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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/sebpaulben/8432937108/]Frozen Metal[/url] von [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/sebpaulben/]Terranigmus[/url] auf Flickr
[editline]31st January 2013[/editline]
I also snapped this awesome thing, have you heard about it? It's called HDR and it lloks super strange and awesome and alien and I heard it's THE THING in photography now!
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/sebpaulben/8431885565/]Super Duper DoubleDupber Door HDR[/url] von [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/sebpaulben/]Terranigmus[/url] auf Flickr
[QUOTE=Twipsters;39423505][t]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8499/8431291743_6c87b3475c_h.jpg[/t]
I'm fairly new to photography. I really don't know what the fuck I'm doing at all, I went out and took a bunch of pictures but almost all are blurry and or under/over exposed. However I think this one turned out alright. What do you guys think? Anything I could have done better? I'm really trying to focus on improving.[/QUOTE]
Manual Focus for moving objects, and night objects. Auto for everything else, unless you're proficient enough to use manual for everything. Use an ISO of about 800-3200, 1/8- 0"8 sec shutter, and low aperature for night photography. For daylight, ISO can be 100-800 and it'll look fine, shutter speed can be variable (The higher the speed, say 1/200 means a lot less motion blur, but a darker image), and high aperature, unless you want a thin depth of field (Background blur). Another extremely important thing, shoot in RAW. One day you'll want to go back and edit your older photos, and Jpeg sucks for editing, I'm regretting a lot of my older stuff not being in raw right now.
One last thing, practice. These things never come out right first time, it takes quite a bit of practice but you'll see a massive improvement if you keep going and learning for a few months.
[t]http://puu.sh/1VnS5[/t]
Keep this with you, it's incredibly useful.
As for your photo, very underexposed, and the subject isn't clear, but it's a start and a good one at that.
[QUOTE=Twipsters;39423505][t]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8499/8431291743_6c87b3475c_h.jpg[/t]
I'm fairly new to photography. I really don't know what the fuck I'm doing at all, I went out and took a bunch of pictures but almost all are blurry and or under/over exposed. However I think this one turned out alright. What do you guys think? Anything I could have done better? I'm really trying to focus on improving.[/QUOTE]
pretty good, honestly. i imagine it would look even cooler with the view shifted just slightly to the left, so you don't have that black void on the right side, right next some something actually interesting (the distant car and lights). try to think entirely compositionally after you have the exposure settings and focus set. that chart the guy above me posted is pretty useful, look over it and get a general feel for what the extremes in values can produce. then practice practice practice in manual mode. go out and shoot. only way to get it down. good luck, sir, hope to see you back with your next masterpiece
Thanks for the feedback. What you guys have said has been very helpful, and motivates me to go out and experiment more. Hopefully I will have something better to show next time.
[QUOTE=Twipsters;39427466]Thanks for the feedback. What you guys have said has been very helpful, and motivates me to go out and experiment more. Hopefully I will have something better to show next time.[/QUOTE]
Glad to hear it. Photography is an incredibly fun hobby, and I hope things work out nicely for you.
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took this without looking, was exactly how i saw it in my head.
not 20 minutes earlier it was lashing it down.
[editline]31st January 2013[/editline]
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also this
which is better?
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/7451701@N07/8426487656/]miata[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/7451701@N07/]Jacob A. Mann[/url], on Flickr
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/7451701@N07/8426485058/]convertable[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/7451701@N07/]Jacob A. Mann[/url], on Flickr
cool story on this one: Me and my two friends were going to my friends house, about 2 miles up a windy ass road, and the miata has 2 seats. So I sat in the middle riser thing, (basically I sat on the trunk), trying to get this shot while he was driving. My chest was level with the top of the windshild, so it was a cool unique opportunity to get a shot like this
[QUOTE=notlabbet;39430850]which is better?
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/7451701@N07/8426487656/]miata[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/7451701@N07/]Jacob A. Mann[/url], on Flickr
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/7451701@N07/8426485058/]convertable[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/7451701@N07/]Jacob A. Mann[/url], on Flickr
cool story on this one: Me and my two friends were going to my friends house, about 2 miles up a windy ass road, and the miata has 2 seats. So I sat in the middle riser thing, (basically I sat on the trunk), trying to get this shot while he was driving. My chest was level with the top of the windshild, so it was a cool unique opportunity to get a shot like this[/QUOTE]
I would say neither, the yellow cast is horrid, but the first one is the stronger of the two.
[QUOTE=The Salmon;39432069]I would say neither, the yellow cast is horrid, but the first one is the stronger of the two.[/QUOTE]
Ok. yeah I hate how yellow they came out too. I'm not touching lomo film for a while. Is there a way to get the yellows out, while not making it completely overexposed looking?
