My new baby, it's still camera shy.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/haycon/2421865773/

 

Are trying to hint that you bought a D300, or just like the ad?

 

whats up with the black compression?

cute pic

 

MAN.....I really........really....













............really want one

 

Hate you :[

 

i love the sunk blacks, gives it an inky coolness.

 

cute

 

did you have a flash in the box?

 

Nice shot. Now break that thing out and use it.

 

I got one. Thanks for thinking it was a "real" ad!

I was trying to isolate and convey "shyness" of the camera.





Thanks everyone. Hope to use this baby more soon!

 

Cool pic.

 

Great shot. Like Miz, I'm also interested in what your lighting setup was.

 

Very cool shot. Now stop using it as a prop and start racking up the shutter activations!!

 

Weird.

The blacks look GREAT on my imac.

When I saw this picture last noight on my powerbook they were artifacting and blocky and looked very crushed.

Am I nuts, or did you go back in and redo the pic?

 

Here's how I set up the shot:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haycon/2423211048/" title="Camera shy - Setup by haycon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/2423211048_b29566c068_o.jpg" width="1000" height="669" alt="Camera shy - Setup" /></a>

I didn't use my black backdrop so I went with a fast shutter speed to minimize ambient light and also to make the background as dark as possible. I did go in to photoshop and do some touch up around the edges though. If you import the photo in the Photoshop and raise the levels up really high, you can see my monitor in the background. That's what I Photoshoped out. Everything else was a result of strobe placement, strobe power and shutter speed. Once you get the hang of using strobes, its really fun. It's amazing what you can do. Just need some imagination.

 

interesting.

 

now that's a compliment! dang

 

sounds like an issue with your powerbook

 

 

Yeah I'm on it now...for some reason it can't handle the blacks from that image.

But the imac works great...might be a resolution thing.

So, AWESOME pic there Conrad.

 

wonder what bit-depth the color is set to.. and, also maybe the monitor color profile. but, I would assume you checked those already.

 

Very cool pic...Should send to it Nikon...

 

very nice...

 

Awesome. It's great to be able to see the setup like that. Descriptions are usually hard for me to visualize.

 

Hey....I really thought it was an ad!

Major props to you then since you did it!!!

 

I can see the blockiness just like you do.

I didn't see it at first, but after looking really close, I see it.

 

+1 on thinking it was a Nikon ad!

 

very awesome picture! it really looks like it wants to come out of the box.

+1 for sending it to nikon.

 

Nah, when I lookat is on my powerbook I can "see" into the blacks....I can actually see and clearly read D300 on the side of the box.

Where as on the imac its black, the way its meant to be.

 

Very creative!

You have a really nice camera there

 

SICK picture

Angry at you though for having soemthing that I want, but can't have

 

Thanks! I hope to make a bunch of photos like this. It's fun thinking of ideas. Sometimes it's difficult to turn the idea in to a photo that can properly / accurately portray the idea.

 

yup..having that issue with this months contest...everything ive tried doesnt come close to what im trying to envision

 

You should hate me too I upgraded to a d300 =)

Nice picture conrad i was thinking to do something like this with my d80 when the d300 comes intomorrow.

 

That's a really cool pic right there!

 

Congrats! I was reading an article on the D300 the other day and it looks absolutely terrific.

 

I didn't recall you saying anywhere.

How much did you purchase for and from where?

 

Here are the remaining shots of the series. You can click on the photos to get lighting info.

Getting up to speed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haycon/2424829770/
Wasted
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haycon/2424937376/
Strobist
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haycon/2425271247/
Relentless flasher
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haycon/2428734811/

 

I had a bunch of gift cards and money from selling my D80. Out of pocket cost was around $350.

 

WOW. Those pics made me even, very very nice. I like the one where your camera is 'reading' the manual