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GAF Photography 2010 - Q1
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Happy Valentine's Day people.
BronzeWolf
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Good take, but I think the light is too harsh!
Maklershed
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Amazing stuff brerwolfe
synt4x said:
nothing bad taken =^)
i feel like i've gotten a lot of great pics out of my d40x, there's no question. i've recommended it as a great entry-level DSLR to a lot of friends. but since i'm so early in the photog game i don't really have any loyalty toward one group or the other... i'll probably purchase another nikon in the future, given that i'm financially secure.
i love everyone for different reasons, which is why i own ps3/360/wii. i've never gotten into fanboy stuff, i just buy it all!
)chicko1983
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So I went to Rio in December (close enough to Q1) and this was the view from my penthouse balcony on Copacabana Beach.
Click link to see larger pics.
These were taken on a Panasonic DMC-FS42 which I kept in my pocket where ever I went.
Click link to see larger pics.
These were taken on a Panasonic DMC-FS42 which I kept in my pocket where ever I went.
From my backyard.
from decidedly much further away from my backyard.
original size http://www.flickr.com/photos/35765710@N02/4359461038/sizes/o/
from decidedly much further away from my backyard.
original size http://www.flickr.com/photos/35765710@N02/4359461038/sizes/o/
prettyvacant77
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Awesome thread GAF, am a bit of a photography noob but am determined to learn, have learned shitloads just from reading this thread 
After getting a bit frustrated with my P&S (Canon Ixus 800IS) on holiday in Austria, my girlfriend and I decided to fork out and get an entry level SLR - settled on a Canon EOS500D (think Rebel T2i is the non-EU version?). Took a few snaps in noob-auto mode, the difference between these and the P&S is staggering
Am working on organising my photos on my comp, have been using Picasa as my import tool for now although I've for Photoshop Elements 8 as well.
Flickr seems to be the online album of choice for most people on here, any particular reason for this? I've got a basic account on Picasa (am lazy and it's tied to my Google account!) and it seems decent enough...
All SLR-noob advice more than welcome :lol :lol
After getting a bit frustrated with my P&S (Canon Ixus 800IS) on holiday in Austria, my girlfriend and I decided to fork out and get an entry level SLR - settled on a Canon EOS500D (think Rebel T2i is the non-EU version?). Took a few snaps in noob-auto mode, the difference between these and the P&S is staggering
Am working on organising my photos on my comp, have been using Picasa as my import tool for now although I've for Photoshop Elements 8 as well.
Flickr seems to be the online album of choice for most people on here, any particular reason for this? I've got a basic account on Picasa (am lazy and it's tied to my Google account!) and it seems decent enough...
All SLR-noob advice more than welcome :lol :lol
PeteJ said:
the best. i was working with NFL Network as a camera operator, credential gave me full stadium access. i stayed on the field until the end of halftime and then went to take pics from different viewpoints in the stadium.
unfortunately we had a post-game show airing as soon as the confetti started flying, so i couldn't get any of the money shots of guys celebrating and holding up the trophy and shit. either way, it was a fantastic week!
So when I was in grade school and high school, I was really into video. My friends and I made countless little short films.
When I got to college I decided to major in film studies, but I started to slowly gravitate to photography.
Ever since I bought my 5DII though, I'm starting to be drawn back to video big time. I've been doing a lot of video recently and I really enjoy doing screen grabs of stuff. I can't wait until the cameras advance to the point where grabbing a still from a video clip gives the same quality as an actual still photo from the camera.
When I got to college I decided to major in film studies, but I started to slowly gravitate to photography.
Ever since I bought my 5DII though, I'm starting to be drawn back to video big time. I've been doing a lot of video recently and I really enjoy doing screen grabs of stuff. I can't wait until the cameras advance to the point where grabbing a still from a video clip gives the same quality as an actual still photo from the camera.
Tilting is generally such a hack way of adding 'dynamicness' to a shot bi find there are occasions where it does work, but those are mostly rare and aren't often jus tilting (more like a really low or high angle).brerwolfe said:
I've been looking at my complete photographic history and 99% of my own tilted shots from when I first started out just look so amateurish.
