The Assemblergames User's Photo skills Topic!

Sure thing, Ill upload it in the morning since Im off to bed What size would you like?

 

Thanks a lot Borman, and take all the time you need, im not in any rush:thumbsup:

As far as size, 1440x900 would be amazing. Thanks again!

EDIT: 1280x800 would work as well.

 

Nice shots! Oh, by the way, ALWAYS shoot in RAW. That way, you have more ability to play with the settings before you import the file (e.g. push it to +2 to brighten it up).

 

not bad borman!

BTW, i guess your lense is a zoom like 18-56 or so (it's defaul with most cameras) consider that the f value will go from 3.5 to 5.6... it's nice most of the time, but you might consider a very light 50mm lense (in the order of f1.2) for very low light situation. i'm searching for a cheap one of these...

i have a 70-300 zoom with macro function from sigma and it's as light as my little zoom.... and it can take nice macros... i'll picture some flowers maybe and post some pics.

 

I cant remember how I got that effect haha, here's this for now:

 

Still just having fun

 

@borman: you still overuse photoshop but i really like the second picture

here are a few pics of an historical reharseal:
http://public.fotki.com/soulkarsten/historical-celebrat/

and here just a couple of flowers macrophotography:
http://public.fotki.com/soulkarsten/flowers-macro/

as usual let me know what do you think. too bad the light at the historical parade was almost zero

 

Its more about learning Aperture, they dont really touch photoshop

 

Thought I'd give this thread a shot as well ^^


Actually I'm not the biggest fan of taking flower-photos, but as everyone does it here, well... lol. I prefer to take photos of buildings, streets, unnatural objects in general and animals.


A friend's French bulldog (aaawww )


I am not sure if I posted this one in the "pictures of your area"-thread, but it's at least from the same series.


Result of 10" light exposure and the electric toothbrush's status lamp.

All photos are unedited btw. I normally don't mess around with stuff like photoshop, only to sharpen photos from parties, to decrease brightness ect.

 

nice 4th one nice to see this topic growing!
edited: i've noticed i can upload from fotki to here

 

Thanks again Borman! That pic looks amazing as my desktop wallpaper!:thumbsup:

 

what do you guys think about this one?:

 

I thought this thread was about your photos only thats why i not posted my stuff here

I just bought the following stuff for my camera:
UV-filter
Polarizefilter
stepring (49-55)
Omnibounce
LCD protector

Pic:


I have not used them much at all, but i like to use the polarize filter when it stops raining here and i try some darkblue sky photos:nod:

But i have tried the polarizefilter indoors on a arcade PCB... to remove shiningness... here is the result (top with filter "off" and the bottom i turned the filter for maximum effect):

 

i guess i'll change the topic's title to be more clair! and some eye candies for everybody


some Hdred macro of some flowers i have in my garden,




panorama

and a HDRed panorama made to look "dramatic"

pictures taken at a wheat fair

 

That looks really nice... but not HDR at all? How does the original look like?
I have never tried HDR because i don't use photoshop and all tutorials i find are for photoshop
Well... good that the DRO (Dynamic Range Optimizer) on my camera works really well.

here are two of my flower pics:






And a keychain:

 

Please don't say you use the JPGs from your a900...:crying:

 

Yes i only used JPG from my A900 so far... i'm not an expert in editing photos. The only useful thing by using RAW for me would be to correct whitebalance. I used the DRO for about ten photos so far and was surprised how well it worked so i will probably use it more... sorry Unorthodox;-)

 

Concerning your pictures, they are nice, but when trying something like macro close your F number to get everything in focus!

Concerning HDR, it's a tech that combines 3 or more shots. Most cameras can do it i think it's usually called backeting shooting. You proceed like this:

1) put your camera on a tripod
2)activate the bracketing at a fork you wish (usually +1 0 -1 stop is fine but you can experiment)
3) shoot

now you'll have 3 pictures; one normal, one underexposed, one overexposed.

go in photoshop in script there is something like make HDR, choose it, choose your 3 pictures and let it work. after some times you'll have your HDR picture to work on.

HDR is really nice because it takes the color and detail information from the 3 (or more) same shoots you made and made them into one picture that contains all the details.

I.e. a panorama. the normal picture will be the base on wich the program will add the details that on the normal exposition (+0) can't be seen; in exp -1 you'll get more details from the sky since it'll be less "burned", the exp +1 will instead allow you to get extra details from dark areas.

The nice part of HDR is that it is perfect for picturing in dark areas, churches and such.

In short with HDR you can get picture "more real than real" and detailed, and this effect can make some shots more dreamlike... difficult to explain, you are better off trying it yourself.. i've just started fiddling with it but i'm pleased with some fine details it can recover and add back, like the texture on the flower's petals...



this picture was nice in "nature" after HDRing it it gained some fine details on the petals and on the green leaves. If i'll have the time i'll search for the non HDRed picture of this.

If you have any question, ask!

karsten

 

Gah. Honestly use RAW, you'll never go back. The headroom you have in highlight (and even shadow) recovery is simply amazing. The per-pixel sharpness is also greatly increased, so no longer do you have smudgy JPGs in detailed areas/high ISOs.

DRO is good, but only works on the JPGs, you can get a lot more out of a picture in RAW. It's a shame but the Sony's tend to have a poor JPG processor compared to the Canikon's.

Oh and on that note I've just bought myself a Carl Zeiss 24-70mm f/2.8 lens and an a900 for it to go on :dance:.

 

Woah! a nice best indeed! i'm stuck with the canon 18-56 f/3.5-5.6 :/ my sigma 70-300 is on average lighter than it!

i guess that if i would shot on f4 at 1/16th you would shot at something like 1/64th or even 1/128th?

BTW what are you waiting for posting something nice?

if more people gets interested i might sticky this topic.