Adair

JANUARY PHOTO CHALLENGE
Essentially, a theme is chosen, and pictures can be taken based on that theme and any interpretation of it. Please keep it PG13.

Submitted photos will be posted, and at the end of the month, votes will be cast and a winner will be chosen.

The winner of the current month will then get to choose the theme for the following month.

This month's topic/theme is "LINES / STRIPES", as chosen by December's winner, mill$civic.


- all entries must be submitted between January 1st and 25th
- voting will run from January 26th to 31st
- please post all submissions in this thread only


Enjoy!



STANDARD RULES APPLY:
1) Pictures have to be taken between now and January 25th.
2) Maximum of 2 entries per person.
3) Maximum width for each picture is 1000 pixel.

cr8tive_leo

Hmmmm... we'll see what I can come up with.

07Ex

I might get off my lazy a$$ and participate in one of these things for a change.

cr8tive_leo

Do iiiiitttt!

07Ex

I am actually thinking of also upgrading my camera, but I am still contemplating on which one to get. I got my heart set on the D40, especially since Henry's has it on sale. I think that's what you got, right Adrian?

cr8tive_leo

Shhh, yes, people think I take good pictures... they think it's an expensive camera.. no one knows it's just a D40.


I love it, for the price and what you get, can't beat it. Get it from Henry's for sure. They back all their sales with awesome support.

cr8tive_leo

The SB400 is an excellent flash too. It's $150 or less.

If you get the D40, you can buy the battery pack off ebay for $25, it let's you go for about 10,000 pictures before a recharge. (or more)

Whiplash

the sb-400 is a hair better than the on-board flash
not saying it's not usable or doesn't fully cater to what you bought it for, but it doesn't deal with off-cam shooting at all so any expansion to your off-board shooting utilizing it is nil
imo, minimum sb-600, at least it can be used as a slave down the road

and yes, the d-40 is a surprisingly good little camera if you can work beyond it's few not-fully-thought-out lackings
if you need to shoot quicker (ease of manual setting changes) i'd go with the D-80/90 or beyond

this is in no way argumentative, merely insights related from experience

cr8tive_leo

< uses the D40 fully manual without any problems. (very easy manual mode changes)

You learn your equipment, and it's capabilities.

Cynikal.Mindset

battle vistek and henrys against each other...one of them always has it on sale and they will price match

go for the D60 if you can but the D40 is a decent little camera...I miss my D50, now that was a solid Nikon piece

cr8tive_leo

Nooo, it's D40,D80,D90... the d40x and d60 were the silliest ones Nikon came out with.

07Ex

I have thought more and more about getting a digital SLR, but my problem so far has been justifying getting one of these when I can get the latest point and shoot (even the high end ones with manual modes) for free from my company.
I get almost every other week a new camera to test, so how can I justify spending $500 on an SLR? I guess I will have to wait and see what sales Henry's will have this month.

As for the flash, I have a Vivitar already, which has been great with my current camera.

Tyson09

iTrader: (1)

i'll get the ball rolling, nothing special

07Ex

^ Wow, that's pretty nice.

spike

I'll have mine it soon.

Polkaroo Killa

Should have mine shortly

mill$civic

im trying to think of ideas, i think i might have one or two..

07Ex

I got no ideas.

cr8tive_leo

Mirror... baby powder.. rolled bills...

k_r_a_c_k_e_r

iTrader: (3)

ha ha ha