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[JadedWriter]

Went for a short walk this weekend and I enjoyed how these ones came out.

Bass Lake Park by Ike Maruri, on Flickr

Bass Lake Park by Ike Maruri, on Flickr

I like the second picture mostly do to the contrasting black and white. With the first picture I feel that there is a better picture if you shot it at a lower angle.

 

[sneaky77]

I like the second picture mostly do to the contrasting black and white. With the first picture I feel that there is a better picture if you shot it at a lower angle.

Thanks for the constructive comments, I couldn't get any lower on that one, but I see what you're saying for the angle, I've been trying to work on those more.

 

[Leeroy3101]

Winter! We've got snow this year!

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[jongkookie]

Been super busy the last couple of weeks so besides the usual cars I haven't really done much, until tonight:



One of the photographers I've been working with recently uses a "snoot" and it is possibly the greatest thing that was ever invented to play with light. I saw a couple of the shots we did with that thing this past weekend and my god... I didn't think a boring hotel room would actually look exciting!

Unfortunately that shot of Venom Snake's arm is just with a softbox since I haven't been able to get a snoot yet, but I will soon... already have tons of ideas where I can use to create some really cool shots.

 

[JadedWriter]

DSC_4215 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_4214 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_4213 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_4212 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr

 

[supernormal]

Had my first go at using ND filters to shoot wide open in the sun while still being able to light with strobes. This is the result.

Karla-Park2 by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr

Karla-Park by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr

 

[JadedWriter]

Had my first go at using ND filters to shoot wide open in the sun while still being able to light with strobes. This is the result.

Karla-Park2 by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr

Karla-Park by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr

I always figured HSS would be a way around this problem.

 

[supernormal]

I always figured HSS would be a way around this problem.

Yup. Definitely will be buying new strobes with HSS soon. I'm currently on speedlights.

 

[JadedWriter]

Yup. Definitely will be buying new strobes with HSS soon. I'm currently on speedlights.

I need to get a flash with HSS as well, I do get tired of being tied to a lower shutter speed outdoors and it would probably benefit my portraits as well.

 

[Groof]

Dropped by the demonstrations in Gwanghwamun on Saturday to see the reactions after the ruling of President Park.

Gwanghwamun 03/11 by Christian, on Flickr
Gwanghwamun 03/11 by Christian, on Flickr
Gwanghwamun 03/11 by Christian, on Flickr
Gwanghwamun 03/11 by Christian, on Flickr
Gwanghwamun 03/11 by Christian, on Flickr

 

[Cosmonaut X]

A visit to my local RAF station last week to grab some shots of the Tornado squadron before they disband in the next couple of weeks. Mixed weather and light, with some fairly challenging moments, but reasonably happy with the shots I got. I've gone for B&W with some but I'm not entirely sure about how they've turned out - I quite like the tight shots on the Tornado "office" (the cockpit) but I don't know if I got the exposure quite where I wanted it.

I've got a visit to the base set up for the end of the month, then prep for a surf competition in mid-April, and I'm hoping to squeeze in some landscape and studio practice in the meantime...

DSC_3742 by Cosmonaut X, on Flickr

DSC_3745 by Cosmonaut X, on Flickr

DSC_3865 by Cosmonaut X, on Flickr

DSC_3868 by Cosmonaut X, on Flickr

DSC_3931 by Cosmonaut X, on Flickr

DSC_4330 by Cosmonaut X, on Flickr

DSC_4371 by Cosmonaut X, on Flickr

DSC_4684 by Cosmonaut X, on Flickr

DSC_4689 by Cosmonaut X, on Flickr

DSC_4742 by Cosmonaut X, on Flickr

DSC_4740 by Cosmonaut X, on Flickr

DSC_4762 by Cosmonaut X, on Flickr

 

[QualityPixel]

Completely missed that there was a new thread, looks like I've got a few pages to check out.

Scrounged up some old film scans and a couple old photos from ol' trusty Nikon D50.

Moab by colbypixel, on Flickr

Moab by colbypixel, on Flickr

Trail by colbypixel, on Flickr

Trail by colbypixel, on Flickr

Idaho River by colbypixel, on Flickr

Cascade Springs by colbypixel, on Flickr

Tibble Fork by colbypixel, on Flickr

First 2 are Nikon D50 and the rest are medium format film of various grades.

 

[captive]

the life of a bird photographer, over 600 shots taken ~25 keepers. Weather was shit too. most were taken at ISO 1600.

