ANITIX87 From Switzerland, joined Mar 2005, 3081 posts, RR: 16 Posted (9 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 5134 times:
Hi, guys!
Thought I'd kick off this installment of "Non-Aviation Photos" since the last thread got a bit long to load!
Here are my two most recent outings:
1) An engagement shoot for my high school friend and her fiance (sadly, I wasn't able to book their wedding as a follow-up. They went with a generic national "budget photographer" chain and I couldn't compete with their price). http://www.tisdigital.com/Alia_Scott/slideshow.html
Again playing with the macro tubes and 50mm f/1.8, I love this flower as it always reminds me of my fishing in Co. Donegal, Ireland on the River Drowes as the banks of the river were lined with these orange flowers.
If you're going for a more realistic look, then these are great! I, personally, prefer the really fake-looking HDRs, but most people don't, and it's a matter of personal preference.
MWHCVT From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2008, 543 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (9 months 2 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 4891 times:
Quoting Braybuddy (Reply 6): Sometimes in life there are things you . . . really . . . don't . .. . need . . . to . . . see . . . (sorry!)
Now mister, I know I haven't started this thread but really you now owe me one new set of eye's you could have at least put a NSFW tag before that last photo, I might be popping over to Dublin for Christmas to see my family over there I hope you will be able to give me some directions to some great locations I love the going for a swim a great composition...
Quoting airtrainer (Reply 8): Here's a picture taken a few days ago in Bali...
Never has farming looked so wonderful, it really shows the polar differences in farming accross the continents when compared to the two farming photo's that I posted, great work, I hope you will be posting some more Bali photo's into this thread in the future
What a great and varied set, I am struggling to pick out a favourite though I really like "Tracks" I like the way the tracks in the snow act as lead in lines drawing you in to look around the photo
Quoting tz757300 (Reply 4): Here are some taken everywhere with my ok quality camera phone
Those are very impressive considering they are taken with a camera phone, I love the sunset, it's wonderful, I bet there are a fair number of high end camera users that would not be able to such a wonderful image nice one
I cannot wait, your panning photo's are wonderful, what lens were you using to get those out of interest
Quoting ANITIX87 (Reply 3): Great results, considering you're using the macro tubes!!!
If you're going for a more realistic look, then these are great! I, personally, prefer the really fake-looking HDRs, but most people don't, and it's a matter of personal preference.
Thanks, I'm going to play with a friends 100mm f/2.8L macro lens tomorrow so I suspect that I'll be falling in love with that len's and then upsetting the bank manager not long after if I really like it
I think that both looks have there place in HDR but with these I was going for the more realistic look but just for you I'll post these, I cannot remember if I have posted them before so sorry if I have
petertenthije From Netherlands, joined Jul 2001, 3114 posts, RR: 15 Reply 11, posted (9 months 2 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 4879 times:
Last week's De Graafschap -vs- Ajax game. This is the 1-0 but it ended 1-4. This photo was made from the stands alongside the rest of the supporters (Spinnekop area 15/16). I used the 100-400 at full length and cropped a bit as well.
ANITIX87 From Switzerland, joined Mar 2005, 3081 posts, RR: 16 Reply 12, posted (9 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 4839 times:
Quoting radarbeam (Reply 5): Here are some of mine from the last thread...
I love the first one!
Quoting airtrainer (Reply 8): Here's a picture taken a few days ago in Bali...
Great shot!!
Here's my first attempt at "The Brenizer Method", a method of using panorama stitching invented by Ryan Brenizer (www.ryanbrenizer.com) used to show images as if they were taken with an extreme-aperture wide lens.
I used a Canon 100mm f/2.8L lens, and shot 39 images which I then stitched together in Photoshop. The resulting image gives an "equivalent" image to a 30.5mm f/0.83 lens according to "Brett's Calculator" (http://brettmaxwellphoto.com/Brenizer-Method-Calculation/).
