Photo Sharing: Nikon

[spinetnglr]

I just wanted to thank you all for being a huge inspiration to me. I took a photo class way back in high school on a 35 mm camera.. I started browsing these boards and remembered how much I enjoyed it and was completely inspired by your shots... I had a point and shoot camera and it just wasn't doing anything for me. After thinking about it some i went out and bought a nikon d5000 and enrolled in a local photo group. I am loving the camera so far. I know i am way out of practice and can't hope to be as good as you all, but I hope you don't mind me popping over, learning from you all and maybe eventually sharing some of my shots.

Anyway, thanks again for reminding me that farmville is not a healthy creative outlet and that there IS something out there i enjoy

Welcome to the boards lilmiss and please don't wait to start posting some pics. We love to see pictures from all perspectives and levels of experience. Also .... Welcome to the Nikon family

 

[Scottwdw]

Some panning action from last Spring. Hoping to see this again once the snow melts around upstate NY. Taken in late March at the Onondaga Lake Park near Syracuse, NY.

Nikon D70/18-200VR, 1/50s, f/22, ISO 200, EV 0, 95mm FL

 

[shawn68]

An old bunk in jail cell at Austin County Jail Museum

 

[TheGoofster]

Some panning action from last Spring. Hoping to see this again once the snow melts around upstate NY. Taken in late March at the Onondaga Lake Park near Syracuse, NY.

Nikon D70/18-200VR, 1/50s, f/22, ISO 200, EV 0, 95mm FL

Very nice! Did you use a tripod to pan with, or was it a hand held panning?

This is something that I want to start working on (panning), and am trying to find out the best way to do it .

 

[Scottwdw]

Very nice! Did you use a tripod to pan with, or was it a hand held panning?

This is something that I want to start working on (panning), and am trying to find out the best way to do it .

This was taken hand held. I wrote a panning "How to" which you might be interested in: The Art of Panning

This park has a paved trail for bikes, skateboarders and roller bladers. Lots of opportunities to practice panning. I go to a local drag strip each year for some high speed panning fun.

Nikon D70/70-200VR, 160s, f/14, ISO 200, EV 0, 135mm FL

 

[TheGoofster]

This was taken hand held. I wrote a panning "How to" which you might be interested in: The Art of Panning

My son has another basketball game today, so I think I might try some panning at his game. Thanks for the great article. Now I have a good idea where to start. Since he'll be outside (and most likely a pretty clear day), I'll probably start with a shutter speed of 1/60, but also give some slower speeds a try as well.
I'm shooting with my Nikon D5000 and have 2 lenses (both with VR): The kit 18-55mm 4.5 lens, and the 55-200 mm 4.2 lens. Is it easier / better to pan with a wider angle over a zoom lens (and does shutter speed differ for each)? Should I shoot manual so I can adjust both the shutter speed and the aperture settings? Or does the aperture not make that much of a difference, and I should go ahead and shoot in Shutter priority? Also, what kind of focus setting do you typically use for panning? Auto-Area, Single Point, or perhaps even manual focus?

Thanks again for the great article, as well as any other info about panning!

 

[Scottwdw]

My son has another basketball game today, so I think I might try some panning at his game. Thanks for the great article. Now I have a good idea where to start. Since he'll be outside (and most likely a pretty clear day), I'll probably start with a shutter speed of 1/60, but also give some slower speeds a try as well.
I'm shooting with my Nikon D5000 and have 2 lenses (both with VR): The kit 18-55mm 4.5 lens, and the 55-200 mm 4.2 lens. Is it easier / better to pan with a wider angle over a zoom lens (and does shutter speed differ for each)? Should I shoot manual so I can adjust both the shutter speed and the aperture settings? Or does the aperture not make that much of a difference, and I should go ahead and shoot in Shutter priority? Also, what kind of focus setting do you typically use for panning? Auto-Area, Single Point, or perhaps even manual focus?

Thanks again for the great article, as well as any other info about panning!

