red beast Posted April 7, 2005 Author Share Posted April 7, 2005 Yea I didn't focus on the eyes which I should've. This is when I got my 50 1.8 and was messing around with it at f/1.8. gt_ltd: the ones I posted, yes cept the shark, the wife took that. ' you learn as you go. i did the same type of shots when i first started and it is hard when animals move all the time. you need a good zoom lens to get candid shots i've got the canon d60 with canon 2x II extender and f/2.8 70-200L is zoom 1.6x2x200=640 but it starts to get soft when i hit around 400 i'd prefer a canon 20d or better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 did all of you actually take the pics yourself? Yes for me. Cool thing about digital, as Red Beast said.....take a bunch and sort through the good ones. Professional photographers have always done that, but the average consumer didn't because film processing was so expensive. Digital allows you to see instant results so you can fool with staging, composition, camera settings, lighting and angle. I must have taken almost 800-900 from my time in Patagonia.....in the end, most were 'snapshots', but a few handfuls were worthy of sharing. My fiance works in commercial printing - she made calendars for me, and enlarged the higher res shots to large print size. Several hand on my walls in nice custom frames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red beast Posted April 7, 2005 Author Share Posted April 7, 2005 a good inkjet printer will do wonders on a 8.5 x 11. buy a printer with seperate ink cartridges. i had a epson 4 color c82 which was cheap and gave great printouts. i recently bought a epson 7 color stylus photo r800. very small increase in output quality. in the end i could have saved $400 smackers. in the beginning i used gloss paper until i saw a print out on epson professional enhanced matte paper. great stuff. sharpness increases. only use it with an epson printer and resample you images to 300dpi (max), 8x10, make sure jpg compression is 0 or off. a little unsharp goes a long way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 I get to use an HP DesignJet5 for the big stuff....up to 48" minimum dimension. Matte paper with a hi-res, color corrected image looks great.....not sure of the resolution, but at that size, nobody looks close enough to see the ink composition. It's 7 color too. We have an HP Photosmart 7550 for the small prints at home.....meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red beast Posted April 7, 2005 Author Share Posted April 7, 2005 your inkjet understands 250 -300 dpi without haveing to interpolate. anything higher just takes time to reiterpolate and it may makes the pic worse not better. your pic needs to be 300dpi x output size. so if the printout is 30 x 42 it's still 300 dpi. and it's one big file. 340 megish uncompressed 17 megish jpg we have xerox 8825 plus scanner $30,000 laserjets 4600, 5500 (11x17) inkjet 1700 sux boss ask's what a designjet goes for every 6 months but we really don't have any production use for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 I have a trained pro-fessional on staff to figure all that out for me. She has $10K drum scanners, calibrated monitors in a dark room and a couple G4's on her desk....I just tell her what pic and what size and she does the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rony Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Yep, those are my pics. I have about 10 gigs of photos that are either scaned from my old cameras or taken with my digital cameras. My Car vBGarage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBDarkwinter Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 all mine I took about 3000 pics on those two trips combined. I have about 50 or so that are worth looking at if you were not on the trip. I also have some of the 2000 and 2003 Americas Cup's from New Zealand if you want to see any of thoes.... I need to go find them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlew308 Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 I have a Nikon AF-D 80-200 2.8 & Tamron 28-75 2.8 lens in my zoom collection. red: Do you frequent the forums on http://www.fredmiranda.com ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJChenMPH Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Here's one taken during a NYC/Caribbean cruise back in late November/early December, during one of our days at sea. I have more from a trip my g/f and I took to Australia a couple of weeks ago, but they're on her laptop. Andy Andy | My Whips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scans007 Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Here are some I took in Aruba.......Cam = Sony DSCF707 (had to shrink them alot) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneezy Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 I'll have to dig out some others later. http://www.myfirehawk.net/sset11.jpg http://www.myfirehawk.net/sky2000/s0p35.JPG http://www.myfirehawk.net/spiediefest04/images/IMG_9182.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneezy Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 http://www.myfirehawk.net/slpday/kewl.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlew308 Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 gimmie doritos!!! http://www.hoodrichproductions.com/dlew/albums/cancun/dscn1273small.sized.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallispec Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 awesome pics! You guys have some really nice cameras and setups. (makes my nikon coolpix775 look like sh!t) I'll see if i can find some of my pictures and upload them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red beast Posted April 7, 2005 Author Share Posted April 7, 2005 my first digital camera was a casio 3mp that i bought on a las vegas vacation. i got some great pics from it. sometimes it's not what you got it's how you use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlew308 Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 2.1M olympus camera Big Island, HI http://www.hoodrichproductions.com/dlew/albums/Kona/smalltrip72.sized.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt_ltd Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Some pix from Tahiti too Sunset - Moorea http://www.hoodrichproductions.com/dlew/albums/Tahiti/tahitidscn0424.sized.jpg Overwater Bungalow - a must even if just one night http://www.hoodrichproductions.com/dlew/albums/Tahiti/tahitidscn0478.sized.jpg I need a vacation!!! This Space For Rent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Most of mine were taken with my first digicam - A Nikon CoolPix 950. I have a Nikon 4500 now.....double the resolution and better color. I want a new Nikon, but use it so infrequently vs. my Sony DSC-U30, I can't justify it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChE Outback XT Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Here are a few of mine. I actually do a little bit of freelance sports photo... mainly skiing, but a few other sports. I'd love to hear your thoughts on these! FYI - Canon EOS 20D, EF 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 IS or EF 70-200 f/4.0 L (an amazing, incredible, and overall wonderful lens for a decent price), and a small Cessna flown by a friend, when necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneezy Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 These are huge so consider yourself warned. They just don't look as good resized! http://www.myfirehawk.net/02ccnot.jpg http://www.myfirehawk.net/02cc2.jpg http://www.myfirehawk.net/02cc1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 just took these over the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlew308 Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Went to the LA Zoo yesterday....SD zoo is still 100X better http://www.hoodrichproductions.com/dlew/albums/LAZoo2005/dsc_6668.sized.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 http://www.fotofile.org/photopost/data/6048/130Mr_Toad.jpg http://www.fotofile.org/photopost/data/502/130Kandahar.jpg http://www.fotofile.org/photopost/data/6048/130West_to_Cuba.jpg http://www.fotofile.org/photopost/data/501/130Cedar_Falls.jpg http://www.fotofile.org/photopost/data/502/130Ice_Mountain_WV.jpg http://www.fotofile.org/photopost/data/502/130DSCN0003c-med.jpg http://www.fotofile.org/photopost/data/503/130Bikes_on_Broadway.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne53 Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 http://premium1.uploadit.org/tylerwayne//eosrebel-018pirate.jpg http://premium1.uploadit.org/tylerwayne//eosrebel-014resize.jpg http://premium1.uploadit.org/tylerwayne//hkrec.jpg Random shots from the 300d w/ kit lens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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