PHOTOS PLEASE

Post by **GONNAFISTYA** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:48 pm

Here's a few more I took. I fucked up the settings in a few but the composition was ok.

Post by **FanaticX** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:49 pm

http://www.nowpublic.com/supreme_court_ ... al_warming

Post by **FanaticX** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:52 pm

i like the b&w wheel chair one.

Post by **CaseDogg** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:18 pm

PhoeniX wrote:wow Dave, I know what you were saying about the 1DS a few weeks ago now.

A friend of my Dad's showed me around his studio today (which I'm free to use if I feel like it), along with his £15k digital hassleblad .

He lent me some of his equipment to try out for the day. I have:

Canon 1Ds Mark II
Canon 16-35mm F2.8L
Canon 70-200mm F2.8L IS
Canon 580EX Speedlite

I'm in love. It makes the 20D seem like a toy and extremely light in comparison.

you hang out with your dads friends?

hot!

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:47 pm

FanaticX wrote:i like the b&w wheel chair one.

that's plained.

Post by **tnf** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:01 am

GONNAFISTYA wrote:

This one is great

Post by **FanaticX** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:59 pm

Ok, i lied. Another one from this evening while strolling around.

Post by **ToxicBug** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:57 pm

How do you make the colors so vivid? This isn't just from upping saturation, right? Give me some hints please, or maybe recommend a photoshop tutorial or something, I really need to learn how to post process my pics well.

Post by **saturn** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:04 pm

Post by **PhoeniX** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:07 pm

CaseDogg wrote:you hang out with your dads friends?

hot!

It was the first time I met him, and I generally don't, no.

Post by **FanaticX** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:08 pm

ToxicBug wrote:How do you make the colors so vivid? This isn't just from upping saturation, right? Give me some hints please.

Nikon D2x
sRGB III
natural evening light

Only thing I did in photoshop was darken and blurred the corners(lomo effect).

Post by **ToxicBug** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:11 pm

I don't know about Nikon than much, but my 20D has in-camera sharpness, contrast, and saturation adjustments, if your camera has them, are they all on "medium"? I just find it very hard to believe that you can get colors that vivid right out of the camera, but then again I don't know much about Nikon's.

Post by **FanaticX** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:19 pm

Nikon, Canon..all the same. Maybe you need some advice from....Ken.
LOL

How to get great colors

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:48 pm

ToxicBug wrote:I don't know about Nikon than much, but my 20D has in-camera sharpness, contrast, and saturation adjustments, if your camera has them, are they all on "medium"? I just find it very hard to believe that you can get colors that vivid right out of the camera, but then again I don't know much about Nikon's.

lol wtf are you talking about

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:51 pm

FanaticX wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:How do you make the colors so vivid? This isn't just from upping saturation, right? Give me some hints please.
Nikon D2x
sRGB III
natural evening light

Only thing I did in photoshop was darken and blurred the corners(lomo effect).

you got a 3d or 2d map of that srbg model??

Post by **Dave** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:13 pm

ToxicBug wrote:How do you make the colors so vivid? This isn't just from upping saturation, right? Give me some hints please, or maybe recommend a photoshop tutorial or something, I really need to learn how to post process my pics well.

The only way to learn is to get out there and use your camera. Reading books about exposure and shit will only get you so far.

Post by **ToxicBug** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:23 pm

Dave wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:How do you make the colors so vivid? This isn't just from upping saturation, right? Give me some hints please, or maybe recommend a photoshop tutorial or something, I really need to learn how to post process my pics well.
The only way to learn is to get out there and use your camera. Reading books about exposure and shit will only get you so far.

Did I ask you for advice?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:25 pm

ooooooooooh burn.

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:28 pm

ToxicBug wrote:
Dave wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:How do you make the colors so vivid? This isn't just from upping saturation, right? Give me some hints please, or maybe recommend a photoshop tutorial or something, I really need to learn how to post process my pics well.
The only way to learn is to get out there and use your camera. Reading books about exposure and shit will only get you so far.
Did I ask you for advice?

well, yeah. you did, mate.

Post by **Dave** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:34 pm

ToxicBug wrote:
Dave wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:How do you make the colors so vivid? This isn't just from upping saturation, right? Give me some hints please, or maybe recommend a photoshop tutorial or something, I really need to learn how to post process my pics well.
The only way to learn is to get out there and use your camera. Reading books about exposure and shit will only get you so far.
Did I ask you for advice?

That's how my photo prof teaches photography and he's got a hell of a lot more street cred than FX... Shame is most people are too lazy to take his advice.

And before you start to cry about it, think of it this way.. FX or his EXIF data can tell you exactly how he took that picture: aperture, shutter, iso, time of day, but all that's going to show you is a situation, which when you think about it, is only one situation that doesn't really apply to anything else you encounter because variables constantly change. The only way you learn how to adapt to that is by doing and getting feedback from others. Seeing as how you don't often post anything in this thread, I assume you aren't doing much.

Post by **-SKID-** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:11 pm

It looks like an HDR, nice pic either way.

Post by **ForM** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:04 am

A small trip, side step and back.

Post by **ToxicBug** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:54 pm

Dave wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:
Dave wrote: The only way to learn is to get out there and use your camera. Reading books about exposure and shit will only get you so far.
Did I ask you for advice?
That's how my photo prof teaches photography and he's got a hell of a lot more street cred than FX... Shame is most people are too lazy to take his advice.

And before you start to cry about it, think of it this way.. FX or his EXIF data can tell you exactly how he took that picture: aperture, shutter, iso, time of day, but all that's going to show you is a situation, which when you think about it, is only one situation that doesn't really apply to anything else you encounter because variables constantly change. The only way you learn how to adapt to that is by doing and getting feedback from others. Seeing as how you don't often post anything in this thread, I assume you aren't doing much.

You've completely missed the point of my question to FX. As you may have noticed, he does a lot of HDR and fancy post-processing, so if you re-read my question, you should see that I asked him about post processing and not about what the exposure settings were when he took the picture.

I really don't understand why the fuck do you think that I all I do is look at EXIFs and not practice myself, unless its because I asked you what shutter speed you used on that lab shot. I was just curious whether or not the smoke would look smooth at higher shutter speeds, not because I cared about how you exposed the shot.

Post by **Doombrain** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:14 pm

if you're going to cry about, try this.

1. Change your color mode to Lab color (Image > Mode > Lab color)

2. Adjust your channel a & b using these settings (Image > Adjustments > Levels..)
Channel : a
Input levels : 50 1.00 200 (Original= 0 1.00 255)

Do the same for channel b
Channel : b
Input levels : 50 1.00 200 (Original= 0 1.00 255)

3. Change your color mode back to RGB color (Image > Mode > RGB)

Post by **Fjoggs** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:22 pm

I'm not a photographer, I just thought the weather was nice

EDIT: I did take the pic though, in case that was unclear.
Larger version:
http://fjoggs.quakedev.com/images/other/full.jpg