The Good Photography Thread

[Scream]

Wow, gorgeous pic. :eek:

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

It's ok, could be a lot better.

What bothers me is that you've lost too much detail in the blacks, the trees on the left and right are the worst in that respect. The lack of detail is distracting, you really should just crop it out. It's also too dark.

my opinion

If you would have had a tripod you could have metered multiple shots and then merged them together to get a proper exposure.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

I played around in photoshop, mainly just having fun with your picture.

The first one is a fairly straight forward edit, while the last two were me having fun in the filter gallery.

[Nessus]

That's awesome Baskinator, was it originally in color?

[The Baskinator]

That's awesome Baskinator, was it originally in color?

Yes, but the color was pretty washed out, since I was just taking snapshots of us being idiots. I had previously been taking pictures of our Jiffy-Pop. :p The Jiffy-Pop looked cool! Especially because I burned it!

[Phait]

Here's a 1280 x 609 alternate of one of the above

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5340/img0708bt8.th.jpg (http://img406.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0708bt8.jpg)

[Scream]

It's ok, could be a lot better.

What bothers me is that you've lost too much detail in the blacks, the trees on the left and right are the worst in that respect. The lack of detail is distracting, you really should just crop it out. It's also too dark.

my opinion

If you would have had a tripod you could have metered multiple shots and then merged them together to get a proper exposure.

To me, to do any of that would destroy the true beauty of the picture, is a far too technical evaluation, and misses the point of the composition. Basky has the artistically correct exposure. The name of the image is "Oasis", and it's about hope and redemption. Or, if you're religious, it might be named "Salvation" or even "Rapture".

Regardless, what makes it aesthetically pleasing, and powerful, are the strengths of it's blacks. It would ruin it if you could see all the details of the forest. As it is, in a glance you can see it's a darkened forest, and that's all it needs to convey. The photo needs it's darkness, because it's about coming out of a dark place into the light. We've all been to that dark place before, and if we're lucky we've found the light portrayed in the image. Cliché perhaps, but a definite metaphor for a life experience we've all been through. That's what makes it powerful and meaningful.

Perfect as originally presented IMO. :)

[Nessus]

Here's a 1280 x 609 alternate of one of the above

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5340/img0708bt8.th.jpg (http://img406.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0708bt8.jpg)

Was that taken after your mugging? :p

[Scream]

Was that taken after your mugging? :p

Ha! Insensitive, but funny nonetheless. ;)

[Phait]

No that's quite funny :D

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

To me, to do any of that would destroy the true beauty of the picture, is a far too technical evaluation, and misses the point of the composition. Basky has the artistically correct exposure. The name of the image is "Oasis", and it's about hope and redemption. Or, if you're religious, it might be named "Salvation" or even "Rapture".

Regardless, what makes it aesthetically pleasing, and powerful, are the strengths of it's blacks.

Perfect as originally presented IMO. :)

I respectfully disagree. The first thing my eyes are drawn to are the huge black vertical areas on either side of the picture.
There is a difference between seeing "some" detail and "no" detail. I never said anything about seeing "every detail." The image is under exposed too far.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Black and and white can save what would be a crappy color photo.


Here the one black/white is "dark," what are they standing around? is the other guy running, if so why?

[Scream]

I respectfully disagree.

Ditto. :) A matter of preference. I find my eye immediately drawn to the tree right of center and the surrounding light. I find the darkness of the surrounding trees frames the focal point very well.

[Nessus]

To me the only thing limiting that photo was the fact the camera just wasn't good enough to do any better in that situation. Had she had an expensive Nikon or Canon DSLR you could have put it in National Geographic, everything about it is great. There are just limits to the camera, that's as good as you can do.

Since I'm an Adobe Lightroom junkie here's my version, it's probably too light because I keep my monitor dim.

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9863/2893036074b885b07546b1de9.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2893036074b885b07546b1de9.jpg)http://img413.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)


And this one I took on the plane back from Florida, the pilot was great he banked back and forth so everyone could get a view.

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2461/img32311anm1.th.jpg (http://img162.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img32311anm1.jpg)http://img162.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

[The Baskinator]

To me the only thing limiting that photo was the fact the camera just wasn't good enough to do any better in that situation. Had she had an expensive Nikon or Canon DSLR you could have put it in National Geographic, everything about it is great. There are just limits to the camera, that's as good as you can do.

Since I'm an Adobe Lightroom junkie here's my version, it's probably too light because I keep my monitor dim.

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9863/2893036074b885b07546b1de9.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2893036074b885b07546b1de9.jpg)http://img413.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)


And this one I took on the plane back from Florida, the pilot was great he banked back and forth so everyone could get a view.

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2461/img32311anm1.th.jpg (http://img162.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img32311anm1.jpg)http://img162.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

It was a Canon dSLR. :mad:

I purposely made it darker because I happen to think it looks better that way. The original photo was much brighter. If you don't like it, that's cool. Don't knock my equipment, though.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Notice Nessus said, expensive dslr, and his comment was in relation to National Geographic, one of the most demanding magazines in relation to photo work... the magazine that just about every photo-journalism major dreams about working for. If you have a 'rebel' it is a cheap dslr.


When you talk about dslr's you also have to mention the lens you have. The kit lens that comes with cheap dslr's like the 'rebel' is absolutely horrible, I think its worse than most of the lenses that come on p/s canon cameras.

[Nessus]

My mistake, it looked like a point shoot shot and you had said the colors didn't show well which I didn't think would happen on a high end camera. I even tried to read the exif data so I wouldn't look foolish ( too late) but there was none. I love the shot, wasn't trying to get on your case.

[The Baskinator]

My mistake, it looked like a point shoot shot and you had said the colors didn't show well which I didn't think would happen on a high end camera. I even tried to read the exif data so I wouldn't look foolish ( too late) but there was none. I love the shot, wasn't trying to get on your case.

It's no problem. :) I think the exif data got stripped because it's a Flickr resize.

The colors were originally washed out because I hadn't changed the white balance settings from the last snapshot I'd taken. It was sort of a freak occurrence, because the smoke from our campfire is what made the sunlight rays show up. I'm a big fan of super dark black and white photography, either way---I can't wrap my head around people who just grayscale a photo and leave it at that. :p

[Scream]

When you talk about dslr's you also have to mention the lens you have. The kit lens that comes with cheap dslr's like the 'rebel' is absolutely horrible, I think its worse than most of the lenses that come on p/s canon cameras.

That was true a couple years ago for sure. I think the newer Canon SLRs come with a halfway decent lens now. When you're paying $1K for your camera and you see lenses beside it that are selling for $700 or more, you have to assume that the kit lens isn't that fantastic.

I ended up spending another $700 to get two decent lenses for my Canon, and stuffed the kit lens in the closet to gather dust. The difference in the quality of the pics was immediately HUGE. Would love to be able to afford a really high end telephoto, but still need to eat. :)

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

heh, I have one lens that is $700 and it's on the low end of canon lenses.

Although, I don't use it anymore because of my total switch to digital after buying the G9, my main lens is the Canon 70-200 f4L. I also have a 50mm f2.

[Steve]

There's some REALLY nice stuff in here :)

[Phait]

Latest

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/8423/img0801fh8.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0801fh8.jpg) http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/328/img0806xo5.th.jpg (http://img520.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0806xo5.jpg) http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/127/img0812ap5.th.jpg (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0812ap5.jpg)

[Scream]

Those are pretty cool, although not as cool as your avatar. ;)

[oak man]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/2954292050_f8a84f5449.jpg
Just the Mercedes
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3290/2922617887_f3a3678497.jpg
Me and my Mercedes

[Phait]

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/1412/28667502ki0.th.jpg (http://img137.imageshack.us/my.php?image=28667502ki0.jpg)

[Nessus]

Phait, you can open and close your shutter or you did that shot digitally? I like the bluish one.


This is Calvary Cemetery. This is the place they always use in the movies when they want a funeral scene with the skyline in the background.

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/3205/img03861apu8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/img03861apu8.jpg/1/w900.pn


[URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/4641/img039812cdi4.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/img65/img03861apu8.jpg/1/)
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/img039812cdi4.jpg/1/w900.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img65/img039812cdi4.jpg/1/)

[Phait]

You should take this shot at a lower angle below the statue kind of and adjust your f-stop or whatever that one thing is (I don't even know but I know what to do on my Canon). Could get a better picture, cause that statue would be nice subject matter.

