The "Creative Photography " Thread [v2] In Memoriam - General

Ah, ok. I hadn't had time to look at the 50mm 1.8 yet on google as I had been tidying the house so thanks for filling me in. I'll look into them all myself later as I am going out to Southport for some playing with the camera in a few once I eat. It's always best to do your own research after all on top of people's recommendations. By the way I love your project 365 thread Adio. :sax:

I forgot the d3000 didn't have an internal motor, sorry. Still it's a good investment. You can use it manually and a small light will turn on in the viewfinder when it is focused right. This isn't the most ideal option as it won't allow you to focus very quickly but it does the job. You should also remember that is better to invest in lenses than camera bodies as camera's will be outdated in a matter of years, but lenses won't

Yeah I have tried the manual focus a few times and managed to get the hang of it taking shots of just things outside my house. I have glasses though so it's hard to see sometimes the full display when preparing a shot and noticing the little dot. Guess I just need to keep practising so I get use to it.

[QUOTE=Emz;22853906]Thanks for the advice I really appreciate it. The only lens I have is the stock lens right now that came with it I think it's a 18-55mm VR lens. I need to use my tripod more as my hands are shaky and with the long exposure my images kept getting too blurry as it felt like I was waiting a life time. I'll look about at prices of that nikkor 50mm 1.8 lens in the UK and save up. The camera itself took the rest of my spare cash though I should be getting more soon from a software job I recently did. Mostly now all I have been doing is shooting everything with my camera and testing angles and where to stand for the shot I guess I'll continue on with that for now whilst I am still getting use to it. It's my first time using a none "point and shoot" regular digital camera. I absolutely love DSLR cameras now and am converted. Thank you again. Rated heart. :buddy: Also, for close ups obviously even in Macro Mode the camera struggles to gain focus. I take it the Macro Mode still needs a decent Macro lens?[/QUOTE] Hey EMZ thanks for the nice comments :P Look into the 35mm 1.8 from Nikon my good friend [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/optimus_prime/"]DrewShoots[/url] Rocks this lens and I love the results.

oh hey it's a police helicopter perched on a tree branch [img_thumb]http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/804/img0814ga.jpg[/img_thumb]

I am a little confused by all the differences. A lot of the information people are posting on google seems to only really cover portrait work when comparing the 35 and 55mm and so I am struggling to get which one is better as an "all-rounder" - if an all-rounder even exists (or do I have to just realise I will need to keep saving up for lenses?) In regards to night photography my research seems to be saying that if your lens works good in the day should at night as long as you use your tripod and set the camera up right. There was mention of "nocton" lenses and that these special night lenses are usually too much of a waste of money for the average person. As for settings it said to keep the ISO at a minimum and about 3-5 seconds or so shutter speed and an aperture of f11-16 (though someone else said they only have it around f4 and f8.) Does this sound about right to you guys? I guess the best way is to just try it myself. The drive to Southport was delayed until tomorrow though I guess I can always do a few shots out my window until then. Oh and I looked at your friends work karlhungus and it is awesome. There is one I think on page 4 at a club with green lighting which is nice. Don't get me wrong the shots of all the ladies are amazing quality but the subject doesn't appeal to my tastes (no gaybows please, I'm a lady - though if you really want to I don't mind the odd rainbow. :3:)

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[QUOTE=Emz;22860660]an aperture of f11-16[/QUOTE] Such a small aperture at night seems kind of counterproductive.

All I hear about are how they're good for portraits - is that about it for a prime lens? Also love how you photoshopped that gate out and how much of a difference it actually makes. I would never have known - good job. :sax: [QUOTE=Uber|nooB;22860830]Such a small aperture at night seems kind of counterproductive.[/QUOTE] Yeah, all the contradictory information across websites really is confusing me.

Hmm, looking at how much better everyone else in this thread is than me almost makes me want to give up and sell my camera [editline]11:50PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Emz;22860843]All I hear about are how they're good for portraits - is that about it for a prime lens?[/QUOTE] I've only got two lenses, the 18-55mm kit and a 50mm f/1.8 prime. The 50 is pretty much permanently on my camera though.

Well hey, you are at least definitely better than me seeming as I only started a day ago. :3: You shouldn't stop though unless you no longer find it fun to do. [B]Edit:[/B] And thanks.

Oh yeah, my flatmates and I decided to take a few pictures since we're all splitting up into smaller groups and moving into new flats (and two of them are permanently leaving), and here's what we got: [img_thumb]http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/2531/img0896x.jpg[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/1848/img0898v.jpg[/img_thumb] I think these actually turned out not too bad [editline]11:58PM[/editline] Well apart from one of them deciding to not stop talking

They look great Uber, love that girls red hair also.

