Definitely liked the last one the best. The expression is awesome. And if you take out the cold tone in the first one, I would probably like that one just as much (you could probably leave it in, just tone it down a bit).
Cheers guys, we ran out of time before we'd even setup so I'm glad I got anything at all. I'll bare in mind the stiffness of the pose; its something I wanted to try out but I guess that perhaps it doesn't go with the theme. Going to try again later in the week.
FM: I love that first shot, the second is so so.
An-D: I'd say the first is the strongest compositionally, although if the goose? had its head a little further to the left it would be better, then it wouldn't be white touching white.
Bionic: I'd say that the second to last is best composition, but the last is my favourite in terms of atmosphere.
no: the water tower looks lop-sided, but I love the look of concentration on that guys face.
pope: I like the first shot better, the second's lines aren't as smooth and kind of break the flow of the image, otherwise the composition itself would have been pretty sweet.
Nostregar: It's pretty cool, but as said it's a little out of focus and I feel that the highlights are quite blinding.
CCow: Is that a long exposure at night? It looks pretty surreal (I like the clouds a lot) but the mountains could use...I dunno, something doesn't look quite right, but I don't think it's the contrast. Maybe it's to do with the weird light coming from the left as well (light pollution?)
nO: Man that first cat shot is brilliant. Makes you want to turn your own head to match his orientation. Also I like the tower shot, minimalism is awesome when done right and that is done great.
muninn: that shot looks really, really cluttered. Maybe you were going for a "ALL SORTS OF EQUIPMENT" feel but right now the whole image feels really compressed and forcibly cropped to me. Getting more of the rifles into the frame and simplying the SBO vest would work better imo. Also right now the top left/right corners of the image have blank spaces which are really distracting, which is why I think getting more of your elements into the frame would also be a benefit.
flyingman: That last architectural shot is great, reminds me a lot of Mirror's Edge for some reason.
And with that, I offer more aquarium shots? More of corals this time. Also trying not to use split toning in my B&W conversions.
BTW does anyone know of an easy, efficient way in PHP to dynamically assign border styles to an image based on its dimensions? So I could assign larger images to have larger borders and vice versa without adding too much to server load.
I totally love that shot of the water tower above. I've been pretty complacent with taking shots lately, got pissed because I couldn't pull the trigger and buy the camera or lens I wanted and wasn't happy with my D40. But took a few shots last night on a whim, this one is probably the best of them. I should note that the super bright light on the arm is from an LED in the foreground of the shot, and I couldn't tone it down without making the rest of the shot look weird.
CCow: Is that a long exposure at night? It looks pretty surreal (I like the clouds a lot) but the mountains could use...I dunno, something doesn't look quite right, but I don't think it's the contrast. Maybe it's to do with the weird light coming from the left as well (light pollution?)
Yea it was a 90 second exposure at night. There was some light pollution because I was shooting over a city and cropped out the lights at the bottom of the frame. The mountains weren't as crisp as I would have liked but it was really windy and my tripod sucks so my camera was shaking a little bit even when using my body to block the wind.
Edit: I can't tell on my work monitor since it isn't calibrated well, but it looks like I might be able to bring down the blacks on the mountains to make it look less washed out.
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The computer I have to work on at school doesn't have photoshop unfortunately, so there wasn't anything I could do about the veins. Perhaps when I'm home for winter break I can work on the original shot and try again
sonictk: how do you get aquarium shots that are so clear? I'm not sure if it's just the aquariums that I visit but there's never enough light and my shots always end up a bit blurry. Should I just bring my tripod?
That's neat. I'd play a little with the reflection next time, too.
Ha ha, yeah. When I posted that this morning I immediately was like, "damn...I wish I would have got more of the reflection of the cartridge on the vinyl.
Oh, and just for the record, I has a 24mm 1.4L. :P
This thing has a ludicrous DOF wide open.
Is that what you were using for the bottle shot? Because that dof looks too perfect to not be shopped. :P
Actually, no... that was the cheap ass 50mm F/1.8.
And this is the 24mm.
Brutally sharp, incredibly shallow DOF wide open, and very nice and wide on a full frame.
I know I used to say that glass only matters so much, but this damn lens gives off so much depth all by itself.
This plus my 50mm and the 70-200 F/4L and I'm all set. I'll need to upgrade the 50mm to the F/1.4 in long term, the 1.8 is about to break.
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FM: I love that first shot, the second is so so.
An-D: I'd say the first is the strongest compositionally, although if the goose? had its head a little further to the left it would be better, then it wouldn't be white touching white.
Bionic: I'd say that the second to last is best composition, but the last is my favourite in terms of atmosphere.
no: the water tower looks lop-sided, but I love the look of concentration on that guys face.
Nostregar: It's pretty cool, but as said it's a little out of focus and I feel that the highlights are quite blinding.
CCow: Is that a long exposure at night? It looks pretty surreal (I like the clouds a lot) but the mountains could use...I dunno, something doesn't look quite right, but I don't think it's the contrast. Maybe it's to do with the weird light coming from the left as well (light pollution?)
nO: Man that first cat shot is brilliant. Makes you want to turn your own head to match his orientation.
muninn: that shot looks really, really cluttered. Maybe you were going for a "ALL SORTS OF EQUIPMENT" feel but right now the whole image feels really compressed and forcibly cropped to me. Getting more of the rifles into the frame and simplying the SBO vest would work better imo. Also right now the top left/right corners of the image have blank spaces which are really distracting, which is why I think getting more of your elements into the frame would also be a benefit.
flyingman: That last architectural shot is great, reminds me a lot of Mirror's Edge for some reason.
And with that, I offer more aquarium shots? More of corals this time. Also trying not to use split toning in my B&W conversions.
BTW does anyone know of an easy, efficient way in PHP to dynamically assign border styles to an image based on its dimensions? So I could assign larger images to have larger borders and vice versa without adding too much to server load.
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Yea it was a 90 second exposure at night. There was some light pollution because I was shooting over a city and cropped out the lights at the bottom of the frame. The mountains weren't as crisp as I would have liked but it was really windy and my tripod sucks so my camera was shaking a little bit even when using my body to block the wind.
Edit: I can't tell on my work monitor since it isn't calibrated well, but it looks like I might be able to bring down the blacks on the mountains to make it look less washed out.
sonictk: how do you get aquarium shots that are so clear? I'm not sure if it's just the aquariums that I visit but there's never enough light and my shots always end up a bit blurry. Should I just bring my tripod?
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That's neat. I'd play a little with the reflection next time, too.
Oh, and just for the record, I has a 24mm 1.4L. :P
This thing has a ludicrous DOF wide open.
Is that what you were using for the bottle shot? Because that dof looks too perfect to not be shopped. :P
Haha, my thoughts exactly. Freak'n amazing DoF.
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Ha ha, yeah. When I posted that this morning I immediately was like, "damn...I wish I would have got more of the reflection of the cartridge on the vinyl.
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I shot some sweet shots today - I think.... I gotta wait for the photos to be developed. Ahhh film.
Actually, no... that was the cheap ass 50mm F/1.8.
And this is the 24mm.
Brutally sharp, incredibly shallow DOF wide open, and very nice and wide on a full frame.
I know I used to say that glass only matters so much, but this damn lens gives off so much depth all by itself.
This plus my 50mm and the 70-200 F/4L and I'm all set. I'll need to upgrade the 50mm to the F/1.4 in long term, the 1.8 is about to break.
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