And that was shot digitally and composited in PS, I just have an A630, no DSLR.

Phait, you can open and close your shutter or you did that shot digitally? I like the bluish one.

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/4641/img039812cdi4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/img039812cdi4.jpg/1/w900.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img65/img039812cdi4.jpg/1/)

[Scream]

This is Calvary Cemetery. This is the place they always use in the movies when they want a funeral scene with the skyline in the background. Where does the land of the dead end and the land of the living begin? Good shot.

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/3205/img03861apu8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
[URL=http://g.imageshack.us/img65/img03861apu8.jpg/1/][IMG]http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/img03861apu8.jpg/1/w900.pn




Now there's a poignant shot. A sad juxtaposition of the gravestones in the front against the buildings in the back.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

On saturday I went on a short hike about 30 minutes from town in an old growth forest. None of the pictures are really worth printing (well maybe the last two if people werent in them).


http://claytonman.com/images/oregon/IMG_1292.jpg
http://claytonman.com/images/oregon/IMG_1305.jpg
http://claytonman.com/images/oregon/IMG_1311.jpg
http://claytonman.com/images/oregon/IMG_1313.jpg
http://claytonman.com/images/oregon/IMG_1335-2.jpg
http://claytonman.com/images/oregon/IMG_1346.jpg
http://claytonman.com/images/oregon/IMG_1368.jpg
http://claytonman.com/images/oregon/IMG_1366.jpg

[yossa]

Let's get some Iceland up in this thread:

http://www.geo.waw.pl/various_imgs/isl/2008/th_0034.jpg (http://www.geo.waw.pl/various_imgs/isl/2008/0034.jpg) http://www.geo.waw.pl/various_imgs/isl/2008/th_0043.jpg (http://www.geo.waw.pl/various_imgs/isl/2008/0043.jpg) http://www.geo.waw.pl/various_imgs/isl/2008/th_0046.jpg (http://www.geo.waw.pl/various_imgs/isl/2008/0046.jpg) http://www.geo.waw.pl/various_imgs/isl/2008/th_0076.jpg (http://www.geo.waw.pl/various_imgs/isl/2008/0076.jpg) http://www.geo.waw.pl/various_imgs/isl/2008/th_0102.jpg (http://www.geo.waw.pl/various_imgs/isl/2008/0102.jpg) http://www.geo.waw.pl/various_imgs/isl/2008/th_0124.jpg (http://www.geo.waw.pl/various_imgs/isl/2008/0124.jpg)

And some Faroes:

http://www.geo.waw.pl/various_imgs/isl/2008/th_image047.jpg (http://www.geo.waw.pl/various_imgs/isl/2008/image047.jpg) http://www.geo.waw.pl/various_imgs/isl/2008/th_image055.jpg (http://www.geo.waw.pl/various_imgs/isl/2008/image055.jpg)

From August.

[Scream]

Some really nice shots. :) What kind of bird is that in the fourth pic? I've seen them many times but can't recall what they're called.

Took this a couple weeks back. It's pretty much the postcard shot of Parliament, but I love it nonetheless. :)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2937205804_14740e45e6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15796469@N02/2937205804/)

[yossa]

Some really nice shots. :) What kind of bird is that in the fourth pic? I've seen them many times but can't recall what they're called.
Thanks! It's a Puffin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin) - really lazy and really photogenic.

Took this a couple weeks back. It's pretty much the postcard shot of Parliament, but I love it nonetheless. :)

photo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15796469@N02/2937205804/)
I get a Neuschwanstein (http://www.hogwild.net/images/Misc/castle-neuschwanstein-castle.jpg) vibe from it.

[Scream]

Ah yes, I knew it was a puffin. Just couldn't remember the name. Cool little bird. :)

Our parliament is of course modelled after the British Parliament (http://www.policyofliberty.net/gif/Parliament400x600.jpg) (both inside and out), but yes, it does have a bit of a castle-like feel to it. :) I've lived here all my life and still find the buildings impressive.

[juliwats119]

That's preety nice shot scream...:)

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Around campus

http://www.claytonman.com/images/oregon/IMG_1395.jpg
http://www.claytonman.com/images/oregon/IMG_1398.jpg
http://www.claytonman.com/images/oregon/IMG_1400.jpg
http://www.claytonman.com/images/oregon/IMG_1404.jpg

[Scream]

Gotta love the fall. :)

That's preety nice shot scream...:)

Thanks. :) Like I said, it's an Ottawa clichéd shot that you'll find on a million postcards you'd buy here, but I like it anyway. :)

[CommanderZx2]

My photos are generally quite poor, here are some of them:
http://xs232.xs.to/xs232/08434/cimg0279142.jpg
http://xs232.xs.to/xs232/08434/cimg0092321.jpg
http://xs232.xs.to/xs232/08434/cimg0104902.jpg
http://xs232.xs.to/xs232/08434/cimg0011291.jpg
http://xs232.xs.to/xs232/08434/cimg0047527.jpg
http://xs232.xs.to/xs232/08434/cimg0085266.jpg

[Phait]

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/7256/img0874tr2.th.jpg (http://img370.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0874tr2.jpg) http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/3505/img0865yb7.th.jpg (http://img510.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0865yb7.jpg)

These were shot during day with a tungsten "filter" mode.

Stitched

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/7171/std0894ml9.th.jpg (http://img355.imageshack.us/my.php?image=std0894ml9.jpg)http://img355.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

[Phait]

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/9421/img0979xd7.th.jpg (http://img112.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0979xd7.jpg)

Fox River

[Scream]

Beautiful shot. :)

[The Baskinator]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/3008587087_0cb8869d63_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/baskinator/3008587087/)

Having some fun with my military gear. This is probably one of the best shots, though I like them all.

[sherrybaby]

Basky, I saw all those shots on your flickr and they are all awesome!

I'm still hoping to get a decent lens and maybe a flash in the next year. Funds are kinda tight at the moment. I'm not to thrilled with my kit lens. :(

[Denz]

[IMG]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/3008587087_0cb8869d63_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/baskinator/3008587087/)

Having some fun with my military gear. This is probably one of the best shots, though I like them all.


So you have manly hands, damn that's sexy

[The Baskinator]

So you have manly hands, damn that's sexy

Erm, that's Hudson.

[Scream]

And he's NOT sexy... ;)

[Denz]

D'aww comeon i was kidding


http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3803/65456copiekc3.th.jpg (http://img246.imageshack.us/my.php?image=65456copiekc3.jpg)

[Phait]

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6285/img1048wg3.th.jpg (http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1048wg3.jpg) http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/6541/img1038bz8.th.jpg (http://img367.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1038bz8.jpg)

[Hellbound]

Erm, that's Hudson.

Omg, Hudson? NOO!!! :o

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

I plugged my camera in today and found this little gem.
http://claytontullos.com/images/IMG_1460.jpg

Nessus, did you see that the G10 came out?

[Nessus]

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9785/spiderjt5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Yeah I saw the G10. One thing that's really nice is it goes down to 28 millimeter and as much as I love my zoom that would be really useful to have. I dont know what they were thinking going to more than 14 megapixel. As it is the camera starts to get noisy at 400 ISO, 800 is basically unusable if you want a clean looking shot so packing even more pixels on there has got to make that worse.

[Nessus]

Sad sky is sad.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6058/img33811mx5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/img33811mx5.jpg/1/w800.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img135/img33811mx5.jpg/1/)

[oak man]

^ haha!!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3055/3106123557_8558eb62af.jpg
My ducktail!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/3106955032_1e7d5a1160.jpg

:cool:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/3106956714_6b88d1c95c.jpg

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

http://claytontullos.com/images/IMG_1619.jpg

[Bit-Cloud]

http://file046a.bebo.com/1/original/2008/12/20/01/1773868475a9674130048o.jpg

heres one of mine. i took it halfway up the mountain looking over new plymouth and taranaki
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[oak man]

That's amazing!

[Bit-Cloud]

http://file048a.bebo.com/3/original/2008/12/23/07/1773868475a9698192224o.jpg

Heres One of MT Taranaki
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[Nessus]

That's great stuff Bit-cloud.


Hundreds of houses in my neighborhood decorate for Christmas.

