Topic: yay, photography! (thumbnails or links only, pls.) (Read 240508 times)

Ballard · « **Reply #100 on:** 25 Apr 2009, 08:37 »

Aww Strasbourg! So cute.

Liz · « **Reply #101 on:** 21 May 2009, 10:22 »

So one day I looked out my window and saw this:

So I took pictures!

Ballard · « **Reply #102 on:** 21 May 2009, 20:15 »

That sky is some straight up HDR shit.

Vern LaVey · « **Reply #103 on:** 24 May 2009, 12:05 »

Quote from: Misconception on 21 May 2009, 10:22

So one day I looked out my window and saw this:

So I took pictures!

Love the juxtaposition between the color of the sky and the colors of the streetlights. Might stretch this to make it my wallpaper for the day if you dont mind?

Vern LaVey · « **Reply #104 on:** 24 May 2009, 14:23 »

Its the "probably" that scares me lol. Seriously, I cycle thru wallpapers like crazy but I love that pic. I don't know why really but something about it is pure awesome. If it didn't take away so much from the pic being blown up I'd keep it up for ages.

Liz · « **Reply #105 on:** 24 May 2009, 15:40 »

Dude, if you want it for your wallpaper so much I can send you the original. PM your e-mail address if you want the bigger size.

Vern LaVey · « **Reply #106 on:** 25 May 2009, 03:12 »

Wow, thanks very much for that!

It looks even better @ 2816 x 2112.

MonkeyBrains · « **Reply #107 on:** 25 May 2009, 06:43 »

Hey! First of all, I've just read the entire thread and I must say that most of the pictures that were posted here are really amazing! It has motivated me to sign up as well and share my pictures with you guys.

Both are taken with a Canon EOS 1000F

And the last 2 were taken with my loyal little fisheye camera.

Avec · « **Reply #108 on:** 25 May 2009, 08:06 »

I've never understood what's so appealing about fisheye lenses, I used to skateboard but that's the only situation where I saw it fit.

Vern LaVey · « **Reply #109 on:** 25 May 2009, 11:31 »

Well, there's always Puff Daddy videos...

Ballard · « **Reply #110 on:** 26 May 2009, 00:25 »

Honestly a lot of fisheye lenses are misused or mislabeled. Many are just super wide-angle lenses that produce a slight "fisheye" effect at the sides of the image.

The common sense rules of photography and composition still apply. If your subject matter is boring or composition poor, your image won't be interesting, funky lens or not.

That's the issue I have with most fisheye photography.

ibrahimdelil · « **Reply #111 on:** 26 May 2009, 08:32 »

uh, hi.

i visited my buddy in some other city, and we got to walk a little in the forest nearby. it was fun ^_^

ibrahimdelil · « **Reply #112 on:** 27 May 2009, 04:11 »

thanks

he lives in kırklareli (turkey). but the forest is actually 5-6 miles away from his house.

pwhodges · « **Reply #113 on:** 29 May 2009, 04:13 »

You've seen lots of photos of my life in the Photo Thread. But I enjoy photography as an arty occupation from time to time, as well. Here is an unashamed dump of photos, all taken in 2002 shortly after I got my first digital camera (a Minolta Dimage D7). Enjoy!

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Babpacih · « **Reply #114 on:** 29 May 2009, 07:28 »

cool pics!
heres some that i have....

http://s380.photobucket.com/albums/oo243/babpacih/photoport/
if you check out the other albums under my name on there its every pic ive taken since i got a digital camera in college. i think its over 6000 now.

Ballard · « **Reply #115 on:** 30 May 2009, 19:54 »

Paul, those pictures have a lovely grainy quality to them that is usually tell-tale of older film cameras. How did that happen?

Babpacih, I really like that Bic shot.

pwhodges · « **Reply #116 on:** 31 May 2009, 14:40 »

I don't make that effect deliberately; I guess it's just the way it is with that camera and my processing workflow.

The D7 is a 5Mpx camera with a fairly small sensor, so a bit noisy. However, unlike other users of the same Sony sensor, Minolta added very little processing in the camera - Sony themselves, by contrast, applied both sharpening of the luminance and exaggeration of the colours to make pictures more "vivid"*. Minolta also preserved the full colour range of the sensor, using a colour space that is much wider than sRGB, and somewhat wider than Adobe's - this makes unprocessed pictures look dull when viewed by people/systems that are not colour-space aware. The 7x zoom lens is superb, and the combination of lens and sensor gives no colour fringing at all, unlike many of the competing cameras. However, the lens (like any fast wide-range zoom - it is the equivalent of 28-200 f/2.8-3.5) has a lot of distortion, including gull-wing distortion at the wide end.

