-=Rebel T1i / 500D Users Stand UP!

gahhhh, i have no hanging lights in my house at all that are capable of swinging... grrrrr

nice stuff philF, what strobes do you have? I have a younguo YZ460 i think it is, on the way now... shipping from hong kong takes some time.. :[, also what remote triggers do you use if any?

I made one up myself, used some leds (6) and some laser pointer batteries

oooo that is a good idea, thanks maybe i'll give it a shot tomorrow!!

Cool light shots people.

@ luke; cool vid. Wish I had tech this cool when I was in high school

Just a quick couple of my good pal Louis
1. 24-70 @f2.8

50mm @ f/2.8.

Water trickling down the back of a freshly washed window. The drops are bright because of the sun in the background which isn't in the frame!

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Love that shot quadwing.

ferretkingdom wrote in post #9897346

Holy.... love this shot too, Ferret. Looks like something that the band "Tool" would use as art in their albums.

paradiddleluke wrote in post #9897691
nice stuff philF, what strobes do you have? I have a younguo YZ460 i think it is, on the way now... shipping from hong kong takes some time.. :[, also what remote triggers do you use if any?

thanks dude. I use an alienbees 1600 strobe unit with a beauty dish/grid and a 430ex ii speedlight w/ softbox all triggered by pocket wizards.

a few..

impressive shots!

Phil, jealous of your setup!

Malatike, thanks man yah it was actually a blast filming once we got going!

EDIT: picture added
the DoF that this lens gives is nuts, this is at 200mm stopped down to 5.6

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Rivest wrote in post #9897599
Here is my try, right now it's 1AM but I wanted to do it

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Very cool. It was really a lot of fun to do, and no two will ever be exactly alike!

paradiddleluke wrote in post #9897691
gahhhh, i have no hanging lights in my house at all that are capable of swinging... grrrrr

I hung a mini-maglight from my shower curtain rod with a piece of twine and some tape! I'm innovative, if nothing else! If i get a chance to tonight or tomorrow I'll take a quick snap of my set up with my P&S

pyrate wrote in post #9899152
Holy.... love this shot too, Ferret. Looks like something that the band "Tool" would use as art in their albums.

Thanks! It's gonna be part of my new logo, I think, LOL. Gotta play with it in photoshop for a bit and see what I can do with it.

anyone with an opteka battery grip out there? what color box did it come in. I ordered mine off amazon and am very pleased with it but something makes me think that i ordered a fake "opteka" grip. the box looked so unprofessional like something I would buy at a flea market.
I also found that the glue work done for the rubber gripping on the device is very poorly put together. I swear my sister could have made a product look more presentable, more the reason im thinking i got screwed??

you got it from amazon? it shoulda been a good one, mine has some edges exposed but nothing to terrible, it is after all real rubber not fake crappy lookalike, i've been very happy with mine

box looked like this but obviously with the grip pictures and serial numbers, with the regular logo

PhilF wrote in post #9891017
yes yes.... another one of those sunset pics ..recently went to Malibu... so...

That looks like a very nice capture PhilF. Great job!

Then since it looks like were posting some abstract stuff with the light. Here is my take on smoke from yesterday. I have a few more posted in a thread called 'smoke art' under Experimental if anyone is interested.

paradiddleluke wrote in post #9896138
nice pics guys! I have fallen ill to the upgrade bug.... considering trading for a 50D >< I know!!!! I think my dad would kill me though as i have the tendency to buy and sell things and replace quite... quickly.... I think I should just save and wait till this time next year and by then get a 7D, 7DII, or 5DIII if those last two are even out by then

Luke.....I am not your father, but my best advise is wait until you outgrow your equipment. I, as well, have been plagued with wanting the next best. After buying my T1i, I started thinking that I should have opted for the 50D or 7D. When I was on vacation in NYC I went to B&H for the first time and the Canon salesman gave me alot of great advise. The T1i is a very capable camera, wait until you outgrow it. He talked me out of spending money!! There is plenty of other things to spend money on; wait until you outgrow your equipment.