Photography Post Vol. 2

[joey_formal]

mutt sick shot.

[Guest]

crosslike mailbox is really eerie

[blueblur]

I was in HK around December

[jeepster]

i keep meaning to put everything on flickr, but i never get around to it

sunset on friday - sorry for bad focus, and the color is a lot deeper than what it actually was. for some reason my nikon seems to make things look more oddly surreal than they are. is that the case with all DSLR's?

[jeepster]

Maybe check your settings. I usually like to keep my exposure and colors more neutral than the actual scene then bring it back in post processing.

I think your nikon might still have settings to automatically saturate every photo, which is why the deeper than usual colors. It's a nice thing to have sometimes, but other times I don't want to have it, so I do all my saturating afterwards, if I feel the image benifits by it.

possibly and probably. i never really set anything when i got it, still is on factory settings for the most part. i realize why its so vivid now. i had it on a 1.5 second stop and it must've taken in a lot more of the light, and due to movement, it probably doubled the saturation of the picture.

[mutt225]

Hey Jeepster go to the menu and check optimize images i think its called and see what the setting is on May be on Vivid like masuerte said. I forget to take it off sometimes if i use it for a shot or two and have alot to work to do In cs3

[mutt225]

Barn owl

[passant]

anyone do panoramia?

my first attempt at one, using PS photomerge...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2323/2184586820_0473514218_b.jpg

have smoke pictures been played out?

i want to see if i can get a few neat ones in b/w with different solid shades of black/grey for the background, little mini series sort of deal..

go for it~

there's some good tips around flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/idletype/377857179/

[ThugLife]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2121/2191487588_e44a4ea9ba_b.jpg

[dino might]

passant, awesome, thanks for that link

[Franklin]

Mutt, that shot of the owl is pretty awesome, a bit creepy since u can't see its eyes. haha, looks like a mask.

Passant, really liking that shot, although i can't fully grasp how its done. any tips?

[dino might]

^theres certain software/features that allow you to take several photos from a tripod, turning the camera a little each time, and digitally stitch them together to make one long panoramic.

thats one method, im sure theres others.

[Franklin]

yea i tried to do that, but my wide angle lens distorted the sides, making it impossible for me unless i zoomed...or maybe ill try taking more shots like you said cuz i took only 3 shots and just turned my tripod, but when i tried to put them together...it aint work out too well, haha. ill try again when i get a sunny day off of work.

also i noticed you need to get the right exposure continuously, cuz as you turn it, your lighting my change.

last night

[totally epic]

Just Google for some tutorials/tips. It's pretty easy.

Seyðisfjörður, Iceland.

http://i5.tinypic.com/73ocjfb.jpg

[dino might]

how do you pronounce that?

[totally epic]

Say-this-fee-your-thur (sort of).

Here's one of Akureyri. Made from 26 pictures...(click for full size)

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2549/akureyriar9.jpg

And before resizing:

[dino might]

what do you do for a living totally? is all this traveling and picture taking part of it?

[totally epic]

No, I have a desk job...

[dino might]

so its just the hobby then?

[totally epic]

Correct. An expensive one to boot.

[selective beef]

[mutt225]

great shit is giving me thoughts beef

[totally epic]

totally, do you have a website that features alot of your scenic photography? I'm having an itch to learn more about it and everyone says you have some excelent stuff to see.

I put them up on my flickr, if you add me as a contact you should get fullsize. http://flickr.com/ddoan

[soo]

please learn to use enter button

[passant]

Say-this-fee-your-thur (sort of).

Here's one of Akureyri. Made from 26 pictures...(click for full size)

damn, i shouldve waited until this page to rep you. amazing.

Franklin, I don't have a lot of tips to give since photoshop automation is suprisingly forgiving (at least the one in CS3 is). I just pivoted my body, taking about 7 shots, and let the program do the rest. I'd be interesting to learn how to do it the "old-fashioned way," whatever that may be...

[totally epic]

^thanks.

Some quick tips: I would shoot your scenes vertically, making sure they overlap at least 25%. Shoot in manual mode and set an average exposure for the whole scene. Try to do shoot quickly too because the light can change. Photoshop pretty much does the rest.

[selective beef]

Say-this-fee-your-thur (sort of).

Here's one of Akureyri. Made from 26 pictures...(click for full size)

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2549/akureyriar9.jpg

this is amazing...

[Franklin]

hmm ill have to try again vertically...i did it horizontally, which is maybe why it came out wierd. thanks guys!

[Magsåvningsreserven]

totally epic, that is.. epic!

you used photomerge yes? Regardless that is the best result i've seen, awesome..

[sexualharrasmentpanda]

crappy panoramas

reststop on the way to bergen norway

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2075/2193546641_2e2d73f2c7_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2066/2194321820_29bd8f7c12_b.jpg