One from the other day;
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...2/IMG_4369.png
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One from the other day;
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...2/IMG_4369.png
/steps forth to defend and argueQuote:
Originally Posted by Bobster
that nose is fine AND it makes the picture for me :)
i agree, a very 'emotional' picture.... I only wish my GF would pose for me :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zak33
just a couple of my most recent pics, they're certainly not of the best quality, this I know, but I try....
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...s/BILD0230.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...s/BILD0217.jpg
And one of my love affair :rolleyes:
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...s/BILD0262.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2419/...d893b2.jpg?v=0
Stormy Easter Monday, on the North Coast of Northern Ireland
first pics with new macro lens adaptor, very narrow DoF
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2042/...4abd93.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/...3e24b9.jpg?v=0
1 from tonight
http://www.rjwhetton.co.uk/kyps/03PA.jpg
A couple from my hols in Dorset last year... Neither my skills nor my camera can compete with a lot of what's posted here but hey, I thought I'd post them anyway:
http://94.199.146.100/img/fossil.jpg
http://94.199.146.100/img/pulpit.jpg
nice macro Rugger :D
what fossil is that? and the 2nd Portland?
No idea - assume it's some sort of jelly fish and not actually that old seeing as it's limestone / sandstone. It was about the size of a football and I just liked the detail and the contrast against the black rock underneath... Down at Kimmeridge (seeing as you're a local). There were some mad looking rocks down there - some of them looked like balls of paper:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobster
http://94.199.146.100/img/paper_scissors_stone.jpg
(it looks overly photoshopped to bring out the detail but if memory serves all I did was tweak the levels.. will see if I can find the original pic)
Yup - I'm told it's called pulpit rock... One from the other side (taken into the sun and 'shopped afterwards to bring some detail out in the rock):Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobster
http://94.199.146.100/img/pulpit2.jpg
i must confess that in all the years that i've lived in Dorset, i've never been to Kimmeridge...
Ruggerbugger - the wood shavings look really similar to sand dunes or something, from above. I like the contrast of the blue dust, too.
The rocks in Kimmeridge look crazy! Weird type of erosion. You're right Malfunction, they do make a really interesting photo :)
Bobster, did the guitarist actually have a pink guitar, or is it just the lighting? Great pic btw, love the mist and the concentration.
Well there didn't seem to be an awful lot there apart from mad rocks and sea - though it was a bit of an on and off rainy day so I may have missed somethingQuote:
Originally Posted by Bobster
LOL no.. red lighting will do that ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Virtual Monkey
http://www.rjwhetton.co.uk/kyps/07PA.jpg
Seeing Howard's swan pic, I thought I'd put forward one of my own....
http://www.ianmercer.com/TBC_images/...e/CRW_0789.jpg
Going to start posting here when I can, could always do with some CC :)
http://technoed.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fushia_1.jpg
edit: I'm not sure how of this looks on other monitors - my CRT doesn't calibrate properly and this looks slightly oversaturated, but on the TFT the colours are slightly washed. It's not heavily PPed, just levels/resize.
Three panoramas from this week:
http://www.ab10.org/images/march08/BenMore1.jpg
From about half way up Ben More.
http://www.ab10.org/images/march08/BenMore2.jpg
From about 3/4 the way up.
http://www.ab10.org/images/march08/BenMore3.jpg
And on the summit.
See here for more details: http://forums.hexus.net/sports-exerc...os-bagged.html
1/2 way up is cool! :D
Nice pictures to be sure.
Thanks :) It was a blue pencil. I'm pretty impressed with the lens, but it's bloody hard to use as it needs excellent light, has a very narrow depth of field and is a bitch to hand hold.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virtual Monkey
Is it advisable to use a flash with this? I'm stuck with my hotshoe gun (no remote), but can't seem to get the timing right for the flash to be any use. Would a reflector be a better investment?
I took quite a few macro shots the other night of a few various items around the house and just used a lamp. You can even buy daylight lamps for £60ish and they work perfectly.
A4 white paper ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruggerbugger
White shirt stretched out, when you need big reflector =)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobster
or white talbe cloth ;)
Didn't have a tripod, and I think I may have slightly overdone the tone mapping...
http://technoed.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/a_seat1_s.jpg
http://technoed.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/a_seat2_s.jpg
http://technoed.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/a_seat3_s.jpg
Your pics look ok but I am certainly no expert. I really don't know what I am doing with this HDR pics yet but very impressed with what can be achieved . I can see me using a tripod a lot from now on .
P.S. Had bought a new 'remote' for the Canon but have mislaid it -very annoying indeed. :stupid:
Some pictures from tuesday.
http://emobash.com/vault/ben/jp/1.jpg
http://emobash.com/vault/ben/jp/2.jpg
and this one just for fun, not a flattering picture i know, I just wanted to do something cool with the mirrored shades.
http://emobash.com/vault/ben/jp/32.jpg
the DADDY of a photo :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Funkstar
I really like those photos ramedge... and the reflection one at the end its really good, obviously its very clear thats its photoshopped but you've done a really good job of it
cheers, I did try a few other images on the shades but that worked best. I think if i reduced the opacity of the layer it then it might look a bit natural just seems a tad bright!Quote:
Originally Posted by CMC
ah well, thanks for the comments :D
Ramedge ... that's some great shots, especially the second one. That wallpaper is perfect for a very popular contemporary style that seems to be doing the round at the moment.
