Haha man, I totally thought that Ballard one was a hot tub when I saw it on instagram. Where are the snowy mountain ones taken? You do some Ranier hiking?
I also recently did some editing experiments on some old photos, going for a more creative/cinematic look. Some are better than others. Don't want to clog the thread more than I am already so look behind the curtain! lol
I’m not sure I can articulate why but this shot really works for me. The blown out, hazy type of atmosphere almost puts me in mind of an inviting version of The Mist or Silent Hill. Which is probably an awful comparison point, but oh well - words are hard.
Also I’d be very interested in seeing your video work, or being pointed toward the appropriate thread if this isn’t it. I suppose I could say that I do video production professionally but that would be a bit of a stretch - we have a modest video setup at my work that I use to film our promo videos for social media, television commercials, and odds & ends projects as needed. It’s not as big a part of my job as I would like, but I love doing video work and I’ve been trying to arrange more in my time off. I should be doing my first music video within the next few weeks which I’m excited (and incredibly nervous) about.
In dreaded “I got an iPhone so it’s time to become a professional photographer” news, I got an iPhone so it’s time to become a professional photographer. I realize I’m pretty late to the party on this because I’ve mostly stuck with midrange phones with fairly awful cameras, but I’m really impressed with the XS camera. It’s no match for even an entry-level DSLR, but it seems phenomenal for “the best camera is the one you have with you” situations. I had one of those today - I took a wrong turn and stumbled into a pretty neat location in my wife’s family hauler CRV.
I love the workflow of shooting on my phone, importing to Lightroom, and editing on my iPad pro. Like I said, it’s no replacement for a ‘proper’ setup, but I can see myself using it a lot for more casual shoots and events that I can’t/don’t care enough to drag my 6D and lenses out to.
@Blakout Thanks! Yeah I like that one too, despite it being a "technically poor" photo haha. Happy accident!
That's so cool you do video at work! This is literally my first test footage, that I then decided to try and edit together. Many mistakes made. Many lessons learned haha.
@Sublimus keep posting man, not clogging at all - that's what it's here for. hose last two photos are gorgeous man, great comps, great editing. Love the compositions on your cityscapes as well. I've been shooting some video now that I got a new camera, mine are more blips of nature/life stuff and not much more than that, but it's a start I suppose. *Edit: I drafted this response before you posted your video so I love that yours are also nature shots!
I also agree with Blakout - maybe we're just suckers for a good light flare.
@blakout been hearing more and more about the cameras on the XS and all the new iphones really. Quality looks great, I've been taking my fuji on most of my vacations (what little time I get to actually leave town) and really like the workflow on the ipad and my samsung phone as well. There's something much easier about not having to do the whole computer editing thing that I dig as well.
Been forcing myself to shoot with my new fuji xt30, which I've had almost a month now without much use besides one event photo gig and a couple shots here and there. Hopefully will be posting some video as well although the very thought of editing video straight up gives me anxiety for some reason (even though I've done a decent amount here and there in the past)...
Went out last night and apparently I'm doing reflections again! Really do love finding faces/patterns in the trees and clouds.
Really loving this 35mm f0.95 Zhong Yi lens, damn good character and bokeh/blur. Going to be a monster for portraiture. Sorry/not sorry for dog photos. Through the looking Grass by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Seems like you know how to use it pretty dang good to me. Love the comp in that first one!
Edited all these on the ipad with PSX - which I would say is a plenty powerful tool. And definitely have to agree with you @Blakout - really fun workflow. BWB by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Really lucky these dolphins let us hang out with them for a while, but taking in focus photos with a manual zoom turns out is even more difficult than I thought. Mad props to oldschool wildlife photographers, granted they probably wouldn't use this kind of lens haha. Channel by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
the colours and contrast in that sunset pic are just tasty
Thanks @tynic !... realized as I read your comment I mis-named that photo. Definitely a sunrise hahaha. That's mostly how it looked in person, definitely a bit more yellow/orange but not by much. Was a really incredible really long colorful sunrise. I'll be posting more from it as well, the color scheme kept changing almost by the minute it was pretty crazy.
Been playing with split toning quite a bit lately, highlights are basically the same as the previous one with shadows brought in as orange/yellow also. Sunrise Surf by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Just realized I should have posted this here as well as the chat thread, but I got a key for Corel - Aftershot Pro 3 with my new camera. If anyone here thinks they'll really get some use out of it I'd be happy to shoot you the key code as I don't need it. Feel free to shoot me a private message, first come first serve!
