Rebel XSi / 450D Users Unite

Yea its kinda an awkward way of doing it, and very slow. Only really practical or of real use if you've set up the shots for some specific purpose and what to check the detail in live view.

i had to take a pic of blue martini last night, i was hoping to get a shot right at sunset, the sunset is behind the bar so it would have been perfect. However stupid security kicked me off and told me not to take pics........i put the camera and tripod back in my car and went and got a coffee, i was determined to get a better shot so when it got dark i went back, got about 3 shots and another stupid security guard came. I got this one im happy with

wow picture turned out great, and I can see the idea of capturing it around sunset. Does the sun set behind the Bar? just thought that could be important to capturing your idea

Cool pic Anthony. Why was there an issue with security about taking the picture though? Also, how long did you hold the shutter open?

I'm about to head out to get my obligatory duck shots with the XSi... I've posted a few non-duck shots here before, but recently discovered that a whole flock of ducks lives just a few minutes' walk from my apartment. I'll be back later to post a duck shot.

Evilfooker wrote in post #6977814
wow picture turned out great, and I can see the idea of capturing it around sunset. Does the sun set behind the Bar? just thought that could be important to capturing your idea

thank you! yeah it sets exactly behind the bar, the sunset was really nice that night too..... as for security well......

Hele On wrote in post #6977823
Cool pic Anthony. Why was there an issue with security about taking the picture though?

stupid security came up to me and said what is this? i said its a camera, and then he said i have to have a permit to be taking pics, i asked why, and he said i just cant take pics, he said as long as i was in the pic its ok. but if im just taking pics of buildings then thats not allowed. He was even saying about taking my camera, i told him he cant touch my property without a court order. Anyway i left and then went back again an hour and a half later to get the pic at night. I was set up only 5 minutes and another came up to me, saying the same stuff, i had all my settings ready so was able to get the shot in quick enough. it was really annoying

DonJuanMair wrote in post #6977851
thank you! yeah it sets exactly behind the bar, the sunset was really nice that night too..... as for security well......

stupid security came up to me and said what is this? i said its a camera, and then he said i have to have a permit to be taking pics, i asked why, and he said i just cant take pics, he said as long as i was in the pic its ok. but if im just taking pics of buildings then thats not allowed. He was even saying about taking my camera, i told him he cant touch my property without a court order. Anyway i left and then went back again an hour and a half later to get the pic at night. I was set up only 5 minutes and another came up to me, saying the same stuff, i had all my settings ready so was able to get the shot in quick enough. it was really annoying

I can kinda see why they would be protective in the sense they don't know if you're casing the place out. But I would try to find a way to get a permit to photograph around there if it's not a pain to do so

OK, here's my duck shot. I got really lucky when I got to the part of the river where the ducks usually are, as the whole flock got out of the river and walked up towards me. The duck shots were the first attempt I've made at shooting completely manual. This one was taken as the duck crossed the sidewalk in front of me, and was slightly overexposed (by the histogram reading anyway). I bumped the exposure down a bit in pp, but no other pp was done except cropping.

DonJuanMair wrote in post #6977851
stupid security came up to me and said what is this? i said its a camera, and then he said i have to have a permit to be taking pics, i asked why, and he said i just cant take pics, he said as long as i was in the pic its ok. but if im just taking pics of buildings then thats not allowed. He was even saying about taking my camera, i told him he cant touch my property without a court order. Anyway i left and then went back again an hour and a half later to get the pic at night. I was set up only 5 minutes and another came up to me, saying the same stuff, i had all my settings ready so was able to get the shot in quick enough. it was really annoying

If you're taking a picture from the street (assuming it's a public street), nobody can stop you from taking that picture. you did the right thing though and seemed to have spoken courteously with security. If he took your equipment you most definitely can bring about legal charges. This all assumes that the pictures are being taken from public property.

I find this a pretty good handout for our rights as US photographers: http://www.krages.com/​ThePhotographersRight.​pdf

I hope you find this information helpful. Security that thinks they can stop me from taking pictures always makes me angry.

Ok I've had the camera a couple weeks now...time to start posting some pics for C&C. Be gentle my first dSLR (how many times have y'all heard that)

^ lovely dog...

happy new year to all!=D

happy new year from japan, aka the future (new years was 14 hours ago for me ).

test shot with stroboframe, only editing was size and WhiBal (click for full size)
1/200, f6.3,, iso400, bounced 430ex II at 270mm

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A lot of pets/animals on this page! Nice! Here are some I took earlier today with the kit lens.

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My Duck Photo

I took this photo just after I got my camera and I was still shooting everything in JPEG

I have cropped and used the sharpen portrait preset in Lightroom

From the original EXIF Data

Exposure Time = 1/250 second
F-Stop = F5.6
Exposure Program = aperture priority
ISO Speed Ratings = 640
Focal Length = 250 mm
Lens = 55-250mm IS Kit Lens

Cheers
Pupmeister

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