The Creative Photography Thread v9 - "Take a whetstone to your lens for a sharper image."
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[QUOTE=QuickSnapz;45485042]My weakness is night photography and fog[/QUOTE]
ISO400-800, f1.8-f4, 1/10-1/100 and being in a lighted area should yield you some results for night photography if you don't have a tripod
Went for a trip by myself to the local marshland where my dads building a roundhouse.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/orAyX4][img]https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2938/14729505945_ef8b2a5538_c.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/orAyX4]River[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people//]Charlie_Richards (cr2142)[/url], on Flickr
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[url=https://flic.kr/p/oa73NT][img]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5565/14542877479_68d7ce8a09_c.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/oa73NT]Roundhouse at Sunset[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people//]Charlie_Richards (cr2142)[/url], on Flickr
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That's great.
[QUOTE=Roll_Program;45486288]That's great.[/QUOTE]
thanks man.. been like 34 celsius these last few days, so I'm pretty much dead
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wtiy material
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1st and second the most oh yesss
[editline]25th July 2014[/editline]
oh sorry salmon i missd you bb, very good tone on environment, it might just be the sunset but his face is a bit 'stuffy' looking color and exposure-wise
Checking out more hiking areas again:
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lol whoops
here's the fixed one:
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First *test* photos made with Samsung Galaxy Zoom (half size)
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First one is solid but boring (not especially relative to the others), 2nd one has a mildly interesting subject but poor composition, and, no offense, but the third one is not good at all. Poor quality, fedora subject, below average composition.
You've surely made an effort but I would suggest not only posting this in the cellphone specific thread, but also taking a second look at what you've posted and reconsidering whether they're especially worth posting.
I'm really sorry if that comes across as incredibly mean but the photos are just very bland.
Wow, thanks for a really useful reply, and nothing mean, everything is as it is, im no photographer and i know it
(same what my dad would say, your probably an artist too)
I used some film yesterday
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The street and the river are easily the best ones.
Filters are not your friend. Photoshop Lens Flare is your sworn enemy. Pseudo HDR is why I can't sleep at night.
[QUOTE=Killuah;45512685]The street and the river are easily the best ones.[/QUOTE]
I like the first two and the last one. Imho those are my best ones.
The street and river pics have fake HDR/Sky and were taken with phones too :|
[QUOTE=Stopper;45513114]Filters are not your friend. Photoshop Lens Flare is your sworn enemy. Pseudo HDR is why I can't sleep at night.[/QUOTE]
Some are pseudo-HDR, others are real HDR. If one is pseudo-HDR its only because I fucked up one of the shots adjusting exposure on my shitty camera.
I also replaced the sky in a few of these.
I'm faking it until I make it. (Can afford to buy a decent pro camera and not be a noob at using it) Right now I'm using [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-Stylus-Digital-Camera-Blue/dp/B003NAO98I/ref=pd_sim_sbs_p_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0DVE6CA9NMQEK41CW8D9"]this[/URL] Don't hate, it was a gift and I am 100% broke
I'm discovering the good/bad parts of photoshop as well, I'm going further-than-normal with alot of stuff intentionally to see what works well/what doesn't.
I could use some constructive criticism, but currently my budget is 0
[t]http://i.imgur.com/U7pCK1i.jpg[/t]
This is my current process to create my HDR images
haven't posted in ages, here's some expired film biz'
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22377503/Fotos/Film/Bergen_1_725.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22377503/Fotos/Film/Blockhoeve_1_700.jpg[/img]
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[QUOTE=lkymky;45513142]I like the first two and the last one. Imho those are my best ones.
The street and river pics have fake HDR/Sky and were taken with phones too :|
Some are pseudo-HDR, others are real HDR. If one is pseudo-HDR its only because I fucked up one of the shots adjusting exposure on my shitty camera.
I also replaced the sky in a few of these.
