Camera Labs

I title this "Head-on." Its a Singapore MRT(Mass Rapid Transit) train slowing to a crawl as it stops at the station. Background was unsightly so it had to suffer under my Photoshop 7.0's paintbrush. I wish I had a polarising filter but I'm not willing to spend 20 bucks on it! Next time, p'raps. Wanted to add lens flare but it didn't have satisfactory results so I did not add it. I went all over Singapore (tiny place =P) to get a shot for this month's theme, but I couldn't get anything CL-worthy so I made do with this shot which I snapped on my way home. Dedicated to CL which explains the text at the "Platform One."

Techies:
Sony A200 + SAL1870 lens
35mm focal length
Shutter Priority, 1/60
f7.1
ISO 100
Flash did not fire.
EV +0.3
AWB
DRO+

Post processing:
Auto lines
Auto colour
Auto contrast (most significant auto image adjustment)
-Rest, see text-

All comments most certainly welcome,
SnS

P.S.: I had another shot which had the panning effect but it was so out of focus I decided the slightly-sharper one that was frozen should be submitted. To put it crudely: I suck anyway To put it nicely: I could do with lots of improvement.

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.: Sony DT 18-70mm :: Sony 75-300mm :: Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Macro 1:1 :: Minolta 24mm f/2.8 :: Sony 50mm f/1.8 :: Samyang 8mm f/3.5 fisheye :: SLIK Pro 330DX :: Manfrotto 496RC2 :.


my flickr

Shot taken today with a Nikon D80.
1/320 s at f/5,6
135 mm
ISO 100

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Nikon D80 + Nikkor 18-135 + Tamron 70-300

These guys know all about "transportation". With legs like that, transportation is what they do best! Picture taken at the Phoeniz Zoo, Arizona, USA.

Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 90 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Minor crop and color adjustments.

Heres my entry on "transportation" and i decided to take some pics of my bike and then hopefully get a good one and i think i did.. so here it is..

"The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine. ~John Howard"

Here is my first ever on assignment.....





Full Sized

Specs:
Exposure:1/20sec at f/5.6
Focal Length:55mm
ISO:3200
Model:Nikon D80
-handheld
-no flash

PP: Tone curve in lightroom to bring out contrasting levels and colors.. when i converted to jpeg and posted on flickr colors went gray so i edited in flickr the exposure and contrast again.. but this looks exactly the same as the raw in lightroom.

The photo is dedicated to my grandfather like always and thats about it.


Thank you,
Dan

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Nikon D80/MB-D80/ ML-L3
AF-S 18-55 f/3.5-5.6, AF 50mm f/1.8D
SB-600
Vivtar 2800
My flickr
~Dan Nelson~

After sitting the last one out, studying the basics, I hope to have learned a bit of a lesson, so here goes -- a shot I took earlier in April, depicting the historical streetcar heading into the (more or less) organized chaos known as Beyoglu (Pera), Istanbul



Equipment: Nikon D40, AF-S Nikkor DX 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6GII ED, Cokin 52 mm circular polarizer
Focal length: 18 mm
Exposure Program: Manual
Aperture: f/8
Shutter speed: 1/60 sec
ISO: 200
EV: -0.66

Postprocessing: RAW conversion, plus an overall decrease in the brightness of the sky to reduce blow-outs. Also tweaked contrast and HSL settings. All tweaks performed in ACDSee Pro 2.

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"Shoot RAW, ask questions later"
My Flickr Photostream. C&C Welcome!
Nikon D80 | AF-S Nikkor DX 18-135 mm f/3.5-5.6G ED | AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8D | AF Nikkor 70-210 mm f/4

What a great theme, and there sure a lot of great submissions!!

Even little ones have got to move!!
For me the challenge this month was settling on a subject. When I saw this little guy I could not shoot enough
This was taken at a parking lot in Ventura, CA at 12:18 20080412


Enlarge to 1000px

Tech Data:

Camera Model: Canon 30D
Position: Handheld (standing)
Lens and focal length: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L @ 70mm
Aperture: f/13
Shutter Speed: 1/640
Sensitivity:ISO400
Flash: No
Post processing: Adobe Lightroom RAW conversion.
[ Lightroom Develop Adjustments ]
WB: As Shot at 4550
Tint: -2
Exposure 0.00
Recovery: 0
Fill Light: 33
Blacks: 5

Brightness: +50
Contrast: +25
Clarity: 0
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: 0

No noise reduction used
Sharpening: 25
Lens Vignetting: Amount -100, Midpoint 0

Skate free or die!

