Great exposure on the fire!
More from France:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2133/...c16494d0_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3461/...058373a9_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2609/...7b46d3d3_o.jpg
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Great exposure on the fire!
More from France:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2133/...c16494d0_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3461/...058373a9_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2609/...7b46d3d3_o.jpg
A view from the top of Pen-y-Ghent in the Yorkshire Dales
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2639/...999d7559_o.jpg
Nice doggy shot, looks like he/she is holding her paw up for something you might have in your hand to the left? Or was it just an unrewarded, "paw!"
The dog returns! Nice photo.
Nice landscape as well Yorkie, quite tricky conditions. I keep thinking that it could do with some PP work, but then I'm not sure - you could counter some of the haze, but then it kind of adds to the shot as well. Part of me wants to whack it into B&W, up the local contrast, go crazy with the dodge and burn.. but then that look gets kind of boring after a while as well and you start hankering back for green!
And I admit, part of me is saying just get up there with a darn wide angle already ;)
Was at the Manchester Velodrome last week with work;
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2613/...6b981f6a_b.jpg
Unfortunatley it was a nikon guy that took the pictures of me on the bike so he managed to underexpose EVERY picture. Shot them in RAW so managed to recover them but with loads of noise.
snapshot of a photo is giving me a headache
Kit lens, hand held, and slightly out of focus/shaken. Sorry!
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3584/moonom.jpg
http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_9476.jpg
Quickly taken this afternoon with Canon 100mm Macro. Very windy!
quick improv band promo shot from last night..
http://www.pbase.com/bob_hall/image/116848320.jpg
Something strange
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2526/...4ac39c60_d.jpg
Heres the first of a few HDR shots i took in Surrey this weekend :)
http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs47/i/20..._stevieguk.jpg
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs28/i/20..._stevieguk.jpg
One from in the (old) Factory where my dad used to manage...
I like HDR, but can't get past the impression of computer generated rather than photographed. Is it just me? By the way mmh, I do like the images.
Hmm. Mmh just reminded me :) A house I visited a few weeks ago that was for sale. Obviously needed a bit more than a lick of paint
http://www.xavimages.com/photos/641146058_yDoZF-L.jpg
http://www.xavimages.com/photos/641145606_W4JDT-L.jpg
ooh err... I take it you didnt buy it!
I have a few more HDR's from today (I'm obsessed with this over-processed look for factory stuff!!)
http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs47/f/20...3e5add296b.jpg
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs25/f/20...c252d99e6c.jpg
Nope, didn't buy it. Bought something else the following day. And I kid you not, a corner of paradise :D
Loving that PP though on those factory shots :)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2451/...a17874375f.jpg
One from holiday, still got loads to sort through so hopefully a few more to post in the future, taken with my new D60, love it to bits, I think I've caught the DSLR bug. Haven't made any changes to the picture, i just liked it as is
Andy
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3524/...ff972665e5.jpg
Another from Tuscany
We were in a little village called Iano, we could see the church in Volterra at the other side of the valley! Had an awesome time, the weather was beautiful, and the views from where we were, are breathtaking
Not wishing to Hijack the 'photo a day thread' but did you make it into Volterra? We were about 6 miles from the town centre surrounded we found an amazing little trattoria 'da bado' tucked away round the back of the village just round the corner from a local supermarket. Also it was our first visit to Tuscany and we were amazed by the selection of local produce - fresh porcini mushrooms ,wild rabbit, courgette flowers etc etc and in the supermarkets!!!
All in all we loved it so much we will certainly be going back :)
Yeah we went for a day trip to volterra, and various other hill top towns and villages during our 2 weeks in Tuscany, San Gimignano was my favourite, awesome icecream there, and we saw James Nesbit in the world champion gellateria! Really liked Siena too. Spent the third week between Florence and Rome, soaking up the culture, haven't been through those photos properly yet though.
wing walkers
http://www.pbase.com/bob_hall/image/117025978.jpg
http://www.thisisgav.co.uk/tmp/internation684_used.jpg
(not my photo, obviously)
Obviously a bit of rust here and there changes the tone in different places, but that's way off. I only knew because I used to drive a later model all the time though.
Generally the HDR (or other PP) has dragged out most of the saturation and underexposed most of the photo. Aside from it looking silly (from a photographic perspective - as art I guess it's in the eye of the beholder), it just seems plain wrong.
Seriously? you're complaining about the colour of a tractor?
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...nimatedlf8.gif
WTF? It's a photo.... not some doodle... isn't the primary point of photography to capture what you see before you?
don't know why i can take long exposures with my camera.
