Here's some of my shots.



























All of the above pictures were taken with my Nikon D90. No post editing was done, at all!

 

All of those photos look great! Any info on what lenses you used, shutter speed and aperture settings?

 

Thats pretty sweet. I like the picture of the seagull with its footsteps behind it.

 

All of the animal shots were with a 70-300mm VR f/4.5-5.6. I can't remember any of the exact camera settings (most of these were taken about a year ago) but I can get them for you if you wish.

The up close shots of bugs/flowers/people are made with my 18-55mm VR f/3.5-5.6. Not bad for a $200 plastic lens if you ask me

I got a package deal at Costco when they had the D90 + 2 lenses + 4GB memory card (I use 16GB Class 10 now) + Bag for around $1200 I believe. I also have a 35mm f/1.8 lens for low light as well.

And thanks for the compliment. I've always loved taking pictures and when I got my D90 I just sort of went crazy with it. I have 12k actuations on it and I've only had the camera for about a year including about 3 months when I didn't use it at all (busy with school and such).

 

As soon as I moved to taking pictures of cars I haven't found a set-up that I like yet. I'm all for vivid colors and such but it doesn't go very well with car photography.

 

Perhaps a 20 or 24mm f/2.8 lens would be appropriate for shooting cars. If you like details (badges, body lines, etc.) then I'd recommend an 85mm or perhaps a 105mm lens as well.

Personally, I prefer to shoot the cars from a distance, so I stick with my 70-200mm f/2.8 lens, and for detail work, I get really close up and use my 35mm f/1.8 or 50mm f/1.8 lenses. It's simply a matter of what you're comfortable using, and the effect you want to achieve.




I believe the vivid colors create a problem because you're photographing such a large "mono block" of color. It doesn't look so bad at a distance, because the surroundings help give the eye different colors...

 

Does anyone have any tips for not having a "washed out" sky? It's always foggy and dull where I live and I don't like how it looks on picture.

I was thinking of getting a ND Grad filter for darkening the sky. Any thoughts?

 

blend two photos or expose for hte sky

 

any examples?

 

 

First one too much saturation it also looks HDR, when doing an HDR pay attention to your saturation slider.
last one it back focused by a few feet


Well you can take those photos and put that sky in. The other way is to expose for the sky and use a flash to bring the exposure up on the car. Another way is to mask out the sky and adjust the exposure.

 

Oops I meant to revert back to original for the first photo. I fixed it now

And exposing for the sky would basically be locking the exposure for the sky and taking the picture normally with a flash?

 

I took some night pictures. Let me know if you like any of them.








I can't decide which one of these 3 pictures I like the most...

 

good work! me like

 

I enjoy long exposure pictures