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Italy Photos - D2h + 17-55 + 70-200

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Is there anyway to see the EXIF on these? They are utterly brilliant!!!

...Bryon

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Squawkin' Galah said:
you have a fantastic eye and you have mastered your D2h
(particularly exposure).

I've recently come back from Czech Republic and Poland and while I
took LOTS of photos, not many jump out at me like yours do :(

I've realised I don't have a specific purpose for my photography
when I travel on holidays. Although I want to make great photos, I
seem to end up with lots of "holiday snapshots" rather than
terrific photos like you. I think part of my problem is I see so
many new things, I can't stop myself from taking pics as soon as
something attracts my eye.

Could you please give a few tips to poor schmucks like me, in
particlular;
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  • First of all, thank you Steve for nice comments. I think nobody should underestimate himself especially on photography. I feel the same way you feel when I look at other photographers photos. Relax... :-))
Squawkin' Galah said:
Was your trip to Italy primarily a holiday or photoshoot ?
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  • It was a holiday trip with my wife.
Squawkin' Galah said:
Do you hand hold most of your daytime photos or do you use some
sort of 'pod ?
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  • Mostly handholding while travelling. At home, I keep a tripod at the back of my car at all times, just incase.
Squawkin' Galah said:
Do you spend much time "scouting out the locations" or do you just
shoot photos as you get to a place ?
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  • I usually try to scout around. But in Italy, since I was with my wife, I was trying to do my best whereever she takes me (mostly shopping places... :-)
Squawkin' Galah said:
Do you set manual white balance or rely on one of the preset modes ?
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  • I always use manual white balance which is set to 5300K generally for sunny days and increase the level as the light goes down. Mostly try & error thing. I never rely on preset modes.
Squawkin' Galah said:
What settings are you generally using - A priority, matrix
metering, etc ?
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  • I always leave it on A mode unless I'm doing some panning, then I switch it to S mode. I believe the DOF is what makes 50% of the photography.
Squawkin' Galah said:
Thanks Mahmet

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cheers

Steve
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I've been away and so just now seeing this, wow what a beautiful series of images of my favorite country! Really lovely series.

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myalhi said:
  • First of all, thank you Steve for nice comments. I think nobody
should underestimate himself especially on photography. I feel the
same way you feel when I look at other photographers photos.
Relax... :-))
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You are right of course Mehmet, I know that many of my photos are a bit better than "snapshots" - I just want them all to be fantastic :). I was feeling a little frustrated when I wrote my last post.
myalhi said:
myalhi said:
Do you set manual white balance or rely on one of the preset modes ?
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  • I always use manual white balance which is set to 5300K generally
for sunny days and increase the level as the light goes down.
Mostly try & error thing. I never rely on preset modes.
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I tend to use preset white balance most of the time, most often in auto , but other times I'll change to cloudy etc if I think of it.

I think my comment above is quite revealing (to me at least) - I need to slow down and think more about my photos before I push the shutter
myalhi said:
I believe the DOF is what makes 50% of the photography.
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I agree, I just need to think about at the time :)

Thanks for taking the time to reply Mehmet.

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cheers

Steve
 
your amazing photos made me homesick !!!!! It's compliment. I live in the US and I'm abroad for almost two years. You captured the best in the best way of my country. Congratulations.

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Mehmet,

I keep on coming back to this thread because your work is so wonderful! I had to tell you this again. Mehmet if you have time to help I would appreciate it... I currently have a D70 with the 17-55, 70-200vr and 85 1.4d. This is just my hobby, but in the last 2 1/2 years I've been contracted to do 4 weddings and have done 4 senior session. The biggest I printed was a 24x36 inches. It looked pretty good. My problem with the D70 is that sometimes I have problems focusing on subjects.. back and forth back and forth... and the viewfinder is small but I like the result I get with the D70 image quality... to keep it short.. Do you think that moving to the D2H would be a "step up" in image quality? I just bought the 17-55 and 70-200vr so I would have to sell my D70 and I think my 85 1.4d to get it. Would it be that much worth the change? I have read my threads on this subject but en up in the same place... You seem to be more experienced than I in this subject. Thank you for your time.
Vladimir-
 
Mehmet,

Just wanted to show you some samples for you to see where I'm at... not as good as you but here you go..
:-)

These were not with my new 17-55 or 70-200 vr

80-200 afs



80-200 afs



80-200 afs



18-70



80-200 afs

 
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