Collared Aracari by Billy York, on Flickr

 

[Cosmonaut X]

the life of a bird photographer, over 600 shots taken ~25 keepers. Weather was shit too. most were taken at ISO 1600.

Collared Aracari by Billy York, on Flickr

Gorgeous bird, nicely captured. Total sympathy on the keeper rate too - aviation photography (particularly the high-speed stuff) has a similar keeper rate. If I go for a full day where there's lots of activity I can expect to hit 500-1000 shots. Of those, I reckon 50-100 might be worth keeping, and of those maybe 10-20 would be ones I could be reasonably happy with, and of those I might only have one shot that I really liked.

 

[openrob]

So I finally went out of my way and made myself a little website for my photography.
I still consider myself amature, but I feel like it's better to oversell yourself, than under sell haha. I am only rocking a little D3100.

Not sure if I can post a link or not, but here is one of the images that I think was really cool that I took on a recent trip to JPN:

Yanaka Shrine (Red) in Spring by robert, on Flickr

Will post more recent stuff as and when

 

[jongkookie]

Can't sleep...

 

[Meus Renaissance]

London protests. Just sharing it because of the colours here are captured so well for a random shot.

 

[captive]

Gorgeous bird, nicely captured. Total sympathy on the keeper rate too - aviation photography (particularly the high-speed stuff) has a similar keeper rate. If I go for a full day where there's lots of activity I can expect to hit 500-1000 shots. Of those, I reckon 50-100 might be worth keeping, and of those maybe 10-20 would be ones I could be reasonably happy with, and of those I might only have one shot that I really liked.

thanks. It's definitely tough. Do you find you have to exposure compensate for when you are shooting up at the sky?

Roadside Hawk by Billy York, on Flickr

Yellow-Crowned Night Heron by Billy York, on Flickr

Blue-Gray Tanagers by Billy York, on Flickr

Blue-Gray Tanager by Billy York, on Flickr

 

[Cosmonaut X]

thanks. It's definitely tough. Do you find you have to exposure compensate for when you are shooting up at the sky?

Yeah - particularly here in Scotland, since a lot of the time we have fairly grey skies, and most of the military stuff I regularly shoot is either a mid-grey or a light blue-grey. Depending on the paint scheme of the aircraft and the weather conditions on the day, I'll use exposure compensation to either overexpose or underexpose by a stop or so. For example, for a dark aircraft in the air on a bright day, I'd typically be using spot-metering and I'd kick in exposure compensation to overexpose by one to two stops. For a white aircraft, I'd underexpose by around the same. For different weather conditions I'd tweak accordingly - grey aircraft on an overcast day are a nightmare to shoot in the sky, though you can get reasonable shots on the ground (for ground shots I'd still tend to use some compensation, but it's a bit less tricky to get a well-exposed shot when you have more than just sky as a background).

 

[supernormal]

Few shots from this weekend's corporate shoot. We were going for that Forbes cover look. The client immediately opened up as soon as I mentioned he had a resemblance to De Niro. Definitely turned out more fun than I expected.


Alexis 1 by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr

Alexis 2 by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr

Alexis 3A by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr

 

[itsbenoclock]

Getting more into simple portraits atm, all with A7rii & Helios 44m

19-Mar-2017-5 by Ben Grady, on Flickr

19-Mar-2017-7 by Ben Grady, on Flickr

19-Mar-2017-8 by Ben Grady, on Flickr

 

[brerwolfe]

After missing sunset because of a 30-minute firmware update, I decided to stick around for a little longer and see how the DJI Mavic's camera performs in low light. Pretty happy with the result, expecially considering how fucking small the camera is. Unreal.


Austin By Night by brerwolfe, on Flickr

 

[JadedWriter]

DSC_4989 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_4953 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_5078 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_4929 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_4972 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_4827 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_4855 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_4909 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr

 

[Lucky Forward]

IMG_5013 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

Conowingo Dam in Maryland has a reputation for being one of the best spots on the east coast for bald eagle photography. I made my first trip there this week and was lucky enough to grab this one...can't wait to go back.

5DmkIII, 100-400 L

 

[brerwolfe]

Great shot, Lucky. Really cool.

Another aerial shot from my Mavic. Downtown Austin on the horizon and the golf course I'm working at this week just beyond the bridge and to the right.


