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GAF Photography Q4 - 2012

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These are awesome
 
Its not very festive but I have finally been allowed to go into one of the buildings on an old MOD site where the Tube alloys project (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube_Alloys), did allot of early work on the atomic bomb before it was moved to america and became part of the Manhattan project. There had been an endangered species of bats roosting there during the summer ( the reason I wasn't allowed in the building), and they had left behind a large amount of shit so the smell in parts of this building was interesting to say the least.





There is allot more info on the site here for the interested / bored http://ryhdymwynvalleyhistory.co.uk...ategory&task=category&id=10&Itemid=63&lang=en
 
Climbed a local mountain yesterday (glorified hill to the rest of the world), finally a change of venue. Almost got lost too when I took the wrong turn at a trail split. Well, not lost since I was on a trail but my reaching the summit and getting back to the car before dark was timed in a way where such a diversion would have sucked really bad. Cold sweat was building when I looked back and realized I was on the peak of another hill when I should have been going down the original hill. Obviously everything turned out ok. The pictures!











 
Be nice lol. Just bought a D600 and it's pretty much my first DSLR. As dumb as this sounds, I just learned today about Iso, shutter speed, etc.

In the same boat! Except mine is not quite as nice as yours (it's a Sony a57). I'll post some pictures once I get back to school and actually have decent upload speeds again. In the meantime, can someone teach me about lenses? I got the kit 18-135mm lens, and I also got a 85mm f2.8 telephoto lens, which is really fun, but I don't actually understand the technical details.
 
Took this in Colombia in October, but only just got around to "fixing" it. It's actually composed of two photos I took in quick succession as we passed in a van. I missed a decent composition with both, but stitched together holds up okay.


And a couple from the family Christmas

 
Still haven't taken any proper photos in ages but decided to do something on Xmas Eve to help pass the time until the festive ham was cooked



NB: the ham was delicious!
 
Another evening revisiting old RAW files...


Love this!

Has anyone thought about what to do with the latest photography challenge?

I'm thinking that people could have possibly got some good smile photos over Christmas and it's a shame to let the challenge die. I think we should give it until January 15th or so to give more people a chance to enter.

Anyway I've submitted an entry:


smile by trunbuns, on Flickr

And here's some other recent stuff:



Smoke Break by trunbuns, on Flickr


street by trunbuns, on Flickr


cobbles by trunbuns, on Flickr

Hope everyone had a great holiday. I got my first DSLR but I have been struck down with the mother of all festive viruses so been stuck in the house mostly.
 
Love this!

Has anyone thought about what to do with the latest photography challenge?

I'm thinking that people could have possibly got some good smile photos over Christmas and it's a shame to let the challenge die. I think we should give it until January 15th or so to give more people a chance to enter.

Anyway I've submitted an entry:


smile by trunbuns, on Flickr

And here's some other recent stuff:



Smoke Break by trunbuns, on Flickr


street by trunbuns, on Flickr


cobbles by trunbuns, on Flickr

Hope everyone had a great holiday. I got my first DSLR but I have been struck down with the mother of all festive viruses so been stuck in the house mostly.

Thanks, found it among a pile of raw files from a holiday.

Totally forgotten about the photography challenge, need to look and see if I have anything that fits the purpose
 
Just don't have the time for photography it seems, which sucks =(

Everyone in this thread pumps out really amazing shots and best of all i love the variety. Well yesterday i had the chance to take pictures of the wife and picked one that i really liked. For some reason, i am having trouble with color proofing on my system. It's SUCH a pain in the ASS. The color appears different when using windows photo viewer, different in PS and on the web too. But alas, i think i have found some consistency:


I was trying to convey which object in the picture, the woman or fruit, is truly forbidden. I wish it was more focused though, ah well
 
Just don't have the time for photography it seems, which sucks =(

Everyone in this thread pumps out really amazing shots and best of all i love the variety. Well yesterday i had the chance to take pictures of the wife and picked one that i really liked. For some reason, i am having trouble with color proofing on my system. It's SUCH a pain in the ASS. The color appears different when using windows photo viewer, different in PS and on the web too. But alas, i think i have found some consistency:



I was trying to convey which object in the picture, the woman or fruit, is truly forbidden. I wish it was more focused though, ah well

Color looks great on my LCD, good skin tones, the blue in her shirt pops. The reds are a little muted though. Really like the crop too, unconventional for that kind of shot but works extremely well.
 
Color looks great on my LCD, good skin tones, the blue in her shirt pops. The reds are a little muted though. Really like the crop too, unconventional for that kind of shot but works extremely well.

That is good to know and thanks! Would you happen to know if i should use "proof colors"(set to sRGB) when editing in photoshop? Because the picture in my previous post does not reflect me editing it with "proof colors" enabled, and looks the same on the web and in PS on my monitor. However, when i enable "proof colors", the picture seems more washed out and less vibrant.
 
That is good to know and thanks! Would you happen to know if i should use "proof colors"(set to sRGB) when editing in photoshop? Because the picture in my previous post does not reflect me editing it with "proof colors" enabled, and looks the same on the web and in PS on my monitor. However, when i enable "proof colors", the picture seems more washed out and less vibrant.

Typically I edit my photos in ProPhoto colorspace for the expanded latitude of gamut and then convert to sRGB for web viewing. Unless you're personally working off a wide gamut monitor I'd always convert to sRGB.

I'm unsure why 'proof colors' would wash it out when editing, that's usually indicative of an application not reading the correct color profile of an image. But my knowledge of color profiles and proofing is almost nonexistent when it comes to serious print work and critical color work.
 
A few random shots from late December, including my submission for the photo assignment:

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I was channeling Skyrim when I too this:

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And some from my New Year's Eve adventure in Strathcona Provincial Park, on Vancouver Island:

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