TIS
www.tisdigital.com, www.stellaryear.com: Canon EOS 50D, Canon EOS 5DMkII, Sigma 50mm 1.4, Canon 100mm 2.8L, Canon 100-40
Geezer From United States of America, joined Aug 2010, 715 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (9 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 4836 times:
I was in Panama City Beach, Florida for the grand opening of the new airport, and I noticed this "Catmobile" in back of a Tattoo Parlor. It appeared to be a "highly modified" Dodge van. ( Note the big black "tail" sticking out the back and up over the roof. )
The Great Tiffany Dome ( the largest art glass dome in the world ), built in 1895, is in the Chicago Cultural Center on Michigan Ave., between Randolf and Washington in beautiful down-town Chicago. ( The C.C.C. is also the most "photographer friendly" big building of it's kind I have ever been in. ) They allow the use of flash, tripods, and even encourage people to take pictures.
I attended a wedding on South Padre Island, Texas, and this High School Student Mariachi Band provided part of the entertainment. The music was just fabulous, and some of their instruments were just fascinating. There was a whole bus load of students in the band, with many playing violins, guitars, that fabulous wheeled wooden harp, and the biggest guitar I have ever seen........the thing was almost as large as a cello! During their performance, several of the members of the band also sang solos (Spanish love songs for the bride and groom). I was one of only six non-Hispanic people in attendance, and the other 150 or so were all Mexican-Americans. All I can say is, it was the first wedding I have ever been to in my life that I REALLY enjoyed. ( If you ever have an opportunity to go to a Mexican wedding, don't pass it up! )
These three photos were taken hand held, with a very inexpensive little Fuji "mega-zoom" camera, and using ambient light. I plan to return to the Chicago Cultural Center and photograph the whole interior, this time using my D-300s, a tripod, and some decent Nikkor lenses.
About the frames; An accident really............................
A few years ago, I bought a copy of "Toast" to use in burning CD's; included with it was about half of a CD labeling app. for making CD jewel case inserts. I made tons of CD's, made art work for all of the jewel cases, and along the way, I became fairly proficient with this little app, finally started using it to create designs, and after a while, I started using the technique to create "one of a kind" digital frames for photos. What REALLY caused this to "take off", was when my friend Rob bought a huge 48 inch Mutoh commercial ink jet printer. Now I can make prints up to 36"X48",(as long as the file is big enough.)
Charley
Largest art glass dome in world, biggest Tiffany chandelier ever made
Quoting MWHCVT (Reply 10): Now mister, I know I haven't started this thread but really you now owe me one new set of eye's you could have at least put a NSFW tag before that last photo, I might be popping over to Dublin for Christmas to see my family over there I hope you will be able to give me some directions to some great locations I love the going for a swim a great composition...
LOL! All human life is here . . . PM me nearer the time and hopefully I'll do my best to point you in the right direction, evey though you'll probably upstage me with pics!
A few more recent faves:
Sir Giles Scott's phone boxes are truly iconic
Still life
Another still life . . . (well, almost!)
Life is a beach!
Dawn over the Taormina coastline
And some local pics:
Rock formation, The Cove, Bray
Country pubs can be . . . COLOURFUL! (Kilcoole, Co Wicklow)
Bray seaftront
This door is about 100 years old . . . and looks as if it hasn't been painted since!
GrahamHill From France, joined Mar 2007, 2235 posts, RR: 2 Reply 15, posted (9 months 2 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 4803 times:
Quoting ANITIX87 (Reply 3): Nice stuff! I love tha Corvette C6R!
Thank you. I may have saturated the Corvette colours a bit too much, though.
Oh well...
Quoting radarbeam (Reply 5): Awesome photos! #3 & #5 are my favs.
Thank you
Quoting Braybuddy (Reply 6): I love the way the structure makes the cyclist look insignificant
I really like the perspective in that picture!
Quoting Braybuddy (Reply 6): The streets of Syracuse are quiet in the midday heat
I like pictures of old city streets. This one is really nice.
Quoting MWHCVT (Reply 10): I cannot wait, your panning photo's are wonderful, what lens were you using to get those out of interest
Cheers mate. For the 24 Hours of Le Mans, I used a Canon 70-200 f/2.8 IS mounted on a Canon 7D. The camera is mine, but the lens is not! I rented it for the weekend. However, I was a bit disappointed with it. It gave me grainy images, even at the lowest possible ISO in daylight. I may have rented a bad sample or something. 2 years ago, my local photoshop lent me a Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 and it gave me back great pictures.