Btw these were all taken within the same hour time period, just to give you an idea of the different light/colors going on. Absolute crazyness. A Wild Town Appears by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Damn Prosp, those are some nice photos. I particularly like the first two from your last post. The barn and the washed out road are to die for.
Tynic, to your pictures I say "Moo" fellow bovine brethren.
Trying a little more mellow shots with these long exposures just after sunset. I can't tell if I like the one with the vegetation in the foreground or if that is just distracting. PA Lake Sunset
My yearly-ish firework photos! The show got cut short by rain but I managed to get some lightning photos prior to the show. So I'm happy with the outcome.
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Man, now I'm remembering why I never got into Photography, because the level of talent on display is so much further beyond mine.
Okay, I really came here cause I've got a dumb question I need some help with.
My phone can shoot RAW. Hooray. When I take a picture it gives me the jpeg and the... DNG File.
Why does the Multiple times bigger file show up as some washed out square cropped piece of garbage? Like, I know that's needed if I want to take this into Photoshop, but I'm basically asking what to do with the files otherwise? Also, should I just delete those when they get backed up to Google Photos? Help fellow nerds!
Man, now I'm remembering why I never got into Photography, because the level of talent on display is so much further beyond mine.
Okay, I really came here cause I've got a dumb question I need some help with.
My phone can shoot RAW. Hooray. When I take a picture it gives me the jpeg and the... DNG File.
Why does the Multiple times bigger file show up as some washed out square cropped piece of garbage? Like, I know that's needed if I want to take this into Photoshop, but I'm basically asking what to do with the files otherwise? Also, should I just delete those when they get backed up to Google Photos? Help fellow nerds!
Hello! Raw files are uncompressed (or losslessly compressed) and more importantly, contain the full bit depth your camera’s sensor is capable of. That means they’re basically “HDR” compared to standard JPGs, giving you much more data to play with when you “develop” them. The usual process for me is to shoot only in Raw, take those shots into Adobe Lightroom, and tweak exposure, contrast, color etc there, before exporting out JPG files of the ones I want to share.
If you don’t want or need that, I’d disable it - but if you want to do any postprocessing to get more out of your images, shoot in raw
@WeX Majors That last picture I posted of the mossy rock was actually taken with my cell phone, a Pixel 3a, and edited in Snapseed also on the phone. I highly recommend that as phone editing software. The "selective" edit tool actually works better than some stuff I've used in lightroom.
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I was in Seattle a month or two ago; I have a bunch of pretty generic shots, but some of them came out a bit nicer than others, imo.
Some from wandering around at night:
and I have a bunch from the Chihuly museum but (as is almost always the case) my favorite is the one where, when I took it, I thought it wouldn't look any good because of the person in there, but that's what I actually like the best:
Dang, been too long Photo thread. @CommunistCow Always love your yearly 4th photos, that OOF/blur fireworks are so purty. All those Japanese gardens photos from Portland are incredible as well, really love the building shot but they're all extremely pleasing to my big 'ol eye balls.
@djmitchella really making me want to take a trip back to Seattle, beautiful photos - seen so many photos of the Public Market but really love your nighttime take on it.
Went on a 4 day backpack trip with my 73yr old outdoorsman hippy uncle. That man is a cartoon character and a beast - I've never seen anyone who quite literally has a difficult time leaving nature. Really incredible trip through the mountains. I've mentioned before in the chat thread that he keeps a catalog of drawings of everyplace he camps at and has since the 70's. Going to ask him if he can scan me over the drawing he made from the point I took a photo of him below.
Hopefully y'all will excuse my dumping over these next weeks! I've a lot of photos I'm catching up on and actually in a mood to share (gotta ride this train while it's chuggin' along).
and yes! somehow they had my twitter handle, so when the winners were announced they tagged me and I sent them the deets before they went to print (apparently these are going to be hung in the foyer of one of the institute buildings, I guess).
I don't know how many submissions they actually got under that heading, I don't think I beat out a wide field. But it was a decent shot, so I'm ok with it.
Nice! Well, either way really cool to have your work up somewhere - especially in an institute building where lot's of people will be privy to it.
Thanks, yeah that bag shot is one of my favorite from the trip. Kind of hilarious because I turned around from looking at quite a beautiful waterfall (which I didn't really get any photos I was happy with) and saw the bag sitting there with the tree in the foreground and knew I had to grab a shot.
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A few more from the trip. I even had time to shoot a concert!
DSC_6142-Edit by Whitney Misch, on Flickr
DSC_6142-Edit by Whitney Misch, on Flickr
DSC_6523 by Whitney Misch, on Flickr
DSC_6746-edit by Whitney Misch, on Flickr
I also recently did some editing experiments on some old photos, going for a more creative/cinematic look. Some are better than others. Don't want to clog the thread more than I am already so look behind the curtain! lol
Thanks for looking!! Sorry for spam!
