Went to a show, took some pictures. I have a hojillion exposures to play with, and no time >< Anyway, here are some that I liked. Bear in mind that this was my first concert shoot. It was a pretty interesting experience. Razor thin DOF + moving subjects + low low light = an obscene number of fuzzy photos. Anyway, here are some pictures of my friends playing a show.
Describing how the picture was taken is something definitely best described over a beer using coasters as props (due mostly to my crappy story telling abilities) but I'll do my best.... I had been walking on the river, granted - not the best idea.
We came to a part in the river which had been collapsing on itself, the thawing water had somehow managed to flow away or seep into the ground. The photo is taken looking back under one of the shelves of ice...
Okay, took a trip down to sunset cliffs with the dog and took some shots while I was there. I was hoping to catch the late evening sunsets, which bathe the entire cliffs area in rich color, but alas, the day was dreary and grey. It washed a lot of the color out of my shots, but of the many I took at least a few seemed pretty good. And here they are.
Hate the lame border on this, but I was dicking around with quickmask border options in GIMP. I'm actually probably going to have this one printed (without the border) to hang in my apartment.
I'm not one for flower shots usually, but something about this shot I really like, probably the combination of the muted colors and the translucent hairlike structures.
Finally, found this in a hollowed out piece of sandstone, I just have a soft spot for anything having to do with beer.
Something else to put in the OP: no spoilering, lest we have this conversation again every 10 pages.
Dark: I like the texture in the first shot, though the border screams "grandma's first photoshop" to me. The second one seems a bit blurry and I'm curious if the plants were that dull in terms of color. A saturation bump would probably help in my opinion, but you seem to like the muted colors so that's probably a taste thing. Perhaps take it in the other direction and fade the colors a bit? I dunno.
Dark_side - I'd prefer to see more contrast in the flower shot, but that's just my preference. I really like the first shot, aside from the border. I think that would look really nice printed and hanging on the wall.
Dark_side- really dig that first shot, excellent place, sort of a Last Crusade vibe. The other two, meh.
Also: Guys, I love doing sports photography. I just shot five hundred shots in the last hour shooting mud football. The team then ran to the city dock (think cruise ship class) where they all jumped thirty feet off into the harbor waters below. So much fun.
Yeah, with the flowers, not only was it a gray day with low light, but also the flowers were right off a heavily used dirt path that gets little rain. In other words covered in dust. I haven't played much with it in photoshop, but perhaps I could pull a little more color out, I somewhat like the drained out tone though. The border is shit in the first, that's so gone, it's something like you would find the portly receptionist's kid pictures framed in on their work desk. (You know that woman, we all work with at least one.)
Also, I usually post in G&T where spoilers are considered standard. Does seem antithetical though to use them here. Not to bitch, but maybe something in the OP for newbies like myself about their use?
Edit: Also I think THIS is going to be my next lens. You can find it on Amazon for just over 400 dollars. Seems like a good next step from a kit lens.
Yeah, with the flowers, not only was it a gray day with low light, but also the flowers were right off a heavily used dirt path that gets little rain. In other words covered in dust. I haven't played much with it in photoshop, but perhaps I could pull a little more color out, I somewhat like the drained out tone though. The border is shit in the first, that's so gone, it's something like you would find the portly receptionist's kid pictures framed in on their work desk. (You know that woman, we all work with at least one.)
Also, I usually post in G&T where spoilers are considered standard. Does seem antithetical though to use them here. Not to bitch, but maybe something in the OP for newbies like myself about their use?
Edit: Also I think THIS is going to be my next lens. You can find it on Amazon for just over 400 dollars. Seems like a good next step from a kit lens.
Tini - the last 3 photos are excellent. Really like them alot. My favourite has to be the third one. Expecially with the fish feeding in the bottom corner.
I really like the street shots, Ben. It captures the feeling of an average American town very well. I love the effect of the fog along with the rich colors.
It started raining and lightning here tonight, so I thought I'd give my first lightning shots a try. Stood out on my balcony for about an hour, eventually got one capture.
Really nice stuff in this thread. I should really try to comment more, along with posting more images.
spacerobot, nice capture. Might I suggest a much tigher, portrait-orientation crop? You've got some cool blue patches in the sky above the lightning bolt, but there's a ton of dead space in the frame that draws attention away from the lightning.
I had an idea for a self portrait and executed it fairly well today. I would've really liked a second flash and a radio trigger, but alas I have more important purchases in the queue - next up is 10-20mm, as I've rarely left 18mm on my kit lense during the past two months. Oh, the portrait:
I wanted a creepy, darker image that showed off my terrifyingly large hair. If I had two additional off camera flashes, I would've liked one behind me directed towards the camera at my upper back to provide some definition between myself and the picture frame and another down on the floor at very low power aimed at my face for a bit of fill. As it is my eyes aren't quite visible enough for my liking. (Yes, those are my works in the background, should anyone here be a copyright watchdog).
Any thoughts on how to improve this particular image without bending to my desires and spending several hundred on lighting equipment?
