The "Creative Photography " Thread [v2] In Memoriam

[dai]

[QUOTE=H4Z3Y;26480091]let's see if I trigger her sarcasm detector with my comment

[editline]4th December 2010[/editline]

we really shouldn't be so mean

[editline]4th December 2010[/editline]

wait this is FP, nevermind

[editline]4th December 2010[/editline]

wait this is FP, nevermind[/QUOTE]

"advocating raiding" etcetera etcetera

[Ronin]

I got so excited for finally buying a new case since my 6 year old one just died, that I just had to take a picture.

[IMG]http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/8190/newpc.png[/IMG]

The light is just how it is in my room, nothing is really photoshopped.

[Khaos-23]

So I recently bought the Canon EOS 550D and made the mistake of buying the IS Kit Lenses, rather than getting decent prime lenses.

I'm trying to decide which prime lens to get. I don't know whether to get a 50mm or 35mm but I'm thinking a 35mm would be better because of the Crop Factor.

Canon EF 35mm f2.0 - $335.00 AUD
Canon EF 50mm f2.5 Macro - $320.00 AUD
Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM - $344.00 AUD
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II - $82.00 AUD

Obviously the 50mm f/1.8 is the cheapest option, but I heard that they are poorly made mostly being plastic. My price range is anywhere up to $350 AUD so which lens would be the best to get?

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35 son

I might suggest the 28 1.8, its expensive (~$400 USD) but you'd love it.

[Khaos-23]

[QUOTE=bopie;26480546]35 son

I might suggest the 28 1.8, its expensive (~$400 USD) but you'd love it.[/QUOTE]

It's too far above my price range but thanks for the suggestion. Looks like I'll stick with the 35mm.

[evilking1]

Being made of plastic isn't bad at all, it means it's lightweight. And quite durable, or do you smack your camera around on purpose?

[editline]4th December 2010[/editline]

I'd put my money on a good zoom lens though, sell the IS lenses and get EF-S 17 - 55 mm F2.8 IS

[Khaos-23]

[QUOTE=evilking1;26480682]Being made of plastic isn't bad at all, it means it's lightweight. And quite durable, or do you smack your camera around on purpose?

[editline]4th December 2010[/editline]

I'd put my money on a good zoom lens though, sell the IS lenses and get EF-S 17 - 55 mm F2.8 IS[/QUOTE]

I'm pretty sure I'd rather metal anything, over something that's plastic.

I'd really like to try a prime lens though, and I'd rather have larger aperture than 2.8
I'll stick with the 35mm prime, and eventually get a zoom lens.

[Pickwickian]

The 35 is a nice lens.

50mm is fantastic, but quite limited with what you can shoot on it. Very good picture quality though.
It's good practice though - having to move yourself around to get a good shot rather than just relying on the lens to do the work for you.

[editline]4th December 2010[/editline]

Here's a really old shot:

[img]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v234/138/106/635841726/n635841726_751715_7745.jpg[/img]

[codenamecueball]

[QUOTE=Funny;26474529]Sounds fair. 12,000 actuations leaves room for another (model rated) 38,000 of my own, I will probably have sold the camera before then. The 70 I don't spend on a better camera leaves 70 to go towards a lens I suppose.

Although I really would like 16:9 shooting.. I suppose I could just manually crop.[/QUOTE]

16:9 shooting won't make your pictures wider-angle, just the camera throws away most of the image

[rieda1589]

[url]http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3303711[/url]

:ohdear:

[Edthefirst]

[QUOTE=bopie;26477763]
As bad as it sounds, it might be good idea to leave that number out. It would scare people into not buying because 33k sounds like a lot. If someone asks though, tell them. They probably know that 33k is less than a third of the way through. As long as you price it accordingly, its ethical. Example: when I bought my car, my girlfriend felt that it was a bad deal because it had 60k miles on it (which sounds like a lot to her), while my car-friend was jealous that I found the car he wanted with relative low mileage.[/QUOTE]

Well D90 is rated to 100k so idk. I think it's best to advertise it since if I'm selling on eBay or something it'll show transparency. Only about 1/3rd of the shutter lifetime used so I think it's ok.

We'll see anyway, I'm still a few months away from the point where I'd be willing to sell my D90.

[editline]4th December 2010[/editline]

[QUOTE=rieda1589;26482688][url]http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3303711[/url]

:ohdear:[/QUOTE]

Can't...contain....rage.....

Seriously. I don't mind bad photographs at all. It's fine when someone takes a bad shot. Hell out of my 33k shots I only have about 3k shots I've saved in Lightroom and exponentially less shots that I've posted. It means the rest of my shots are all garbage. But if there is something that pisses me off more than anything is things like these:

[quote]Can anyone please explain what im suppose to do with the depth of field preview button on the D300? The manual doesnt really help. When I press it and look through the viewfinder, nothing much happens. The image might go slightly darker. What am I looking for, or am I doing something wrong. Thanks[/quote]

Hey, a guy doesn't know how to use an SLR that's perfectly ok, but if they guy knows nothing and goes out and buys a 1700 dollar SLR and doesn't know how to use it, then we have a problem.

[chamon]

[QUOTE=rieda1589;26482688][url]http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3303711[/url]

:ohdear:[/QUOTE]
Daijitsu, we need that Rage rating, now!

[rieda1589]

Some of the posts there are incredibly elitist. That said though, it does have some examples of terrible photography.

