**Random photos of anything... (that YOU have taken)**

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Got a new box of ammo's for the .41 and a little picture of the 4-axis Haas CNC that I was working with on Friday. Had a few issues with the offsets but think I'm pretty close to getting it dialed to make one of my parts (after I finish the coding). The code is maybeeeeee 1/8th done (what is seen on the left side of the screen).
 
Been meaning to post to this thread for a while, just never got to it. So here's one from a road trip I took today. It's from my Canon XSi with the 18-55m kit lens set at 18mm (haven't gotten the money to get the Tamron 10-24mm I want yet). So this was taken at about 29mm in full frame terms.

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I take all my pics in raw so I have more control, and have been working through Scott Kelby's CS3 for Digital Photographers book since I have CS3 still. I used his infrared (like black & white) technique on this and then bled through a color layer with it.

The original completely untouched (except a bit of sharpening after shrinking it) picture is the 2nd one. If anyone wants to see how it came out of Camera Raw before all the Photoshop fun I can provide that (i.e. what a "normal" version would look like). Always looking for feedback.

EDIT: After a recent photography class, I've been learning to use full Manual mode instead of Aperture mode so I'm still working on getting my exposures right. Kinda obvious from that original, a little dark. We were taught though for digital it's always better to slightly underexpose.
 
Here's one from about 18 months ago when I was on a drive with my old Z club (car in pic was/is not mine).

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What camera are you using? If you can shoot in Manual, set the shutter speed anywhere from 1-30 secs. Use a small LED flash and point it at the camera and swing away.
 
Gary how did you do that?! Thats tight!!!
 
alko said:
Gary how did you do that?! Thats tight!!!
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Have your camera set on tripod, set it to M mode. Use shutter speed anywhere from 1-30 secs, depending how long you want your shot to be. Set aperture to around 9, iso lower the better. The room or outside has to be very dark. You can set camera to count down, so you can get in front of it when shutters open. Wave the flash in front of the camera and you will be able to get these shots (light drawing).
 
Heres a few that I've taken. Ones my mountain bike and the others a ZR1 I detailed from work.

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slickooz said:
What camera are you using? If you can shoot in Manual, set the shutter speed anywhere from 1-30 secs. Use a small LED flash and point it at the camera and swing away.
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Thanks. Yep Canon XSi so the setting is no problem. Just wasn't sure what kind of settings to start with since I've never tried anything like that before :)
 
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