This is the extent of my photos from visiting a friend in Aspen. So much smoke from the western fires ruined the possibility of other landscape photos.
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This is the extent of my photos from visiting a friend in Aspen. So much smoke from the western fires ruined the possibility of other landscape photos.
Aw that's a huge bummer, yeah the smoke has been nasty the last few days. Although it is creating some incredible golden hour light for natural portrait lighting.
That is a really cool statue, I was going to say after first glance that I might have wanted to see the whole thing without the crop on the top, but I also don't think it takes anything away from the photo either.
Agreed, love the colors, vignetting and depth of field; all really adds to the composition. Will be sad to no longer see them chem photos but it was a good run!... at the same time I won't miss those dust speckles
Trying to go through old photos and find one for the @muninn challenge, man it is more difficult than I thought it'd be (and I didn't think it was going to be super easy).
I've been running with a canon xsi with varying lenses for many years and still love the damn thing. However, lugging everything around has become a serious burden with also carrying around everything for a toddler. Plus the xsi doesn't do video. Anyhow, I was thinking of getting something like this Nikon L840.
It's in my budget range and has a billion features I've never had in a camera before. My question is: are there better option under $300 USD?
I haven't been in this thread in a long time because I haven't been taking many pictures lately. I want to with a new all-in-one camera. Help me?
Oh man yeah, I dunno either. I think you're more or less always going with most nikon or canon cameras. I do however know sony's small cameras are pretty incredible. My dad gets some pretty incredible photos with his little sony, I've also played with it a bit on full manual. From what I've been reading Sony is at the top right now for small and mirrorless cameras.
TLDR: there might be something comparable or better in Sony's camera lines. That's about all the advice I've really got, but again Nikon, Canon, Fuji and Olympus always (more or less) put out quality cameras.
back in the digital saddle for a while. i forgot how much of a hassle post production is. i don't even know if i like this treatment, but you just give up after a while.
So no one participated in my little challenge? Quite disappointing, especially since people didn't even have to go out and shoot new work to participate. And i had prizes ready an everything. Oh well, time to move on.
i was thinking about it, but i just couldn't really think of a photo that was good and also easy to critique. but my shooting style is pretty off-the-hip anyway, and when there are obvious improvements to be made it's usually just a matter of more patience both when shooting and in development
I still think I'm going to do the challenge, more just to improve myself than for competition sake.
I got a fuji xe-2 and the 2.8 recently because of the price drop, and while it's ridiculously light, takes great photos and is a great travel camera I'm having a hard time justifying the spending of money on it.
So I may send it back, or sell it on craigslist if I can't return it. Anyways, I'd been having a hard time doing personal photo stuff for the last month, even on vacation I didn't get many I was happy with. But I have been doing a lot of different types of photography, so here's a few that I kinda liked.
I stuck this in the SE++ travel tread, but realized that this really isn't a travel photo, but an art photo that I'll touch up in photoshop when I get home, so I can print it out for my wall.
Hey everyone, just wondering if any professional photographers / photo editing types were interested in some freelance work on my wedding photos. I've got both .jpegs and raw image files. Shoot me a PM if interested - probably around 15-20 photos in total for general touch ups and maybe some more artistic stuff for framing.
muninn, that jpg of Copernicus is almost uneditted - just cropped & downsampled. The full moon just happened to be at the right spot. I jacked up the exposure compensation to get a better histogram for the raw file, but I don't have access to photoshop with me in Poland, so I can't readjust the tones to be darker, or to remove the street / building lights. I don't travel with a tripod either, or else I would've taken a longer exposure shot at 200 ISO for the least grain. Instead I had to deal with 3200 ISO at F2.8 for 1/15s.
Like that photo a lot @munnin, looking forward to seeing more landscapes from you and the photo you took with your camera that you took a photo of. That's a mouthful.
On top of inktober I'm trying to post a photo everyday to flickr. I don't want to flood this thread so I may start my own thread to update. Anyways, here's yesterday's and today's photos.
On top of inktober I'm trying to post a photo everyday to flickr. I don't want to flood this thread so I may start my own thread to update. Anyways, here's yesterday's and today's photos.
@Prospicience Just post the photos here. We don't mind, and also it will make the thread a little more active.
I love the cloud picture.
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Hey guys, I've had an account for a while, but rarely post. In Feb I bought a Rebel T3 from a friend and I've been shooting off and on ever since. If anyone wants to offer critiques, I'm definitely looking to get better.
I'm using the T3 with the kit lens, and I've since added a Canon 50-255mm zoom and a Canon 10-18mm ultra-wide to my kit. The ultra-wide I just recently bought as I'm going to Iceland for a week in 2 weeks. So any advice on the best techniques for it on big landscapes would be really welcome!
Here's a couple of opening pics:
HDR of some clouds as a storm rolls in off my balcony:
My friends dog Faye at the cottage:
2 shots of a storm culvert where I was playing with focus:
Really like the storm clouds photo. My only critique is on the macro photo with the plant: If you had rotated around to the left you might have been able to frame the plant in complete black to make plant in the foreground stand out a bit more. I do like the photo, but it gets a little lost in the green reflections in the background. That also could have not even been an option with your surroundings though.
Thanks for the compliments Prospicience! I got lucky and happened to be home when the storm front was rolling in. I like your idea with the culvert. Composition is something I'm working on, but I'm guessing it generally takes a bit of time to develope. I take a shot, like it, then start noticing other ways to frame it. Good thing they're mostly local so I can make notes and go try again!