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/6862/christmashouseqd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/christmashouseqd9.jpg/1/w800.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img126/christmashouseqd9.jpg/1/)


http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1980/ch4gv8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/ch4gv8.jpg/1/w800.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img530/ch4gv8.jpg/1/)


http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/9016/ch3gd4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/ch3gd4.jpg/1/w800.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img372/ch3gd4.jpg/1/)


Right up those steps the people in the Asian restaurants made a bunch of snowmen on the rows of tables and they all looked like anime characters, pretty cool.

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/5338/chanimetx1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
[URL=http://g.imageshack.us/img168/chani

[Gamebrain]

My cat Snowflake. Caught at just the right moment and angle :)

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

I'm thinking about buying a Rebel Xsi dslr.

[thefly]

Just a few from my DC trip in early December.

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/8100/img0263mb5.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0263mb5.jpg)

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1245/img0276ct8.th.jpg (http://img516.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0276ct8.jpg)

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2442/img0723ft1.th.jpg (http://img297.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0723ft1.jpg)

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2692/img0629ul7.th.jpg (http://img297.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0629ul7.jpg)

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/2439/img0594lc6.th.jpg (http://img516.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0594lc6.jpg)

[yossa]

I'm thinking about buying a Rebel Xsi dslr.

What do you have right now?

[Nessus]

I'm thinking about buying a Rebel Xsi dslr.

I thought you had a DSLR? Isn't that kind of a small step up? Do you think you'll be satisfied with that or immediately start wanting the next one?

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5696/snowsmallfp1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/snowsmallfp1.jpg/1/w800.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img142/snowsmallfp1.jpg/1/)

[Phait]

I've got a cover done for a free ambient album I'll be working on/off soon. I just can't decide the color variations.

I used a photo of me walking on a road in Photoshop and cut out my silhouette, made it light grey, printed it out. Then I cut the silhouette out of the paper, and bent it upward. What you don't see is the cut hole, I photoshopped it out, and padded out the corners with clone tool as my photo of this and the angle wasn't completely filled with paper. The crease there is a printer accident, but I decided to keep it in there. Seems like it's a path for the silhouette to walk along.

Original: http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/135/img2168yq1.jpg

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8497/68525206bd7.jpg http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/1618/83819538zx6.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1672/62134572zm0.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/530/73186794kz1.jpg

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

I thought you had a DSLR? Isn't that kind of a small step up? Do you think you'll be satisfied with that or immediately start wanting the next one?



What do you have right now?

Right now I have a Canon Elan7n [i]film[i/] slr and a Canon G9.

When I shoot with my slr I use slides and it is just so expensive and a hassle to use. So much so that I don't use my SLR anymore.

I have been thinking though that the xsi doesn't have all the features I want.
I just really want to use my lenses again (70-200 F4L & 50 1.8)...

[yossa]

If I was in your position I'd buy a used RebelXT unless you look for features only found in 20/30/40D

The XT is the only body from the Canon budget line that's worth something in my opinion (lowest noise levels) and the only minus to it is the lack of sensor cleaning.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Well as far as manual function similarity I think my Elan 7n is somewhere between a 40/50d and 5d.

The 50d has received some pretty horrible reviews, many of which state that the 40d is the better camera. The 5d is out of my price range.

[yossa]

I don't know... If you want to shoot manually the only (albeit huge) thing the higher end DSLRs have going for them that's actually better in that aspect is bigger viewfinder (If I'm missing something here, do tell). Having said that, I have no problem with focus in my own photos (using Rebel XT), provided the lens I'm using has a large enough focus ring turn degree.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Well XSI and XT lack a wheel to quickly and easily adjust exposure and f-stop.

XSI on top 40d on the bottom.
http://www.radiantlite.com/uploaded_images/40DandXsI-back-790562.jpg

I havent really made up my mind... but I'd hate to go down in megapixels from my g9.

[yossa]

Ah, the venerated back wheel. Honestly, all I have to do to change exposure/aperture on my camera is either turn the front wheel or turn it while holding an ergonomically placed button. I wouldn't say the lack of back wheel is a big issue to me.
As for megapixels that's up to your perception of the quality of images coming out of the camera. Sometimes less is more and in terms of noise that's definitely true in a DSLR. I have to say though that the Digital Photo Professional coming with Canon cameras is exceptionally good at removing noise from RAW files, superior to anything I've tried.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

After reading some at the dpreview forums I think I will go with the 50d kit with the 17-85mm lens. I wont be buying for about another month or so... I still have plenty of time to think it over.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Right now I find myself wondering is the 50d worth 2 XSI's?

[Gamebrain]

Snowy day on campus
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/1103/1010620qj6.jpg

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

I'm back in the XSI camp and I think I will get a nice wide angle lens to go with it. I'm thinking the 10-22 canon.

http://claytontullos.com/images/oregon/IMG_1826.jpg
That is my jeep on the right.

[Delicieuxz]

Next to my house in summer:
http://i40.tinypic.com/crzew.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/2mgqk38.jpg


This was on the road in-between BC and Alberta, taken through the car's sunroof while driving.

http://i42.tinypic.com/ranrzs.jpg

[oak man]

Wow! I'm jelous! all yall live in the most amazing beautiful places ever!!! :eek:

Great shots!!

[Scream]

Ya, those are some really nice shots ICR and Delicieuxz.

Anyone ever have one of their photos used in a Schmap (http://www.schmap.com/) guide? I got an email the other day saying one of my photos I uploaded to Flickr has been shortlisted for possible inclusion in their new guide for Ottawa that will be released in mid-February. Don't know if it'll get chosen or not, but thought that would be kind of cool. :)

[oak man]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/3245739957_e453411aac.jpg
I was really going for a more criminal look rather than detective :cool:

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Cool pic, but a tad too over-exposed.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Well, I am getting a fairly large tax refund. So right now I am leaning back towards the 50d.

I had a chance to play with both cameras today. I liked the heft of the 50d better, it seemed easier for me to keep still. The xsi did not seem too small to handle. The speed of shooting on the 50d was just crazy, it sounded mighty impressive.

[Nessus]

I was in a camera store today and the guy showed me unprocessed .jpg's he shot out of an Olympus DSLR that has a 5 stop stabilizing ability. They were amazing. I was kind of prejudiced towards Olympus having had a crappy one years ago but man these pictures were incredible. The color was so good they looked like they had been processed.

[Nessus]

One more for good luck.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Last night I ordered the Canon 50d, Canon 10-22mm lens (wide angle!!), lens hood, and a 8gig pro cf card.

[jimbob]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/3245739957_e453411aac.jpg
I was really going for a more criminal look rather than detective :cool:

i want a hat like that :(

[Nessus]

Cool, you're gonna be destroying the photo thread with some gear like that, you should be getting some truly professional results.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Just kinda playing around
http://claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/_MG_0166.jpg

My apartment and my neighbors dog.
http://claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/IMG_0019.jpg

The law school
http://claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/_MG_0184.jpg

Inside the law library
http://claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/_MG_0205.jpg

View from Hayward field
http://claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/_MG_0198.jpg

First try at a panoramic.
http://claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/hayward_field-3.jpg

[Denz]

i like that law library shot a lot, really nice equipement out you got there

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

My mom didn't like the law school pic because it was distorted so I took another one.

http://claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/_MG_0258-3.jpg

Click for resize

[Nessus]

That thing is as big as your head!

I like the law library shot too, you should figure out when the sun will be coming through the windows and go take that again.

[QuiGonJ]

I gotta Sony A200 dSLR thanks to the Circuit City closing sale. Took it out to Long Beach this past weekend. This was my favorite pic of the bunch, on a boat tour of the harbor. Sea lions are so cool.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3485/3285494206_d3384bb580.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/rick_r/3285494206/in/set-72157613939112572)

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Holy Crap

http://photoartkalmar.com/ZOOMIFY/tokyo-2.html

Look at the people playing tennis!!!!
http://photoartkalmar.com/ZOOMIFY/tokyo.html
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9094/tennisplayer.jpg

[The Commander]

Just took this picture of a female Monarch butterfly in my garden. (I consider it art. :P )

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/2636/picbut.jpg

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2636/picbut.jpg - 1024 X 768 Res

[Scream]

Nice!

[Micki!]

My hand is greeting you all...

