Official DSLR Photography Thread

R13

The other asshole
I like both the edited versions but the 2nd one could use less.. eh intensity? On the effect.

Seeing all these shot's is inspiring/discouraging, They're all amazing.

On another note, I've been trying to sort out a noise issue in my d3100 for weeks, It's part of the reason I haven't been posting anything, I know I need some filters but I'm getting light noise in all my shots, I looked it up and all the info I could find was the auto iso which I turned off, I've been testing tons of settings and tried auto mode some, I usually test with decent indoor lighting on my tripod to make sure I'm not shaking it, It could be something I'm doing wrong I just find it strange because I'm always trying different settings, I usually start off by taking a baseline setting with auto mode and go from there but it always seems like when I get home and open them up there's noise, I always shoot in RAW as well, Probably just me but I just thought id share incase you guys have any advice.
 


XjoEnX

Active Member
MrGurley said:
ghetto ass downtown Jacksonville, didn't have a tripod so the quality isn't great, and shooting on a bridge is a waste of time lol


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Loving these. :thumbs up

goofygamer said:
Wow this thread is so active! I love it!
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Awesome work Peara. And I agree. I enjoy posting on this one more than the VIP now.

Ryan659 said:
We couldn't let you guys have all the fun. Easy to understand why ppl love photography so much.
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I'm hooked and blame Jayson and Peara.




Here's a couple of mine unedited. Don't think I'll make any changes since I like how they turned out. I think for future pics I might start explaining any changes I made.

My wifey's Maltese:


San Francisco cityscape from a hot date I had with Peara and Dillon:


Couple weeks ago at the California State Fair where booty was rocking everywhere:


Matt Equinoa park in Stockton:


This one has some editing done on it. It's my brothers C-West kitted AP1. I duplicated the photo layer on PS and I lowered the red and yellow saturation on it to the lowest point and raised the lightness to the highest point to remove the orange lens of the headlights. Then I made a layer mask to bring back red and yellow colors on everything else like air compressor and the Civic beside it. Then I used a black reflected gradient to create the dark effect on top and bottom of the pic.
 

MrGurley

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thanks guys!! this thread definitely motivates me to go out and shoot!!! oneday ill start editing, just don't really have the drive to like I do to take pictures
 

dopematic

New Member
I think that list photo editing goes hand in hand with photography. For me, it was and is still scary to edit but after awhile, it can be just as fun as taking the photos itself.

MrGurley said:
ghetto ass downtown Jacksonville, didn't have a tripod so the quality isn't great, and shooting on a bridge is a waste of time lol






I know this one is extra bad but I liked how I tracked the taillights
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Loving the night shots!!! Great job!! :thumbs up
 


Ryan659

Active Member
R13 said:
I like both the edited versions but the 2nd one could use less.. eh intensity? On the effect.

Seeing all these shot's is inspiring/discouraging, They're all amazing.

On another note, I've been trying to sort out a noise issue in my d3100 for weeks, It's part of the reason I haven't been posting anything, I know I need some filters but I'm getting light noise in all my shots, I looked it up and all the info I could find was the auto iso which I turned off, I've been testing tons of settings and tried auto mode some, I usually test with decent indoor lighting on my tripod to make sure I'm not shaking it, It could be something I'm doing wrong I just find it strange because I'm always trying different settings, I usually start off by taking a baseline setting with auto mode and go from there but it always seems like when I get home and open them up there's noise, I always shoot in RAW as well, Probably just me but I just thought id share incase you guys have any advice.
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Is your noise reduction feature turned on? If all else fails, try resetting the camera settings
 

R13

The other asshole
I switch between noise reduction, I haven't been able to tell a difference most of the time but most of the time I do use it because evening shots sometimes look better with it, I'm gonna reset everything and play around with it.
 

goofygamer

New Member
R13 said:
I like both the edited versions but the 2nd one could use less.. eh intensity? On the effect.

Seeing all these shot's is inspiring/discouraging, They're all amazing.

On another note, I've been trying to sort out a noise issue in my d3100 for weeks, It's part of the reason I haven't been posting anything, I know I need some filters but I'm getting light noise in all my shots, I looked it up and all the info I could find was the auto iso which I turned off, I've been testing tons of settings and tried auto mode some, I usually test with decent indoor lighting on my tripod to make sure I'm not shaking it, It could be something I'm doing wrong I just find it strange because I'm always trying different settings, I usually start off by taking a baseline setting with auto mode and go from there but it always seems like when I get home and open them up there's noise, I always shoot in RAW as well, Probably just me but I just thought id share incase you guys have any advice.
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Take a picture in RAW format and send me the picture and raw info. I'll see if I could find the source to your noise
 

Ryan659

Active Member
R13 said:
I switch between noise reduction, I haven't been able to tell a difference most of the time but most of the time I do use it because evening shots sometimes look better with it, I'm gonna reset everything and play around with it.
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It's more for night shots but prob best to always have on. Yea, try resetting it and see if that helps. And for ISO, from my experience, less is best. Start at 100 and then adjust your f stop and speed to get good exposure. Move ISO if need be and adjust accordingly.
 

R13

The other asshole
Ryan659 said:
It's more for night shots but prob best to always have on. Yea, try resetting it and see if that helps. And for ISO, from my experience, less is best. Start at 100 and then adjust your f stop and speed to get good exposure. Move ISO if need be and adjust accordingly.
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Yeah I almost always use 100 if I can, I still play with all the settings a lot, I always take like 40-50 shots when I actually take pics, I'd take more but I don't wanna burn up my camera's life too fast.
 
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