So my workflow starts by running PTLens to correct the distortion (this program has the characteristics of most lenses programmed in, and reads the EXIF data to adjust the parameters according to the focal length for each shot). I then run an all-in-one enhancement program, DCE AutoEnhance, that changes the colour space to sRGB and then does a raft of other things (noise reduction, contrast adjustment, sharpening, et al) which can be enabled or disabled individually, and which can be adjusted to different degrees according to the EXIF data (mainly shutter speed, ISO setting, focal length, flash usage). I have this set up so that I like what it does in 90% of cases, and I can treat any others individually if I want (using more sophisticated noise reduction, like Neat Image, for example).

So, now you know what I do, but it doesn't really tell you what makes that effect (a combination of low colour fringing and modest colour noise reduction is what it comes down to, I suppose).

* When Sony bought out Minolta's camera division and rebranded their SLRs as Sony alpha, they had the good sense to retain Minolta's trade-mark conservative level of processing rather than changing it to be like their other cameras.

Harun · « **Reply #117 on:** 31 May 2009, 23:04 »

holy panorama batman!

click for bigbig

Llewellian · « **Reply #118 on:** 05 Jun 2009, 06:09 »

Sundown Shot from last week.

http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww30/Llewellian/100_0258.jpg

One day, i will buy me a new Eos. A digital one ;o). Btw - this shot was done with the cheapest and outdated crappy-digi-cam Money can buy - i dont take my good cam with me on a ship when sailing. Saltwater and Saltdust aren´t exactly a cameras best friend.

Harun · « **Reply #119 on:** 06 Jun 2009, 14:36 »

<3 seasons

didn't really do much besides take the pictures and adjust exposure.

Trevlordyte · « **Reply #120 on:** 16 Jun 2009, 01:26 »

I don't know how to do thumb nails but here are a couple

ibrahimdelil · « **Reply #121 on:** 17 Jun 2009, 02:22 »

i live in europe and work in asia, so i get to take the old, signature "vapur"s (ferry) of istanbul across the bosphorus strait everyday. here are a few pics i took this morning.

chowburger · « **Reply #122 on:** 18 Jun 2009, 14:31 »

Trevlordyte, I just spent ages looking at your first photo! The mix of colours and (especially) textures is really wonderful.

Drill King · « **Reply #123 on:** 19 Jun 2009, 18:48 »

ATTN CAMERA GEEKS

I'm looking to make an investment into my first DLSR, I'll be on a budget for a long while so I'm looking for something that'll last me a while. Now I've been looking at the Nikon d60 and the d90 as well as the intro canon models.

I'm looking into doing more portrait work and will likely be working in dim lighting quite a bit. I'm not exactly completely new to cameras, but digital is a new frontier really.

I would REALLY appreciate your thoughts about what is best for value, durability, and the difference between them. And if any other suggestions pop up that'd be lovely too.

ibrahimdelil · « **Reply #124 on:** 22 Jun 2009, 01:28 »

a canon 450d and a canon 50mm f1.8 (or 50mm f1.4 if you could spare some more money) would serve your needs for a long while. i don't know much about nikons though, i chose a canon because they're are more common in my social circle so i can borrow stuff when i can't afford'em.

Ballard · « **Reply #125 on:** 22 Jun 2009, 06:09 »

That's one of the reasons I chose Canon as well. I trade lenses with friends all the time because we often shoot in groups or pairs. Also I just like the way EOS feels more than Nikon. Your camera needs to feel like an extension of your hands and be smooth and easy to use at a split second's notice. Nikon's interface seemed cluttered and confusing to me, though I'm sure others have it the other way around. It's strictly a matter of preference.

The 50mm f/1.8 is a great lens! If you can find a Mark I, they are only $50 more expensive (they don't manufacture them or sell them retail anymore but you can pick up a new or mint one on eBay or craigslist easily) and even better. Distance scale, metal mount ring and generally better build quality.

The Canon 450D in North America goes by Canon Digital Rebel XSi (to avoid confusion). It's what I use and it's served me well!

Trevlordyte · « **Reply #126 on:** 24 Jun 2009, 00:47 »

Quote from: chowburger on 18 Jun 2009, 14:31

Trevlordyte, I just spent ages looking at your first photo! The mix of colours and (especially) textures is really wonderful.

Thanks!

It gives me a strange feeling, but
in a good way.

Trevlordyte · « **Reply #127 on:** 24 Jun 2009, 00:53 »

Jed · « **Reply #128 on:** 24 Jun 2009, 08:11 »

I went fishing with Dollface, my brother and a couple of friends.

http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt315/ReipasTytto/DSCF0628.jpg
This is my left side from the boat.

http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt315/ReipasTytto/DSCF0620.jpg
In front of me, Dollface

http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt315/ReipasTytto/DSCF0626.jpg
And my right side. ++ We caught some fish.

ibrahimdelil · « **Reply #129 on:** 29 Jun 2009, 05:00 »

this little fella was sittin at my window at the office this morning, too bad it was so shy, it ran away (couldn't fly ^_^) before i could take a few more pics.