Pennybacker Bridge and Austin Country Club by brerwolfe, on Flickr

 

[Vazduh]

Had some expired Efke 100 b/w film I wanted to shoot. Here are some of the results.

It always barks at me by Ante Prskalo, on Flickr

Hrvoje by Ante Prskalo, on Flickr

Dominik by Ante Prskalo, on Flickr

 

[Elfotografoalocado]

Damn! Amazing level in this last page...

IMG_2210 by Elfotografoalocado, en Flickr

IMG_0495 by Elfotografoalocado, en Flickr


First one I took three years ago, had barely started with photography. (The processing is from this week) The second one is from last week, the dude in the picture is an old high school history teacher of mine, quite terrible I must say. (conservative as they come, extremely religious, very skewed)
Haven't done anything in a week because I sold my trusty 600D to get a 7D that arrives on Wednesday. Can't wait! ☺

 

[BlueTsunami]

Recently bought a high grade tripod. Inspired to start shooting again...

In some of the photos I'm using a light painting technique. Good use of a flashlight to get, what looks like, well placed off camera lighting. In the last photo of the gravestone, I actually used my hand as a sort of snoot to direct the light even more, which had a dramatic effect on the surrounding exposure.

Windowception by Nuno Lopes, no Flickr

Absolutely in love with the tones here. Reminds me why I still want to try my hand at film. Trying to approximate that vibe via digital takes a bit of tweaking versus a single click on a film cam from a skilled photographer.

 

[Vazduh]

The one with the rock is my favorite because it looks it came straight from a Japanese horror movie. The others are great as well, of course.

 

[supernormal]

Had my first go at some kid photography these last weeks. Definitely tough work.

Luna1 by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr

Luna2 by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr

Lia1 by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr

Lia2 by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr

Diego by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr

 

[mooksoup]

Its good going thought this thread and catching up on what you all are working on.

Recently bought a high grade tripod. Inspired to start shooting again...

Love these. Really slickly done, they look great.


Few recent things from me:

Untitled by Bodie Strain, on Flickr

Untitled by Bodie Strain, on Flickr

Untitled by Bodie Strain, on Flickr

 

[brerwolfe]

My hotel in Austin last week was across the street from the largest urban bat colony in the world. Every night at sunset, 1.5 million bats take to the skies to rid the city of its small-to-medium sized bugs.

I saw the bats leaving the bridge by accident the night before, didn't realize what was going on. Made it a point to get a closer look the next night.


Austin Bat Bridge by brerwolfe, on Flickr


Austin Bat Bridge by
brerwolfe, on Flickr


Austin Bat Bridge by brerwolfe, on Flickr


Austin Bat Bridge by brerwolfe, on Flickr

 

[PanicFreak]

I've had a busy month and wanted to share some photos with the group. I think the theme of my post is bear stuff.

My daughter turned two and had a "Two-choo parade"

Untitled by Ben Krupka, on Flickr

Climbed to the top of a mountain outside of Boulder Colorado called Bear Peak. The hike was one of the toughest I've been on since I did a 5 day hike in Peru.

Untitled by Ben Krupka, on Flickr

Untitled by Ben Krupka, on Flickr

Untitled by Ben Krupka, on Flickr

Untitled by Ben Krupka, on Flickr

Untitled by Ben Krupka, on Flickr

Went to the zoo

Untitled by Ben Krupka, on Flickr

Saw bears fight!

Untitled by Ben Krupka, on Flickr

Went hiking again

Untitled by Ben Krupka, on Flickr

Untitled by Ben Krupka, on Flickr

Then went back to Bear Peak

Untitled by Ben Krupka, on Flickr

 

[Groof]

Wanted to try the panorama stitching in Lightroom. Much better than anticipated

Hannam Panorama by Christian, on Flickr

 

[BlueTsunami]

Untitled by Bodie Strain, on Flickr

Dig this. The nails, hand gesture, processing. Its disconcerting, in a good way.

 

[QualityPixel]

Wanted to try the panorama stitching in Lightroom. Much better than anticipated

Hannam Panorama by Christian, on Flickr

I love taking Panoramas, and not just sweeping panoramas. I've taken images that ended up being around 60mp+ with just my humble 12mp D300. Photoshop and lightroom's automated stitch can work wonders.