For the night shots posted above, I could not use the flash since I was behind a fence. So I used the highest aperture possible (f/2.8), Image Stabilizer and maximum ISO. With the panning, the fence is "vanishing" on the picture, which is quite handy .
They were really tough pictures to make, though, and plenty went to the trash bin. It's in moments like this where you really feel how huge the gap is between amateurs like me and professionals!
Quoting petertenthije (Reply 11): I used the 100-400 at full length and cropped a bit as well.
Nice! The pitch looks so small with that length!
Quoting ANITIX87 (Reply 12): Here's my first attempt at "The Brenizer Method", a method of using panorama stitching invented by Ryan Brenizer (www.ryanbrenizer.com) used to show images as if they were taken with an extreme-aperture wide lens.
That's really interesting! I never heard of that method, but I will definitely try it! Your first attempt is successful, from what I can see!
"A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one" - Moliere
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 6516 posts, RR: 29 Reply 17, posted (9 months 1 week 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 4702 times:
(OK, so technically this is an aviation photo. But it's not good enough quality to get accepted here, and I like it, so there you go)
Taken this past Saturday by Dockweiler Beach on the west side of LAX:
"Caution traffic is below you at 100 feet, heading northwest at 15 knots, a white seagull, report when in sight."
The spirit of Massachusetts is the spirit of America!
ANITIX87 From Switzerland, joined Mar 2005, 3081 posts, RR: 16 Reply 21, posted (9 months 1 week 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 4528 times:
Quoting B747forever (Reply 19): BTW, it would be great if you could list the equipment used. Always interesting to now what kind of gear other uses.
I alwyas wish people would post their EXIF data or technical information, and then I always forget. So here's my information.
For the slideshows in the opening post:
Cameras: Canon EOS 50D, Canon EOS 5D Mk I, Canon EOS 1D Mk IV
Lenses: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro, Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II, Canon EF 85mm f/1.8USM, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC,
For the "Brenizer Method" Panorama posted in Reply 12: Canon EOF 50D + Canon 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro.
TIS
www.tisdigital.com, www.stellaryear.com: Canon EOS 50D, Canon EOS 5DMkII, Sigma 50mm 1.4, Canon 100mm 2.8L, Canon 100-40
GrahamHill From France, joined Mar 2007, 2235 posts, RR: 2 Reply 23, posted (9 months 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 4506 times:
Quoting AirPacific747 (Reply 22): Wow, awesome! Lucky you. I want to experience the Le Mans by being down there as well!
I've been going every year since 1988. My parents live 1 hour away from the track. When I moved to Ireland, I was taking my summer holidays in June so I could keep going to the race. Same thing now that I moved to Canada. It just cost me more money
It's a fantastic race, but honestly, it's not as good as it was before. The track is being "modernized" and it's getting a bit bland.
I think the best period ever was the end of the 80s, when cars were doing almost 400 km/h in the Mulsanne straight. I know it was dangerous, but that was epic to watch at the time.
Seriously, over the past decade, the amount of Danish people coming to the race has grown like crazy, thanks to Tom K. He's been a fantastic advertiser for the race in Denmark. I do hope he races for another 10 years so that your fellew citizens keep coming to the race!
[Edited 2011-08-17 10:00:33]
"A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one" - Moliere
MWHCVT From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2008, 543 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (9 months 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 4507 times:
Unless the processing takes all the exif from the photo, I always leave it visible as I know that it can prove useful to some people in understanding how the photo is taken.
Here are some from this Sunday
First of all between 2-4.30am I was out having a bit of wool fun this is one of the results
WIRE WOOL #2 by mwhcvt, on Flickr
Canon 450D - 17-85mm f/4-5.6
Exposure 64
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 17 mm
ISO Speed 400
This is achieved for those that don't know by burning wirewool and then spinning the burning wool around in a cage to give this effect, a word of caution, fire fighting materials are a must when doing this type of shoot and a lot of planning goes into ensuring that any shoot I do is done with safety in mind.
