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 Post subject: Re: Dscans' D40 Pics
PostPosted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:08 pm 
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so this is a pretty great thread. stumbled in here out of boredom.

i'm impressed.

Me too!

I've been meaning to get back into photography, this is definitely stoking that fire. I sort of dipped my toe in a bit in my late teenage years but got out of the habit as time went on, my daughter being born has really made me want to pick it up as a hobby again.

What cameras are you guys using? Digital SLR's? It's been a long time for me, any recommendations would be wonderful.

dscans - your shots are just gorgeous.

I use a Nikon D40 SLR. It's the low-end Nikon but I'm quite happy with it. I haven't checked in a while but I think prices of SLRs have come down quite a bit and you can probably get a pretty good deal if you shop around.
Good luck and be sure to post your shots in here.


The D40 is a cracking little camera, I had one, but managed to get my hands on a D200 with a Sigma 24-70mm 2.8 lens, wonderful piece of kit, unfortunately I went on holiday to Mexico, final full day there we went to see Chichen Itza. Beautiful day, then all of a sudden the clouds rolled in and we got caught in the worst thunderstorm I've ever witnessed, the camera got soaked and is now fooked! :(

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Went to this ridiculous 5k-with-obstacles race called the Warrior Dash today. It was very odd. I'm still not sure why all these people paid $70 to do this to themselves, but it made for some good photo ops. I actually shot people today, something I'm usually a little timid to do. This really wasn't my scene, and I'd never go back, but here are my five favorite shots of the day:
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Those Warrior things are popping up all over the place now.

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I'm very curious as to what the original contents of your post were, thodoks. I imagine it having something to do with those muddy warrior men in the above post.

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I'm very curious as to what the original contents of your post were, thodoks. I imagine it having something to do with those muddy warrior men in the above post.

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those pics with the smokestacks in them are pretty great, thodoks.

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Yeah I wasn't really that enthused about them until I started playing around with them in iPhoto. I think I'll end up framing two or three of those pics.

Photography is kind of fun.

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Yeah I wasn't really that enthused about them until I started playing around with them in iPhoto. I think I'll end up framing two or three of those pics.

Photography is kind of fun.

This summer I was playing around with shutter speeds and got some great lightning pics. I should post them someday. I would love to get into photographing people more, but like Argo I'm a little timid about it.

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 Post subject: Re: Dscans' D40 Pics
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thodoks wrote:
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Yeah I wasn't really that enthused about them until I started playing around with them in iPhoto. I think I'll end up framing two or three of those pics.

Photography is kind of fun.

This summer I was playing around with shutter speeds and got some great lightning pics. I should post them someday. I would love to get into photographing people more, but like Argo I'm a little timid about it.

I think photography might be one of those things at which I'd prefer to be an amateur. It definitely would have been a lot less fun for me if I'd set out to take great pictures.

My wife and I spent one of our last days in Philadelphia walking around Old City snapping pics of rowhouse windows, doors, and architecture. We framed a few of the window pictures and get compliments on them when folks come over. There's something about being completely green and unselfconscious about the creative process that I find refreshing and very, very enjoyable.

I've never really thought about it, but would have to agree with you. It's very rewarding to me as an amateur when I get that one great picture that stands out. Kind of like your smokestack ones. But I've always had a thing for old industrial buildings and also abandoned buildings.

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I agree that that first smokestack picture looks really great, thodoks.

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I agree that that first smokestack picture looks really great, thodoks.

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I don't think I posted this here, sorry if I already did. This was from the roof of my truck, I didn't have my tripod for stability so had to improvise.
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thodoks wrote:
Yeah I wasn't really that enthused about them until I started playing around with them in iPhoto. I think I'll end up framing two or three of those pics.

Photography is kind of fun.


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The Argonaut wrote:
Went to this ridiculous 5k-with-obstacles race called the Warrior Dash today. It was very odd. I'm still not sure why all these people paid $70 to do this to themselves, but it made for some good photo ops. I actually shot people today, something I'm usually a little timid to do. This really wasn't my scene, and I'd never go back, but here are my five favorite shots of the day:
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This is Kinzua Bridge in Pennsylvania. When it was built, it was the highest railroad bridge in the world. Several years ago a tornado knocked it down and the remnants are still there. I really wish I had remembered my tripod because the trees just look messy.
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Since it's winter and there isn't much color, I decided to start experimenting more with black and white photos.
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My wife actually took this one. It's surprisingly sharp considering we were in a moving car.

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