thanks, I was fiddling with the photo in lightroom, the original actually wasn't that green heh

wow.. i hate my color disability.. all i see is red.

so my fashion show stint...
lighting wasnt the greatest..i didnt use flash...well i think i did for this one, but the flash on the body...external flash prob woulda been better....
whats your take

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3211/...486542e0_b.jpg

lighting's not too bad

what really grinds me is that you cut off like half her legs

this is one of 650 or so shots
im still processing...
LOL

it was tough to get the full body, if it did, it would be when they were walking...

what lens did you end up using?

50mm f1.8
my only lens
i sold the 17-85mm to go towards the 17-55
haha

ah.. that would explain the difficulty of getting a full body shot

were you shooting wide open the whole time?

oh that's SICK!

lol i went to high school with her! totally random.

Agreed. Sweet shot! :)

Thanks. That was with my Sony a700 + Zeiss 16-80 f3.5 with the Dynamic Range Optimizer on +3. I tried the same shot with the Nikon D700 + 24-70 f2.8 combo and the camera just doesn't have the dynamic range to match the a700. It couldn't pull as much detail out of the shadows.

It's the farmhouse from Left 4 Dead! :p

shooting at 2.2-2.8
1.8 blurred the background too much and sorta ruins the shot
need a bit of detail

ugh..if i wasnt so noob, i woulda learned how to properly use Apreture Priority mode..
it prob would give me better shots

AE lock helps a lot too esp when your subject is moving around a lot

I was actually going to ask if it was a dri or hdr photo as the range is pretty unreal! Now what is a dynamic range optimizer? Is that a feature built into the camera?
you weren't in aperture priority mode?! Then what did you shoot in? M? P? Av mode is very easy to use. You set the aperture, exposure and iso that you want, and the camera determines the correct shutter speed to match that requested exposure :)

haha really?...small world eh :)

on another note, here are some of my latest.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/...de2dfac6_o.jpg

more can be seen on flickr

thats hott ;)

edit: editing out the light would make it less distracting.. first i look at her boobies then i look at the light :)

yes
i now know how stupid i was yes
kinda funny now that i've had the camera for ..a year or so, and im finally getting serious. Having some friends that will explore and snap photos with you definatly helps. Time to make daddy proud..haha since dad has been a photographer for 20years now..

Sunrise this past Tuesday on Eagan Lake:
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...935853_302.jpg

Reflection of the sunrise in the cabin window:
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...35854_1010.jpg

And sunset the same day:
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...35855_2243.jpg

I know, I know... lens flare. I kinda liked it in this one, tho.

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/...c748d576_b.jpg

XTI with 18-55mm+screw on fisheye

love teh dirty shitty quality look to make it look like a toy camera

Sony DSLR's have a feature called DRO (Dynamic Range Optimizer) that pulls detail out of shadow areas. If it's put on its highest setting, the images can begin to approach HDR but not quite. I try not to use anything higher than the +3 setting (+5 is the highest), as the shadows can become noisy. If you expose for the highlights, DRO can do wonders for the shadow areas though. Sony DSLR's with DRO switched on have the widest dynamic rannge of any DSLR out there now. The D700 I used for a comparison couldn't come close, but I didn't do a proper test. I'll try doing a proper test soon.

Here's a shot with DRO set to +3. Notice the detail in the shadow areas. My friends who took the same shot with a canon 40D & Nikon D200 had just black in the shadow areas, especially the shadows of the poles falling across the tracks. It was a very sunny day.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...I/DSC00271.jpg

So the Lensbaby rep came a few weeks ago and brought the new Lensbaby products. She brought a prototype 20mm wide angle Lensbaby which was really cool along with this monstrosity...a contraption to reduce the image circle of Lensbabies to use on camcorders. Eep!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...I/P1020940.jpg

....and the cutest dog you'll see in a while. A customer's 3 month old Burmese. Everyone in dropped what they were doing to come play with the puppy. :) Images were taken at 1600ISO on the Panasonic LX2 and cropped, so they are very soft.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...I/P1020968.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...I/P1020970.jpg