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[Trogdon]

processed my first RAW files! i just installed cs6 today, i like it so far. but overall i do like the sharpening and highlight recovery (jesus the a77 records so much detail in those "blown" highlights), but color editing i far prefer doing with my jpeg files still.

[img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8461/7994983069_838aacccd6_z.jpg[/img]
[img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8029/7994980207_3ed3f4d140_z.jpg[/img]

[Big Blue]

[QUOTE=cmrna;37696814]Any criticisms on the batch I just posted?[/QUOTE]

They're nice, I like them. Maybe they're not super interesting, but they're easy on the eyes; in focus, properly lit and all. What's really important is that you're proud of them. You have reason to be, as there's technically nothing really wrong with them. My only real criticism, however, would be that you should take more pictures! Explore the scenery, be adventurous and take some shots of your friends climbing trees or something. Being one with nature. Put us in YOUR shoes at that moment. You've got the shooting technique down, now get funky with some composition. Makes you even more proud of the final product. Keep shooting dude.

[editline]16th September 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=Trogdon;37696815]processed my first RAW files! i just installed cs6 today, i like it so far. but overall i do like the sharpening and highlight recovery (jesus the a77 records so much detail in those "blown" highlights), but color editing i far prefer doing with my jpeg files still. [/QUOTE]

Fucking awesome shots as usual. I really like the second, and I LOVE the first.

[cmrna]

Thanks man, that's really helpful :D

Here's a shot from us drinking and being goofs.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmrna/7995040440/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8459/7995040440_4de224b46a_z.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmrna/7995040440/]DSC_2221.jpg[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/cmrna/]cmrna[/url], on Flickr

[Big Blue]

Now that's more like it

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveotto/7995218954/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/7995218954_043326a3ce_c.jpg[/img][/url]

[url=http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8450/7995321838_d41f09b20e_z.jpg][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8173/7995284892_fea5607fec_z.jpg[/img][/url]

One of my upstairs neighbors. Dude plays extras in all kinds of shit - he was in The Hangover.

[SL!P]

[img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8173/7995284892_fea5607fec_z.jpg[/img]

dem tones.

[David Tennant]

[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995615677/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8449/7995615677_82471743b2_z.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995615677/"]20120917-IMG_2019[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/77526408@N02/"]Eltocliousus[/URL], on Flickr
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995625766/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/7995625766_1813e28464_z.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995625766/"]20120917-IMG_2002[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/77526408@N02/"]Eltocliousus[/URL], on Flickr
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995617403/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8170/7995617403_08d09b97c9_z.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995617403/]20120917-IMG_2008[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/77526408@N02/]Eltocliousus[/url], on Flickr
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995624956/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/7995624956_3dc0109635_z.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995624956/"]20120917-IMG_2004[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/77526408@N02/"]Eltocliousus[/URL], on Flickr

I need to find more interesting places, everywhere I walk is industrial.

[Mooe94]

[QUOTE=David Tennant;37698485]I need to find more interesting places, everywhere I walk is industrial.[/QUOTE]

Find the interesting in the uninteresting; I think that's the key to becoming a great photographer

Still, it's hard without good subjects

[editline]17th September 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=David Tennant;37698485]
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995625766/"]20120917-IMG_2002[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/77526408@N02/"]Eltocliousus[/URL], on Flickr
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995617403/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8170/7995617403_08d09b97c9_z.jpg[/img][/url]
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Also I like this one a lot but the foreground is distracting

[Bengley]

[QUOTE=David Tennant;37698485][URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995615677/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8449/7995615677_82471743b2_z.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995615677/"]20120917-IMG_2019[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/77526408@N02/"]Eltocliousus[/URL], on Flickr
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995625766/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/7995625766_1813e28464_z.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995625766/"]20120917-IMG_2002[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/77526408@N02/"]Eltocliousus[/URL], on Flickr
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995617403/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8170/7995617403_08d09b97c9_z.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995617403/]20120917-IMG_2008[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/77526408@N02/]Eltocliousus[/url], on Flickr
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995624956/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/7995624956_3dc0109635_z.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77526408@N02/7995624956/"]20120917-IMG_2004[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/77526408@N02/"]Eltocliousus[/URL], on Flickr

I need to find more interesting places, everywhere I walk is industrial.[/QUOTE]

Industry is awesome.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/bengley/6200570067/][img]http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6176/6200570067_e99b32e977_z.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/bengley/6200570067/]Untitled[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/bengley/]Bengley1[/url], on Flickr

[David Tennant]

[QUOTE=Bengley;37698512]Industry is awesome.[/QUOTE]

Urban industrial I should say, are these places you visit abandoned?

[Bengley]

[QUOTE=David Tennant;37698541]Urban industrial I should say, are these places you visit abandoned?[/QUOTE]

Of course!

[cueballv2themax]

[QUOTE=Bengley;37698512]Industry is awesome.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/bengley/6200570067/][img]http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6176/6200570067_e99b32e977_z.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/bengley/6200570067/]Untitled[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/bengley/]Bengley1[/url], on Flickr[/QUOTE]

holy fuck ben i thought that was mine for a second

[img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8143/7358334182_c4500229a1_z.jpg[/img]
look there's a bengley in the middle

[Zinayzen]

hey guys

i have some questions

can someone please explain to me what the hell defines contrasting colors in a photo

i'm taking a photography class and this week i'm supposed to take three contrasting pictures and three monochrome pictures

i'm having a hard time figuring out which ones I took qualify as contrasting. i'm guessing in theory EVERY picture is one or the other, but I'm not entirely sure if that's true and I don't know exactly if he wants perfectly contrasting (blue yellow, green magenta, cyan red or whatever) or if just about anything suffices

i can post the ones I took if you want, critical comments are always nice anyway

also i'm not good so they'll probably be bad

[Trogdon]

[QUOTE=Slippery-Q;37697748][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8173/7995284892_fea5607fec_z.jpg[/img]

dem tones.[/QUOTE]

the aesthetic reminds me of julian b

[Big Blue]

[QUOTE=Zinayzen;37708648]hey guys

i have some questions

can someone please explain to me what the hell defines contrasting colors in a photo

i'm taking a photography class and this week i'm supposed to take three contrasting pictures and three monochrome pictures

i'm having a hard time figuring out which ones I took qualify as contrasting. i'm guessing in theory EVERY picture is one or the other, but I'm not entirely sure if that's true and I don't know exactly if he wants perfectly contrasting (blue yellow, green magenta, cyan red or whatever) or if just about anything suffices

i can post the ones I took if you want, critical comments are always nice anyway

also i'm not good so they'll probably be bad[/QUOTE]

im guessing he wants just generally contrasty pictures. i would slip in a blue and orange just to be safe though. as for monochrome you'll want pictures with shades of one specific color. got any colored walls to use as backgrounds? maybe something green to put in the grass? you could also use a cloudy day white balance and shoot some objects with corresponding colors. that's what i'd do anyway

[editline]17th September 2012[/editline]

oh, and contrasting colors are just colors on opposite sides of the color wheel, to be literal. colors that reeaallly just dont look similar, y'know? if colors are the reason something in the picture sticks out, it's probably because they contrast

[Zinayzen]

okay

so for example

[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/bFJKA.jpg[/img_thumb]

this works as contrasting because the green is yellow-y and contrasts with the ocean

and

[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/WB3Ae.jpg[/img_thumb]

is more monochrome-y because it's vaguely similar colors, right?

the seagull probably shouldn't be dead center but whatever

[CottonTM]

[QUOTE=Trogdon;37696815]processed my first RAW files! i just installed cs6 today, i like it so far. but overall i do like the sharpening and highlight recovery (jesus the a77 records so much detail in those "blown" highlights), but color editing i far prefer doing with my jpeg files still.

[IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8461/7994983069_838aacccd6_z.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8029/7994980207_3ed3f4d140_z.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
I thought this was one shot, and I was like, "wow that rock face is super horizon....wait..." because there's no gap between them for me in your post.
Anyways, what was the light like in the second one? It's really soft and flattering, for rocks that is.

