Photography Thread

[duovamp]

Popped collar? Fedora? His parents training him to be a total douchebag?

[Mooney]

Originally Posted by duovamp

Popped collar? Fedora? His parents training him to be a total douchebag?

that's his grandmother's doing. his parents are training him to be an ardent follower of jesus christ.

[Duke1497]

Originally Posted by Mooney

more of my nephew over christmas.

Aw cute kid, he looks just like my little cousin

[Mooney]

Originally Posted by Duke1497

Aw cute kid, he looks just like my little cousin

people tell him that he looks just like his uncle evan when i was younger. here's hoping he doesn't turn into a soulless asshole like me.

[Duke1497]

Aw, you're not mean, you're a cool guy

[Rairun]

[Duke1497]

Originally Posted by Rairun

Wow!

Where were these taken? The land is beautiful!

[Rairun]

Originally Posted by Duke1497

Wow!

Where were these taken? The land is beautiful!

1: Edinburgh.
2: York.
3, 4, 5, 6 and 7: Countryside around Edale, in the Peak District.

And yes, I love that place. Woke up at 5am yesterday to get there in time to see the sunrise.

[Duke1497]

That sounds cool, I definitely want to look into traveling thre sometime. I love traveling to places with open fields and mountansides and things like that

[reprise85]

those pics are fucking amazing, look professional for sure. do you work as a photographer? you should. that sunrise is killer too.

[Rairun]

Thanks!

But no, photography is just a hobby. I toyed with the idea of getting better glass (and a body, for that matter) to shoot concerts, but then I decided against it. I don't think I want to make it a job - and even if I did, there'd still be a lot to learn before I could. I can work with my limitations reasonably well, but I know little to nothing about using filters, flash photography, etc.

[Dead Frequency]

[cocksure]

rairun you rule. not because of how "professional" those pictures look but because you like awesome rural things

[Kahlo]

I love your images Rairun, really beautiful stuff. They remind me of the train journey I took between Carlisle and London on Wednesday - not enough people are photographing these kind of places.

The only criticism I have is that you are pushing the saturation slightly too hard on some of the images which give them a bit of an HDR look - but the compositions and choice are excellent

[28if]

nice pics but i also think you are pushing the saturation a bit far. i love the frost on the grass in this one:

[Rairun]

Yeah, I actually agree. I usually expose for the highlights and then try to bring the shadows out, but sometimes I end up overdoing it and the image looks flat (a bit like HDR). I do adjust the saturation afterwards (because fill light + contrast increases it), but yeah, I guess sometimes I don't bring it down enough.

From the ones I posted, the only one I wasn't quite happy with was this one:



I'm posting it again because when I tried to update it on Picasa, it changed the link. The old one is probably going to be deleted from the servers soon, but while it isn't, you can see how it looks slightly different. ETA: Never mind, it updated the old picture. They all look the same.

[Mooney]

Originally Posted by Rairun

i like the contrast in the b+w, and love the second image but think it would be better served with less contrast. also really like the generally understated contrast in the rest of the set.

exposing for highlights and then attempting to bring out the shadows is good practice. blown highlights are really noticeable and will ruin photos, but a loss of detail in the darkest shadows is rarely a big deal.

[barden]

digitally, you can recover under exposed. over exposure just becomes 'white' info and there is nothing you can do about it anymore.

[Mooney]

Originally Posted by barden

digitally, you can recover under exposed. over exposure just becomes 'white' info and there is nothing you can do about it anymore.

the same goes for blacks, like in the above b+w there would be areas in the rocks with zero info and can't be recovered, but it's not noticeable and looks fine. but even an overexposed white spot in the middle of the clouds would really be noticeable.

[Duke1497]

You guys have any good recommendations for a camera?

I want to start photography as a hobby, and all I have is a crappy ass digital one from the stone age.

And should I get a digital one or another one?

[barden]

DLSR instant pro.

[Duke1497]

Originally Posted by barden

DLSR instant pro.

How much is it?

[barden]

Many of the US $$$

[Duke1497]

What?

[Mooney]

Originally Posted by Duke1497

You guys have any good recommendations for a camera?

I want to start photography as a hobby, and all I have is a crappy ass digital one from the stone age.

And should I get a digital one or another one?

if your camera truly is from the stone age, you could buy just a little point and shoot for like $80 and work on composing good shots. it will take almost as good photos under normal conditions. as barden alludes to, buying a fancy camera will not make you a good photographer.

[Duke1497]

What is a point?

Sorry, I'm very new to this.

And Mine is a crappy Kodak digital camera

[cocksure]

you cant go wrong if you avoid digital completely is what i always say

[Kahlo]

I'm all for film, but don't be a tool. It's such a tired argument. No doubt you are trolling anyway.

[kelsome]

do any of you guys do hdr? I have tried hdr and i feel like it is not looking like I want it to. I don't know maybe it's just because I'm no good.

Any suggestions would be helpful, pls.

[barden]

here are some random dumb pics i took recently: