For real...

I see all the rich high school kids around here with D40's. ALWAYS on the auto setting... what's the point in getting a DSLR?

 

Manual mode was near impossible to figure out. The D100 was not a very user-friendly camera at all.

 

im usually a big fan of natural settings and using black and white and/or sepias.

 

I really like the 3rd and 5th ones! Good work!

 

Chicago:

http://flickr.com/photos/codymays/2863785793/

 

NICE!

I want a bigger version for my desktop

 

See the link. I have full 10.2mp version if you want it. I can email it to ya.

 

teheeeee im reading up on manual mode

 

awesome chicago pic, what lens did you use?

 

The 18-135mm kit lens that comes with the D80.

 

great images

 

Ok everybody try to remember and post up the specs from every shot. Lens, body, f stop, shutter speed, etc. Also try and tell how u set up the shot and any story behind it. That way u can kinda tell how u took the shot and how u set it up so that other shooters might be able to take some advice/knowledge from it. Like I said before, every shot has a technique behind it, so if we tell how we got the shot then we can show others how to take that same type of image and they can learn just that much faster.

 

A candid snapshot of the very beautiful Sophi Berglund.



Camera: Nikon D100
Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 120 mm

I had never used a Nikon before, so I was trying to figure out the manual mode settings (which was near impossible) and I snapped this picture. Plus, the lens on the camera was a biscuit to use (24-120) at the event.

 

my main technique, probably the same for a lot of others, is slow shutter speed, no flash, and ALWAYS a tripod. also, i use a 2 sec. timer to take the picture so im not touching the camera when it snaps the photo.

 

that timer tip is a good one. i'm curious as to how many of you are photographers, in a photography class or just self-taught yourself photography; just out of plain curiousity.

pickle, i love the shots you just posted esp. the cemetery and train shot. i'd love to see the colors of all of them though for g.p.

 

I'm self-taught. I just started playing with my camera right out of the box. I never even opened the manual. lol I did take one photography class in high school, but I didn't get anything out of it. I'm going to try a photography class at my college next semester, so I hope that goes over better for me.

 

self taught.

 

im self taught as well... started playing with settings and such on the camera. never taken a class or anything, but i would like to.

purpled: i dont have any colors of the black and whites, they were taken in black and white mode on the camera. they always seem to come out better than taking them in color and then changing them to b&w on the computer. those were all taken out in the woods a little bit outside of olympia, wa. the train photo was taken on the puget sound at a small city park.

a little story about the cemetery one... that was taken at my grandpas memorial service, and i dont think my grandma even knew i was taking the photo. unfortunately, the lighting came out kind of goofy, but its still an amazing photo. would probably look great in b&w too, hehe.

heres a few more:

 

I am also self taught as u can tell from my photos. Ha ha everything I know bout photography has been learned from just messing with the cameras and reading books/magazines.

I would love to do it for a living but I have a long way to go just to get good let alone good enough to do it as a pro. Ha ha

 

yeah it is. and i thought the same thing.

wow all of you are self taught, that's awesome.

elijah, only people that know about photography would know your pics aren't on par. i don't know jack about it so most look great.