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Photo of the day (April 2008)
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One handheld RAW // HDR // Shutter: 1/60 // Aperture: f/14.1 // Focal Length: 400 mm // ISO 500
Bro... this "type" of hdr doesn't work here for me. I don't think this young lady would be too flattered by this shot of her. I don't see where an extreme contrast problem would require the use of hdr in the first place, well... maybe her sleeve, but the technique, while making landscapes look dramatic and moody, tends to look a lot like using a green filter with black/white film as far as skin tones are concerned - which brings out every complexion variation/blemish/blotchiness -basically not advised. It's my opinion that this shot would have been better off left natural, and let the highlights fall where they may, just leave her face perfectly exposed (lit the way it was in the actual scene.)
Still trying to get better with my new Sony DSC-W200, so I decided to try to make an HDR photo after reading a tutorial online:
There's some problems with it, but it's good for a start
I'm not sure how making an hdr photo helps get better with a camera, but definitely mastering both is a good thing. Just a word about your photo - if it's technique you're trying to learn, for me it's way oversaturated. It just looks fake. Use this as a guide, not the gospel. If extreme color saturation is what you were looking for, you did achieve it.
I found myself leaning back and to the right just a bit looking at this...
Note: Right after mentioning how mods were requesting the use of "timg" tags in post replies, two replies to Doylem's fox/sheep shot were replayed at full size. I just thought it was funny, and ironic.
I'm amazed you managed to get this pic so sharp at 400mm w/ 1/60s. Are you using an IS lens, or you a surgeon in your spare time?
I found myself leaning back and to the right just a bit looking at this...
Yeah, it's situated on the hillside in a funny sort of way, but straightening the photo just didn't look right to me so I left it as it was. The bottom of the building is level though.
SLC
Erm... I'm no architect... but if a building is leaning at the top, then it's leaning at the bottom too.
Makeshift memorial from his schoolmates and friends
Flowers and balloons placed near the intersection where a young boy was run down and killed by a hit-and-run driver. The driver was caught the next day. It's a tragic story, but maybe the picture can make folks think as they drive.
Canon EOS A2
Canon 20-35mm
Fujicolor 400
Flowers and balloons placed near the intersection where a young boy was run down and killed by a hit-and-run driver. The driver was caught the next day. It's a tragic story, but maybe the picture can make folks think as they drive.
Canon EOS A2
Canon 20-35mm
Fujicolor 400
Erm... I'm no architect... but if a building is leaning at the top, then it's leaning at the bottom too.
Yeah, that's right! But I also shot from downhill and to the east of the building. Plus there's a place less than 1/2 mile from the capitol called "gravity hill" where the slope is such that if you stop and put your car in neutral it appears that you are coasting up-hill.
I can't explain it, but if anyone would like to try and straighten the photo they're welcome to try!
SLC
The only reason it seems odd is 'cos the camera was pointed slightly upwards. When in doubt, I'd always straighten the central section; ie the dome (but I'd make sure the camera was level too
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Sorry, i have been wondering what the tag does, and just realized it...
Next picture quote from me is with [img]...
The day I was superman
Taken downtown Buckhead, GA flying in a r22 helicopter.
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 16 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Taken downtown Buckhead, GA flying in a r22 helicopter.
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 16 mm
ISO Speed: 200
I like how you've got down on the floor, to avoid looking down on her. But the wide-angle view makes her head seem disproportionately big for her body. Might be better with a longer than standard lens (or zoom setting), and shoot from further away...
I like how you've got down on the floor, to avoid looking down on her. But the wide-angle view makes her head seem disproportionately big for her body. Might be better with a longer than standard lens (or zoom setting), and shoot from further away...
John... did you already forget that that's the way little kids are??
BTW: She's cute. It makes a nice, ground level shot that shows her personality. Keep taking pics of her from down low, and eventually she'll just ignore you and then you'll get some incredible candids. I do agree with Doylem about using a longer lens, just to make the portraits "pop" and to get the proportions more pleasing in general...
I like how you've got down on the floor, to avoid looking down on her. But the wide-angle view makes her head seem disproportionately big for her body. Might be better with a longer than standard lens (or zoom setting), and shoot from further away...
Thanks for the comments, I'll try a longer lens next time. After reading your comments I do see that her head seems disproportionately big, but in all honesty her head is huge...like an orange on a toothpick.
Thanks for the comments, I'll try a longer lens next time. After reading your comments I do see that her head seems disproportionately big, but in all honesty her head is huge...like an orange on a toothpick.
AHAHAHAHAHA Thats sooo hilarious hahaha
Funny, I recognize like every single one of those buildings. Pretty good shot.
This reminds me of film processed using something called pyro developer. If you did that then did a contact print on 100% rag paper you would be amazed at the results. I love this shot.
There is a famous photo out there by Stieglitz I think. I was reminded of that when I saw this. Good work.
candid portrait of a guest at a recent wedding
How did you make this so sharp? well done, well done.
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