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[Antiwhippy]

Food photoshoot assignment from college. Critique away!


1 7X5 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr


2 7X5 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr


4 7X5 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr


_1010322 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr


_1010117 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr


_1010265 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr

 

[fat pat]

all are good. top 3>bottom 3.

I want that sandwich SO much.

 

[DietRob]

Ohhh, I have a couple of fireworks pics I would like to share. I haven't done any touching up on these shots yet.

Taken at Seneca Casino in Niagara.

 

[Scythian Empire]

 

[magicstop]

Wow . . .
I'm just getting into photography (just bought my first real camera, a Canon EOS 60D) this past month, and I've been shooting pictures for a couple of weeks now. I obviously can't take pictures as stunning as you folks, but seeing these pictures still amazes me and shows me what a long way I have to go. What amazing pictures you all take! An inspiration and a lesson, to be sure!
I always welcome critiques and feedback, so let me know what you think, what needs improving, etc. You can visit my flickr site in general, as I've only got 10 or so pics that I'm proud enough to display (although a few are really questionable!).
Keep up the beautiful pictures, thank you all!

 

[KennyLinder]

Was just browsing thy gallery. Some really beautiful shots there. Thanks for posing and judging by the metadata you do work with the images in Lightroom. Now, I was wondering why you didn't rectify all the chromatic aberrations?

How would you do that? I don't know what that means?!

Cheers

 

[magicstop]

How would you do that? I don't know what that means?!

Cheers

There's a Lens Correction section in the Develop area of Lightroom. Under it, you can select a check box to fix Chromatic Aberrations (the typically red or blue or green lines of color on the edges of objections, usually when an object is high contrast against a background). It's simple, works really well, and is standard clean up as far as I can tell. I discovered it on day 2 of owning my 60D, as the Canon ES-F 18-135mm lens gets them BAD.

 

[dr3upmushroom]

Digging the Royal Arch photo.

 

[Flo_Evans]

 

[I Big JG I]

Digging the Royal Arch photo.

Thanks, that was one heck of a Hike to get there, in all it was about 5.5 miles round trip with a 1000ft gain in elevation and a backpack that weighed about ~50lbs. Spent about 2.5 hours up there, it was so awesome and this shot was one of the last I took. Perfect lighting for that angle. Got really lucky.

 

[Broder Salsa]

I am so damn hungry now, thanks Antiwhippy.

 

[Dorpheus]

Great stuff all around. I recently went out to try to rekindle my love for photography, but ultimately found that it's going to be an uphill battle. I seem to have lost my eye for interesting subjects.

Subscribing to encourage myself to get back in. Gonna walk around with my camera tomorrow and see what I can find. Can't wait.

 

[hEist]

 

[jl4855]

some awesome food shots here!

 

[guess]

Trying to get back into taking pictures for fun...

mrnorush: love the picture with bikes

 

[Red]

Good job on those food pics Antiwhippy! Been trying to build a portfolio myself.

My favorite is the lemons + limes.

 

[MentallyCritical]

slow photo month so far...

 

[Antiwhippy]

Thanks for the comments on the food photography, but I feel that some of them would have benefited from better lighting and better post-processing.

Went on a fishing excursion this weekend and decided to take the chance to do some nature photography. First time I really practiced using camera RAW for post-processing. Some of them might be overbaked. Would like some critiques and tips from anyone who are more experienced in post-processing.

Also trying my hand at B&W conversion.

1Dandenong_20120708_0070 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr


1Dandenong_20120708_0144 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr


1Dandenong_20120708_0074 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr


1Dandenong_20120708_0057 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr


1Dandenong_20120708_0096 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr


1Dandenong_20120708_0186 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr


Fishing_day_070712_0068B&W by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr


Fishing_day_070712_0129B&W by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr


Fishing_day_070712_0133edit by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr


Fishing_day_070712_0115B&W by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr


1Dandenong_20120708_0176 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr


Fishing_day_070712_0107b&W by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr

 

[KennyLinder]

There's a Lens Correction section in the Develop area of Lightroom. Under it, you can select a check box to fix Chromatic Aberrations (the typically red or blue or green lines of color on the edges of objections, usually when an object is high contrast against a background). It's simple, works really well, and is standard clean up as far as I can tell. I discovered it on day 2 of owning my 60D, as the Canon ES-F 18-135mm lens gets them BAD.

Is that the "Defringe Off/Edges/Highlight Edges" option?

Under Lens Correction its in the "manual" tab? (In Light Room 3).

