The Darkroom: general photography posts and discussion

I am still in the learning/exploration phase with my XT-1. Two things I am loving so far:

The bracketing function that automatically varies settings with a quick burst of shots so you can capture the same scene with different amounts of light and noise. This is completely genius and I love it. I am going to shoot in this mode a LOT.

All the film simulation effects and “recipes” people have made online to replicate different 35mm film stock.

This is a kodak chrome replication with a bit of color boost. Straight off the camera, no edits. I struggle with making good lightroom edit presets for my photos so these film recipes are going to be huge for me I think.

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Love the pictures. I need to know what kind of dog this is.

Good question haha. He’s a rescue street dog, so not totally sure. Some Aussie in there, maybe some boxer. Who knows!

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I’m definitely excited about the auto bracketing. I never do bracketing and really should to maximize the full dynamic range of a lot of my photos

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Team Nikon checking in. Made the switch to full-frame this year, don’t really take enough pictures/spend too much on blades to really go mirrorless. Kit consists of D750, 11-16, 35, 50, 85, 28-70 and 70-200. Trying to justify a 400mm, but damn they’re expensive. I tend to shoot more during the winter when I can’t be out on the golf course. Very fortunate being on the edge of Lake Huron to get some really spectacular scenery.


Note: no colour editing in this one. It was the craziest sunset I’ve ever seen. Picture quality is ok, but wow was it a brilliant sunset.

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That sunset is gorgeous!!

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I went to Africa last fall and I think this was my favorite picture:

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Probably my second fav underwater pic.

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Quick intro but pumped this thread exists:

7D Mark ii - Can 50mm prime and 70 -200mm 2.8 III USM



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Hope video is not interloping too much - my hobby is drone videography. This is one from last month around town.

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Nice footage! I’ve got a fall drone footage video from Ohio.

https://youtu.be/KvewNGkrvVY

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Your trees are much prettier!

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Thanks. I think I was just lucky and got there right as the trees were beginning to peak. It’s all in the timing

Before I devote 30+ hours of my life to watching this dude’s youtubes on lightroom, is there someone else I should watch instead? I know almost nothing about lr

Side note: This whole digital thing is still blowing my mind a bit. Ditto for mirrorless.

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My wife did this. They have a self paced training class on Lightroom where she went from never using it to extremely proficient.

TBH I heave no idea what it costs… just like she has no idea how much my MB 620s cost that are sitting in the basement

We are happy this way!

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Just when i think I’m never shooting F2.8 at a game, I get a PERFECT setup with a dark crowd and light uniform.

Maybe I shoot prime all of 2023?

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YOTP- Year of the Prime???

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This could get expensive

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I’m in. (Retro Minolta 135mm f3.5 manual only prime lens on my fuji)

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I’m not “All In” but as someone who hasn’t had a prime before, it’s definitely on my list of lenses to get, so I hope to be shooting with a prime this upcoming year

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