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Omair

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    I forgot about that thread :D ..

    BTW .. Thanks to all who like my pictures and sorry that i didn't have the chance to reply back ..

    and answering your question, Jack.. My camera is a Nikon D80 and it takes both Jpeg and Raw ..

    Lens: 18-135 DX and an AF 70-300
     
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    So Jack, how can I post pictures directly to here .. or do I have to upload it to some site and post the link here ?
     
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    JCK said:
    They have to be resized so you can attach them here.

    I would like to learn more about the shutter speed, the blender and other stuff as I'm a real amateur.
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    Shutter speed is obviously how long your camera sensor would be exposed to the scene you're taking a shot at .. a longer shutter speed means you need a tripod or any kind vibration reduction (the lens you gonna buy will affect this a good deal) .. also a longer shutter means brighter image, You need the right amount of light coming in depending on the effect you want .. for example you want a sense of mystery then you need the picture to be kinda dim so you set it on shorter shutter speeds .. For high speed pictures .. like sports or any moving objects you need very short exposure (1/1000 sec) but you need very good lighting that's why it's best to have pictures of sports during a sunny day .. Finally, the sensitivity of the your sensor can be controlled by the ISO count .. higher ISO means higher sensitivity .. But you don't want to set it too high it will make your pictures look grainy .. you can try that while you're reading :p ..

    Another think you must take care of is Aperture.. as the word suggests it's how large the the opening of your lens would be when the shot is taken .. shorter shutter speeds need higher apertures and vice versa .. Also the aperture controls the depth of field the larger aperture means lower depth of field (some parts of the picture would be focused and others would be blurry) and vise versa .. so if you want a picture where everything is sharp you'd pick a small aperture .. The aperture notation, in Nikon at least, is fxx (called f-stops) the number following the f is a measure of how big your aperture is .. lower numbers means bigger apertures .. basically every step has double the area aperture than the previous step ..

    and sorry i'm not quite familiar with the blender .. actually i never used it as a program .. and i'm an amateur myself when it comes to image manipulation .. :confused: ..
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    You shouldn't post them here, cause the forum upload function sucks. Personally I put mine on deviantart, where they have a more permanent home.
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    AH .. DevianArt .. where I always think of starting but be too lazy to do so .. lol .. well then I think I have enough pictures to start an album now :) ..
     
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    JCK said:
    Omair, don't listen to Martin, he uses a Canon. :p
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    shame on him :p ..

    though they say "Canon is the best camera designed by engineers .. But Nikon is the best camera designed for photographers" so let him be :p
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    i like ma nokia 6500 slide's camera it is wicked i am in love with it not the mobile but the camera
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    if that's a joke then .. :lol: .. otherwise :rolleyes:
     
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    JCK said:
    Cheers Omair, that was one good summary of things. I think the blender is some bad translation on my behalf. Also my lens is actually VR, I have the D60 18-55 VR kit.
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    good for you .. both my lenses don't have VR built in .. I need my tripod in night shooting all the time .. and on windy nights it's really pain in the ass ..

    So far, my only set back is that I'm always surrounded with friends and they don't give me peace of mind and enough time to satisfy my photographic curiosity.. They're always urging me to move on and that I'm too slow to be with when I actually walk fastest when I don't have my camera on me :p .. I started to enjoy solitude more after I bought my camera :p ..
     
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    Omair said:
    So far, my only set back is that I'm always surrounded with friends and they don't give me peace of mind and enough time to satisfy my photographic curiosity.. They're always urging me to move on and that I'm too slow to be with when I actually walk fastest when I don't have my camera on me :p .. I started to enjoy solitude more after I bought my camera :p ..
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    Tell me about it, it's impossible to take pictures when you're with people cause they won't wait for you. :sick:
     
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    Thankfully, my best friend just won a camera in a photography competition in her college, a Nikon d80 like mine, and we can go together without people annoying us :p ..

    I wish photography was kinda like diving .. some activity that makes you meet people who love what you love .. I don't know about everywhere else .. but it certainly the case in Saudi Arabia ..

    And about diving.. I wish I had a water kit .. They cost too much .. :( ..
     
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    Omair said:
    Thankfully, my best friend just won a camera in a photography competition in her college, a Nikon d80 like mine, and we can go together without people annoying us :p ..

    I wish photography was kinda like diving .. some activity that makes you meet people who love what you love .. I don't know about everywhere else .. but it certainly the case in Saudi Arabia ..

    And about diving.. I wish I had a water kit .. They cost too much .. :( ..
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    Yeah, that's what you should do. Take a photography walk where everyone takes pictures. In fact, I hear people organize them in some cities.
     
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    Martin said:
    Yeah, that's what you should do. Take a photography walk where everyone takes pictures. In fact, I hear people organize them in some cities.
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    Awesome .. I should search for one when I go to London next week ..
     
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    O, I placed an order the other day and soon I will be gettin a 70-300 AF, I also ordered with it 2 circular polarizing filters, one for the new lens and one for the one I already have. A tripod I got for my birthday and I also ordered a remote control.
     
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