Yeah composition takes time. It also takes a lot of time learning your lenses to the point where you can look at a subject and almost imagine how your lens could capture what your eye sees, or what lens would best capture what your eye sees. Keep working on it!... I know I am.
Here's a basement from a house I took photos of today. This house has been in the same family for 92 years and they're now selling it. Kinda sad, seems like homes don't really stay in families for very long anymore in America.
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@ooohraa This is for your own photography, not for posting stock photos. Doubleposting is also generally not allowed in most forums here.
Please read the main rules page and each subforum's rules page before continuing! I'd hate to see a new poster end up with a bunch of infractions for not knowing the lay of the land.
Well, double posting is one thing. He did ask a question about how to achieve the same effect as the stock photo though, which is probably okay. Edit: he's actually double posting just about everywhere he/she posts. That'll get people upset pretty quickly.
@ooohraa you basically guessed it, you can find lots of concert photos where they do a similar "technique." This one looks like they may have zoomed in (or zoomed out), as well as moving the camera after the flash. They honestly may have not even used a flash here, can't completely tell.
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Aw that's a huge bummer, yeah the smoke has been nasty the last few days. Although it is creating some incredible golden hour light for natural portrait lighting.
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Messing around with this black and white thing a little more.
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some dust-specked, grainy, heavily vignetted point-and-shoots from the 50th (and possibly final roll of film) developed in my immortal chemicals:
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The Joyous Sea by jeremy o., on Flickr
Trying to go through old photos and find one for the @muninn challenge, man it is more difficult than I thought it'd be (and I didn't think it was going to be super easy).
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I've been running with a canon xsi with varying lenses for many years and still love the damn thing. However, lugging everything around has become a serious burden with also carrying around everything for a toddler. Plus the xsi doesn't do video. Anyhow, I was thinking of getting something like this Nikon L840.
It's in my budget range and has a billion features I've never had in a camera before. My question is: are there better option under $300 USD?
I haven't been in this thread in a long time because I haven't been taking many pictures lately. I want to with a new all-in-one camera. Help me?
TLDR: there might be something comparable or better in Sony's camera lines. That's about all the advice I've really got, but again Nikon, Canon, Fuji and Olympus always (more or less) put out quality cameras.
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Wower's Edge by jeremy o., on Flickr
back in the digital saddle for a while. i forgot how much of a hassle post production is. i don't even know if i like this treatment, but you just give up after a while.
Barriers by jeremy o., on Flickr
Quiet Solution by jeremy o., on Flickr
Emergency Assembly Area by jeremy o., on Flickr
Also, a picture, in color!
I got a fuji xe-2 and the 2.8 recently because of the price drop, and while it's ridiculously light, takes great photos and is a great travel camera I'm having a hard time justifying the spending of money on it.
So I may send it back, or sell it on craigslist if I can't return it. Anyways, I'd been having a hard time doing personal photo stuff for the last month, even on vacation I didn't get many I was happy with. But I have been doing a lot of different types of photography, so here's a few that I kinda liked.
BW was inspired by munnin's black and whites. I figure while I live in the city I may as well take advantage of it.
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Hey everyone, just wondering if any professional photographers / photo editing types were interested in some freelance work on my wedding photos. I've got both .jpegs and raw image files. Shoot me a PM if interested - probably around 15-20 photos in total for general touch ups and maybe some more artistic stuff for framing.
And being inspired by @Prospicience I have been trying more color landscapes.
On top of inktober I'm trying to post a photo everyday to flickr. I don't want to flood this thread so I may start my own thread to update. Anyways, here's yesterday's and today's photos.
Some crazy cloud over Boulder yesterday morning.
A throw back to my "On the road" series.
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@Prospicience Just post the photos here. We don't mind, and also it will make the thread a little more active.
I love the cloud picture.
I'm using the T3 with the kit lens, and I've since added a Canon 50-255mm zoom and a Canon 10-18mm ultra-wide to my kit. The ultra-wide I just recently bought as I'm going to Iceland for a week in 2 weeks. So any advice on the best techniques for it on big landscapes would be really welcome!
Here's a couple of opening pics:
HDR of some clouds as a storm rolls in off my balcony:
My friends dog Faye at the cottage:
2 shots of a storm culvert where I was playing with focus:
Really like the storm clouds photo. My only critique is on the macro photo with the plant: If you had rotated around to the left you might have been able to frame the plant in complete black to make plant in the foreground stand out a bit more. I do like the photo, but it gets a little lost in the green reflections in the background. That also could have not even been an option with your surroundings though.
A couple more for this october thing.
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And another vacation photo taken on instant film:
Oh no give me my hand back!
No more arting for me, ever again. Hand is lost.
Some late night shenanigans.
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And Horses
Edit 2: Last one for now I swear.
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Here's a basement from a house I took photos of today. This house has been in the same family for 92 years and they're now selling it. Kinda sad, seems like homes don't really stay in families for very long anymore in America.
I love old basements, hoping I'll get to shoot a lot of basements this month in honor of upcoming halloween.
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I feel like I've been there.
Would love to achieve this kind of result for a night shot. Just done by moving the camera and then the flash I guess?
Please read the main rules page and each subforum's rules page before continuing! I'd hate to see a new poster end up with a bunch of infractions for not knowing the lay of the land.
@ooohraa you basically guessed it, you can find lots of concert photos where they do a similar "technique." This one looks like they may have zoomed in (or zoomed out), as well as moving the camera after the flash. They honestly may have not even used a flash here, can't completely tell.
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