Then I when home for a couple of hours sleep before heading to the approaches to the Land Rover Max show, thanks to the great panning posted above by GH I was inspired to go out and have a go myself so here are a few from out side of the Land Rover Max show
Canon 450D - 17-85mm f/4-5.6
Exposure 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture f/4.5
Focal Length 28 mm
ISO Speed 400
Later that day I attended the TalkPhotography Warwickshire and West Midlands Monthly meet, this was at Warwick this time for the Classic/Retro Car Gathering that had been organised, here are a couple of photo's from that
AirPacific747 From Denmark, joined May 2008, 1736 posts, RR: 24 Reply 29, posted (9 months 1 week 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 4517 times:
Quoting GrahamHill (Reply 23):
I think the best period ever was the end of the 80s, when cars were doing almost 400 km/h in the Mulsanne straight. I know it was dangerous, but that was epic to watch at the time.
I'm not even old enough to have experienced the Le Mans in the late 80's, or I would have been too young to understand or remember any of it. Once again, you are fortunate to have experienced it over decades!
Seriously, over the past decade, the amount of Danish people coming to the race has grown like crazy, thanks to Tom K. He's been a fantastic advertiser for the race in Denmark. I do hope he races for another 10 years so that your fellew citizens keep coming to the race!
I think he should reach 10 victories, then he can retire I wonder why no Danes are in the F1 but so many are competing in the Le Mans race.
Here's my contribution to this thread. The picture is only two days old and taken from the top of the Eiffel Tower. No photoshop here, and taken with my cell phone (Omnia 7):
Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4044 posts, RR: 33 Reply 30, posted (9 months 1 week 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 4490 times:
I took a quick overnight trip up to San Francisco last Monday to explore some shots of the Golden Gate Bridge.
GST From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2008, 880 posts, RR: 0 Reply 32, posted (9 months 1 week 22 hours ago) and read 4413 times:
Yes there are planes in them, but none of these shots would be close to a.net motives, so I thought i'd share them here. Messing about after dark at the inter university gliding competition, Aston Down a couple of weeks back.
photopilot From Cuba, joined Jul 2002, 2418 posts, RR: 22 Reply 33, posted (9 months 1 week 21 hours ago) and read 4413 times:
Ok, here's a few from yesterday. I was out at a police bike rodeo where officers from across Canada and some from the USA compete in various events with their bikes. Pylon courses, teeter-totters, etc. Some great riding skills on display and lots of dragging footboards.
Thanks, this is a great effect, and a lot of fun to do, just ensure that if you have a go at it and there is anything remotely flammable within 30 metres that you have adequate provision for fire control I take a bucket of sand with me
Quoting GrahamHill (Reply 25): This kind of panning is actually more difficult than mine! From that angle, it's not easy to get a sharp shot of the subject. Very nice pic!
Thanks it was great fun and I'm really pleased with the effect, thanks for being an inspiration
I had the pleasure this weekend to be shooting a wedding, I am doing more and more paid work in photography which is great, as what better than to have your hobby/passion to be your profession
Here you can see the bride throwing her bouquet to find who shall be the next to be married
MWHCVT From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2008, 543 posts, RR: 0 Reply 40, posted (9 months 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 4201 times:
Quoting Braybuddy (Reply 40): Excellent stuff! I'm not a Facbook person but could view them all the same. Nice touch with the sparkler . . . bet she loved that!
Thanks, I'm just working my way through editing all of the images from the day, I'm about 20% through the images now so should be finished by the weekend, ready to do it all over again
They are a great couple so I'm sure they will like it but they will have a lot of images to choose from
Must think up a new one soon, slow moving brain trying to get into gear ;)
CPH-R From Denmark, joined May 2001, 5581 posts, RR: 4 Reply 42, posted (9 months 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 4128 times:
Recently went back to my home town to visit some folks and play tourist for the day. And the highlight was as always visiting our 12th century Cathedral, which is the single location in Europe with the highest number of Royal burials (20 kings, 18 queens - I think that's the count).
I was using a simple point and shoot, so most of the photos aren't the good - though to be fair, the light was absolutely terrible
From the days of absolute monarchy, where the King was seen as God's substitute on Earth. And you can tell in some of the burial chapels (there's 4 of them, each built in the architectural style that was fashionable when its construction began - and in the late 18th century, that was Neoclassicism). In the center is the sarcophagus of Frederick V of Denmark.
Frederick V's chapel is generally regarded as one of the finest examples of Neoclassicism in Denmark. Which makes sense, as the burial chapel was regarded as the artists' big shot at showing off their work. Which I guess is why it took 51 years to complete it
GrahamHill From France, joined Mar 2007, 2235 posts, RR: 2 Reply 47, posted (9 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 3948 times:
Quoting Newark727 (Reply 47): Nice job, another a.netter at the 24 Hours! I think I posted my best from that race in the previous thread.
Thanks! I missed your pictures in the last thread so I went back to see them. They're nice!
I remember you from another thread: Spotting At Le Mans, France (LME/LFRM) (by Newark727 Apr 17 2010 in Aviation Photography) . I was the only one who replied to your question, but unfortunately I have not been of a great help
It's nice to see that you came back to the race this year!
"A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one" - Moliere
Newark727 From United States of America, joined Dec 2009, 576 posts, RR: 0 Reply 48, posted (9 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 3943 times:
Quoting GrahamHill (Reply 48): Thanks! I missed your pictures in the last thread so I went back to see them. They're nice!
I remember you from another thread: Spotting At Le Mans, France (LME/LFRM) (by Newark727 Apr 17 2010 in Aviation Photography) . I was the only one who replied to your question, but unfortunately I have not been of a great help
It's nice to see that you came back to the race this year!
aerdingus From Ireland, joined Dec 2006, 2245 posts, RR: 20 Reply 55, posted (8 months 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 3600 times:
I have too many favourites in this thread to mention! I credit this thread with inspiring me & getting me more interested in photography. I eventually want to join the local camera club, once I get a proper camera & stop messing around on phones cameras...
Here's a few bits...I have crappy equipment but I always try to work really hard on composition.
The lectern in St.Audoen's church , Dublin
Cool memorial in St.Audoen's
Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin
Cherry blossom carpet
Glasnevin Tower
I found these 3 chaps on a wall in Leeson St, there's a few of them knockin about Dublin!
Sol, Madrid, during the protests
Cervantes, in Toledo!
Dublin, I liked how the clouds were over the church & not over the bank hahaha
A VERY rainy day in Temple Bar
I just thought the clouds looked so pretty when I was hangin out me washin.
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david_itl From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2001, 6976 posts, RR: 17 Reply 56, posted (8 months 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 3566 times:
only went out once over the bank holiday weekend I decided to go back to Tatton Park to see what changes had taken place over the last couple of months.
Braybuddy From Ireland, joined Aug 2004, 4959 posts, RR: 39 Reply 57, posted (8 months 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 3559 times:
Some great pics there aerdingus. Love the angle for the last one!
Quoting aerdingus (Reply 55): I found these 3 chaps on a wall in Leeson St, there's a few of them knockin about Dublin!
They are all over Bray . . . apparently they're the work of a Scottish artist (it's his own face) living in a hotel in the town and for reasons better known to himself he's been putting them up everywhere.
aerdingus From Ireland, joined Dec 2006, 2245 posts, RR: 20 Reply 59, posted (8 months 3 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 3472 times:
Quoting Braybuddy (Reply 57): They are all over Bray . . . apparently they're the work of a Scottish artist (it's his own face) living in a hotel in the town and for reasons better known to himself he's been putting them up everywhere.
Ahhh ok, that solves that mystery!
Quoting Braybuddy (Reply 57): Some great pics there aerdingus. Love the angle for the last one!
Cheers man!
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vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 6516 posts, RR: 29 Reply 63, posted (8 months 3 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 3261 times:
I've been mostly taking and editing aviation photos recently, so haven't really had a chance to post some of my nonav ones. So here's one:
This little guy had the courtesy to visit my kitchen and pose for some photos the other day. Unfortunately, I don't have a macro lens, so the quality isn't great. But not bad, considering he was probably about an inch long including antenna, and I was using a 70-300 zoomed almost all the way in from about 6 feet away.
Don't know if it was the flash, but the little star pattern in his eye is pretty neat!
The spirit of Massachusetts is the spirit of America!
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 6516 posts, RR: 29 Reply 65, posted (8 months 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 3224 times:
Well, just when I thought I didn't have many photos to post here....
We had a bit of excitement tonight at our apartment building. I was sitting at my desk on the 2nd floor in front of the window, and suddenly smelled a candle-like smell. Thought it might be my computer, but then realized it was coming from outside.