DSC_6755-Edit by Whitney Misch, on Flickr
DSC_0932-Pano by Whitney Misch, on Flickr
DSC_6750-Edit by Whitney Misch, on Flickr
DSC_6810 by Whitney Misch, on Flickr
Started messing with video on my camera too! Maybe this is the thread for that? Not sure.
Thanks for looking, and sorry for clogging up this thread lol.
I’m not sure I can articulate why but this shot really works for me. The blown out, hazy type of atmosphere almost puts me in mind of an inviting version of The Mist or Silent Hill. Which is probably an awful comparison point, but oh well - words are hard.
Also I’d be very interested in seeing your video work, or being pointed toward the appropriate thread if this isn’t it. I suppose I could say that I do video production professionally but that would be a bit of a stretch - we have a modest video setup at my work that I use to film our promo videos for social media, television commercials, and odds & ends projects as needed. It’s not as big a part of my job as I would like, but I love doing video work and I’ve been trying to arrange more in my time off. I should be doing my first music video within the next few weeks which I’m excited (and incredibly nervous) about.
In dreaded “I got an iPhone so it’s time to become a professional photographer” news, I got an iPhone so it’s time to become a professional photographer. I realize I’m pretty late to the party on this because I’ve mostly stuck with midrange phones with fairly awful cameras, but I’m really impressed with the XS camera. It’s no match for even an entry-level DSLR, but it seems phenomenal for “the best camera is the one you have with you” situations. I had one of those today - I took a wrong turn and stumbled into a pretty neat location in my wife’s family hauler CRV.
I love the workflow of shooting on my phone, importing to Lightroom, and editing on my iPad pro. Like I said, it’s no replacement for a ‘proper’ setup, but I can see myself using it a lot for more casual shoots and events that I can’t/don’t care enough to drag my 6D and lenses out to.
That's so cool you do video at work! This is literally my first test footage, that I then decided to try and edit together. Many mistakes made. Many lessons learned haha.
I also agree with Blakout - maybe we're just suckers for a good light flare.
@blakout been hearing more and more about the cameras on the XS and all the new iphones really. Quality looks great, I've been taking my fuji on most of my vacations (what little time I get to actually leave town) and really like the workflow on the ipad and my samsung phone as well. There's something much easier about not having to do the whole computer editing thing that I dig as well.
Been forcing myself to shoot with my new fuji xt30, which I've had almost a month now without much use besides one event photo gig and a couple shots here and there. Hopefully will be posting some video as well although the very thought of editing video straight up gives me anxiety for some reason (even though I've done a decent amount here and there in the past)...
Went out last night and apparently I'm doing reflections again! Really do love finding faces/patterns in the trees and clouds.
Angel by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Crown by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Dark Vibration by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Quite a bit darker than usual, perhaps too dark...
And I got a 35mm f0.95 that I'll be posting a lot of practice shots from.
It's so soft...
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Really loving this 35mm f0.95 Zhong Yi lens, damn good character and bokeh/blur. Going to be a monster for portraiture. Sorry/not sorry for dog photos.
Through the looking Grass by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Summer Tau - 1 by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Summer Tau - 2 by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Even for life/street photography it's really fun to shoot with.
Sun Line by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
W Line by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
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DSC00197 by niccarey, on Flickr
(it could be argued I also don't know how to use my own camera)
This one looks pretty good in colour, so I'm a bit torn on the b&w. Depends if I want to keep a theme or not I guess
DSC00210 by niccarey, on Flickr
Edited all these on the ipad with PSX - which I would say is a plenty powerful tool. And definitely have to agree with you @Blakout - really fun workflow.
BWB by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Gliding into the Sunset by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Really lucky these dolphins let us hang out with them for a while, but taking in focus photos with a manual zoom turns out is even more difficult than I thought. Mad props to oldschool wildlife photographers, granted they probably wouldn't use this kind of lens haha.
Channel by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
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Thanks @tynic !... realized as I read your comment I mis-named that photo. Definitely a sunrise hahaha. That's mostly how it looked in person, definitely a bit more yellow/orange but not by much. Was a really incredible really long colorful sunrise. I'll be posting more from it as well, the color scheme kept changing almost by the minute it was pretty crazy.
Been playing with split toning quite a bit lately, highlights are basically the same as the previous one with shadows brought in as orange/yellow also.
