The "Creative Photography " Thread [v2] In Memoriam

[mrcsb]

[QUOTE=VagueWisdom;24747426]There was a football game today.[/QUOTE]use ISO 1600 for the action if you weren't already, noise is better than blur, and Lightroom is really good at removing it

I imagine you're probably shooting f/5.6 at the long end so try that with a shutter speed of 1/400, hopefully it will not be too dark

[chamon]

Blur shows motion

[mrcsb]

[QUOTE=chamon;24755606]Blur shows motion[/QUOTE]

is he wanting to show that the players "are in fact, moving" or does he want a good sports action shot?

if he just wants to show motion then he can do a 30s exposure and get a picture that's completely worthless in the field of sports photography

[Vaguewisdom]

I was using an ISO of 1600, and my lens is utter crap since it's a kit lens so the lowest it can go is 5.6

[editline]04:34PM[/editline]

So really those shots were the best I could get with this lens, because no matter what I did they got blurry as hell.

[chamon]

[QUOTE=mrcsb;24755959]is he wanting to show that the players "are in fact, moving" or does he want a good sports action shot?

if he just wants to show motion then he can do a 30s exposure and get a picture that's completely worthless in the field of sports photography[/QUOTE]
I mean like this:
[IMG]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Plnvq_RYsM2UZM:http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0606/assign/images/BaseballBlur.jpg&t=1[/IMG]

[latirCole]

[QUOTE=b l u r;24752224]Inspired by latirCole..
[img]http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jacobthuesen/w5zvSh6H7CM3UBuZTcGOqaVHtxwDLfYnG5UstwYI5PLThTIuK9WRgMPh3AJK/Igenogigen.jpeg.scaled.500.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

nice, which picture inspired you?

[mrcsb]

[QUOTE=VagueWisdom;24756690]I was using an ISO of 1600, and my lens is utter crap since it's a kit lens so the lowest it can go is 5.6

[editline]04:34PM[/editline]

So really those shots were the best I could get with this lens, because no matter what I did they got blurry as hell.[/QUOTE]
that sucks, I wish I had a T2i or something because 1600 f/5.6 is my max too, I've shot at brighter fields so I didn't have the blur problem, but I would love to shoot 6400+

[MovingSalad]

[img]http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/103/6/3/Stairwayste_by_ChildOfVision.jpg[/img]
[img]http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs44/i/2010/047/e/1/Voices_by_ChildOfVision.jpg[/img]
[img]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs398.snc4/46077_426458183402_505828402_5065040_2989854_n.jpg[/img]
[img]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs398.snc4/46077_426458218402_505828402_5065047_1602576_n.jpg[/img]

[Funnycat]

Some random shots from today

[IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/4980309337_d1ac1c7290_b.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/4980311121_38efdbfa0b_b.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/4980918220_70b71c8387_b.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/4980918960_f289ff4e58_b.jpg[/IMG]

[sp]jumping on the green highlights bandwagon[/sp]

[hzy]

c&c please, it got lost on the last page behind a hipster war.

[QUOTE=H4Z3Y;24726434]Did a panorama here [url]http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=39+Iveston+Rd,+Lynwood+Western+Australia+6147,+Australia&ll=-32.056072,115.734803&spn=0.002814,0.004823&t=h&z=18[/url]

[img_thumb]http://hzy.im/ageboard/src/1284105534043.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]

[Angooose]

[QUOTE=b l u r;24754741]That's great! Congratulations!
Can we see the picture??[/QUOTE]

Not yet, it's saved only to my user area at college. I'll upload it when i'm next there.

Here's a couple of snaps from this evening though

[IMG]http://www.filedump.net/dumped/dsc00391284248824.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.filedump.net/dumped/dsc00191284249331.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.filedump.net/dumped/dsc00581284249334.jpg[/IMG]
(my friends beautiful car. I need it)

[IMG]http://www.filedump.net/dumped/dsc00211284249332.jpg[/IMG]

[b l u r]

[QUOTE=latirCole;24758729]nice, which picture inspired you?[/QUOTE]
I remember I saw a picture with you holding a picture of yourself. And I thought: I have to try that.
Anyways, I've been out on a trip in the woods with my family. I have taken a lot of good shots. Can't wait to show some of them! Lots of mushrooms! :)

[chamon]

b l u r, are you from Denmark btw? You look like it.

