Photo-a-day

[kushtibari]

Like those Dave - surreal inky blackness to the pool but like the fishing boats best.

[Dareos]

Nothing gets me going more in the morning than a hike up a Scottish mountain with 25kg of gear on my back.

I know what you mean mate, the sniffer dogs and police helicopter really add something to the trip

and Dave, thats not a swimming pool, its a portal to another world!

Anyways, posting here because i recently got myself a camera, curently reading through a Dummies book for it (cos i am clueless on this), and hopefully out taking shots soon, learning as I go.

Its the Nikon D3100 18-55 kit, and its complicated lets hope I can do it justice

[g8ina]

OK, I left it a couple of days, seems to be a bit quiet of late, so here are my other three Malta shots :


Marsaxlokk Fishermen


More from Marsaxlokk


Mosta Church with one of the biggest unsupported domes in the world. Also, a WWII bomb fell on it and didnt go off, thus not killing the entire congregation ! Replica kept in back room. Four frame mosaic stitched in Photoshop.

[stavroshamster]

Bad weather preventing outdoor stuff at the moment - so resorted to cat photos...

[Tim S]

View from our hotel terrace to the pool and beach beyond.

Lovely shot. The IR helps hold the eye in and look beyond the obvious.

[Ruggerbugger]

Think I might have to get myself an IR filter for Portugal this year. I just know a 77mm for the sigma 10-20 isn't going to be cheap!

[edit] I've noticed that Amazon has filters for 760nm and 950nm as well as the standard 720nm. These are much cheaper, but is the effect any different? Also, will any of these filters work properly with my 450D? It's the only one I've got, so conversion isn't an option.

[GoNz0]

will that work though ? as i know some DSLR's already have an IR filter so it may not work ?

[kalniel]

will that work though ? as i know some DSLR's already have an IR filter so it may not work ?

Exactly. IR filter is built into the AA filter in front of the sensor in most cases.

[Ruggerbugger]

so, does anyone know if I can take IR photos with my 450D or not?

[Bobster]

so, does anyone know if I can take IR photos with my 450D or not?

sure, just send it off to someone to convert it for you

there's a black and white setting in PS that does IR..

[g8ina]

My church project has been taken with my Nikon D70 and D200 with the Sigma 10-20 and a 77mm 720nm, but you will need a tripod cuz they is long exposures. Dunno howe the 450 compares with either, Ive generally found that the newer the tech, the better the IR blocking filter, and hence the worse the IR performance unmodded. There is a place in UK but its £210 just for the mod and that doesnt include recal of the AF, but Pro Camera Repair in San Diego USA does it for £140 ish *including* AF recal with a std 18-70mm lens (in the case of my D70 anyway). They have a presence in ebay so check em out.

[Bobster]

one from this afternoon

[Bobster]

tripod mounted and shot with remote trigger while watching live view on the back of the camera through a window

[g8ina]

I could see that one being used to sell those peanuts Bobster Great comp and light

[yamangman]

tripod mounted and shot with remote trigger while watching live view on the back of the camera through a window

That's lovely. It'd have been a bugger if he'd landed on the camera.

[crazy]

Liking the Malta photos g8ina

Still messing around with colour