I went on another late-night photo-walk, this evening, and came away with the below. I think the subject is interesting, and worked for a while to come up with a good composition. This is actually my second evening shooting this subject.
I really wanted the contrast to be between the odd, optimistic loneliness of the campaign building versus the lively, old-time bowling alley. The bowling alley is easy to miss, though, and there's not really a way to frame them both while giving the alley more focus.
I just got done watching An Inconvenient Truth for the third time. It makes me want to call up Edward Burtynsky and harass him until he lets me become his apprentice. I suppose I've never really had a purpose with my photography. I've always just done it because I've enjoyed it and thought my pictures are neat. I want to eventually take my art to the next level and help drive a social consciousness with it. I really hope that when I quit my job and start school in the fall I can focus on this more and potentially met others that share my ideals.
Tini - I love your fourth picture (Along Kyoto), if no other reason than I went over the same bridge about three years ago and your shot is exactly as I remember it, complete with the position of the crane....
Thanks anable. It was good ol' harsh midday sun, so what I got was what I got. I've got a bunch of those kids jumping off the dock, but I'm kind of meh on the series.
So I'm going to try and do the old night shot with moving lights photo shoot soon. I got my tripod and soon will have the remote to trigger the camera, but my idea involves posting up at night in a parking garage overlooking the runway of the airport. I figure that's going to look might conspicuous, but if done quick enough I should be out of there before the federali's get wind of it.
Scouring my back garden again. See the little guy top left? How annoyed was I when I saw the picture? I don't know how I missed him on the viewfinder
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...and I thought of how all those people died, and what a good death that is. That nobody can blame you for it, because everyone else died along with you, and it is the fault of none, save those who did the killing.
pope: That cubicle parkour picture is great. Perfect focus, and it's just fun to look at.
Placer: I really like that picture. Simple and effective. Black and white over contrasted pictures are a little too popular these days, but yours really stands out. Good stuff!
Rohan: While it's a very standard flower picture, the colours are very nice.
Dark Moon: I like the picture, but everything you said you wanted to change all sound like they'd make it better. Definitely worth a reshoot.
I havn't been particularily happy with anything I've done in a while, but it's been a while since I've posted so here's some stuff.
I went to take a picture of a girl that I sort of know through a friend of a blah blah blah, and she covered her face with this picture. I loved it so much that I convinced her to follow me around and let me take pictures of it. Anyways, if I remember correctly, this was the first picture, and it's definitely my favourite of them all.
I tend to avoid taking pictures like this, but I was forced to in order to pass my photography class. I have little experience on this type of subject and had no idea what to do. I think I pulled it off alright, but I'd really like some advice if anyone has any.
I'm incredibly iffy on this picture. I thought I liked it initially, and I still kind of like it when it's large, but...well, I'd like to know what you think.
I wanted to do a bunch of pictures without editing them at all, and I really need to work on my portraits, so...here's this! My friend Matt wearing a shirt of mine that looks much better on him.
I have a few more pictures at school that I think I like, so I might have more up shortly.
Marcus, those first two are pretty cool. I like the hidden face setup in the first one. It's artsy but not pretentious. The send one has really deep colors that I enjoy. The last two don't do anything for me.
Marcus: I love the third one, but I think it would be better at full res so you can make out some of the background. I think it applies here, as you are showing a bright, "new" figure against a somewhat old and washed out environment. The lighting is great too.
Dark Moon: You're a scary man, nice work.
Uncle Long: Pretty girl, love the expression, you caught a moment there for sure.
I got bored, I'm sort of stuck at home without any cash on my person, fuel prices are also a little too crazy for me at the moment. So this is the best I can do until next week, these are two pretty terrible shots I put through lightroom. I took the "hoops" one today on a walk down to the local bakery. Sucks I can't get anywhere today, I was going to take my shot for this month's assignment
Marcus: I really like that first shot too. As Anable stated, it's somewhat artsy, but not in a typical obnoxious way.
Flyingman: For a fairly simplistic photo, I like how that first shot turned out. It gives a really good sense of height and scale, and the high contrast seems to really work (though I can't decide if losing the texture of the bricks on the overblown right side is bad or not).
So, I've been really attempting to put my new lens through the paces, and although I just haven't had as many opportunities as I would've liked, I've been pleased with the few results so far. Here's the only one I really like lately, taken somewhat spur-of-the-moment at a BBQ we had at work one Friday evening:
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Thanks. Yeah, those are my favorites too. I'll see what I can do edit-wise to that last one..
Describing how the picture was taken is something definitely best described over a beer using coasters as props (due mostly to my crappy story telling abilities) but I'll do my best.... I had been walking on the river, granted - not the best idea.
We came to a part in the river which had been collapsing on itself, the thawing water had somehow managed to flow away or seep into the ground. The photo is taken looking back under one of the shelves of ice...
This is also taken at the same spot...
Hate the lame border on this, but I was dicking around with quickmask border options in GIMP. I'm actually probably going to have this one printed (without the border) to hang in my apartment.