[Edthefirst]

[QUOTE=rieda1589;26483356]Some of the posts there are incredibly elitist. That said though, it does have some examples of terrible photography.[/QUOTE]

Yeah like the first few pages were fine, but as they got along they turned out to be incredibly elitist. Some photos that weren't too bad, just had some minor issues were being scrutinized the same way as the "pRo PhOtO, filtershopped!" images. I kept scrolling through the pages and found myself raging at the posters.

Glad the people on here are pretty down to earth most of the time.

[booster]

Guys, is there some sort of super secret trick with photographing that removes the annoying "light rays" from street lights?

[img]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/345/d/4/Directions_by_Cussypat.jpg[/img]
Like there.

[Edthefirst]

Faster shutter speed. The faster the less light "pollution" you get from lamps and things. The only problem is that nighttime makes it really difficult to do that.

[ijyt]

[QUOTE=bopie;26474157]Don't get anything that's not Canon or Nikon.

[Unless its a Leica or Hasselblad but I digress.]

[[No offense to people that don't have Canons or Nikons]][/QUOTE]

uum

[booster]

[QUOTE=Edthefirst;26484142]Faster shutter speed. The faster the less light "pollution" you get from lamps and things. The only problem is that nighttime makes it really difficult to do that.[/QUOTE]
It really is a kick in the balls.

Also, I went to take some photos today, and I really liked this one.

[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11323379/DSC_186111.jpg[/img]

C&C please. Tell me what I should improve and tell me what I shouldn't do.

[tehfrog]

[QUOTE=booster;26484526]It really is a kick in the balls.

Also, I went to take some photos today, and I really liked this one.

[img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11323379/DSC_186111.jpg[/img_thumb]

C&C please. Tell me what I should improve and tell me what I shouldn't do.[/QUOTE]

its a great idea, but you have to remember the rule of thirds.

[editline]4th December 2010[/editline]

it reminds me of space :science:

[Pickwickian]

[QUOTE=Edthefirst;26483728]Yeah like the first few pages were fine, but as they got along they turned out to be incredibly elitist. Some photos that weren't too bad, just had some minor issues were being scrutinized the same way as the "pRo PhOtO, filtershopped!" images. I kept scrolling through the pages and found myself raging at the posters.

Glad the people on here are pretty down to earth most of the time.[/QUOTE]

I think most people here are.

It's nice.

[Uber|nooB]

[QUOTE=tehfrog;26485339]its a great idea, but you have to remember the rule of thirds.[/QUOTE]

The rule of thirds is nice and all, but if you apply it to all your photos they just end up looking very alike composition-wise and kind of boring as a result.

[Edthefirst]

[QUOTE=tehfrog;26485339]its a great idea, but you have to remember the rule of thirds.

[editline]4th December 2010[/editline]

it reminds me of space :science:[/QUOTE]

Well in reality he does. The post slides along the right third line and the lamp is centered on the top center line.

[Roundhouse]

[QUOTE=booster;26484526]It really is a kick in the balls.

Also, I went to take some photos today, and I really liked this one.

[img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11323379/DSC_186111.jpg[/img_thumb]

C&C please. Tell me what I should improve and tell me what I shouldn't do.[/QUOTE]

Composition, yo.
[IMG]http://i51.tinypic.com/2zp4407.jpg[/IMG]

[Pickwickian]

Hey guys, here's a shot I took a few years back.
Still one of my faves:

[img]http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb307/edwin_quast/DSC_8213copy.jpg?t=1291494485[/img]

Here's another:

[img]http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb307/edwin_quast/DSC_8214copy.jpg?t=1291494598[/img]

[tehfrog]

[QUOTE=Roundhouse;26488477]Composition, yo.
[img_thumb]http://i51.tinypic.com/2zp4407.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
this is what i was thinking of. just my opinion.

[editline]4th December 2010[/editline]

[QUOTE=Pickwickian-;26488700]Hey guys, here's a shot I took a few years back.
Still one of my faves:

[img_thumb]http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb307/edwin_quast/DSC_8213copy.jpg?t=1291494485[/img_thumb]

Here's another:

[img_thumb]http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb307/edwin_quast/DSC_8214copy.jpg?t=1291494598[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
and holy shit what happened here?!

[editline]4th December 2010[/editline]

[QUOTE=Pickwickian-;26488700]Hey guys, here's a shot I took a few years back.
Still one of my faves:

[img_thumb]http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb307/edwin_quast/DSC_8213copy.jpg?t=1291494485[/img_thumb]

Here's another:

[img_thumb]http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb307/edwin_quast/DSC_8214copy.jpg?t=1291494598[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
and holy shit what happened here?!

[ijyt]

Wasn't that one of the war protests?

[waylander]

that SA thread is fucking gold

i cant work out if the comments on this flikr [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/47271848@N07/[/url] are SA members being sarcastic or not

[tehfrog]

[img]http://gyazo.com/c965310367cf3bfc99fb6e6c0b9c33d0.png[/img]

[wolfspirit]

[QUOTE=booster;26483936]Guys, is there some sort of super secret trick with photographing that removes the annoying "light rays" from street lights?

[img_thumb]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/345/d/4/Directions_by_Cussypat.jpg[/img_thumb]
Like there.[/QUOTE]

Actually I really like this.

[waylander]

[QUOTE=booster;26483936]Guys, is there some sort of super secret trick with photographing that removes the annoying "light rays" from street lights?

[img_thumb]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/345/d/4/Directions_by_Cussypat.jpg[/img_thumb]
Like there.[/QUOTE]

i think you can get a filter to remove them or do it in PS