Neowin Digital Gallery - Yearly Edition 2011

[crazzy88ss]

yea... that. hahaaha

Moonman is a Neowin Digital Camera Lab Meme :p

[Zain Adeel]

Canon 1D M3

Canon 5D

Canon S90

24-70 F2.8L

70-200 F2.8L IS

35 F1.4L

85 F1.2L

Nikon D3

Nikon D700

Nikon D100

Nikon F5

14-24 F2.8

24-120 F3.5-5.6 VR

80-200 F2.8 ED

50 F1.8 D

50 F1.4 AIS

50 F1.4 AFS

105 F2.8 Micro

200 F2.0 VR

Leica M6

Leica M9

15 Heliar

35 Summicron IV

75 Summarit

Hasselblad 500 C/M

80mm F2.8 Planar Chrome

o my!!!!!!!!! overkill???

thats looks like his entire fortune :p

[Dane]

Some from this weekend.

Here is one my g/f took with my camera.

I was going around and spotted this:

There is a huge hornet there, must be because of how close to three mile island we were lol.

[yeoo_andy_ni]

Took this at the weekend.

Raw then converted from NEF to DNG, then saved as JPEG, max compression.

Cropped a bit, sharpened and levels and colours adjusted in Photoshop. Think it looks good.

Manual Exposure, f4.0, ISO 100, 1/400, 70mm (105mm)

Such a wee cutie!

EDIT: Although I am kind of annoyed that her jacket is more in focus than her face. This is my first attempt at manual focus too!

[remus_lupin]

Took this at the weekend.

Raw then converted from NEF to DNG, then saved as JPEG, max compression.

Cropped a bit, sharpened and levels and colours adjusted in Photoshop. Think it looks good.

Manual Exposure, f4.0, ISO 100, 1/400, 70mm (105mm)

Such a wee cutie!

EDIT: Although I am kind of annoyed that her jacket is more in focus than her face. This is my first attempt at manual focus too!

Yeah, focus is definitely off, crop is a bit odd too, make sure to focus on the eyes specifically.

Some chromatic aberration which could have been fixed up in photoshop.

[richardsim7]

Holy ****, those eyes are demonic! :laugh:

[Argote]

Av. de los Empresarios

View of part of Av. de los Empresarios from a balcony. Zapopan, M?xico.

Date Taken: 2011-05-17 08:31:24

Camera Make: SONY

Camera Model: DSLR-A200

Lens: 18-50mm F2.8-4.5

Focal Length: 18 mm

Mode: Manual

Aperture: f/8.0

Exposure Time: 0.002 sec (1/500)

ISO: 200

[crazzy88ss]

cool looking round building

[Dane]

Holy ****, those eyes are demonic! :laugh:

LOL I think they're pretty hana.

[TAZMINATOR]

Here it is:

What you think?

[Andre]

Centring the subject usually works best when it's symmetric - not in your case. Also too much empty space. Have you tried shooting it vertically and including more of the stem?

Black halo around the flower. Did you tonemap it?

Bump up the contract - looks somewhat flat at the moment and a bit underexposed as well.

Overall it has a very soft look. If you were going for a macro shot, then soft isn't your best option.

Ditch the watermark.

[crazzy88ss]

+1 on the watermark. Nobody's going to steal your photos, and even if they do, a watermark won't stop them from re-cropping!

[TAZMINATOR]

Centring the subject usually works best when it's symmetric - not in your case. Also too much empty space. Have you tried shooting it vertically and including more of the stem?

Black halo around the flower. Did you tonemap it?

Bump up the contract - looks somewhat flat at the moment and a bit underexposed as well.

Overall it has a very soft look. If you were going for a macro shot, then soft isn't your best option.

Ditch the watermark.

1) I know about shooting vertically but I was shooting at the object.. I am not worrying about vertically or the stem for now. I just want to show the focus on object and blurry background.

2) Black halo: No I didn't do a thing to the photo. It is a wood-type fence behind the flower.

