Basti's Photography Thread

[Basti]

hi. bit of an intro. i dont do this professionaly, in fact im quite the amatuer . i've just gotten into photography, since dad bought a dslr for his work. i manage to steal it quite often nowadays. i generally have little idea of what im doing so any help is welcome.

i do very little in the way of post processing, mainly because im lazy. when i do bother though its just levels, contrast, and other basic stuff

the majority of my pics will be taken with the dslr. however most of the earlier ones are taken with an ixus75 p&s. quite a versatile little camera. i also had access to a G6 i think it was. a bit more advanced.

my "gear"

Canon 450D

canon EFS 18-55mm stock lens

canon EF 73-300mm zoom lens

Canon EF 100 mm 1:2.8 Macro lens

noname brand tripod

hope you like what you see. i'll be adding pictures very soon, once i figure out how to watermark them. does anyone know if i can do this in batches? and add borders too?

[ZENNON]

ooh 100mm macro lens - fancy!!

watermarks and borders! geesh! sound pretty pro to me!

edit: did some reading and options include:

(some free - some not - some apparently remove EXIF data etc etc)

watermarker

Picture-shark (removes EXIF)

irfan view

thumbs plus

photoshop (removes EXIF)

[Basti]

lol on second thought i really cbf with that stuff. ok these are in chronological order as best i remember. i've copied the numbering system from one of you guys cos it works and quoting is so much better that way.

all these are taken with the IXUS75 mainly. also the G6

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6. the partial desat on this one is straight off the IXUS. i think its cool for a P&S

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13.this was really weird. using the flash made the sunset look like a fake background

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[Basti]

now for those taken with the 450D. lets hope there's an improvement.

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25.hai guys!

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[Granthem]

Some really good pics in there. Pool table shot is my fav

[NoFX_Hardcore]

Very nice shots there mate. Love the rear shot of the skylines lined up.

[Basti]

thats from the first cruise i did with SAU. Great ocean road 2006 i think. was awesome fun

[funkymonkey]

why did you take a pic of your crotch?

[eMsta]

nice pics basti - my favs are the dog one, the one with all the alcohol lined up, and the city shots

[siddr20]

Heya.. nice shots

Just a quick suggestion

I think shot 32?

Try that one again at f5.6 or f8 and see how you go

Keep the ISO down to 100..

The colors in the water will look a lot more still and it will have that gloss look.

Also i noticed most of those car pics in the day time are set to iso 800? Any reason why such ISO value?

Notice how the dog pic is a bit grainy due to being iso 800.

Just a suggestion man thats all..

Edited September 9, 2008 by siddr20

[Basti]

why did you take a pic of your crotch?

cos i knew it'd make you look

Heya.. nice shots

Just a quick suggestion

I think shot 32?

Try that one again at f5.6 or f8 and see how you go

Keep the ISO down to 100..

The colors in the water will look a lot more still and it will have that gloss look.

Also i noticed most of those car pics in the day time are set to iso 800? Any reason why such ISO value?

Notice how the dog pic is a bit grainy due to being iso 800.

Just a suggestion man thats all..

thanks for the advice man. i'll try 32 again for sure. the car shots im not sure why they were at 800. i guess i gotta pay more attention to my settings lol. as for the dog i know its grainy but she was under a table in low light and i was handholding. oh well

[Basti]

nice pics basti - my favs are the dog one, the one with all the alcohol lined up, and the city shots

dogs not mine, alcohol didnt last long and melbs is awesome. hehe

[siddr20]

Yea try it again and see how you go and post it up for me please

[Basti]

finally figured out watermarking in photoshop. although it does different sizes for different res but meh good enough.damn this no edit feature means i cant change the ones already up.

here are a couple of new ones

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[siddr20]

the first shot does it for me great crop too

[evade]

14's great, did you take one with him blocking the sun as well? could have worked well either way.

i like 32 the way it is..the water looks good..everyone can do longer shutter these days and make it look like 9.

[Basti]

haha thanks for the comments. actually 14 shouldnt be up there cos thats me and my corona taken by the chick in 15. any more angle on that and she'd have fallen off the roof

[ZENNON]

haha more pics of chick in 15

[babyskyline]

Some nice shots in there. Post up more!!!

[Basti]

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just blindly took this on the way home just then. not advisable on a public road in traffic. nearly died