Other cameras section would be cool

 

OK, done.

I also just purchased the MyCanonLens.com domain name and will probably start another one there.

 

Please guys register as users and start discussions on the photography section of portrait, sports, other stuff and post your images.

 

Cool dude! I'm registered.

 

nice pics Roo!

bleh another forum? i can hardly stand i-club! why dont we keep it here!

 

Thanks. Just starting out with this camera, those were most of what came out good enough not to simply reject when they got downloaded into Aperture.

 

Heres a random few from a drive i took a few days ago up into sonoma then on some little off roads that my brother told me about, good drive, ok pictures.
Random pond i saw off side of road.

vineyards - tried to hdr on this one, but still looks somewhat normal

my friends subie, focused it perfectly and the HDR on this i think just looks perfect to.

Last but not least, a smoke photo...my friend got me into these.. kind of confusing on how to take them and stuff and make them come out good.

like!?
if you are bored and want to quickly check out my other pictures on my flickr just go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/11255482@N06/..

 

i really love this smoke one. how was it done?

 

Ok well first off, i found my friend who showed me this, his tutorial on how to take it and edit it... http://www.ryanjay.com/smokeart.html

I'm not the best at describing how to do this, better at showing. But reading that should tell you everything you should know. Get a black background like a black sheet/blanket, even a shirt, something all black. that should be a couple feet behind the insence that is burning. and when i took mine in my room it was dark, but its ok if there is some light. Focusing wise, i focus at the tip of the insence stick and then just move camera up a tiny bit so only smoke is in picture. The whole tricky part about it though is the flash/light u need. both time i took photos like this, i had my friend with his camera to the side of the insence making his camera flash while my camera was taking the picture. It just takes alot of practice til u get it down, and when you do, just take a lot of pics and save the few you like.

Editing wise i think the tutorial does a good job about describing it.

most important is the first part which says...
In photoshop, to make the background true black you go to Image / Adjustments / Selective Color. You want to change your color to black in the drop down menu then change the black option to +5. You don't want to go any higher than 10 because it'll start to blacken out some of your smoke. If 5 is too much, drop it down to 4, or 3.

Sorry if this doesnt make sense and stuff. im not good a good describing person lol.

 

sick smoke. Love the vineyard too, but that HDR is too much IMO, though the top half looks good, the dust on the bottom looks like lint.

 

So why don't you show me one of your HDR pics that you think looks good? I'm always open to critiques, but only from those who know what they're talking about. Show me you know what you're talking about.

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I think the hdr is pretty good, plus it's all a matter of opinion on how its suppose to look, not to mention only you were there and saw how it really looks.......but i think the pics are pretty good.

 

So you're only willing to accpet critical statements from someone who "knows what they're talking about"? Hate to break it to you but you could shoot for a lifetime and probably 98% of the people that see your work won't know a damn thing about photography so you may want to rethink that statement. Just cuz someone doesn't know about photography doesn't mean they don't have any input that you can't then use yourself, as a starting point or a way of thinking or even just something different from your normal routine, to better your work in the future and expand your knowledge of whatever it is you're working on. Sometimes an uneducated but fresh perspective is just what you need. In the professional photography world, you will be dealing with art directors who all think they are photographers but generally couldn't tell you what length a standard lens is for a 35mm SLR, but these are the people that WILL BE TELLING YOU what to do, how to shoot, and what kind of mood/feeling to create, all based on what their client has contracted them to create. Photography is completely subjective, there is no way around it. Case in point, most of you on here are all into the HDR bit...to me it always looks cartoonish with a heavy side of digital, BUT if that is what you, the photographer/artist wants and intends to use, then thats fine and no one can tell you you are wrong. If they do, they are utterly clueless when it comes to art so don't even waste your time with them at that point, but I think you all smell what I'm shovelin' here. Point is, elitist attitudes don't get you anywhere in Photography because no one will see your work the way you do.

 

hong kong...






mo' wallpapers...

http://www.wheeldude.com/wordpress/wallpaper-landscape

 

haha, it was more of a stiff shot to Kyle's baby maker, I like playing with him.

I know all about what you're saying, **** I work for a ***** who knows less, can do less, can't comprehend more than I can, but I still do whatever he tells me to do because I still want that check.

Haha, ask anyone who knows me, who really knows me, and they'll tell you I love criticism. I always welcome the chance for someone with an outsider perspective to give me some feedback.

So yeah, I was just busting his chops, no need to write a book.