Epic DSLR photos that YOU took¿ Share them please!!

[Cliff]

Pictures from Afghanistan

Even the desert can be a bit scenic from time to time.

But the flies here are made of pure evil.

And every few weeks, the desert decides to throw one of these at us.

And it turns into Mars sometimes...

But I do get to blow stuff up on occasion!

Oh, and if you think it's hot where you live...

 

[Friz]

It must be really amazing for you out there at times.

Awesome pictures

 

[Bloodhay]

Anyone mess around with Astrophotography? I picked up two cheap 70's/80's lenses a 50mm prime(25$) and a 200mm prime(75$) in awesome condition
Here is my first attempt at capturing the stars, i messed up the settings though so its a bit noisy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87693487@N04/8026068309/

 

[pizzaonaninja]

those are some truly amazing pics. can you keep em coming?

 

[Bloodhay]

I stumbled upon this earlier to, really cool and fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcnUFIxsZWo

 

[ToastToGo]

Oh wow, that was really fun.

 

[Bloodhay]

yeah i hope there are more interactive things like that.
I need to find one site to upload all of my stuff to. Think i might use Deviantart for everything now.

 

[Bloodhay]

must keep thread alive! This is probably one of my better pictures i have taken. Unfortunately shortly after this BMW crashed

I love feedback!

 

[Cliff]

More pictures from Afghanistan
007 view

Our truck packed for 2 weeks of fun

Afghani's sure know how to load up a truck...

...but it's a bit of a gamble

These roads reeaally suck

Our average moving speed(yes, we're actually moving)

Marines really suck at driving

The Afghan rollerblader!

Explosives training with the Afghan army

A firefight is apparently a good photo-op for Afghani's

What our free time looks like

Our team and the marines we were supporting

Our EOD flight

 

[Mikesmotorbike]

nice pictures

 

[ToastToGo]

Awesome, thanks for sharing.

 

[pizzaonaninja]

Amazing pics

you're EOD? wow man, that's amazing. Scary, but amazing. I Salute you.

 

[bsplyr500]

New to the site, but I've been taking some photos. Just thought I post some up.


DSC_0707 by bsplyr500, on Flickr


DSC_0288 by bsplyr500, on Flickr


DSC_0240 (2) by bsplyr500, on Flickr

 

[Cliff]

Thanks for the compliments guys, I'm on my way back to the states ATM, but this tour in Afghanistan was actually pretty boring. EOD is a damn good job though, and I consider it a privilege to work with people I truly consider(badass) heroes.
Right now though, I'm just impatient to get back to good food, beer, my good camera, and most of all my BIKES!

 

[senna944]

 

[pizzaonaninja]

Ok, can you share some tips on how do you take these amazing shots?

 

[Bloodhay]

Ok, can you share some tips on how do you take these amazing shots?

haha yeah, i could use some tips XD, mostly just dicking around with it and learning bits as i need to figure things out, needs more pracktisfisdf sjkrhs

 

[senna944]

Well to be honest the bottom two are not Slr shots but actually my 8MP camera phone(HTC Sensation) but the Focus was exactly where I wanted them and perfect exposure so I count them as slr-ish photos. Bloodhay you got it as I see your playing with your shutter speed. That shot is perfect the only thing is clean your Sensor!!!! lol there is hella dirt on it. I spend alot of time playing with the eye level of the shot. Also giving the photo angles(leveling of horizon), the eye likes diagonal lines. Alot of work is done in post wither it be Film or Digital. Play around with your aperture(depth of field/Focus ring) and follow rule of thirds thats about it. And try some filters or just play around with exposure, saturation, and tone. Slide the bar all around and the tone of the photo will change. For instance, the second photo I posted's original did not have as dramatic cloud shadows as it does. This really emphasizes the depth and lines of the mountains using shading My work is sorry compared to my friends. Sadly this is the only one I can post as is the only one with no face in it but here it is. He has ones that you look at and wonder if its a computer animation meshed with a real photo but they all have faces in them!!!! This one is the least amazing dare I say but it shows rule of thirds.
*Notice he is following rule of thirds*(Bloodhay you obviously know this)
A lot of Post went into this photo aswell.

 

[Bloodhay]

Well to be honest the bottom two are not Slr shots but actually my 8MP camera phone(HTC Sensation) but the Focus was exactly where I wanted them and perfect exposure so I count them as slr-ish photos. Bloodhay you got it as I see your playing with your shutter speed. That shot is perfect the only thing is clean your Sensor!!!! lol there is hella dirt on it. I spend alot of time playing with the eye level of the shot. Also giving the photo angles(leveling of horizon), the eye likes diagonal lines. Alot of work is done in post wither it be Film or Digital. Play around with your aperture(depth of field/Focus ring) and follow rule of thirds thats about it. And try some filters or just play around with exposure, saturation, and tone. Slide the bar all around and the tone of the photo will change. For instance, the second photo I posted's original did not have as dramatic cloud shadows as it does. This really emphasizes the depth and lines of the mountains using shading My work is sorry compared to my friends. Sadly this is the only one I can post as is the only one with no face in it but here it is. He has ones that you look at and wonder if its a computer animation meshed with a real photo but they all have faces in them!!!! This one is the least amazing dare I say but it shows rule of thirds.
*Notice he is following rule of thirds*(Bloodhay you obviously know this)
A lot of Post went into this photo aswell.

Yup i sure do know about the rule of thirds. Can be sort of hard to follow when cars are drifting going about 70+ around a banked corner XD
About that dirt, that is actually rubber that collected on my UV filter that i put on to protect my lens. I forgot to clean it off when i went back out. Newbie mistake. I only shoot raw, so i can do better post processing, something i am trying to learn as i go. Mostly i just play with the sliders.

 

[senna944]

Fast action shots are so hard!!!!! Sports photographers are so talented!