well, you can if you use a nikon....dont cheap out and get a canon.

 

Again..I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that comment.

 

just read and do research whenever you can. those who bash one brand vs. the other are typically not serious about photography. its never the equipment, its mostly the photographer and everyone has their own technique.

if you know how to do your composition right, if you can judge the lighting, your subject and the surrounding correctly, you can take equally good photos with similar featured equipment.

 

bah listen to you sal.... i can find at least 5 quote by you bashing nikon. i just like pissing people off. camera doesnt mean much its all in the eyes of the guy taking the pic.

 

just somthin to shoot.

 

^^ sick picture...love it

 

storm from tuesday night, took about 100 shots only had 2 decent ones that got any lightning.

 

That first pic's wicked!

 

Ditto!

 

your balcony view is a million dollars man....love it. a lightning shot i took the other day in burlytown...and an interesting shot i would like to share with you guys...the bolt that we see is actually the return so just imagine how fast it drops down from the sky. saw a show on this on discovery a while ago.

 

How close was that lightning? Did you count your "one one thousand, two one thousand..."?

 

It still eludes me every time. I'm never with camera when I see it coming. Soon enough I hope.
here is a cbc doc that explains it well. http://youtube.com/watch?v=EsVhNh6MGGg&feature=related

Wall E

 

And here is one more of my fav subject, apparently.

 

I'm just ganna call you bug.addict from now on lol.

 

Nothing special. Just something new I picked up earlier tonight. I need to learn what all the settings do. Time to read the manual.

 

nsr250, you have a amazing view!!! There are some amazing photos on flickr from about the same view you have..

anywho, just got new shoes, though I would do a photoshoot before I were them. Used a soft box i made for them, works great

 

awesome shot, what settings did you find work best? I tried a really long exposure but it didn't really work well. I got lucky with shorter ones.

yah I saw some of them on flickr as well, I love seeing night shots of the toronto skyline. I have some more from a boat i was on this weekend, unfortunately I didnt have a tripod though so most of them blurred a bit.

 

Niceeeee, bugs freak me out though, but that is a great closeup

 

the lightning shot was i remember 30 seconds long.....the best is to use a remote release method to go longer using bulb mode. add me on flickr if you wanna see full exif.

did you say moving shots...LOL. you dont need a tripod...just a steady hand. this shot is an HDR of three exposures...taken from the ferry enroute to the island.

 

I ordered a remote shutter, still waiting for it to come in the mail.

I have shaky hands and its almost impossible for me to get a night shot without blur, plus my I have no image stabilization lens to help. But that HDR looks amazing, I love the clouds.