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5578/p30400405520502.jpg

My mouth is greeting you as well...
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/8403/rimg00242253996nx7.jpg

Awesome book, looks great...
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3348/p30600302986362.jpg

Took a photo of City Hall, looks kinda small from this angle...
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/7627/p30400385511349.jpg

Sorry if the size bothers some of you...

[QuiGonJ]

Cool Alien drawing on your hand!

[Andre]

From my rehearsal this evening:

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6355/halfimg2745.th.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=halfimg2745.jpg)

[oak man]

From my rehearsal this evening:

[/URL]

^^Great shot! I wish I lived in a giant medieval stained-glass-window-lit castle!!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1016/3352402141_3672718a0d.jpg
Long exposure


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1436/3353226006_33990c6764.jpg
'nother long exposure

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1241/3352397607_a71a353d24.jpg
'nother long exposure

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1145/3353223510_6acf3c8e32.jpg
Me with my Badassatized leather! I just put that leopard print on there! :D

[yossa]

Ouch... some weird artifacts I've only ever seen on bad HDR photos there

[oak man]

Me? :( I don't use HDR.... :(

[yossa]

They look like something you'd find in a badly done HDR. Maybe you've achieved the same effect by other means.

[oak man]

Ok sure, whatever...

[yossa]

"Whatever" as in you don't see the problem in processing your photos far beyond believable highlight levels, or "whatever" as in you just don't care? Either way I hope the school you're going to is going to make you look different at this stuff.

The brightest part of your "Badassatized leather" portrait up there, which naturally should be the light above your head, has lightness value of 165 - well into midtones.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

I'll weigh in.

Oakman
Pic 1 - It is the best of the bunch. However, there is way to much light is on the license plate. My eyes are drawn to it more than the other objects in the picture, it is heavily distracting. If the image were cropped higher it would have been much better.

Pic 2- Near blown highlights, but my concern about this image is that there is nothing that makes it the slightest bit interesting. Its crooked, but why?

Pic 3- The tree and wall should not be in the shot to that extreme. Take them out and covert the picture to serpia or b/w and the picture might be decent.

Pic 4- I don't really get the point of your self portrait. You need a much smaller depth of field. The pic looks very dull.



___________________________________

I am going to spend 12 days in Hawaii in May. I will probably destroy this thread when I get back.

[oak man]

Got it! Ok, I see!:insomnia:

[fofo.rider]

My grandmother..

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/69/cimg1356a.th.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg1356a.jpg)

[fofo.rider]

Flying cat..

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8981/cimg1598.th.jpg (http://img27.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg1598.jpg)

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

A little tease from my spring break trip. These pics will go in rough order from my favorite to least fav of the pics I kept.
All of the pics were taken along highway 101 in northern california (redwood national park) and along the southern Oregon coast on 101.

http://www.claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/sp09/800/_MG_1364.jpg

[Jokke_r]

Bad hair day, note this was taken with a webcam :D hence the low res but didn't end up that bad imo.

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3711/morning.png

[Kalki]

Taken by my dad while he was testing out his new camera at the zoo.

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9782/powershotsx1is155.th.jpg (http://img515.imageshack.us/my.php?image=powershotsx1is155.jpg)

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

A little tease from my spring break trip. These pics will go in rough order from my favorite to least fav of the pics I kept.
All of the pics were taken along highway 101 in northern california (redwood national park) and along the southern Oregon coast on 101.

http://www.claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/sp09/800/_MG_1659.jpg

http://www.claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/sp09/800/_MG_1656.jpg

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

A little tease from my spring break trip. These pics will go in rough order from my favorite to least fav of the pics I kept.
All of the pics were taken along highway 101 in northern california (redwood national park) and along the southern Oregon coast on 101.

Unless you took a very tough/steep unmarked trail off of a scenic drive as I did; this beach is only accessible by boat. Or you could have trespassed across private land and walked half a mile.

It is just south of the Kalamath River.
http://www.claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/sp09/800/_MG_1427.jpg

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

A little tease from my spring break trip. These pics will go in rough order from my favorite to least fav of the pics I kept.
All of the pics were taken along highway 101 in northern california (redwood national park) and along the southern Oregon coast on 101.



Same beach as before
http://www.claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/sp09/800/_MG_1441.jpg

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

A little tease from my spring break trip. These pics will go in rough order from my favorite to least fav of the pics I kept.
All of the pics were taken along highway 101 in northern california (redwood national park) and along the southern Oregon coast on 101.


Raven
http://www.claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/sp09/800/_MG_1468.jpg

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

A little tease from my spring break trip. These pics will go in rough order from my favorite to least fav of the pics I kept.
All of the pics were taken along highway 101 in northern california (redwood national park) and along the southern Oregon coast on 101.



http://www.claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/sp09/800/_MG_1623.jpg

[Gideon]

http://www.opacity.us/extras/wallpapers/krankenbunker_blast_door_1024x768.jpg

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

A little tease from my spring break trip. These pics will go in rough order from my favorite to least fav of the pics I kept.
All of the pics were taken along highway 101 in northern california (redwood national park) and along the southern Oregon coast on 101.



http://www.claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/sp09/800/_MG_1610.jpg

[Phait]

Love that raven, nice shot.

[Paroxysm]

Raven

Bird response!
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/mrparoxysm/IMG_7009.jpg

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Bird response!


Turkey Vulture taken from the same spot.

http://www.claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/sp09/800/_MG_1475.jpg

http://www.claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/sp09/800/_MG_1480.jpg

[oak man]

http://www.opacity.us/extras/wallpapers/krankenbunker_blast_door_1024x768.jpg

Holy shit did you take that?
the website on there leads me to beleive you didn't! 800 points if you did!
10 if you didn't!:cool:

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

A little tease from my spring break trip. These pics will go in rough order from my favorite to least fav of the pics I kept.
All of the pics were taken along highway 101 in northern california (redwood national park) and along the southern Oregon coast on 101.



Big image, click for larger image.
http://www.claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/sp09/Panorama0.jpg

[Scream]

Very nice. :)

[wayskobfssae]

Big Ben (actually called St. Stephen's Tower :tinyted:) as seen through the legs of a Salvador Dali sculpture on the Embankment:
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/3468/bigdalisb0.th.jpg (http://img480.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bigdalisb0.jpg)

All that's missing from this picture is a heat ray.

[wayskobfssae]

Some wintery schtuff

Ice Storm in Newfoundland this month

My favorite macro shot of the bunch
http://www.fragglerockforever.com/sheilasBrush/ice_storm3.jpg

Recolored with enhanced glow in photoshop
http://www.fragglerockforever.com/sheilasBrush/ice_storm1.jpg

October surprise blizzard in Buffalo, 2006

Sun peering at the destruction
http://www.fragglerockforever.com/octoberStorm/96.jpg

Sunrise
http://www.fragglerockforever.com/octoberStorm/13.jpg

Yep... autumn, not winter
http://www.fragglerockforever.com/octoberStorm/68.jpg

Downed Lines
http://www.fragglerockforever.com/octoberStorm/88.jpg

Digging Out Before Dawn
http://www.fragglerockforever.com/octoberStorm/6.jpg

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

A little tease from my spring break trip. These pics will go in rough order from my favorite to least fav of the pics I kept.
All of the pics were taken along highway 101 in northern california (redwood national park) and along the southern Oregon coast on 101.



http://www.claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/sp09/panorama1.jpg

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

A little tease from my spring break trip. These pics will go in rough order from my favorite to least fav of the pics I kept.
All of the pics were taken along highway 101 in northern california (redwood national park) and along the southern Oregon coast on 101.


click for larger image, along with above.
http://www.claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/sp09/Panorama2.jpg

[Nessus]

Turkey Vulture taken from the same spot.

http://www.claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/sp09/800/_MG_1475.jpg

http://www.claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/sp09/800/_MG_1480.jpg


Turkey.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/1319/img33091.jpg

They run wild on Staten Island.

ICR are those panoramas stitched or is that a shooting mode or what?

Are you not processing your images while you're up at school? They dont have the pop they used to.

Ways I like the sunset one.

[ixfd64]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1304/616410665_f49a4cbed3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ixfd64/616410665)

This is my most popular photo on Flickr, although I fail to see what's so special about it. LOL.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Well I did do some post processing.

