Kirislin

I'm hoping all is well this morning.

see if you can organise Snook to go along as photographer, I wonder if she knows about this thread.

I've found when I look through the siggy with the OS turned on I get a bit seasick. Has that happened to anyone else?

Ive done this exact thing too and usually the pics are all awful. :laugh: Yes that's exactly what I got from looking at those pictures, do you think he knew you were taking the shots? Yes, I think I must have looked very suspicious, cause I was trying to look so innocent. :laugh:

:laugh: couldn't you just see it. Work it baby, little supermodels.

wow. look at the beautiful sky!! Love the second pic too, she looks like she's pulling a smarty pants face, very cute. it doesn't look noisy to me.

He actually looks sad tlc, grief stricken almost. If I didn't know I'd think he just had some terrible news.

I did a funny experiment a couple of weeks ago. I put the wide angle lens on and just hung my camera around my neck so it was at waist level. I walked along and just pushed the button as I passed people. I think a few got sus of me though, and none of the photos really worked anyway. :laugh:

Ummmmmmmmmmmm huga, is that bridesmaid wearing gumboots? :laugh: now there's a story!

Thanks :D it's funny you know, I dont know that man but I've seen him a few times since in Coles or just in the main street, and I have to stop myself from going up and saying hello, like he's a friend, because his face is so familiar to me now. :laugh:

I knew I had these photos somewhere but couldn't find them so remembered I'd put them in one of the challenges years ago, I found them again. do they fit this subject?

well I dont know if this classifies as photojournalism but I thought I'd put it up cause as tlc said, it tells a story. this dog had it's first run at the whippet race track, and was the goofiest most unco-ordinated dog I think I've ever seen, but it had the proudest most excited little owners. He was a champion in their eyes. IMG_1762 by kirislin, on Flickr

Is this any help? http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=movida+hosier+lane&m=text

I chop and change my settings and often use manual, but I dont mean manual focus, as in, I dont flick the switch on the actual lens to turn off focusing, but I often use manual to have full control over shutter speed, ISO, WB, and aperture.

I know the answer to this one. NO. I started with a 400D which was a great camera for general photos, and I took some good shots with it, I then bought the top of the range 70-200 2.8 IS lens hoping to catch those elusive whippet action shots I craved, and the dear little 400D just couldn't focus fast enough, that is when I realised I'd outgrown the camera and bought the 7D. and the 7D 70-200 combo gave me shots like this. The Home Turn by kirislin, on Flickr IMG_5632dppc by kirislin, on Flickr IMG_5902dppt by kirislin, on Flickr IMG_5609dppt by kirislin, on Flickr the 400D would not have been able to focus quick enough to keep up with the lens.

Post the photos you want them to use. I dont know how to make them, I hope someone will do it for you.

you know about this thread on POTN? http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1154313 you can see some amazing photos there, and ask questions too, although be warned alot of them have a very high and mighty attitude and often like to give some pretty smart arse answers. You just have to ignore them. Dont take it to heart.

Oooooh I hope everyone takes their cameras. Frenchies are the cutest funniest little dogs, you'd get some fantastic shots.

when I first got my 7D I used to take it to bed with me, read the manual and play with the settings in the hope that it would sink in. For alot of the time I used to say those words in the manual might have just as well been little black ants running over the page for all the sense they made to me, but gradually, with more reading, more mucking about with the controls, and lots more practice I started to get the hang of it. I'm still in awe of that camera and all it can do, and I probably haven't used a 100th of what it's capable of.

here's some more of my favourite portraits. All of the same dog, and she's not mine. It's Iggy Mums beautiful little girl Zoey, who has to be about the most photogenic little princess I've ever met. I'm not big on editing so they're all pretty much straight out of camera. IMG_4535dpp by kirislin, on Flickr Camera Canon EOS 7D Exposure 0.01 sec (1/100) Aperture f/1.4 Focal Length 50 mm ISO Speed 400 Taken with my old 400D Looking very Demure demure by kirislin, on Flickr Camera Canon EOS 400D Digital Exposure 0.01 sec (1/100) Aperture f/2.0 Focal Length 50 mm ISO Speed 400 IMG_3021 by kirislin, on Flickr Camera Canon EOS 400D Digital Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60) Aperture f/2.0 Focal Length 50 mm ISO Speed 200

I'm not sure if this is classed as a portrait, I took it ages ago but it's one of my favourite photos of Puck, I just love that boy. Puck: Life is good. by kirislin, on Flickr here's the exif Camera Canon EOS 7D Exposure 1/2500 sec Aperture f/2.2 Focal Length 50 mm ISO Speed 200

actually that's really worth a try. You'll either need to shoot in RAW so you can change the white balance later or know what sort of lighting they use and set it in camera if you're shooting jpeg. You'll just need a wide enough aperture and high enough ISO to keep a fairly fast shutter speed, unless you want blur for effect.

