Photographer's thread

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

Yep!
Taken at the "x" towards the top right of the screenshot using a pocket tripod sitting on top of some sort of box.

Thought I recognized it, I haven't been there since 2012 but I remember it well. Very cool, that place is awesome looking at night.

[The Red One]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

1/ I like using cameras but as I like to say everything's a compromise.
(Wow! I haven't said that for a while!)
The tentative plan at this stage is to be away from Australia for approximately 1 & 1/2 years. I want as less stress as possible. A pocket camera for me is just less worry.
2/ My biggest criticism of phones are using them in sunlight; I need a viewfinder regardless of its quality and as mentioned I like taking photos.

My biggest compromise to travel is that I don’t have much money left for that. Being a fixed income old guy now, I keep the travel to Friends & sisters homes on the other side of the continent and have become somewhat of a cheap couch surfer…

I get you on the liking to take photos & having a viewfinder, that’s something no phone can take away.. Hope your plans turn out, I always find travel is a great educator and the camera just records the memories.

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

What's the Rock?

Top of the rock is the 3 viewing platforms at the top of New York city’s Rockefeller center.
Best for a high view of all of Manhattan. The best part is you can reserve your tickets in advance so could schedule an evening sunset or morning sunrise. We got up there just before noon and there was some snow left from the overnight flurries. What a crazy city to visit.
https://www.topoftherocknyc.com/

[The Red One]

Originally Posted by Capt Spaulding

@TRO Love the pano and the cyclist. I have 2 DSLR bodies - a D7200 for things far away and/or moving fast (e.g. wildlife and auto racing stuff) and a D750 for most everything else. On more landscapey trips, I usually take the D750 with a 24-85 on it and a 70-200 f4 in a smallish backpack. For street photos I usually use my cellphone. If I'm going to be doing any night/astro things, I'll toss in a 20 or 14mm Rokinon MF and take a stoutish tripod.

Tks, might as well use the time waiting for the light to change.

I carry around a 70-200 F4 as well most of the time when traveling, nice lightweight with a great light touch zoom ring for finger control when the action picks up. Much preferred weight wise than the bigger faster zoom; I have a few primes if I need to go fast in that range.

My favourite walkabout kit is a Think Tank Photo Retrospective 7 Shoulder Bag Just big enough to stuff one DSLR with the 70-200 f4 & another DSLR mounted with a 10-24 zoom and a spare prime lens or 2 in the middle. Love this bag! I mount a BS-3 or BS-2 shoe cover on both cameras in case they bump into each other, as a bonus the BS-2 keeps the pop up flash down on a D7xxx.

[abda53]

Photographer here (as a side thing though). My main profession is web development.

My main focus is boudoir (have a studio and everything), but I shoot a lot of graduations (got 2 tomorrow), lots of portraits, engagements, sports, silhouettes, headshots, and more.. I also shoot real estate and do matterport and drone work for the local Remax realtors out here and I also shoot photos/videos for the local musical theatre. I do shoot cars sometimes but it's really my favorite lol


Sony A7R4, various lenses, lights, etc.


https://boomheadshot.pro IG @Boomheadshot.pro

[Capt Spaulding]

Originally Posted by The Red One

Tks, might as well use the time waiting for the light to change.

I carry around a 70-200 F4 as well most of the time when traveling, nice lightweight with a great light touch zoom ring for finger control when the action picks up. Much preferred weight wise than the bigger faster zoom; I have a few primes if I need to go fast in that range.

My favourite walkabout kit is a Think Tank Photo Retrospective 7 Shoulder Bag Just big enough to stuff one DSLR with the 70-200 f4 & another DSLR mounted with a 10-24 zoom and a spare prime lens or 2 in the middle. Love this bag! I mount a BS-3 or BS-2 shoe cover on both cameras in case they bump into each other, as a bonus the BS-2 keeps the pop up flash down on a D7xxx.

I have a couple of decades old bags. My favorite is a Lowepro Runner 200 AW. It's deceptively compact, but will hold a Dxxxx or xxx (without a grip) with 24-85 mounted, a 70-200 f4 or 2.8, another lens (e.g. 105 2.8 macro) or 2 (wide angle MF) or one additional lens and a flash (or maybe another body-I haven't tried), plus all the other photo stuff I usually need (spare batteries for camera and flash, charger, mem card case, rear lens and body caps, filters if any, remote shutter control, and other stuff that I can't remember).

It's been discontinued for whatever LP's flavor of the month is, but I don't see myself replacing it. Have to say though, Think Tank makes some really nice bags.

[abda53]

Anyone want to see my boudoir work?

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by abda53

Anyone want to see my boudoir work?

What kind of a rhetorical question is that?
How do we know if we want to see it or not without seeing it??

[abda53]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

What kind of a rhetorical question is that?
How do we know if we want to see it or not without seeing it??

Sometimes in life you just have to take a gamble!

[bcj]

As long as the critical bits are pixelated like manga.
The admin is in Japan.

[abda53]

Originally Posted by bcj

As long as the critical bits are pixelated like manga.
The admin is in Japan.

LOL


ill start doing some posts tomorrow, but here is one

[Michael_Lym]

Quite an excellent visual shot.

[Wally86]

50mm f/1.4 has been putting in work

[Capt Spaulding]

Originally Posted by Michael_Lym

Quite an excellent visual shot.

She really needs to be sculpted in marble.

[abda53]

Sony A7R4