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Hey! Stop taking pictures of my house!   :p

 

Joking...   great picture. Good job.

lol, thanks. Obviously it's been filtered to ####, but I like the result :)

 

Need to find more interesting things to take pictures of.

lol, thanks. Obviously it's been filtered to ####, but I like the result :)

 

Need to find more interesting things to take pictures of.

 

Yeah I use filters sometimes depends on what I take picture of.

 

Black and white photos are great! I like B&W photos.

Beautiful downtown Rochester, NY. 7/12/14. :)

 

Lumia 920

ISO 100

4 sec

 

attachicon.gifRochester.jpg

 

 

So, my pic above was just chosen to be printed in Rochester Magazine! :D

Rhino

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Date Taken: 2014-07-27 15:34:51

Camera Make: Canon

Camera Model: Canon EOS 500D

Lens: 28-300mm

Focal Length: 300 mm

Mode: Aperture-priority AE

Aperture: f/6.3

Exposure Time: 0.001 sec (1/1600)

ISO: 1600

Rhino 2

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Date Taken: 2014-07-27 15:35:37

Camera Make: Canon

Camera Model: Canon EOS 500D

Lens: 28-300mm

Focal Length: 300 mm

Mode: Aperture-priority AE

Aperture: f/6.3

Exposure Time: 0.001 sec (1/800)

ISO: 1600

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Really really like this... I tried to do some firework photography a while back without trying to actually read anything and went the complete wrong way and was trying far too fast shutter speeds and wondering why it didnt work. This is a fine example of how to do it properly and also helpful because you've posted the settings too.

Great example of how sticking the horizon dead centre can work, composition is spot on. Literally cannot praise this enough :)

 

Cheers Skiver, really appreciate the kind comments :)

 

Now that I've done a few fireworks displays, my advice would be to plan it out well in advance. Personally I like to pick a spot that shows something recognisable in the local area (as opposed to a generic fireworks shot that could have been taken anywhere).

 

Here's another from the same evening:

 

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Camera Canon EOS 6D

Focal Length 47mm

Shutter Speed 3.3 s

Aperture f/14

ISO/Film 800

 

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I rarely do HDR, but gave it a try tonight

 

14952010145_0b18016175_z.jpgHDR1 by Paulo Franco, on Flickr

 

14765924467_638ab5e142_z.jpgHDR2 by Paulo Franco, on Flickr

 

14952479455_3d2e612e1f_z.jpgHDR3 by Paulo Franco, on Flickr

 

and some non-hdr shots:

 

14732712009_b52bccbb94_z.jpgDSC_0042 by Paulo Franco, on Flickr

 

14732706360_d612f8c68d_z.jpgDSC_0034 by Paulo Franco, on Flickr

 

14732706290_06f7499064_z.jpgDSC_0037 by Paulo Franco, on Flickr

 

14059774710_23974d6520_z.jpgDSC_0138 by Paulo Franco, on Flickr

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Wow! You are back!  I wondered what's up with you.  :laugh:

 

I have NOT seen you on here for a long time!

 

How are you doing?

I am doing great!!

I can't promise I am back for long though lol

Been busy lately

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Date Taken: 2014-07-18 15:51:40
Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D600
Lens: 50.0 mm f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
Mode: Aperture-priority AE
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure Time: 1/4000 sec
ISO: 450

 

 

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Date Taken: 2014-07-18 14:56:43
Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D600
Lens: 50.0 mm f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
Mode: Aperture-priority AE
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure Time: 1/4000 sec
ISO: 100

 

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Date Taken: 2014-08-10 21:02:55
Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D600
Lens: 50.0 mm f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
Mode: Manual
Aperture: f/2.2
Exposure Time: 0.017 sec (1/60)
ISO: 3600

 

 

 

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Date Taken: 2014-08-10 20:54:34
Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D600
Lens: 50.0 mm f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
Mode: Manual
Aperture: f/2.2
Exposure Time: 0.017 sec (1/60)
ISO: 1400

 

 

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Date Taken: 2014-08-10 18:36:14
Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D600
Lens: 50.0 mm f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
Mode: Not Defined
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure Time: 0.017 sec (1/60)
ISO: 720

 

 

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Date Taken: 2014-07-18 14:55:20
Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D600
Lens: 50.0 mm f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
Mode: Aperture-priority AE
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure Time: 1/4000 sec
ISO: 100

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Full Moon at Dusk
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Date Taken: 2014-08-09 20:12:45

Highpoint
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Date Taken: 2014-09-05 18:18:22

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge
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Date Taken: 2014-08-29 17:21:14

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge
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Date Taken: 2014-08-29 18:03:06

Got a new lens - Olympus 9mm f/8.0 Fisheye Body Cap Lens. Was still playing around with it in the last picture and got the focus all messed up, so I decided to not throw the picture out, but try to give it some character. Tried to make it look like it was taken with an old pinhole camera.

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