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Good work!

Excellent -
Matthew Cromer said:
'L' Glass, $6,000 dSLRs, bogens, et. al. are great stuff, which we
all know. No question about it. It's nice that so many of you
have such great equipment.

But let's see the results. I want to see images that deserve to be
taken with $30,000 rigs. I'm serious. I am very serious about my
photography, and I want justification to blow my family's income on
camera equipment.

Anyone willing to post some of their best work (preferably taken
with 'L' glass) that shows off what the megabucks can do? I'm
considering buying into the Canon system (probably with a D60) if
the OlyDak doesn't show up at PhotoKina, but I want to be sure I
will end up with better images than I am getting now.

Thanks.

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my favorite work: http://www.pbase.com/sdaconsulting/favorite_work
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Brian, Very nice work. I also like seeing the settings and equipment used. It is great to see how others achieve such good results.
Thanks for sharing.
Brian Kennedy said:
Matthew Cromer said:
'L' Glass, $6,000 dSLRs, bogens, et. al. are great stuff, which we
all know.
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Change "Bogen" to "Gitzo" and we're in business ;-).
Member said:
No question about it. It's nice that so many of you
have such great equipment.

But let's see the results. I want to see images that deserve to be
taken with $30,000 rigs.
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Well, I'm not shooting with $30K worth of equipment, but I do have
nice gear. My photo site is in my signature below.
Member said:
Anyone willing to post some of their best work (preferably taken
with 'L' glass) that shows off what the megabucks can do? I'm
considering buying into the Canon system (probably with a D60) if
the OlyDak doesn't show up at PhotoKina, but I want to be sure I
will end up with better images than I am getting now.
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I don't know what an OlyDak is, but I can tell you, you will not
automatically get better images with a new camera. Sorry, but
that's up to you!

BTW, the "L" glass thing is overhyped here at dpreview,
unfortunately. Get a couple of quality primes, and you have better
quality than my L zooms any day.
Member said:
my favorite work: http://www.pbase.com/sdaconsulting/favorite_work
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Nice photos.

I should note, I also enjoyed **** G's photos (I checked out his
site, too), and agree he should spend a little more time on it --
the photos are worthy of better presentation ;-).

I'll have to check out some of the other web sites in this thread.

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Brian Kennedy
http://www.briankennedy.net/
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Here are a couple:



Canon 1D, 100-400IS + 1.4X TC. Handheld laying in muck.



Canon D60, 100-400IS + 1.4X TC, Handheld



Canon D60, 100-400IS, Tripod



Canon D60, 100-400IS, Tripod

You can see more at my website... http://www.mkwphotography.com

You should know that just buying $6000 worth of equipment won'y garner you good pictures. These are just tools we use to create our images.
Take care
Matthew Cromer said:
'L' Glass, $6,000 dSLRs, bogens, et. al. are great stuff, which we
all know. No question about it. It's nice that so many of you
have such great equipment.

But let's see the results. I want to see images that deserve to be
taken with $30,000 rigs. I'm serious. I am very serious about my
photography, and I want justification to blow my family's income on
camera equipment.

Anyone willing to post some of their best work (preferably taken
with 'L' glass) that shows off what the megabucks can do? I'm
considering buying into the Canon system (probably with a D60) if
the OlyDak doesn't show up at PhotoKina, but I want to be sure I
will end up with better images than I am getting now.

Thanks.

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my favorite work: http://www.pbase.com/sdaconsulting/favorite_work
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M.K. Whitley
http://www.mkwphotography.com

'I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.'
  • Mark Twain
 
I've been shooting with a cheap ($30) tripod lately. I have a heck of a time panning with the thing. It ends up being very jerky. I know I'd have better results if I had a more fluid head on a tripod. So, $30 versus $300, it has its place. Of course, if I spent $300 on a tripod, I wouldn't put it in a situation that I put my $30 sunpak in... in the sand and water on the shore of a lake. I wouldn't want to take it anywhere knowing how I abuse equipment like that. ;-)
Matthew Cromer said:
'L' Glass, $6,000 dSLRs, bogens, et. al. are great stuff, which we
all know. No question about it. It's nice that so many of you
have such great equipment.