Leave the VR on for panning. These lenses understand when you are panning and will stabilize correctly. The wider the field of view, the slower you will need to set your shutter speed. If you zoom in, the panning becomes more apparent. 1/60th is a good starting setting for running basketball players. Play with the shutter a bit and find what you like. I shoot in shutter priority mode so I have control of it. Exposure mode matrix to start being outdoors. Start with AF Area in Auto. I use centered weighted a lot for sports, too.

Don't get discouraged. As I mentioned in the article, you will not get a lot of keepers. I started out around 10 to 1 ratio for keepers. Got it down to 5 to 1 after a LOT of practice. Oh, and get yourself a busy background. The busier the better.

Have fun!

 

[TheGoofster]

Leave the VR on for panning. These lenses understand when you are panning and will stabilize correctly. The wider the field of view, the slower you will need to set your shutter speed. If you zoom in, the panning becomes more apparent. 1/60th is a good starting setting for running basketball players. Play with the shutter a bit and find what you like. I shoot in shutter priority mode so I have control of it. Exposure mode matrix to start being outdoors. Start with AF Area in Auto. I use centered weighted a lot for sports, too.

Don't get discouraged. As I mentioned in the article, you will not get a lot of keepers. I started out around 10 to 1 ratio for keepers. Got it down to 5 to 1 after a LOT of practice. Oh, and get yourself a busy background. The busier the better.

Have fun!

Again, thanks for the awesome info. I look forward to trying out this neat procedure. Although I think your ratio of 10 to 1 might be a little too optimistic for me, but regardless, I'll give it my best and see what happens (hopefully I'll get at least a couple of keepers).

 

[Evad]

 

[TheGoofster]

Leave the VR on for panning. These lenses understand when you are panning and will stabilize correctly. The wider the field of view, the slower you will need to set your shutter speed. If you zoom in, the panning becomes more apparent. 1/60th is a good starting setting for running basketball players. Play with the shutter a bit and find what you like. I shoot in shutter priority mode so I have control of it. Exposure mode matrix to start being outdoors. Start with AF Area in Auto. I use centered weighted a lot for sports, too.

Don't get discouraged. As I mentioned in the article, you will not get a lot of keepers. I started out around 10 to 1 ratio for keepers. Got it down to 5 to 1 after a LOT of practice. Oh, and get yourself a busy background. The busier the better.

Have fun!

Rather than posting anymore about this on this thread, I went ahead and posted some of my attempts today on my thread "This Week I'm working on..."
All I'll say here is that I have a much greater appreciation for your shots now!

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

 

[RBennett]

Are you standing on the side of an overpass to take this? You're braver than I am if you are!! I'd be terrified to try and even stand there with a monopod or tripod even though this is one shot I've been envisioning forever!! Kudos!!

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Are you standing on the side of an overpass to take this? You're braver than I am if you are!! I'd be terrified to try and even stand there with a monopod or tripod even though this is one shot I've been envisioning forever!! Kudos!!

Thank you. The overpass that this was taken on had a little sidewalk with a rail about 4' high. The challenge here is to find an overpass that does not have 10' of screen blocking your view. I had to scope this spot out for a long time. It was a little unnerving standing directly above the traffic zooming underneath.

 

[TheGoofster]

Every time I look at this picture my eyes keep trying to get the background to come into focus:

 

[Suburbanmom]

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Don't normally post too many pics here b/c I never feel like they are up to caliber with everyone elses shots, but I took this yesterday and really liked it, so I thought I would post this time

 

[kappyfinn]

 

[Coach]

I took this picture back in 2007. It's of an entryway to a restaurant that had just gone out of business. The doorway caught my eye because it looked like it had been drawn with pastels.

 

[spinetnglr]

A few warm sunny days around here and it got everyone out and enjoying all kinds of activities. This young man was intent on catching his first big one of the season.

 

[omghidanielle]

Crap rain in NYC yesterday