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F-Stop In The Name Of Love [PHOTO THREAD]

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  • Ben BotBen Bot Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Gafoto wrote: »
    wampamagi wrote: »
    Nice Gafoto, love that last lily pic. Like the reflections particularly.

    Thanks! It helps to have the water dyed pitch black.

    Breaking out the macro again:

    Nymphaea Macro:
    *snip*

    reminds me of
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    but nice :)

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  • HorusHorus Los AngelesRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Ben Bot

    WTF is that? Star Wars sand thing?

    Horus on
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  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    El Sarlaac

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  • altmannaltmann Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I finally got out to take some pictures i actually LIKE.


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  • ege02ege02 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    The third one is pretty sweet. Was the overexposure on purpose?

    Also, you really should consider putting frames around your photos. :)

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  • ImDrawingABlankImDrawingABlank Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    The third picture kicks ass! The cropping and angle make an already good shot better, love it. The second one as well, did you manually block out the lower half of the light pole in post process or was it like that from the start? Looks great

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  • bread of wonderbread of wonder Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I can't say I'm a fan of those highlights.

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    Long distance runner, what you standin' there for?
  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Yeah, I think you need a tripod for that last one.

    Abstract and boring black and white to follow:

    Victoria Water Lilies
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    Montrose
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  • the_monarch23the_monarch23 Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Gafoto, I like these last two, good contrast in teh first one. The second is cool to me because of the continuity of the white siding and how the shadows on all the boards are almost exactly the same. Nice ones.

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  • altmannaltmann Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    The over-exposure on my last fountain photo was on purpose. It looked really boring w/o it but the over exposure made it look... boring really. As for the bench photo, the lamp post was dark near the bottom but i did play with levels to enhance that a little.

    Gafoto, you mentioned needing a tripod for the last photo and I'm curios as to why you made that suggestion. It seemed pretty sharp for a handheld shot but are you referring to angle or the fact that it was over-exposes (which was on purpose). Thanks!

    -A

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  • erisian popeerisian pope Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Altmann, I like the lamp/bench photo. The others don't really grab me.

    Gafoto, I love the water lilies and take objection to your description of either photo as boring. Really, I especially like the lilies and appreciate your composition, the tonal textures, and the reflection is a nice touch of subtle visual interest ... still the whole image is very simple and zen-like.

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  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Thanks Pope!
    altmann wrote: »
    Gafoto, you mentioned needing a tripod for the last photo and I'm curios as to why you made that suggestion. It seemed pretty sharp for a handheld shot but are you referring to angle or the fact that it was over-exposes (which was on purpose). Thanks!

    -A

    Whenever I take pictures of water I try to get a long exposure, about a second or so to get the water nice and blurred. I'd like to see what it would've turned out as.

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  • altmannaltmann Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    ok that makes sense. More like this you mean:

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  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Yeah, that could benefit from som selective cropping but it's got a nice effect.

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  • TiniTini Slippy PARegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    So, I'm back from Japan. Ima have some photos to show pretty soon.

    should i post a cliche and obligatory golden pavilion?

    Tini on
    Do a barrel roll.
  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Don't post that shit, who the fuck even bothers to take pictures of the golden pavilion?












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    I actually kind of like seeing how people photograph the same site from the same very small space along that pond with similar cameras yet always end up with a slightly different shot.

    Where else did you go Tini?

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  • SunstrandSunstrand Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Alrighty, it's been awhile since i posted any photo's around these parts but here's some from my world travels in the last couple of months. Any and all suggestions would are awesome, as are most of the photo's in this thread.
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    This is a shot out of the window of a boeing 767 on my way to Australia.
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    Also Australia I believe this town is called Maloolabaa or some variation of that. I would like to get this printed on canvas but, I'm not sure it would turn out well, anyone have any experiance with that media?
    uppy2.jpg
    I took this through plexiglass so i'm happy with the focus. (on a side note the Australia Zoo outside of Brisbane is the best Zoo I have ever been to, Steve Irwin did a hell of a job, if anyone finds themself in Brisbane I highly suggest heading out to the zoo)
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    This is Surfers Paradise, partial to sunrise and sunset pics I guess.
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    From Australia I headed back to Canada for 24 hours the jumped on a plane to the Domican Republic to be in a wedding.
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    After the Domican I went to the west coast and went fishing. I would really like some advice for sprucing up this shot, i like it but I think it needs some work, and I don't seem to have a clue of what.
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    And lastly a bald eagle doing it's thing.

    Oh heres a nasty ass huntsman spider from when I was in Australia, apparently this was a baby one. Spoileres incase anyone has a phobia of spiders or anything.
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    Sorry for the huge dump, alot of kilometres were put on since my last post so many shots were taken.

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  • TiniTini Slippy PARegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Gafoto wrote: »
    Where else did you go Tini?

    Kyoto, Gifu, Hiroshima, Toba City, Tokyo, Mt. Fuji

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    Do a barrel roll.
  • saltinesssaltiness Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Graffiti

    carne.jpg

    Death of pay phones

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  • ege02ege02 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    Soccer!

