The TPU Darkroom - Digital SLR and Photography Club

[BazookaJoe]

Taken with my iPhone 4, not bad I think

I am a bit of an iProduct h8er, but I must admit - for a cellphone camera, thats pretty damn reasonable.

Knocks my Nokia on it's ass for sure

What's your guys' opinion on buying a lens used or refurbished, online?

Well it IS quite possible to restore a lens to near brand new condition if you know what you are doing - but the problem is when you buy a restored lens you have no real idea if the person who restored it DID know what they where doing - it's a bit of a risk, but it can save you a few bucks if you get lucky.

 

[King Wookie]

What's your guys' opinion on buying a lens used or refurbished, online? I can get the Sony 55-200mm lens if I buy used for $104, $140 for a Sony 75-300mm as a refurb or I could get the Tamron 75-300mm for $90 used. Now, being unemployed, I don't have much to spend.

My current thought of purchase is, buy the Tamron 75-300mm lens and some filters on amazon for a total around $120, but I am open to input, as I have no experience with Tamron products, nor do I have any experience buying used photography accessories online.

I have a Sony Alpha 300 with the 18-70mm lens and I really want a new zoom lens to play with.

If it's the same Tamron I bought, it is really good from 70 - 200 at f8. Gets soft when you go longer. And autofocus is pretty slow. As for refurbished, stick to the reputable suppliers like Adorama or B&H.

 

[burtram]

A quickie from work today. Been trying to take example photos with my sister camera so I can sell it for her.

 

[HammerON]

A quickie from work today. Been trying to take example photos with my sister camera so I can sell it for her.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/MasterTiesel/TPU/IMG_3867a.jpg

Awesome picture

 

[Soylent Joe]

Result of boredom. Tell meh what you think?

 

[BazookaJoe]

Result of boredom. Tell meh what you think?

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1561/yellpurp.jpg

Showoff!

I'd love to try and take a similar shot - but our money is so boring, and well .. poorly made - it's impossible for me to compete by default.

 

[Delta6326]

my new t2i

and just having fun

 

[bogmali]

Playing with my 2 month old T1i.....

 

[Chicken Patty]

Very nice shots Bogmali

 

[King Wookie]

Nice pics gents.
A few from a recent wedding. Sadly as I've been doing mostly portrait stuff, don't have much else to submit. Will have to rectify that soon!!

 

[gvblake22]

Hey there photography and Photoshop gurus! I've been trying to figure out what you call this effect and how it would be created in Photoshop. It's sort-of a Borderlands art style, but I want to mimic this simplified style using real photos. Something like what they've done with the staff photos on this page or how they made those "animated" Charles Schwab commercials.

Anyone out there know what this effect is called (or commonly referred to) and how to do it?

 

[streetfighter 2]

Hey there photography and Photoshop gurus! I've been trying to figure out what you call this effect and how it would be created in Photoshop. It's sort-of a Borderlands art style, but I want to mimic this simplified style using real photos. Something like what they've done with the staff photos on this page or how they made those "animated" Charles Schwab commercials.

Anyone out there know what this effect is called (or commonly referred to) and how to do it?

I'm not a photographer, but I know what it's called for games:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cel-shaded_animation

 

[gvblake22]

I'm not a photographer, but I know what it's called for games:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cel-shaded_animation

Exactly! Thanks for that. A quick search using the proper name revealed a surprisingly simple process to achieve the effect. Thanks!

 

[Soylent Joe]

Here are a few I took on a golf cart ride yesterday:

 

[gvblake22]

Just thought I would post a quick trial of the Cel-shading effect.
Original:

Cel-shaded:

It worked really well on the gravel and rocks in the background, decent on the flowers, and not very well on the spines and dark details inside the plant. I'm sure a little more patience and tinkering with the settings could yield better results, but I thought this was pretty good for a first run!

 

[Wile E]

Exactly! Thanks for that. A quick search using the proper name revealed a surprisingly simple process to achieve the effect. Thanks!

Good tutorial link. Bookmarked.

Here's the hard-edged version, if you want to give it a shot. http://www.biorust.com/tutorials/detail/159/en/

 

[freaksavior]

 

[majestic12]

Fishing with the in-laws. This picture was taken with my phone! Japan is great...

 

[gvblake22]

Good tutorial link. Bookmarked.

Here's the hard-edged version, if you want to give it a shot. http://www.biorust.com/tutorials/detail/159/en/

Awesome, thanks!

 

[HammerON]

I can finally join this thread
Bought a Canon Rebel EOS XS. Just starting to play around with it. I am actually reading the manual

I have a lot of learning to do

 

[BazookaJoe]

Wow - I'm LONG overdue for a post...

Let see If i can cook up anything interesting over the weekend.

 

[HammerON]

I was lucky to have a clear tonight for the Eclipse; however it was 0 F (-18 C). This was the best I could get:

Using the Cannon EF-S 55-250mm lens.
It was too damn cold to try and get better pics

Ahh - Aki the dog:

 

[bogmali]

Trying to gauge my next purchase so what is everybody using lens wise? Portrait, walk-around, or professional photo work? Just throw out some suggestions. What I have is this so far:

1.Canon T1i bundled with a crappy 18-55mm.
2. Canon EFS 55-250mm (bought this 2 months ago)
3. Canon 17-85mm USM IS (currently my walkaround lens).

 

[BazookaJoe]

I'm in the wrong hemisphere for the Red moon :\

 

[HammerON]

Trying to gauge my next purchase so what is everybody using lens wise? Portrait, walk-around, or professional photo work? Just throw out some suggestions. What I have is this so far:

1.Canon T1i bundled with a crappy 18-55mm.
2. Canon EFS 55-250mm (bought this 2 months ago)
3. Canon 17-85mm USM IS (currently my walkaround lens).

http://img.techpowerup.org/101221/Canon.jpg

I have those same lenses for my Canon EOS Rebel XS. So far I really like the 18-55mm lens, just need to get some filters for it and the other lens. Went to Anchorage to see family (about 150 miles north of Kenai) and took some pictures on the way. It was anywhere from 0 F to -10 F depending how high I was in the mountain pass. Anyways - took some pics: