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Posted June 23, 2015
Was on a motor show last weekend and took some pics:

http://i.imgur.com/CTSYkhn.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/YaITvy0.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/j1j34S0.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/aqGWoHs.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/XrceRHU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/cddY1Qy.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/60uk0pR.jpg

Wasn't easy to get good pics of the Freestyle Motocross show. They were taken with ISO1600 and F4.5 at 1/100 exposure and a distance of... well... 40 or 50 meters? And of course I had to take the pics out of movement. Took about 300 pics and only 20% of them aren't a huge blurry mess (talking about the bikes).
Post edited June 23, 2015 by real.geizterfahr
Posted June 24, 2015
Nice thread and some nice work people have shared. I just started photographing again, had a break for a while. I took this one last week, just a test shot of my cat from my brand new lens :)

If anyone like to see some of my stuff, go here https://www.flickr.com/photos/tobiasl/
Posted June 26, 2015
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amund: Nice thread and some nice work people have shared. I just started photographing again, had a break for a while. I took this one last week, just a test shot of my cat from my brand new lens :)

If anyone like to see some of my stuff, go here https://www.flickr.com/photos/tobiasl/
I really like your style :)
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real.geizterfahr: Wasn't easy to get good pics of the Freestyle Motocross show...
The first 4 are very impressive shots given just how maddeningly difficult action photography can be to get it to not look like an abstract blur.
Post edited June 26, 2015 by cecil
Posted June 26, 2015
Haven't noticed this thread before. Nice stuff.

Look, I'll level with you. I have a horrible eye and awful equipment that I don't know how to use. But I occasionally wind up in some cool places, so I will indulge a few shares.

re: the file names, I had a comma in one, which may have been my problem. #4 was at Box Elder Co., Utah and #5 was coming down from Sacajawea Peak in Oregon.
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Post edited June 26, 2015 by budejovice
Posted June 26, 2015
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amund: Nice thread and some nice work people have shared. I just started photographing again, had a break for a while. I took this one last week, just a test shot of my cat from my brand new lens :)

If anyone like to see some of my stuff, go here https://www.flickr.com/photos/tobiasl/
Can I use your kitty pic as my new avatar pic?
Posted June 26, 2015
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amund: Nice thread and some nice work people have shared. I just started photographing again, had a break for a while. I took this one last week, just a test shot of my cat from my brand new lens :)

If anyone like to see some of my stuff, go here https://www.flickr.com/photos/tobiasl/
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cecil: I really like your style :)
Thank you, I'm glad to hear that :)
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amund: Nice thread and some nice work people have shared. I just started photographing again, had a break for a while. I took this one last week, just a test shot of my cat from my brand new lens :)

If anyone like to see some of my stuff, go here https://www.flickr.com/photos/tobiasl/
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ericmachado70: Can I use your kitty pic as my new avatar pic?
I rather not my photos to be used as avatars but I'm glad you like my cat picture that much :) She's a demanding but sweet cat.
Post edited June 26, 2015 by amund
Posted June 26, 2015
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budejovice: horrible eye (I humbly disagree) and awful equipment (Nat Geo is Nat Geo because if you want top of the line everything it will cost you a downpayment on a house for a single lens)

re: the file names, I had a comma in one, which may have been my problem. #4 was at Box Elder Co., Utah and #5 was coming down from Sacajawea Peak in Oregon.
I really like them do it for the joy of it if the joy is there then it doesn't matter if it is perfect or not from any technical angle.
Posted June 27, 2015
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budejovice: Haven't noticed this thread before. Nice stuff.

Look, I'll level with you. I have a horrible eye and awful equipment that I don't know how to use. But I occasionally wind up in some cool places, so I will indulge a few shares.

re: the file names, I had a comma in one, which may have been my problem. #4 was at Box Elder Co., Utah and #5 was coming down from Sacajawea Peak in Oregon.
I like the #3 one a lot, beautiful landscape.You don't need expensive gear to make good pictures, you can use a smartphone or a compact camera if you want. Basically you just need to know composition like the "rules of thirds" and getting it in focus. Most important thing is that you're having fun while doing it.
Posted June 27, 2015
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budejovice: Haven't noticed this thread before. Nice stuff.

Look, I'll level with you. I have a horrible eye and awful equipment that I don't know how to use. But I occasionally wind up in some cool places, so I will indulge a few shares.

re: the file names, I had a comma in one, which may have been my problem. #4 was at Box Elder Co., Utah and #5 was coming down from Sacajawea Peak in Oregon.
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amund: I like the #3 one a lot, beautiful landscape.You don't need expensive gear to make good pictures, you can use a smartphone or a compact camera if you want. Basically you just need to know composition like the "rules of thirds" and getting it in focus. Most important thing is that you're having fun while doing it.
I suggest that as a place to start. A cheap camera or a camera phone is an acceptable place to start, but I think most people will find that it's too limiting before too long. But it's a great way to get a feel for composition and translating what you see to what you get.

