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I think on every page it would look cool. I'm only bringing it up cause I'm running at 1280x1024 and there's a bout 500px of empty space the right. The inclusion of the graphic would be primarily for higher resolution folks and completely innocuous in terms of navigation. I believe there's a way to explicitly position things at a certain (x,y) using CSS and suppress scroll bars. If you did it that way, the higher res folks could see the graphic and the lower res folks wouldn't even know it was there.
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I think the site is great. I personally didn't feel the issues that Mordarian had. The bottom right is kinda empty but I realize that not everyone is on a giant monitor like I am. I would, however, like the see the main images higher resolution. They feel a bit small right now. Not so small that you can't make out details though so maybe I'm just being picky.
Also, let's see some shots with that new flash.
The cat pics I posted above are with the flash (but not with the new ringflash I made. Here are a couple with the ringflash. As soon as I have a chance I will get out and make some real photos of some non pet-related stuff.
EDIT: There's a little bit of a learning curve to using a flash. I've been so accustomed to shooting with available light only that it's tough to think about where to put light and how it will affect a photo. It may be a bit before I really can maximize the benefit to a real flash.
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And hey, pets are good test subjects and I loves me some ring flash shots so it doesn't bother me.
Some christmas/new years photos from me,
You don't have any verbiage at all. Maybe you have SOMETHING to say? The site is ok. Nothing POPS at me. What's the purpose of the site? That's my question. It's hard to judge. If it was just a "place to put some of my photos online" then it functions as such. As a marketing tool you're lacking stuff like information about you, pricing etc.
"Look at that subtle off-white coloring, the tasteful thickness of it... Oh my God, it even has a watermark."
I have been in a bit of a rut lately and havent been taking that many pictures. Brought my camera to the new years eve party, but the lighting was horrible, and I went there to have fun ... so I didnt shoot that much.
Obligatory x-mas ornament wankery
I take too many pictures of this woman
Here is something I have cleaned up and re-released, shot about 2 years ago (I think) on my old D50.
Flyingman: great atmospheric shot, but I would fix the barrel distortion, as the composition seems to rely quite a bit on the shapes of rectangles. A little bit more light would make it better I think, but I guess there could be nothing done about it. Makes me think of bladerunner.
Ick it looks like you really need to put a lot more diffusion at the bottom and maybe try and add some extra reflectivity because damn the light at the top is at about 2 stops darker than the light at the bottom.
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I think these are the only two good photos on the last page. The top one I would crop off at least half of the woman's back on the left. The bottom one looks good I might crop off a very very tiny amount on the left. Was this one done with an omni-bounce on a flash or did you bounce it off the ceiling and photoshop the "vignetting"?
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Also the one with through the arm is one of the weaker shots imho....the subject is too far away, and she's pulling a weird face, plus awkward legs whoah crotch on the right.
If I'm taking pictures of a party everything is dynamic. There's not time to set anything up, nor do I want to.
And I agree with Virum - the boy's portrait is the best shot in my eyes, too. Most of the pictures are to "document" the event, I'm fortunate that the kid shot turned out the way it did.
1) Can't see the person - he's aligned with the horizon and practically disappears.
2) I like this the most - any way to get the camera even lower? Or was it on the ground?
3) Is that a strobe ?
I figured with the strobes, just wasn't sure if that was the sun or the strobe.
The subject is making a silly face is the POINT of the picture. Thus the caption of "what is he doing?".
Also I disliked the kid picture because I have a general hated for pictures of kids and flowers. This one is better than most but it is such a wide angle that the kid's head looks super bulbous compared to his tiny feet/lower body.
Salti I like the sledding shots. Especially the last one. Good flash work.
needOptic: There isn't much set up needed (read: none at all) with a detachable flash on the top of the camera pointed at a 45 degree angle or almost straight up with an omni bounce on it. Even so I do like the lighting you capture in that photo.
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Edit: Cow - you got that right about the face. If a picture is "pretty" - that's great. If it tells a story, even a little one - it's a benefit.
True, haven't thought of a detachable flash. I think it's safe to agree that it's a matter of preference and goals.
Some things aren't achievable with glass alone, others with flash.
But the kid almost looks like an adult in that picture because of his body proportions.
I am a fan of avoiding flash if at all possible, but then again I have never really given them a lot of use.
Also yea nO about the second batch of film shots I posted: that's why I said the first batch was about the only shots worth posting
Also nO about the xmas shots I think the last 4 portraits are the best. The balloon one has the annoying tv in the background (yea setting up shots is ridiculously hard in that kind of situation I know), the 432 shot is a little underexposed methinks and doesn't portray its meaning very well since it focuses on the one woman smoking and shooting through the gap in the arm has all the extra stuff as virium said, leg sticking out and random person on the right.
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Took remarkably few tries to get the cat to sit still.
Why the fuck haven't you been posting? Lazy bastard. Take that fat 200mm out for a walk, will you?
True. Bad choice of words.
jonis: I like the couch, although I think the left side could do without the table.
Thanks, I agree. I wanted the sides to be symmetric but I accidentally overexposed that goddamned candle so its distracting, I think.
I think the problem is more that the table is cut in half.
Also, I found an old Epson Stylus 1270 printer on the side of the road. I had to run the head cleaning program about 20 times but it works great - had full ink in it too.
Also is that actually a whip, rope, or tree branch or something. Did you photoshop it to make it longer and or blur the end of it?
bombardier - I use off camera flash a LOT but thats because I am doing set up portraits and fashion shots. If I were doing more candid stuff of friends I would avoid flash more too, but I rarely, if ever, do that sort of shooting.
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The whip is a piece of kelp. I added 3 feet or so to the end of it to help with the composition.