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[The Blackhat]

3 hours ago, poochyena said:

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Here is a local squrriel

Nice shot. Good focus, good exposure, decently sharp, and he's looking at you. Good all around.

 

Spent many hours manually processing a couple rolls of film. I think this was one of the best turn outs.

[Zodiark1593]

Took some photos at a friends party. Lighting was pretty terrible everywhere except for one sliver of backyard. Really need to get some wireless flashes and softboxes in my arsenal. Won’t post the full res file though. 
 

Didn’t really do much setup here. Was pretty spur of the moment. There was lighting I actually liked, so I just quickly snagged a couple photos. 
 

Samyang 50mm F1.4 in Avengers Hulk voice “…very low light, some gentle softening on people, pretty bokeh, it’s like I was made for this…”

 

A7C, F1.4, ISO 3200 (yes, even at F1.4, I still needed to ramp this way up! The light really was quite dim) 1/40

 

Had some issues with color on this one I worked to subdue in post. Forgot there was a cool colored porch light directly behind me. Not sure how easy it is to spot though. 
 

 

[Hawallan93]

Nice looking portrait. I especially like the lighting and the Bokeh it's well executed and the depth of field is spot on.  Nice couple!

 

My picture was shot on an X-S10 witth the 100-400 and the 1.4tc at 560mm:

[Zodiark1593]

I give that an 8/10. Shooting a plane with a massive telephoto (with a teleconverter, no less)  is not an easy task.

 

Did some more street shooting today. Took some advice in trying different perspectives to make something new of a town I'd walked many times over already.

 

Samyang 35mm F2.8 and Sony A7C

F11, 1/80, ISO-100

 

 

[LapsedPacifist69]

19 hours ago, Zodiark1593 said:

I give that an 8/10. Shooting a plane with a massive telephoto (with a teleconverter, no less)  is not an easy task.

 

Did some more street shooting today. Took some advice in trying different perspectives to make something new of a town I'd walked many times over already.

 

Samyang 35mm F2.8 and Sony A7C

F11, 1/80, ISO-100

 

 

Good to try new a perspective and has made fro a really interesting shot, it can be really difficult to find inspiration in the same places you always see so well done....
This scene has so much going on that could be the focal point, with the eye drawn to so many details it makes me want to se it for myself.
I guess there are some other things you could try to see how the shot would change (and I've no idea if any of these would work) but if you had a really brightly coloured ball just in front of the doorway just in the shadow that might create "the" focal point or maybe someone in the distance at the end of alley. Your eye is kind of drawn along but after all the visual excitement it kind of stops. Would love to see more of the main mural, maybe from slightly further back or higher up, but then maybe you couldn't because of the layout.
You could even play with colour, saturation and contrast which could totally change the feel of the shot.

This is a shot from my first time at a big car meet, the lady who owned it is really pleased with it, it's not perfect, I'm annoyed I've had to crop the very rear of the car, but it's been an interesting one to edit.

[Zodiark1593]

2 hours ago, LapsedPacifist69 said:

Good to try new a perspective and has made fro a really interesting shot, it can be really difficult to find inspiration in the same places you always see so well done....
This scene has so much going on that could be the focal point, with the eye drawn to so many details it makes me want to se it for myself.
I guess there are some other things you could try to see how the shot would change (and I've no idea if any of these would work) but if you had a really brightly coloured ball just in front of the doorway just in the shadow that might create "the" focal point or maybe someone in the distance at the end of alley. Your eye is kind of drawn along but after all the visual excitement it kind of stops. Would love to see more of the main mural, maybe from slightly further back or higher up, but then maybe you couldn't because of the layout.
You could even play with colour, saturation and contrast which could totally change the feel of the shot.

This is a shot from my first time at a big car meet, the lady who owned it is really pleased with it, it's not perfect, I'm annoyed I've had to crop the very rear of the car, but it's been an interesting one to edit.

