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We are a group of photographers who wanted to design a photo forum that offers a little something extra than the typical photo forum. Our emphasis is not only on sharing photos, but on discussion for all things photography related, as well as a unique and fun approach to photo critique. Our forum moderators are experienced photographers with a keen interest on photographic education in a relaxed forum atmosphere. There are lots of photo forums on the internet, but what we find lacking is a true critique forum by a qualified photo educator who can help you learn. It became part of our mission to set up a dedicated critique forum just for this purpose, and we encourage you to come check it out!
Some of us are digital shooters and some of us love film…but our common goal is to offer photo critique in a way that is educational for the beginner, as well as enlightening for the more advanced photographer.
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Change to User Group for Registered Members |
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Jan 21, 2010 - 5:27 AM - by Chris of Arabia
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Hello and thank you for supporting The Photo Beat so far,
Just to let you know that a couple of changes are being made to the user groups inside the forum, as part of the effort to combat some of the recent spam attacks perpetrated via the Private Messaging system.
Whilst these changes should be entirely transparent to you, there is the always possibility that this may not be the case. If you notice any unexpected changes to your user experience at TPB, please shout up in the Feedback Forum and we'll go and investigate.
Thanks again for your support. 
TPB Administrator
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» The Photo Beat's Member's Choice Contest Winner |
ThePhotoBeat, the photo forum you love to visit daily, is pleased to announce that the winner of the first Member's Choice Photo Contest of 2010 is.....OldFireGuy for his image entitled "Howling".
Congrats OldFireGuy!
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» Themed Contest winner - Halloween! |
Congrats to Chiller, who submitted the winning entry to ThePhotoBeat's first Themed Contest!
Out of a choice of prizes, Chiller selected an 8 gb flashdrive for his win.
Here is the winning image, entitled The Feeding:
Congratulations, Chiller!
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dedicating 3800 to carbon ink |
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Feb 06, 2010 - 1:19 PM - by ann
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anyone here try the above combination?
if so, any feed back would be appreciated.
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Magnification, sharpness, diffraction, aperture and the MPE65mm macro |
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Feb 04, 2010 - 3:58 PM - by Overread
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I did this test to see the effects of the differing apertures and magnifications just to see how this lens does perform before I really got a chance to test it in the field and some others might find the results interesting
Setup:
Camera and lens:
Canon 400D
Remote cable release
Canon MPE65mm macro
Teleconverter used for last tests - Sigma 2*teleconverter
Hoodman anglefinder - set to 2.5* magnification to aid focusing
Lighting:
Canon 580EX2
Offcamera flash cord
Lumiquest softbox
Support:
Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod
Manfrotto Junior geared head
Ebay focusing rail (single section) (note apparently also the same as the Adorama focusing rail)
Subject setup:
Single 2 pence UK coin
Single LED bulb torch with flexi arm
Camera settings used for each shot:
1/200sec shutter speed
ISO 100
Aperture (varies)
Manual flash power output (varies)
The full setup:
Camera and lens mounted using the lenses tripod collar (sold with the lens) onto the focusing rail; the rail being attached to the quick release plate of the geared head and the whole setup mounted on the tripod. The geared head was set to an angle (as shown on its head markings) of just over 45 degrees - this tilted angle was delibate as I wished to know the performance of the focusing rail whilst at a tilted angle with the whole setup. In addition a tilted angle lets the varying depths of field be displayed on the coins. Due to limitations in gear the flash had to be handheld by the photographer.
Each shot was focused by using the LED torch as a point of bright light, the light shining onto the coin surface. This proved to be essential at the greater magnifications as the image through the viewfinder would become very dark, coupled with a very small depth of field... [Read More]
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My First B&W - Stray Flower |
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Feb 08, 2010 - 12:01 AM - by astrostu
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I was finally processing some photos I took at a conference about 11 months ago (yikes!) and decided that this one looked much better in B&W. I'm normally not a B&W kind of guy with photos, so, what do you folks think?
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