3) I will try and adjust and see how it comes out.

4) I have not added filter or changed in any graphical editor.

5) Don't worry about the watermark. Everyone has entitled to their preferences on the watermark addition. I have not seen you complain about moonman's or bubbabyte's watermarks.. (or anyone else for that matter.) Besides, I don't mind if you add your watermark onto your photos. It doesn't bother me.

[crazzy88ss]

The black halo might be from jpg compression? Iunno, I usually export everything at 10/12 or higher.

There's a difference between the watermark you used, and the one moonman uses (can't remember bubba's right now). If you really want one, try a smaller less intrusive one.

[TAZMINATOR]

That background is a red/black plant behind the flower... not the fence... my bad... which I forgot about the red/black plant that is sitting behind the flower that I was aiming at... I was thinking that I was shooting at the flower, facing at the fence... I was actually shooting in the big plant's direction.

[remus_lupin]

Here it is:

What you think?

1) I know about shooting vertically but I was shooting at the object.. I am not worrying about vertically or the stem for now. I just want to show the focus on object and blurry background.

Well... shooting at Macro levels you shouldn't have to worry about blurring the background... It comes VERY easy, not enough DOF IMO... I would have stopped down to f/11 if you're anywhere near 1:1

As there is just not enough IN focus to really differentiate easily between what is and is not in focus, especially with these fuzzy guys!

[Zain Adeel]

a brilliant thunderstorm went past our place..

Here in Lahore the lights go out every 4 hours due to lack of electical power. Played it to my advantage. Used the darkness to take some sweet long exposure shots of the sky. My first time with lightning. some are 5s 400ISO F8 others are 25s 200ISO F8 there is no infinity focus marker on the kit lens its a pain to focus in complete darkness.

And i also realised how much i would love a wider lens. Didnt edit the pix except for cropping.

and my fav

[remus_lupin]

Last one is really cool, great job! ^

[Zain Adeel]

Last one is really cool, great job! ^

hey thank u :D

i still have a buy a tripod though.. Would try some astrophotography aswell after exams.

[remus_lupin]

hey thank u :D

i still have a buy a tripod though.. Would try some astrophotography aswell after exams.

Sounds great! goodluck with exams!

DSC_0372 by Paulo Franco, on Flickr

DSC_0373 by Paulo Franco, on Flickr

DSC_0382 by Paulo Franco, on Flickr

^That one was tough, never tried shooting bugs while they flew in mid-air, they're hard to track, but I only had the camera on single focus point, that is why. Had to bump ISO to 1600, probably could have gotten away with less DOF. Can't wait to try again, this guy was pretty tiny though, so I was pretty close, hopefully I have something larger to work with next time!

Note: The first two images are around 1:1, no crop

[Zain Adeel]

the colors are amaizingly lively on the first 2. Plus the highlight in the 2nd one is just perfect!!! the shots look so alive!

and the bokeh in the back is very smooth. what lens did u use for these? macro?

[crazzy88ss]

there is no infinity focus marker on the kit lens its a pain to focus in complete darkness.

Im sure you can look this up somewhere, but this is just a guess. At F8, I'm guessing if you focus on something 75ft or further, everything beyond that'll be in focus. So maybe focus on the power lines and go from there?

[Zain Adeel]

very nice tip thanks :)

[intrinity1]

I was in Vegas for the System of A Down concert a couple weekends ago. Took some pictures while I was out'n about. All taken with my Canon XS and 18-55mm kit lens.

IMG_3721 - Copy by intrinity1, on Flickr

IMG_3735 by intrinity1, on Flickr

IMG_3683-3 by intrinity1, on Flickr

[yeoo_andy_ni]

Took this last night while out for a walk with my wife and two wee ones.

f/11, 1/4000, ISO100, 31mm

Twearked levels, colours, shadows/highlights in Photoshop, cropped and rotated slightly to make it nice and straight, smart sharpen (lens blur) and finally, noise removal.