I'm guessing that the camera metered off the dark shirt for one shot and metered off either the white helmet or pants for the other then set its white balance accordingly. I've done stuff like that...

Everyone's photos look great! Paul, I love the one with the boy in the swing! I like how you selectively used color.

Yeah, I LOVE my D200! I use Nikons at work and Canon blows them away. I've never had the banding problem or heard of anybody who has. That little camera has been so beaten up but it still keeps go...

I don't know why he stayed on the mirror so long. He flew away once and I had to catch him, but for the most part, he just sat there. He seemed interested in the lamp I used to light him. He turned...

Cool shot, Shane! I like the reflection in all his eyes and the detail you can see in his legs. Here's the last shot I posted but a little bigger: http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/images/upload/Dra...

Thanks, guys! Yeah, the tree photo is one of my favorites. It was the last shot of my infrared black and white film and it was just about to storm. Lightning was crashing everywhere and my friend ...

Thanks, Matthew for your comments. I was glad to see a new assignment posted because that is the reason I found this site in the first place. I was searching for some interesting photo assignment id...

This is my first post to a topic other than the introduction page so I hope I don't mess anything up. I'm posting to this topic because shallow depth of field photos are really fun to shoot and I jus...

Greetings everyone. I'm brand new to this site. I found it while searching for fun photo assignments to do with some friends. I live in Tampa, Florida where I work for an aerial photography company...