Photography Chat and Questions Thread

[Andy.]

How would I take a photo of the moon? Everytime I point the camera near the moon it just completely whites out with no detail. Any filters involved?

Either set the camera to spot metering or use manual and change the shutter speed until you get the image that you want. No filters required.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Generally, try to match the Shutter speed to the focal length. 200mm lens? 1/200th.
Turn auto iso off too, it'll blow out with it on.

 

[JJ!]

How would I take a photo of the moon? Everytime I point the camera near the moon it just completely whites out with no detail. Any filters involved?

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My settings using the D750 and 70-200 F4:

1. Tripod
2. Timer/remote
3. Camera in Manual Mode
4. F11
5. Shutter Speed around 1/250
6. ISO 200

Depending on your camera and if you want backgrounds etc you can mess around with settings. I use spot metering when just taking pics of the moon. When you have backgrounds, buildings, other light etc it becomes a bit more complex.

Shutter speed has to be quick or you let to much light in and get that white blob.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Just browsing Flickr and noticed a shot by @nius02 in the Flickr top 25 of 2016 and used for the album cover. Cracking image mate.

 

[nius02]

Thanks @Aaron.. They asked me a while ago if they can use it for their blog and cover. Couldn't believe they chose my photo

 

[unofficialPete]

Pansonic GX80 now £240 after a crazy £200 cashback, can I refuse?
Be a nice upgrade on my GF-3. I can imagine that the 20mm f/1.7 is a great combo with 5-axis IS.

 

[unofficialPete]

Panasonic GX80 now purchased for, in theory, £232 after Quidco + Panasononic Caschback.
I kind of miss DSLR but at these prices, M43 is awesome.

 

[Jekyll]

Just got myself a Nikon D3300 so will be keeping an eye on this thread.

 

[Christopher.]

Im actually going to try and complete a 52 project.

Usually give up after the 5th week !

 

[Jekyll]

What's that? @Christopher.

 

[Christopher.]

Taking 1 photo a week. Or you can do a 365 !!!!!

Normally you would have a large group of you and a topic gets chosen for that week. Every time I've tried it something got in the way and then would give up.

 

[unofficialPete]

I think like most NY ideas, they fall by the way-side. I'd quite like to do something a bit less intense, might settle for take the camera out once a month. 12 shots that represent the year, nice and achievable!
Especially as my new camera arrived yesterday and wow, in-body Image Stabalisation paired with a large aperture prime lens is the nuts.

 

[McGherkin]

Anyone shoot any video?

I've just started to dick around with doing pans and b-roll type footage, this is definitely why you need something better than a £15 tripod, lol. Jerky!


Lol, sound got muted. Not much to listen to anyway.

 

[v15ben]

I did a 365x2 with one photo per day for 2 straight years. I enjoyed doing it most of the time, but when you're busy or its crap weather, it becomes a bit tedious doing it every single day!

Saying that, I do need to take more photos this year. Going to try real hard to make sure I do.

 

[-Jamie-]

Any D7000 users on here?


My D60 has finally given up the ghost and one of these is high on the list as its replacement as you can pick up a body for sensible money now.

 

[harey]

Any D7000 users on here?


My D60 has finally given up the ghost and one of these is high on the list as its replacement as you can pick up a body for sensible money now.

I had a d7100 with the 18-140 lens and it was pin sharp. Not a bad photo from it. The only reason I swapped was because it was too bulky to carry round all day.


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[JamesBryan]

If any of you Canon boys would like a cheap lens for those low DoF/bokeh shots, then I have one going.

http://www.cliosport.net/threads/sigma-50mm-f1-4-canon-ef-fitment.804491/

 

[JamesBryan]

Anyone need a shutter release cable for a Canon?, fit's most models as far as i know

It's the Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Control

 

[Jekyll]

I have photoshopped elements 7. I tried shooting in raw after reading about it. I took a few shots indoors (luckily I didn't do any big photos somewhere) but it says that the the files aren't compatible on PS. Does this mean that I can only use jpeg files?

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

I have photoshopped elements 7. I tried shooting in raw after reading about it. I took a few shots indoors (luckily I didn't do any big photos somewhere) but it says that the the files aren't compatible on PS. Does this mean that I can only use jpeg files?

Might need to update it.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/38482761

 

[McGherkin]

I have photoshopped elements 7. I tried shooting in raw after reading about it. I took a few shots indoors (luckily I didn't do any big photos somewhere) but it says that the the files aren't compatible on PS. Does this mean that I can only use jpeg files?

I'm not sure, but I would say that Photoshop doesn't accept raw .nef files off the camera, they have to be converted to JPEG first using a different program. Certainly that's what I do.

Use this program fella;
http://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/166/ViewNX_2.html

Once you've converted them to JPEG using that program you can open them up in photoshop.

 

[Jekyll]

Might need to update it.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/38482761

Thank you. I'll will look into that in a mo.