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Jim Hawksworth Flickr
Canon 30D | EF 17-40 f/4L | EF 70-200 f/4L USM | EF 50 f/1.8 II | 580EX II | Berleback 2420 Tripod | and other various tools

Here is my contribution for this month's assignment, titled "Last Call".



Camera Model: Nikon D80
Lens and focal length: AF Nikkor 35mm f/2 D
Aperture: 4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/80
Sensitivity: 100
Post processing: A touch of 'Fresco Filter' and desaturated some blue from the neighboring train.

Titled: On Schedule!






Camera: Nikon D80
Lens & Focal Length: AF-S Nikkor 18-135mm 1:3.5-5.6G ED @ 20mm
Aperture: 22
Shutter Speed: 1/20
Sensitivity: 1000
Post Processing: N/A
Notes: I didn't mean to have my ISO so high, it was my first shot of the morning and had been shooting in low light the previous night. Still turned out pretty good though!

Wow, seems I'm the first one to do car trails!
I imagined there would be a few by now, but I guess I was wrong.

Well this was a first for me as I had never tried car trials or in fact night photography. I enjoyed and plan more ventures out like this.



Camera Model: Nikon D80
Lens and focal length: 18-135mm - focal length (eqv.) 216mm
Aperture: 4.5
Shutter Speed: 20"
Sensitivity: 100
Post processing: Turned the brightness and the temperature down slightly and cropped a small part from the bottom.

Taken from the Rock of Gibraltar looking down on the bay. I was trying
to capture all the ships in the bay. My wife counted 38 at one time. I
thought that truly represented transportation. I realize the photo has
some vignetting, but I felt it framed the subjects.
See larger photo here
http://www.rogersrus.com/Photos/Trans.jpg


Camera Model: Canon XTi
Lens and focal length: Canon EF 75-300 with polarizing filter
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/400
Sensitivity: ISO 400
Processing: Re-sized

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Canon XTi
Canon EF 50mm
Canon EFS 18-55mm
Canon EF 75-300
Canon Speedlite 430EX Flash
Manfrotto 190XPROB Tripod
Manfrotto 804RC2 Head

Sony Alpha 100
1/500
140mm
F/4.0

From the time of the ancients these majestic Arabians have transported warriors, supplies, as well as competitive riders. This fortunate fellow has only to transport himself and sire an occasional colt. Utterly free.

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Sony Alpha 700, Minolta 70-210 f/4 and some other stuff

Camera Model: Sony A200
Lens and focal length: 18-70mm - 35mm
Aperture: 6.3
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Sensitivity: 100
Post processing: Slight contrast boost

Simply taken on an early morning excursion to an art studio for Humanities class.

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Sony a200+Sony DT 50mm+Sony DT 18-55mm+Sigma DG 28-200mm Flickr

Picture
Make: Canon
Model: EOS 400D
Shutter Speed: 8, 30 second (2 separate exposures)
F Number: F/8
Focal Length: 21 mm
ISO Speed: 100

PP: HDR merge in Photoshop CS3, duplicate layer + high pass filter and soft light blending change for contrast!

Same Mazda RX8, different location!
HNV

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"Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler." Albert Einstein

Was wandering around Nishinomiya on my APRIL trip to Japan and happened to stop on a bit of a bridge to watch the traffic (it was extremely pleasant out). Seeing as how I had my trusty D80 with me, I gave my particular shot (har) at those familiar light-trails that I seem to be seeing so much about




Camera Model: Nikon D80
Lens and focal length: Nikkor 18-200mm at 18mm
Aperture: f20
Shutter Speed: 20 sec
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Post processing: none

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Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200mm VR, and a trusty FM2 with a MF 35-135mm

The Accident....

Taken from Canon 40D
F/10
Shutter: 1/250s
ISO 320
Focal length 75mm

Taken from Canon 17-85mm
on the 24/04/08

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Camera's: Canon 450D - Canon 40D
Lenses: Canon 70-200mm F/4 L, Sigma 10-20mm, Tokina 28-70, Sigma 300mm 2.8, Canon 50mm 1.4, EFS 60mm 2.8 macro
Flashes: 430EXII, 580EX and ST-E2