Thursday, 22 September 2011

Auckland city of sail Ladies

Hi every one i am using the wonderful D3S with the AFS 35mm lens and it is fast and sharp
this was shot  so fast the AF is brilliant it is a great camera . The setting were shot in manual
and i choice vivid for my color balance and low D lighting.



                                            Nikon D3s  500sec - 250 ISO- F- 7.1


Have a great day and happy shooting from the team of sharpphotography.

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Canon 1dmk 4

Wedding Day 2011

Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Jumping in the air with the 1 D mark 4
  every body i was out shooting in the weekend and i took the kids down to out local BMX track .
and i happen to come across these young guys jumping the jumps  on the track. So i ask them to stage some for me . I use the 70-200 mm canon 2.8 f  L and i told the camera to shot in AV and made the shutter
speed not to come below 1000 th of a sec and put the ISO in Auto .



                                      
                                      Canon 1 d mark 4  - 1000 sec - F- stop 7.1 - ISO  200




This was shot at 200mm and i was standing back watching them come down the track having heaps of fun!!






                                    Canon 1 d mark 4  - 1000 sec - F- stop 7.1 - ISO  200




This was a cropped version on the mark 4 and it handle very well lovely detail it is so nice to use!





                                   Canon 1 d mark 4  - 1000 sec - F- stop 7.1 - ISO  200



All shot were put through on CS5 and not much has been adjusted .





                                       Canon 1 d mark 4  - 1000 sec - F- stop 7.1 - ISO  200



Well have a good week and happy shooting from our team Sharpphotography,
Simon
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Thursday, 15 September 2011
World cup Rugby 2011 Fire works
Hi all here is video of the fire works of the night. we got to our spot at 2.00 pm and 4 other photographers were there before us and we all waited until 8.00 pm when the fire work started.


This is the golden hour before fire works


                                                         Nikon D3X  70-200mm


                                   Canon 1 d mark 4  setting  Bulb 6 sec,  F 8 , ISO 125



        
                                  Canon 1 d mark 4  setting  Bulb 6 sec,  F 8 , ISO 125
This is a picture of the night



                                 Canon 1 d mark 4  setting  Bulb 6 sec,  F 8 , ISO 125




                                         Canon 1 d mark 4  setting  Bulb 6 sec,  F 8 , ISO 125



The trick is to have a great trip pod using low ISO and timing is very important .
Always use a cable release and use bulb to bring light into your picture .
F- Stop should be about  F-8 to F- 11




                                         Canon 1 d mark 4  setting  Bulb 6 sec,  F 8 , ISO 125   




                                                           Nikon D3s
                
Thanks every one from the team of www.sharpphotography.co.nz
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Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Sun sets with the 1 Dmark 4 canon

Tonight`s posting is a sun set on the Canon 1 D mark 4 the set up time had to be very quick.
The was very bright and there were no clouds to hide the glare so i used some Filters tonight.

1: Hoya 77mm MC-ND2 srew on Filter



Neutral density (ND) filters are designed to reduce the amount of light that gets to the image sensor in your digital camera without affecting the colour. Since it dims the whole image, it allows you to keep your shutter open a bit longer or set a wide lens aperture while avoiding overexposure in brighter conditions.

If you have ever seen a photo where the water looks like a silky stream of fog rolling over rocks, then most probably that photograph was taken with the help of a neutral density filter. Also, achieving shallow depth of field in bright light is very hard. Using a neutral density filter, you can not only slow action down enough to get the effect of a soft blurred water , but you can also improve the background blur behind your subject - a highly desirable feature for many photographers.

Utilising a neutral density filter can be very handy when you want to make moving objects less apparent or even invisible in a scene. Imagine that you are trying to capture an image of a building but you find the moving cars and people in your scene distracting. Using a higher grade neutral density filter will allow you to shoot at a longer exposure where any individual person or vehicle will not be in the image long enough to register.

Neutral density filters come with various assigned filter factors which indicate the amount of light reduction. Be aware that different manufacturers label the filter factors differently making it sometimes difficult to understand how much light a given ND filter blocks. The effects are the same, only the labelling is different:


Amount of Light Blocked in f-stops    Amount of Light Blocked in Fraction    Nikon, Hoya, B+W and Cokin    Tiffen, Lee    Leica

1    1/2    ND2, ND2X    0.3 ND    2X
2    1/4    ND4, ND4X    0.6 ND    4X
3    1/8    ND8, ND8X    0.9ND    8X
4    1/16    ND16, ND16X    1.2 ND    16X
5    1/32    ND32, ND32X    1.5 ND    32X
6    1/64    ND64, ND64X    1.8 ND    64X



2:Cokin warming filter



                                            Canon 1 Dmark4  1/500 sec,  F.stop 13, ISO 2000



Last night


1:Cokin warming filter

2: polarizer Filter

Polarizing filters (aka "polarizers") are perhaps the most important of any filter for landscape photography. They work by reducing the amount of reflected light that passes to your camera's sensor. Similar to polarizing sunglasses, polarizers will make skies appear deeper blue, will reduce glare and reflections off of water and other surfaces, and will reduce the contrast between land and sky.


                                            Canon 1 Dmark4  1/500 sec,  F.stop 7.1 , ISO 125




The Cokin warming filter


Cokin Landscape 1 filter kit: Warm 81 EF (P037)

A simple square of light orangey yellow plastic, the warm up filter will add an element of warmth to a Sunset evening sky and you can also work the camera in the K and bring it down to 3200 tungsten lighting if it is to warm.


Mounting on the end of your camera



In the case of front camera lens filters, you can fit the lens filter with the use of a filter holder kit. Front camera lens filters are generally more flexible than the circular versions as they can be used on any lens diameter, however can feel more cumbersome to use as they need to be held in front of the lens.