Photography.. New Camera Help!!

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Just picked up a mint condition canon eos 600d cheap from work.

Cant wait to start playing about with it.

i wanted one of them but choose the 550d instead

next year it is gettting swapped for a 5dmk2

That bonnet picture is lush Jelly!!  What I'd advise getting is a remote where you can do interval timing.  Cost me £13 and you can make things like this quick vid I did of traffic http://vimeo.com/31574450
It's photography, but not as we know it Jim!

the vid is cool

we did light trails this week on my course, long exposures and things like that

here's a few



and ambulance went through on this one



also zoom burst which was fun

Ooooo zoom burst looks great!!  What's that…zooming in/out during exposure?  I'm no good with correct terminology!lol

a chrismas tree in a village near me

first ever zoom burst but i shall be trying it some more

Yeah it's good fun.  Another one is to spin the camera through about 45 degrees to get a swirly effect  Just experiment and follow no rules I say (possible exception… the rule of thirds)

thought i would drag this from the depth

been loving the camera and the course is really good fun

been out today working on widlife and water

a few of my favs







hope you like

JB them photos are fantastic.

What shutter speeds were you using for the 1st two?

first 2 are around 10sec @ f22 using a ND filter 8 stops

Went out with my micro four thirds camera today about 100 yards from where my house is being built  

These are straight from the camera.

Have ordered some filters to enable me to use even longer shutter times.

they look really nice mate

what sort of filters have you ordered?

Cheers mate.

Ive ordered a circular polarising filter, mainly for capturing blue sky in summer.

And I went for a neutral density filter so I can get slower shutter speeds.

Hows your course going?

course is brilliant, loving it

I've just bought a set of 100mm sqaure filters, with a 10 stop ND so will soon be able to do seriously long exposures

Circular polarising filters are very usefull i have them for my lenses, here's 2 of mine with the filters, just have to remeber to turn them sometimes





a circular polariser will allow you to run longet exposures, i think they take things down 1 or 2 stops

do you have an iphone ceri?

There great mate.

Thats the sort of shots I would be doing.

Im not to clued up on filters as ive never really used them.

Am I right in thinking a circular polarising filter is split into 2 halfs?

No I dont have an iphone mate, im on android.

oh right

theres some good apps out there that calculate the exposure time when using ND filters. I use one called Longtime exposure Calculator

Yea they are split but not sure in what way

Ah right, ill have a look to see if theres any apps for my phone.

Ill start doing more photography when I move into my house as the scenery on my doorstep is great.

1st time I used the camera in months today.

Keep the pics coming.

been out messing with my new filters today

went to a place called lumsdale valley in derbyshire near matlock



unfortunatley the sun disapeared behind the hill as we were in the valley so lost alot of detail, but still look nice and moody

Lovely slow sync pics there  :wink: