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[QUOTE=MoarFunz;36211165]There are plenty of those, but I find it fresh in all the generic photos that happen to be posted here.[/QUOTE] You may find it fresh and citrusy but i think it would suit more in the photo off topic thread. [QUOTE=Ferosso;36213654][img]http://www.visualsolutions.dk/upload/IMG_7293.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] This feels kind of like a random snap of your friend rather than photoshoot style to me, it doesn't feel like much thought has gone into this one. Also have you used sharpening? Because the sun on her face looks too sharp and i think that it doesn't flatter her as well as it could.

[QUOTE=Ferosso;36213654][IMG]http://www.visualsolutions.dk/upload/IMG_7293.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Bit too heavy on clarity/sharpness but that's just my opinion (At least mask the clarity/sharpness out on the face, girls want to have smooth skin) [editline]6th June 2012[/editline] Could've centered her more as well

[QUOTE=BlazeFresh;36213982]You may find it fresh and citrusy but i think it would suit more in the photo off topic thread. This feels kind of like a random snap of your friend rather than photoshoot style to me, it doesn't feel like much thought has gone into this one. Also have you used sharpening? Because the sun on her face looks too sharp and i think that it doesn't flatter her as well as it could.[/QUOTE] Yeah youre right. It is a snapshot though. I use sharpen on 99% of all my pics, so yeah I sharpened it. I think youre right about that, i just liked the colors! but thanks

[QUOTE=BlazeFresh;36211116]Is that for a school project or something? Because its not really creative photography in my opinion. More like creative fruit homicide.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Jaanus;34501880]As long as the photos are something you are proud of, and have some sort of artistic qualities to them, feel free to post them.[/QUOTE] Yes, it is, but I don't think there's any need to post it in the Off-topic thread. You don't see many people around here taking pictures of fruit homicide. (Except the guy I stole this idea from) Plus, I don't see it being a problem.

[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/433645/moon/Jun05%2407.jpg[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/433645/moon/Jun05%2405.jpg[/img] as close as i'd care to get [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/433645/moon/Jun05%2406.jpg[/img]

I got my first DSLR camera yesterday and took it out today to learn and test it. I'm still pretty much learning everything on the camera and I've never had an criticism on anything I've done really. It was cloudy today so I just decided to hit a bike trail close to home, I hoped to see birds but that didn't really work out. It was a learning experience for me and I'd like some criticism! Be as harsh as you want, I went out to learn, not to make masterpieces today. [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7342928622/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8011/7342928622_1c22a40e52_c.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7342928622/]IMGP9647[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/79941731@N03/]mcummins53[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7342930724/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7244/7342930724_8698ace83a_c.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7342930724/]IMGP9644[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/79941731@N03/]mcummins53[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7157732153/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7214/7157732153_7c010ba50e_c.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7157732153/]IMGP9635[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/79941731@N03/]mcummins53[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7157738599/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7071/7157738599_cde2598f63_c.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7157738599/]IMGP9625[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/79941731@N03/]mcummins53[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7342944920/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8145/7342944920_65b6799afe_c.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7342944920/]IMGP9624[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/79941731@N03/]mcummins53[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7157740035/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7072/7157740035_c73d415ff4_c.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7157740035/]IMGP9623[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/79941731@N03/]mcummins53[/url], on Flickr Also does anyone have any tips on getting pictures of small moving insects (ants)? I didn't think I'd want a macro lens and then I realized how cool ants where...

35mm, baby. [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/edwinquast/7342085686/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8002/7342085686_cd73d34ffa_z.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/edwinquast/7342085686/]Untitled[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/edwinquast/]edwin.quast[/url], on Flickr [b]Edit:[/b] I really like the colours in it Ferosso. That warm light and cute smile

[QUOTE=Llamaboy9;36214887]Also how are you guys posting the smaller pictures with the flickr username and image name?[/QUOTE] [url]http://gyazo.com/1fb53428aa773d69bfa85665c66fdef3.png?1338939489[/url] Keep shooting! It's great to see improvement.

[QUOTE=squish;36215571][url]http://gyazo.com/1fb53428aa773d69bfa85665c66fdef3.png?1338939489[/url] Keep shooting! It's great to see improvement.[/QUOTE] Thanks squish! I'm contemplating driving over to a community college with a pretty nice campus for some night shooting later. I've been playing with cameras for a while (my roommates Nikon D5000 and my girlfriends Canon EOS something) but I've only had my camera phone for the longest time. It's nice to be able to actually play with a lens and adjust all these settings.