Kirislin: Canon 7D, 50mm 1.4, 100mm 2.8 Macro, 70-200mm 2.8L IS, (Sigma 17-70mm, Canon EF-S 17-85mm I'll sell one, or both of these lenses, bought the Siggy kinda by mistake, I'd like a wider angle capable of going on full frame ) Bellatrix: Canon 5D Mark II, 50mm 1.4 (and the 1.8), 24-70mm 2.8L, 100mm 2.8 Macro, Speedlite 580EX II JS: Canon 1000D, kit 18mm-55mm & 55mm-250mm, 50mm 1.8, Speedlite 580EX II SchnuzaeryBoy: Nikon D80, Nikon D700, 50 1.8, 18-50 2.8, 28-80 3.5-4, 24-70 2.8, 70-200 2.8, SB-400, SB-900, 1.4x TC, 2x TC Becandcharch: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4, Speedlite 580EX II and a kit lens I dont even know what it is as I never use it! persephone :point&shootonly here Fuji finepixS8000sfd and a sony cybershot DSCN1 Ellz: P&S only here too: Olympus SP600UZ and Sony Cybershot DSC-S650 MavericksMission: Canon 450D, 18-55mm & 55-250mm, Canon 7D, 28-135mm, 50mm 1.8. Nikon D700, 100mm 2.8 Macro, 50mm 1.8, 85mm 1.8 & 28 - 300mm Evolving: Canon 500D, 50mm 1.8, 18-55mm & 55-250mm Mish13 : Sony A850, KZ F2.4 24-70, F3.5,90mm F2.8,11-18mm F4.5,18-250mm F3.5, 75-300mm F4.5, 50mm 1.8 (Bellatrix, you have my dream camera) CrazyCresties: Lumix TZ65 and my Canon (which is still in storage for another month!) 350D 18-55mm kit lens, 70-300mm and 500mm Tamron mirror lens (about 20yrs old from my old Minolta but works with an adaptor!) Belgian.blue: Canon 550D 18-55mm & 55-250mm .. very soon a 50mm 1.8 and a Sony Cybershot P&S eta: Just purchased a 50mm 1.8 and a Lowepro Versapack 200 AW biggrin.gif Fattima: Nikon D90, kit 18-55mm & 55-200mm Clover: Nikon D40x, kit 18 - 55mm, 55 - 200mm & nikkor 70 - 300mm. MTD : Sony A350 , 55-200mm, 18mm-70mm , 50mm 1.8 SammieS: Canon 7D, 18-200mm but I think I also want a 50mm soon! DMA: Olympus E-30, Olympus E-420, Zuiko: 14-42mm, 12-60mm SWD, 18-180mm, 70-300mm; Sigma: 24mm, 30mm, Olympus EX-25; Canon PowerShoot A590; Canon AE-1, 28-70mm, 85-200mm Ripley: Canon 50D; Canon 30D, Canon 300mm f/4 L, Canon 1.4 teleconverter (don't need to use it though), Canon 50mm 1.8 (I hardly use this lens either), Sigma 17-70, Sigma 10-20, 2 ND grad filters, a newish Fuji pocket digital + underwater housing which I am going to sell soon and a Canon DSLR film camera that I probably won't use again. Linda K - Canon 5dII, 24-70L, 85 1.8, 50 1.4, 135L, 16-35L & Nikon D700 50 1.4G TerraNik: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4, a couple of kit lenses that I rarely use, Speedlite 580EX II Tlc: Canin 7D, Canon CSC G1X, 50mm 1.8, sigma 17-70 Panasonic fz50, nikon coolpix P&S RottnBullies: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.8 ValleyCBR: Olympus e420, Zuiko: 14-42mm and Zuiko 40-150mm LucyCharzie: Canon 1000D, 18-55mm, 50mm 1.8 Ravyk: Canon 550D, 50mm 1.4, 60mm 2.8 macro, Sigma 18-250mm, Sigma 10-20mm, Panasonic Lumix FT3 [waterproof] Firestone: Canon 450D, (I love) and today I laybyed the Canon 50mm 1.4 can hardly wait CareyJ: Canon 450D, 18-55mm, 55-250mm, Lowepro camera bag, Sony Cyber-Shot DSCTX p&s Poocow - Canon 350D (need an upgrade!), kit lenses, 50mm 1.8, 70-200mm. Next purchase will be a Speedlite. ~*Shell*~ - Canon 5D Mark II, Battery Grip, Canon 7D, 50mm 1.4, 50mm 1.8, 70-200mm 2.8L, 580EX II Speedlite, Canon IXUS80IS, Canon IXUS210IS, Canon x2 III extender. Tibbiemax - Canon 50D, 18 - 200mm, 50mm 1.4, need more stuff!! MrRedDog -Canon Eos 7D, Canon EF 50mm f1.8 II, Tamron SP AF 10-24mm f3.5-4.5 Di II LD, Tamron AF 28-300mm f3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Plus a few other bits and pieces: bag, filters and stuff (now it's play time) DogSportObsessed: Canon 1000D, 50mm 1.8, kit lens (that rarely get used) Smisch: Nikon D3000 18-55mm 55-200mm & limited use of a D50 (I seem to be the only one who actually likes the D3000 camera..) Lic_82 - Canon 40D, 55 - 250mm, 18-55mm, 50mm 1.8, 28-135mm, various filters and a 430ex speedlite Misha&MIlo - Konica Minolta DYNAX 5D 18-70mm, 75-300mm with a few uv lenses. Fuji finepix S2000 point and shoot Sony Cybershot DSC-TX5 waterproof camera tdierikx - Canon 450D, 18-55mm IS, 55-250mm IS - and backup is a Canon Powershot S5 P&S (12x zoom equivalent to around 400mm apparently) Canon 60D and Tamron 18-270mm lens kja - Canon 40D & 1DIII bodies w/ Canon 17-55 2.8 IS, Canon 50 1.4, Canon 85 1.8, Canon 70-200 2.8 IS, Canon 60 & 100 macros, Canon 135L 2.0, Canon 10-22, Canon 100-400L IS, Sigma 17-70, Tokina 11-16 2.8, Tokina 10-17... Underwater housing & ports & strobes for the Canon 40D. And my happy baby Canon SD1200 IS for go anywhere; except in the water which is my baby (crappy) Olympus 720SW Complete list coz there's just so much freakin stuff LOL wagsalot - Canon 350D, Canon 7D, Canon 50mm 1.8, Tamron 17-50 2.8 IF, Canon 70-300 4-5.6 IS Cairo1: Canon 7D, 50mm 1.8, 18-105mmL, 70 - 200mmL, 10 - 22mm wide angle Sigma ange - Canon 5dII and 450D, 24-70 2.8L, Canon 35mm 1.4L, Canon 50mm 1.4, Canon 85mm 1.2L, Canon 430ex II, kenko tubes, and a few other bits and pieces. MalteseLuna - Nikon D7000, Sigma 18-200 F3.5-6.3, Nikon 50 mm f1.8 (should be arriving any day), Tamron 90 mm Macro (really it is my mom's) - next on my list is a tripod or a flash. Eventingpony - Nikon D7000, 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6, Panasonic Lumix TZ10. Dogfan - Canon 500D, (Kit lens) 18-55mm IS, 50mm 1.8, Tripod of some sort (I haven't looked at it properly yet, lol) Luke W - Canon 40D, Canon 70-200 f2.8 L IS, Canon 24-70 f2.8 L, Canon 17-40 f4 L, Canon 50mm f1.4, Canon 100mm Macro, Canon 580 EX, Canon 550 EX, Canon ST-E2, Canon 1.4 Teleconverter, Minolta FlashMeter IV, New Age Outlaw - Sony A700, Sony A33, Sony 50mm f1.7, Sony 16-105 f3.5 - 5.6, Sony 18-70 f3.5 - 5.6, Sigma 24-70 f2.8, Tamron 70-300 4 - 5.6 MUTTRUS --lumix ,canon ixus 220 ,olympus tough, olympus 210 ,NIKON D3100 lens 18-55 AF -55-200 AF ,SONY handy cam Monet n Diva's Mum - Canon 7D, 70-200mm f4, 50mm f1.8 Staffyluv - Canon 7D and 400D bodies. 15-85mm, 75-300mm, 18-55mm (all kit lenses) and a 50mm f1.8

Best way to learn is to get out of auto and start playing around with it. I always wanted to learn how to use an SLR but it was so much harder back then. I remember I used to carry a little notebook around with me and write down the settings I had the camera on, then when I got the developed film back I'd go through and write on the back of them what I'd done. I was just starting to get the hang of it and some turd stole my lovely Olympus. It's so much easier now with DSLRs though. Have fun.

Camera Canon EOS 7D shot in Manual Exposure 1/5000 sec Aperture f/2.8 Focal Length 190 mm ISO Speed 400