Thought the head spot in the first shot was a little too dense though, although the interaction and composition are great. I'd have liked to have seen the same spot effect as in number 2, with the wall highlight seperate for the spot on the subject.
I think number 3 is great, any chance of seeing the original? Or an edit with something less cliche than blue skies? That's a great picture, and could be sold on a dozen different themes through a stock site, using a dozen different photochops.
Care to share the setup for the shoot? What was the camera + lens specs?
Very nice.
The originalQuote:
Originally Posted by IBM
http://vault.emobash.com/ben/jp/5.jpg
The shot was done a bit randomly. I was at this guys house, I am producing his album (hes a singer / guitarist, you'd never of guessed by the guitar ;) )
he asked if i had my camera with me and i just so happened to have it with me so i just grabbed it from the car and we just took the pictures in his lounge.
I stuck my flash on my tripod (wirelessly triggered) , I moved it around quite a bit so I couldnt tell you exactly what I did with it. You can kinda see what position I had it in from the shots. I was experimenting quite a lot with the strength of the flash and bouncing off walls and facing it directly into the shot.
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Tamron 17-50mm all shot at f/2.8
And thats about it really :D thanks for the comments
heres one more.
http://vault.emobash.com/ben/jp/6.jpg
Dude, those are some really original shots. Well done.
Great shots Ramage and some niffty pp too, good stuff.
Finally got my 430EX flash! Still learning / experimenting. Here's one taken using bounce, straight off a white wall. I tried to expose it to create some glow...
Tamron 17-50 2.8 again.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10..._4236-Edit.jpg
Methinks if ACiD303's pics were in the HDR competition, they would have won? :P
Did Another Gig Today...
http://a706.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...a425c48321.jpg
Showdown City
http://a425.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...0e366fe508.jpg
Maycomb
http://a978.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...505f7c9199.jpg
She Said, She Said
and finally...
http://a861.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...b412d34f6c.jpg
http://a374.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...823e6c3495.jpg
http://a759.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...aff9048b56.jpg
http://a504.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...076693a997.jpg
Science Vs Romance.
After last night's snow
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3209/...3a6202d725.jpg
lovely attempt at snow Macro Rugger ;)
http://www.pbase.com/bob_hall/image/95251203.jpg
nearly got that lighting licked mmh ;) and this is a photo a day, not post all your shots guys :)
great expression Bob.
That was the best of the snow bunch really, handholding for macros is hard :D. I'm also finding the RAW noise on this camera hard to work with, any successful amount of noise reduction nerfs the detail as well.
lol, sorry... too many bands in one night...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobster
lol
that gig was particularly hard with static (bad) lighting...
although i made the best out of a bad situation (or atleast in my opinion)..
the venues "official" photographer was there and i had a chat with him and he agreed the lighting was awful in the venue and he hates taking photos there too... although he does get all the big bands i the pit at the wulfrun and the civic hall (where the major label bands play)....
might have some photo passes for some gigs in those venues in the future too things all being well :)
just need to get my practise at 3 song limit (already got the no flash rule down ;) )
from a shoot today - i even got to fly it! :)
http://www.pbase.com/bob_hall/image/95383655.jpg
Great photo Bob but you made me crick my neck :(
One From Last Night...
Down @ Birmingham Academy...
At the sound desk in the crowd.
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs27/f/20...0a9488b1b9.jpg
Taken With G9
Something looks strange about the lighting in this. Like some kind of off camera fill flash or lighting has been used in that capture, but i think that's probably due to some pp done on the sky behind the guy? it seems to contradict the foreground light a little to much. Then again, could just be one of those days ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobster
Love the gritt in that last band shot mmh.
no PP to the sky - only pp on that pic was a little curves - i was shooting RAW + small JPG for that in preperation for a wedding on Sat (testing out a new workflow) i had my 580EX on a tripod to the left and shooting into the sun :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhyth
Thanks Rhyth :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhyth
I hadnt noticed the strange lighting in bobs photo, but i see it now...
i think it adds a dramatic feel to it.
not keen on the neck crick though :p but each to thier own :)
less neck cricky for you then ;)
http://www.pbase.com/bob_hall/image/95384728.jpg
thats a sweet DOF shot...
My boss would appreciate that shot... he's getting into his RC Helicopters... lol..
I can garentee the guy ur shooting can do alot more with it though!
oh what a busy weekend :)
http://www.pbase.com/bob_hall/image/95752190.jpg
Love that pic Bob, one question though, I know laws have changed, but are they old enough to marry?
thanks :) - heh i'm sure when they're older they'll h8 each other! ;)
http://www.pbase.com/bob_hall/image/95647369.jpg
still some work to do on the pillow, but this will do for now..
