This is my first attempt to do HDR. I used the Tamron 17-55mm f/2.8 lens at f/8 with 9 bracketing exposures. I know this picture has a lot of flaws, but like I said this is my first attempt at HDR. I used Lightroom 2.4 and Photomatx to process it. This is actually my house in Newark, Delaware.
Recently I started looking into HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography and came across this cool way to do it without using any external software. The trick is to use bracketing and multiple exposure. This Youtube video explain how to do it, hope you would enjoy it;
These pictures were taken wirth the tamron 17-50mm lens while coming from southern Delaware.My friend Ahmed and I were coming from Southern Delaware where we attended a presentation. I just picked up my camera and tried to experiment. You would notice the squigly lines which happened due to slightly bumpy ride and handshake. This was a 3 second exposure at f/22. Hope you would enjoy it.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Received my Nikon 60mm f/2.8D Macro lens yesterday. I have always been interested in macro photography and recently also bought the macro optic accessory for my LensBaby. Hopefully I will be using both the lenses over the weekend and post some pictures here for your reviews and critiques.
This was taken at a traffic light while driving home. Camera was luckily on my passenger seat and I had the Tamron 17-55mm f/1.8 lens on my camera. Following settings were used; f/32, ISO 400 and shutter 2.5 secs. This is not a post-processed picture and curves in the light happened due to a hand shake. The reason i liked it so much and decided to post is the way colors and lights came out with a twist.
Ok, couldn't wait to test and post my first lensbaby image. This a white Dogwood tree in my front lawn and was taken with a f/2.8 aperture, ISO 200 and shutter 1/3200 settings with a little downward tilt to the lens. This is pre post-processing except the image was sharpen a little bit. I would love to hear comments and suggestions.
Today I received my Lensbaby Composer with its accessories; macro, wide angle and telephoto optics. Eager to try out but have to do some reading on it. I am getting more and more into abstract and creative photography and that was the main reason for this purchase. I have realized I am not that interested in conventional photography.
Actually a friend of mine introduced me to it and the moment I saw the gallery on the its website, (lensbaby) I fell in love with it. It should be an interesting experience and see where it leads me to.
Well, I bought my first DSLR back in 2003. It was a Canon Rebel with a kit 17-55mm lens. Since I didn't know much about photography, I started using it as a point-and-shoot camera and never explored all its controls and settings. I guess, I have always been overwhelmed and intimidated with all that comes with photography. I remember growing up my dad had a Roliflex camera and later on he bought a Yashica.
Anyway, since last year my nephew who is a professional photographer now and does weddings got me more intrigued about photography and ended up buying a used Nikon D300 after I sold my camera and the lenses which were mostly useless kit lenses on Craig's list. Right before his wedding, we were all at my sister's house and talking shop, when I started asking him questions. His suggestion was to get a D90. As he was telling me about what he was planning on upgrading to from his Canon 40D. It sparked my curiosity about D300.... the best feature I liked was the 51 auto-focus cross hairs... yes, I was still on the point-and-shoot mind set. When he heard that, he told me not to waste my money and get a $150 point-and-shoot camera or learn photography.
Well that made me start learning and ever since I have been exploring more and more. Currently I have a Nikon 50mm f/1.8, Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8, and 85mm f/1.8 lens which were all recommended by him.
I also started reading few books and I would recommend any newbie to read them. First one is Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson and the other one is Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting.
My main goal for this blog is to share my pictures and knowledge with other enthusiasts, and get critiques. Its going to be a long journey but an interesting one.
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