Knights Social Forum Photography Thread

[Misanthrope]

Where did Bushy's post go? I swear I read something from him this morning...

I deleted it after realising it didn't make any sense :lol:

 

[Serc]

From memory it made sense to me...anyways more pics guys if you have any!

 

[roopy]

I've been playing with this for an hour, but stuffed it and will start again tomorrow.

Started with this

Turned it into this

Then stuffed it when i tried to colour it

 

[Serc]

I don't know much about the sort of thing you're doing roops...but I really like the middle b/w one!

 

[roopy]

I don't know much about the sort of thing you're doing roops...but I really like the middle b/w one!

I like it too, but i'm thinking it's too plain for a postcard, which is what i'm trying to design.
My colour sense is terrible, so i'm going to get someone with a bit more talent to help.

 

[Danish Moo Cow]

I got the missus and I a 50D for X-mas. Have to say I'm enjoying it a lot.

Here's the view last Saturday from the 27th floor of the Sydney Hilton as a Summer fog rolled through the city:



Breakfast view from their restaurant of the Queen Victoria Building:

 

[astrogirl]

Has anyone ever managed to take good shots of fireworks? I tried to on NYE - admittedly with my point and shoot - but they were horrendous. Will try to post my best effort later on.

 

[Danish Moo Cow]

Steady hand (tripod), f**k-off shutter speed and a good eye.

Buying a canon fisheye this week. Prices are going up before the end of the month all this stuff guys, so get in quick.

 

[astrogirl]

dmc, I had a look at the settings on my camera and it looks like the photos were taken with 2 to 2.5 second shutter speed - there is no way I could hold steady for that long!! Explains the cr@p shots

 

[Danish Moo Cow]

My Canon 50D can set the shutter to 8000th of a second. Took a pic of my fan while on and it looked like it wasn't even plugged in.

 

[astrogirl]

I can't wait to get a great camera and learn how to use it properly

 

[Serc]

dmc, I had a look at the settings on my camera and it looks like the photos were taken with 2 to 2.5 second shutter speed - there is no way I could hold steady for that long!! Explains the cr@p shots

You've got it completely right already pretty much - except for a tripod! A MUST have for taking fireworks photos. An exposure of 2 seconds up to sometimes as high as 10 seconds is about right, and apertures of above F5 and below F10 at a guess (ie: to let enough light in, but not to overexpose it all)

So if your camera can change the shutter speed and the aperture, as well as that tripod - you're set!

I also have some more photos since mid November too:

Just south of Ipswich

Kempsey

At Millmerran (45 mins W of Toowoomba) on New Years Day

I also have some pics of trees stripped bare from the Nov 16 Brisbane storm (yes the one on the news) if anyone is interested.

 

[Pumba]

Awesome pictures.... Yet again!!

Post the other pics up as well Davo!

 

[Serc]

Ta mate! Here we go:

For those of you that don't know Brisbane so well, The Gap is a suburb around 10km NW of the CBD, in a fairly populated area though its a bit hilly so its almost 50/50 suburbia and bushland.

These first two pics are of one of the hills looking north from The Gap itself - I decided to walk up it to see what it looked like up close.

Yes that is (part of) Brisbane in the distance

 

[Serc]

Finally there's a video on youtube which shows what it took to strip those trees clean like that: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=skrnDGl1LxQ

 

[Pumba]

WHAT A STORM :crazy:!!

 

[cram]

Good Pics Serc....whats the weather going to do around Maitland for the weekend? Trying to work out whether to go camping.

 

[Serc]

Thanks cram...looking pretty showery with some rumbles on Sat-Sun, moreso Saturday at this stage. It doesn't look like its going to pelt down with rain though, so if you can put up with that, go for it!

 

[roopy]

some of those would look better in black and white i reckon

 

[Serc]

Certainly accentuates the feeling of desolation doesn't it! I really need to learn a lot more about post-processing I think.