Still Learning To Use My D300

[crin63]

I haven't quite got the lighting down the way I want it (which is what I was doing, working on lighting). Its still a work in progress. OH and I have a thing for .308's. Heres a few of my rifles. I'm still getting to much flash bounce and background shadows.

[darin]

They look a little soft, and I think I found out why. Take this image:



You shot it at 200mm focal length, yet the shutter was only 1/60th. Try to keep shutter speed's /xxth value equal to the focal length. For example, that shot at 1/200th would have been sharper.

[crin63]

They look a little soft, and I think I found out why. Take this image:



You shot it at 200mm focal length, yet the shutter was only 1/60th. Try to keep shutter speed's /xxth value equal to the focal length. For example, that shot at 1/200th would have been sharper.

Thanks Darin, I'll have to try that tomorrow when I setup to play again. Some of the pictures I was using 2 flash units and some I was using a flash and 2 light stands. I also had a Gary Fong Dome on some of the pictures. I'll replace the existing pictures once I re-shoot them.

[Wazmo Nariz]

Still looks like a .22 to me. But I guess wingers generally value form over function.

[Mr. P]

Still looks like a .22 to me. But I guess wingers generally value form over function.

[Sitarro]

Set up a flash to light up behind the rifle and pull it forward a bit, away from the backdrop, should take out the shadows. Those suckers look like they would be a kick in the butt to shoot.

Have you taken that D300 out for a day of shooting? I brought it to an air show in Florida where there were over a thousand planes that had flown in, must of walked 10 miles at least. That camera gets pretty damn heavy over the course of the day, I can't imagine carrying the D3 around. My Pentax 6x7 is a pain, it weighs over 4 pounds.