So I walked down the stairs, and when I reach the bottom, I heard a loud crash. I walked out to the back porch, and this is what I saw two apartments down:
Immediately dialed 911. After that, ran out the front door to the hallway to see if anyone needed help. There was a group of people outside already, and others had called 911 too. Then ran out to the street and flagged down a passing police car (not sure if he was already coming here or not). Took him in through my apartment to the back porch. While he was there, I grabbed my camera and shot a few photos, including the one above.
We then had to evacuate when the fire department got here (probably within 5 minutes of calling - good response time in my opinion!). We were allowed back into our apartment about a half hour ago. Took a few photos of the aftermath as well:
Kinda crazy! Very glad that apparently no one was injured.
stealthz From Australia, joined Feb 2005, 5073 posts, RR: 51 Reply 71, posted (8 months 2 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2984 times:
Quoting aerdingus (Reply 70): Bahahaha just saw your tagline there!!
And in no way aimed at you, your work speaks to your abilities.
Aimed more at the uncounted millions that think because they have a multi mega pixel smart(??) phone they suddenly become the next Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson or David Bailey.
Having said that I don't think the audience cares, I recently worked a movie premiere red carpet, and in the photo enclosure with full acreditation was a, barely more than, tweenager shooting the celebs with an iPhone. The working pro photographers were mightily pissed, perhaps with the phone weilding poppet but more likely with the acceptance of the fact that technology, smart phones, the web and social media has dragged photography into the gutter... and few have any idea how to drag it back out.
If your camera sends text messages, that could explain why your photos are rubbish!
aerdingus From Ireland, joined Dec 2006, 2245 posts, RR: 20 Reply 72, posted (8 months 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 2960 times:
Quoting stealthz (Reply 71): nd in no way aimed at you, your work speaks to your abilities.
Aimed more at the uncounted millions that think because they have a multi mega pixel smart(??) phone they suddenly become the next Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson or David Bailey.
Hehe thanks.
Quoting stealthz (Reply 71): The working pro photographers were mightily pissed, perhaps with the phone weilding poppet but more likely with the acceptance of the fact that technology, smart phones, the web and social media has dragged photography into the gutter... and few have any idea how to drag it back out.
I can see why they would be pissed....
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I love coinage, so I can often take a pictures of coins, this one because I was handed this in my change so used a couple of 5 pence coins to frame the image
Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4044 posts, RR: 33 Reply 80, posted (8 months 2 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 2701 times:
Went to Vegas last week for the Photoshop World Expo. Did a lot of shooting while there, of course.
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 6516 posts, RR: 29 Reply 81, posted (8 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 2692 times:
Quoting Silver1SWA (Reply 80): Went to Vegas last week for the Photoshop World Expo. Did a lot of shooting while there, of course.
Ahhhh, damn you! I see your Vegas shots then look at mine and am utterly depressed.
Anyway, I finally got some landscape shooting in this past weekend. Was up in Big Bear, CA for the first time. Freaking beautiful! Full gallery here (not yet complete):
There was a lot of silent lightning in the distance....I took a bunch of 30-second exposures to try and capture it. Unfortunately the shot is slightly blurry (since I wasn't up there to shoot, I didn't bring my tripod )
Some more from up there (these first few night shots were all 30-second exposures, I think, taken well past midnight):
The house in which we were staying:
The observatory:
Figured I'd try this framing out, and it's odd, but I kind of like it:
The spirit of Massachusetts is the spirit of America!
MWHCVT From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2008, 543 posts, RR: 0 Reply 82, posted (8 months 1 week 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 2626 times:
I've been a busy by for the last 24hrs I have my first experience of shooting in a studio last night and here are a couple of the results STUDIO #9 by mwhcvt, on Flickr
Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4044 posts, RR: 33 Reply 88, posted (8 months 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 2358 times:
Quoting MWHCVT (Reply 87): Two from the last two days on my 365, and yeah I know I've got a little Strawberry mad but I wanted a different take on it for today
Nice ones! I've wanted to try this.
A couple weeks ago I went to the Photoshop World Expo in Las Vegas. There was an area with lighting booths set up with models so I got a chance to try some portrait/studio photography. I had NO experience with this before so I found it to be a lot of fun. It's all still way over my head, but it's someting I would like to learn more about.