I'm faking it until I make it. (Can afford to buy a decent pro camera and not be a noob at using it) Right now I'm using [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-Stylus-Digital-Camera-Blue/dp/B003NAO98I/ref=pd_sim_sbs_p_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0DVE6CA9NMQEK41CW8D9"]this[/URL] Don't hate, it was a gift and I am 100% broke
I'm discovering the good/bad parts of photoshop as well, I'm going further-than-normal with alot of stuff intentionally to see what works well/what doesn't.
I could use some constructive criticism, but currently my budget is 0
[t]http://i.imgur.com/U7pCK1i.jpg[/t]
This is my current process to create my HDR images[/QUOTE]
Some of your pics have that ~***artsy***~ feel to it where you add effect just for the sake of it,
[t]http://i.imgur.com/WdpbzLo.jpg[/t]
for example.
That's why people say filters are not your friend. While they are fun and sometimes nice to look at they tend to lead people to prioritize looks over content and that's quite boring to anyone who wants to see more than "pretty pictures".
So I'd say drop the filters and take advantage of what you have at hand, it's water and shockproof, maybe go out in total rain and thunder or take it to a biking trip and do some cool long shutter pics to show the speed, it's up to you.
[QUOTE=lkymky;45513142]
Some are pseudo-HDR, others are real HDR. If one is pseudo-HDR its only because I fucked up one of the shots adjusting exposure on my shitty camera.
I also replaced the sky in a few of these.
I'm faking it until I make it. (Can afford to buy a decent pro camera and not be a noob at using it) Right now I'm using [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-Stylus-Digital-Camera-Blue/dp/B003NAO98I/ref=pd_sim_sbs_p_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0DVE6CA9NMQEK41CW8D9"]this[/URL] Don't hate, it was a gift and I am 100% broke
I'm discovering the good/bad parts of photoshop as well, I'm going further-than-normal with alot of stuff intentionally to see what works well/what doesn't.
I could use some constructive criticism, my budget is 0,
[t]http://i.imgur.com/U7pCK1i.jpg[/t]
This is my current process to create my HDR images[/QUOTE]
Ok, now...
Filters are tacky. You have to be subtle - very rarely can the effect hold the whole picture. HDR itself has its uses.
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When you're using HDR, the goal should be to achieve clarity and detail in both highlights and shadows, giving that surreal and almost unrealistic property to the colours.
Going by that process, you're taking one well exposed photo, one severely overexposed photo and one bland gray photo. In result, instead of supplementing the highlights with detail and the shadows with contrast, you've made the highlights into an overly contrasted bunch of pixels. After the editing, adding effectively bloom on the highlights, has only made it even harder to look at.
Now, on your photos themselves.
I already said what I think about filters. Editing pictures is fine, but again, you have to be subtle. If you're adamant about having the lens flare in the first photo (I'd say, just don't do it, but if you still want to), at least get a lens flare render on a black background and overlay it on your photo.
In the second photo, the filters have again ruined the clarity of the photo. The filters have blurred the picture almost as much as the blur in the foreground.
The geometric thing in the third photo is pretty cool. The motion blur just ruins it though. Why remove clarity from the photo and blur it?
Fourth: Why replace the sky? I'm sure it was gloomy enough seeing as how everything's wet, so why put that cloud there? (it's over the lamp too)
Fifth and sixth are just confusing me
The train one looks pretty nice, I like it.
Photo of the river is really good! What are the white spots though?
The last one is a bit too busy for me and the white highlights don't help.
That's my two cents - I'm an amateur so take it with a grain of salt if you want to.
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croatia was great fun, back to london tomorrow
How did you take that pic? Can you fly?
looks to me like he's maybe on a larger boat or on a pier.
[QUOTE=strider;45513217]haven't posted in ages, here's some expired film biz'[/QUOTE]
you live near Alkmaar/Heiloo?
in bakkum now temporarily but usually in heiloo yes
did you recognize the buildings?
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