One more, and I'll stop spamming this thread for at least a few days. This is, so far, the only colour shot I'm happy with. I'm thinking Portra 160 doesn't handle overexposure as well as Portra 400, which I regularly shoot @200. I'm getting very little dynamic range and a green cast in the highlights. Here's to hoping my roll of Cinestill 800 comes out alright. Fence by Rohan Bassett, on Flickr
[edit: oh look, flickr uses your real name when posting links now. that's new.
Is it still spamming if it's the same photo? Re-edited this shot based on feedback from another forum. Kind of like this better, kind of prefer the original. There's also a third version kicking around on my hard drive now that's more contrasty, but I don't know if it's any improvement.
One more, and I'll stop spamming this thread for at least a few days. This is, so far, the only colour shot I'm happy with. I'm thinking Portra 160 doesn't handle overexposure as well as Portra 400, which I regularly shoot @200. I'm getting very little dynamic range and a green cast in the highlights. Here's to hoping my roll of Cinestill 800 comes out alright. Fence by Rohan Bassett, on Flickr
[edit: oh look, flickr uses your real name when posting links now. that's new.
I REALLY like the first edit. The original had a really nice cyanotype feel to it; the new one feels more... overworked somehow?
Liking that tree reflection photo too. If you do want more space above, I don't think that's cheating; it's basically you just transmitting what you saw - to what you're now showing us (I keep wanting to say, "how you see the picture in your mind, and how you put it on paper" but there is NO paper here). Ansel Adams would spend an entire day or more editing a single photo in the darkroom. There are a ton of popular photographers nowadays that use focus stacking panoramas. I just think of it as a tool to extend what as photographers we use where needed, for example: You didn't want to carry all types of lenses with you on this walk you're on, so you imitate it with your 70-200 (or whatever). Same as if say... a painter uses a different type of paintbrush to get a specific style of stroke. I think I went overboard with examples, but yeah.
@tynic I really like the B&W climbing photo, the range of values in those grays is delicious. Also think you did a good job framing the couple with the depth of field bright on one side and dark on the right, really draws them eyes to the subject.
Finally getting around to editing the photos from my trip. Here's a few for now:
Fantastic stuff @Prospicience . Although I feel that the sign in the first photo would benefit from being a bit more centrally located. It feels almost cut off otherwise.
I just dropped some money on having some huge prints made, and I realized that I am running out of wall space. Will have to see if I can pawn them. Otherwise maybe we can see if we can make some sort of print exchange here?
@Muninn thanks man! I agree about the sign placement, that's kinda where I ended up on it. Not completely happy with it but, felt the left was too heavy when I centered the sign.
@Tynic that makes it all the more impressive haha.
Treated myself to one of these for my birthday. Always love taking my instax on trips with me, now I can just take this little guy and print photos directly from my 6D/iPhone. Pretty cool, you can even print your contact info on there and use it as a business card or whatever.
Edit: I'm basically done with the photos from my trip, so I'll be dumping quite a bit - apologies ahead of time!
I REALLY like the first edit. The original had a really nice cyanotype feel to it; the new one feels more... overworked somehow?
Thanks! I'm not sure if this is an issue of balance, or if I should be rocking the cyanotype look over a more realist portrayal. Generally, with film, my intent is to use its advantages of latitude and colour rendition without making the medium too obvious -- and I feel as if the first toes that line. Which isn't to say I'm still satisfied with the second. I think I need to step away from this photo and come back to it later.
Finally getting around to editing the photos from my trip. Here's a few for now: Ultimate Power by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Really liking this one. It's funny -- when I saw it, I kind of wished it were even wider, as the image right now still feels quite tight despite (perhaps, due to?) the open landscape. And then on the Flickr page you mention it's a cropped image. Did a wider view not work, or were there other elements that distracted?
I just dropped some money on having some huge prints made, and I realized that I am running out of wall space. Will have to see if I can pawn them. Otherwise maybe we can see if we can make some sort of print exchange here?
I'd be keen for a print exchange in theory, but I have literally no wall space as-is! I've been tossing around the idea of a zine for a while, and your comments to jezz a page or so ago are making me wonder if a zine exchange could work.
I'd be keen for a print exchange in theory, but I have literally no wall space as-is! I've been tossing around the idea of a zine for a while, and your comments to jezz a page or so ago are making me wonder if a zine exchange could work.
