The "Creative Photography " Thread [v2] In Memoriam - General

What a neat effect, instead of asking so many questions I'll try find a tutorial on my own, and I should stop stalking the photography thread. Oh yeah, and is it easy to bring your camera with you in an airplane? I mean in the handbag of course.

[QUOTE=chamon;23917800]What a neat effect, instead of asking so many questions I'll try find a tutorial on my own, and I should stop stalking the photography thread. Oh yeah, and is it easy to bring your camera with you in an airplane? I mean in the handbag of course.[/QUOTE] Heh, yeah I was on a train when I took that picture. As far as I know there are no camera restrictions, I've managed to shoot picture on commercial planes without flight attendants caring. However one thing you must know, do not drop a lens cap or a memory card under your seat, it's a pain in the ass to pick them up. Especially on an economy seat :v:

[QUOTE=Teap;22595206]I took some pictures of my kitty today... [img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4698688498_ca0f50851b.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/24790896@N06/4698688498/[/url] [img]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1276/4698060981_d65925d557.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/24790896@N06/4698060981/[/url] [img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4698703456_4eded2087e.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/24790896@N06/4698703456/[/url] And also a lamp: [img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4698679336_528e919c99.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/24790896@N06/4698679336/in/photostream/[/url] Of course any constructive criticism would be great! I'm very very new to this so I am using any advice I get.[/QUOTE] I like the third one. It looks like the cat is intentionally posing lol :D

anyone think of a title for this photo, if you dont live in the uk the uniform they are wearing is that of a PCSO [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_Community_Support_Officer[/url] [URL=http://img444.imageshack.us/i/funday6of18.jpg/][IMG]http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/2879/funday6of18.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [editline]08:38PM[/editline] anyone know a good article on tilt shift? the wikipedia page didnt make much sense

'Her Face is All Weird' Tilt shift basically makes the depth of field in large areas look like the focus a macro photo would have. [QUOTE=Ajacks;23916820]He cranked his ISO way up for that shot as well, cool shot though.[/QUOTE] I wanted to shoot 1/4000 and keep f/9, so I sacrificed ISO.

Guys I'm a complete novice to photography and I'm still learning how to use my DSLR, so far I haven't found an explanation of ISO that I really understand, can anyone explain what changing the ISO does?

[QUOTE=Barnhouse;23925889]Guys I'm a complete novice to photography and I'm still learning how to use my DSLR, so far I haven't found an explanation of ISO that I really understand, can anyone explain what changing the ISO does?[/QUOTE] In simple terms; If you raise the ISO, you can use faster shutterspeeds but at the cost of quality as noise begins to show. For example you are shooting in low-light. You want to use a shutterspeed of around 200 and a aperture of 4(lower is less in focus, higher is more in focus) to remove blur and have a sharp image but to also have some nice dof without it being to shallow. But because you don't have alot of light available, you can't use that shutterspeed and aperture as it will show you a pitch-black image. Now if you raise the ISO number, maybe from 100 to 800, it WILL let you shoot in those speeds without getting an under-exposed image. The cost is that noise will appear in your image. Look it up on google and you will see pictures on what noise is. God I suck at explaining

220/365: [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/latircoleetti/4873660922][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4873660922_062493f57a.jpg[/img][/url]

[QUOTE=Barnhouse;23925889]Guys I'm a complete novice to photography and I'm still learning how to use my DSLR, so far I haven't found an explanation of ISO that I really understand, can anyone explain what changing the ISO does?[/QUOTE] For me, the easiest way to learn, is to watch, so I alway look things up on youtube. I don't know about you though This guy seems like he knows what he is talking about: [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onvEbIAH-FI[/URL]

[QUOTE=DoubleDD;23926100]In simple terms; If you raise the ISO, you can use faster shutterspeeds but at the cost of quality as noise begins to show. For example you are shooting in low-light. You want to use a shutterspeed of around 200 and a aperture of 4(lower is less in focus, higher is more in focus) to remove blur and have a sharp image but to also have some nice dof without it being to shallow. But because you don't have alot of light available, you can't use that shutterspeed and aperture as it will show you a pitch-black image. Now if you raise the ISO number, maybe from 100 to 800, it WILL let you shoot in those speeds without getting an under-exposed image. The cost is that noise will appear in your image. Look it up on google and you will see pictures on what noise is. God I suck at explaining[/QUOTE] No that was a really good explanation, thanks :h: [editline]12:49AM[/editline] [QUOTE=chamon;23926235]For me, the easiest way to learn, is to watch, so I alway look things up on youtube. I don't know about you though This guy seems like he knows what he is talking about: [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onvEbIAH-FI[/URL][/QUOTE] thanks, this helped as well.

[QUOTE=tehfrog;23909950] [IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/4235488581_95277140c7.jpg[/IMG] i will post more when im not lazy.[/QUOTE] lllllllllove this one. The light is so smooth and I like the little glimmer in the dogs eye. and here are some more pictures, taken back in 2008. [img]http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3760/bild088copy.jpg[/img] [img]http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/9203/bild254copy.jpg[/img] [img]http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1283/bild279g.jpg[/img] [img]http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8188/bild365.jpg[/img] [img]http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/9035/bild141.jpg[/img] [img]http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/6317/bild293.jpg[/img] [img]http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/7418/bild399f.jpg[/img]

Just wanted to put this here, because it isn't very good and I just wanted to share the beautiful place I stayed for the past several days. Taken from a moving car, so excuse the blur at the bottom, though I think it may add a bit of contrast to the landscape. [img_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/DSCF5093.JPG[/img_thumb]

[IMG]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t45/aussiek9/dxfvsxcvxcv.jpg[/IMG] i wish i could have gotten closer to the spider without having cobwebs all over me :/ and my camera kept messing up when i tried to zoom by not focusing...

