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Amazing macro dude!!! Love the little green bug, since I'm less familiar than the Fly.
Nice focus


Dancers at a Sikh Wedding by Neo - nimajus, on Flickr

Did an e-shoot this week. I was quite happy with the results so here's one of them:

Engagement Shoot by Neo - nimajus, on Flickr

 

Very nice mate.

I managed to grab the camera quickly while this flew over the house.

 

I'd love to fly one of those, but the kit is super expensive.




IMGP3194 by silverfish51, on Flickr




IMGP3204 by silverfish51, on Flickr

 

Stunning silver. Where did you take those?

 

It's St.Ives Bay from the beach at Upton Towans, Cornwall.

I usually check the sky out of the kitchen window while doing the washing up of an evening, and if the weather looks right, go for a walk along the beach or up to the lighthouse.

 

Did you use a filter for the shot? Tripod? Would love to know how you achieved it

 

Pentax K-x
Sigma 10-20 F4-5.6 DC EX

No filter
Hand held

Manual -
10mm
f/6.3
1/320
ISO 200

Set the camera to f/6.3 primarily to control flare but also because my other landscape lens does nice things with the sky at that aperture. Metered for a mid point between the horizon and foreground, autofocus at the same midpoint then lock it off to stop the AF trying to grab the horizon.

The 10-20 doesn't seem to require a filter as much as the 18-50 or anything else. I figure that because the Sun is smaller in the frame at 10mm, it doesn't have as much power within the image. Also, it was pretty close to the horizon by this point.

There wasn't much swell, even less yesterday, but the waves lapped up differently along the shore, so just took many photos as I walked and picked the better ones.

Also, I pretty much always shoot handheld with the camera hanging off a Rapid Strap unless I specifically set out to take long exposures. It's easier to move around without one.

 

interesting, this is the first time i have came across this. how does aperture control flare?

brilliant shot BTW, many thanks for tips on landscape metering and focusing.

 

Stopping down usually reduces flare (especially veiling flare).

 

Nowhere near as good as silvers! But i managed to snap this earlier today.



Devils Dyke by bdigital101, on Flickr

 

Excellent.

Love the splash of blue in with all the orange and yellow. Clouds can make for really interesting sunsets.



Edit:


IMGP3274-2KS by silverfish51, on Flickr


My friend with the Nikon stopped by so we took another trip down to the lighthouse. As it was dark by the time we got back, decided to try some night time shots of the ruins. I wasn't sure if the sky would be dark enough during summertime, but it wasn't too bad.

Did struggle trying to find a 2sec mirror lockup on the Nikon though. The Pentax has a dedicated button, which is easy, but the Nikon had a collar thing under the main select wheel. Ended up setting both cameras to 12 sec timed shutter release for a 15 sec exposure, popping the flash guns manually.

 

The Eden Project by Balthazar1486, on Flickr

Taken at the eden project. took a trip there with silver and a friend a few days before my eye operation.

i'm still not so good with my camera silv is trying to teach me but i'm a slow learner.

 

Yes, it's like the blind leading the bl... oh... wait.
I'll leave this here.



IMGP3249 by silverfish51, on Flickr




IMGP3284 by silverfish51, on Flickr

 

Did a shoot with a very pretty friend today.

Click for larger (pretty please)


5D mkII - 50mm - ISO200 - F1.4 - 1/320sec


5D mkII - 35mm - ISO100 - F1.4 - 1/5000sec

Dropped my shiny new 35L from about 1,5m on some metal plating with broken glass on it. Still works great but nicked the outside metal skin (few scratches close toghether). Bought it yesterday and it was in pristine condition... thought my heart was going to stop when I saw it drop.

 

They're pretty good, looks like you nailed the focus to be working with such a small aperture f-stop, wide aperture.

 

Thanks. Yes, I'm love the effect they create and am finally starting to get the hang of it. I think this is some of my best work so far. I have some more but will upload tomorrow, but these are my two favorites though. Had a blast and got some decent shots, happy camper!

 

Took this back in January, pretty new to all this!

D3000 with a 85-300mm Sigma.



And this one yesterday with the same setup..getting a little better, Still quite blurry though, could be the distance of shot coupled with the non VR lens.



I'm quite please with them however : )

Constructive criticism welcome!

 

Just got back home from watching a lovely sunset.


Long Island on the Rocks by Neo - nimajus, on Flickr

 

u git, where was this yesterday when i needed a giant pic for a poster! it's beautiful!

 

Neo, I just love that rock in the foreground. Beautiful shot!