That said I've been going back and rating my own photos that I have. I organize my images and my 'best' ones get put into a series of 'favourites' albums. I'm using a 5 star rating system to judge those in my 'favourites'. Man, SO many of my images are completely mediocre. There's definitely some improvement, but only a handful of my 30,000 photos I'm actually proud of.
brerwolfe said:
It's a shot from a few years ago from Auckland, New Zealand. That mountain you see is actually Rangitoto Island, a volcanic island in the gulf, so it's far from dry!
max@GC: Thanks! Oh, btw, I didn't mean your shot was necessarily a 'bad tilt'....just reminded me of my own opinion on random tilts.
BlueTsunami
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mrkgoo said:I was going through my old photos (reorganizing for Aperture) and came across an image that I decided wasn't much before, but after a crop turned out nicely:
That's awesome, mrkgoo. Was the effect from zooming in or something? I find it interesting that landmass on the horizon is stationary while everything is trailing. The lighting and color has that futuristic look (which I absolutely love), almost Blade Runner'esque
Ya, long shutter while zooming on the volcano.BlueTsunami said:
My switch to aperture is more or less complete now. It wasn't perfect, but it's more complete than I couldve hoped. I lost some edits to photos and there's some weird stuff (like edits done during a certain era are tagged with lenses I don't have), but I'm resigned to figuring those small things as I go. Time to learn how to process images!
Scythian Empire
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It's almost spring guys! Saw the first wasp of the year today...My heart almost exploded.
Posting to subscribe.
I'm ordering my first camera in years sometime over the coming week: Canon 450D XSi + kit lens + 50mm f/1.8. This thread and the some of the stuff at the SA Dorkroom have inspired me to take this wonderful hobby up again.
Now only to learn/relearn just about everything.
I'm ordering my first camera in years sometime over the coming week: Canon 450D XSi + kit lens + 50mm f/1.8. This thread and the some of the stuff at the SA Dorkroom have inspired me to take this wonderful hobby up again.
Now only to learn/relearn just about everything.
These are some pictures I took a couple years back. I took a lot of pictures when I was on vacation in Hong Kong this past summer -- I'm looking to resize a couple and host them online.
Toronto skyline from my friend's lakeshore condo.
The sunset at a beach near Belleville, ON.
I took this using the 70-200 lens, using binders on my dad's car's roof as a makeshift tripod.
A view of the southern part of Aberdeen in Hong Kong.
Another view from my friend's condo -- looking down on the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto.
And that's my reflection!
Toronto skyline from my friend's lakeshore condo.
The sunset at a beach near Belleville, ON.
I took this using the 70-200 lens, using binders on my dad's car's roof as a makeshift tripod.
A view of the southern part of Aberdeen in Hong Kong.
Another view from my friend's condo -- looking down on the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto.
And that's my reflection!
chicko1983
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any recommendations for a first digital slr. I dont want to spend a bucket load either. cheers
Scythian Empire
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chicko1983 said:
Try and buy a second hand Canon model like the 400D or 450D.
last set of pictures from the last page.ili0926 said:These are some pictures I took a couple years back. I took a lot of pictures when I was on vacation in Hong Kong this past summer -- I'm looking to resize a couple and host them online.
Toronto skyline from my friend's lakeshore condo.
The sunset at a beach near Belleville, ON.
I took this using the 70-200 lens, using binders on my dad's car's roof as a makeshift tripod.
A view of the southern part of Aberdeen in Hong Kong.
Another view from my friend's condo -- looking down on the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto.
And that's my reflection!
I like the 4th one. And the reflection on the last is pretty sweet.
Is it me or is the thread been moving pretty fast lately?
Lots of new pictures, i think.
A female coworker, GF and mom all saw a heart with an arrow through it and i didnt until they pointed it out.
Taken on feb 14th of course. :lol
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35765710@N02/4359461038/sizes/o/
From yesterday.
