The Never Ending Photo Thread

[Regulator75]

^^^ awesome shot Cowperson.

[starseed]

That is some beautiful countryside, Cowperson. I like the more urban life now, but eventually I know I wont be able to resist rural life.

[Jayems]

Alright. I'm on my way home late last night after shooting a lacrosse game, when I notice the sky lighting up over Springbank. I'm armed only with my Nikon D80, 50mm f1.8 and work's Canon EOS 30D with a 100-400. I know I have my shutter cord (as I like to call it) but no tripod. I figured I'd just put the nikon on the roof of my car and adjust from there. Anyways, as I'm setting up on Old Banff Coach Rd. an amazing blast of lightning occurs right in front of me. It was awesome, but of course I hadn't set up yet. Anyways, I was out there for a few hours, got nice and wet... had my cam wrapped up in a sweater... and these were the only two I got. Moral of the story, don't leave your tripod and other lenses at work That, and the show always seems to stop when I show up.

I'm sharing only because I wanted my time to be worth it

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Jayems

Moral of the story, don't leave your tripod and other lenses at work That, and the show always seems to stop when I show up.

Good job.

Nice to know I'm not the only strange person driving around locked and loaded and ready for anything (70-300 zoom on a camera within reaching distance in the car).

Cowperson

[Flaming Choy]

Originally Posted by Jayems

What's the key to good lightning shots? High aperture/long exposure? Set it on burst mode and hope for the best?

[Jayems]

Originally Posted by Flaming Choy

What's the key to good lightning shots? High aperture/long exposure? Set it on burst mode and hope for the best?

On this particular occasion, I found that f1.8 was too much, as the foreground started coming in really light after about 60-80 seconds.

I set it at f4, ISO 100 and put shutter on 'bulb'. I maybe could have upped the ISO a bit, but I wasn't too picky last night.

Obviously, having a tripod and my other lens would have made for a more appealing photo, but having the shutter cord was essential so I didn't knock the cam and have to sit and hold the button down.

I'd leave it until a flash of light came across the clouds or until ~2 mins. After which, I'd wipe the lens off and take another shot.

This was my first attempt at lightning a few years back:

[Regulator75]

Here are two fake tiltshift attempts of the Beltline.

[kobafett]

Elbow falls

[Jayems]

A little fun on the greens.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Regulator75

Here are two fake tiltshift attempts of the Beltline.

Blur filter?

[kobafett]

Originally Posted by Regulator75

Here are two fake tiltshift attempts of the Beltline.

Well done on the tiltshifts.

[BlackArcher101]

[Cowperson]

Earlier today, fording a creek up on Ptarmigan Cirque in K-Country.



Cowperson

[Regulator75]

Originally Posted by SebC

Blur filter?

Almost the same technique as the blur filter in PS.
Those two above were done by an online tiltshift maker.
In the past I have used PS to create these, but it's a pain in the butt.

Here are some more recent shots, I thought I'd share with CP.

[Jayems]

My first Show and Shine car shoot. Airdrie, Aug. 8. They're not true HDRs.

[BlackArcher101]

[Jayems]

Sweet! Last night?

[BlackArcher101]

Yep. It's a shame I had to shoot through the windshield on most of em.

[SebC]

There was a storm last night? Curses! Why doesn't anyone tell me these things?

[BlackArcher101]

In Red Deer