*Official* Post Your Pictures Thread

[spirit]

Oh you don't take your shots in manual? As far as white balance goes I use auto but all my shots are taken in M mode, there is so much you can do with the variation of settings.

I don't bother with light meters though, most dslr have good built-in TTL "light meters" nowadays.

I rarely shoot in manual. I set the exposure bias and the ISO and that's about it. Shooting RAW means I can change stuff like white balance later so I leave that on auto too.

I only use manual if I'm doing night photography or long exposures and even then I just use shutter priority and set ISO and shutter speed.

 

[Punk]

Here are a few from tuesday:

(that's the Mt Blanc in the background)

Here is from this summer, not sure I posted them here:

 

[spirit]

Nice shots Ben and stunning scenery but I'm still not hot on that watermark if I'm honest.

 

[Punk]

Nice shots Ben and stunning scenery but I'm still not hot on that watermark if I'm honest.

I'll be honest too, it is just a way of giving people a way to contact me if needed. I don't have the skills or time to make a better one, hence why it is in corners and not over the picture.

 

[spirit]

I'll be honest too, it is just a way of giving people a way to contact me if needed. I don't have the skills or time to make a better one, hence why it is in corners and not over the picture.

I'd just change the font to something that's not a script font, that's all.

 

[NikonGuy]

Oh you don't take your shots in manual? As far as white balance goes I use auto but all my shots are taken in M mode, there is so much you can do with the variation of settings.

I don't bother with light meters though, most dslr have good built-in TTL "light meters" nowadays.

@ Spirit. What Punk said. I mean the lightmeter built into your camera. I saw your thread about upgrading to a D7xxx Body in a few years. Tbh I don't think you should until you master Manual mode in your camera.

 

[voyagerfan99]

I rarely shoot in manual. I set the exposure bias and the ISO and that's about it. Shooting RAW means I can change stuff like white balance later so I leave that on auto too.

I only use manual if I'm doing night photography or long exposures and even then I just use shutter priority and set ISO and shutter speed.

I personally only shoot in manual mode when I'm doing long exposures for something. Otherwise I use aperture priority. I don't always have time to determine an appropriate shutter speed.

However the new Rokinon 35mm lens I just bought is fully manual, so I'll be using manual mode when I take pictures with that lens

 

[Punk]

Once you get used to it, setting up a proper shutter speed is a matter of seconds

 

[spirit]

@ Spirit. What Punk said. I mean the lightmeter built into your camera. I saw your thread about upgrading to a D7xxx Body in a few years. Tbh I don't think you should until you master Manual mode in your camera.

It's not that I don't know how to shoot manual and set the shutter speed or what effect I can get by changing settings etc (but I never use the light meter), it's more to do with what voyagerfan said about not wanting to set a shutter speed for every single shot I take. When I'm shooting I want to spend time composing my shots properly and finding interesting things to capture, not worrying about shutter speeds and so on.

Saying 'I shoot in full manual and nothing else!' doesn't make you a good photographer and certainly not a professional one. People who say that annoy me. There is so much more to it.

 

[Punk]

Saying 'I shoot in full manual and nothing else!' doesn't make you a good photographer and certainly not a professional one. People who say that annoy me. There is so much more to it.

I don't think that's where he was going at all, nor did he said your shots weren't good (nor do I think btw). It is only my opinion and experience on it (be it non-professional) but setting up a proper shutter speed i and aperture is part of the composition because you can achieve effects and atmospheres you can't if one of these settings is set to auto. Of course setting it on auto doesn't mean bad pictures.

 

[spirit]

I don't think that's where he was going at all, nor did he said your shots weren't good (nor do I think btw). It is only my opinion and experience on it (be it non-professional) but setting up a proper shutter speed i and aperture is part of the composition because you can achieve effects and atmospheres you can't if one of these settings is set to auto. Of course setting it on auto doesn't mean bad pictures.

I know it wasn't what he was saying. I was just pointing out that there are a good number of people out there who think that they're automatically fantastic at photography because they only shoot in manual, and that's not right at all. I just said it because we were having the discussion about shooting modes.

People have their own ways of shooting. If you get the results then who cares what mode you used? You shoot in the way that best suits you, whether that's manual or program auto or something else.

@NikonGuy I'd like to see some of your photos! Do you have Flickr or anything like that?

 

[NikonGuy]

I don't use flickr or anythng sorry. But I'll upload a few.

When I get back to my desktop in a few I'll upload some other cool ones.

 

[spirit]

The first one is definitely my favourite - beautiful shot.