Thanks! And yeah, agreed, her hair is rather cool.

Haven't contributed in a while, but here's a couple from the past month: [img]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1351/4731269199_7bbe62aa0c.jpg[/img] [img]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1022/4731270075_4aa864bc85.jpg[/img] [img]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1356/4731914828_5791cc9aee.jpg[/img] [img]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1244/4731269819_1a41082481.jpg[/img] [img]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1024/4731269581_541022da55.jpg[/img] [img]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1048/4731913070_6efd8f970c.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Emz;22839207] [img_thumb]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1065/4729181136_d213288632.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] What's with those bricks :confused:

Circular window from the downstairs bathroom. [B]Edit:[/B] Good morning, facepunch. Just managed to catch the sun rise before it went behind the clouds. [img]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1149/4731724841_6c39741902.jpg[/img]

Emz I have one question for you. Do you leave your camera on automatic? or do you have it on manual? And about that night photography, there isn't a 'right' setting for that. You see, the wider(like f2.8 or f1.8) the aperture is, the more light it will catch thus allowing you to shoot with a faster shutterspeed and so forth reducing blurryness in your pictures. Night photography isn't something you would quickly do with a kitlens because it doensn't allow enough light to go in so you will almost always have to shoot with either a high ISO(this allows you to shoot with a faster shutter speed but will bring up alot of noise on the higher ISO levels)or a long shutter speed. so let's say you want to shoot moving subjects at night. You will need to either crank up the ISO or shoot with a lens with an open aperture(something like f1.8 or f1.4) You can ofcourse shoot with your kitlens but you will need to have a shutterspeed of a few seconds. This means that you need to have it on a tripod, otherwise the vibrations of your hands will cause blur on your pictures. So for the difference between f-stops of 4, 8 or 11 16; closed apertures like 11 or 16 will allow less light to fall onto the sensor which would make your images darker(ofcourse this is paired with other factors like shutterspeed and ISO) but it will also focus a wider range. If you use an aperture like f2.8, it will focus only on a small area, leaving the rest of the background and such blurry. For landscape photography, it is best to keep your aperture around f8 as you want a bigger area to be in focus. for portrait, you could use(ofcourse depending on preferences) and aperture of f1.8, f2.8 but that is up to you. [IMG]http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/44/eehrrr3.jpg[/IMG] This was shot with an aperture of f11, shutterspeed of 1/60 and ISO setting of 200.

I mostly leave it on automatic as whenever I tried settings from those sites that made no sense earlier (in the above posts) they would be blurry. I am finding it very hard to take it all in I have a very slow learning curve. :eng99: So am I getting this right - the higher the aperture the more of the scene will be in focus? So it controls depth of field? As well as controlling how much light goes to the sensor when taking an image? I do have a tripod so I can use that also I did notice the blur due to the slow shutter speed 2 nights ago when I was outside around midnight playing with the camera.

You also would want to find, if your camera has it, a setting for mirror lock-up. This will reduce vibrations from the mirror reflex. This usually isn't an issue, but it becomes one with long exposures. Also, yes, all of those things are true.

Yes it does, thank you. :love:

It's also a good idea to set your camera to A or S, standing for aperture and shutterspeed. If you would set it to A, you would have to control the aperture while the camera controls everything else like shutterspeed etc. Same goes with S but instead of controlling the aperture, you now only control the shutterspeed. It's pretty useful to see how the camera reacts to the aperture or shutterspeed you set it to.

Ah I did wonder if it compensated for the rest of the settings. Thanks. :buddy:

Train and tram pics incoming. I was following the subject of the photograph which in these cases happened to be a tram and a train. I did it with a couple of cars too but they weren't very interesting shots. I do like the effect this type of picture gives. ~25mph [IMG]http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3549/img2688i.jpg[/IMG] ~100mph (hence the blur on the train) [IMG]http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8817/img2684kk.jpg[/IMG] Also more funky zoom effect [IMG]http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7218/img2713c.jpg[/IMG]

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Was in Southport today. I forgot my tripod because I am a douche but managed to get some nice pictures (I think anyway.) [img]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1151/4734556028_c91ac90c1d.jpg[/img] [img]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1054/4734555034_5e958e5b15.jpg[/img]

all so great, you guys should be proud of your skills :golfclap:

emz those are awesome.

Thanks. :love:

I didn't realize perfumly made this group on flickr- [url=http://www.flickr.com/groups/1248673@N23/]Photographers of Facepunch[/url] looks to be mainly brianETC(karlhungus) right now v:v:v