Also yesterday I saw my camera bag under my bed and remembered that I'm a photo major lmao wat do.

[Inzalonus]

[QUOTE=Zinayzen;37708648]hey guys

i have some questions

can someone please explain to me what the hell defines contrasting colors in a photo

i'm taking a photography class and this week i'm supposed to take three contrasting pictures and three monochrome pictures

i'm having a hard time figuring out which ones I took qualify as contrasting. i'm guessing in theory EVERY picture is one or the other, but I'm not entirely sure if that's true and I don't know exactly if he wants perfectly contrasting (blue yellow, green magenta, cyan red or whatever) or if just about anything suffices

i can post the ones I took if you want, critical comments are always nice anyway

also i'm not good so they'll probably be bad[/QUOTE]

i'd just go with warm/cold, light/dark colours

a light blue contrasts with a dark blue, just depends how you use it and how far seperated the tone/shade is

for example baby blue contrasts with ocean blue by shade, but tone wise it compliments it, if you were to use it to make a figure stand out against a background but keep a monochrome look, the "contrast" is still there, ie baby blue background ocean blue figure

[editline]18th September 2012[/editline]

if you need to do any 'explanation', you can say just about anything contrasts with anything, granted that they're not actually the same thing.

[editline]18th September 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=Zinayzen;37708826]okay

so for example

[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/bFJKA.jpg[/img_thumb]

this works as contrasting because the green is yellow-y and contrasts with the ocean

and

[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/WB3Ae.jpg[/img_thumb]

is more monochrome-y because it's vaguely similar colors, right?

the seagull probably shouldn't be dead center but whatever[/QUOTE]

while the second image is "monochrom-y", it's not monochrome. Monochrome literally means only one colour

[Zinayzen]

i see

someone on reddit told me (rather rudely) that i'm doing it wrong and just taking a fuckload of pictures and trying to categorize them later and instead i should be going out to take pictures with the mindset of knowing what i need and only taking those instead of trying to categorize them later

is that true or not

it sounds true to me

pictures are hard

[Him1411]

why do you need to categorize photos? just take them?

[Inzalonus]

[QUOTE=Zinayzen;37709713]i see

someone on reddit told me (rather rudely) that i'm doing it wrong and just taking a fuckload of pictures and trying to categorize them later and instead i should be going out to take pictures with the mindset of knowing what i need and only taking those instead of trying to categorize them later

is that true or not

it sounds true to me

pictures are hard[/QUOTE]

to be honest fuck them. Photography is whatever you make of it, to me it's not "candid" but I don't like having to put my sole intent into pre-planning my shots and focusing on those shots alone. Go out and live your life, the photos will come naturally, go out with the intent of taking very specific photos and I find it's easy to get stuck in a rut and forget to actually take photos because you're too caught up getting the "Right one" if that makes sense

that being said it's still a good idea to pre-plan your shots, but I just feel if you're going out with the focus on getting THAT shot, not only will you find it more difficult to get that shot, but you also limit yourself because your mind is focused entirely on that shot itself

it's just an ironic work flow for me, others might disagree

[David Tennant]

Going out with a mindset of what you want to take and then only taking photographs that fit the criteria is a great way to lose a lot of fantastic photographs, I wouldn't bother, it's fine to go out with an idea of what you want, then enjoy taking your pictures and trying to get the shot you want, but concentrating on one idea just doesn't seem productive.

[HiddenMyst]

Went out around town on the weekend and got a few shots from all over.
I've been playing around in lightroom, getting used to it and trying out some colour combos and just seeing what works, so don't be afraid to tell me if I've destroyed the colours in the following shots.
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/77124344@N06/7999735954/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8461/7999735954_6673dbaa4b.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/77124344@N06/7999735954/]Untitled[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/77124344@N06/]HiddenMyst[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/77124344@N06/7999730581/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8307/7999730581_83c5c4a1e0.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/77124344@N06/7999730581/]Untitled[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/77124344@N06/]HiddenMyst[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/77124344@N06/7999736408/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8462/7999736408_8ff91f88b5.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/77124344@N06/7999736408/]Untitled[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/77124344@N06/]HiddenMyst[/url], on Flickr
I found myself hugging one of these poles, hanging out over the water as I took this one, praying I wouldn't slip.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/77124344@N06/7999731925/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8454/7999731925_9582490d9e.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/77124344@N06/7999731925/]Untitled[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/77124344@N06/]HiddenMyst[/url], on Flickr

[BlazeFresh]

So i feel as if this is deserving of being in the creative photography thread, as it is a hell of a lot of content.