As far as the rule of 3rds goes, it's almost impossible to break it unless you either put the subject in the exact middle of the frame, have no subject or have it mostly out of the frame. Those lines are actually the result of a sort of weighted average that's nearly impossible to avoid. Most photographers will naturally do it once they stop placing the subject in the middle of the frame even without knowing about the rule.

Just a little FYI.
Posted June 27, 2015
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amund: I like the #3 one a lot, beautiful landscape.You don't need expensive gear to make good pictures, you can use a smartphone or a compact camera if you want. Basically you just need to know composition like the "rules of thirds" and getting it in focus. Most important thing is that you're having fun while doing it.
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hedwards: I suggest that as a place to start. A cheap camera or a camera phone is an acceptable place to start, but I think most people will find that it's too limiting before too long. But it's a great way to get a feel for composition and translating what you see to what you get.

As far as the rule of 3rds goes, it's almost impossible to break it unless you either put the subject in the exact middle of the frame, have no subject or have it mostly out of the frame. Those lines are actually the result of a sort of weighted average that's nearly impossible to avoid. Most photographers will naturally do it once they stop placing the subject in the middle of the frame even without knowing about the rule.

Just a little FYI.
There are many options to choose from when choosing type of camera you want to use. What is limiting is often what you are comfortable with using, I don't like cameras where I have to use the LCD-screen but they seem pretty popular, I just struggle with them. If I started out today I would pick a DSLR with a zoom lens and then move on from there. They are fairly cheap, especially if you look at the used market. Another option is Fujifilm's campact cameras. I think it's best to use what you got and only buy if you really need to or you end up being very broke (personal experience lol).
Posted June 27, 2015
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amund: I don't like cameras where I have to use the LCD-screen but they seem pretty popular, I just struggle with them.
That's why I love DSLRs. You CAN use the screen, but you don't have to (plus pressing the camera against your face gives some extra stability if your trying to take free handed pics in the dark). Most compact cameras don't even have a viewfinder anymore -.-

But there's one thing that my next camera MUST have: One of those rotatable screens! When I started to play with reflections (mainly landscapes in puddles), I often found myself lying in the dirt to get my photos. There are places where this isn't fun. A rotatable screen would've been useful there (angle finder doesn't help a lot, since I'd still have to get my head down to the camera).
Posted June 27, 2015
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amund: I don't like cameras where I have to use the LCD-screen but they seem pretty popular, I just struggle with them.
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real.geizterfahr: That's why I love DSLRs. You CAN use the screen, but you don't have to (plus pressing the camera against your face gives some extra stability if your trying to take free handed pics in the dark). Most compact cameras don't even have a viewfinder anymore -.-

But there's one thing that my next camera MUST have: One of those rotatable screens! When I started to play with reflections (mainly landscapes in puddles), I often found myself lying in the dirt to get my photos. There are places where this isn't fun. A rotatable screen would've been useful there (angle finder doesn't help a lot, since I'd still have to get my head down to the camera).
You can do pretty much everything with a DSLR and that's why I think they are perfect for someone starting unless you got something else already. Some cameras are better at specific things like I have a small camera that I always have with me and that's only time I don't use a DSLR camera.

I have never considered those rotatable screens but can see them to be very useful. Sometimes I do videos and that is a pain with a fixed screen, especially in the sunlight. I'm guessing these type of screens will be standard within a year or two for most digital cameras.
Posted June 28, 2015
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amund: I don't like cameras where I have to use the LCD-screen but they seem pretty popular, I just struggle with them.
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real.geizterfahr: That's why I love DSLRs. You CAN use the screen, but you don't have to (plus pressing the camera against your face gives some extra stability if your trying to take free handed pics in the dark). Most compact cameras don't even have a viewfinder anymore -.-

But there's one thing that my next camera MUST have: One of those rotatable screens! When I started to play with reflections (mainly landscapes in puddles), I often found myself lying in the dirt to get my photos. There are places where this isn't fun. A rotatable screen would've been useful there (angle finder doesn't help a lot, since I'd still have to get my head down to the camera).
that shot is awesome :)
Here is my site of photography if anyone wants to look :) http://bit.ly/1RHwpDA
Post edited June 28, 2015 by cecil
Posted July 03, 2015
Celebration of sand festival in Burgas 2015-Bulgaria.
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Posted July 04, 2015
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robocop83: Celebration of sand festival in Burgas 2015-Bulgaria.
Those are some awesome pictures I like the gorilla and shark ones the best since they are so expressive.
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