Drill King · « **Reply #130 on:** 29 Jun 2009, 11:54 »

So my options at this point are the Canon 450D, the Canon 500D, and the Nikon d90. I am leaning towards the 450D or the Nikon d90.

I will be getting it sometimes this week. Eeeee.

ibrahimdelil · « **Reply #131 on:** 30 Jun 2009, 00:53 »

this page would help you a bit then, i guess. the d90 is a bit too expensive in my opinion, i mean, it doesnt offer anything that makes it $400 better than the 450d except the 720p video recording feature.

Drill King · « **Reply #132 on:** 02 Jul 2009, 18:52 »

So I did get the 450d, I am in love but totally SUPER confused and waiting til I can go out on the city to take pictures, sadly it is sitting on my shelf. Being sad.

Drill King · « **Reply #133 on:** 07 Jul 2009, 12:15 »

So I am double posting, and not really with good reason. But I have only gotten the chance to use my camera ONCE :c

I really like the manual autofocus points + heavy Dof. I am obviously not good with it yet but I like these pictures(this is my new friend Elliat, she has no make-up on, has wet hair, and it's 8am, and she looks fabulous. ffff).

ibrahimdelil · « **Reply #134 on:** 08 Jul 2009, 03:38 »

the first one is pretty good actually.

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #135 on:** 09 Jul 2009, 02:19 »

Okay okay so I just got a DSLR, and I love photography, and I really like taking pictures and and and here are some pictures. I'm still learning, but I am an avid learner and really easily excitable about photography. They're not great, probably, but wheeee, I like photography.

My Nephew

Garden

My Mum

Totally Badass Chicken

Prisoner Pig

More Flowers

Even More Flowers

Cowgirl

Red Heads Are Cool

Night Time Photography is Awesome

tinysmidgen · « **Reply #136 on:** 09 Jul 2009, 02:49 »

Thomas, very nice photos

The redhead is cute, may I have her phone number?

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #137 on:** 09 Jul 2009, 03:26 »

She is Kerry.

And I think her boyfriend would like to have a word with you.

Drill King · « **Reply #138 on:** 12 Jul 2009, 23:45 »

Hey guys I am being a big brat and taking up lots of space in the photography thread because I am much too lazy to make thumbnails and links and everything because I am soooo bad at it

Ballard · « **Reply #139 on:** 13 Jul 2009, 00:20 »

Damn you for having such gorgeous natural light in your apartment.

Drill King · « **Reply #140 on:** 13 Jul 2009, 00:21 »

That's Elliat's apartment (but mine has pretty nice natural light too)

allison · « **Reply #141 on:** 13 Jul 2009, 06:45 »

Those are gorgeous and so is she. Dang.

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #142 on:** 13 Jul 2009, 08:21 »

Pictures 2 and 5 are fantastic, Andy.

Random1 · « **Reply #143 on:** 14 Jul 2009, 12:45 »

I'm kinda new to this gig, any constructive feedback would be sick. I know some of them are a little dark, or have minor issues with color contrast and/or focus.

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #144 on:** 14 Jul 2009, 14:34 »

I like 'em, Random. Can't really say much else needs fixing other than what you've commented on yourself though. I like the oldschool feel of them.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Stoned Photography!

Pig Love

Whut

Contemplative High?

Some Sunset

Lighter Bokeh

Puff Puff

Everythings Gone Topsy Turvey

Lou

Late Night Sparky

I've only really just started going out with my camera a lot. I'm not sure what kinda' style I'm aiming for, I just like taking pictures, but any comments or stuff are always appreciated.

ibrahimdelil · « **Reply #145 on:** 14 Jul 2009, 15:16 »

hm hm

Random1 · « **Reply #146 on:** 14 Jul 2009, 15:44 »

Quote from: Thomas Edison on 14 Jul 2009, 14:34

I like 'em, Random. Can't really say much else needs fixing other than what you've commented on yourself though. I like the oldschool feel of them.

Thanks for that

You pics are really well done, I especially liked the last one in your post. The smoke and lighting from the flame are spectacular.

ibrahimdelil · « **Reply #147 on:** 05 Aug 2009, 03:44 »

robot poo.

Aurjay · « **Reply #148 on:** 06 Aug 2009, 19:17 »

some of the ones my girlfriend did

Dollface · « **Reply #149 on:** 17 Aug 2009, 01:01 »

Ski jumping tower
High high
Line between human and nature (ps dont cross that line or you get mauled by spiders)

and now i founded image thumpnail button.

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