ZENNON

Nice nice - I was just looking at the Nikon 50mils yesterday actually

Thanks Matt - I was quite happy with how it came out! Here is a Mount Coot-Tha sunrise one

Two shots from lakeside last Monday

Awesome shot Sid. I really should get myself a nifty fifty!

Last shot from our Mount Mee camping weekend

Which shot and what effect? Selective colour in first? Panning in second?

Another one from that weekend (taken with my "kit lens" ;P)

Can't edit above post any more but just found out those shot were taken at Bulls Falls - via the Falls Lookout Trail (Have updated the flick descriptions ) D'Aguilar National Park: www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/daguilar

Thanks guys. Was taken up at Mount Mee (you can click on them for more info). Can't remember the specific walk or creeks name (I might have to try google it). No Sam - might have a CPL on but that's about it. (second shot is three exposures fused together though)

Couldn't decide which I like better so uploaded both..

I normally do three shots two stops apart and then open the 3 RAW files in photomatix (then do whatever), then into Lightroom Nice car

Some very nice pics Matt - the even ones are my favourites

Yeah the black (tires?) on the right were a little distracting IMO that's all

Drift88king's R33 GTST:

How cool!!

I think its freakin' awesome!!! (I was playing around with some just on the weekend actually!) Ps crop the right out

What's the original like Matt? I think it might look better if you go up a bit more. The car feels a little squashed IMO ps more details about when/where/what pls

I never said "Aperture is DOF" did I? On a friendlier note - you ever tried a Brenizer pano? Checkout this DoF! http://www.flickr.com/photos/zennondamant/...896192/sizes/o/

Camera-to-subject distance affects DoF, but do you change you change your camera-to-subject distance so you can get a different DoF? Not me. Focal length affects DoF, but do you change you change your Focal length so you can get a different DoF? Not me. Format size affects DoF, but do you change you change your Format size so you can get a different DoF? Not me!!! Circle of confusion affects DoF, but do you change you change your circle of confusion so you can get a different DoF? Not me! Aperture affects DoF, but do you change you change your aperture so you can get a different DoF? YES YES YES Have you EVER changed ANY of those factors (except for aperture) just so you could change the DoF?

AKW you know white balance doesn't really matter when shooting raw right? "A part to play" lol For a given lens (since you will be taking the shot with a given lens), and at a given zoom (since you would have framed your shot) aperture will have a direct affect on how much of the car is in focus Not sure why you are trying to play down how much aperture affects Depth of Field... all that fluff about different lenses having different DoF is true but why try and confuse the girl? (And yeah having the background further away will make it look blurrier - the futher you are away from the DOF the more OOF it will be - but its still the aperture that controls how big the DOF is!)

I normally only use Manual mode at night time. For normal everyday stuff I use Aperture Priority mode

Agreed - don't be scared of manual. Put it in manual and have a play around! (try focusing on the part of the car that is closest) Try this as a starting point maybe aperture - f/8 exposure - 10secs sensor - ISO 100 then adjust exposure up and down as you need to. if its too bright that's easy just make exposure shorter. if its too dark make it longer. if you get to 30secs and don't want to use bulb and its still too dark open lens a more (will loose DoF though) eg f/8, f/5.6, f/4 etc if you cant get enough light when lens is wide open(ie f/2.8) or you dont want to lose any more DoF then start bumping up ISO one step at a time eg ISO200 ISO400 etc

Cool well I have a spare CAS when you do want one Ah right - don't have a spare one... I actually need a harmonic balancer.... Not my pics mate - name of pic seems to indicate its in a 240SX

Nice one Sam and yeah NoFX - think top one is best.. What is the original look like? Have you de-saturated it?