 

[captive]

Thanks for the comments on the food photography, but I feel that some of them would have benefited from better lighting and better post-processing.

Been meaning to respond, but been busy printing on my new bad boy

I think you're lighting is actually very good, maybe a little more diffusion so you don't get some many little bright glares on things like the cherries. The lighting was best particularly on the sandwich, you've retained detail in the white of the lettuse and in the shadows, and the shadows have a nice soft fall off. Also it has fantastic textures.

I think the lemon limes works on multiple levels, contrasting the yellow with the green, the barrels each being about half a circle.

I think your cupcake shot has potential, I like how you've left off some of the cupcakes so your mind completes the image. The reason why I don't think the shot works is because while the cherries have fantastic color and texture the icecream is a little too hot and it goes out of the edge of the frame and your mind cant really complete the image like it can with the cupcakes. I think it would work better if you had the cherries surrounding the ice cream so you can see all of it.

Trying to get back into taking pictures for fun...

mrnorush: love the picture with bikes

DSC02720_edit by bitmipsyndicate, on Flickr

nice shots, both of y'all in h-town too?

 

[Antiwhippy]

Been meaning to respond, but been busy printing on my new bad boy

I think you're lighting is actually very good, maybe a little more diffusion so you don't get some many little bright glares on things like the cherries. The lighting was best particularly on the sandwich, you've retained detail in the white of the lettuse and in the shadows, and the shadows have a nice soft fall off. Also it has fantastic textures.

I think the lemon limes works on multiple levels, contrasting the yellow with the green, the barrels each being about half a circle.

I think your cupcake shot has potential, I like how you've left off some of the cupcakes so your mind completes the image. The reason why I don't think the shot works is because while the cherries have fantastic color and texture the icecream is a little too hot and it goes out of the edge of the frame and your mind cant really complete the image like it can with the cupcakes. I think it would work better if you had the cherries surrounding the ice cream so you can see all of it.

Thanks for the input! Yeah I'm pretty happy with how the sandwich came out. Took a few tries though to get the shadows right. I was more disappointed in the mushroom shots and and the wraps. I think I do need to build a diffuser just for more fill light to get rid of the cast shadows, and the wraps I think I underexposed it? Came out less contrasty then I hoped it to be.

Also yeah, I've had people tell me that the cream is too overblown in the cupcake shot. Still need to work on judging things in a composition.

 

[aidan]

Went camping near Port Alberni, on Vancouver Island. A couple of pics:

 

[Crazy-J]

Took some photos for a friend.

I need to come up with a logo. I have a name, but I just can't come up with anything.

 

[aidan]

Took some photos for a friend.

This is a solid shot. Nice lighting. Nice processing. Nice pose.

Not a fan of this pose/perspective, unfortunately.

I need to come up with a logo. I have a name, but I just can't come up with anything.

What's the name? We might be able to help you with some ideas!

 

[Represent.]

Glad someone else asked that question, I also have a name and have been trying to think of a logo for months now.

 

[sneaky77]

Aidan your first pic is kinda weird, my eyes keep going to the clouds, instead of the main of the photo, I am not sure if it's the sky editing or what.. love the shot, just kinda weird for me lol.

 

[Crazy-J]

What's the name? We might be able to help you with some ideas!

Frozen Memories by CJ

 

[Flo_Evans]

 

[aidan]

Aidan your first pic is kinda weird, my eyes keep going to the clouds, instead of the main of the photo, I am not sure if it's the sky editing or what.. love the shot, just kinda weird for me lol.

The clouds are a little dominant, huh? I didn't do a whole lot to them, other than a slight graduated filter when converting the RAW. I'll play around a bit.

Frozen Memories by CJ

A quick starting point:

 

[Slayer-33]

This fucking topic is fucking awesome

 

[Pagusas]

took several firework shots at bigger show here in Illinois:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/Pagusas/IMG_2273.jpg

Shot with a t1i, 2 second shutter, 8mm true fish eye lens (heavily cropped)

 

[Crazy-J]

Aidan: I love that design.

This might not be the right question for this thread, but here goes. What is the best book on learning how to compose photos?

 

[hEist]

Aidan: I love that design.

This might not be the right question for this thread, but here goes. What is the best book on learning how to compose photos?

Photographer's Eye by Michael Freeman

Took some photos for a friend.

<3




btw. instagram pictures "allowed" here?

 

[Crazy-J]

Thank you hEist. I have been looking at your photos on flickr, awesome work. Really dig your post processing, keep it up!

I might have to do a 365 day project myself.

 

[fat pat]

Couple shots i took wandering out yesterday.

