PHOTOS PLEASE

[0psys]

Thanks, but the image is the image. I didn't post it on here to get feedback on what I should change. It's finished.

I appreciate the words, though. It's just personal work; I just spent the last 8 weeks in a studio shooting a summer collection for a shoe company, which was, at points, soul destroying. It's nice to just create something from scratch that doesn't exist and get to practice your compositing technique and matte painting.

Would I present this as an example of my work? No, I'm a portrait photographer who specialises in advertising photography, but is it an accurate reflection of the kind of world's I imagine in my mind? Most definitely.

[0psys]

Shit, you've made me hate it now. That took two days!

[obsidian]

cityy asked me on IRC to critique some of his textures for a map he's working on the other day, I told him his exit sign stick figure had odd proportions, knee too high, arm too short. At first he was like, "it looks fine, no one will notice" and then he was like, "fuck, now I think he looks retarded and I'll have to fix."

Apparently I have a knack for this.

[seremtan]

good thing you weren't around when da vinci was working

[plained]

Shit, you've made me hate it now. That took two days!

i love ur compositions i think theyre really really awesome, mucho talent'e ey!

hey whats ur birthday again?

[obsidian]

good thing you weren't around when da vinci was working

What did you tell him about the Mona Lisa, though?

[seremtan]

i told him that one day it would probably be critiqued in a really dumb way by a complete nerd, but that he'd be long dead by then so wtf

[Whiskey 7]

Bought me one of these yesterday Nikon D5100.

Specialist camera shop was having 10% off sale.
I asked and got some extras thrown in for next to nothing, buying just before the doors closed (figure that is the best time to great a deal, and yes it depends on how their day went of course)

Learning to drive it too so I wonder if you photography people would offer some useful links to better my education here.

I am particularly interested in night, portrait and macro/micro photography.

BTW, I replaced one of these so you see why



A rather big jump you see

[Whiskey 7]

and a quick question if I may... the camera came packaged with one of these, Nikon AF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 G VR...

and I bought a long lens - Nikon AF-S 55-300mm f4-5.6G DX IF-ED VR but now I am thinking smaller (large aperture /f 1.4 but they are expensive), so which of these would you (read I) buy to complete the package for a first timer DSLR novice?

Nikon AF 50mm f1.8 D or Nikon AF 35mm f1.8G AF-S DX

Looking for better range (?) of photographic variety

local link

wiki on apertures FYI those that follow

[d3mol!t!on]

and a quick question if I may... the camera came packaged with one of these, Nikon AF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 G VR...

and I bought a long lens - Nikon AF-S 55-300mm f4-5.6G DX IF-ED VR but now I am thinking smaller (large aperture /f 1.4 but they are expensive), so which of these would you (read I) buy to complete the package for a first timer DSLR novice?

Nikon AF 50mm f1.8 D or Nikon AF 35mm f1.8G AF-S DX

Looking for better range (?) of photographic variety

You say you're interested in macro, so how about one of the "micro" lenses? The key here is that they're specifically designed to focus at close range, typically under 0.3m, so you can get close to your subject. Using the link you provided, it appears the AF-S 40MM F2.8G DX MICRO is the cheapest. With f2.8 it could double as a portrait lens for a beginner, even if 40mm would usually be considered a little short.

[Whiskey 7]

Thanks d3mol!t!on

Yes the AF-S 40MM F2.8G DX MICRO. I was considering it for the real close stuff, bonus as you said, double as a portrait lens.

Still to me, a novice no doubt, the Nikon AF 28mm f2.8D looks a smidge better.
Seems I better study the relationship between focal length and aperture some more....

[DTS]

Tacky in my opinion, but there still seems to be a huge market of people buying that stuff up, so who am I to judge?

Someone with taste, perhaps?

Would I present this as an example of my work?

Well that's what this thread is for. Why show anyone something that you think is not good enough? You some kind of attention seeker? You might show such a thing to get tips on how to imrpove your work, but that's what Obsidian was doing, yet you bitch about it. Quit being a bitch, man up and improve your work or GTFO

cityy asked me on IRC to critique some of his textures for a map he's working on the other day, I told him his exit sign stick figure had odd proportions, knee too high, arm too short. At first he was like, "it looks fine, no one will notice" and then he was like, "fuck, now I think he looks retarded and I'll have to fix."

Apparently I have a knack for this.

Hey, it's a skill. It's called Quality Control. AKA having good taste.

good thing you weren't around when da vinci was working

Yeah, cause he would hate to be told how he could improve somthing, we all know how much he hated improving anything

Oh wait, Obsidian wouldn't know how any of LDV's work could be improved, so it's not relevant. Moron. You just compared 0psys to LDV. WTG missing the point of criticism.

"Yeah, if there was an art critic around when LDV was doing his work, that would have ruined everything!". Yeah, sure.

Everyone's a critic. Deal with it. Go read the "last movie you saw" thread.

This post of mine isn't about 0psys's picture, I haven't even looked at it, I'm just correcting the moronics I found on the latest page of the thread. Expected to see the latest photos, not moronics. (Only picture on the page is a catalogue picture of a camera. Thread does not deliver.)

[Eraser]

DTS, stop, before it's too late.
Sigh, it already is...

[Tsakali]

great page...would skip again.

[Ryoki]

Lol what an idiot.

[0psys]

Would I present this as an example of my work?

Well that's what this thread is for. Why show anyone something that you think is not good enough? You some kind of attention seeker? You might show such a thing to get tips on how to imrpove your work, but that's what Obsidian was doing, yet you bitch about it. Quit being a bitch, man up and improve your work or GTFO

Christ.. What are you even talking about?

[obsidian]

You ask like you are expecting that even he knows.

[seremtan]

good thing you weren't around when da vinci was working

Yeah, cause he would hate to be told how he could improve somthing, we all know how much he hated improving anything

Oh wait, Obsidian wouldn't know how any of LDV's work could be improved, so it's not relevant. Moron. You just compared 0psys to LDV. WTG missing the point of criticism.

"Yeah, if there was an art critic around when LDV was doing his work, that would have ruined everything!". Yeah, sure.

Everyone's a critic. Deal with it. Go read the "last movie you saw" thread.

[0psys]

So anyway, can I have my old name, icon, and all that shit back?

[0psys]

Or failing that, I'm happy being genxgenius again if that account is still going.

[plained]

sure whats ur astrology sun sign tho?

[xer0s]

So anyway, can I have my old name, icon, and all that shit back?

I'm sure if you post this in this thread, it will be taken care of immediately...

[Tsakali]

it will, if only to troll me... you're welcome 0psys

[mrd]

That DTS guy is off the chain, yo!

[MKJ]

So anyway, can I have my old name, icon, and all that shit back?

using your original name will summon teh raw who will delete your account posthaste.