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  • bread of wonderbread of wonder Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    BOTP...
    Sunstrand wrote: »
    uppy5.jpg

    uppy3.jpg

    uppy2.jpg

    uppy-1.jpg

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    uppy1.jpg

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    saltiness wrote: »
    Graffiti

    carne.jpg

    Death of pay phones

    phone.jpg

    Great stuff guys.

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    Long distance runner, what you standin' there for?
  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    MaximasXXZ wrote: »
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    This picture is worthless without Seven Doors of Death.

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  • RecklessReckless Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Scout the puppy...

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  • DeadHeadDeadHead regular
    edited July 2007
    Obligatory Egg Shot!

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    http://flickr.com/photos/10316055@N03/864168385/

    Also, how do I post these without these annoying links?

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  • RecklessReckless Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    DeadHead wrote: »
    Also, how do I post these without these annoying links?


    I don't think Flickr allows direct linkage - go ahead and open yourself up a Photobucket account for that sort of thing.

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  • bread of wonderbread of wonder Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Reckless wrote: »
    DeadHead wrote: »
    Also, how do I post these without these annoying links?


    I don't think Flickr allows direct linkage - go ahead and open yourself up a Photobucket account for that sort of thing.

    Yes they do. In their terms of service, they require that you link the photo back to flickr, however. I just link it to my photo's page.

    bread of wonder on
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  • DeadHeadDeadHead regular
    edited July 2007
    Thanks, sorry about the size.

    P.S.- Nice sig, Bread.

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  • ProtoProto Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    good shots lately peoples.


    oh, I found out why I have a Pro flickr account without paying for one. It turns out that if you have your internet through Rogers you get it for free. I guess cause they are partnered with Yahoo and Yahoo owns flickr. Kinda sweet.

    Proto on
    and her knees up on the glove compartment
    took out her barrettes and her hair spilled out like rootbeer
  • Bryse EayoBryse Eayo Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Proto wrote: »
    good shots lately peoples.


    oh, I found out why I have a Pro flickr account without paying for one. It turns out that if you have your internet through Rogers you get it for free. I guess cause they are partnered with Yahoo and Yahoo owns flickr. Kinda sweet.


    Filthy lies. I have the top Roger net speed and I'm not getting free flickr pro...

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  • burkhartburkhart Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    got a new camera, so i should have more images up soon.

    heres one for now

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    @ harry potter release party

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    turnin' corners with mah pinky mang
  • altmannaltmann Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Hey Reckless,

    My dog's name is scout too!
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  • bread of wonderbread of wonder Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Question to anyone that uses a UV/skylight and a CPL filter - I just got a CPL of my own, and I'm wondering if there's a "correct" position for it (ie in front of, or behind the UV/skylight), or does it doesn't matter?

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  • altmannaltmann Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Bread,

    Most UV filters are more for lense protection than much else. If you're using a CPL, use that and nothing else. I tend not to want to add much more between my sensor and shot. Adding 2 filters (unless you're stacking neutral density filters) is sort of useless. Unless you're using the UV to protect your CPL...

    The above is my personal opinion and not much else.

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  • saltinesssaltiness Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Do not stack filters. That's the general rule. I've stacked a red filter and a CPL but that was with gels and it only works with black and white anyways.

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  • JAmp5JAmp5 Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    UV filters don't seem to do anything, even against the blue haze they are supposed to prevent and unless you have an uber budget the filter you stick in front of your lens will give you a drop (albeit minor) in optical quality. I bought one but I don't use it, you just have to be carefull with your glass.

    shack.jpg

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  • bread of wonderbread of wonder Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I don't use a UV, I use a skylight. They're essentially the same thing, but skylights make the colors a bit warmer (which I like to do in post-production anyway). I have heard that it's a bad idea to stack filters, but I don't always use the CPL and I'm a complete paranoid nut when it comes to the safety of my lenses after one got dropped and the UV broke instead of the glass.

    Looks like I'll have to keep the CPL on at all times then.


    And Jamp - that's a nice shot, but may I suggest pushing the contrast up a bit? Looks a little too gray.

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  • saltinesssaltiness Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Keeping the CPL on at all times is stupid. You lose 2 stops of light with it. Just carefully switch out filters when you need to.

    saltiness on
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  • ProtoProto Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Bryse Eayo wrote: »
    Proto wrote: »
    good shots lately peoples.


    oh, I found out why I have a Pro flickr account without paying for one. It turns out that if you have your internet through Rogers you get it for free. I guess cause they are partnered with Yahoo and Yahoo owns flickr. Kinda sweet.


    Filthy lies. I have the top Roger net speed and I'm not getting free flickr pro...

    Hmmm. Cause that is what it says on mine.

    Are you using your rogers/yahoo ID as the ID for your flicker account? (should be ______@rogers.com)

    Proto on
    and her knees up on the glove compartment
    took out her barrettes and her hair spilled out like rootbeer
  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Reckless wrote: »
    Scout the puppy...

    scout-1.jpg

    Fuckin' awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

    Sheri on
  • blue integerblue integer Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    So, this post is a representation of my first photography attempt...just purchased a camera today. Critiques would be appreciated, although I realize that this stuff might look a bit unprofessional by the standards already set in this thread!

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