My first real attempt at HDR. Not quite sure I know what I'm doing and not quite sure it worked out how i wanted but i think it still looks good. I do know i didnt want to do one of those bad tone maps. Used enfuse/emblend plugin for lightroom.
as always more at my flickr, and feel free to add me. http://www.flickr.com/photos/35765710@N02/
Taken on feb 14th of course. :lol
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35765710@N02/4359461038/sizes/o/
From yesterday.
My first real attempt at HDR. Not quite sure I know what I'm doing and not quite sure it worked out how i wanted but i think it still looks good. I do know i didnt want to do one of those bad tone maps. Used enfuse/emblend plugin for lightroom.
as always more at my flickr, and feel free to add me. http://www.flickr.com/photos/35765710@N02/
Do you guys ever feel sick of trying to make things look pretty?
I don't know if that's a weird thing to think or feel, but I feel like it's a frustrating aspect of photography to always be trying to make things look beautiful or interesting when that doesn't necessarily mirror reality.
meh.
I don't know if that's a weird thing to think or feel, but I feel like it's a frustrating aspect of photography to always be trying to make things look beautiful or interesting when that doesn't necessarily mirror reality.
meh.
Then don't do it. It doesn't have to be part of photography. In fact I dont even think it's even necessarily expected.Futureman said:
Take journalistic photography for example. They don't try to glamourise. Photography is about expression and that expression is up to the photographer.
Some people actually try to make things look worse.
I'm not sure which you're referring to, but it goes for both editing and the 'story' behind the picture.
As a good photographer I thought you wouldve known this already. If you feel this way, then your only speaking for yourself.
Futureman said:
Don't? Maybe you're just taking too many photographs and need to just go out and take pictures, if you get my meaning.
Right now I'm trying to learn how to take more photographs than pictures, but reading about composition and such makes me think "how many people burn out because all they do is wait for the perfect shot all the time?" That would drive me up the wall.
define "make things look pretty"Futureman said:
I know for what I do i want the richness of colors, so sometimes i bump the contrast.
I find when i'm trying to make something look "prettier" or "better" its mostly because of my own fuckup when taking the picture.
art idealism - the tendency to represent things as aesthetic sensibility would have them rather than as they are; an idealized view. source
see Ansel Adams
and its antithesis
New Topographics wiki
an objective view, free of concerns for aesthtics; "This move was clearly illustrated by the subject matter that the New Topographics chose as well as their commitment to casting a somewhat ironical or critical eye on what American society had become. They all depicted urban or suburban realities under changes in an allegedly detached approach. In most cases, they gradually revealed themselves as coming from rather critical vantage points, especially (Robert) Adams, Baltz, and Deal."
see Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Frank Gohlke, and Stephen Shore
Futureman, what I think you're trying to get at is "why." Putting aside what I posted above, your reference to "pretty pictures" is the crux of my past month's frustrations and growth. See, a pretty picture is just that, a pleasing image that enters and leaves the viewer quickly.
What is the use of a work with no depth, that says nothing of the artist, nothing to the viewer, and is forgotten as soon as it leaves your gaze. And further than that, what is the use of an artist that affects nothing. What good have you been? Why are you here? Why did you show this picture? Why did you take it?
Art is fucking hard, and speaking with a camera is fucking ridiculous.
see Ansel Adams
and its antithesis
New Topographics wiki
an objective view, free of concerns for aesthtics; "This move was clearly illustrated by the subject matter that the New Topographics chose as well as their commitment to casting a somewhat ironical or critical eye on what American society had become. They all depicted urban or suburban realities under changes in an allegedly detached approach. In most cases, they gradually revealed themselves as coming from rather critical vantage points, especially (Robert) Adams, Baltz, and Deal."
see Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Frank Gohlke, and Stephen Shore
Futureman, what I think you're trying to get at is "why." Putting aside what I posted above, your reference to "pretty pictures" is the crux of my past month's frustrations and growth. See, a pretty picture is just that, a pleasing image that enters and leaves the viewer quickly.
What is the use of a work with no depth, that says nothing of the artist, nothing to the viewer, and is forgotten as soon as it leaves your gaze. And further than that, what is the use of an artist that affects nothing. What good have you been? Why are you here? Why did you show this picture? Why did you take it?
Art is fucking hard, and speaking with a camera is fucking ridiculous.
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