Official Thread for Random Photos (That dont deserve their thread)

[ashmo]

Thats okay its just more for me to play around with

[Professor Redfern]

To Ashmo and any other newbies.

I picked up a magazine in the newsagent yesterday called 'The complete Aussie guide to digital photography'

It seems pretty darn good for explaining how everything works, its 194 pages and goes through everything from how cameras work F-stop, aperture etc, to how to take certain shots such as lightning and sunsets and every other type you can think off, it also goes into editing and everything else to do with photography.

For 14.95 so I far I think its well worth the money.

[Hewie]

Also how about moon shots? When I zoom in on my 55-250 lens I can see craters but when I take the shot it comes out much smaller.

What sort of lens would be needed to fill up the whole shot with moon?

Macro no ..... Lunar YES

[Professor Redfern]

Fuck thats awesome Hewie, what lense are you rocking? (Redfern asks knowing it probably cost more than his whole camera)

[Hewie]

The 1st image is a 100-400 @ 400, 2nd image is a cheap dob telescope @ 1200 ... I can span to 1200 on my lenses anyway with tc's so its not a massive reach.

The last two are on the same dob telescope shot using tc's and are at a measley 4800mm.

We did push it to almost 11000mm but the shake was too much for that rig and we had to pack up.

And I couldnt find the boot prints

[Hewie]

There are a few tricks to shooting a good moon with just lenses. I must admit the first image is probably one of my favorites.

I might do a lunar night one night if people are interested.

[Professor Redfern]

This is my best effort, I didnt even have a tripod, just a 55-250.

Its not quite as good as yours. The annoying part is through the lens, you can actually see craters and stuff, but when you take the shot it comes out much smaller.

[Hewie]

Not bad for a hand held mate.

One of the issues your having is shake .... its very very very hard to get a clear shot without a tripod.

If lunar stuff is something you want to chase get yourself a good sturdy tripod and a cable release, then we can go through it all.

[Flakey]

[ashmo]

To Ashmo and any other newbies.

I picked up a magazine in the newsagent yesterday called 'The complete Aussie guide to digital photography'

It seems pretty darn good for explaining how everything works, its 194 pages and goes through everything from how cameras work F-stop, aperture etc, to how to take certain shots such as lightning and sunsets and every other type you can think off, it also goes into editing and everything else to do with photography.

For 14.95 so I far I think its well worth the money.

Thanks for that redfern I will have a look at the newsagent today on my lunch break and see if they have a copy!

[ashmo]

Heres my best shot so far at the moon, tried alittle noob photo editing to try and bring alittle more detail out. Certainly could do alot better, ive now got a tripod which should help



Shot with a 75-300mm

[Professor Redfern]

Yep tripod is on the Cards. Just trying to recover, from the fiscal hit of buying the camera.

[Rat750]

These beautiful images of waves were taken by Clark Little whom many consider the premier photographer of surf. He has dedicated his life to photographing waves and has published a selection of the best images of his career. Below he captures magical moments "inside the tube", as surfers say.



Sun - glints off wave



Sand - in surf

Tubular - shining



Beach - surf crashes down

Molten - Liquid Gold

White - tumultuous water

Splash – stunning shot

Red - mysterious shot

Break - wave crashes down

The See-Through Sea Shell

[T-roy]

Fucking awesome!!

[Ferris]

Another way you can steady your shots if you don't have a tripod.

Get a long piece of twine and a very large, heavy washer.

Tie twine to washer.

Tie other end of twine to camera, at a length so that when you look through viewfinder, there's strong tension on the twine if you step on the washer.

Voila, makeshift tripod/steadycam.

Just step on washer, point and shoot.

[Murley]

Rat750 - those wave shots are magic! I love how gnarly the shories look and that "Tubular" one is going straight to the pool room/desktop!

[Rat750]

Awesome eh? I got them in an email today.

[Orson]

Heres my best shot so far at the moon, tried alittle noob photo editing to try and bring alittle more detail out. Certainly could do alot better, ive now got a tripod which should help



Shot with a 75-300mm

Cool. The Moon is making the "Awesome: face!

[Barfrangipani]

Ashmo: I bet you've just resized the full picture there, haven't you?

Go into any graphics program, and select a box around the moon, cut, paste into new image. It will be 3-5 times larger.

[ashmo]

your right barfridge it was resized so it could fit easier on the screen, will give it a shot and see how it turns out

On a side note for everyone check out Digital camera photo galleries, gallery database, info and forums there are some sensational photos on here along with all the tricks of the trade to helping your photographic skills.

Edit: I tried resizing it but it seems to be to alittle pixelated/fuzzy so it looks like crap



That could be because i hadnt quiet focused it right.