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[Sean Woodruff]

Originally Posted by Jaxon

Gary,
What a fantastic photo! I can almost hear that bird talkin'...!

I second that! The bird seems to be outside of my screen. 3 dimensional!

[Sean Woodruff]

As a photographer wannabe I have to ask...

are these pictures straight out of the cameras or are you all using some sort of picture retouching software?

[Garfield]

Originally Posted by Sean Woodruff

As a photographer wannabe I have to ask...

are these pictures straight out of the cameras or are you all using some sort of picture retouching software?

Hi Sean;

I can't speak for Rodney, but I hope he'll join in.

Most "serious" DSLR owners post process at least to some degree. One of the benefits of digital photography is that you have the option to do the set up work before taking the photo and have the camera do the processing, or do most of the post processing on the computer afterwards, or do some combination of the two.

For example, the only post processing I did to the Blue Jay shot above was to crop it, as I had already set most parameters on my D200 to my liking, including white balance, colour space, saturation, sharpening and many other settings. But I always record RAW images so I can change settings after-the-fact on the computer if needed.

The flexiblity is almost unlimited, which can be seen as a good or bad depending on one's point of view.

Gary

[Sean Woodruff]

Originally Posted by Garfield

The flexiblity is almost unlimited, which can be seen as a good or bad depending on one's point of view.

I guess that is where the "art" enters the pictures.

That and deciding what to shoot...

What does DSLR stand for? I assume Digital something, something, something?

[CanoeStream]

DSLR = digital single lens reflex

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[tin sista]

Wow folks great photos! Kudos!

[nymphfishin]

This guy showed up in our yard this week, he was just following the girls around. Pardon the fuzzyness, I had to shoor through the double pane windows of the house.
Don

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[Boondocker]

As a photographer wannabe I have to ask...

are these pictures straight out of the cameras or are you all using some sort of picture retouching software?

Originally Posted by Garfield

Hi Sean;

I can't speak for Rodney, but I hope he'll join in.

Most "serious" DSLR owners post process at least to some degree. One of the benefits of digital photography is that you have the option to do the set up work before taking the photo and have the camera do the processing, or do most of the post processing on the computer afterwards, or do some combination of the two.

For example, the only post processing I did to the Blue Jay shot above was to crop it, as I had already set most parameters on my D200 to my liking, including white balance, colour space, saturation, sharpening and many other settings. But I always record RAW images so I can change settings after-the-fact on the computer if needed.

The flexiblity is almost unlimited, which can be seen as a good or bad depending on one's point of view.

Gary

Thats pretty much the deal. My personal rule is: if I can do it in a traditonal dark room, its OK to do it in Photo Shop.

[Boondocker]

Here are some of the first images out of my new D300

[Stefrobrts]

Fantastic pictures in this thread! I am also an aspiring wannabe, but the multitude of options is a bit overwhelming. Maybe a photography rally is in order...

[Garfield]

Hey Rodney, that didn't take long! You must have your nose buried in the manual - the D300 has a gazillion more settings than a D50. So what do you think?

Gary

[Boondocker]

Originally Posted by Garfield

Hey Rodney, that didn't take long! You must have your nose buried in the manual - the D300 has a gazillion more settings than a D50. So what do you think?

Gary

MAN OH MAN! Two thumbs up! . First, being able to control the f/stop and shutter speed with the rapid dials is great; second the difference in frames per second rocks!; third the upper ISO ability is really nice. Also, the control over picking your focus point is something else as well.

If the eagles have made it to the river by st Louis, I will probably go over for a couple days on the way home for Christmas. I love this thing

[Boondocker]

Originally Posted by Stefrobrts

Maybe a photography rally is in order...

Great idea, I tried to get one off the ground last year but it fizzled. I have a standing offer to meet anyone in whatever area I am in at the time to go shooting. Maybe you would have better luck organizing a rally than I did.

[Stefrobrts]

Well, let's see what we can cook up. We'd have to find out who was interested in coming, and choose a centralized location with lots of photo opportunities. Maybe I'll start a thread and see if we can get something organized for '08.

[Devoman]

I only use an Olympus E-20 but I think it works very well for what I do.I am not a die hard photographer but I do love to take pictures when I can.Here is when I took one of this guy at Animal Kingdom this past week.He just kept this pose while everyone was snapping photos.The picture does no justice though because this Boy was really huge.
I would like to study up a bit more on photography though and eventually be able to take pics such as the closeup of the bird in the posts above.

[Garfield]

Originally Posted by Gen Disarray

MAN OH MAN! Two thumbs up! . First, being able to control the f/stop and shutter speed with the rapid dials is great; second the difference in frames per second rocks!; third the upper ISO ability is really nice. Also, the control over picking your focus point is something else as well.

If the eagles have made it to the river by st Louis, I will probably go over for a couple days on the way home for Christmas. I love this thing

Yes, thats a pretty sweet camera. I'd sure like to have the extra 1-2 noise reduction stops of the D300. The D300's settings are very similar to the D200, so you might find this summary handy...

Discussion Forums @ Nikonians - D200 Custom Settings Spreadsheet version 1.5

Enjoy!
Gary

[Garfield]

Hey Devo, thats a great picture! Like they say, the equipment's not as important as how you use it!

[Sean Woodruff]

Originally Posted by Devoman

I only use an Olympus E-20 but I think it works very well for what I do.I am not a die hard photographer but I do love to take pictures when I can.Here is when I took one of this guy at Animal Kingdom this past week.He just kept this pose while everyone was snapping photos.The picture does no justice though because this Boy was really huge.
I would like to study up a bit more on photography though and eventually be able to take pics such as the closeup of the bird in the posts above.

Ok, I'm not commenting on the skill of models here, but how closely does THAT pose resemble exaclty the pose one would see in many of the fashion pictures?

[Boondocker]

Here is an example of one that was Photoshoped some. It was cropped for effect (got rid of some foreground) and darkened for the silhouette, and made warmer for the sky. Other than that, thats exactly how it looked

[aturner4u]

Thanks for sharing your photos. I too am aspiring to own a DSLR but can't quite justify it yet. I have an olympus 10X zoom point and shoot (C750UZ). It is okay. I am sure I could do much more with it if I would only read the manual.



*original photo cropped in photoshop*