Basically you fill it with wine, start pouring the wine into your mouth almost at your lips. Then, you pull the wine away as it's pouring into your mouth, you're supposed to fully extend your arms so that the porron is as far away from you as you can get it. Then, you slowly try to get it back near your mouth, stop, and pass it to the next person - if you spill you lose.
which, so far, seems to have resulted in a ton of likes for that one photo, but no new followers or activity anywhere else on my stream
I guess I'll take the validation? not sure how long this thing lasts...
Congratulations on internet stardom! Let me know how that feels. Will have to live vicariously through you.
I am personally thinking about stopping posting my work online completely. Never had much luck in attracting new eyeballs to it, and I do not currently have time or desire to play all the games needed to do that.
Seeking validation from others prevents me from getting work done. I get impatient and post stuff that is not finished, instead of focusing on reshoots and tweaking things that have a promise of being any good.
I kinda dig it. The colors and the vignetting. Wish it was a bit more centered on the opera house.
Thanks! Looking at it again, now, I think it's maddeningly just off-level, but I was particularly happy with the vignetting. The colours surprised me a lot -- it's a tungsten-balanced film but it seemed to really work with the scene.
Congratulations on internet stardom! Let me know how that feels. Will have to live vicariously through you.
I am personally thinking about stopping posting my work online completely. Never had much luck in attracting new eyeballs to it, and I do not currently have time or desire to play all the games needed to do that.
Seeking validation from others prevents me from getting work done. I get impatient and post stuff that is not finished, instead of focusing on reshoots and tweaking things that have a promise of being any good.
Yeah, I understand that completely. Getting on explore was nice as an ego-boost, but I've always put more stock in faves (and thoughts) from people whose opinion and work I already respect. As it turns out, once the dust has settled, that shot earned a star from one person I follow, and none of the 80+ faves or 7000+ views translated into more people looking at the rest of my work. I mean, woe is me, but explore has always been arbitrary and it seems somewhat self-serving if photos are only getting attention because they're on explore.
500px, for the short time I was using it, was even worse -- every photo can be "liked" or "faved", every photo has a rating, every user has a score, the site emails you every time your photo is Upcoming, it's Fresh, it's Hot, it's Awesome, it's Oh Have You Considered A Premium Account?
... so, yeah. I completely understand the desire to get off the treadmill. I'll still keep using Flickr because it's a good way to host photos I'm not going to put up on my personal website, and see photos from people whose work I respect and admire. If they see and like it back, all the better -- but I don't see the point in trying to get on explore or whatever if it's not going to lead to any more interest in the rest of my work.
I like the composition, but I wish the background had the same awesome contrast as the foreground. Are you returning to take the shot again, or working on processing this shot more?
Slow is good. Extra detail, and you get to open up your fancy lenses in daylight.
And I have started to shoot digital again. Took my monster Mamiya and a fuji x100 to NYC and after a while I just didn't want to deal with the bulk and slowness of the Mamiya. And the original x100 produces amazing colors. DSCF5223 by Maciej, on Flickr
i am finding that white balance is a pain in the arse again going back to a nikon dslr after only using the X100 for digital and rarely having to think about it
Yeah @munnin I'm right there with you, as I think a lot of us are (artists and shit). I got one explore on a photo I wasn't even particularly happy with, so I looked into it more. It's basically how many eyes have gotten onto your photo, it also seems somewhat due to who's eyes got onto it or who originally liked your photo (which just gets more eyes if they're flickr popular). The more popular people I've looked into (on flickr) tend to post the shit out of their photos in tons groups. Not all of them do this, but I've seen a lot of not so great photos at least gain notoriety just by blasting their photos in groups. For a while now I just kinda throw stuff up at my own leisure. For example - I've got about 40 photos I'd like to upload (edited and everything), but I really dislike the feeling of waiting to see what people think and trying to game the system as opposed to just posting them.
I do really enjoy posting photos here the most however, and I think small communities tend to give the best feedback. If you do stop posting... well, I know I will hugely miss seeing your photos. Can't imagine others won't miss them as well Plus I think it's good to have some sort of community feedback whether it be small or not.
@bsjezz really dig that starlit garden photo. Wish I could read the sign on the Cumberland Stage sign!
oh man @Prospicience, those top two are killers. first one just because how the hell did you catch that, and the second is just a really good eye, composed and framed brilliantly
here are a few of those digital shots i was whining about
Enjoying the American shots, @tynic -- but I'm recognising my own habit of always shooting rooftops and upper-level facades. Do you have any shots from ground level?
