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Posts: 123 | Eric, I hear similar things a lot. I do a lot of paying photography jobs and sell photos on a regular basis. I couldn't count how many times someone has seen my work and said "You must have a really good camera." No, I have a midrange camera but took the time to read the manual. If people would do a google search and learn aperture, shutter speed and ISO, and how to control them they could vastly improve their results. A buddy of mine has a $3000.00 camera and 2 $1200.00 lenses and I blow his work out of the water. He has the bank account but isn't willing to take the time to learn how to use what he has. His work should be out of my league with the equipment he has. Anyway, like you say it's not the camera ENTIRELY, but quality equipment can help. I once won $500.00 with a picture I took with a 3.1mp HP camera that cost me about $100.00, because I knew what it could do and how to operate it to the best of it's ability.  | ||
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firstsixfeet - 4/14/2011 7:49 AM LOL, I can't believe we can get into a "mine is bigger than yours" discussion talking about cameras. All I can say is, I am sure you are all legends or, should be...... If that's what you're reading from me, you didn't get the gist of what I was saying. Taken Sunday night.....best bolts were during the downpour, which cameras don't like very much. Mostly cloud-to-cloud lightning though. Which looks cool, except if you're taking pictures. Best I could do from my driveway while my wife and kids were deciding whether or not to hit the basement as the tornado sirens were going off. -Eric Attachments ----------------  spark new smaller.jpg (95KB - 176 downloads) | |||
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| I don't get to do much "fun" photography. Kind of like a carpenter going home at night and building a garden shed in the backyard. But here's a couple: spawning muskies and some venison..... Attachments ---------------- M1st3.jpg (46KB - 148 downloads) | |||
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Posts: 32901 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Nice work Eric, I really like the spawning muskies shot. Examples from the OFM Nikons; Tournament Coverage images; we shoot as many as 500 a day at events to tell the entire story and allow every competitor a shot or two. Sometimes we have time to carefully compose the shot (rarely), sometimes things are happening REALLY fast. It's really enjoyable work for all of us. Tommy Skarlis considers the upcoming day's competition.  Gray Parsons working two jigging rods..  Mark Brumbaugh Heading out  Big Fish shot from an MWC event  HDR, Zach's 300s, Approaching storm in SOuth Dakota over the sunflower fields. Little black blurs are huge groups of dragon flies hovering over the fields.  Long exposure of approaching thunderstorm and our crew's 'lodging' in the prairies of South Dakota at the 2010 AIM.  Carlos and Skarlis, in the AIM trailer after the final weigh in...No Explanations..  Richie Boggs Wins..  South Dakota Wrap  Merc National Take Off   Random stuff    Fun stuff. | ||
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Posts: 1030 Location: APPLETON, WI | One of my co-workers actually got a new Nikon D7000. I'm more surprised he was able to find one in stock locally than I am he actually bought it. Sadly enough, he's add the camera for 6-8 weeks now and he's never once take it out of "AUTO" mode. You wanna know what's really sad? When people purchase fancy pants Nikon and Canon camera's and the poor camera body's never ONCE in their entire life ever see full manual mode. The user bought it because they wanted a camera they looked like they've got a nice camera. Sadly enough, they don't know a thing about it. The dial stays in full auto and/or program mode and that's it. Why not just buy a point 'n shoot. Am I an expert? Hardly. Avid amateur photographer? You bet. I love my Fujifilm S200EXR. =) Here are a few manual mode shots:
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Posts: 32901 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Eric, No work on any of the images posted with the exception of the sunflower field; High Dynamic Range from Zach's D300s. Here's another from Zach and the description: 'HDR image of a storm approaching I-90 at Witoka, MN. Image is composed of 5 images and processed/tone mapped in Photoshop CS4.'  Pretty cool process. | ||
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Posts: 32901 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Excellent light is also a good friend.This is a shot from a little Nikon Coolpix I carry in my Frabill Ice Suit, I never go hardly anywhere without something I can shoot a picture with. Lotsa bounce off of the snow, so the angle lit up the subject ( the Perch, actually) nicely. The eagle was dining on any gill I tossed it, and I got this as it flew by my flip-over...out of the window on the front with the little Coolpix. Luck is good too. Sometimes cool is cooler than quality. Eric, you got any more Muskie images? Attachments ---------------- DSCN1030 [640x480].JPG (123KB - 170 downloads) DSCN1026.jpg (67KB - 149 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 32901 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Here are a few, horrible conditions, wet lens the entire time...nasty, but the fish were active! I left the Nikon in the case, and shot everything with the T2i. Attachments ---------------- IMG_2186 [640x480].JPG (62KB - 148 downloads) IMG_2223 [640x480].JPG (76KB - 164 downloads) IMG_2324 [640x480].JPG (100KB - 145 downloads) IMG_2372 [640x480].JPG (77KB - 155 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 123 | I use a Nikon D90 now after wearing out my D50. If anyone wants to see some of my work you can check out my website here: http://allmeans.smugmug.com/ I just uploaded the trip photos from my Sturgeon outing on the Rainy River over the weekend. Pretty chilly up there. Edited by Lens Creep 4/19/2011 9:14 PM | ||
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