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Reaper101

will have a look in giving it a go..

i dont have lightroom..

caseyjohnphotography

dl it

Reaper101

loool

will do

HarleyJace

Hey, when did you upgrade to a D80?!

Reaper101

pretty much as soon as i started this topic...

the photos of brisbane city at night and the ones of my jack russell were the first ones i took with my D80 when i got it..

whys that??

i'm better than i was with it when i started but theres alot of improving to do..

HarleyJace

I just never noticed hahaha

Reaper101

hahahahahhaa lol ok then fair enough..

dunno whether to take that as a good or bad thing.. :S

lol

HarleyJace

How is it compared to the D40 tho?

Much Difference apart from being bigger?

TUN35

Don't more expensive camera's make your skills better?

Nick_

psshht yeah! Why else would people be paying that much money?!

Reaper101

yeh a bit.. extra features and shit you can do... better quality settings and that..


hahha lol..

guys buy big expensive cameras cause they're compensating for something..

Nick_

And chicks do it whyyyyyy? compensating for something they weren't even born with?

Hoon

(small clitoris)

kidding

Nick_

A big one is a plus?

CHECK IT

least she can take a decent photograph

Nick_

To whom are you aiming that at?

Meh doesn't matter, anyone who says anything like that is a douche anyway. Haha the "From: Ur Mom" under your avatar says it all.

Reaper101

a tight one is a plus..

anywhooooooo... away from that.. lol.. i just thought i'd make a joke..

i like to think my 7 months experience with taking photos and learning has made me alot better than when i first started posting pics on here..

Reaper101

CHECK IT

wasn't aimed at anyone buddy

Nick_

The WRX shot, the flare from the headlight ruins it for me, minor detail.

I like the big wide angle shot though.

Reaper101

thanks nick..

but there is a problem i have with the panorama.. theres the blue evo and red car to the right a bit and its a little too dark..

couldnt brighten it up much or it would've ruined the rest of it..

only realised after i stitched it and merged all the layers together..

note: put darker cars in the light more..



and yeh.. was a littly bit sketchy on the left lights on the wrx.. but decided to leave it.. i'm trying not to photoshop much and get the right shot first go..

EFO

you did a good job, i dont see why ppl are being picky about it because you havent claimed you are the best etc etc etc.
you're offering a service thats at no cost and ppl are complaining lol wat more do ppl want

HarleyJace

They aren't complaining, she posts here for criticism, so they're helping her out.


By the way, I think you should start charging for your work, don't want to be known as the 'Cheap photographer chick' haha

Reaper101

i do charge actually.. lol..

been chargin $50 for a shoot for the past month and a half now..

made $200 with the photoshoots down in sydney, sendin out cd's of the shoots and group pics of evo's, amir raceborn's opening, etc..

also got a business like proposition with a rally school that will be up at QR in march, took photos and sold a cd down in sydney for some customers down there.. and yeh the guy that runs it wants me out on the day at QR to give me a bit of a start at photography and get my name out there and known..

as well as drivin some pretty sweeeeeeeeeeet cars.. (Mustang, TVR Chiamera and Porsche 911 Carrera)

will be doin a shoot with an ex show car this wednesday night as the guy wants to sell it.. will be advertising it for him after the shoot too..

so i'm getting there... dont claim to be a pro.. but i would deffinately call myself a freelance photographer..

i've been a busy little munchkin over the past 2 months..

BADEZ

awsome work u have come along way in only 7 months, with response to EFO this isnt picky u get to know picky when u post up photos of a actual photography page and what u believe is a good pic they will tell u ten minor things u wouldnt notice wrong with it.

good to see ur getting away from ur old ways of thinking ill take a ok pic and fix it on photoshop and taking the time and getting a good shot first up nothing is worse then doing a 2 hr photoshoot for $50 and then having to do 8hrs of editing because u didnt take that extra time to get the picture correct first up.

cant wait to see what u can do with some newer equipment and a sensor clean um look into a photo place i went to photo continental and agve me a voucher for a $50 sensor clean in the first yr of buying the camera was for cannon only but sure they have it for nikon too.

Nick_

A bigger pic of the pano would be good, now I look a little closer the blue wrx and red evo are actually seeming to be out of focus, should've done the old hyperfocal method to get them all sharp.

Also are you shooting in RAW? because you could've just either blended two shots or did some masking to fix up the darkness, easy peasy elementary stuff! I actually think the blue evo and red (VR?) commo are the darkest and should definitely get given a brighten. Just do a levels layer and mask it!

Send me a PM if you don't know what I'm on about and I'll basic-skill you up! Masking is like your basic tool these days for non-destructive editing.

Reaper101

will do nick.. and no i shoot in jpeg..

i didnt have cs3 before to be able to process raw files.. but now bridge is stuffing up on me.. so will be reinstalling it again sometime soon.. then will start shooting in raw..

and yeh i'll give it a try mate..

Pics from archy prac 11th of march..

Shot of the day



The Rest

Twist

Straight photos are better.

Reaper101

i find when theyre straight theyre quite boring.. u dont get the effect that they're sliding as much..

Twist

Reaper101

yeh but thats qr... see comparing qr to archy..

smaller track at arch.. so less time to pan to get that good shot.. tilting the camera allows u to get the full car in that small amount of time as clear as you can get it...

you have alot more time to plan and get a decent shot at qr...

70XIN

those archy shots are bloody alright

well done miss

Reaper101

cheers 70X..

was shooting at 1/50.. normall at 1/80, was pretty hard to get some good shots.. alot of them turned to shit..

but thats what learnings about..

dwvr

hey it might have already been answered... but what lens did u use for the last few shots of the cars with wedding ribbons?

Reaper101

just using the standard 18-55ml nikor lense