PHOTOS PLEASE

Post by **Dave** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:33 pm

Doombrain wrote:
mjrpes wrote:
saturn wrote:lol, you just dumped a million pics at flickr
EPSN1115.JPG !!
lol, drugs.

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Post by **R00k** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:36 pm

LOL - not like it had any cursing in it.

You're not allowed to express any strong negative opinions.

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:43 pm

Dave wrote:
Doombrain wrote:
mjrpes wrote: EPSN1115.JPG !!
lol, drugs.
Your comment was deleted

lol, added again

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:46 pm

it looks like it just had a high pass filter put over it

Post by **R00k** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:46 pm

BANT!

Post by **Dave** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:53 pm

hah.. true.. be careful not to get banned after you just purchased an account

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:54 pm

why, is it that bad?

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:55 pm

lol, it's gone again

Post by **Dave** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:57 pm

dunno.. i don't know what their tolerance is.

You know what? I bet the guy with the pic ignored you, which is why your comments don't appear

Post by **bikkeldesnikkel** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:58 pm

deleted again

who's deleting the comments?

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:06 pm

but fucking hell, it's not even HDR ffs. it's just shite.

christ, i know a few sites like that. post a pic with a border and a shitty flower, sign it and people kiss ass.

Post by **saturn** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:20 pm

heh, lets give it an ANTI-HDR award

p.s. I joined the anti-HDR group
p.p.s I also joined a Quality HDR group

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:23 pm

im no photobuff at all, but I don't see the fun of HDR.
guess its the cool thing to do. woo, HDR

Post by **mjrpes** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:25 pm

I just joined the HDR-MISUSE-BY-NEWBS-WITH-THEIR-NEW-XMAS-GIFT group :icon14:

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:27 pm

right, so who's with flickr?

Post by **saturn** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:31 pm

MKJ wrote:im no photobuff at all, but I don't see the fun of HDR.
guess its the cool thing to do. woo, HDR

I think there are two ways with HDR:

1) Capture the high dynamic range of a scenery and create a photo that's greatly detailed but still focused on the subject itself

2) Use HDR to emphasize/exaggerate a scenery till it becomes some form of art. FX does a good job of that.

Don't turn it into a some kind of ugly, badly filtered photoshopjob

Post by **saturn** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:32 pm

Doombrain wrote:right, so who's with flickr?

FX, you, me (http://www.flickr.com/photos/quanle), macabre.......more?

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:33 pm

right, fuck it.

how do i do a good tonemapped HDR? and i mean one with about 6-7 stops?

I'm going to give it ago.

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:46 pm

fucking hell, can i be bothered to?

http://stuckincustoms.com/?p=548

Post by **saturn** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:48 pm

There are some tutorials around. I'm using Photomatix, but Photoshop CS 2 can do the trick too.

You can do so many tonemap settings, it really depends on what endresult you want. I mostly just juggle the sliders around in Photomatix till I get something I like. Then import it in iPhoto or Photoshop for some final post-processing.

Post by **R00k** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:52 pm

I thought FX posted his method (roughly) a few pages back?

At any rate, the photo Dave linked to is shit. It may technically be HDR, but the camera wasn't even on a tripod, and you can tell - even with the tiny cropped version he posted. You can't tone-map a photo that looks like drunk vision to start with.

I'm still baffled that he got so many good comments. O_o

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:52 pm

yeah, i had a look at that link. mostly masking out stuff etc.
worth doing 5 shots over 3?

Post by **saturn** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:56 pm

Doombrain wrote:yeah, i had a look at that link. mostly masking out stuff etc.
worth doing 5 shots over 3?

probably....you get more dynamic range in your final HDR photo.
But if you're shooting a moving object or the background is moving cause of the wind you'll get some blur. Use a tripod if you do more shots.

You can create an HDR out of one RAW file.

Post by **saturn** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:00 pm

R00k wrote:I thought FX posted his method (roughly) a few pages back?

At any rate, the photo Dave linked to is shit. It may technically be HDR, but the camera wasn't even on a tripod, and you can tell - even with the tiny cropped version he posted. You can't tone-map a photo that looks like drunk vision to start with.

I'm still baffled that he got so many good comments. O_o

lol, I cringed at the "WOW, GREAT SHOT!!" comments. Such people post their shit photos at rating groups at flickr to get as many comments as possible, They probably glance quickly over the thumbnail and post abhorrent replies with AWARDS!

You have groups like 1-2-3, post one photo, comment 2 others, view 3 other photos.

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:00 pm

yeah i seen that. it's alot of effort for one image just for some simple cunt to take a soft pic of a landmark, fuck it up and post THEN get his ass kissed and my image ignored