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gentlemen start your flaming Anonymous
So i took this pic this evening, the sunset wasnt THE greatest, but i think i did alright.
im new at pointing my camera at the sun, advice or comments, /p/ ? should i post the big version on /wg/ ?
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>> Anonymous
shitsux
>> else !L6xabslN96
>>234893
waste of a D3.
>> Anonymous
Looks like a generic photo of a great sunset.
>> Anonymous
>>234906
lol poorfag.
>> else !L6xabslN96
>>234908
richfags with fancy equipment will never achieve anything because they lack motivation.
>> VF-19
I've taken some sunset photos, and what I find that works quite well is a bit of under-exposure (-1 to -2 depending on a lot of things) to deepen the colours and to make it look more like a sunset. It puts the foreground in sillouette, but it makes the colours so much nicer.

Otherwise, at proper exposure, my camera's lightmeter botches the shot, exposure wise.
>> Anonymous
>>234921
Sure, because the content of one's bank account is directly correlated to artistic motivation. Fuck off.
>> Pentard !pjwjmEQ1RM
>>234906
>waste of a D3.

Agreed.
And conclusive proof that the quality of an image has far more to do with the photographer than the camera.
>> Anonymous
>>234921
true that
>> Anonymous
>>234921
Henri Cartier-Bresson's parents and family overall were some of the richest people in France, and Leicas were expensive in 1932 just like now. Biographically, one of Cartier-Bresson's main motivations for traveling, living, and photographing around the poor like he did was in escape from or rebellion against the upper-class, bourgeois values of his family.

QED.
>> Anonymous
>>234893
this board is no longer /p/ it shall be known as /xti/ to appease all the poorfags who think doing a photography course qualifies them to shitsux everything ever posted.
lrn2 earn a living with your photography.
>> beethy !vEawx7Krcs
>>235262
>this board is no longer /p/ it shall be known as /xti/ to appease all the poorfags who think doing a photography course qualifies them to shitsux everything ever posted.
>lrn2 earn a living with your photography.

hilarious, since none of the people who post on /p/ make a living doing photography.

a lot of us (like me) sell our pics and can cover our camera costs pretty easy, but nobody here makes a living with this.
>> beethy !Vy7DJYOGp6
>>235271

>>235264

you're missing out on like, 6 short primes, a couple super tele ones

oh noes!

bad ass lenses like the 17-55, 24-70, 70-200 all work 100%

oh wow! it's a fake beethy
http://beethy.deviantart.com/
check under my name, top left
>> beethy !vW/UaE6zYU
>>235271
fake beethy is right
most of us are amateur photographers who don't get money out of it at all.
the only people on /p/ close to getting money (or actually getting it) are...
heavyweather, who at some stage took photos for his local paper (i think, memory hazy)
vincent, who at occasion sells his panoramic shots.... or he was planning to.

but i'm pretty sure that everyone else here is a poorfag who just likes to take photos .. like me.
photography isn't about the money.
also.. when you make a job out of a hobby of yours, you kill it ..
this has happened to a lot of people i know who took up jobs with photography or art.
they fucking hate it
also.


oh wow! it's a fake beethy
http://beethy.deviantart.com/
check under my name for my tripcode (top left)
>> beethy !Vy7DJYOGp6
>>235271

/p/ is so entertaining now

oh wow! it's a fake beethy
http://beethy.deviantart.com/
check under my name, top left
>> Anonymous
>>235281
>>235280
>>235277
>>235271

ri/p/
>> Anonymous
>>235294

The idea of an all-Beethy version of /p/ is kind of funny though.
They'd spend all day posting shitty, over-shooped B&W shots and talking about sucking their girlfriends' 4" long nipples and watching Apatow films while stoned.
>> Anonymous
>>235309
leave summerfag leave
>> Anonymous
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this must be beethy's face right now

inb4 hahahahahahahhaha i'm laughing
>> Anonymous
>>235313

HI beethy.
the nipples thing happened before summer
but good try
>> Anonymous
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>>235314
nah this is beethys /p/ face

http://beethy.deviantart.com/art/Monster-from-below-34410528
>> Anonymous
>>235324

I really didn't need to picture beethy while reading his posts.

Fuck you for the mental image now. :|
>> beethy !vW/UaE6zYU
>>235324
yea that's me haha
that's a pretty cool old photo
>> Anonymous
>>235317
your a fucking retard. everyone knows about the nipple thing. someone who came here 30 minutes ago would know about that.

only a retard summerfag would want /p/ to stay like this. youve never seen /p/ when its good or even decent. so fuck off, or go fuck up some other board.
>> Anonymous
>>235337

>your a fucking retard
>retard summerfag

hahaha oh wow. calm down 12 year old anon..

P.S. you're the cancer.
>> beethy !vW/UaE6zYU
>>235337
they're just bored kids who only fuck up /p/ between the mornings and the afternoon (my time)
so /p/ is shit for like 4 ish hours a day.
eventually these guys will get bored of the lolbeethy jokes and leave to troll some other board.
>> beethy !!9z23VPHrCcB
>>234893
im a professional photographer
>> Anonymous
>>235313
No true summerfag could write this:

>They'd spend all day posting shitty, over-shooped B&W shots and talking about sucking their girlfriends' 4" long nipples and watching Apatow films while stoned.

That said, shit needs to stop.
>> Butterfly !6ojXS/VST2
>>235348
I am a professional photog.
>> Butterfly !hEpdoZ.tHU
>>235351
me too
>> BurtGummer !!RRMHFHglFsy
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I'm not

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>> Anonymous
so now seriously, tripfags and anon alike,
whats your level of training, and do you make an income from photography/shooping?
>> Anonymous
>>235403

I make about $200/month from my stock photography so i would say yes.
>> Anonymous
i used to be a product photographer. but, now i am just a starving artist.
>> Anonymous
Self-taught, nothing and don't really want to.

Probably most common will be self-taught and nothing/$20 every few months from some friend of a friend buying an 8x10.
>> Anonymous
>>234893
Some advice I saw on /p/ a while back, which I think is the sort of thing the OP is looking for:

Telephoto lenses are the best for really bringing out a sunset. Also take your time looking through the viewfinder and getting all your settings and everything just right.
>> Anonymous
>>235487Telephoto lenses are the best for really bringing out a sunset.

explain?
>> Anonymous
>>235488
he wants you to go blind
>> Anonymous
>>234893
OP here, i was using the DOF preview button heavily to avoid retina damage, and my telephoto lens is currently at uncle nikon's house after a nasty fall.
>> NatureGuy !se3A3TwzdY
>>235502
Just stick a finger over the sun like everyone else when composing?

Also you have half of a decent photo here, that is, an interesting sky but with a dreadfully dull foreground. You need combine a good sky with a good foreground to make a great landscape.
>> Anonymous
>>235503
point taken.
>> Anonymous
>>234906

go watch faggnation and fuck sarah lane up the ass like the 5 foot hound dog that she is?