Semi-related, got a book of Eggleston photos for my birthday, and enjoying going through that for some inspiration. He does a lot of audacious street photography I've always shied away from, but the compositions work to give the images more power than a single fleeting moment caught in time. Recommended!
Yeah @CommunistCow that's a great Colorado cloud capture for sure we've had a lot of good sky to shoot lately.
@tynic you're killin' it with these latest B&Ws, all four of those are composition-ally fantastic and just great photos overall.
Something recent. Just got done with a long arduous move to the other side of Denver on top of 60hr work weeks - so I've been a busy boy; as usual my backlog is ridiculous. Hopefully one of these weekends I can get mostly caught up! In the Hills by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
One from today... which I'm realizing as I type, I never do anymore (post the same day I take the photo)! *backpat* East Boulder by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Don't usually say this, but this one is fun fullscreen for all the detail.
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I admit the crystal embedded in the bow had me looking a bit askance but the whole thing is a lovely bit of craftsmanship
agh, botp'd
@tynic, I really like that first shot, and the contrast in the second works really nicely. Please tell me the photo is massively tilted though!
I REALLY like the first edit. The original had a really nice cyanotype feel to it; the new one feels more... overworked somehow?
Liking that tree reflection photo too. If you do want more space above, I don't think that's cheating; it's basically you just transmitting what you saw - to what you're now showing us (I keep wanting to say, "how you see the picture in your mind, and how you put it on paper" but there is NO paper here). Ansel Adams would spend an entire day or more editing a single photo in the darkroom. There are a ton of popular photographers nowadays that use focus stacking panoramas. I just think of it as a tool to extend what as photographers we use where needed, for example: You didn't want to carry all types of lenses with you on this walk you're on, so you imitate it with your 70-200 (or whatever). Same as if say... a painter uses a different type of paintbrush to get a specific style of stroke. I think I went overboard with examples, but yeah.
@tynic I really like the B&W climbing photo, the range of values in those grays is delicious. Also think you did a good job framing the couple with the depth of field bright on one side and dark on the right, really draws them eyes to the subject.
Finally getting around to editing the photos from my trip. Here's a few for now:
edit: will flickr never stop changing their layout? Every time I get comfortable they throw me for a loop with their overhaul.
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I just dropped some money on having some huge prints made, and I realized that I am running out of wall space. Will have to see if I can pawn them. Otherwise maybe we can see if we can make some sort of print exchange here?
oh yeah, I was leaning off the side of a cliff and holding the camera at a really weird angle to get the shot. Frankly I'm amazed it came out at all.
@Tynic that makes it all the more impressive haha.
Treated myself to one of these for my birthday. Always love taking my instax on trips with me, now I can just take this little guy and print photos directly from my 6D/iPhone. Pretty cool, you can even print your contact info on there and use it as a business card or whatever.
Edit: I'm basically done with the photos from my trip, so I'll be dumping quite a bit - apologies ahead of time!
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Really liking this one. It's funny -- when I saw it, I kind of wished it were even wider, as the image right now still feels quite tight despite (perhaps, due to?) the open landscape. And then on the Flickr page you mention it's a cropped image. Did a wider view not work, or were there other elements that distracted?
I'd be keen for a print exchange in theory, but I have literally no wall space as-is! I've been tossing around the idea of a zine for a while, and your comments to jezz a page or so ago are making me wonder if a zine exchange could work.
Also taking great climbing photos requires things like this:
Or we could combine forces and make a group zine!
Messing around with instant film:
No Smoking by Rohan Bassett, on Flickr
Going to have to do that more often. Dawn is such a great time to shoot.
I hope I don't fuck this up.
I mean, I like it, I just don't understand what I'm looking at.
Opera House by Rohan Bassett, on Flickr
And then, Melbourne in a single shot:
Cornish Arms by Rohan Bassett, on Flickr
@Ollie
Porron. Old Spanish wine drinking game.
Basically you fill it with wine, start pouring the wine into your mouth almost at your lips. Then, you pull the wine away as it's pouring into your mouth, you're supposed to fully extend your arms so that the porron is as far away from you as you can get it. Then, you slowly try to get it back near your mouth, stop, and pass it to the next person - if you spill you lose.
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Edge by Rohan Bassett, on Flickr
Whale Watching by Rohan Bassett, on Flickr
the first shot made it to flickr explore :yay:
which, so far, seems to have resulted in a ton of likes for that one photo, but no new followers or activity anywhere else on my stream
I guess I'll take the validation? not sure how long this thing lasts...
