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Pics that don't make you laugh but are still cool

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DD

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komplanen said:
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Übermatik;217727870 said:
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This is not a complain, I think it's fine to post these and I love you both, Komps and Uber (more Uber than Komps
kiddin <3
), so don't get me wrong. But I need to get this out of my chest: I love photography and digital art, really, but I have an irrational disdain for this kind of pics that try pass as real well made photographs. Not that I'm against editing or any kind of manipulation, but I always feel like as if the guy who did it is trying to BS me. Am I alone with that? :c
 
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Übermatik

Member
DD said:
This is not a complain, I think it's fine to post these and I love you both, Komps and Uber (more Uber than Komps
kiddin <3
), so don't get me wrong. But I need to get this out of my chest: I love photography and digital art, really, but I have an irrational disdain for this kind of pics that try pass as real well made photographs. Not that I'm against editing or any kind of manipulation, but I always feel like as if the guy who did it is trying to BS me. Am I alone with that? :c
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The photo I posted is a digital composite. Multiple photos will have been taken at a variety of exposures and stacked. The star zoom effect is achieved by adjusting the focal length of the lens whilst the shutter is open.

In short: you can't get results like these in one shot, but aside from compositing and a bit of colour correction and toning, it's unfair to shrug captures like these off as 'Photoshops', as the majority of the work is done with the setup and camera.


*EDIT* I may have been a little misleading, so to save my skin and break it down in more digestible terms, here's a picture form the artist outlining his process:


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DD

Member
Übermatik;217731827 said:
The photo I posted is a digital composite. Multiple photos will have been taken at a variety of exposures and stacked. The star zoom effect is achieved by adjusting the focal length of the lens whilst the shutter is open.

In short: you can't get results like these in one shot, but aside from compositing and a bit of colour correction and toning, it's unfair to shrug captures like these off as 'Photoshops', as the majority of the work is done with the setup and camera.


*EDIT* I may have been a little misleading, so to save my skin and break it down in more digestible terms, here's a picture form the artist outlining his process:


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Oh, so the guy actually showed how he did that, so it's okay, I guess. :3 It's just that I'm kind of tired to see some stupid Facebook pages listing "THE MOST AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHS" with stuff like that, and I'm like "this isn't a real photograph, you f*cks ¬¬". By the way, I'm actually more impressed by the second pic (the one with the zoomed stars) than by the final product, heh.
 
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Übermatik

Member
DD said:
Oh, so the guy actually showed how he did that, so it's okay, I guess. :3 It's just that I'm kind of tired to see some stupid Facebook pages listing "THE MOST AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHS" with stuff like that, and I'm like "this isn't a real photograph, you f*cks ¬¬". By the way, I'm actually more impressed by the second pic (the one with the zoomed stars) than by the final product, heh.
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If you see a night shot with everything perfectly exposed, it's (more than likely) a stack of several photos composited in Ps - especially those with star trails.
But yeah, I share your pain... equally, finding photos that have been absolutely ravaged by Photoshop's adjustment tools makes me wince. You get a lot of those slip through the net on r/Earthporn and the like. "Ooh look, acid green grass and lovely splotches of purple/green noise, my fave - plenty of chromatic abberation to boot too, 'cos the 'photographer' is using a shitty 18-55mm kit lens from 2011".
*EDIT* Here's a fitting culprit... Zoom in.

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There's also this travesty that I've seen garner buckets of praise on the net despite being clearly (to anyone with a layman's knowledge of photography) Photoshopped:

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Depth of field what?

Ahem.

Sorry.

Here:

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This one's good. Photographer could have used a faster shutter speed, but they were probably working with limitations given the lighting. It's nice as it is, anyway, I'm just nit-pick mode after the above examples.
 
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DD

Member
Übermatik;217747799 said:
'cos the 'photographer' is using a shitty 18-55mm kit lens from 2011".
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Now you're hurting my feelings. I'm still using a Sony H50 from 2008. :c


Übermatik;217747799 said:
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MY EEEEYYYYEEEEESSSS!!!! &#3237;_&#3237;




Übermatik;217747799 said:
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This one's good. Photographer could have used a faster shutter speed, but they were probably working with limitations given the lighting. It's nice as it is, anyway, I'm just nit-pick mode after the above examples.
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This one is effin cool!
 
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komplanen

Member
Good job DD! You ruined everything! It was all going so well until you told me I had mistakenly posted a composite as a real photograph. Now I can never post anything here again in the fear that it's fake and I look like a doofus.
 
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DD

Member
komplanen said:
Good job DD! You ruined everything! It was all going so well until you told me I had mistakenly posted a composite as a real photograph. Now I can never post anything here again in the fear that it's fake and I look like a doofus.
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Just according to keikaku >:)
 
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Trouble

Banned
Platy said:
If you want to make your brain hurt more, youtube "contact juggling" .. it is a type of juggling that most modern techniques were created by Michael Moschen

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Man, that's a blast from the past. I remember getting high and watching Michael Moschen videos when I was in college ~20 years ago (yes, I'm old).
 
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Fritz

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Übermatik;217747799 said:
If you see a night shot with everything perfectly exposed, it's (more than likely) a stack of several photos composited in Ps - especially those with star trails.
But yeah, I share your pain... equally, finding photos that have been absolutely ravaged by Photoshop's adjustment tools makes me wince. You get a lot of those slip through the net on r/Earthporn and the like. "Ooh look, acid green grass and lovely splotches of purple/green noise, my fave - plenty of chromatic abberation to boot too, 'cos the 'photographer' is using a shitty 18-55mm kit lens from 2011".
*EDIT* Here's a fitting culprit... Zoom in.

YK0RJHk.jpg


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Every fucking pic of Great Britain.

They touch them up to the max.

I dare you to post a "post pics of your home town" thread in OT now and see for yourselves.
 
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Ninja Scooter

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Melchiah

Melchiah

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Rising up from the Salisbury plains, the Iron Age Hillfort of Old Sarum is hard to miss. Site of the original Salisbury, this mighty Iron Age hill fort boasts far-reaching views across the Wiltshire countryside. With a history spanning over 5000 years, Old Sarum is one of the most enthralling and historically important sites in southern England.
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