D700 making it too easy for me...

kygarden

Since there are a mix of images, I'll put these images in the other cool shots category.

I've had my D700 for a little over a week now (something like that). I tell ya this camera is making it too easy! It's as if I have a high priced point and shoot...I make some simple settings for aperture, etc...then I compose and shoot. I come away with many, many more keepers than I ever have. I'm loving it. Oh and the Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 lens is awesome on the D700. Almost all my images so far have been with this lens (and sometimes a Hoya CPL filter). I finally have a camera that gets out of my way and just lets me get back to taking pictures (without concern for - will the focus be right?...will there be too much noise at ISO xxxx?...will the colors look good at ISO xxxx?...etc, etc.

Here are some misc photos I've made over the last few days. Thanks for looking!

Eia

Wow! I'm sure your efforts have more to do with it, than the camera but still... these are great and if it makes it easier for your already good talent!!! Kudos!!!

kygarden

Thanks for the compliment! It's taken me a few years to get to where I am photographically...and I've still got lots and lots to learn.

DaddyO

Very nice set of images. Thoughtful compositions. The colors look spot on. Especially the reds as seen in photo 3. Are the colors & sharp we see pretty much out of camera or refined in PP?

I like the BW touch you have given photo 5.

kygarden

Thanks I shoot RAW and I do try to improve things afterwards with Lightroom. Although the colors and sharpness area VERY good straight out of the camera. I tend to be very gentle on sharpening. I have the in-camera sharpening set in the middle (I think 5 out of a possible 10). I use the 'standard' Picture Control setting from Nikon in camera and then let Lightroom duplicate that via the Beta DNG camera profiles that match the Nikon look...then from there I'll play around with the saturation, contrast, levels, etc.

Here's the rest of my D700 gallery since I've had the camera.
http://www.openbloom.com/gallery/6592355_HMiQd

joshhuntnm

Wow. Those all pop off the page. Possible exception: the poinsettias are good, but not quite as POP as the others.

DaddyO

Thanks. Good to know these things.
The very things you are mentioning are the very things I need
to more critically address. I think the learning curve curtails me
from doing the long read and then exercising the knowledge.

Say, is that your workbench with the Stihl on it? Michael

kygarden

You're welcome! Unless I want something dramatic, I try not to do TOO much editing. If I have a photo that can't be easily corrected for white balance and general things that make it much more attractive, I delete it. It's not worth the fuss (to me) to be monkeying with a picture for 30 minutes or more. I try to keep it to 5-10 minutes for any editing I'll do on any one picture.

That's my wife's grandpa's work bench (He's 80, still uses the saw and bench)...

And thanks to you too, Josh
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Skippy

kygarden wrote:

Since there are a mix of images, I'll put these images in the other cool shots category.

I've had my D700 for a little over a week now (something like that). I tell ya this camera is making it too easy! It's as if I have a high priced point and shoot...I make some simple settings for aperture, etc...then I compose and shoot. I come away with many, many more keepers than I ever have. I'm loving it. Oh and the Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 lens is awesome on the D700. Almost all my images so far have been with this lens (and sometimes a Hoya CPL filter). I finally have a camera that gets out of my way and just lets me get back to taking pictures (without concern for - will the focus be right?...will there be too much noise at ISO xxxx?...will the colors look good at ISO xxxx?...etc, etc.

Here are some misc photos I've made over the last few days. Thanks for looking!

Congratulations on the new Camera
I can see why your happy with it, the colours are beautiful.
The indoor and outdoor shots all have great colours and lighting.

Are your indoor shots hand held?

I particularly love that very first shot in this thread.

Happy Shooting Kygarden .... Skippy
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kygarden

Thanks Skippy All shots were handheld. I haven't broken out the tripod yet (rarely do anyway because I'm lazy in that regard). The D700 is spoiling me with higher ISO shots. Sometimes I feel like I'm cheating...

Jon

redleash

Thanks for sharing your nice photos and the details on your methods. This was a great thread to look at and to read!