A 24mm probably would’ve been the better choice. The Tamron 24mm F2.8 I have is sharp as can be, though I seldom take it to the street as the barrel distortion is really quite severe, and brick lined buildings would’ve not looked very straight. Suppose if I take it out at night, I could make an alley look like it’s closing in, like something out of a horror movie. 

[Haro]

Got my first pair of Jordans a while ago and I couldn't help but take a couple of shots of these great looking shoes. Would've liked to upload more than one but size limit couldn't allow that sadly.

EOS 2000D 1/200 ISO100 F2.8 @50mm.

 

[sub68]

12 minutes ago, Haro said:

Got my first pair of Jordans a while ago and I couldn't help but take a couple of shots of these great looking shoes. Would've liked to upload more than one but size limit couldn't allow that sadly.

EOS 2000D 1/200 ISO100 F2.8 @50mm.

 

I love the angle and the details are perfect.

uhh the maid day.

canon 70d 1/60 iso 3200, 18-135mm.

[LapsedPacifist69]

On 2/22/2022 at 1:40 AM, Zodiark1593 said:

A 24mm probably would’ve been the better choice. The Tamron 24mm F2.8 I have is sharp as can be, though I seldom take it to the street as the barrel distortion is really quite severe, and brick lined buildings would’ve not looked very straight. Suppose if I take it out at night, I could make an alley look like it’s closing in, like something out of a horror movie. 

I have an 11-24mm for my full frame canon, it has virtually zero distortion, all the lines stay straight no matter the zoom. I love it but it can do weird things with perspective... much prefer it to fisheye lenses which i almost got instead

 

[LapsedPacifist69]

7 hours ago, sub68 said:

I love the angle and the details are perfect.

uhh the maid day.

canon 70d 1/60 iso 3200, 18-135mm.

Wow... ummmm...... that's disturbing LOL
Great way to get them to fill the frame by crouching down, I would have suggested trying to find a less "busy" background (use the wall to the left or something) or use a much wider aperture to blur the background. not one I'd hang on my wall, but certainly good fun and great that they were willing to pose for you. 

Two photos attached from 2006, taken on my old Canon 10D with a whole 6MP and I think a 28-105 lens. Taken in Laos during a holiday, love her expressions, one of my favourite photos

[sub68]

1 minute ago, LapsedPacifist69 said:

great that they were willing to pose for you.

they were my friends

1 minute ago, LapsedPacifist69 said:

Great way to get them to fill the frame by crouching down

I was in this position.

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(excpt with a camera

 

3 minutes ago, LapsedPacifist69 said:

Two photos attached from 2006, taken on my old Canon 10D with a whole 6MP

I had a XTi as a first DSLR.

(died last march)

4 minutes ago, LapsedPacifist69 said:

and I think a 28-105 lens

My sister is gonna give me that lens

6 minutes ago, LapsedPacifist69 said:

I would have suggested trying to find a less "busy" background (use the wall to the left or something) or use a much wider aperture to blur the background.

yeah, I thought it would be cool to take it in front of people, the aperture was f 5.6

8 minutes ago, LapsedPacifist69 said:

not one I'd hang on my wall,

yeah me too it was mostly for them.

11 minutes ago, LapsedPacifist69 said:

Taken in Laos during a holiday, love her expressions, one of my favourite photos

I love those facial expressions too, nice DOF

Let me find something cool taken with my XTi

A APU off of my PS4 when I was replacing thermal paste two years ago.

Canon XTi ISO 800 1/40 exposure, 18-55mm at 55mm F/8.

 

[Lightwreather]

On 2/24/2022 at 1:20 AM, sub68 said:

A APU off of my PS4 when I was replacing thermal paste two years ago.

Well that's pretty neat.