"big rock" made this website.
http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/downloads/date/any/

[Scream]

This guy was sunning himself in my backyard this morning while I was making breakfast. :)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3595/3473777294_263f849c54_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15796469@N02/3473777294/)

[Phait]

/my spam time

I got more today! I did in fact see deer, and took some pics but the woods/branches obscure sooooo much you cannot find them. At least, I challenge you to :p I went 5 miles north along railroad tracks and saw:

deer, crane, groundhog, red-tailed hawks, heard an eagle

Just what is this thing?

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1619/89885183.th.jpg (http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1619/89885183.jpg)

It was far ahead, and when I looked through my monocular, I saw heat haze. It clearly looked like a barn, what with the angle of the 'roof', and in the shot you can barely tell where there would be darker roof atop. But, I also didn't nkow if it was a train car and a guy in the 'doorway' there. I didn't wanna go too far ahead and get in trouble, so I snapped this pic. Sucks, cause I didn't even get to my intended destination (rock quarry). If it's a barn, why would it be "on" the tracks, they go straight out for miles. Could be some kind of arched tunnel? I have checked the satellite maps and birds-eye-view of the area and can't find anything, but I'll look harder again.

*EDIT*
Turns out that barn indeed is... a barn. The tracks curve giving the illusion its 'on' the tracks from 1 to 1.5 miles away. I coulda kept going! But, one thing confusing, the barn door on the satellite image is smaller compared to what I can tell in the actual photo.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5968/barnc.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4034/img2531c.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5193/img2537w.jpg

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/3953/img2539z.jpg

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2955/img2554n.jpg

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/9379/img2540.jpg

[Scream]

Nice beaver.

(yes, I know I'm a child, and I don't care)

[Phait]

That rabbit shot is awesome :D

[Scream]

I like photographing animals. The subject matter makes the photo (I mean, seriously, who doesn't like bunnies? ;)) so it matters less that I'm not particularly artistic with the composition or technically skilled with the equipment. ;)

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

rip photo thread... i was looking forward to updating you in a couple of weeks when I get back from hawaii. :(

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Anyway, I bought a 32gb card for my 50d. The 8gb card that I bought with it just wasnt enough because it only held ~380photos. When you shoot bracket shots or sports 380 is nothing.

---------- Post added at 05:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:52 PM ----------

12 days in hawaii here I come... I leave Wednesday

[Nessus]

32, I didn't even know you could get over 8. What did that run you? How is your camera on taking video, does it go above 640x480? I shot some concert footage with my G9 and it came out pretty damn good, sound wasn't even that bad.

I know what you're saying about missing the photo thread. I was going to post a few shots from random shooting driving around the city but I guess that's over.

[QuiGonJ]

The most popular pic on my Flickr account seems to be a slave Leia next to a Boba Fett, but that's outside the scope of the thread.

I went to an Alumni Day at my alma mater this weekend, and the UCLAlumni Association wants to publish some of my pics. Feels neat!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rick_r/sets/72157617860845453/ is the set.

Here are my faves:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3329/3518159819_3e71d65427.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rick_r/3518159819/in/set-72157617860845453/)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3383/3518153733_22467de6ae.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rick_r/3518153733/in/set-72157617860845453/)

[Kef Nukem]

^haha this last shot is awesome in a way ;)

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

The first of many pictures from my vacation.

I went snorkeling in Hanauma Bay on Oahu Hawaii.

http://claytontullos.com/images/hawaii/IMG_0305.jpg

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

22 mile hike that was a constant up/downhill exhaustive adventure.
Location: Kalalau Trail hike on the Na Pali Coast


This is my favorite picture from my entire Hawaii vacation. This was a taken at sunset with a 10 second shutter. It was breathtaking.

http://claytontullos.com/images/hawaii/50d/_MG_2570.jpg

[Paroxysm]

From random shoots with my friend.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/mrparoxysm/mask2.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/mrparoxysm/IMG_4127.jpg

[Nessus]

Nice stuff Paroxsym. Moar?

ICR that's a killer shot. You should do a 16:9 version where you crop out some of the bottom. Is that underwater one taken with a the G9 in one of those waterproof enclosures?

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Nice stuff Paroxsym. Moar?

Is that underwater one taken with a the G9 in one of those waterproof enclosures?

I did use the g9 in an underwater housing. Shooting underwater I have to go full auto, which on the g9 means jpg.

http://claytontullos.com/images/hawaii/50d/_MG_2553.jpg

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Nice stuff Paroxsym. Moar?

ICR that's a killer shot. You should do a 16:9 version where you crop out some of the bottom.
I ordered the pic at 15x30 inches, which looks like:
http://claytontullos.com/images/hawaii/_MG_25701.jpg


http://claytontullos.com/images/hawaii/IMG_0213.jpg

[yossa]

Paroxysm, I really like that second shot.

Some walking into unsuspecting people's faces and shooting up front:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2460/3607489423_c969df352d_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2457/3607459605_330167fc85_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3310/3608275426_c356e8a932_o.jpg

[Kalki]

Paroxysm, I really like that second shot.

Some walking into unsuspecting people's faces and shooting up front:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2457/3607459605_330167fc85_o.jpg


Omg, you found Allen Blum ;)

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

My photography. I did a major update to each gallery.

http://www.claytontullos.com/photography.html

[Micki!]

I took photos of spiders and stuff around my parents place...

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8482/p9100373.th.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/i/p9100373.jpg/) http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4333/p9100351.th.jpg (http://img198.imageshack.us/i/p9100351.jpg/) http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/1939/p9100352.th.jpg (http://img179.imageshack.us/i/p9100352.jpg/)

Fascinating creatures, i love those things...
I also found butterflies, so i photographed some of those too... Theyrre indeed very hairy butterflies, not moths...

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7610/p9100354.th.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/i/p9100354.jpg/) http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/2848/p9100357.th.jpg (http://img30.imageshack.us/i/p9100357.jpg/)

[Jeff]

Took this from inside my place.

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/396/img0137ys.th.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/i/img0137ys.jpg/)

[Nessus]

I like those nature shots Micki! I was playing with your spider in Lightroom. http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9413/p910035114.jpg (http://img197.imageshack.us/i/p910035114.jpg/)

I know I'm always pimping this program like a broken record but it really is the easiest and fastest way I've seen to punch up your photos. I was surprised how much detail came back on this one, that's a nice camera, what is it?

I took this spider by the light of my LED flashlight that's why he's blue.

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/3659/img41161.jpg (http://img170.imageshack.us/i/img41161.jpg/)



My G9 is now dead, it wont turn on, it just gets hot. The interwebs say internally screws come loose and short out one of the boards and it seems that's what happened. I think it's burned out and removing the screw wont help but I'll probably try. I don't know if I want to spend like 200 or more fixing it or get a G11 or something comparable.

Here's a pictorial thread describing what happens to these cameras. http://www.myfixtips.com/blog/digital-camera/who-killed-my-g9-133.htm

Anyone that has one can prevent it from being fried if they take a look. (Looking in your direction ICR)

[Micki!]

Thanks Nessus..!

My Camera is an Olympus u840 digital cam... It's very good at alot of things, especially mcro shots and well lit portrait shots... But it really sucks in dark/poorly lit areas... It's practically useless at night, anything becomes a blur...

[Nessus]

Can you force that camera to shoot with a faster shutter speed but make the picture darker? Because there was a lot of information in the dark area of the spider so your camera has a lot of room to process the image later and try to recover some detail out of it. I'd rather have a shot dark then blurred.

This shot was totally dark but I saved it to some extent.

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1302/img238812.th.jpg (http://img36.imageshack.us/i/img238812.jpg/)

[Micki!]

I can play with many certain things on it, light adjustements is one thing, if that's what you mean...
It's capable of many things, but i only use like half of it, like special filters for certain settings around you etc... I thnik it even has a night-mode... But it basically only sharpens anything bright, and does almost nothing to the dark surroundings... I guess some afterwork like the stuff you did there is needed for a pic like that to look any good...

Do you have a version of that pic you posted there before it was edited..? I'm just curious how drastically it has changed...

[Nessus]

I can't find that one but here's some similar examples of what you can do.


http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8477/img24501.th.jpg (http://img209.imageshack.us/i/img24501.jpg/)

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3103/img245012.th.jpg (http://img246.imageshack.us/i/img245012.jpg/)

Changing individual colors only takes a few seconds.