[b l u r]

[QUOTE=chamon;24777147]b l u r, are you from Denmark btw? You look like it.[/QUOTE]

Yes I am. Aarhus by the way. :)

[Brainmaster]

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/tormady/4977604142/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/4977604142_5635bda3bd_z.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/tormady/4977604142/]Tilt-shift fake[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/tormady/]Tor Martin Dyrøy[/url], on Flickr

[FireSMILIE]

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/phwoelfel/4982874573/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/4982874573_a209e1b8e9_z.jpg[/img][/url]

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/phwoelfel/4983468384/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/4983468384_e867382e67_z.jpg[/img][/url]

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/phwoelfel/4983469712/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/4983469712_a1064bed19_z.jpg[/img][/url]
by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/phwoelfel/]phwoelfel[/url] on Flickr

[latirCole]

[QUOTE=MovingSalad;24762049][img_thumb]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs398.snc4/46077_426458183402_505828402_5065040_2989854_n.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
I'm liking this shot, it gives off a vintage effect. Is that natural or something else?
[QUOTE=b l u r;24776991]I remember I saw a picture with you holding a picture of yourself. And I thought: I have to try that. [/QUOTE]
Ahh, fair enough, i think i know which picture you're talking about. Great job with it :)
[QUOTE=FireSMILIE;24783577][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/phwoelfel/4982874573/][img_thumb]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/4982874573_a209e1b8e9_z.jpg[/img_thumb][/url]
by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/phwoelfel/]phwoelfel[/url] on Flickr[/QUOTE]
I like the bokeh background, it stops this being a pretty standard image of a flower.

[M-D]

Got my Canon EF50mm f/1.8 II lens :D.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/bartsmal/4983245344/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/4983245344_2425a176d6.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/bartsmal/4982697113/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/4982697113_9c57ba8b81.jpg[/img][/url]

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[MR-X]

Had a good opportunity to play with my 50mm lens I just got. Found this in the back yard hanging out. Decided to take some photos and leave it be.

I believe it is a orb weaver though.

[img]http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/255/e/5/orb_weaver_by_robert_j_b-d2yla6f.jpg[/img]

I know this one is underexposed, but thought it was cool. There is a huge storm right over my area so I didn't get a chance to get a nice shot. =( Now we got lighting I'm going to go try and get some shots of that once it darkens up a bit.

[img]http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/255/9/4/orb_weaver__by_robert_j_b-d2yladz.jpg[/img]

[b l u r]

[QUOTE=MR-X;24785147]Had a good opportunity to play with my 50mm lens I just got. Found this in the back yard hanging out. Decided to take some photos and leave it be.

I believe it is a orb weaver though.

[/QUOTE]

Good lighting on the first! All the details of the body is visible! I really hate spiders. How big is that guy?

[editline]10:34PM[/editline]

Went on a trip today. Really foggy weather - very nice!
[img]http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jacobthuesen/f3yasPxZACBKypNWPIdMTfbyWWC3vluHTbyCKIEajHh9p69TxFk09AfBKjcV/Enestende_Tr.jpeg.scaled.500.jpg[/img]

I like this one because there are three layers of contrast in the woods. The same foggy weather.
[img]http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jacobthuesen/LvbHAWzw5krS51SFaKYrn9GMQiJhamzkD8wzAxuLrmAgoN6Cz8eRFX7zXjGR/Trtoppe_sort-hvid.jpeg.scaled.500.jpg[/img]

[Sharker]

Did I overdo it on the editing here?

[img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/4984228858_f444a7f602_z.jpg[/img]

[Brainmaster]

[QUOTE=MovingSalad;24762049]
[img]http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs44/i/2010/047/e/1/Voices_by_ChildOfVision.jpg[/img]
[/QUOTE]

I think it's unbalanced. Too much empty space, doesn't give "peace of mind". All the others are nice though :smile:

[Edthefirst]

[QUOTE=Sharker;24787179]Did I overdo it on the editing here?

[img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/4984228858_f444a7f602_z.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

No I think it's fine. In fact I think it could be a bit brighter. It's a little underexposed right now.

