those are great shots!

 

I have found that photography invovles a lot of luck and being in the right place at the right time.

 

That may be true, but I couldn't ever pull in a shot like that with my old rebel XT.

 

Not sure whose pics you are referring to, but thats totally false.

You have a very capable camera! Sure, it might fall short in regards to sports (low fps) and high ISO capabilities, but it is still a fine camera. I have an XTi as a back-up and it still takes wonderful pictures.

dsq has it right about being in the right place at the right time, but there is still some skill involved to get the shot right. Of course there are folks that are content to fix most of their work in post process via PhotoShop or LightRoom to make it the way they want. However I try to limit the amount of processing I do as much as possible.

Regarding equipment, good, quality lenses will improve your pictures over a body upgrade any day of the week. My 40D is getting pretty outdated, but it has plenty of life left in it and I am quite satisfied with the images it produces. I do however choose to buy and upgrade to quality lenses when funds permit. Good glass can be a pricey investment, however a sound one. Every lens I have bought and sold I have for at least as much, if not more than what I paid for it. Camera bodies tend to depreciate rather quickly like most things in the tech market.

This is a great thread keep up the pics!

 

yea extended family member has a beach house out there that they rent and were getting it for a week

 

 

Perfect shot.

Adrianspeeder

 

Thanks bro!

 

Drew, all of those pictures you posted are perfect! I love the first one of the lined up chairs

 

Just a few more minor things it involves:

Skill - yeah, for those people that don't shoot on the "green box" and have to manually adjust aperture, ISO, shutter speed, WB, etc. Composition don't "just happen" either. The shot of the chairs on Hilton Head is a great shot, but do you think a different perspective would have the same impact? (Love that shot btw)

Patience - Being in the right place at the right time don't "just happen" either. Standing on the beach until that perfect moment to snap a shot requires restraint, but it paid off greatly.

Post Processing - No matter how great you think your picture is, it can always be improved in post. My advice is shoot in RAW.

 

I agree with this and I should have elaborated a more than I did in my post. I learned to shoot on film and still shoot like I am shooting on film with my digital and that's one of the reasons I really don't spend the time to touch up a photo on the computer because I believe that it takes away from the beauty that nature puts in the picture all by it's self but that's just my personal opinion. Taking a picture is both science and art and some times it's more of one and less the other with a good measure of luck added in with patience. You also have to have an eye for it to see what others do not in every day life you also have to be ready to experiment to see what works and what does not and I may take ten shots for eveyone one I keep and I may take a hundred and not keep any of them it's all part of the process.


Edit: The only differnce between shooting with my D40 and my Yashica 35mm is there is no film expense.

 

Here are a few more.

I am kitten here me roar!!!!


I am too cute and I know it.


That's too funny!!!

 

Bump! Here are some recents from this past week. Still have a few I'm post editing.

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woot woot

 

When I saw the 370 the first time about 2 weeks ago, and I immediately thought of your picture.

Only thing I wonder if what it would have looked like if I had stopped it down to around 5.0-5.6 instead of the 9-10 I think I had it set at.