No, what I meant was you generally don't just go and almost completely change the colour of things. I did say it was a photographic thing and not an art thing (art is doing what you want essentially, and perhaps that's what he was after, but it appeared otherwise in his reply to me), but technically as a photo it (it being the PP - the original might be fine) was rubbish.
Photography is of course more than just pressing the shutter release, but he did ask what was wrong with the colour... so I showed him. It was underexposed and completely messed up.
Maybe my main gripe was the HDR (it normally is), but generally the point of HDR is to enhance the range of exposure across the image, not completely obliterate detail and colour.
Before we get into this argument, I'd just like to point out there is a little op-ed piece in the current Amateur Photographer about this very subject. Should photos be art or documentation?
I saw both personally. I take lots of photos to document what is going on. For example. there are a couple of constructions projects in Aberdeen at the moment, and I've been down on multiple occasions and stood in the same place to take progress shots of them. They aren't the most exciting photos, but they will be very interesting in 20 years when we've all forgotten what that area used to be like.
Other photos, like the HDRs posted above are quite clearly art. I love the fact that they look like awesome pencil drawings. I think they convey the kind of childish feeling I certainly get around heavy machinery.
I don't see the same distinction between photography and art that you do - photography *is* art in my view - the camera nearly always lies. Forensic photography is another matter, but I don't notice this thread being called 'forensic photo-a-day' :p
How generally? I think I've seen more HDR used more as effect than to capture a larger exposure range. I use it for that purpose, but I don't have any qualms with people using tools for different means - heck, you should see the abuse I put the USM operation too. :)Quote:
Maybe my main gripe was the HDR (it normally is), but generally the point of HDR is to enhance the range of exposure across the image, not completely obliterate detail and colour.
Colour is completely subjective anyway - even leaving aside the 'do you see this like I see this?' philosophical debate, camera's can't capture anything like the colours we see, and monitors can't display them either. Altering the colour of something really is one of photography's lesser lies ;)
Oh, I don't like HDR - don't get me wrong - but I won't complain about it. I'll only have a say in threads where that is the topic. The use of HDR isn't something I frown upon - I'll usually just ignore it and quickly move on.
That wasn't my complaint in my reply - perhaps it was driven a bit from the use of HDR, but my main problem was what it turned the subject into. Of course rules such as exposure are often meant to be broken for the best effect, but mmh replied to my light-hearted dig at the colour with what seemed like a serious question, so I answered it.
It was a serious question to be honest...
It was my first attempt at HDR and I was just trying to expose the sky with a little more detail really... i guess i made it darker than it should be... I do like to have things dark though with all my photographs... I guess its just the way i am, so i guess its right as far as art photography goes but as a technical photograph its not the best :)
A shot from Quartzsite, AZ - USA...
a town we passed through (to get more beer) on the way back from Phoenix to Los Angeles... Thought this building was interesting!
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs30/f/20...36518d8877.jpg
Classic american shot, but I certainly wouldn't be stopping there for gas. I have visions of cousin Cletus sharpening his meat cleaver and neatly arranging the meat hooks in the back there.
Ah, apologies, I thought you'd done a bit of HDR work around here before (I've obviously been thinking of someone else), so thought you might have just gone a bit nuts on the sliders over time or something.
Like I said, I wouldn't have bothered, except I used to drive one a lot, so knew how far the colour was off. I wouldn't have been so condescending had I known you were an HDR virgin.
Honest mistake. :)
hah, no worries mate....
the actual truck was quite dark though from what i remember, (and the original pictures) there was more rust than paint and i was amazed that he still used the tractor!
I'll give it another go when i get chance and see what i can do with it :)
pfft i don't care. I liked the colour.
Its like when i complain to a girl that the hacking scene was un-realistic, they don't give a flying fornication.
so with this tractor 99.5%+ of Hexus members would not know the right colour?
last shot needs to be B+W with added noise for effect..
Looks like they've added a new move to their routine, shame they're losing Guinot after this year, nice paint job. Finally, is it it possible for me to post a photo of something without you posting another one of the same subject just after? :angst:
Seriously though Bob, I got a lot of ideas and made quite a bit of effort over the last year off the back of your (and other's) comments. So thanks for that.
Made me want to get down to Bournemouth next year anyway :)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2566/...19af14b954.jpg
San Gimignano (I think) in the evening.
Spotted an odd car the other day
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2476/...e730a7a7_d.jpg
The Nissan Figaro isn't all that odd. Loads of them come out in the Summer months. I'm pretty sure they were all imported from Japan, around 1990-1993. :)
horrible little cars.