But let's see the results. I want to see images that deserve to be
taken with $30,000 rigs. I'm serious. I am very serious about my
photography, and I want justification to blow my family's income on
camera equipment.

Anyone willing to post some of their best work (preferably taken
with 'L' glass) that shows off what the megabucks can do? I'm
considering buying into the Canon system (probably with a D60) if
the OlyDak doesn't show up at PhotoKina, but I want to be sure I
will end up with better images than I am getting now.

Thanks.

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my favorite work: http://www.pbase.com/sdaconsulting/favorite_work
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Regards,

Bill

In my camera bag:
Canon EOS D60
Canon 24-85mm, 28mm f/1.8, 50 f/1.4
Sigma 15-30mm, Sigma 50-500mm
On a shelf: Canon A2e, Nikon Coolpix 995
http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=20514
http://o2bnme.fotki.com/public/miscellaneous/d60_test_shots/
 
Diane – The way that you present your images here in a frame really finishes them off, outstanding!

Andy
Diane B said:
DON said:
Beautiful work Diane.....Were these taken with the lens alone
without extensions or filters? Also I notice you love B&W. Do you
have some B&W images you can post? B&W has ben a favorite of mine
but I was never able to get where I wanted to be with my shots.
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No filters or extensions--I always tweak in PS as I shoot in RAW
with low sharpness, I waver about low saturation. The lotus pics
were taken in early mornings in my garden as was the butterfly with
sunflower, altho' the swallowtail was taken near dusk.

My b/w that I have in my pbase gallery start with my G1, then the
E10 and no D60. Here's one from Saturday morning.



Here's my b/w gallery--lots of b/w here (I often use duotones in PS
also after generally using channel mixer or LAB).

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Diane B
http://www.pbase.com/picnic/galleries
B/W lover, but color is seducing me
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Mathew......I would guess that the equipment has perhaps 10% to do with the image quality and the remaining 90% can be attributed to skill. Go to http://www.photosig.com and look at the marvelous photography posted from around the world . In most cases the pictures from other countries are taken with much less costly and sophisticated equipment. However, many are outstanding.

It's a matter of priority. One of the marvelous reasons that many of us live in the U.S. is that we have the opportunity, freedom and the funds to buy pretty much what we want. If any of us try to justify the cost none of us would buy it. I would suggest that you purchase what fits your budget and needs and work the hell out of it to learn skill. If at that point you feel the equipment is holding you back from getting what you want then dig a little deeper.

Bob
Matthew Cromer said:
'L' Glass, $6,000 dSLRs, bogens, et. al. are great stuff, which we
all know. No question about it. It's nice that so many of you
have such great equipment.

But let's see the results. I want to see images that deserve to be
taken with $30,000 rigs. I'm serious. I am very serious about my
photography, and I want justification to blow my family's income on
camera equipment.

Anyone willing to post some of their best work (preferably taken
with 'L' glass) that shows off what the megabucks can do? I'm
considering buying into the Canon system (probably with a D60) if
the OlyDak doesn't show up at PhotoKina, but I want to be sure I
will end up with better images than I am getting now.

Thanks.

--
my favorite work: http://www.pbase.com/sdaconsulting/favorite_work
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Ron Parr said:
You're wise to ask to see full size, unedited images. You should
be interested in the type of raw material the camera and lens give
you to work with - otherwise you would have asked about high end
editing software and not high end gear.
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I disagree. Full size, unedited shots coming from RAW files are not meant to be displayed on the web, whatever the hardware, whatever the lens (and the ones from my 50mm prime require as much sharpening as the ones from my 28-135). Seeing them on a print (and they will have to be appropriately sharpened) is different, but the web is not supposed to accurately display full size unedited shots. And I don't see the point. Can we just stop talking about the freakin hardware and start producing photos? I believe that what Matthew asked is result, not stuff out of the camera and high-end editing software better be part of your workflow.