I'm not sure, but I would say that Photoshop doesn't accept raw .nef files off the camera, they have to be converted to JPEG first using a different program. Certainly that's what I do.

Use this program fella;
http://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/166/ViewNX_2.html

Once you've converted them to JPEG using that program you can open them up in photoshop.

Ah, the one you messaged me about! If the above doesn't work then I'll try this.

 

[McGherkin]

It's worth trying to use the adjustments in ViewNX as well, since the flexibility in adjusting exposure, sharpness, contrast etc are what you shoot in raw for in the first place.

 

[Jekyll]

@Aaron.. On a side note, how did you get this pic so great? I find that when I do a long exposure shot, they always come up too bright? I have the isolation down and the shutter speed also.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Don't convert it to a JPEG before editing. That's the whole reason RAW exists, to get the most out of the picture.
Photoshop has no issues with RAW, it'll just need updating if it does.

Which picture mate?

If it's a mountain/ space one then it'll be to the minimum light pollution in the area. If you are trying in town with lots of light then you'll have a nightmare trying to expose correctly.
I often shoot 10-20 seconds, f1.4/2.8 depending on the lens I'm using and iso anywhere between 2500 and 6400.

Edit.
Have a look for a copy of Lightroom. Much better than anything else for editing unless you want to do a load of cloning etc. For standard photo editing,nothing comes close imo.

 

[Jekyll]

Whoops, I forgot to link it.

https://flic.kr/p/pcgGo8

 

[McGherkin]

Don't convert it to a JPEG before editing. That's the whole reason RAW exists, to get the most out of the picture.
Photoshop has no issues with RAW, it'll just need updating if it does.

If photoshop accepts .nef straight in then winner winner. Make the adjustments in PS.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Whoops, I forgot to link it.

https://flic.kr/p/pcgGo8

Oh you'll need a ND filter to reduce the light coming in.
That was using a 10 stop. You can pick them up super cheap but they will be pretty crappy and you'll have to do a bit of post processing to sort the colour cast if you shoot colour and not in black and white.
I use Haida. Cost me about £50 for a 77mm thread and it seems to be the best without spending sill money on Lee (they leave a blue tint) or HiTech.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

If photoshop accepts .nef straight in then winner winner. Make the adjustments in PS.

Nikon? Not sure but I can't see photoshop not supporting Nikons Raw system. That would be a massive f**k up if so.

 

[McGherkin]

I don't use Photoshop, I use GIMP, so I can't be sure, but I think I've read before about it not being supported by PS. Could be wrong.

I like the sorting in VNX too, if I'm shooting cars all day I can batch different groups of photos of each car together and after adjusting them all I can export the lot into one folder in one hit, so I can have a folder for each car.

In other news, I'm stepping up a bit tripod wise with my first fluid head. I've not gone too expensive, as I've managed to find a chinese knockoff with reviews that pitch the quality of the head against much more expensive Manfrottos etc. Plus it's taller than my old tripod so no more stooping down to take shots.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Are you shooting video with that? Looks like a videographers tripod to me.

I much prefer the option of getting low to the ground rather than a fixed low point like the one you have.

As for the sorting, that sounds much like Lightrooms capabilities then. Tag, rate etc and batch process.

I very rarely use Photoshop and I've never used Nikon so didn't realise about any issues but that's comical if they don't support it.

 

[McGherkin]

Yep, well both really. It's a fluid head so built for mainly video.

I have a diddy tripod for when I want to get low down.

 

[McGherkin]

This is what I went for in the end, for a cheap chinese tripod it's actually pretty damn good. Pans and tilts lovely.

Oh and it's fooking mahoosive.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

I'm a member/on the committee of our local camera club. Every season we have 5 open competition's and two themes ones.
The last night tonight and i was working late. Managed to pop in on the way home to be given the trophy for the presidents comp which was very surprising.
This was the winning shot.

FOEL by Aaron Crowe, on Flickr

 

[McGherkin]

Not surprising at all, that's a fantastic shot!

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Cheers.
I don't know what the other entries were like but it's usually a pretty strong club.

Second time in 4 years I've won this trophy though which is nice and I won another at the start of the season.

I'd just like to have a bit of luck in external comps now.

 

[Jekyll]

That pic is fantastic! One of my faves one here/Flickr.

 

[nius02]

Great shot @Aaron.. ! Did you use a flash or just natural light?

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Great shot @Aaron.. ! Did you use a flash or just natural light?

Just natural light.
It's quite noisy due to the fairly high ISO and didn't print as well as it could have (I used gloss instead of Lustre and didn't download the profile for it)

Hopefully I'll get some more riding shots over the summer.

 

[Jekyll]

Am i reading this wrong?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TAMRON-AF...639844?hash=item569063b0a4:g:a80AAOSwEetV8aVr

Does this do zoom and macro? Or is it macro and then zooming in on that? Im looking at a 70-300 but this seems too good? Ive confused myself looking!

Or can someone recommend me a decent one? It will be paired with a Nikon D3300.