[QUOTE=laughattacked;23928987]camera kept messing up when i tried to zoom by not focusing...[/QUOTE] Check on the minimum focusing distance of your lens. One of mine is .3 meters, I have to stand at least about a foot away from whatever I'm trying to focus on. In the situation where I would want to get closer but still focus, I'd back up and zoom in until I got correct focus. That is, with a zoom lens. When you get too close, the AF wont be able to focus and will desperately search around for it. That's probably what the 'messing up' was. The photo you tried to get could have been achieved more to your idea with a macro lens. [b]13/365[/b] [img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4874670516_6f78486775.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=bopie;23931344]Check on the minimum focusing distance of your lens. One of mine is .3 meters, I have to stand at least about a foot away from whatever I'm trying to focus on. In the situation where I would want to get closer but still focus, I'd back up and zoom in until I got correct focus. That is, with a zoom lens. When you get too close, the AF wont be able to focus and will desperately search around for it. That's probably what the 'messing up' was. [/QUOTE] I kinda figured that.. although i don't have different lenses because min's not an slr, but i was messing with it earlier and the AF frame was set to Flexizone, instead of Face Detect. so i set it to Face Detect and it was working again.. so i think i may have touched it a while ago or something haha.

[QUOTE=daijitsu;23702610]If anyone here hasn't [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=977628]seen the thread[/url], I'm working up a contest for the arts section. Probably [obviously] going to cover photography during the first round, along with 3D stuff. Offering access to my [i]legit[/i] key to [url=http://www.topazlabs.com/]Topaz Labs' photoshop suite of tools[/url]. Look into it, try it out, well worth trying to get. Notably it works great at masking, removing grain whilst preserving details, sharpening detail that's overlooked by other programs, removing heavy JPG artifacts, and [i]good[/i] filter-raping for sketch and cartoon shading styles. :holy: [img]http://www.topazlabs.com/_img/main/audi_sc.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.topazlabs.com/_img/main/jackson_sc.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.topazlabs.com/_img/main/moustache_sc.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.topazlabs.com/_img/main/ferrari_sc.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE] Holy dick on a stick! Does that work the same way Photomatix does, as in take three RAW images with different exposures and it combines that, or does Topaz do it all with just one image? :raise:

[img]http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/221/1/0/Valley_by_Cussypat.jpg[/img] Mountains

[QUOTE=tehfrog;23909950][IMG]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs293.snc3/28319_1400511426508_1643994182_944671_2281044_n.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE] I am like in love with this photo, don't know why.

[QUOTE=Hullu V3;23934093]Holy dick on a stick! Does that work the same way Photomatix does, as in take three RAW images with different exposures and it combines that, or does Topaz do it all with just one image? :raise:[/QUOTE] topaz works on single images for HDR effects. The default HDR presets it has are shit and make things look like badly done overblown HDRs with light halos out the ass, so it's best to do it with your own tweaks.

I tried a topaz trial, it isn't really that 'magical' to be honest. I got better results just editting the RAW in photoshop.

The noise reduction is probably the only useful one.

god i hate hdr

[QUOTE=bopie;23940029]The noise reduction is probably the only useful one.[/QUOTE] You can do that by yourself by adding surface blur on the color channels with most noise!

I heard noiseware was a good tool

Whoops! Missed this thread. I've posted these before, so you guys have probably seen them, but I thought I'd put them where they belong for good measure. I took some photos of a lightning storm the other night. They're unedited and definitely not professional-quality, but hey. Lightning looks awesome. [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3803707/lightning/IMG_3002.JPG[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3803707/lightning/IMG_3005.JPG[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3803707/lightning/IMG_3006.JPG[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3803707/lightning/IMG_3007.JPG[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3803707/lightning/IMG_3008.JPG[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3803707/lightning/IMG_3012.JPG[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3803707/lightning/IMG_3014.JPG[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3803707/lightning/IMG_3018.JPG[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3803707/lightning/IMG_3021.JPG[/img_thumb] Had some trouble adjusting the exposure settings at first, though. :v: [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3803707/lightning/IMG_2997.JPG[/img_thumb]

You got the exposure just right on 3007.

Again, how did you do?

Low ISO + long shutter speeds + luck.

[QUOTE=bopie;23942700]:words: + luck.[/QUOTE] Pretty much. Cool pictures, but I missed all of the impressive strikes. :saddowns:

I like the lightning stuff. I tried to capture some heat lightning a little while back, but it was too bright and the lightning was happening too infrequently to really get anything good. I'll just leave these here: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Joo52/DSC_2443.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Joo52/DSC_2418.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Joo52/DSC_2365.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Joo52/DSC_2350.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Joo52/DSC_2346.jpg[/IMG]