 

[Geoff]

I shoot in aperture priority mode most of the time. Most of my photos are either landscapes or sports, in landscapes I set my aperture to either f/2.8-f/4 if I'm looking for some bokeh when taking a foreground shot with a landscape background, or f/8-f/11 for when I want to take a distant landscape shot. It makes no difference to me if Im shooting at f/8 what my shutter speed is, as long as it's twice the focal length. 1/250 or 1/2000 doesn't make any difference, so shooting in full manual just takes extra time, especially if I'm taking photos with varying sun and clouds.

In sports, depending on the lightning conditions I'll shoot either in aperture priority or full manual. Indoors where the lightning is consistent I'll shoot full manual, but outdoors say at a soccer or lacrosse game under party cloudy skies, I'll shoot Av to avoid drastically underexposed photos. On sunny or overcast days, I tend to shoot outdoor sports on full manual.

 

[NikonGuy]

Thanks, here are a couple more

I have a different processing app on my tablet which these images look alot better with that than they do with the one on my computer lol

 

[NikonGuy]

I shoot in aperture priority mode most of the time. Most of my photos are either landscapes or sports, in landscapes I set my aperture to either f/2.8-f/4 if I'm looking for some bokeh when taking a foreground shot with a landscape background, or f/8-f/11 for when I want to take a distant landscape shot. It makes no difference to me if Im shooting at f/8 what my shutter speed is, as long as it's twice the focal length. 1/250 or 1/2000 doesn't make any difference, so shooting in full manual just takes extra time, especially if I'm taking photos with varying sun and clouds.

In sports, depending on the lightning conditions I'll shoot either in aperture priority or full manual. Indoors where the lightning is consistent I'll shoot full manual, but outdoors say at a soccer or lacrosse game under party cloudy skies, I'll shoot Av to avoid drastically underexposed photos. On sunny or overcast days, I tend to shoot outdoor sports on full manual.

I get your point. However the reason I stay in full manual is not because I think it makes me better, I just like spending time on the camera, trying different affects. It also helps me learn what shutter speed and Fstop works in what light and so on. It's all personal preference. It's like RAW vs JPEG. I used to shoot Jpeg only. Now I shoot Jpeg on 1 card, and Raw on the other. ( The camera holds 2 cards ) I do it like that because I like to have a Jpeg I can use right away if I "Need" to. But I also have Raw for processing when I have time / want.

 

[spirit]

I have a different processing app on my tablet which these images look alot better with that than they do with the one on my computer lol

What software do you use to process?

Now I shoot Jpeg on 1 card, and Raw on the other. ( The camera holds 2 cards ) I do it like that because I like to have a Jpeg I can use right away if I "Need" to. But I also have Raw for processing when I have time / want.

Not a bad idea but if you need a photo immediately that was taken in RAW you can simply export it to a JPEG in something like Lightroom without making any adjustments.

How often do you use your JPEGs?

 

[NikonGuy]

What software do you use to process?


Not a bad idea but if you need a photo immediately that was taken in RAW you can simply export it to a JPEG in something like Lightroom without making any adjustments.

How often do you use your JPEGs?

I have Lightroom ( newest version just updated ) Photoshop CC, Corel photosuite x6, and for the tablet I currently have Snapseed, and soon will download the lightroom mobile version for the tablet.

I really need to get to work now, so I'll reply when I got home.

 

[Geoff]

I get your point. However the reason I stay in full manual is not because I think it makes me better, I just like spending time on the camera, trying different affects. It also helps me learn what shutter speed and Fstop works in what light and so on. It's all personal preference. It's like RAW vs JPEG. I used to shoot Jpeg only. Now I shoot Jpeg on 1 card, and Raw on the other. ( The camera holds 2 cards ) I do it like that because I like to have a Jpeg I can use right away if I "Need" to. But I also have Raw for processing when I have time / want.

Understandable, everyone takes photos in their own way. Many times I don't have the luxury to get the exposure right manually. It is a great way to learn more about photography though. Canon lets you convert RAW photos to JPG in-camera, so if I shoot RAW only I can select which ones to convert to JPG within the camera. Generally though, if shooting sports you need the fastest FPS possible, so writing to two cards lowers the FPS.

 

[NikonGuy]

What software do you use to process?


Not a bad idea but if you need a photo immediately that was taken in RAW you can simply export it to a JPEG in something like Lightroom without making any adjustments.

How often do you use your JPEGs?

I use my Jpegs probably 65% of the time right now. I'm still working on changing that though.