 

[Damaged]

Got a few of the sunset this weekend, not too happy with the focus but fairly pleased with the colours


Untitled by nunsofanarchy, on Flickr

Untitled by nunsofanarchy, on Flickr

Untitled by nunsofanarchy, on Flickr

 

[pax217]

Got a few of the sunset this weekend, not too happy with the focus but fairly pleased with the colours


Untitled by nunsofanarchy, on Flickr

Untitled by nunsofanarchy, on Flickr

Untitled by nunsofanarchy, on Flickr

Dear Esther...

 

[subversus]

film, ilford, 3200 iso

 

[Toddler]

I'm sure a lot of you guys promote yourselves on Facebook. What I'd like to figure out is, what do you guys do to optimize your photos for their horrendous hosting?

 

[Pagusas]

Last firework pic

 

[guess]

nice shots, both of y'all in h-town too?

Thanks. Yeah, I am.

 

[AnkitT]

Some recent cameraphone pics which came out decent-ish.

 

[magicstop]

I'm sure a lot of you guys promote yourselves on Facebook. What I'd like to figure out is, what do you guys do to optimize your photos for their horrendous hosting?

I don't use Facebook, but if I did, I'd either link to my Flickr account, or I'd use GIMP to do all of the size and quality reductions myself, insuring a way better job of it. That being said, my partner told me that Facebook recently started allowing large pictures to be uploaded. Maybe it's getting better, dunno.

Some recent cameraphone pics which came out decent-ish.

Pretty cool! What phone? Seems to handle exposure pretty well . . .

 

[pixelated]

I'm sure a lot of you guys promote yourselves on Facebook. What I'd like to figure out is, what do you guys do to optimize your photos for their horrendous hosting?

This.

Since Facebook recompresses even if you upload a compressed JPG. That's compressing a compressed file. I feed Facebook and Flickr PNG files and let them compress from that.

So for me its Raw -> tiff -> png -> Facebook/Flickr converts png to jpg

I came to ask this question actually. Am I doing this wrong?

 

[AnkitT]

Pretty cool! What phone? Seems to handle exposure pretty well . . .

Thanks! Its the Nokia Lumia 800.

 

[Danielsan]

It's been a while since I've actually used my camera for anything decent. I'm thinking of picking it up again and heading out into the field this week to try and snap some decent pictures. I'm also considering doing a music themed batch. My main issue is that I'm still stuck to the kit-lens.

Shot this today. Thought it turned out well enough. The light bouncing of the record in particular. It could definitely be sharper though.

 

[subversus]

film, ilford, 3200 iso

 

[Red]

Photographer's Eye by Michael Freeman



<3




btw. instagram pictures "allowed" here?

hEist dammit how are you so awesome

 

[JORMBO]

I'm sure a lot of you guys promote yourselves on Facebook. What I'd like to figure out is, what do you guys do to optimize your photos for their horrendous hosting?

I just upload them to Facebook as they are. There's a link to my site also which I always encourage people to check out for better resolution shots.

I find most people on Facebook are used to shitty cell phone shots, so if my pics aren't quite perfectly optimized people still think they are super high quality. I really don't think pics look too bad on Facebook since they started allowing larger sizes.

 

[Toddler]

I don't use Facebook, but if I did, I'd either link to my Flickr account, or I'd use GIMP to do all of the size and quality reductions myself, insuring a way better job of it. That being said, my partner told me that Facebook recently started allowing large pictures to be uploaded. Maybe it's getting better, dunno.

It has gotten better than say a year ago, and the whole point is so that people can follow my photos directly through FB, rather than chasing links all over the internet. I do 99% of my editing in Lightroom 4. I'm just wondering if maybe there's a sweet spot in image size, or any additional post processing (over sharpening an image as example) that's produced positive results for any of you guys.

This.

Since Facebook recompresses even if you upload a compressed JPG. That's compressing a compressed file. I feed Facebook and Flickr PNG files and let them compress from that.

So for me its Raw -> tiff -> png -> Facebook/Flickr converts png to jpg

I came to ask this question actually. Am I doing this wrong?

Never tried feeding it anything other than jpg. I'll give it a try and report back after this weekend if there's anything worth while.

I just upload them to Facebook as they are. There's a link to my site also which I always encourage people to check out for better resolution shots.

I find most people on Facebook are used to shitty cell phone shots, so if my pics aren't quite perfectly optimized people still think they are super high quality. I really don't think pics look too bad on Facebook since they started allowing larger sizes.

I just have a difficult time letting go when I know the image looks a bit better than how FB depicts it.