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 6516 posts, RR: 29 Reply 91, posted (8 months ago) and read 2136 times:
This panorama just took me about 4-5 hours to put together. First time I've done most of it manually. End product is cool, but I don't want to do it again anytime soon!
Anyway, this was the view from Redondo Beach a bit before sunset today:
Braniff747SP From United States of America, joined Oct 2008, 2037 posts, RR: 1 Reply 92, posted (7 months 3 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1977 times:
I was out in Ventura... Did not have my camera. Borrowed someones point-n-shoot. Came out ok...
The 747 will always be the TRUE queen of the skies!
Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4044 posts, RR: 33 Reply 96, posted (7 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1794 times:
I have been quite busy lately. Lots of shooting. Here are a few from recent weeks.
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 6516 posts, RR: 29 Reply 97, posted (7 months 2 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 1788 times:
So I did some HDR on that beach panorama that I posted. That was my plan the whole time, but I hadn't gotten around to it when I posted the photo.
This brings up the question: What method would you guys use if you needed/wanted to do HDR on a panorama? The question arises because although I shoot RAW, I'm not sure that I have any method available for stitching RAW images together, and saving the result as another RAW file. Since I'm doing HDR with two edits from a single exposure, the result is much better if I do it in RAW rather than JPEG. But I'm not sure if that option is somehow available.
The only other option I can see is doing individual HDR on each photo in the stitch.....but that's not appealing at all.
Thanks much for any input.
Anyway, here you go:
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Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4044 posts, RR: 33 Reply 98, posted (7 months 2 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 1779 times:
Quoting vikkyvik (Reply 97): The only other option I can see is doing individual HDR on each photo in the stitch.....but that's not appealing at all.
This is the best method, unfortunately. Otherwise you will be dealing with multiple panoramas that were stitched together slightly differently and the final HDR wont match up properly.
I created this panorama from 4 separate exposure fusions. The process for exposure fusion is pretty much the same as HDR so I can use this as an example. Create an HDR using your brackets for each image you wish to use for the pano. Then stitch the final HDRs together. CS5's Photomerge is AMAZING at stitching with ease...
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 6516 posts, RR: 29 Reply 100, posted (7 months 2 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 1758 times:
Quoting Silver1SWA (Reply 98):
This is the best method, unfortunately. Otherwise you will be dealing with multiple panoramas that were stitched together slightly differently and the final HDR wont match up properly.
What I was thinking was if I were able to stitch the RAW images together, then I could export a couple different overall exposures.
That's exactly what I do for HDR anyway - make them from a single image. So I guess really I was asking if there's a way to stitch RAW images together. Canon's Photostitch hasn't worked for me.
Unfortunately, CS3's auto-align and auto-blend only work on certain panoramas I've done. That's why I ended up doing that one by hand. It was a good learning experience, if rather painful. I do have CS5, but it's generally too slow on my computer.
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Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4044 posts, RR: 33 Reply 101, posted (7 months 2 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 1750 times:
Quoting vikkyvik (Reply 100): That's exactly what I do for HDR anyway - make them from a single image. So I guess really I was asking if there's a way to stitch RAW images together. Canon's Photostitch hasn't worked for me.
I hate to nitpick, but if you are using only 1 exposure, it's not HDR. Sorry, just a pet peeve..
And selecting RAWs in photomerge is no problem. Im curious why photomerge hasn't worked for you. It's too easy!
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vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 6516 posts, RR: 29 Reply 102, posted (7 months 2 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1754 times:
Quoting Silver1SWA (Reply 101): I hate to nitpick, but if you are using only 1 exposure, it's not HDR. Sorry, just a pet peeve..
Ah, that's fine - call it what you will (fake HDR, whatever). Still works pretty well, I think (a.k.a. well enough for my purposes).
Quoting Silver1SWA (Reply 101): And selecting RAWs in photomerge is no problem. Im curious why photomerge hasn't worked for you. It's too easy!
Don't know, really. Is Photomerge the same as when you have each image in the panorama as one layer, and use the "auto-align layers" and "auto-blend layers" functions? That's what I'd read about online somewhere.
