first website of photography last week. Would love to hear people's feedback, please. Thanks!
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Not nice to spoil the non-commercial community vibe of this thread with your "me! me! me!" selfish plug for your print-flogging website.

 

[johey24]

Pando. - i'd never heard of them, a friend of mine who is a music promoter asked me to come down and take some pics for her, there were 4 different bands on that night, I managed to get some cool shots, but some faster lenses are now on my shopping list, the 17-85 IS couldn't cut it in the lighting conditions.

my sigma 105 f2.8 macro was pretty good, but still struggled with the lighting at times, so i'm thinking about a 50mm f1.4 or even an 85mm f1.2
I also want a 70-200 f2.8IS for my kit, but at nearly £1300 it's going to take some saving

Dear goodness

Those prices you quote!

The 40D PLUS wide angle EFS 17-85 PLUS 75-300mm lens PLUS 2 x 4GB cards, a heavy duty bag, a variety of light filters, 3 batteries, charger and mobile charger, tripod, cleaner sets plus plus plus .... all this cost me about 80% of your single lens out here. All brand new. Even cheaper if u go to Japan.

Not sure what a ticket costs from Europe at the moment, but you can fly out here, have a wee holiday for 3 or so days and go back with all these for not too much more than 1600 Pounds.

 

[quimcunx]

I love this!

I think it's quite playful though, like a game of hide and seek.

 

[johey24]

PS
A friend of ours flew out here about a year ago, bought the Canon 75-300mm zoom plus Macro lens a for about 60% of the European price.

Something to consider if u have the money AND want a holiday in the East.

 

[johey24]

TX Papingo. Was meant in a playful / naughty way. Nosy, eternally young girl and gossiping old timers ............ or more seriously, mobility vs being frozen in time.

Jealousy, eventually.

 

[tom_craggs]

Pando. - i'd never heard of them, a friend of mine who is a music promoter asked me to come down and take some pics for her, there were 4 different bands on that night, I managed to get some cool shots, but some faster lenses are now on my shopping list, the 17-85 IS couldn't cut it in the lighting conditions.

my sigma 105 f2.8 macro was pretty good, but still struggled with the lighting at times, so i'm thinking about a 50mm f1.4 or even an 85mm f1.2
I also want a 70-200 f2.8IS for my kit, but at nearly £1300 it's going to take some saving

Interesting, had similar issues myself. The image qaulity of the sigma 105 is fantastic but sometimes when doing events with it the versatiity of a zoom was really missing. I rarely find I need less than 2.8 though, ISO 800 - occasionally perhaps. I notice sigma have recently announced the release of a 50mm 1.4

I brought the canon 70-200 2.8 non IS - image qaulity is sublime, as good as a decent prime IMO. My advice - go second hand - got mine for under £400 and it's been a life saver, but kills my neck and back over the course on an evening! - Also I have found you need a decent monopod for it really. Here's a snap with it in very low lighting;

Would be good to see more of your shots from your event.

 

[Yelkcub]

Taken with a now lost mobile phone....

 

[liampreston]

Off to take yet more street name shots. Too much of a point-and-clicker, alas, but I'll give any more decent attempts to the two previous on here...if there are any heh.

 

[funky_sessions]

I brought the canon 70-200 2.8 non IS - image qaulity is sublime, as good as a decent prime IMO. My advice - go second hand - got mine for under £400 and it's been a life saver, but kills my neck and back over the course on an evening! - Also I have found you need a decent monopod for it really. Here's a snap with it in very low lighting;

Would be good to see more of your shots from your event.

Tom, i'll post up some of the other pics once i'va had a chance to look through them, I shot nearly 400 pics over the course of the night, some came out well, some not so good. I priced up the 85mm F1.2L II lens on my way home, and it's even more expensive than the 70-200L IS

I thought about going for the non IS version, but thought that the Image Stabilisation was worth the investment, although, if I could find a 2nd hand lens for a decent price I'll invest in a decent monopod instead. as the image quality from that pic looks fantastic

the lighting was less than spectacular at the venue, I was shooting ISO3200
just to be sure of getting the shots. one thing I am impressed with is the low noise at high iso from the 40d, it's impressive.

this was converted to black and white and tweaked using Exposure 2 to add some film grain, the pic works better in black and white than colour.

once again, converted to black and white using exposure 2.

 

[stowpirate]

Taken on Zenit 3m with the standard Helios lens. The location is just down the road from Delia Smith house in the Suffolk of village of Moats Tye.

Taken some years ago on top of the Long Mynd in Shropshire.

Taken with Ilford Delta 3200 Film

 

[Dreadwear]

 

[chooch]

the umbrella's the only one that grabs me there - good strong graphic image, quirky composition. not sure what any of the others are trying to do, really.

is that uffington?

 

[Dreadwear]

Yes, it is, Chooch! Well spotted.

The water one is of the Appearing Rooms at Southbank.

I also don't actually know what any of them are trying to do, he he.

 

[sim667]

4 of mine...... board n00b

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

They hung him out to dry.

Nikon D40. Can't remember the lens i was using.

 

[stanie]

 

[daniella34dd]

My Modeling Pics

let me know what you guys think <3
-d

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Also, if you're a photographer in the Miami area, hit me up!

ed: no 'hit me up' adverts if you please.

 

[boskysquelch]

will do...kthnxbai X

 

[nightowl]

my first ever panorama. thames barrier park this morning

http://theowlsnest.fotopic.net/p54541835.html

 

[CyberRose]

I have never posted a picture ever before, but I am planning on getting a new camera for Christmas so have been having a nosey around and decided to submit this picture to the critics:

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg286/jameswagstaff/cctv.jpg

I call it "Camera with spikes stuck on it"

 

[mauvais]

I love this photo. Took it in a burst of several as I was trying to catch them fighting. Made me laugh out loud when I first saw it.

 

[liampreston]

I've been out pointing-and-clicking, these are two I'm brave enough to offer for constructive (I hope!) critisicm....