Canon VS Nikon

[jackson6745]

Seng, what settings did you use on your D40 for that pic?

 

[Seng]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13382146#post13382146 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jackson6745
Seng, what settings did you use on your D40 for that pic?

Camera : Nikon D40
Lens : 18~55mm
F-stop : F/18
Exposure : 1/3sec
ISO : 200
Focal length : 52mm

I'm using "P" mode to snap the photo cause I'm not really know to handle the camera well ...

 

[is_that_a_fish]

hmmm... i thought this thread died off. lol
heres a couple of mine, came from a canon xti.

 

[BlueCorn]

Mono Lake at sunrise this morning.

Canon 5D

 

["Umm fish?"]

I wish RC would give us a good jaw-drop smiley. In the meantime, this'll just have to do: :eek1:

Wow, Doug! Nice shots, great color, amazing composition! And, you made it up by sunrise.... Thanks for sharing them!

 

[BlueCorn]

Thanks Andy, I'm actually co-leading a workshop so this is my 4th sunrise in a row and their will be one tomorrow morning as well.

 

[swjim]

Beautiful shots Doug!

Here are a few shots of a brightly colored dragonfly that I took recently, they were taken with a Canon 30D + 70-200 f/2.8L IS.

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[RobNJ]

Rebel XTi - Canon 50mm f/1.4

 

[RobNJ]

Rebel XTi - Tamron 28 - 300

 

[animan]

OMG Awesome thread! Amazing shots guys!!

Cactus Bloom (Golden Barrel Cactus)

Nikon D100, Nikkor 35-70 f/2.8D

 

[Seng]

Nikon D40 with 105mm macro ...

 

[Jacob D]

Beautiful sunrises Doug.

Which lens? In that first shot where you used spot metering, did you meter off the sky?

 

[BlueCorn]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13462503#post13462503 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mothra
Beautiful sunrises Doug.

Which lens? In that first shot where you used spot metering, did you meter off the sky?

Thanks Jacob.

I was using my 24-70 f/2.8L. I always use spot metering and manual exposure. Where I meter depends on whether I'm trying to protect highlight or shadow detail. In this case I was metering on the brightest spot in the sky. I set my shutter speed to expose 1 stop above center.

Here are the details:

Camera-Specific Properties:

Equipment Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer: Doug Otto
Maximum Lens Aperture: f/2.8

Image-Specific Properties:

Exposure Time: 15 sec
F-Number: f/11.0
Exposure Program: Manual
ISO Speed Rating: 100
Lens Aperture: f/11.0
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Metering Mode: Spot
Flash: No Flash, Compulsory
Focal Length: 51.00 mm
Rendering: Normal
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto


Here's another:

The Milky Way, taken from the Alabama Hills at the base of Mt. Whitney.

 

[Jacob D]

Very cool. Thanks for the info.

 

[jedininja]

Beerguy, do you have a link to the workshops that you do. I would love to attend one.

 

[BlueCorn]

I work with a photographer named Gary Hart. You can get to his page from my website. My 2009 schedule isn't set yet so you'd need to ask him for one that I'd be doing.

 

[Aadler]

Not that I have really looked closely at your pictures doug, so I don't know if you regularly do this, but Am I missing something here, slow shutterspeed to capture water, the only time you can really do this in low light morning/evening? Or do you just need to use a lens/camera that allows you to close the aperature way down to do it during the day?

 

[BlueCorn]

Secret rule of landscape shooting 101.

Shoot only when the light is good. Normally that means within an hour +/- sunset/sunrise. That's not to say that you can't get good images during other times of the day but your odds are greatly improved if you follow the good light.

I do have a 10stop neutral density filter so I can slow the shutter speed WAY down if I choose to in any conditions.

 

[Aadler]

Ya, ok, i was just annoyed on a family vacation, they kept wanting pictures... but they only go out in the middle of the day etc etc. I complain, they think im wierd etc etc. I will hae to grab a filter i guess. Thanks.

Don't believe OSU embarassed me like they did :c). At least OSU made up for it. And if you can fallow that, kudos!

 

[Toddrtrex]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13470502#post13470502 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Aadler
Ya, ok, i was just annoyed on a family vacation, they kept wanting pictures... but they only go out in the middle of the day etc etc. I complain, they think im wierd etc etc. I will hae to grab a filter i guess. Thanks.

Don't believe OSU embarassed me like they did :c). At least OSU made up for it. And if you can fallow that, kudos!

That is why on my most recent hiking trip was getting up at 5 in the morning, so that I could get some good pictures. Granted, I got some good ones during the middle of the day, but some of my best ones were the early ones.