The Creative Photography Thread v7 | The quickest way to make money at photography is to sell your c

[chill_dude]

Tried some picture taking today, and honestly, i can't match you guys. But as long as i can, i will try. So please comment on the following pictures.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/67870310@N07/8071324720/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8182/8071324720_6d1430a65b.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/67870310@N07/8071324720/]fd (5 of 5)[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/67870310@N07/]ViktorLA[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/67870310@N07/8071325336/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8182/8071325336_af1bb23c9c.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/67870310@N07/8071325336/]fd (4 of 5)[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/67870310@N07/]ViktorLA[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/67870310@N07/8071333667/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/8071333667_52c59db3c3.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/67870310@N07/8071333667/]fd (3 of 5)[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/67870310@N07/]ViktorLA[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/67870310@N07/8071334845/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8039/8071334845_8de3abc62a.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/67870310@N07/8071334845/]fd (2 of 5)[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/67870310@N07/]ViktorLA[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/67870310@N07/8071335719/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8316/8071335719_899664f9b4.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/67870310@N07/8071335719/]fd (1 of 5)[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/67870310@N07/]ViktorLA[/url], on Flickr

[Trogdon]

Thanks for the crit, I haven't done much studio before, and I didn't spend much time on the shot so yeah I did make a lot of mistakes, and never really thought of them as a pair like I posted that just kind of happened. But I'll keep in mind the lighting and small details, I'm very happy with the look overall though

[Paul-Simon]

[B]Time for an image dump!
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[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8478604/Good%20photography/Northern%20Lights%20again%20small.jpg[/img]
Took this yesterday night

[url=https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8478604/Good%20photography/Another%20Panorama.jpg][img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8478604/Good%20photography/Another%20Panorama%20small.jpg[/img][/url]

[url=https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8478604/Good%20photography/Awesome%20panorama.jpg][img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8478604/Good%20photography/Awesome%20panorama%20small.jpg[/img][/url]
Click for larger versions

[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8478604/Good%20photography/red%20mountain%20small.jpg[/img]

[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8478604/Good%20photography/Lava%20sky%20small.jpg[/img]
Sunset some days ago!

[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8478604/Good%20photography/spider%20small.jpg[/img]
;_;

[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8478604/Good%20photography/Moonlight%20small.jpg[/img]
This image was taken during a power outage at 01:00am
No, that isn't the sun lighting everything up.
It's actually the moon :v:

[Killuah]

I like spider and borealis for the subject and moon-noon for the context.

[Angoose]

The mountain peak one would be beautiful but the rooftops ruin it. I wouldn't mind them being there, but they're kinda half there and half not if that makes sense, so they just seem in the way rather than intentionally included.

[Paul-Simon]

[QUOTE=Angoose;37973442]The mountain peak one would be beautiful but the rooftops ruin it. I wouldn't mind them being there, but they're kinda half there and half not if that makes sense, so they just seem in the way rather than intentionally included.[/QUOTE]

I know, I wish our house was like 5 meters taller but it's really nothing I can do anything about.
Most of these are taken from our balcony you see.

[Jake_Steel]

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/58397993@N04/8071494362/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8071494362_440a6bb764_z.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/58397993@N04/8071494362/]Mossy Steps[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/58397993@N04/]Ivegotchicken[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/58397993@N04/8028622217/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8319/8028622217_d33e4e9269_z.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/58397993@N04/8028622217/]Out There[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/58397993@N04/]Ivegotchicken[/url], on Flickr
Probably a little much on the PP here but I kinda liked the way it looked.

Not relevant to these two pics but I think my 50mm 'nifty fifty' is broken or is in the process of breaking. Doesn't seem to want to focus on anything and everything always comes out 'soft'. May get an example later. Anyone else use this lens and have encountered this?

[Scotchair]

[QUOTE=Jake_Steel;37973561]

Not relevant to these two pics but I think my 50mm 'nifty fifty' is broken or is in the process of breaking. Doesn't seem to want to focus on anything and everything always comes out 'soft'. May get an example later. Anyone else use this lens and have encountered this?[/QUOTE]

I think that's pretty normal... anything at 1.8 is going to be quite soft, and the focusing mechanism is quite slow, loud and poor in low light. But that's why it's such a cheap lens. However, you do get incredible bang for your buck in general. If you're taking star photos with it, best find a distant light source to focus on first. I used to just get my mate to run for ages with a flashlight so it gave me a focus point haha.

[editline]9th October 2012[/editline]

Paul Simon, where do you live?

[Paul-Simon]

[QUOTE=Scotchair;37973724]I think that's pretty normal... anything at 1.8 is going to be quite soft, and the focusing mechanism is quite slow, loud and poor in low light. But that's why it's such a cheap lens. However, you do get incredible bang for your buck in general. If you're taking star photos with it, best find a distant light source to focus on first. I used to just get my mate to run for ages with a flashlight so it gave me a focus point haha.

[editline]9th October 2012[/editline]

Paul Simon, where do you live?[/QUOTE]

Lofoten, Norway.

[Scotchair]

My photo 1000/365 falls on Halloween! I'll need to try and do something epic for it.

[Sylerr]

[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/christiaancompaan/8072107149/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8453/8072107149_91068c8ee2_c.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/christiaancompaan/8072107149/"]Baby Making Service[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/christiaancompaan/"]Christiaan Compaan[/URL], on Flickr

The only street performer who actually got a tip from me

[Killuah]

[QUOTE=Scotchair;37973724]I think that's pretty normal... anything at 1.8 is going to be quite soft, and the focusing mechanism is quite slow, loud and poor in low light. But that's why it's such a cheap lens. However, you do get incredible bang for your buck in general. If you're taking star photos with it, best find a distant light source to focus on first. I used to just get my mate to run for ages with a flashlight so it gave me a focus point haha.

