dan-likes-trees Posted March 18, 2010 Posted March 18, 2010 [ATTACH]3319[/ATTACH] Just for fun. After looking at this picture i wondered what 1 word other forum members could come up with to either sum up this photo ( cr@p is not allowed lol ) It could be a name for the photo, how it makes them feel or what they think it means. Try not looking at other ppl's posts before you post your own so as not to be influenced. As i obviously i took the photo, i have my own interpretation of it but that is influenced by knowing the story behind the photo. I just thought it would be interesting to see an outsiders interpretation of what is going on or see how different people interpret 1 image. Hope all that made sense, oh & you can criticize the photo all you like once you have named it lol. Time. -- I like, whether intentional or not, the flowers / calander being in the shot. Lots of life and passing of time / looking too far into it. Good idea for a forum game of sorts though. Use a word to describe the above poster's photo or something. Here's one of mine - Pah, facebook has big photos now, lame. Also, I'm thinking of buying an entry level DSLR - any recomendations? Thinking maybe the Sony Alpha a230, or the more pricey Nickon D3000
Gio001 Posted March 18, 2010 Posted March 18, 2010 (edited) Time. -- I like, whether intentional or not, the flowers / calander being in the shot. Lots of life and passing of time / looking too far into it. Good idea for a forum game of sorts though. Use a word to describe the above poster's photo or something. Here's one of mine - Pah, facebook has big photos now, lame. Also, I'm thinking of buying an entry level DSLR - any recomendations? Thinking maybe the Sony Alpha a230, or the more pricey Nickon D3000 Thanks for the coments and hope more people get involved with their own photo's to. Might need some rules though. The first thing that sprung to mind when i saw you top photo, which i like, was two words actually Global Warming I also like the empty park bench looking out over the landscape. As for a DSLR have you thought about a micro four thirds like a Panasonic GF1, G1 or GH1 Time. -- I like, whether intentional or not, the flowers / calander being in the shot. Lots of life and passing of time / looking too far into it. Good idea for a forum game of sorts though. Use a word to describe the above poster's photo or something. Here's one of mine - Pah, facebook has big photos now, lame. Also, I'm thinking of buying an entry level DSLR - any recomendations? Thinking maybe the Sony Alpha a230, or the more pricey Nickon D3000 How about '' Stuck '' He's wide awake, she's sleeping. He could be doing something else or be somewhere else. Edited March 18, 2010 by Gio001 adding txt
dan-likes-trees Posted March 18, 2010 Posted March 18, 2010 Thanks for the coments and hope more people get involved with their own photo's to. Might need some rules though. The first thing that sprung to mind when i saw you top photo, which i like, was two words actually Global Warming I also like the empty park bench looking out over the landscape. As for a DSLR have you thought about a micro four thirds like a Panasonic GF1, G1 or GH1 How about '' Stuck '' He's wide awake, she's sleeping. He could be doing something else or be somewhere else. Nice, nice. Micro four thirds interest me, though ultimately they're actually more expensive than the lowest end DSLRs so yeah. I've also heard that picture quality isn't quite as good. They do look sexy as though..
Twozzok Posted March 18, 2010 Posted March 18, 2010 I went for the Canon 450D a few months ago, cheap for what you get, and the price should be dropping soon as they're releasing (released?) the 550D. Well worth the money methinks.
Fresh Posted March 19, 2010 Posted March 19, 2010 Pah, facebook has big photos now, lame. Also, I'm thinking of buying an entry level DSLR - any recomendations? Thinking maybe the Sony Alpha a230, or the more pricey Nickon D3000 I got the D3000 and while a little more pricey it's worth it. Recently bought the 55-200mm Nikon lens to go with it and it makes a great camera. The guide mode is very simple as well as takes some great photos. Here's a couple from January I took with My D3000.
Gio001 Posted March 19, 2010 Posted March 19, 2010 http://www.coloursmag.com/?p=28 Anybody interested in street photography ( or photography in general ) need to check this guy out. Love his work, especially his composition. Also at the bottom of the article is a link to his flickr page. Enjoy !!
dan-likes-trees Posted March 21, 2010 Posted March 21, 2010 I got the D3000 and while a little more pricey it's worth it. Recently bought the 55-200mm Nikon lens to go with it and it makes a great camera. The guide mode is very simple as well as takes some great photos. Here's a couple from January I took with My D3000. Nice, I'd read that the Nikon has slightly less sharpness than the other two (Something about converting the RAW) But those two photos look pretty stunning. Gonna go have a look at DSLRs tomorrow I think. @Gio001 - That guys work is fantastic... will have to start reading coloursmag/blog I think..