 

[JadedWriter]

DSC_5359 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_5118 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_5196 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_5305 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_5368 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_5188 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_5316 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr

 

[thespot84]

Great stuff, that last one is meme-worthy

 

[QualityPixel]

Moose on the way to Yellowstone by Colby, on Flickr

Near Mineral Basin by Colby, on Flickr

Klondike Bluffs. Outside Moab, UT. by Colby, on Flickr

 

[JadedWriter]

Great stuff, that last one is meme-worthy

Thanks. It's really interesting going from camera to camera and finding out that each camera seems to look different and requires different levels of color correction and contrast settings...either that or I just keep having different editing styles. I swear I'm editing different than I was four months ago.

 

[Groof]

I love taking Panoramas, and not just sweeping panoramas. I've taken images that ended up being around 60mp+ with just my humble 12mp D300. Photoshop and lightroom's automated stitch can work wonders.

Both Lightroom and Photoshop have been constantly surprising me with their auto features lately. Hell kinda magic are they using lol

 

[Astral/H3X]

im not ded i swer

20170206-20170206-DSC07739.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20170207-20170207-DSC07781.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20170209-20170209-DSC07864.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20170209-20170209-DSC07901.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20170209-20170209-DSC07907.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20170209-20170209-DSC07957.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
(probably my favorite out of the bunch)
20170209-20170209-DSC07972.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20170209-20170209-DSC07978-HDR.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr

 

[QualityPixel]

Here is just a few picts I've taken around Moab, UT. There are a bunch more on my flickr if you want to check them out, but I'll get around to posting them eventually. Hope this isn't stuff I've already shared, but here it comes.

Gnareld tree by Colby, on Flickr (Panasonic GF3)
Klondike Bluffs 2 by Colby, on Flickr (Panasonic GF3)
Moab by Colby, on Flickr (Nikon D300)
Moab by Colby, on Flickr (Nikon D300)

 

[JadedWriter]

Has anybody ever witnessed another person taking a picture and found it weird as fuck when they're not altering their position to get a better angle and composition?
To make this post relevant here's an out of camera JPEG cause I can't edit anything till tomorrow when I get to my much quicker work computer.

This is also being ran through Facebook compression so I'm not 100% sure if this is even in focus.

 

[BlueTsunami]

Some more experimenting with light painting. Apart from the last one, the lighting here for the rest was done with an LED flash light. The last one I used the flashlight to bring focus to the graffiti.

Near Mineral Basin by Colby, on FFlickr

Makes me excited for Spring, lovely greens

 

[Crazyorloco]

Iphone 7 Plus shot (made black and white with snapseed):

Trying to capture the feeling by Armando Severino, on Flickr


Sony Alpha 6500, sony 18-105G lens
Sony Alpha by Armando Severino, on Flickr

 

[JadedWriter]

Iphone 7 Plus shot (made black and white with snapseed):

Trying to capture the feeling by Armando Severino, on Flickr


Sony Alpha 6500, sony 18-105G lens
Sony Alpha by Armando Severino, on Flickr

Nobody is perfect but do your best not to chop off the tops of peoples heads. I have a problem with limbs and shit because I shoot a bit too tight, but just try to stay aware of it.

 

[vern]

Nobody is perfect but do your best not to chop off the tops of peoples heads. I have a problem with limbs and shit because I shoot a bit too tight, but just try to stay aware of it.

I feel like it almost works. The crop just above his eyeglasses to me is fine, just the emptiness of the rest of the photo kind of bores me. There isn't much there. The crooked line at the bottom bothers me too. I feel like there could be a great shot and an interesting story in here somewhere, but didn't quite capture it.

 

[Crazyorloco]

Thanks for the feedback. I was walking out of an underground train station and was on the stairs. After I took it I did thought "damn where's the rest of his head" lol

Nobody is perfect but do your best not to chop off the tops of peoples heads. I have a problem with limbs and shit because I shoot a bit too tight, but just try to stay aware of it.

I feel like it almost works. The crop just above his eyeglasses to me is fine, just the emptiness of the rest of the photo kind of bores me. There isn't much there. The crooked line at the bottom bothers me too. I feel like there could be a great shot and an interesting story in here somewhere, but didn't quite capture it.

 

[JadedWriter]

I feel like it almost works. The crop just above his eyeglasses to me is fine, just the emptiness of the rest of the photo kind of bores me. There isn't much there. The crooked line at the bottom bothers me too. I feel like there could be a great shot and an interesting story in here somewhere, but didn't quite capture it.

I guess instead of the open nothing he should be composed on the left more to see the subway station entrance he's leaning on.