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/7987/img24601.th.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/i/img24601.jpg/)

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/4558/img246012.th.jpg (http://img200.imageshack.us/i/img246012.jpg/)





http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7792/img24921.th.jpg (http://img16.imageshack.us/i/img24921.jpg/)

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8669/img249212.th.jpg (http://img196.imageshack.us/i/img249212.jpg/)



A lot of this you can do in photoshop but I can just never get the same results. The controls are clunky and weak in comparison. You can blast through photos in seconds after you get your system down. I think you can get a demo here on the bottom left. http://www.adobe.com/downloads/?PID=2159997

[Micki!]

Wow that's some sweet improvements over the original dark stuff... :o

It's not that it's a big deal though, i usually only use my camera in well lit areas and in daytime anyway...

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

A friend of mine cliff jumping into the rouge river.
http://www.claytontullos.com/galleries/LAWRaftTrip2009/photos/_MG_5143.jpg

Vuax's Swifts flying into a local chimney.
http://claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/_MG_5622.jpg

A local Cooper's hawk perched on that chimney waiting to pick off one of the above birds. 100% crop.
http://claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/_MG_5533.jpg

I've nearly completed updating my entire website, who would have thought that adobe Lightroom would be a great tool for web development?!
www.claytontullos.com


Thanks for the tip Nessus.

Now that I have my 50d, I rarely use my G9. I use the G9 when I go out with friends either to a bar / party and in all honesty I don't need a G9 for that type of photography.

Depending on your funding situation, it may be a good time to make the jump to an SLR. The T1i is basically the same as my camera, but with video. Now that the awesome 7d is announced a lot of people with 40/50d's are jumping ship and selling their cameras. I would be too, but I'm trying to buy a road bike right now and I can only do one or the other. Here is a cool vid shot with the 7d. http://www.vimeo.com/6475938

[Nessus]

I've thought about a DSLR but I just don't think it's for me. Besides I'd want one so nice that I can't afford it. I take my camera with me to work, I go all over the city and I just wouldn't take a big camera with me. I need something borderline pocketable. Have you seen what they are calling the micro 4/3rds standard? The concept is more of a small SLR than a full feature point and shoot. They have lens systems and everything, I'm going to keep my eye on that. Right now I'll probably fix the G9 if it's not too expensive and then see what the options are next year for a replacement. There's so much great stuff coming out.

How's the video on that 50D in low light?

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3853/img373513.th.jpg (http://img28.imageshack.us/i/img373513.jpg/)

(Edit) Thats a great video. 25 years ago it would have cost 100,000+ to get that kind of quality on the street at night, and even still it might not have looked that good.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

The 50d doesn't have video.

I'm kind of skeptical on the 4/3 system, 1.6crop cameras are barely good enough as it is. I wouldn't want a smaller sensor.
The t1i with a kit lens can be had for $900 and it is smaller than my 50d, but with the exact same sensor.

[Nessus]

You make some good points but for me at this time I want to stick with the whole high quality in a small factor concept. Micro4/3rds is only weak in comparison to full DSLR's. all things considered they seem pretty cool for what they are. Olympus or Pentax has one that looks pretty nice. It's all still new, I'm going to wait out a dev cycle and see what happens. I'd love to get a low light RAW file from that 50D to play with and get a feel for the limitations if you could get me one.


Trinity Church.

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/8412/trinitywide.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/i/trinitywide.jpg/)

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

What kind of low light shot do you want?

Well exposed low light? High iso low light? Poorly exposed low light?

The G9 is useless at high iso values.

[Nessus]

Poorly exposed low light. Maybe something over exposed too, to see how well it can recover. The G9 has big issues with highlight blowouts. And yeah it sucks at high ISO. 400 is grainy and anything over that is worthless. The G11 has a 12800 ISO mode where it doubles up the pixels and takes a 2.5 megapixel shot. Thats a great idea but they should have made it available at all ISO.


http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8673/img20341.jpg (http://img16.imageshack.us/i/img20341.jpg/)

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Before/after processing

http://claytontullos.com/images/_MG_2857.jpg
http://claytontullos.com/images/_MG_2857-2.jpg
http://claytontullos.com/images/_MG_3941.jpg
http://claytontullos.com/images/_MG_3941-2.jpg

http://claytontullos.com/images/_MG_2857.CR2
http://claytontullos.com/images/_MG_3941.CR2

ISO 6400 is usable, though undesirable on the 50d. From a law school powder puff game.
http://claytontullos.com/images/_MG_1189.jpg

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Here is a better under exposed picture. Quick job as it was a junk pic that I hadn't "fixed" before.

http://claytontullos.com/images/_MG_5401.jpg

http://claytontullos.com/images/_MG_5401-2.jpg

http://claytontullos.com/images/_MG_5401.CR2

[Nessus]

Thanks, it's fun to play with those. You have good headroom with that camera, makes taking the pictures so much easier. ISO must work different on the DSLR's. ISO 6400 is still better than 800 on the G9. I would think you can take indoor shots like at a restaurant without using the flash. I hate using the flash because it annoys everyone.

Moonrise.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3897/moonrise.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/i/moonrise.jpg/)

[yossa]

ISO must work different on the DSLR's. ISO 6400 is still better than 800 on the G9.
ISO works the same it's just that on a DSLR you get a much larger sensor and the pixels are not so cramped so they get much more light out of the scene, reducing noise and other artifacts. It's all even better on full frame cameras and don't get me started on the ridiculous quality of medium format.

http://i38.tinypic.com/348t16f.jpg

[Nessus]

"ISO must work different on DSLR's"

I edited my post and that sentence got left in there out of context. I was referring to some settings ICR had on one of his daylight pics and thinking that ISO 100 on both types of cameras isn't necessarily comparable. If forget the point I was trying to make now.


"And don't get me started on the ridiculous quality of medium format." I'd like to hear your thoughts on that actually.


Top of 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5025/img181411.jpg (http://img197.imageshack.us/i/img181411.jpg/)

[Micki!]

What a pretty sight from over the city...

[yossa]

I'd like to hear your thoughts on that actually
Ridiculous quality with a price tag to match. The sensor size makes it possible to produce large images with very low pixel density, providing the best image quality. The companies make no compromises when it comes to dynamic range.
But the cameras are priced in the absolute pro sector, are unwieldy, slow and useful only for some applications, telephoto not being one of them for example.
Bear in mind I've only seen the photos and had never even touched any of the Hasselblads, Mamiyas or PhaseOnes.

Oh, and they only have superb lenses since the price is already so high that nobody makes anything budget for those beasts.

[Nessus]

I had those same thought's about the smaller format cams. Great dynamic range on them, you can really save a shot but not much zoom and kind of pricey. I'm betting in a year or two there will be better offerings, the whole format is new and there are too many pro's and semi pro's who want to scale down the size but keep the quality high.

Have you seen the new sample shots for the G11? The noise control is lightyears better than the previous ones. There are usable shots at 1600 and 3200 ISO. Both of them look better than 800 ISO on my G9. Check out this gallery it just hit the web. http://www.dpreview.com/gallery/canong11_preview2/


Micki! The Top of the Rock as they call it is one of the best places in the city for taking pictures. It's way better than the empire state and even on the ground there are dozens of classic shots to be had. I have a whole bunch from there, I should post them.

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4606/img18231a12.jpg (http://img27.imageshack.us/i/img18231a12.jpg/)

[Micki!]

What a fantastic view over the city..!

[yossa]

Have you seen the new sample shots for the G11? The noise control is lightyears better than the previous ones. There are usable shots at 1600 and 3200 ISO. Both of them look better than 800 ISO on my G9. Check out this gallery it just hit the web. http://www.dpreview.com/gallery/canong11_preview2/
Yeah I've seen this gallery. There's a lot to choose from if one wants a smaller camera and still wants acceptable image quality and high ISO performance. The one thing DSLRs do much better is speed of use I think. Manual zoom, focus when needed, stuff like that.

[ixfd64]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3279/2546944838_89c2863469_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ixfd64/2546944838)

(Artist Point, Yellowstone National Park)

A few months ago, this photo was on the first page of Yahoo!'s search results for "Yellowstone National Park" for a few days.

[Nessus]

That's an awesome shot ixfd64, you were at just the right time of year.