To see great photos, check out sites like Photosig, weed out the junk, and you will see that photos from really good photographers using very expensive and high-level stuff are not really better than photos from really good photographers using less expensive hardware. Just a matter of tools and their talent does the rest.

Those never-ending discussions about whatever is sharper, better etc... are making my skin crawl. Let's just see photos that are processed appropriately for the intended media, web or print.

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Canon D30
My photo gallery: http://www.pbase.com/davidp
 
What do you do your framing with, Diane, and how long do you spend framing each one? Images look so much better framed.

I inherited Extensis' Photoframe with this second hand machine I bought but without a manual I've found it to be useless. Any of the forums on here where the subject is more appropriate? I don't see any in the list.

billtoo
Diane B said:
Matthew Cromer said:
Wow. Awesome work. Mostly not the kind of shot I take, but very
impressive stuff.

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my favorite work: http://www.pbase.com/sdaconsulting/favorite_work
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Since you like some macros--here are 2



Tamron 90mm macro



Canon 70-200 L f/4

and 2 flowers



Canon 50mm f/1.8



Canon 70-200L f/4

Larger images and more D60 here http://www.pbase.com/picnic/new
and here http://www.pbase.com/picnic/canon_d60

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Diane B
http://www.pbase.com/picnic/galleries
B/W lover, but color is seducing me
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billtoo

http://www.pbase.com/billtoo
 
andrew light said:
Diane – The way that you present your images here in a frame really
finishes them off, outstanding!

Andy
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Thanks Andy. I thought long and hard about framing on my pbase site (which is where I've linked to for these) and decided I would do it. The uploaded images are smaller than previously but I am inclined to feel that it is a bit more professional presentation--of course, that's subjective smile .

I learned how to make an action and created my own that does it all really quickly after I finish my post work--it duplicates and makes a layer of the background, resizes, adds a 1 pixel stroke around the images, adds a new layer and drops it to bottom, resizes the canvas and fills it with white, adds an innershadow on that layer with layer style, creates another layer, drops it to the bottom, resizes the canvas and fills it, adds a final layer, drops it to the bottom, fills it with the color I chose for my pbase site, then adds a drop shadow to the black frame with layer style, flattens layers. I only add all the details in case anyone is so inclined to frame their own and wants to add a drop shadow on their pbase site. I created a separate one so that the drop shadow was in the correct place--I tried just rotating my image and applying the action but the drop shadow didn't work correctly.
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Diane B
http://www.pbase.com/picnic/galleries
B/W lover, but color is seducing me
 
bill hepp said:
What do you do your framing with, Diane, and how long do you spend
framing each one? Images look so much better framed.

I inherited Extensis' Photoframe with this second hand machine I
bought but without a manual I've found it to be useless. Any of the
forums on here where the subject is more appropriate? I don't see
any in the list.

billtoo
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Sorry I missed this when I was answering Andy above just now. The action literally only takes seconds. It was done with the normal 3/2 and 2/3 proportions of the D60 taken into consideration and I did do one that worked proportionately off an image that is cropped differently. However, that meant that there wasn't as much consistency, so I decided that I would use the same 2 actions and the occasional oddly cropped image would have more or less matte around it. I have done 2 manually in my new images because they came out almost square and neither landscape nor portrait action worked well with them. I know how to do this now so that it takes very little time, but the action is 'painless'---VERY quick. I made the action so that it stops at the 'fill' and I can add any color or even a texture, but to keep my site consistent (and because this is more 'traditional') I stuck with the white/black.

BTW, I'm no pro about actions--just decided I needed to learn for a variety of reasons so there may be better ways. If anyone would like me to share this action for PS, I am more than happy to do so.

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Diane B
http://www.pbase.com/picnic/galleries
B/W lover, but color is seducing me
 
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