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Nice! Another "stuck in custom's" fan! I definitely love his work too.
 
Hmm, well I will def check that page out. Thanks alot guys for the help. I stopped taking photos cause I keep just upsetting myself with crappy photos.
 
InfiniteGSX said:
I stopped taking photos cause I keep just upsetting myself with crappy photos.
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Thats kind of how I felt about my kit lenses, but now I have a single 50mm f/2.5 compact macro that is entertaining me as I save up for a ef 24-105mm f/4, oh well I'll get it someday. :p
 
OMG! I'm only to step 1 on that tutorial and I'm at a loss for words. I'm freaking out here. I don't know if my eyes are really seeing what I think they are seeing.

I'm happy with some of the photos I take. Like that first one... But its just not enough. If I could pull off such high quality shots like this guy, I want to do a HDR Photo shoot with my talon and a couple friends cars.
 
I would be amazed if you could pull of the same quality as him. He's got some very nice equipment and I highly doubt your HP could come close to matching that. But you can use his tutorials to see other techniques.

One thing I would recommend is picking up a cheap tripod and learning to use a 2 second delay when shooting, if the camera has the option. Even though you put the camera on the ground and really held it down, there is always that option for the slightest movement that you can't detect. Having the tripod should hopefully really cut down on this. Then using the 2 second delay should lessen any movement from you pressing the shutter down. A cable release would be ideal, but I've never seen them for a point and shoot.
 
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I got this toy not long ago, it really helps when doing multiple exposures as well as astrophotography. It was just $45.00.

Before that, I made my 5 exp hdr's hand held and in low light conditions it really sucked.


edit: not my picture, just one I found on the internet but shows the same camera / remote trigger I use.
 

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snowborder714 said:
Fred, you want to send me your full setup so I can play with it for a while? Sounds like all the same stuff I want!!

Do you do a lot of astrophotography?
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LOL :rocks:

I've tried to do astrophotography for a while now but I just keep having mixed results; Lots of noise ( Apparently a firmware issue, but I haven't tested the new firmware yet ) and the light pollution in my area doesn't help. And adding the rain and cloudy days here it seems like it's going to take a while for my next attempt at star trails.
 
You know I make fun of my buddy who shoots a D300, because he should have got a 5d. Although I guess you have your D700 now. Full Frame FTW!

As far as astro photography I know Canon made a camera dedicated for it, I also know of people taking 300d's and mounting a peltier cooler and heatsync to drastically reduce hot noise.
 
If you are thinking about buying a D40 to start, Spend the extra $80-100 and get the D50.

I started with a D40, and once i got into HDR images, I realized how painful it is to manually set the exposures while taking photos. The D50 and up can be set to Automatic Exposure Bracketing, which allows you to take 3-5 photos at different exposure levels without having to manually changed it every time.
 
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I didn't realize the D40 didn't have bracketing. That bites.
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Yea, it's pretty terrible. I used the manual changing of exposures for a while, but eventually sold it to pick up a D50. AEB is absolutely amazing. If you plan on doing HDR, absolutely get a D50. They aren't that much more.

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Auto Exposure Bracketing by camera model

A listing of AEB capable DSLR's. Some ranging from greater starters to a lot more expensive ones.
 
So I have a question. Its prob answered in that tuttorial, but I stopped last night and went to bed and will continue in a little bit. But one of that guys images showed a perfect shot of fire works. Now I know each shot takes atleast half a second to take... In half a second the image should be changed. How is he getting it soo perfect? Are the cameras really taking them that fast? Like your talking about the bracketing. I'm guessing, you select which exposures to take, and click and it takes all the images with different exposure levels, But during each open and close of the shutter, the image could change, like clouds, water, fire works, trees, stuff like that. How are you guys able to get it soo perfect and still? Without having some deal with Mother Nature going under the table?

I have the tutorial up and he says he is using a Nikon D3X, but most of his best images were with lesser Nikon cameras since he isn't much of a hardcore hardware guy.

I'm just confused about this, Cause one photo he has this just mind blowing scene of a city from on top of a hill, it... well my mouth was open and I was thinking "OMG", and then the Fireworks show above the water. I swear if I was a robot I would be going through some malfunction cause I just witnessed the most amazing image I have ever seen, As well as the little children on xmas day.

I'm not saying I want his exact quality, which I do. I'm just saying if I can get better images that bring that feeling to myself, but with images I've done, for this photoshoot of my car and a couple friends cars, I will just be soo pleased for I don't even know how long. I could prob even dump my girlfriend.... haha I don't have a girlfriend.
 
xioca said:
You know I make fun of my buddy who shoots a D300, because he should have got a 5d. Although I guess you have your D700 now. Full Frame FTW!
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LOL not really, I still use my D300 and to be honest I think I'll hold on to that camera for another million shutter actuations or beyond :D
 
Its not that I don't know how to take one photo of fire works or clouds. But HDR Photos are Multiple photos taken of one specific scene. I know about shutter speeds. But 3-5 photos are taken to make an HDR Photo. How are 3-5 photos taken sooo insanely fast to capture fast moving objects.

Like this...
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Thats what is blowing my mind. In between each photo, the scene has to change. I mean the laws of physics proves it has to change. We can't freeze time to take a photo like that.
 
So you understand what I'm talking about tho... Which goes back to the fire works image of that guys... Durring each snap of the shutter, the scene has to change. But maybe fireworks isn't the best argument because then something like that is moving, it just looks like strings.
 
I don't know what exact fireworks image your talking about, but I think I do. It was most likely done in masking layers.
 
Ahh....

Well following the 3rd step, prior to the photoshop section, I pulled this one off. Using one of the last images I took, you can see the other one I did... it doesn't look this good. But now I know it is just the quality of my camera that is giving me a headach.
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