Sunrise Surf by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
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Something fun about people's shoes in general, but in a bar the light is always great down there haha.
Barfeet 01 by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Barfeet 02 by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Barfeet 03 by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Barfeet 04 by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Barfeet 05 by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Barfeet 06 by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
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Thank you kindly, the second is one of my favorites as well. Also like the last one. The others are mostly presets I ended up tweaking a little.
Sorry to just spam this, but I've been taking a lot of photos lately.
Uphill by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Downhill by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Construct by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Swervin' by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
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A few more from that same morning.
Lonely hut by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Groundwerk by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Morning Fog by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
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Last ones from that morning, haven't really shot with my fuji since then. Been mostly shooting some film, which will post soon.
Exit at Greenland by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Into the Mist by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Btw these were all taken within the same hour time period, just to give you an idea of the different light/colors going on. Absolute crazyness.
A Wild Town Appears by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
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Suddenly feels the urge to take more photos...
IMG_5047 by niccarey, on Flickr
IMG_5048 by niccarey, on Flickr
And some things with heads still attached
IMG_5101 by niccarey, on Flickr
IMG_5144 by niccarey, on Flickr
IMG_5234 by niccarey, on Flickr
IMG_5279 by niccarey, on Flickr
IMG_5286 by niccarey, on Flickr
IMG_5299 by niccarey, on Flickr
Tynic, to your pictures I say "Moo" fellow bovine brethren.
Trying a little more mellow shots with these long exposures just after sunset. I can't tell if I like the one with the vegetation in the foreground or if that is just distracting.
PA Lake Sunset
PA Lake Sunset2
Rockin Ferns
And I never know if photos out of plane windows look tacky or if they are actually interesting to other people:
Okay, I really came here cause I've got a dumb question I need some help with.
My phone can shoot RAW. Hooray. When I take a picture it gives me the jpeg and the... DNG File.
Why does the Multiple times bigger file show up as some washed out square cropped piece of garbage? Like, I know that's needed if I want to take this into Photoshop, but I'm basically asking what to do with the files otherwise? Also, should I just delete those when they get backed up to Google Photos? Help fellow nerds!
Hello! Raw files are uncompressed (or losslessly compressed) and more importantly, contain the full bit depth your camera’s sensor is capable of. That means they’re basically “HDR” compared to standard JPGs, giving you much more data to play with when you “develop” them. The usual process for me is to shoot only in Raw, take those shots into Adobe Lightroom, and tweak exposure, contrast, color etc there, before exporting out JPG files of the ones I want to share.
If you don’t want or need that, I’d disable it - but if you want to do any postprocessing to get more out of your images, shoot in raw
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Some from wandering around at night:
and I have a bunch from the Chihuly museum but (as is almost always the case) my favorite is the one where, when I took it, I thought it wouldn't look any good because of the person in there, but that's what I actually like the best:
@djmitchella really making me want to take a trip back to Seattle, beautiful photos - seen so many photos of the Public Market but really love your nighttime take on it.
Went on a 4 day backpack trip with my 73yr old outdoorsman hippy uncle. That man is a cartoon character and a beast - I've never seen anyone who quite literally has a difficult time leaving nature. Really incredible trip through the mountains. I've mentioned before in the chat thread that he keeps a catalog of drawings of everyplace he camps at and has since the 70's. Going to ask him if he can scan me over the drawing he made from the point I took a photo of him below.
The Drawing by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
WR5 by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
WR4 by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Crest by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
WR3 by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
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Go me!
Some more from my backpacking tripalip.
Down the Mountain by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
PLT by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Lit by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Bag by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Babbling by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Brook by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Hopefully y'all will excuse my dumping over these next weeks! I've a lot of photos I'm catching up on and actually in a mood to share (gotta ride this train while it's chuggin' along).
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and yes! somehow they had my twitter handle, so when the winners were announced they tagged me and I sent them the deets before they went to print (apparently these are going to be hung in the foyer of one of the institute buildings, I guess).
I don't know how many submissions they actually got under that heading, I don't think I beat out a wide field. But it was a decent shot, so I'm ok with it.
Thanks, yeah that bag shot is one of my favorite from the trip. Kind of hilarious because I turned around from looking at quite a beautiful waterfall (which I didn't really get any photos I was happy with) and saw the bag sitting there with the tree in the foreground and knew I had to grab a shot.
This is probably my favorite pano from the trip.
Silence in the Mountains by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
And a few others...
Spider & Fly by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Triangle by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
Lone Bird by Lee Stonehouse, on Flickr
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Not too much from me lately. Trying to get back to it some, now that I'm close to settled after moving to Seattle.