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12-16-2013, 02:04 PM   #1501
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Snow storm yesterday! It was fun to be able to take pictures without worrying about the snow. Camera and lens were covered with snow in -14C temperature!



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That snow shot is fantastic... what setting did you have on for that?
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One of stills I was able to catch that one angry lightning.

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That snow shot is fantastic... what setting did you have on for that?
Thanks guest

pretty much every thing was on automatic settings: Auto exposure with +1 compensation; Auto white balance; auto iso...

From the exif:
Lens: smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL WR
Shot at 21.2 mm
Exposure: Manual exposure, Program AE, 1/640 sec, f/9, ISO 1600, Compensation: +1

And also I was on continuous shooting hi


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Several pics while I'm still learning.
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Full moon, winter, midnight.
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Not strictly speaking the correct criteria but hopefully forgiven




The *ist DS from this marketplace, used for this shot was intended to tide me over until NZ finally got the K-30. showed up on my doorstep yesterday, it's missed the boat by week or two though Still takes a good picture
It looks sexy with an old lens) We may be oldschool)

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some samples of iso 3200 and 18-135mm lens

taken indoors, at Aquarium (jpeg, straight out of camera)
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QuoteOriginally posted by black-kx Quote
taken indoors, at Aquarium (jpeg, straight out of camera)
Not bad efforts. Aquariums are demanding places to shoot. Glass reflection, lack of light, and moving subjects make for difficult shots. I'd make a few suggestions to improve your results. Pick a medium length fixed lens with a wide aperture to help increase shutter speed and/or lower ISO. I chose the 50mm f1.8 when I went to Baltimore earlier this year. Also, shoot in RAW. This gives you so much more control of the images when you get back home to your computer. I also shot a bit under-exposed. This allowed me to use a faster shutter to stop motion and I knew that I could increase the exposure in post production. A circular polarizing filter can help eliminate some glass reflections but will also make you lose some light through the lens resulting in a slower shutter. I tended to just try to use my body and camera angles to block hot spots and reflections off the glass.Take a look at some of my shots here: Baltimore/Inner Harbor/National Aquarium - a set on Flickr

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QuoteOriginally posted by sumx4182 Quote
Not bad efforts. Aquariums are demanding places to shoot. Glass reflection, lack of light, and moving subjects make for difficult shots. I'd make a few suggestions to improve your results. Pick a medium length fixed lens with a wide aperture to help increase shutter speed and/or lower ISO. I chose the 50mm f1.8 when I went to Baltimore earlier this year. Also, shoot in RAW. This gives you so much more control of the images when you get back home to your computer. I also shot a bit under-exposed. This allowed me to use a faster shutter to stop motion and I knew that I could increase the exposure in post production. A circular polarizing filter can help eliminate some glass reflections but will also make you lose some light through the lens resulting in a slower shutter. I tended to just try to use my body and camera angles to block hot spots and reflections off the glass.Take a look at some of my shots here: Baltimore/Inner Harbor/National Aquarium - a set on Flickr

And here are some examples of my results:











Very nice, I like your edited photos, much better when using a prime and shooting in raw. I knew it can be much better and that's why I mentioned that they are not edited, jpegs straight out of camera. I have some fast primes like FA 50mm 1.4 and 43mm limited 1.9 that I could have used but I went with my kids and decided to take one lens that would give me the ability to shoot wide angle if needed. (and the glass is not at all clean from kids touching it)
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Trying to shoot a person:


A test of coldproofness

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Trying Bulb mode


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Self-Portrait.
Yes, the camera pictured is a K-3... but the shooter is a K-30 with M-50/1.7
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An edit but is is still from K30


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QuoteOriginally posted by Jon Quote
Self-Portrait.
Yes, the camera pictured is a K-3... but the shooter is a K-30 with M-50/1.7
Very nice ! Aperture ?
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