Playing with my camera and learning how to take night photos, I really need a tripod. I hope it's ok to post mediocre learning pictures in this section. [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7158600359/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8148/7158600359_71b2bd2fce_c.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7158600359/]IMGP9709[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/79941731@N03/]mcummins53[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7158601073/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8155/7158601073_49781abb7f.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7158601073/]IMGP9708[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/79941731@N03/]mcummins53[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7343810856/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7083/7343810856_2211cd5400.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7343810856/]IMGP9705[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/79941731@N03/]mcummins53[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7343815636/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7214/7343815636_4252ab6087.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7343815636/]IMGP9697[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/79941731@N03/]mcummins53[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7343816344/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8149/7343816344_406017cf29.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7343816344/]IMGP9696[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/79941731@N03/]mcummins53[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7343816818/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7093/7343816818_d993da6720.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79941731@N03/7343816818/]IMGP9691[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/79941731@N03/]mcummins53[/url], on Flickr Sorry for the double post, not used to posting pictures and thing.

[QUOTE=Llamaboy9;36214887] Also does anyone have any tips on getting pictures of small moving insects (ants)? I didn't think I'd want a macro lens and then I realized how cool ants where...[/QUOTE] You can get an extension tube that will allow you to use your kit lens as a macro. I just one today actually and have been playing around with it. Main benefit is cost since this only costs around $10 vs a $500+ macro lens. Here are a few example shots taken with my 18-55 kit lens using the extension tube. [URL]http://imgur.com/a/n8uhI[/URL] Here is the one I have, of course you'll have to make sure to get one for your camera make: [URL]http://www.amazon.com/Fotodiox-Canon-EOS-Extension-Close-up/dp/B003Y60DZO/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1338957066&sr=1-1[/URL]

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchobi/7158808379/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7093/7158808379_527402a5ae_z.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchobi/7158808379/]Untitled[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/mitchobi/]Mitchobi[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchobi/7158809277/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7222/7158809277_bdda00390f_z.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchobi/7158809277/]Untitled[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/mitchobi/]Mitchobi[/url], on Flickr

[QUOTE=Ohfoohy;36214788]Yes, it is, but I don't think there's any need to post it in the Off-topic thread. You don't see many people around here taking pictures of fruit homicide. (Except the guy I stole this idea from) Plus, I don't see it being a problem.[/QUOTE] Just because someone doesn't post something doesn't mean its good. It's not a problem but you're not really challenging yourself are you? The hardest part of that whole thing was making the fruit. If you want to advance as a photographer you have to think big and challenge yourself.

What Blaze is getting at (simply put) is that it's creative, but not photography. It's closer to scanning a painting rather than using photographic principles as a creative medium. The photo is showing the art, it's not the art itself. He's not being a dick, he just wants to motivate people to step it up a bit.

alright new content, this is mostly shit, just for my "design" project on relation to heritage buildings and shit [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/inzalonus/7159139185/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7244/7159139185_aa1c67ce89.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/inzalonus/7159139185/]IMGP8937.jpg[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/inzalonus/]Inzalonus[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/inzalonus/7344349076/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8167/7344349076_e087a0f644.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/inzalonus/7344349076/]IMGP8942.jpg[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/inzalonus/]Inzalonus[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/inzalonus/7159131351/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7097/7159131351_919079a9bd.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/inzalonus/7159131351/]IMGP8935.jpg[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/inzalonus/]Inzalonus[/url], on Flickr

Well. This is gonna be used for a school project. [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/doy-lee/7344345922/"][IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7245/7344345922_4656f0b8b0_c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/doy-lee/7344345922/"]downtown.jpg[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/doy-lee/"]Doy-lee[/URL], on Flickr Was out and about collecting panoramas when the storm hit Sydney CBD pretty unexpectedly. @inzalonus Nice shots. 2nd one bugs me cause the lines aren't straight.

