Chainsaw photography

[HEAVY FUEL]

For the OP. TreeKiller.....7901 built by Treemonkey .. Rock on....

 

[H 2 H]

Thanks for the compliment! My gear is a big part of my technique, but the shots can be made on a much tighter budget. A true macro lens is the most important item. Bought mine used for $260.#




$$$$$$$ is right, but I tried to keep the cost down by buying used gear. My DSLR was $1500, the original owner paid $4700. My 300-2.8 was $4200, originally $5800. My only new lens is my 24-120 f/4. The truth of the matter is that you can get 80-90% of the shots I do for about 15% of the money. It's that last little bit that gets ya!!!

Nice equipment

I take pic's of sprint car racing here on the west coast; I carry two of everything wish cost $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

I was at the Vegas WoO race and it was colder than a witch is &^#) and I blew a SB-800 because of the cold conditions so I swtiched to SB-900's with battery pack. SB 900 is by far better than the SB 800 ever was for what I do with them

The 24-70 has been out standing lens for me along with the 70-200; I have 70-300 as a backup lens

Seems you always have to carry two bodies at all time all set up and ready to go at these things so the 24-70 on one body and the 70-200 on the other body both with SB 900 on them

So this CAD problem I have is a cheap get away from taking pics all the time

 

[mweba]

Need to hunt down a new piece of glass to get closer....




Carbide burr by mweba1, on Flickr

 

[Jeremy23]

My pictures are taken with an old digital Olympus. I took it when I got my wife a much nicer camera. This way I don't feel bad taking it with me on one of my "chainsaw missions" in the woods. Here is a recent snapshot of my little Poulan Micro sitting on a round of walnut. My dad bought this back in the 70's and was our family's first saw. Its a keeper.

 

[gmax]

Some of the wood down under is that damn hard, I dulled three chains cutting this little pile of wood.. it had better burn well :smile2:

 

[BrocLuno]

Sony Mavica $1 at a yardsale,, 640x480,,uses floppy disc's.

great for posting forum pix.

Nice pic

Old Mavica's are a favorite of the eBay crowd as they make great sales shots w/o editing much. Good color too. Was color processing built into the Mavica processing engine. Some of the newer cameras have still not caught up with the old Sonys on color rendition

 

[BroncoRN]

Doing a quick Google search, I see a used 40D for $800 and a 50D for $840 on Amazon. Would really like to not spend that much. :msp_sad:

Check out the pawn shops man....found a 40d local for $400

 

[Tzed250]

Doing a quick Google search, I see a used 40D for $800 and a 50D for $840 on Amazon. Would really like to not spend that much. :msp_sad:

Check out the pawn shops man....found a 40d local for $400

FS: Canon 40d - FM Forums

 

[wendell]

FS: Canon 40d - FM Forums

Thanks, John, but I already picked one up.

 

[Tzed250]

Thanks, John, but I already picked one up.

Excellent!!!

 

[Tzed250]

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I finally pulled the trigger on some gear I have wanted for some time. The Nikon R1C1 Wireless Close-Up Speedlight System. It makes lighting macro subjects much easier. I wanted it to shoot critters and such , but it works on chainsaw parts too!!

Setup here with an SB-900 as the Commander, tethered to the camera with the SC-29 cord. The SB-900 is shooting through a diffuser, and has blue gels to color the background. The three SB-R200's provide the main light. Each speedlight is controlled individually, wireless i-TTL.


R1-2 by zweitakt250, on Flickr


R1 by zweitakt250, on Flickr


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[H 2 H]

Nice setup John

Here is what I've bought the last 9 weeks

Going thru my Dad's stuff I found a spool of Stihl 3/8 semi skip chain (about 1/3 left on it) couple nice bars and 3 chains already for 20" bar; still looking for the chain brake tools

 

[Tzed250]

Two new saws to break in, nice!!!

 

[A100HVA]

brand new never been run 1962 A100 HVA

 

[RedShift42]

Just a cool snap I grabbed, taking a break from storm cleanup.
Day after Christmas '08 Kodiak island got a wicked windstorm with 125mph+ gusts. This spruce (and, subsequently several Poulans) was among the casualties.

 

[7oaks]

brand new never been run 1962 A100 HVA

What's HVA - neat looking saw no matter what it is and old!

 

[mweba]

Picked up some junk at the pawn shop today. Glass doesn't work on my current body but it was cheap enough....


Nikon N 4004 by mweba1, on Flickr

 

[046]

that's some seriously NICE closeups!!

which macro lens is that?

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I finally pulled the trigger on some gear I have wanted for some time. The Nikon R1C1 Wireless Close-Up Speedlight System. It makes lighting macro subjects much easier. I wanted it to shoot critters and such , but it works on chainsaw parts too!!

Setup here with an SB-900 as the Commander, tethered to the camera with the SC-29 cord. The SB-900 is shooting through a diffuser, and has blue gels to color the background. The three SB-R200's provide the main light. Each speedlight is controlled individually, wireless i-TTL.


R1-2 by zweitakt250, on Flickr


R1 by zweitakt250, on Flickr


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A crop.


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[Stihlman441]

MS441CRMTronic wrap modle with muff modd.

 

[Tzed250]

that's some seriously NICE closeups!!

which macro lens is that?

Thank you!! Shots were made using a Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D