how do you not have even light with ISO 1600+?

i shoot concerts and have enough light to shoot 1/125th of a second...

and there is absolutely nothing wrong with some noise...its the equivalent of film grain

 

I have more horsepower than you.

 

love the colors of the train. IMO u would see them better and the over all shot would look better if not shot midday and overexposed. Looks like no polarizer too?

I like everything else bout the shot.

 

Yeah it was 3ish when I was taking them and this was pre-polarizer.





I'll post up some more in a minute. Critique away that's the only way I'll know what to do different next time.

 

Very nice Jon! You break that window for added effect?

 

Lol no I would have been cuffed and escorted off the premises. This was at a train museum.

 

first and last look good...

 

In regards to noise, I will allow very little, with my camera if it gets noisey above 1000+ mark it doesnt resemble film grain,

also at first glance a viewer may interpret a noisy photo with an inexperienced camera operator.

Im kind of in between, I understand the film grain idea, even the sharpest photos will have grain when viewed 100%, me personally I don't want excessive noise simply because I dont want people mistaking it for a lack of knowledge about the camera or lack of proper equipment on my part.

but thats pretty much why I personally try to keep the noise down in my photos

but I understand exactly why some people may like noise, theres an analog vintage quality to the photo.

If I get a less than stellar photo but I like the composition, Ill convert it to B&W, raise the fill light, blow out the highlights, crush the blacks and blur the photo. So I can still use it and it looks purposely analog.

 

on a side note, anyone have pics of their photogear?

I'd like to see what everyone's using.

 

its isn't the same as grain, but it is the digital equivalent

 

so i went out last night and bought a D60 with the kit lens. very happy with it! ill be even happier when i figure out how to fully use it... lol

hopefully i can get a lot of help from you guys bc i'm a total noob!

 

do you have any experience with photography at all?

 

i was workin with my buddy's d40x for a couple of weeks but other than that just ur regular point and shoot camera


so i wentwent home on my lunch to feed my puppy and took my first shots on my d60

 

my puppy's ears do that too...^^

 

so do mine...

as for the photos...nice and sharp, but a little over exposed

 

love the colors in the photos.

 

was bored a bit this AM...

 

i love the reflection on the pics

 

looks cool. Background seems a little blown out and kinda distracts ur eye from the subject. Those are some nice models tho.

 

i didnt even notice the background to be honest.. reflection looks great .. sweet rides btw