I'm not one to show a lot of work at once but I'm here to ask for all of your opinions.
I've just finished organising the 'united states' section of my portfolio, and i was wondering if you guys could take a look through it, maybe tell me if you feel some shots should be taken out and how the layout fits for your computer.

It's a very different shooting style to what i usually post, so don't shit yourself with surprise

[URL="http://cargocollective.com/marleyhutchinson/united-states"]http://cargocollective.com/marleyhutchinson/united-states[/URL]

Thanks in advance.

[Adius]

I want to say I'm not a big fan of the method of viewing the images (having the slide the bar to see them) but it works pretty well.

[Edthefirst]

I like the format, but scrolling through them is definitely more difficult in that orientation.

[Tombopukka]

[URL="http://<a href=&quot;[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomraworth/7999450184/&quot;[/url] target=&quot;_blank&quot;>[img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8311/7999450184_46f2b9aea3.jpg[/img]</a> <a href=&quot;[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomraworth/7999450184/&quot;[/url] target=&quot;_blank&quot;>DSC_0130-Edit-2-Edit-Edit.jpg</a> by <a href=&quot;[url]http://www.flickr.com/people/tomraworth/&quot;[/url] target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Tom Raworth</a>, on Flickr"]http://[/URL][URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomraworth/7999450184/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8311/7999450184_46f2b9aea3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomraworth/7999450184/"]DSC_0130-Edit-2-Edit-Edit.jpg[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/tomraworth/"]Tom Raworth[/URL], on Flickr

[Biscuit-Boy]

[QUOTE=TomboPukka;37716193][URL="http://<a href="[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomraworth/7999450184/"[/url] target="_blank">[img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8311/7999450184_46f2b9aea3.jpg[/img]</a> <a href="[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomraworth/7999450184/"[/url] target="_blank">DSC_0130-Edit-2-Edit-Edit.jpg</a> by <a href="[url]http://www.flickr.com/people/tomraworth/"[/url] target="_blank">Tom Raworth</a>, on Flickr"]http://[/URL][URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomraworth/7999450184/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8311/7999450184_46f2b9aea3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomraworth/7999450184/"]DSC_0130-Edit-2-Edit-Edit.jpg[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/tomraworth/"]Tom Raworth[/URL], on Flickr[/QUOTE]

Any editing? [/jokes]

[samh]

[QUOTE=BlazeFresh;37711503]So i feel as if this is deserving of being in the creative photography thread, as it is a hell of a lot of content.

I'm not one to show a lot of work at once but I'm here to ask for all of your opinions.
I've just finished organising the 'united states' section of my portfolio, and i was wondering if you guys could take a look through it, maybe tell me if you feel some shots should be taken out and how the layout fits for your computer.

It's a very different shooting style to what i usually post, so don't shit yourself with surprise

[URL="http://cargocollective.com/marleyhutchinson/united-states"]http://cargocollective.com/marleyhutchinson/united-states[/URL]

Thanks in advance.[/QUOTE]

Holy fucking shit that was some Jake Strangel motherfucking crazy balls, these two in particular are nuts:

[img]http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/6/211098/4096188/IMG_0454.jpg[/img]

[img]http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/6/211098/4096188/IMG_0548_1063.jpg[/img]

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I disagree that those are Jake Stangel-y, but yeah very good stuff nonetheless, just not that particular style. Jake uses heavy but bright, contrasting tones and harsh flat light. Jake's stuff doesn't have shallowDOF-dreaminess like Marley's, either.

[editline]18th September 2012[/editline]

Anyway yeah, we had to shoot our mentors and their office doors for our first assignment at Calarts.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/zJZB0.jpg[/img]