yeah I had the same issue, i've been tryna correct it but that's about as close as I can get, I can opt to just have the focus point completely straight but then everything else is in a weird perspective (slightly on a slant, or something) [editline]6th June 2012[/editline] one more [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/inzalonus/7344389864/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/7344389864_13b7abceb8.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/inzalonus/7344389864/]IMGP8955.jpg[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/inzalonus/]Inzalonus[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndehaan/7160377043/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8019/7160377043_48d814054a.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndehaan/7345596072/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7096/7345596072_662ff09338.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndehaan/7160402339/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/7160402339_2500950571.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndehaan/7160462295/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7090/7160462295_580c0d68de.jpg[/img][/url] More in the film thread, if you want to see them

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeh6jhHLgtg"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8022/7160612075_995c9701b5.jpg[/IMG][/URL] blasselhad 501cm

A bit of personal still-life photography here, but the assignment was to "describe something about you. It can a hobby or anything you like". We had to shoot it in a top-down perspective, but I shot one in a slightly different one as well. [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/mooe_df/7345995854/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8151/7345995854_468a3735fe_b.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/mooe_df/7345995854/]Mousetrap[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/mooe_df/]Falckaren[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/mooe_df/7160787599/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7102/7160787599_401ba0694b_b.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/mooe_df/7160787599/]Mousetrap_2[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/mooe_df/]Falckaren[/url], on Flickr What I thought was that I am "captivated" by these interests/objects lined up in a spiral. They are my "bait", sort of.

You have all that empty space to the left of the camera, but the trumpet and particularly the piano (tuner or whatev in the second shot) are on the verge of being cut off. There isn't any balance in the composition. Even though you've arranged the subjects in a spiral, the photo doesn't look thoroughly thought out.

I actually spent an hour composing the picture. Too bad it didn't look so :/

all my vices are devices

[QUOTE=Mooe94;36223818]I actually spent an hour composing the picture. Too bad it didn't look so :/[/QUOTE] take it on board and learn for next time, don't complain about what you may have done wrong.

I quite like it. Yeah fair point but it seems fine.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdoo/7346532890/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7217/7346532890_90f0bdf0fb.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/airdoo/7346532890/]IMG_3163[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/airdoo/]Airdoo[/url], on Flickr Just messing around, finally snagged a piece of dark gel from my school to see how well it would work as a pseudo ND filter. I'm rather pleased with the results, now I just need to get some kind of frame that would allow me to adjust the number of folds in the gel and then I'll be set :D

[QUOTE=Ohfoohy;36210979][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/sullyphotoagraphy/7342119244/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7095/7342119244_3fe6d058a5_z.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/sullyphotoagraphy/7342119244/]Orange you glad I didn't kill Banana[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/sullyphotoagraphy/]Ohfoohy[/url], on Flickr[/QUOTE] Don't know bout yall, but the letters in the back totally fuck with me vision.

I recently got back into photography and I wanted some comments and criticism on my photos. [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nebe_nebe/7161641391/"][IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7104/7161641391_0da25e1da2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nebe_nebe/7161641391/"]Cane Field[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/nebe_nebe/"]Nebe Nebe[/URL], on Flickr [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nebe_nebe/7346851224/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8150/7346851224_698d1d1ae1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nebe_nebe/7346851224/"]Spider[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/nebe_nebe/"]Nebe Nebe[/URL], on Flickr [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nebe_nebe/7161641753/"][IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/7161641753_0a5d87f973.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nebe_nebe/7161641753/"]Forest[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/nebe_nebe/"]Nebe Nebe[/URL], on Flickr [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nebe_nebe/7346850906/"][IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7081/7346850906_2c185a765d.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nebe_nebe/7346850906/"]Path[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/nebe_nebe/"]Nebe Nebe[/URL], on Flickr Thanks!

[QUOTE=Inzalonus;36220001]yeah I had the same issue, i've been tryna correct it but that's about as close as I can get, I can opt to just have the focus point completely straight but then everything else is in a weird perspective (slightly on a slant, or something) [editline]6th June 2012[/editline] one more [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/inzalonus/7344389864/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/7344389864_13b7abceb8.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/inzalonus/7344389864/]IMGP8955.jpg[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/inzalonus/]Inzalonus[/url], on Flickr[/QUOTE] Try and use photoshop's distortion correction filter. It's pretty good if you get the parameters down right. It sure helps when you're shooting wide angle shots of buildings and such seeing as distortion on straight lines really stands out, and building are just a shitload of lines.