[waylander]

i was trying to get the perfect mirror portraiti dont think i did but i got a couple of ok images, also i totally forgot i could turn the flash intensity down which would have helped. btw how the fuck do you export a mirrored image from lightroom?

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[URL=http://img826.imageshack.us/i/mirrorportraitth1of1.jpg/][IMG]http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/2677/mirrorportraitth1of1.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[chamon]

Wait... Are you a thirteen year old girl on MySpace?

[waylander]

obviously not i just am not comfortable using a tripod+remote trigger for self portraits, i can never get decent compositon and when i do my expression is usually horrible.

latircole is really good at it, would be interested to know if he uses a tethered laptop or one of these 7" hdmi hotshoe monitors you can get so he can see what he is doing

[Xploder]

[QUOTE=waylander;24800746]obviously not i just am not comfortable using a tripod+remote trigger for self portraits, i can never get decent compositon and when i do my expression is usually horrible.

latircole is really good at it, would be interested to know if he uses a tethered laptop or one of these 7" hdmi hotshoe monitors you can get so he can see what he is doing[/QUOTE]

Tether it to your laptop and use EOS utility? it'll save you a lot of hassle.

[latirCole]

[QUOTE=waylander;24800746]obviously not i just am not comfortable using a tripod+remote trigger for self portraits, i can never get decent compositon and when i do my expression is usually horrible.

latircole is really good at it, would be interested to know if he uses a tethered laptop or one of these 7" hdmi hotshoe monitors you can get so he can see what he is doing[/QUOTE]

I just use the tripod + remote trigger, and take a couple of test shots to get the right settings. I just take a lot of self portraits in one "sitting" so there are usually at least 1 good shot out of them.

[Edthefirst]

[QUOTE=Inacio;24801813]What did you do to get this effect?

[sp]Yes I'm a noob.[/sp]

[editline]03:28PM[/editline]

Oh wow. I really like this girl's style: [url]http://art-pixie.blogspot.com/[/url][/QUOTE]

Not sure what you mean. If you meant the shallow depth of field (the blurry background), that's achieved through wider apertures. If you mean the color, then that could be a multitude of ways to get that. You could play with curves in photoshop, use split toning when processing the RAW file, change the color balance, etc. There's really a variety of methods, and the best way to figure them out is by just playing around.

There's some good tutorials out there if that's what you're looking for.

[Jiro-uk-]

Some random shots from my trip to Scotland on the weekend. Will upload more later.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4986490479/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/4986490479_ca629fe908.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4986490479/]DSC_0857[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/36341379@N05/]Jamie Girvan[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4987090050/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/4987090050_2f32648bd7.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4987090050/]DSC_0725_01[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/36341379@N05/]Jamie Girvan[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4986488781/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/4986488781_a8d1c0db98.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4986488781/]DSC_0713_01[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/36341379@N05/]Jamie Girvan[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4987087792/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/4987087792_d328430794.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4987087792/]DSC_0672[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/36341379@N05/]Jamie Girvan[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4986486993/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/4986486993_97da13e644.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4986486993/]DSC_0601_01[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/36341379@N05/]Jamie Girvan[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4987086208/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/4987086208_00cf76fd6a.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4987086208/]DSC_0596_01[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/36341379@N05/]Jamie Girvan[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4987085368/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/4987085368_4da78d7ce7.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4987085368/]DSC_0594 copy[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/36341379@N05/]Jamie Girvan[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4987084180/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/4987084180_23e0785c7c.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4987084180/]DSC_0544_01[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/36341379@N05/]Jamie Girvan[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4986483149/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/4986483149_203c1bbe9d.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4986483149/]DSC_0521_01[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/36341379@N05/]Jamie Girvan[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4987082732/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/4987082732_5e4cdd7e3b.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4987082732/]DSC_0520_01[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/36341379@N05/]Jamie Girvan[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4987082006/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/4987082006_ee42a2a3b1.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4987082006/]DSC_0079_01[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/36341379@N05/]Jamie Girvan[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4987081064/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/4987081064_539184a5b1.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/36341379@N05/4987081064/]DSC_0038_01[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/36341379@N05/]Jamie Girvan[/url], on Flickr