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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 03:49 AM
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Few more from today.

They were doing some kind of model shoot.










Shooting graffiti tomorrow so stay tuned.
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 04:13 AM
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You really like the sharpening tool in photoshop don't you? lol
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 04:18 AM
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yeah a few of them have that over-pixelized look to them
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 04:21 AM
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I didn't sharpen any of them unless you count the Bicubic Sharper setting when I resize them.
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 04:36 AM
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yeah...could be the condensing of the pics, happens to me a lot too
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 02:21 PM
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snow, i like the first one.

Alas, that's cool. Just thought I'd pick at u for dodging the heck outta her legs. ha ha (maybe use a light to light up the BOTTOM of the picture next time?) ha ha
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 03:20 PM
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why are people posting such small images?
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 03:50 PM
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they look fine on my laptop....then again the screen resolution is 1024x768
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 04:02 PM
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playing with some 50mm action on the 40D..


http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_tseng/3380542899/
and i like to post medium pics that way you can kinda get the idea of the shot.. if you want to see the full size click da linkzz
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 04:29 PM
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Too much glare on cars kills the shots IMO.
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 04:40 PM
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i thought i had my cp but turns out i didnt bring the cp for my 50.. just for the 28-135. fail-nezzz
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by kiss_kiss_kill
Too much glare on cars kills the shots IMO.
eh, it really depends on the car and the shot...

sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 06:01 PM
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^agreed
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 07:03 PM
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looks like a toy model car
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 07:28 PM
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Just one from today. I'll post more after I'm done editing.

Old Mar 24, 2009 | 07:36 PM
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did anyone get a hold of the new nikkor 35mm f1.8?

i ordered one but theyre on backorder so i was wondering if anyone has it
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by BlckdOutTC
yeah...could be the condensing of the pics, happens to me a lot too
flickr compensates image resize with over sharpening. This is one thing I dont like about flickr, they dont allow you to control the amount of sharpening. I believe its around 30%-50% sharpness increase on resized photos.

Because of this you'll get jaggies
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 09:42 PM
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im sitting on the fence in regards to picking up the tamron 17-50 f2.8

anyone here have any thoughts about this lens?

I use the 18-55 is kit lens for wide angle but I want a sharper faster lens. the kit lens also seems to be prone to heavy CA when in bright sunlight.

but since owning the 18 55, ii find that I use it the most out of all my lenses, I like to shoot at a wide focal length. when I have the kit lens on I only use it at the 18mm because quite frankly IQ wise I have better lenses for the other focal lengths.

also considering the sigma 30mm 1.4 for low light indoor photos.

decisions decisions..

yes I know, Canon lenses are the way to go, but they also cost 3 times as much money with what seems to be marginal IQ differences from the pics Ive seen relative to the very large price difference.

Nothing a little processing cant alleviate.
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 09:45 PM
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if thats what you think, then why are you asking?
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by DonNguyen
if thats what you think, then why are you asking?
id like to hear what others thoughts, are on the lens. My opinion is not fact

however I was wondering if some might have personal experience with the tamron and if so how it compares with other lenses.



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