RnB: how long was your exposure?

Milano: if you want some nice DOF, i would suggest getting a prime lens (50mm f/1.8D or if you have $ 50mm f/1.4 by either Nikon or Sigma - Sigma is a bit more than Nikon). Congrats on your new purchase. Also, a question you should ask yourself is, "what am I going to do with the Camera?" Portrait shots, Landscape, Macro, or Telephoto shots? answer that and you can narrow down your choices of your new lens.

 

ahhhh long exposure light games. how many other nerds we got around here?




post em if you got em.

 

wow how did you do that

 

GOT MY REBEL XS!!! loving every moment of it. but i have no idea what to do. well thats a lie. my question is how important is the software becasue i know the software is what makes the pictures stand out right? also, if there are any tricks to help me learn quicker that would be great. just pm me.

 

^^ Just play around with different settings and lighting. Umm some people go by the rule of thirds where you offset your photo subject from the middle. it's really more of a suggestion so really just go out and have fun with it

 

i've found a small little single "cool white" LED flashlight works best for a thin, bright beam of good color temperature light for pictures like this.

 

I can has teh bokeh?



Ok enough of the macro. I'll try and resist tomorrow.

 

how'd you do that?

 

Couple from the other night

 

I'm diggin the first shot, skiboarder.

Focused on the battery furthest away then moved the camera so that the closest battery was centered.

 

ah. ok any special setting like av or tv or something like that

 

No but I only shoot in full manual mode.

 

it just a small aperature number likef3.5 or lower. u can also get a greater effect by having the subject further from the forground or background as possible and i believe using a telephoto lens helps increase the blur too.

 

or use manual focus

 

Depth of field is pretty easy once you figure it out. You get some pretty sweet shots from it.

skiboarder, those are some sick shots. I like them.

 

im going to be buying the canon eos rebel xs

 

getting my canon 18-200mm tomorrow!

 

Why is everyone getting canons all of a sudden? LOL

 

cause canon is awesome

 

true that