Bumping the thread because I found some old pictures of flowers I took a couple yeras ago

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Keep in mind that this was before I realised that Editing and shooting in RAW was a thing I could do. (Tho I was learning how to use manual focus)

[poochyena]

I like the flower photos. Some of my plants are starting to get ready for spring, so i'll have photos of them in a few weeks.

 

I took some cosplay photos of a friend over the weekend

[adarw]

11 hours ago, poochyena said:

I like the flower photos. Some of my plants are starting to get ready for spring, so i'll have photos of them in a few weeks.

 

I took some cosplay photos of a friend over the weekend

 

i like the last one the most, its really nice! freaky too.

 

heres an over saturated pic of my mom's olive tree!

 

[RockSolid1106]

16 hours ago, poochyena said:

I like the flower photos. Some of my plants are starting to get ready for spring, so i'll have photos of them in a few weeks.

 

I took some cosplay photos of a friend over the weekend

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First one.. The flash kinda ruined it. Second one though, I'd give that a solid 10/10, love the lighting in that one.

5 hours ago, adarw said:

i like the last one the most, its really nice! freaky too.

 

heres an over saturated pic of my mom's olive tree!

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7/10. There's just too much stuff that is out of focus IMO.

 

Since my exams were over and I had some free time, I made a little box light thing, which has two 9W bulbs and a diffusion sheet to use as a nice source of light. It works pretty well, though, not so bright and I sometimes do get grainy photos due to the high ISO I have to set.

Here's a photo of a pen and my headphones which I like.

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(I wish I could do something about that cable..)

E: I just realize the headphone image shows up a bit brighter here on the forum. Opening it in a new tab does make it better, but not as good as the original.

 

Edited March 8, 2022 by RockSolid1106

[Zodiark1593]

21 hours ago, RockSolid1106 said:

First one.. The flash kinda ruined it. Second one though, I'd give that a solid 10/10, love the lighting in that one.

7/10. There's just too much stuff that is out of focus IMO.

 

Since my exams were over and I had some free time, I made a little box light thing, which has two 9W bulbs and a diffusion sheet to use as a nice source of light. It works pretty well, though, not so bright and I sometimes do get grainy photos due to the high ISO I have to set.

Here's a photo of a pen and my headphones which I like.

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(I wish I could do something about that cable..)

E: I just realize the headphone image shows up a bit brighter here on the forum. Opening it in a new tab does make it better, but not as good as the original.

 

Love the lighting on the product photos. You don’t need a ton of light from your source to get a clean image if you go longer exposure. You’ll require a steady mount for the camera. Additionally, I’d also recommend a smaller aperture. If you’re on a stable mount with a stationary subject, you can stop down right to the edge of diffraction, so probably F11 or even F16, depending on lens. Given the resolution, I assume this is probably a Sony camera? Sony FF seems to respond really well to long exposures. 
 

This image was shot on a tripod. Sony A7C with 85mm F1.8 FE. 

F5.6, 0.6s, ISO 100

[The Blackhat]

5 hours ago, Zodiark1593 said:

 

I like it. The colors go well together and it's visually interesting.

 

This Lego NES set was absolutely awesome to build. It also was the first time I could shoot on this table with the glass on because of my new polarizer.

 

[RockSolid1106]

On 3/9/2022 at 7:14 AM, Zodiark1593 said:

Given the resolution, I assume this is probably a Sony camera? Sony FF seems to respond really well to long exposures.

Nope, Nikon, Nikon D3500. I'm no expert but it seems to do decent with long exposures.

 

On 3/9/2022 at 7:14 AM, Zodiark1593 said:

Additionally, I’d also recommend a smaller aperture. If you’re on a stable mount with a stationary subject, you can stop down right to the edge of diffraction, so probably F11 or even F16, depending on lens.

Went down to F10. I'd say a good portion of the object is in focus now with F10.

Nikon D3500, F10, 1/15 sec.(0.06s), ISO 100., 45mm.