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/7451701@N07/8426406566/]andy[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/7451701@N07/]Jacob A. Mann[/url], on Flickr
I don't know what to think of this photo. I feel like it looks plain and generic, but I kinda like it?
try the colour balance tool in PS
[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;39434472]try the colour balance tool in PS[/QUOTE]
worked wonders. The highlights looked like they were soaked in piss. Still not 100% though.
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/7451701@N07/8435012338/]colorbalance[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/7451701@N07/]Jacob A. Mann[/url], on Flickr
[QUOTE=notlabbet;39434520]worked wonders. The highlights looked like they were soaked in piss. Still not 100% though.
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[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7451701@N07/8435012338/"]colorbalance[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/7451701@N07/"]Jacob A. Mann[/URL], on Flickr[/QUOTE]
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i tried
heres one
before:
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/7451701@N07/8425402517/]cable shop[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/7451701@N07/]Jacob A. Mann[/url], on Flickr
after:
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/7451701@N07/8435023814/]colorbalance2[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/7451701@N07/]Jacob A. Mann[/url], on Flickr
is it working?
bit too much saturation overall tbh
i tried too
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Got another snap from that welding class.
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[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;39434572]bit too much saturation overall tbh
i tried too
[img]http://i.imgur.com/0JrO4lK.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
that looks like it went through instagram or something. Its the blue blacks. I tried to keep the blacks black as much as possible.
[QUOTE=notlabbet;39434520]worked wonders. The highlights looked like they were soaked in piss. Still not 100% though.
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/7451701@N07/8435012338/]colorbalance[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/7451701@N07/]Jacob A. Mann[/url], on Flickr[/QUOTE]
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took a spin at it, something isn't right about the top portion though. anyhow, fun little challenge.
-snip-
"hey I'll just make it yellowish" doesn't work.
What do you want? Give it a summer-like feel? And within that: hot and sweaty or calm and relaxing?
That's where you should get your editing direction from.
[QUOTE=bopie;39434574]Got another snap from that welding class.
[img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8088/8434994004_ebac6ecc1c_c.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Out of focus sparks look awesome.
Maybe try using an ND filter and long exposure next time to see how extreme you can get the trails, because I can imagine that would look really cool.
He's using an nd to stop sparks from damaging the front element u tard
[QUOTE=Killuah;39435093]"hey I'll just make it yellowish" doesn't work.
What do you want? Give it a summer-like feel? And within that: hot and sweaty or calm and relaxing?
That's where you should get your editing direction from.[/QUOTE]
the yellow was how the film came out. I was trying to make it look more like regular, untinted film.
[QUOTE=The Salmon;39436513]He's using an nd to stop sparks from damaging the front element u tard[/QUOTE]
Okay but a more extreme ND would allow for some long exposure while also keeping the shallow depth of field, it would look pretty awesome no doubt.
[QUOTE=Legend286;39437152]Okay but a more extreme ND would allow for some long exposure while also keeping the shallow depth of field, it would look pretty awesome no doubt.[/QUOTE]
It would look typical long exposure light trails and be not as sharp.
You can't expect the guy to hold perfectly still.
The way he shot it would look better, imo. Gives a nicer bokeh effect and a greater sense of movement in the sparks.
I've been in my darkroom for about 3 months straight and I thought I'd upload some of my favourites from that time. I just need to buy a film to digital converter.
round these parts we call one of them doo hickeys a 'scanner'
[QUOTE=Roll_Program;39438095]It would look typical long exposure light trails and be not as sharp.
You can't expect the guy to hold perfectly still.
The way he shot it would look better, imo. Gives a nicer bokeh effect and a greater sense of movement in the sparks.[/QUOTE]
Forgot to mention that there would be too much white/yellow everywhere, too overpowering.
i thought the exact same thing, but had no idea how to word it haha
These are the results from my first ever roll of transparency film. There's something real magic about holding a positive up to the light and seeing how it came out.
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/77124344@N06/8439661447/]Mt Milo[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/77124344@N06/]HiddenMyst[/url], on Flickr
This is the one I'm most happy with. Something about it is just really pleasant.
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/77124344@N06/8439661697/]Mt Milo[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/77124344@N06/]HiddenMyst[/url], on Flickr
I missed the focus on this one, but I don't personally feel that it detracts much from the overall image. What's your opinion on that?
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/77124344@N06/8439661771/]Mt Milo[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/77124344@N06/]HiddenMyst[/url], on Flickr
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