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Warhippy

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  1. I would suggest Sigma, Hoya's top of the line or B+W whih is about as good a circular filter as you can get. The cheaper the filter the more light leaks you could have or cross threading and vignetting can be a pain to correct as well. As for use, anything with a sky in it. I would leave it on for. Again, go get a solid pair of sunglasses, looking away from the sun find a nice stack of clouds, put the shades on take them off a few times. You'll see what a CPL can do to an image quickly. I wouldn't necessarily use it in a city or for portraits but anything with a sky or significant amount of water in it for sure
  2. Totally agree. I have an image from when I first grabbed a camera of this older couple (70s or so) and it' just so simple, they're standing on the edge of a hill looking over the lake. Every time I wonder if I want to keep shooting for a living I look back at that photo
  3. Grad filters work in what they call stops. Stops being levels of apertures to effectively allow specific amounts of light to bleed in to the filter. Graduated Neutral density Filters will in fact block out the upper or lower half of a frame and usually work best in conditions of full daylight, sunset or sunrise to ensure you can get a proper exposure of your foreground without blowing out the colour/clouds/highlights of the sky itself. The issue with grad filters now if they're not used in Long Exposure Photography is that their effect can be mimicked in post production during editing by dropping a grad filter in LR/Camera RAw or Photoshop on to the image and brushing the areas needed. One of the most powerful filters is actually the Circular Polarizer which does to the sky what your sunglasses do. That is always a great thing to have and why many filter companies like Wine and Country, NiSi and Lee offer them with their full sets. It gives the sky a rich tone and shows variable depth in clouds that is almost impossible to replicate in post production. So in effect Grad filters, good for sunsets/sunrises or bright days. Grad to the upper half of or sky in your shots Full stop ND's great for daylight long exposure, best to stack a .3 and a 1.0 with a polarizer Expect colour costing and or vignetting so do not buy cheap filters if possible. Can take away from the quality of a shot if doing portraiture. These filters and items were created and still work very well in the field depending on what you use them for.
  4. Lightroom is the current industry standard for photo development. MacPhun's Luminar is looking good and capture one pro is also good but very very detailed For the cost LR 6 at $225 as a standalone is just fine vs the $15 a month CC bundle
  5. China just curbed citizens ability to spend outside of the country. Anything over $9000 now needs special government approval and anything more than $65000 a year is subject to special investigation. Well...BCREA and other agents say it won't hurt a thing, they swear by it What do you think?
  6. As well for anyone outside of the city this weekend, prepare to possibly see a decent Northern Lights Display http://www.softservenews.com/en/aurora-borealis-breaking-news/aurora-storm-watch-300142.html This is one of many alerts and trackers I use, True Northern and Solar Ham are also great.
  7. For Milky way shots, always use a tripod, don't be afraid to bump the ISO to 3200+ and shoot at apertures as high as possible (full stops of F 2.8 or lower) with your focal set to infinity. You can find dark sky spots online near your area and the best viewing time of the Milky way at this stage is April through october depending on your placement here in the western hemisphere
  8. Always shoot RAW or if using Fuji, their version of RAW files. Far better recovery of shadows and highlights Light pollution is always a pain but Revelstoke is a great place to shoot. Good sky tracker apps will show you where the MIlkyway is in regards to the horizon to get that "shot" people speak of.
  9. If you're moving in to an 820 when it releases you better have the glass to back it up. Glass for a full frame beast like that will start at a minimum of $840 for the Nikon mounts for almost anything from Rokinon through Tamron and Sigma Mirrorless is the best way to look right now but still going to cost
  10. Basic CMOS or APSc sensor cameras such as the Nikon D3300-5300 series or Rebel T3i are perfect. One can buy a moderate prime lens like a nifty 50 (50mm 1.8) and or 55-200mm 24-105mm lens for relatively cheap and have all your bases covered. Also, here are some basic cheat sheets for aperture, ISO and Shutter speed
  11. The current end all be all is the creative cloud bundle with Lightroom and Photoshop. MacPhun and Luminar have taken the place of the soon to be dead NIK bundle, OnOne is still a decent program to use but better in conjunction with Adobes Lightroom and Photoshop. At days end LR and PS through the CC bundle is the industry bench as it is. As for shooting in Auto, try P (priority) and look at the historgram or details of your shot including shuter speed and aperture. It will be more beneficial than using A (Aperture) or S (Shutter) priority modes to learn what the shooting conditions are when you're getting the shot
  12. Is....is that racism? We don't take to that kind of Canon user talk around here
  13. So I guess...if anyone has any questions re: gear, settings shooting scenarios just ask. And if you'd like to follow along I don't post much if any real portraiture just mainly sunsets and night photography https://www.instagram.com/douglas_drouin_photography/
  14. Since the old thread died down, and with the advent of 16 and 24.4 MP sensors in phones now I'd actually expect to see a lot of people contributing to this thread.
  15. There WAS a pre-existing thread on this that hasn't been used in a long time sadly. Nov 2015 actually But...since I am one of those "guys with a camera" I'll play
  16. Including the abortion of a Spiderman flick in the 90's from James Cameron that never really made it. 7 total movies 4 total spiderman portrayals and this one seemed like unquestionably the best fit Unsure I liked some of the liberties taken with the suit etc but all in all awesome and an 8/10 Also points for a Batman/Spiderman/Birdman crossover with the main villain
  17. What is it you're trying to say here again?
  18. I...I just feel so bad for these people. Who are even now trying to find viable ways out of this without affecting their bottom line
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