(cropped out a bit to remove unnecessary parts)

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For comparison:

(left - New image, right - old image)

 

I'm probably not even qualified to rate the photo above me, but man, that one looks like a render..

[Zodiark1593]

30 minutes ago, RockSolid1106 said:

Nope, Nikon, Nikon D3500. I'm no expert but it seems to do decent with long exposures.

 

Went down to F10. I'd say a good portion of the object is in focus now with F10.

Nikon D3500, F10, 1/15 sec.(0.06s), ISO 100., 45mm.

(cropped out a bit to remove unnecessary parts)

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Just assumed it was a Sony, as the resolution was a perfect match. Still, for a entry level camera, I'm legitimately pretty impressed by the image quality of the sample shots I'd seen. Definitely an excellent choice for novices while having good headroom for improving your skill. By comparison, Canon's EOS Rebel series is pretty underwhelming.

 

The increased depth of field works far better here, and the low ISO makes this a much cleaner shot. Massive difference actually. I'd probably push up exposure a bit more though (maybe 1/10 or 1/8 shutter speed), but that's just my opinion. Good work otherwise.

[no.lens.cap]

A throwback to 2017

[no.lens.cap]

1 minute ago, Eviljuche said:

Wow, looks really nice, the strong gradient created by the air makes it look like something from a MacOS default wallpaper (which is very good). Is this a medium format? Looks as nice as one.

 

 

Just a full frame OG Sony a7s and a 70-200 2.8. Planned that shot about a month ahead of time when I flew back home from a work trip.

[Zodiark1593]

4 hours ago, Eviljuche said:

Wow, looks really nice, the strong gradient created by the air makes it look like something from a MacOS default wallpaper (which is very good). Is this a medium format? Looks as nice as one.

 

 

Haven't used a camera (and haven't posted in this thread as well) in almost a year, decided to do something about it.

Olympus E-PM1 (micro 4/3) [Yeah, I know it's a trashcam, but I was lazy to charge the batteries of proper cameras], KMZ Helios 44-2 (M42 adapter), f/2.0, ISO 200, edited in Lightroom.

 

It’s a fan. Probably having things a bit more in focus would be nice though. 
 

This was shot with the A7C, 85mm F1.8. 
1/4000, ISO 100,F1.8

[Imbadatnames]

Nice, throwing that fast that 1/4000 was needed? 
 

 

 

had a go messing with the iPad photos app editor 

[tikker]

Pretty neat. The rainbow and the clounds nicely contrast, but the landscape is too dark for my liking.

 

 

Had a nice "supermoon" (low to the horizon, looking big) going tonight, so I tried to capture it. Note that it's two separate exposures, one 1/100 for the landscape and a 1/4000 for the Moon, poorly GIMP-ed together to practise photoshopping. The Moon is slightly enlarged in GIMP to hide the over-exposure+chromatic abberation halo in the landscape shot other than that just cropped. Visually it looked much bigger than in the picture though. I failed to capture that.

 

Random daffodils that I think worked out better than the Moon actually (f1.8, 1/15, ISO-1600):

 

Canon EOS 1200D with 50 mm f1.8 for both.

[JaffH_iii]

On 4/16/2022 at 3:31 PM, tikker said:

Pretty neat. The rainbow and the clounds nicely contrast, but the landscape is too dark for my liking.

 

 

Had a nice "supermoon" (low to the horizon, looking big) going tonight, so I tried to capture it. Note that it's two separate exposures, one 1/100 for the landscape and a 1/4000 for the Moon, poorly GIMP-ed together to practise photoshopping. The Moon is slightly enlarged in GIMP to hide the over-exposure+chromatic abberation halo in the landscape shot other than that just cropped. Visually it looked much bigger than in the picture though. I failed to capture that.

 

Random daffodils that I think worked out better than the Moon actually (f1.8, 1/15, ISO-1600):

 

Canon EOS 1200D with 50 mm f1.8 for both.

Obviously, a great job. 10/10