[editline]9th October 2012[/editline]

Paul Simon, where do you live?[/QUOTE]

Why not just focus to infinity?

[Scotchair]

AFAIK most Canon lenses don't actually have an infinity marker on them. My nifty 50 certainly doesn't, neither does my kit lens. Pain in the ass sometimes. I tried to mark it on myself, but the tolerance for the nifty 50 is so tiny if you're even the slightest bit out the entire image will be too soft.

[Legend286]

Why would you be using f/1.8 for star photos in the first place?

[Scotchair]

because it lets in a fuckload of light?

[seek]

Some shots from LACMA last year.
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkealcoran/8058653762/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8455/8058653762_2c29153bf9_z.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkealcoran/8058653762/]Reach.[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/mkealcoran/]mkealcoran[/url], on Flickr

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkealcoran/8058652932/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8320/8058652932_35d67edefe_z.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkealcoran/8058652932/]Six more minutes, please.[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/mkealcoran/]mkealcoran[/url], on Flickr

[Killuah]

[QUOTE=Scotchair;37977001]AFAIK most Canon lenses don't actually have an infinity marker on them. My nifty 50 certainly doesn't, neither does my kit lens. Pain in the ass sometimes. I tried to mark it on myself, but the tolerance for the nifty 50 is so tiny if you're even the slightest bit out the entire image will be too soft.[/QUOTE]

Maybe I am completely stupid here but isn't it either all the way clockwise or counterclockwise?

[Paul-Simon]

[QUOTE=Killuah;37978004]Maybe I am completely stupid here but isn't it either all the way clockwise or counterclockwise?[/QUOTE]

Well, they tend to go [B][U][I]beyond infinity[/I][/U][/B] and it gets blurry again

I don't know how the fuck that's even possible but whatever :v:

[FlippR]

[QUOTE=paul simon;37978633] [B][U][I]beyond infinity[/I][/U][/B] :v:[/QUOTE]

[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Buzz-lightyear-toy-story-3-wallpaper.jpg[/IMG]

[Biscuit-Boy]

[QUOTE=paul simon;37978633]Well, they tend to go [B][U][I]beyond infinity[/I][/U][/B] and it gets blurry again

I don't know how the fuck that's even possible but whatever :v:[/QUOTE]

Consider it like pushing the elements in the lens that focus a touch too far, where it's overfocusing I suppose.

[img]http://puu.sh/1dccN[/img]

[oliver.seary]

Hey guys, I am a good friend of Pick (Edwin Quast), would like to be more involved with the photography forums here. Here's a picture I took recently of my good friend Tomris, just picked up my digital SLR after 5 years of focusing on Film.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/oliverseary/8070508659/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8041/8070508659_e04821e224.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/oliverseary/8070508659/]Tomris[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/oliverseary/]oliver.seary[/url], on Flickr

[Chubbles]

Trying to get back into the swing of things with my old camera before I can purchase a new one and a new lens. I'll be going to work at Disney World in January, thus being able to save money for a new camera with filming capabilities and I can get started on my Film Making Career! (woot woot!)

But this is just something I took in my room. Kinda lame, but I thought it was neat!

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/67638170@N04/8072899628/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8311/8072899628_2a44e58252.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/67638170@N04/8072899628/]DSC_0158[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/67638170@N04/]2amJazz[/url], on Flickr

[Trogdon]

Leave your room when taking pictures

[Chubbles]

Well, it's midnight here. I was literally just messing around with the settings and took that picture and thought it was pretty cool. I'll obviously leave my room tomorrow for better shots, but I don't have a good lens for night shots.

[wchan]

^ That is where a tripod comes in handy.

Some content:

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanw/8073050660/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8311/8073050660_aa97859c18_c.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanw/8073050660/]The View Is Fair From Fairview[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/chanw/]waynesonc[/url], on Flickr

[Killuah]

Stupid neon adds I had that " burning out " problem too when I was in KL.

[Scotchair]

A double exposure/HDR would work in the future, if you can be bothered with the faff of processing. What I often do is underexpose all my shots by 1 stop and use the fill light in Lightroom to bring back the shadow detail. Works great on RAW images and means nothing is overexposed. Great for landscapes if you cant be bothered doing a full HDR, and it's easier to brighten shadows than to recover highlights. Probably wouldn't work for neon lights because they're so bright though, but its a tip for consideration.

[samh]

[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/samhaberman/8073500070/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8310/8073500070_5516211145_c.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/samhaberman/8073500070/"]Jacob[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/samhaberman/"]samhaberman[/URL], on Flickr

HE4ZY again.

[Cpt.Facepalm]

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/crimefightingotter/8073524973/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8035/8073524973_442151a4bc_z.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/crimefightingotter/8073524973/]leaf.[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/crimefightingotter/]Captain Facepalm[/url], on Flickr
Something i caught this morning.

[Killuah]

[QUOTE=Scotchair;37981844]A double exposure/HDR would work in the future, if you can be bothered with the faff of processing. What I often do is underexpose all my shots by 1 stop and use the fill light in Lightroom to bring back the shadow detail. Works great on RAW images and means nothing is overexposed. Great for landscapes if you cant be bothered doing a full HDR, and it's easier to brighten shadows than to recover highlights. Probably wouldn't work for neon lights because they're so bright though, but its a tip for consideration.[/QUOTE]

Couldn't it also happen because a neon lamp emits massive amounts of UV?