Bones is practicing photography. Opinions? (new camera)

[XR-7]

I like the pictures at the very top best.

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[VincentTheGuy]

That bird is a cutie, i love these pictures a lot.

[Muslim]

In the third photo you did, what is that?

Also, it's fantastic. But you really need to do what Bluetooth and Brickman said, and focus on something.

[Bones4]

In the third photo you did, what is that?

Also, it's fantastic. But you really need to do what Bluetooth and Brickman said, and focus on something.

I understand what you're saying with the focal point, but I don't see how it's relevant with my aperture settings.

For example, the waterfall pictures were supposed to be blurred. I don't have a neutral density filter, so I had to use the smallest aperture to prevent overexposure. This of course widened the depth of field. This effectively makes everything in focus. Much like cameras with smaller sensors such as cell phones.

I'm in no way defending those pictures because I know they aren't good, but your argument doesn't really make sense to me. As someone else said, landscapes don't have a focal point. If I had that neutral density filter, stuff would be a lot more fun. I've spent so much money though.

[Bones4]

Forgot one. I liked this one.

[mp7964]

d'aww doge

[ßlöükfáce]

Cute

[Bones4]

I'm ready for night photography. Maybe even some time lapses

[Brickmaster]

That looks awesome.

[RagnaTheBroedge]

Photography will always make me laugh because it's basically a competition of whose camera is nicer with a better black and white (Or sepia if one is feeling intense) filter.

[BluetoothBoy]

Photography will always make me laugh because it's basically a competition of whose camera is nicer with a better black and white (Or sepia if one is feeling intense) filter.

Oh no you didn't just... You do realize nice photography takes a good amount of effort, right? A camera and your so called filters are one of the last thing a good photographer is worried about. The photographer is the individual, not the camera. You try and tell this to a professional photographer, and you'll have it coming to yah. It sounds like you're trying to act like some ex-Instagram hipster.

I have one of the lowest end (not to mention old) SLR cameras out there, yet I'm able to take pictures just as well as if I had a $15,000 camera. "But how can that be, that camera is fifty times better!"

Don't make me laugh. Why don't you try it out and get advice and feedback from professionals and people who actually know what they're talking about.

[lolz??]

Oh no you didn't just... You do realize nice photography takes a good amount of effort, right? A camera and your so called filters are one of the last thing a good photographer is worried about. The photographer is the individual, not the camera. You try and tell this to a professional photographer, and you'll have it coming to yah. It sounds like you're trying to act like some ex-Instagram hipster.

I have one of the lowest end (not to mention old) SLR cameras out there, yet I'm able to take pictures just as well as if I had a $15,000 camera. "But how can that be, that camera is fifty times better!"

Don't make me laugh. Why don't you try it out and get advice and feedback from professionals and people who actually know what they're talking about.

regardless people get way too much credit for taking photos (besides portrait photography)

[Bones4]

regardless people get way too much credit for taking photos (besides portrait photography)

I'm not good. Don't mistake this for me trying to make it look like that. The images I posted were nothing more than playing with my camera and trying to figure out how to work it.

However, I've been studying a lot. A lot of photography is "meh", but some of the shots take a forgetton of understanding, skill, patience, and sheer time. I can only dream of getting the same level of shots as some I've seen, and that's even if I had the camera they used in the place they were in.

I agree that in a lot of cases a smartphone can capture a lot of what people use SLR's for. That's why I'm about to start something that will actually take advantage of the hardware I have. And something I will have to practice a lot at and seriously hope I get lucky on.

I'm heading out tonight to try a time lapse shot of aurora borealis. I'd eventually like to get a reflector telescope, computerized mount, T-ring adapter, and start trying my hand at astrophotograpy.  Some people that do this spend multiple nights in a row taking many very long exposures of the same thing and compiling them to get one image.

This shot was taken by an amateur photographer using two nights worth of exposures.



And I just thought this was awesome. Someone caught the ISS going past the moon



I do realize this particular type of photography DOES require a lot of "stuff", but it requires even more skill. That's the kind of stuff I want to get into though.

regardless people get way too much credit for taking photos (besides portrait photography)

Yeah...  no. Just no.

[Tetris]

interested in astronomy photography?

now that's cool

[Sentry]

I remember one night the ISS flew over where I live. Pretty cool.