similar to what it looked like here in victoria. I was in the park taking more fall shots (coming soon), and saw the sky.... hahah i was like "screw it, im staying with the pretty leaves, ive seen plenty of sunsets"...

but it was gorgeous.

Jason's pictures = Sat+100 to the max

:lol

lol - sun yesterday was sooo beautiful... k i'm hungry i go eat :D

The sunset one is unaltered! The grafitti one is, err, somewhat PS'd. :)

Yeah, the horizon is tilted...didn't notice that...oops.

just a question.... does anyone actualy use a tri-pod? or am i the only one

A tripod or monopod is essential in many cases. You are most certainly not the only one.

I like the first one better Dottie. Colours are way nicer! :)

aznboi, I use a tripod for a lot of things...

Can someone recommend a small, compact tripod that can support, my Nikon D40 with 18-200 lens? I bought the cheapest one I could find at XS Cargo and sure, it's good for what it is, but I'd like something more compact and sturdier.

It's not really what you'd call "cheap", but I love the Manfrotto package I got at Kerrisdale Cameras: 190CL aluminum legs and 486RC2 ball head with quick-release plate. Still selling for the same price, too, $220.

http://tinyurl.com/2we3yd.

The quick-release latch has an extra little "locking" lever that will keep it from releasing (thus preventing your camera falling off if you snag the lever on something), and will hold the latch open until you drop the camera on, when it releases to lock the camera down.

I like the ball head personally, for quick adjustment - unlock one lever, move the camera to any angle you want, then lock it down again with a quick twist of the lever. Most cheap tripods are designed more for video-camera use, and have a handle that sticks out for easy panning and tilting up and down, but many have nothing to allow side-to-side tilting - if you want to go shoot portrait format, you have to attach the camera to it sideways to angle it the way you want. Been there, done that, no thanks.

These legs are sturdy but relatively light, being aluminum. They too have quick-release tabs for locking the telescoping legs. The legs will actually fold straight out flat, with locks in three positions, and they aren't tied together, to each can be adjusted completely independently of the others.

Here's Manfrotto's page for the head: http://www.manfrotto.com/Jahia/site/...fonce/pid/2304

Can't find a spec sheet for the legs... but you know, drop by a store and check'em out.

The great thing with this kind of setup (separate legs and head) is that it lets you upgrade without having to replace everything - you can slap that head on a monopod, or onto some lighter carbon-fibre legs when the budget allows, or pop a video pan/tilt head onto the legs if the situation calls for it.

i used a tripod for all the shots i've posted in the last week.

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/5412/img9813xi7.jpg


http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/3097/img9790gb8.jpg

is that the park around the waterfront, by parliament?

yeah, beacon hill :)

woo love the shot levitron.
if it were mine i'd prob go for a even wider shot to show the whole orpheum ? auditorium? thing and get a lower shot... but then if i got that lower shot i'd prob be considered a pedophile... but hey go big or go home right?! :D

Molson Canadian
 

A little picture that I took with my then point and shoot Sony CyberShot DSC-S40 :)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y23...g?t=1191991542

omg someone please tell me how to post a pic.. :o

LOL

The Future of China?

http://i23.tinypic.com/2le6nua.jpg

One Light, One Side
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...t/PICT6458.jpg

Closure
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...t/PICT6247.jpg

Jason whats going on in the last one?

Lighting is nice though.

He's posing with his camera.

it is really tough to tell he's posing with the camera. All i can mostly see (or focus on) is his eye and the silver of the cord.