The "Ive taken a pic and I kinda like it" thread

[Ay Ay Ron]

Quick shot from tonight. Thought there would be a decent sky once the sun went behind the clouds but there was nothing.

 

[helloimjammie]

Brilliant shot there A_cro!!

 

[Scott™]

Yes agree it is lovely.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Cheers guys. I was hoping for a bit of a better sky but I'm fairly happy with the shot. First one I've taken in a while.

 

[Scott™]

If you struggle with a poor sky try a lower aperture to give a star burst effect.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Yeah I should have got there a bit earlier to be honest, plus the tide was coming in and I had already got my feet wet on an earlier shot.

Shot using a Sigma 10-20 & Canon 550d. It was shot at F8, 15 second exposure and ISO 100 with a ten stop ND and the levels played with in Lightroom. Back tomorrow maybe.

What settings would you have shot?

 

[Scott™]

Its a difficult question as I don't like using my ten stop.

I would of gone for a grad filter on the sky, F5 for clarity through the whole image with the sigma 10-20. But I like the rushing tide effect so maybe a slower shutter and catch the tide rushing in.

 

[Matt_90]

Shot this at the weekend while second shooting, using the d800 & 85mm F1.4 G lens.. Got another Wedding this Saturday and can't wait to use it in anger again

 

[Clart]

thats a lovely shot, shame about the head on the right hand side.

 

[Matt_90]

The guy I was shooting for wanted me to get shots over the shoulder... He likes the story telling side to photography, so shooting shallow DOF and having stuff like that was up his street lol!

 

[Brazo]

I would say in this case a tiny crop would make it a cracking shot.

 

[Scrooge]

Shot this at the weekend while second shooting, using the d800 & 85mm F1.4 G lens.. Got another Wedding this Saturday and can't wait to use it in anger again

Marco Pierre whites hotel? The Talbot in Ripley iirc?

Nice shot btw

 

[Pint]

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GT3 RS by m'p'd, on Flickr

 

[Matt_90]

Marco Pierre whites hotel? The Talbot in Ripley iirc?

Nice shot btw

Cheers it is indeed the talbot in Ripley lol!

Thanks for the comments guys, I agree a little more could come off the rigr hand side lol!

 

[Brazo]

Yeah I can understand the over the shoulder feel but the bokeh is too undefined to show as a shoulder, more a smudge, that 85 1.8 shares the honour of being the sharpest lens tested on the D800!

 

[Brazo]

Quick one from me, got nearly 1k of pics to sort through am a bit behind!

Severn Sunset by Brazo76, on Flickr

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Think this is my fav one from the OH's new car shoot yesterday..

[Jebus how large is that photo!!!!!]

 

[Matt_90]

Yeah I can understand the over the shoulder feel but the bokeh is too undefined to show as a shoulder, more a smudge, that 85 1.8 shares the honour of being the sharpest lens tested on the D800!

It's the f1.4, it's awesome. I am about to buy the sigma 35mm f1.4 that is superb and a bargain at £600 compared to the Nikkor.
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[Brazo]

Ah it shares the honour with the 1.4 so

 

[Niall]

The new Sigma lenses look great, Matt! Have you seen that crazy pod/dock think that you can link them to that enables you to perform updates and customise AF speed and suchlike? Looks really interesting.

 

[Matt_90]

The new Sigma lenses look great, Matt! Have you seen that crazy pod/dock think that you can link them to that enables you to perform updates and customize AF speed and suchlike? Looks really interesting.

Yea the docks come with them, its so you can firmware update the lens, fine tune AF and other crazy things lol! Hopefully should have mine in a few weeks so I post a few pics of it.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

I take it the sigma dock will only work with new and pretty expensive lenses.

 

[Niall]

Yep, I think it’s for the ART series.

 

[welshname]

Just been having a quick play with my 50mm seeing as when I got it yesterday I was tired beyond belief.

The lighting in my house is horrific


Mongy Dog by welshname, on Flickr

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Flol love the title. Cute dog.

I used mind the other day for the first time in a while when my niece was around. Slow focus, bad lighting and an 18 month old girl who didnt want to keep still gave me a couple of half decent shots out of 30 or so.

 

[welshname]

I can't wait to use it outside the house lol. The dogs aren't easy to shoot they don't really stay still very long.

 

[Yanoo]

Pink by <-Y->, on Flickr

 

[Brazo]

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Catch me if you can by Brazo76, on Flickr

 

[Matt_90]

Love the interest in that shot above Brazo! very well thought of!

 

[Brazo]

Thanks Matt

Its quite a heavy crop, may return with a longer lens at some point.

I had an email this morning and someone wants to use it for an article on architectural photography on their website, I said yes as enough people are using my pics for free without asking

 

[Pint]

Nice one Brazo. Where was it shot?

 

[llgsimpson]

my contribution

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[Pint]

Well i attempted to get a sneak inside NTGE Pyestock this morning. That was a disaster, however when i was walking back through the woods to the car i stumbled upon this little fella.

Deer by CitizenNine, on Flickr

 

[Brazo]

Nice one Brazo. Where was it shot?

I found it whilst out scouting some night shots, its the cable car over the Thames, Millenium dome side.

 

[Alexiooo]

 

[Matt W]

Spent the weekend at a country manor type house with the 50mm lens, got a few good ones

Clio 200 at Northmoor House by mattwillcox, on Flickr

Snooker by mattwillcox, on Flickr

 

[CJGREEN]

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Cumbria RS Show 26 by CJGREEN., on Flickr

 

[JJ!]

Shooting equestrian at 16mm (was just experimenting for a bit of fun!! - Facebook compression).

 

[Djw John]

​Cossie

Niiice!

 

[Harpham]

Chatsworth International Horse Trials 2013 by Harpham PT, on Flickr