A lovely sunset from last night. Kinda spoilt on me as I was at home
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3517/...b8cd734a_o.jpg
A quick shot whilst in Leeds today
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/...1eb0c14a_o.jpg
I'll admit, I'm not much of a car person :P
Went to a gig on thursday and got round to editing this morning :)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2444/...1b4e6f4da1.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2519/...e924c8b383.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3436/...0e322a8b7d.jpg
Exif and mroe photos available on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stegough/
tonights gig :)
http://www.pbase.com/bob_hall/image/117198763.jpg
Cute!
It's a shame the OOF highlights have such bright rings (as opposed to being more solid) as it makes the foliage in the background look a bit busy - it might improve on stopping down or changing the subject distance.. but of course this was just a quick shot and you could crop it out anyway. Nice capture of the fountains though.
Actually reasonably old photo become recently popular on my flickr site for some reason :)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2006/...3d28fac6_b.jpg
Obligatory arty flower shots from a trip to Chatsworth this weekend.
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/134/img8296q.jpg
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3557/img8282web.jpg
The first one is great, although I would consider cloning out the two blemishes on the flower, they spoil an otherwise beautifully silky shot.
Any chance of a 16:10 desktop-sized version please? :P
Seem to be taking a lot of panoramas lately, of varying success.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j249/JedNC/hills.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...treampano1.jpg
Need to go on some sort of photo-expedition soon!
1st pano is a bit meh, needs better lighting or something more interesting..
2nd is a little more interesting but something not quite right..
That's just how I feel looking at them though ;)
2nd pano is a winner, could be great with a little tweak of curves
I completely agree. I remember liking the clouds in the 1st one. In retrospect I should've lowered the tripod, to get more of a sense of depth in. I'm not sure why I didn't focus on the stream on the 2nd one, as it is there's not really a central feature of either of the pics. Still, I plan on going on a mini photo-expedition this weekend, so will definitely keep in mind what I learned :)
do any of you lot edit your pics in photoshop or an equivalent to adjust the colour contrast and levels?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/...ca6386d520.jpg
Nice sunset from our balcony, shame about the electricity cables though
Ok nice one mate. What camera and lens do you use by the way? was it a sony DSLR you use?
Always feel like a fraud posting in here with my P&S special, but here's two from the weekend;
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_C2W7_btd-O4/Sq...0/IMG_0057.JPG
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_C2W7_btd-O4/Sq...0/IMG_0052.JPG
I haven't tried any photo editing yet, but that will be something for when I have a little more time. The pictures I have posted on here have been taken with a Nikon D60 and 18-55 vr kit lens (If that question was aimed at me :p)
The majority of what comes off the camera is binned, a good handful are put in the 'may be able to rescue with Photoshop' pile and a much smaller handful get promoted to 'just needs a bit of a tweak in Photoshop'.
As yet I've not pulled off any SOOC (Straight Out Of Camera) shots that I could honestly say I was 100% happy with.
Spit sillhouette at Duxford. I'll own up to some post-processing on this one :D Still, hope you like it.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2543/...d1a4dd2726.jpg
Something I stumbled across..
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3515/...2dc49ce4_d.jpg
literally? After a good night out? :D
If only I took pics of what I see day to day in my job :)
Risky business these airshows :D
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2452/...a21bb7c307.jpg
Like lower angle so you can see the wings against the sky or what? dunno what he means :P
You might be right there. My angle was limited by the security fence :( had to poke the lens through a hole as it was :)
I liked how this one came out, the ripples on the wings actually tell you something about how the plane is put together.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3490/...de84246492.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2431/...972e6d153f.jpg
Little lizardy thing I rescued from the pool, it's thanks was letting my photograph it for a while
simple, very nice
I already want one of these, but what is it?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2573/...ce8e6e2fbf.jpg
[edit] Apparently the lens is probably a 500mm f4, the lens hood is £479 from Canon, which nearly knocked me off my chair. How can a bit of moulded plastic be sold for that much?
It's not made of plastic and they come with the lens, think of the price as a punishment for managing to lose the original one or somehow breaking it.
also related: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...4&postcount=30
Point taken, as I read on my own info :)
And nice link :D
that lens is 3.8kg.. lol :P
yeah, airshow + powerlift :D
this is the lens you want!
http://www.sigma-imaging-uk.com/lens...-500_large.jpg
200-500 2.8!
15.7KG!
a steal @ £24K
I remember seeing that at an expo, the camera looked like an accessory :)
That's not a lens..
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/R...ns-Review.aspx
*that* is a lens... :D
and a 2x extender :D
although with that, you might as well just buy a telescope, lol