The TPU Darkroom - Digital SLR and Photography Club

[nolafotoknut]

 

[suraswami]

Does Astro tracer track moon? It will be awesome to set the camera in the night and in the morning we have wonderful pictures

 

[suraswami]

At NASA JPL.

 

[Octopuss]

I'm just starting to mess around with Lightroom.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

27 miles on the clock

 

[Jetster]

 

[dorsetknob]

27 miles on the clock

nice Royal Oilfield shame its not original ( they never had disk brakes )
and no puddle of black stuff underneath

 

[Octopuss]

This is actually one of the very first two photos I tried Lightroom with.
What do you think? Isn't it too dark, or aren't the colours a bit off? I like the dark look, but I am not sure if I am doing it corectly.

Either way, RAW be praised! I'd instantly throw the photo away if I shot it as jpeg.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

What do you think

you are right but i cant put my finger on it. Exposure?

 

[majestic12]

 

[tabascosauz]

@Jetster I love the cat, but it looks soft. Was it shot wide open? Or was it just the lens?

Either way, softness is great at times. I had a shot of one of my NF-F12s that was intentionally soft.

This is actually one of the very first two photos I tried Lightroom with.
What do you think? Isn't it too dark, or aren't the colours a bit off? I like the dark look, but I am not sure if I am doing it corectly.

Either way, RAW be praised! I'd instantly throw the photo away if I shot it as jpeg.

Looks promising, but things do look a little dark. Maybe you could just make it a bit brighter. Colours look good.

Be careful with RAW. I personally find that colours can suffer when I shoot RAW (which is 100% of the time now). Some people convert to RAW and fall into the habit of relying on PS or LR to fix their mistakes when shooting. This is a dangerous mistake. RAW may offer an undo-able alternative to JPEG, but always strive for the best photo. That way you can truly look back on your JPEG days and admire the progress that you have made.

I don't know about Lightroom because I used LR for a total of 2.5 days; I use PS CS6 full-time and I absolutely love the RAW editor to pieces.



On a side note, does anyone know of a good, cheap tripod I can get? I don't need a lot of length, I just need it to be sturdy. Most of the time I'll have it set up on a table or chair anyways for photographing my rigs.

 

[Jetster]

@Jetster I love the cat, but it looks soft. Was it shot wide open? Or was it just the lens?

Either way, softness is great at times. I had a shot of one of my NF-F12s that was intentionally soft.

Yep, shot at F1.8. Its the kitchen florescent lights in the background that give it the softness.

 

[STIG_ZA]

Canon 1200D, Canon 50mm f1.8 II, f4, 1/125, iso200, Sigma EF-610DG super off camera flash

 

[suraswami]

Canon 1200D, Canon 50mm f1.8 II, f4, 1/125, iso200, Sigma EF-610DG super off camera flash

Woo Hoo!! spotted a Pentax in the Canikon jungle!!

 

[STIG_ZA]

Woo Hoo!! spotted a Pentax in the Canikon jungle!!

Lol, cool little camera with massive viewfinder. But sadly shutter speed is auto only and that part doesn't seem to work. Speed seems stuck at about 1/125

 

[Octopuss]

 

[Octopuss]

Damn, I though the forum would make thumbnails out of the photos. Ouch.

 

[suraswami]

Damn, I though the forum would make thumbnails out of the photos. Ouch.

Thumbnails are boring, this size pic is perfect!!

 

[flmatter]

My 2 new toys

 

[stinger608]

My 2 new toys

Them two are sweet man..........But don't take em to a gun fight.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

My.... what a photogenic pussy (hurrhurr)

Im finally getting my 6 year old compact upgraded i think. When i joined the club i had a Samsung WB500 and while it was pretty decent in the early years any half decent smartphone with sony camera hardware inside is better than my WB500. Its going to cost me about $300 but $300 is a lot for something that will get some use every so often.

I dont exactly travel that much, but on a side note earlier this year i got serious about cycling, bought a new bike which has cost almost $1500 to put together and have been slowly talked into the idea of doing extremely long distance rides - We're talking about cycling to France, Holland, Germany or even further. While it is something that i might enjoy I cant help feeling that I somehow wont get out on the bike enough or go places enough to justify spending $300 on a camera.... On the other hand if this $300 means i get 3-4 years use out of it then its kind of justifiable in that sense alone....


Anyhoo... I will mull over it some more i think. Im going to upload some pictures or videos taken with the WB500 on a rather mixed day while out on the bike doing a 50mile run.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Here are a few pics...

This trip was a recon trip to find places to fish. so i was just searching for nice parts of the river where i might spin for predatory fish such as Pike, Zander or Perch

Quite the grainy sadly. Just my compact showing its age.

 

[STIG_ZA]

Got a new lens as upgrade from the 18-55mm kit lens. The Sigma 17-50mm f2.8, great lens so far and sharp no matter what you do really.

Canon 1200D, Sigma 17-50mm f2.8(@17mm), f2.8, 1/30, iso200

 

[Sasqui]

Canon 1200D, Sigma 17-50mm f2.8(@17mm), f2.8, 1/30, iso200

Nice, judging by the focus, aperture is as big as a dime... surprised with the slow shutter speed based on that.

 

[marmiteonpizza]

This is actually one of the very first two photos I tried Lightroom with.
What do you think? Isn't it too dark, or aren't the colours a bit off? I like the dark look, but I am not sure if I am doing it corectly.

Either way, RAW be praised! I'd instantly throw the photo away if I shot it as jpeg.

Did you use a grad ND filter for this? Or did you make the sky darker after?
Personally, I really like the darkness in this; I much prefer photos to be too dark than be too bright A little bit of dark usually suits general photos better than too much brightness.