I kinda dig it. The colors and the vignetting. Wish it was a bit more centered on the opera house.
Congratulations on internet stardom! Let me know how that feels. Will have to live vicariously through you.
I am personally thinking about stopping posting my work online completely. Never had much luck in attracting new eyeballs to it, and I do not currently have time or desire to play all the games needed to do that.
Seeking validation from others prevents me from getting work done. I get impatient and post stuff that is not finished, instead of focusing on reshoots and tweaking things that have a promise of being any good.
Case in point.
I think I can hear the sound of the worlds smallest violin.
Yeah, I understand that completely. Getting on explore was nice as an ego-boost, but I've always put more stock in faves (and thoughts) from people whose opinion and work I already respect. As it turns out, once the dust has settled, that shot earned a star from one person I follow, and none of the 80+ faves or 7000+ views translated into more people looking at the rest of my work. I mean, woe is me, but explore has always been arbitrary and it seems somewhat self-serving if photos are only getting attention because they're on explore.
500px, for the short time I was using it, was even worse -- every photo can be "liked" or "faved", every photo has a rating, every user has a score, the site emails you every time your photo is Upcoming, it's Fresh, it's Hot, it's Awesome, it's Oh Have You Considered A Premium Account?
... so, yeah. I completely understand the desire to get off the treadmill. I'll still keep using Flickr because it's a good way to host photos I'm not going to put up on my personal website, and see photos from people whose work I respect and admire. If they see and like it back, all the better -- but I don't see the point in trying to get on explore or whatever if it's not going to lead to any more interest in the rest of my work.
I like the composition, but I wish the background had the same awesome contrast as the foreground. Are you returning to take the shot again, or working on processing this shot more?
Saturday Vibes II by jeremy o., on Flickr
Starlit Garden by jeremy o., on Flickr
Olympic Harbour by jeremy o., on Flickr
i took my new D3300 out tonight to get some shots of the light festival in sydney. i got a few i guess, i dunno. digital.
And I have started to shoot digital again. Took my monster Mamiya and a fuji x100 to NYC and after a while I just didn't want to deal with the bulk and slowness of the Mamiya. And the original x100 produces amazing colors.
Cumberland Stage by jeremy o., on Flickr
Angel & Ash by jeremy o., on Flickr
I do really enjoy posting photos here the most however, and I think small communities tend to give the best feedback. If you do stop posting... well, I know I will hugely miss seeing your photos. Can't imagine others won't miss them as well
@bsjezz really dig that starlit garden photo. Wish I could read the sign on the Cumberland Stage sign!
Here's a few
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here are a few of those digital shots i was whining about
Dusk and Dawn by jeremy o., on Flickr
Neon Children II by jeremy o., on Flickr
The Last Dark Hollows by jeremy o., on Flickr
I really like this one in B&W but at the same time it seems a shame to lose those awesome reds
(colour version)
Terminal by jeremy o., on Flickr
Lifestyles of the Even Richer by jeremy o., on Flickr
A Low Shape on the Water by jeremy o., on Flickr
Semi-related, got a book of Eggleston photos for my birthday, and enjoying going through that for some inspiration. He does a lot of audacious street photography I've always shied away from, but the compositions work to give the images more power than a single fleeting moment caught in time. Recommended!
Track by Rohan Bassett, on Flickr
Preston Boathouse by Rohan Bassett, on Flickr
And most of my New York photos were taken from the Skyline, so not really! I have some with less of an upwards inclination
That first shot is great -- really works to highlight the sheer scale of the buildings, and I think the tight framing works to subtly reinforce it.
Another one from me:
Cushion by Rohan Bassett, on Flickr
Cumulonimbus by Jeff Fryer, on Flickr
@tynic you're killin' it with these latest B&Ws, all four of those are composition-ally fantastic and just great photos overall.
Something recent. Just got done with a long arduous move to the other side of Denver on top of 60hr work weeks - so I've been a busy boy; as usual my backlog is ridiculous. Hopefully one of these weekends I can get mostly caught up!
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Will have to do something about it. I am getting sick of playing GTAV.
Anyways, was looking through the back log:
One from today... which I'm realizing as I type, I never do anymore (post the same day I take the photo)! *backpat*
East Boulder by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Don't usually say this, but this one is fun fullscreen for all the detail.
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