Me My camera's in the shop for like a month and I tried borrowing my moms regular powershot but forgot how crappy and noisy they are in comparison to the the G series.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

A bird that was just outside of my window.

http://claytontullos.com/images/oregon/50d/_MG_6457.jpg

[Nessus]

You lucked out on that one, he stayed pretty still, that's a woodpecker right?. I went into Manhattan to pick up my fried G9 and it only cost like $109 to get fixed but I left my memory card on table. So there i was on Lexington Avenue with killer shots everywhere and no memory card, that sucked.

I was right across the street from this building and it was perfectly lit, the whole thing is amazing looking top to bottom, I don't know how it's not more famous.

http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/size:large/view:main/2513749-2-general-electric-building-new-york.jpg

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Silver Falls State Park, Oregon.

http://www.claytontullos.com/galleries/oregonwaterfalls/
http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_211.php
8.7 mile hike with 10 waterfalls.

http://claytontullos.com/galleries/oregonwaterfalls/photos/_MG_9988.jpg

http://claytontullos.com/galleries/oregonwaterfalls/photos/_MG_0052.jpg

http://claytontullos.com/galleries/oregonwaterfalls/photos/_MG_0096.jpg

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Starfish at the Oregon Coast.

http://claytontullos.com/galleries/OC/photos/_MG_0234.jpg

[Xgthug]

Starfish at the Oregon Coast.

http://claytontullos.com/galleries/OC/photos/_MG_0234.jpg

In this picture, I see a dead person's uncircumsized penis oozing green pus, surrounded by the rosy-red scrotum of an old man.

[Micki!]

What a soothing way to describe that utterly interesting looking photo...

:hhg:

I think it looks cool, it sure has a pretty variety of colors that makes it interesting to look at ..!

[Xgthug]

What a soothing way to describe that utterly interesting looking photo...

:hhg:

I think it looks cool, it sure has a pretty variety of colors that makes it interesting to look at ..!

The picture is great, but it reminds me of another photo I saw awhile back:

http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=11753&d=1270356723

[Micki!]

Ow shit :D

[Jokke_r]

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/4656/arctonemapped.th.jpg (http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/4656/arctonemapped.jpg)

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/4677/wide.th.png (http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/4677/wide.png)

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/1929/pantheonk.th.jpg (http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/1929/pantheonk.jpg)

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4559/towerb.th.jpg (http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4559/towerb.jpg)

[Nessus]

Hey Jokke_r those are interesting, where do you live?

ICR were those lens filters of exposures on those waterfalls?

Here's my new watch, I really love this one, it's a real attention grabber.
http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/9389/lumtec1.jpg (http://img541.imageshack.us/i/lumtec1.jpg/)



If you want a nice watch but can't afford the Swiss and German stuff take a look at a new American company Lum-Tec They range 500-1000, more on the low side though.

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/9250/lumtec2.jpg (http://img695.imageshack.us/i/lumtec2.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)



At night with some others. You can see how long the exposure was if you count the second hands.

URL=http://img687.imageshack.us/i/lumtec3.jpg/]http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/4825/lumtec3.jpg[/URL]

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Well to have the milky waterfall effect you need a longer shutter.

To do have a long shutter, during day time, requires a really high f-stop... around f22.

[Nessus]

I didn't even know camera F stops went that high.

Anyways the watch company I got that watch from, Lum-tec, from is having a killer sale, that watch is right now $475, I'd have paid $1200 I like it so much. They are having a massive sale on most of thier stuff, some under $400.

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3753/c72s.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/i/c72s.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

[Paroxysm]

If your camera can't stop down far enough or you can't get your ISO slow enough you'll need to look at some nd filters.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Rainbow over my home.

http://claytontullos.com/galleries/Eugene/photoshi/_MG_0299.jpg

[Nessus]

Now there's one to print and hang.

[Jokke_r]

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6376/33962801.th.jpg (http://img412.imageshack.us/i/33962801.jpg/)


http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8859/rome086.th.jpg (http://img341.imageshack.us/i/rome086.jpg/)


http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/1597/bergethdr2.th.jpg (http://img130.imageshack.us/i/bergethdr2.jpg/)


http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/6850/berget2hdr2.th.jpg (http://img442.imageshack.us/i/berget2hdr2.jpg/)




Some experimentation with HDR/tonemapping, kinda meh.


EDIT:

Some old pics from my time in the army 3 years ago:

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/7726/mortar1.th.jpg (http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/7726/mortar1.jpg)

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2936/mortar2.th.jpg (http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2936/mortar2.jpg)

[joey007]

GOOD photography thread?? Dang it!! Can't put my pics of mine on here :o

[fofo.rider]

http://img7.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_780180CIMG4251.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=780180CIMG4251.jpg)

[Rapture_Rising]

One question, Is the Sony Alpha 350 DSLR any good for taking professional quality photographs?

[Paroxysm]

Professional quality photos can mean a lot of things but given optimal conditions the a350 would give good results but it's in a totally different class to professional cameras. Remember you're stuck with Sony alpha glass which would certainly be an issue for me but if you're just wanting to play around and don't feel the need to expand beyond kit lenses then don't worry about it.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydslra350/default.asp

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

Two pics of my dog on the beach in nor cal.

http://claytontullos.com/galleries/Max/photos/_MG_0628.jpg

http://claytontullos.com/galleries/Max/photos/_MG_0688.jpg

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One question, Is the Sony Alpha 350 DSLR any good for taking professional quality photographs?

It can, but you would be better off going with either a Canon or Nikon.

-
The canon snob.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

http://claytontullos.com/galleries/HKauai/photos/_MG_25581.jpg

[readerwhite19]

not mine but wow:
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs17/f/2007/192/6/2/no_title_26_by_ABrito.jpg

more here... (http://abrito.deviantart.com/)


This one is really amazing..

[Rapture_Rising]

This is a photo of lightning i took from a storm we had over Adelaide a few years ago.

http://i1010.photobucket.com/albums/af222/rapture_rising/coollightning1.jpg

Its nowhere near professional quality but its a start.

Edit*** i should of said this first but this photo was from a 5 megapixel point and shoot camera.

[readerwhite19]

This is a photo of lightning i took from a storm we had over Adelaide a few years ago.

http://i1010.photobucket.com/albums/af222/rapture_rising/coollightning1.jpg


Its nowhere near professional quality but its a start.

Its still cool.. its not easy to capture a lighting..

[Nessus]

I'm sure you cab get pro reults from that camera, I've gotten salable, publishable shots outof my G9 point and shoot.

When you buy a DSLR you are not just buying a camera you are buying into a whole system of lenses and accessories that photographers add to throughout their life. IMO you do not want to buy into the Sony system. Cannon and Nikon have pretty much got it all perfected and offer a huge selection of great peripherals. I would stay with one of those. Me personally I would go with a Cannon but Nikon is great too.

[Rapture_Rising]

I'm sure you cab get pro reults from that camera, I've gotten salable, publishable shots outof my G9 point and shoot.

When you buy a DSLR you are not just buying a camera you are buying into a whole system of lenses and accessories that photographers add to throughout their life. IMO you do not want to buy into the Sony system. Cannon and Nikon have pretty much got it all perfected and offer a huge selection of great peripherals. I would stay with one of those. Me personally I would go with a Cannon but Nikon is great too.

Ive already have the Alpha 350 for nearly 2 years now and i have really only used the auto settings and havent really gone and used it to its full potential but i would really like to learn and how to use it properly.

[Paroxysm]

Well then it's certainly got the ability to take decent shots. Get it off that auto shit right now and begin the learning process :)

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

I broke my g9 on a not so recent camping trip. The lcd is broken. I plan on ordering a replacement lcd on ebay for ~$30 instead of shipping the g9 off for a $200 repair job.

Anyway here are a few long shutter shots from last night:

http://claytontullos.com/galleries/Eugene/photos/_MG_0843.jpg

http://claytontullos.com/galleries/Eugene/photos/_MG_0881.jpg

http://claytontullos.com/galleries/Eugene/photos/_MG_0923.jpg

http://claytontullos.com/galleries/Eugene/photos/_MG_0925.jpg

http://claytontullos.com/galleries/Eugene/photos/_MG_0939.jpg

http://claytontullos.com/galleries/Eugene/photos/_MG_0943.jpg

http://claytontullos.com/galleries/Eugene/photos/_MG_0963.jpg

[Nessus]

You had a nice wind that made those fireworks shots especially nice, I like those.

