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Punk, you need to crop it :P

I tried different exposures as well, some came out kind of cool:

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And a slightly different angle to get more focus on the center of the flower:
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More are uploading... buuuut, I'm going on a trip soon (to BC, MOUNTAINS!) and was thinking of getting a telephoto lens to take with me. Which would be better?:

I really like the VR feature on this one..
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10087475&catid=

This one is a lot cheaper... but no VR feature:
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10063634&catid=

sorry to hijack..
 
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[-0MEGA-];1053785 said:
Punk, you need to crop it :P
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What do you mean? Zoom in? Because the moon is perfectly centered on the picture, I used the square in the viewfinder to get it centered...
 
Punk said:
I would recommend VR if you can afford it.

By the way, very nice pictures!
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Thank you Punk!

And yes, I can afford the VR lens. It's the cheapest one they have of the three they've shown me last time I went into Future shop.. the others are nearly $800... so I decided to start out small. I just want a Telephoto so I can get some distance shots up closer, like of mountains, etc.

I'm thinking 200mm should suffice good enough.
 
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Hyper_Kagome said:
Thank you Punk!

And yes, I can afford the VR lens. It's the cheapest one they have of the three they've shown me last time I went into Future shop.. the others are nearly $800... so I decided to start out small. I just want a Telephoto so I can get some distance shots up closer, like of mountains, etc.

I'm thinking 200mm should suffice good enough.
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This is 18mm:

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This is 300mm:
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This is about 200mm (taken today):
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Alright, thanks for that. I can see the exact areas you've zoomed in on too from the 18mm picture. Now I have some idea as to how far the 200mm should be able to go.

I'm pumped for this trip. I'm hoping I can get that lens before I leave to get some good ones of mountains and whatnot. Going to some British Columbia hot springs.
 
Hyper_Kagome said:
I love how you can see the moon's craters... what kind of lens did you use, Punk and Omega?
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AF 70-300mm F4-5.6 TELE-MACRO (1:2) Tamron (the one that has the Nikon adapter).

It's a cheap good lens, but it has a lot of chromatic aberration, as seen on this picture:

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Yeah, I plan on sitting down with my manual tonight to read up on some more thing about my camera. I haven't been doing that enough lately, but tonight I will. We;re going to a family gathering for a birthday thing... and they'll likely want me to take some pictures. Portrait function here I come.
 
Punk said:
Use manual mode:):D:P


Somehow I never get what I want without using the manual mode...:D
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I don't have much practice with the manual just yet, and I just remember reading that portrait gives a lot softer background and line around the subject being photographed... but I'll play around with my camera tonight and see which one I feel most comfortable with for tomorrow.

I still have a lot of learning to do with this camera... and more learning of terms and how certain things affect pictures. Life is like school, how peachy.
 
Hyper_Kagome said:
I don't have much practice with the manual just yet, and I just remember reading that portrait gives a lot softer background and line around the subject being photographed... but I'll play around with my camera tonight and see which one I feel most comfortable with for tomorrow.

I still have a lot of learning to do with this camera... and more learning of terms and how certain things affect pictures. Life is like school, how peachy.
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Take the time to play with it :) Take a lot of pictures, don't hesitate to try something different :)

In portrait, you'll need to learn a little about flash, which is something I'll have to do soon too :P
 
Punk said:
Take the time to play with it :) Take a lot of pictures, don't hesitate to try something different :)

In portrait, you'll need to learn a little about flash, which is something I'll have to do soon too :P
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Defiantly will take time to read and play with it today after work. I'm happy to know I can get help on here with questions about it... I seem to be catching onto cameras a lot faster than computers. :o

I need to work on my shutter speed. I tried getting some pictures of my brother and his dog playing, but it never seems to focus completely on the object I want and they come out blurred along with everything else. Too fast of a shutter speed and I get a completely dark picture. Blah.
 
Punk said:
What do you mean? Zoom in? Because the moon is perfectly centered on the picture, I used the square in the viewfinder to get it centered...
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Punk said:
Better?

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Yes, that's exactly what I mean. There is no point in having such a small subject surrounded by a vast amount of black space.

Hyper_Kagome said:
I love how you can see the moon's craters... what kind of lens did you use, Punk and Omega?
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I used my new 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS telephoto lens at 300mm.
 
Hyper_Kagome said:
Defiantly will take time to read and play with it today after work. I'm happy to know I can get help on here with questions about it... I seem to be catching onto cameras a lot faster than computers. :o

I need to work on my shutter speed. I tried getting some pictures of my brother and his dog playing, but it never seems to focus completely on the object I want and they come out blurred along with everything else. Too fast of a shutter speed and I get a completely dark picture. Blah.
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If you want fast shutter speed, you'll need to increase the ISO speed and open to the max your lens (aperture) to the lowest F-stop number.

If you have any question, I'll be glad to answer them :) (and I'm sure [Omega] too :D)
 
That's quite expensive for a non-IS lens. Granted you are in Canada, but I paid $549 for my 70-300mm IS lens.
 
[-0MEGA-];1054097 said:
That's quite expensive for a non-IS lens. Granted you are in Canada, but I paid $549 for my 70-300mm IS lens.
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I'm sorry for my ignorance on terms at the moment... but... IS? Image Stabilization?
 
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