I'd have flung the pink dress on the bed as though it had been discarded, not hung it up.
But fantastic principle.
thats the chief bridesmaids dress..
Like the concept of the photo above, Bobster.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...C/DSC01640.jpg
Got bored on the coach.
it s the same colour as the lasses t shirt in the forecground...thought it looked similar and was supposed to reflect her clothes, in the mirror effect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobster
Was mistaken.......sorry.
Virtual.Monkey, i like the photo but MY GOD its bleak :D
TiG
heh, i may well take it out anyway ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Zak33
women and their love of things pink! :)
she's 60, i'll let her know that she looks younger ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Zak33
last nights gig - Jimmy Cliff
http://www.rjwhetton.co.uk/Echo/thum...immy-Cliff.jpg
One from today just coming back from the mainland nopt the best due to the roll of the ferry thought it was going over at one point got drenched aswell;
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...2/IMG_5101.jpg
Bob Marley Tribute Band - Legend
http://www.rjwhetton.co.uk/kyps/Legend.jpg
Not to diminish your fine gig shots, I love them. Recognising venues with good lighting and using them to your advantage, is part of being a photographer, as well as understanding and having the ability to use the available light in any situation.
If Bob isn't adding any lighting effects including colours in pp (which I don't think he is) then shooting predominantly at one venue is inevitably going to start looking familiar, which they now are to my eye. So despite it being different bands, with very individual personalities, the portfolio (what I see here) starts to lack progression as it has no spectrum other than the house lighting. Just like a photo should have composition, so should a portfolio or indeed subject you might be personally studying. Not only does it keep it interesting for you but gives movement to your work and prevents an otherwise talented body of art from becoming meaningless.
who u rambling @ Rhyth?
Rugby Birds of Prey Rescue Society
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2007/...18e0ab.jpg?v=0
walking around the garden..
PP is a bit OTT in this I think.
http://emobash.com/kiplow.jpg
bad day at the office
http://www.pbase.com/bob_hall/image/96082072.jpg
uh oh!
must.....resist.......urge.......to.......add........lol........captions
spoke to the pilot last night, looks like about £200 in damage...
youch... good job no1 was close to it... those things could be deadly!
Did another gig last night :)
http://a577.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...1da5062c10.jpg
Ruggerbugger ... nice crop, great subject. Looks a little blown out, or is that just the compression?
Ramedge ... love that shot. Really fantastic. Pushing it a little with the PP, but I think it just adds to the shot. Makes me think of Alice in Wonderland, or Land of the Giants....nice one
Bobster ... laughed myself silly with that one. Great crop.
MMH ... too small to really tell, but that's a great expression on the singers face. Shame about the floating scalps....
just come back from a mad weekend in wales shooting mil sim airsoft
http://www.pbase.com/bob_hall/image/96235385.jpg
Shooting rabbits? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobster
Manged to get this picture just before the daffodil got toddlered.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s..._paulclift.jpg
my photo a day http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...a/IMG_0766.jpg
auto metering has gone haywire with the white and darks and the backlight coming through the window..
spot or partial metering would have given better results when shooting in AV mode..
i used a canon 400d with its stock lens and have only been using it for a month with not much experience in photgraphy so all and all im a noob so expect these types of photos from me has im still learning hehe
Bobster, would love more information on that last shot! :) Where is it? Looks like Iraq or something...
my guess would be paintballing?
Azerbaijan :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Virtual Monkey
nah this is paintball...Quote:
Originally Posted by r_j_k_p
http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2006/writers/s..._paintball.jpg
Lol, having done that I wouldn't want to have been where you were. Interesting comment about the owl, it does look a little blown out. I have another with a bit more detail but more distraction in the background. Plus I liked the way the eyes came out in this one.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2275/...8cfecaa74f.jpg
Surely that's a photo ripe for LOL Katz n Kreaturez misuse!
Nice eyes though :)
good attempts at swans guys :)
turned my 50 into a 100mm 1.8
http://www.pbase.com/bob_hall/image/96469189.jpg
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...Picture329.jpg
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s..._paulclift.jpg
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s..._paulclift.jpg
In garden this morning, playing with 'fidget the midget'.
That's screaming out for:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruggerbugger
O RLY?
:lol:
Random garden picture
http://www.ninesquare.co.uk/thebroad...s/IMG_1887.jpg
my lovely girlfriend, she'd kill me for putting this up, lol
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2399/...31cd79.jpg?v=0
CMC: That's a really nice shot, I like the reflections in her eyes :)
IBM: abandoned toy, or artistic license? ;)
I've a posing squirrel and a bit of a dilemma up and coming..
will post in a mo, as I'm umm.. busy right now, lol
peek-a-boo!
http://api.photoshop.com/home_1a20e7...e1c46d41389eea
The rest are over here :)
LOVELY shot mate
@stoo i was playing around with flash photography, and bouncing the flash off a reflector...