I lost my G9 this summer. I was heartbroken but in the almost 2 years I had it I took 5700+ pictures and a few hundred videos so yeah it could have sat on a shelf most of the time and I'd probably still have it but I took a lifetimes worth a pictures with it. I'm the type of guy that believes you should use the good china instead of just displaying it in a cabinet, even though you might break some.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

I went to a hippy outdoor festival yesterday, The Oregon Country Fair. One of the more interesting looking fellows:

http://claytontullos.com/images/_MG_1049-2.jpg


Then of course there were numerous topless women.

[KO Gilligan]

Awesome tool is being given away today only

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/inpaint-2-4/

This does not replace the clone tool - it is a very special too that features an algorithm that fills in areas of a removed area. I noticed another user indicated GIMP had an add-on called resynthesizer, or something - I have no idea what that is, and I'm not an expert at GIMP... I've had several classes in Photoshop specifically, and I can do some pretty advanced work.

I've become experienced with the tool, and before you raise an eyebrow about a gimmicky clone tool, please hear me out...

InPaint uses a very specialized technique of recreating the texture-like features of the surrounding areas without the rubberstamp effect. It is suitable for removing not only objects in the picture, but damages and blemishes.

Often you may use additional passes for improved results, and in combination with the clone and other tools, the results can sometimes be a photo in which the changes are unidentifiable no matter how much of a pro you are at detecting “shopped” photos. For the novice, you’ll be amazed at how you can fill in a patch of grass or other feature and the blend is seemless.

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I went to a hippy outdoor festival yesterday, The Oregon Country Fair. One of the more interesting looking fellows:
Then of course there were numerous topless women.

I went to a Furthur festival last week - you don't get much more "Hippy" than that. I met a photographer (Mark Lewno) with this massive camera, and he was talking about all kinds of technical things about it - like it's full 35mm sensor. It had a raw image of like 24,000 or 26,000 pixels or something and a crazy long lens he was using for the fireworks we could see over the city from the venue.

anyway here is his website - lot's of musician pics, and it turns out he knows a lot of the people he's been taking pictures of over the years.

www.phumes.com


>
>

[Jokke_r]

That "inpaint" feature is available in the latest Photoshop CS5, although it's called "content aware" there. Been using it a lot in the past 2 months.

http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/33/rom134panorama1.th.jpg (http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/33/rom134panorama1.jpg)

Photoshop is truly amazing nowadays. This image for instance was originally two different images, both badly framed, one getting the top of the colloseum and the other getting the road and about half the colloseum, with literally 3 or so clicks in photoshop it merged them seamlessly and the remaining areas that got sort of skewed out like the corners i filled in with this content aware feature, then i also replaced the entire sky since it was over exposed. The selection tools are so bloody amazing nowadays, and does it almost automatically.

[KO Gilligan]

That "inpaint" feature is available in the latest Photoshop CS5, although it's called "content aware" there. Been using it a lot in the past 2 months.

http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/33/rom134panorama1.th.jpg (http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/33/rom134panorama1.jpg)

Photoshop is truly amazing nowadays. This image for instance was originally two different images, both badly framed, one getting the top of the colloseum and the other getting the road and about half the colloseum, with literally 3 or so clicks in photoshop it merged them seamlessly and the remaining areas that got sort of skewed out like the corners i filled in with this content aware feature, then i also replaced the entire sky since it was over exposed. The selection tools are so bloody amazing nowadays, and does it almost automatically.

Wow, I'll have to bite the bullet and buy the latest version someday :D

Nice job

It would be very hard to tell you merged that from two photos... after looking for some kind of seam or rubberstam effect, I did spot the offset splice in the lamp post, but the surrounding areas all look authentic.

[Jokke_r]

yeah i didn't catch that lamp post at first, i fixed it now and updated the pic. Photoshop CS5 is truly amazing, watch some of the videos on youtube where they demonstrate the new features, mind boggling.

[Paroxysm]

Yeah the new selection tools, content aware, puppet warp, HDR merge plus general tweaks and speed increases make CS5 freaking awesome.

[Nessus]

Then of course there were numerous topless women.
Sounds like what PM's were made for!

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Reading this thread is a realize I have a lot of catching up to do. All I've been using for 2 years is Lightroom and some photoshop 7.0 I really need to get a copy of Indesign but It afford it. I notice a lot of clients are using it now and I'm going to have to learn that sooner or later

[Jokke_r]

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/777/klintenhdr2.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/777/klintenhdr2.jpg)

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2575/skyhdr2.th.jpg (http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2575/skyhdr2.jpg) http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/9707/skyhdr3.th.jpg (http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/9707/skyhdr3.jpg)

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/531/sunrisemehdr2.th.jpg (http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/531/sunrisemehdr2.jpg) http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/4172/shadowme.th.jpg (http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/4172/shadowme.jpg)


Some HDR experimentations (all pics except the "shadow" use HDR+tonemapping).

[Parkar]

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/777/klintenhdr2.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/777/klintenhdr2.jpg)



If this was posted as a screen shot for a game I wouldn't even think twice about it.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

If this was posted as a screen shot for a game I wouldn't even think twice about it.

Especially given the hexagons created by his lens.

It's a problem inherent with most lower quality lenses... one of my three lenses would have done the same thing. The downside in the nature setting is that it makes the scene decidedly unnatural.

[Jokke_r]

It's not so much the lens as the result from light diffraction on a very small aperture, it's a problem inherent in all lenses at very small apertures and very high intensity light.
That said it's an entirely different phenomenon from lens flare. Also Parkar, i'm not entirely sure if thats a compliment or not. Considering my goal was for realistic exposure imitation I'll say the latter.

[Nessus]

If this was posted as a screen shot for a game I wouldn't even think twice about it.

My first thought was that it was a something from one of the Cryengines.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

http://www.drweb.de/magazin/35-splendid-examples-of-forced-perspective-photography/

Not mine, but neat.

[Parkar]

It's not so much the lens as the result from light diffraction on a very small aperture, it's a problem inherent in all lenses at very small apertures and very high intensity light.
That said it's an entirely different phenomenon from lens flare. Also Parkar, i'm not entirely sure if thats a compliment or not. Considering my goal was for realistic exposure imitation I'll say the latter.

Yea, guess it depends on what you tried to achieve. I like it though, would put it into the desktop rotation if it was highres enough.

I think for me it's mostly the way the light interacts with the stone and the grass looking like it might be done using alpha planes that give it that "game-look".

[Rapture_Rising]

I was going through my old photos and came across this cool sunset photo i took last summer.

http://i1010.photobucket.com/albums/af222/rapture_rising/DSC00321.jpg

[fofo.rider]

Homemade baseball bat with nails ;)

http://img7.hostingpics.net/pics/300688MEDIC2.jpg

[Jokke_r]

shot the perseid meteor shower last night, pretty bad light pollution over where i was at but i did manage to catch one or two meteors in some long exposures.


http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/9836/img3975c.th.jpg (http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/9836/img3975c.jpg) http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/151/img4004v.th.jpg (http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/151/img4004v.jpg) http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/9079/img4026c.th.jpg (http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/9079/img4026c.jpg)

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/4645/img4056.th.jpg (http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/4645/img4056.jpg) http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/6963/img4061ix.th.jpg (http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/6963/img4061ix.jpg)

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3881/img40178fused.th.jpg (http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3881/img40178fused.jpg) http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/2723/img4048.th.jpg (http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/2723/img4048.jpg)

[fofo.rider]

ATELIER DU PAIN (VERMENTON - FRANCE)

http://img11.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_740141CIMG4647.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=740141CIMG4647.jpg)

http://img11.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_848014CIMG4745.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=848014CIMG4745.jpg)

http://img11.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_799421CIMG4767.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=799421CIMG4767.jpg)

[Jokke_r]

Finally getting enough footage together and after struggling with codecs and youtube i finally got my first attempt at timelapse photography uploaded. Pretty basic cloud stuff with some stolen music for ambiance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h7UANzwFho

feel free to check it out and tell me what you guys think.

[Jokke_r]

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/4244/building1000px.th.jpg (http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/4244/building1000px.jpg)

[fofo.rider]

http://img11.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_739871CIMG4991.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=739871CIMG4991.jpg)

http://img11.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_709083CIMG4982.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=709083CIMG4982.jpg)