I'm not one for flower shots usually, but something about this shot I really like, probably the combination of the muted colors and the translucent hairlike structures.
Finally, found this in a hollowed out piece of sandstone, I just have a soft spot for anything having to do with beer.
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Dark: I like the texture in the first shot, though the border screams "grandma's first photoshop" to me. The second one seems a bit blurry and I'm curious if the plants were that dull in terms of color. A saturation bump would probably help in my opinion, but you seem to like the muted colors so that's probably a taste thing. Perhaps take it in the other direction and fade the colors a bit? I dunno.
Also: Guys, I love doing sports photography. I just shot five hundred shots in the last hour shooting mud football. The team then ran to the city dock (think cruise ship class) where they all jumped thirty feet off into the harbor waters below. So much fun.
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Also, I usually post in G&T where spoilers are considered standard. Does seem antithetical though to use them here. Not to bitch, but maybe something in the OP for newbies like myself about their use?
Edit: Also I think THIS is going to be my next lens. You can find it on Amazon for just over 400 dollars. Seems like a good next step from a kit lens.
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I think I might be joining you on this one. Apparently it's a nice little piece of glass.
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It started raining and lightning here tonight, so I thought I'd give my first lightning shots a try. Stood out on my balcony for about an hour, eventually got one capture.
spacerobot, nice capture. Might I suggest a much tigher, portrait-orientation crop? You've got some cool blue patches in the sky above the lightning bolt, but there's a ton of dead space in the frame that draws attention away from the lightning.
I had an idea for a self portrait and executed it fairly well today. I would've really liked a second flash and a radio trigger, but alas I have more important purchases in the queue - next up is 10-20mm, as I've rarely left 18mm on my kit lense during the past two months. Oh, the portrait:
I wanted a creepy, darker image that showed off my terrifyingly large hair. If I had two additional off camera flashes, I would've liked one behind me directed towards the camera at my upper back to provide some definition between myself and the picture frame and another down on the floor at very low power aimed at my face for a bit of fill. As it is my eyes aren't quite visible enough for my liking. (Yes, those are my works in the background, should anyone here be a copyright watchdog).
Any thoughts on how to improve this particular image without bending to my desires and spending several hundred on lighting equipment?
I really wanted the contrast to be between the odd, optimistic loneliness of the campaign building versus the lively, old-time bowling alley. The bowling alley is easy to miss, though, and there's not really a way to frame them both while giving the alley more focus.
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It's minimalist, but I enjoy it. I think the high contrast works as well.
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Scouring my back garden again. See the little guy top left? How annoyed was I when I saw the picture? I don't know how I missed him on the viewfinder
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Placer: I really like that picture. Simple and effective. Black and white over contrasted pictures are a little too popular these days, but yours really stands out. Good stuff!
Rohan: While it's a very standard flower picture, the colours are very nice.
Dark Moon: I like the picture, but everything you said you wanted to change all sound like they'd make it better. Definitely worth a reshoot.
I havn't been particularily happy with anything I've done in a while, but it's been a while since I've posted so here's some stuff.
I went to take a picture of a girl that I sort of know through a friend of a blah blah blah, and she covered her face with this picture. I loved it so much that I convinced her to follow me around and let me take pictures of it. Anyways, if I remember correctly, this was the first picture, and it's definitely my favourite of them all.
I tend to avoid taking pictures like this, but I was forced to in order to pass my photography class. I have little experience on this type of subject and had no idea what to do. I think I pulled it off alright, but I'd really like some advice if anyone has any.
I'm incredibly iffy on this picture. I thought I liked it initially, and I still kind of like it when it's large, but...well, I'd like to know what you think.
I wanted to do a bunch of pictures without editing them at all, and I really need to work on my portraits, so...here's this! My friend Matt wearing a shirt of mine that looks much better on him.
I have a few more pictures at school that I think I like, so I might have more up shortly.
Dark Moon: You're a scary man, nice work.
Uncle Long: Pretty girl, love the expression, you caught a moment there for sure.
I got bored, I'm sort of stuck at home without any cash on my person, fuel prices are also a little too crazy for me at the moment. So this is the best I can do until next week, these are two pretty terrible shots I put through lightroom. I took the "hoops" one today on a walk down to the local bakery. Sucks I can't get anywhere today, I was going to take my shot for this month's assignment
Flyingman: For a fairly simplistic photo, I like how that first shot turned out. It gives a really good sense of height and scale, and the high contrast seems to really work (though I can't decide if losing the texture of the bricks on the overblown right side is bad or not).
So, I've been really attempting to put my new lens through the paces, and although I just haven't had as many opportunities as I would've liked, I've been pleased with the few results so far. Here's the only one I really like lately, taken somewhat spur-of-the-moment at a BBQ we had at work one Friday evening:
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Marcus I love that third shot. Interesting setting, nice use of framing, nice wide angle. Unusual and intriguing.
I found a plugin to integrate Thickbox galleries with Wordpress posts so I made a simple gallery of flowers. See here
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