I haven't really tried in CS5, so I don't know if it's more advanced compared to CS3.
Thanks a lot - I really appreciate your responses.
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Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4044 posts, RR: 33 Reply 103, posted (7 months 2 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1742 times:
Quoting vikkyvik (Reply 102): Don't know, really. Is Photomerge the same as when you have each image in the panorama as one layer, and use the "auto-align layers" and "auto-blend layers" functions? That's what I'd read about online somewhere.
In CS5 go File ---> Automate ---> Photomerge. Select a method, open your files and VOILA!
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vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 6516 posts, RR: 29 Reply 104, posted (7 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 1706 times:
Quoting Silver1SWA (Reply 103): In CS5 go File ---> Automate ---> Photomerge. Select a method, open your files and VOILA!
Holy. Crap.
I just tried this in CS3 with the same panorama photos....30 seconds later, I had what took me 4 hours to do by hand.
Can't believe I never knew about that before!
Thank you very much for the tips - I owe you one for that!
The good news is that the automated merge result looks very close to what I got by hand. Glad to know I wasn't totally off base with how I went about it. The even better news is that I (hopefully) never have to do that again.
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alphafloor From Chile, joined Jun 2004, 1277 posts, RR: 50 Reply 105, posted (7 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1667 times:
Quoting MWHCVT (Reply 24): Unless the processing takes all the exif from the photo, I always leave it visible as I know that it can prove useful to some people in understanding how the photo is taken.
Quoting MWHCVT (Reply 87): Two from the last two days on my 365, and yeah I know I've got a little Strawberry mad but I wanted a different take on it for today
MWHCVT From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2008, 543 posts, RR: 0 Reply 106, posted (7 months 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1622 times:
It's amazing to see the quality of the images that keep getting posted and it's a pleasure to follow those a.netter that are on flickr, away from this site also as they are amazing even if Ryan keeps posting stunning images right after I've posted and showing my images up
I've just invested in a B&W ND110 filter, for those that don't know this is a filter that dramatically increases the exposure time by cutting the light reaching the sensor, actually making your exposure 1024 times longer than it would be if unfiltered, these are the photo's that I've published from using that filter 281/365 by mwhcvt, on Flickr
Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4044 posts, RR: 33 Reply 108, posted (7 months 2 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 1520 times:
Quoting MWHCVT (Reply 106): even if Ryan keeps posting stunning images right after I've posted and showing my images up
Aw, don't say that!
I only post after you because you're typically the one to bump the thread back up, thus bringing it back to my attention.
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Braybuddy From Ireland, joined Aug 2004, 4959 posts, RR: 39 Reply 110, posted (7 months 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 1498 times:
Great to see people still posting terrific pics, but shouldn't we move on to a Q4 thread now seeing we're well into October? Been doing some travelling over the last week so hope to have some new pics to share when I'm back home in a couple of weeks' time.
It's wonderful what this filter allows you to achieve
Quoting Braybuddy (Reply 110): Great to see people still posting terrific pics, but shouldn't we move on to a Q4 thread now seeing we're well into October? Been doing some travelling over the last week so hope to have some new pics to share when I'm back home in a couple of weeks' time.
I think you maybe right I will have a look at getting a new one started later, it's a little difficult as this one is not my thread
Matt
MWHCVT
Must think up a new one soon, slow moving brain trying to get into gear ;)
airtrainer From Belgium, joined Aug 2003, 1369 posts, RR: 15 Reply 112, posted (7 months 1 week 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 1393 times:
Quoting mal787 (Reply 9): Love that shoot , great picture .
Quoting MWHCVT (Reply 10): Never has farming looked so wonderful, it really shows the polar differences in farming accross the continents when compared to the two farming photo's that I posted, great work, I hope you will be posting some more Bali photo's into this thread in the future
Love these SF shots !
And a special mention to your kitten, so cute
Quoting MWHCVT (Reply 106): I've just invested in a B&W ND110 filter
Great effects indeed
@AF340, love the water lilies shot !
Here's a picture taken near Cagliari last month...
Taken with my old Canon EOS 350D with EF-S 17-85
Don't remember if I've already posted this one in a previous thread...
Taken with a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W170 compact camera
By the way, I think it's time for an exciting Q4 thread
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