Mike_West Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) Or "wait, did we have a first one?" Yeah, we did. It went the way of The Manly Thread, but since I got around to putting up a fanpage for my photos (and other stuff, but mostly photos), I thought I'll post a couple of things. I use a Canon 1200D, with a 18-55 kit lens and a 50/f1.8 portrait lens when I'm feeling artistic (I'm trying to scrounge 300 quid for a 17-50/f2.8 Sigma zoom, for those times I can't walk back enough to keep everything in the shot). https://www.facebook.com/seriouslymikephoto/?ref=bookmarks I also post stuff on my Tumblr, between the guns, sci-fi artwork and large amounts of dogs at once: http://seriously-mike.tumblr.com/tagged/seriously-mike-photography Here's the fanpage, and here's a couple of samples: Edited August 5, 2016 by Mike_West Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLite Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) Canon 700D with a 35-185mm kit lens. I have a nifty fifty which is lovely, but I would love to get a fast 35mm f/2 to get the right balance for the APS/C sensor, but no money is no money. Edited August 10, 2016 by DarkLite Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLite Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 I'm embarassingly amateur at this sort of thing, so please, give me constructive criticism. I think I boosted the ISO a bit too much to offset the fast shutter for all the action shots. Bit noisy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) Yeah. You're losing quite a bit of detail there. Need to find a better compromise for ISO. Edited August 10, 2016 by hitmanNo2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLite Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 What would you recommend? I was working with a F/3.5 lens and I wanted to eliminate as much motion blur as possible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted August 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 You could have cranked up the shutter time a bit for the static pics, grain's most obvious on those weapon close-ups. Also, if you want to take dynamic photos, just work on Shutter Priority with auto ISO, on a f3.5 lens you should get enough serviceable material (unless the kit is very theoretically f3.5, my 17-50 kit narrows the aperture to 5.6 or thereabouts at the shortest focal length. Which explains why I want that Sigma. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLite Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 I'll fiddle about with the shutter speed settings. Thanks guys!Also, this lens seems to be getting some decent reviews: http://petapixel.com/2015/06/01/review-yongnuos-35mm-f2-lens-for-canon-ef-packs-a-punch-for-the-price/ Chromatic abberations aren't great, but for £70 shipped on eBay I'm pretty impressed with the shots coming out of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-Drake- Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Invest in a monopod, that way you can still get sharp images when dropping the shutterspeed rather than cranking up the ISO. Plus monopods are pretty compact and easy to carry. Also opening to the widest aperture doesn't always provides the greatest results, and often cheaper lens will give soft edges on whats in focus rather than a nice crisp image. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted August 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 I'm on a roll again. And I'm not yet done. However, I need to stock up on lighting gear, because blasting away with a bare camera-mounted flash like uncle Richard at a family event looks like *suitcase*. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted July 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 Last month, I went to the local Comic Con and did some cosplay photos. http://seriously-mike.tumblr.com/post/161402537721/demon-hunters-models-world-of-bishcraft-and According to those two Demon Hunter cosplayers, I managed to take the best photos of them at the con. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) A few of my non airsoft pictures. All taken with a Fujifilm S1900 so nothing special Edited July 3, 2017 by Cannonfodder80 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Mike_West Posted July 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 That's a lot out of a S1900. Although the Fuji S1000 series are pretty good point'n'clickers, I have a S1600 and used it for a long time (until I bought my new phone that finally takes photos you can see details in). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Thanks, I got it as I wanted something basic which would get better pics than my phone but cheap (£40 second hand from CEX) Anyway, here's a few I managed to take at Duxford last weekend Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 (edited) Thanks, I got it as I wanted something basic which would get better pics than my phone but cheap (£40 second hand from CEX) Anyway, here's a few I managed to take at Duxford last weekend Just messing around with filters to get that old look Edited July 11, 2017 by Cannonfodder80 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted July 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 Huh. That's weird, the quality of your pictures suddenly tanked, and drastically. The ones from Duxford are terribly grainy, like the image sensor is straining, which I find weird as I remember that a Fuji P&S can make decent photos even in bad conditions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 I think it's a mix of the lighting conditions and me fiddling with the settings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted July 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 Good advice, cheap cameras don't like working with ISO set above 400. Entry-level DSLRs start stumbling between 800 and 1600, even if they can go up to 3200 nominally. And a bit of trivia, a buddy of mine is a cameraman and once took some beastly video camera (Sony it was, I think) for a spin. Managed to get a clear video in the middle of the night, with ISO in tens of thousands. 19200 or so. He later shot an indie movie with it, with a scene lit by a shitload of candles. Didn't need extra light for it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 Thanks for the advice, I think drinking before hand probably didn't help too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Siavash Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 Here are my photos from RIAT 2017 All taken with a Lumix FZ300 Was my first time using a DSLR... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted July 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice! Tapped out with Tapatalk. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Nice. I heard the B2 made a surprise appearance too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Siavash Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Ye, on Sunday, *fruitcage* F22 didnt fly on Saturday Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted July 23, 2017 Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 (edited) Shame. I saw the Raptor at last year's Flying Legends (the best part was when she arrived and set all the car alarms off). Unfortunately this year I missed the P51 Berlin Express, who flew over from Texas, as her canopy exploded mid show on the Saturday. Unfortunately another P51 was forced to do an emergency landing in a field on Sunday right at the end of the show. The pilot got out fine and nobody was hurt so it's all good. Apparently they had more trouble getting it back to the airfield then getting it out of the field as no-one remembered to measure the gap between the traffic ligts Edit: to stop the thread getting clogged with text here's a few shots I managed to get of local wildlife Edited July 23, 2017 by Cannonfodder80 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Siavash Posted July 23, 2017 Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 Heres a few pics of my Cats, Luna and Blinky Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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