Twozzok Posted March 25, 2010 Posted March 25, 2010 Dunno if any of you are into Fashion Photography, but http://fashionphotographyblog.com/ is quite awesome. Especially http://fashionphotographyblog.com/2009/09/ultrahip-magazine-flaunt/ NinjaEdit: The video on it's own is awesome, mixed in with the blog entry it's O_o
dan-likes-trees Posted March 27, 2010 Posted March 27, 2010 (edited) So I bought a D3000! How exciting. It is pretty sexy. I also got a Flickr, which is exciting. Edited March 27, 2010 by dan-likes-trees
Goafer Posted March 28, 2010 Posted March 28, 2010 (edited) You still have that fucking can top thing? From todays visit to the antiques shop: Edit:Wahoo, the last one just got featured on RedBubble: p Edited March 29, 2010 by Goafer Automerged Doublepost
lostprophetpunk Posted April 3, 2010 Posted April 3, 2010 I have only recently started doing some photography stuff, as we are doing a few assignments on it at the moment. I started to get a bit creative, so here is one of the images attached to this post.
Goafer Posted April 6, 2010 Posted April 6, 2010 A few from my bike ride where I met up with the parents and dog: I decided to use the camera in full manual mode since it was getting a bit dark. I normally stick to aperture priority, so it was a new experience (or at least a step out of the norm, I have used full manual before)
Happenstance Posted April 9, 2010 Posted April 9, 2010 Photo I took a few years ago, decided to mess about a bit with the brightness/contrast etc. This is how it turned out, I quite like it.
Goafer Posted April 9, 2010 Posted April 9, 2010 (edited) Saw a tutorial on "fake HDR" so thought I'd give it a try with an old image. Doesn't look very HDR to me, but it turned out OK IMO. Just had a go at proper HDR using a trial of Photomatix. Never realised my camera had a bracketing setting. Good times: In red flavour: Not the best subject for HDR really, but it was just a test. Seems to have worked nicely on the strap though. Edited April 10, 2010 by Goafer Automerged Doublepost
Retro_Link Posted April 10, 2010 Posted April 10, 2010 That trial HDR software has given a really nice looking result, especially as you say to the strap and also to the cables. The previous 'fake' just seems to have over saturated the image.
Ashley Posted April 10, 2010 Posted April 10, 2010 Anyone use Coroflot for their portfolio? I know DA and Flickr are the typical but I stumbled upon this one a while ago and set it all up today to show a potential client (as my previous host was unreliable) for a wedding (hence why most of it is wedding-orientated): http://www.coroflot.com/ashleytwo It's free and offers unlimited uploading. And it has a job-based community linked to it (although not really checked it out I presume its American-focused). Only bad thing I can think of really is the name, which sounds like some weird sex act. But anyway, thought I'd share it incase anyone's looking for a free and unlimited portfolio site Welcome for feedback on my work too. Hopefully it'll land me the wedding ^_^
Goafer Posted April 10, 2010 Posted April 10, 2010 (edited) Welcome for feedback on my work too. Hopefully it'll land me the wedding ^_^ Personally, I'd warm up the images a bit by adding some red and yellow in the colour balance. Maybe a bit tighter cropping too so the main focus is the people, without other distractions. For example, in Jones Wedding 2010 Image 11 (the one with them cutting the cake), I'd consider cropping out the heart as it distracts too much from couple cutting the cake, which should be the main focus of the image. I also noticed some "unfortunate placement" in picture 12. The guy to the right appears to have a balloon for a head. It's awesome. That's just my opinion though, I'm no expert (I've never done wedding photography before) and the fun of photography is that it's subjective. All the images seem good to me, just need some minor tweaks in Photoshop IMO. Had another go at HDR today. This time I actually went to find a decent subject. My discoveries for today: Trees are a pain for HDR as they move too much between shots, even if there appears to be no wind. Water and fire seem to work nicely. Tree trunks work nicely. It is possible to HDR a person/animal as long as they stay still. Cloudless skies are shit. I can see why a lot of people consider HDR to be cheating. The effort/awesomeness ratio is rather favourable. The images I took took hardly any effort at all. I guess the skill is in getting truly amazing pictures. The goods: Writing on bench reads: "I wouldn't change a thing" This one needs straightening. I'm lazy. Edited April 10, 2010 by Goafer
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