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[Fëanorian]

So I have had my fun doing long exposures haha.

Morning exposure by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
Morning exposure 1 by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
Morning exposure 2 by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
Morning exposure 3 by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
Water Tower Morning Exposure by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr

I am quite proud about that water tower picture I have to say.

 

[BCDAWG7]

Some recent photos

[/url]DSC_0258 by spang1mw, on Flickr[/IMG]

[/url]DSC_0245 by spang1mw, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[FlutterPuffs]

Is it alright if I ask for advice here?

I'm wondering what's better for an amateur photographer, a CPL or Variable ND filter.

Bringing to my trip to Japan, but can only afford one of those at the moment

 

[Damaged]

Is it alright if I ask for advice here?

I'm wondering what's better for an amateur photographer, a CPL or Variable ND filter.

Bringing to my trip to Japan, but can only afford one of those at the moment

If you are looking at doing lots of tripod mounted long exposures go with the nd filter. Otherwise I would say the circular polariser, nice for enhancing skies and cutting reflections in shots

 

[Lucis]

Is it alright if I ask for advice here?

I'm wondering what's better for an amateur photographer, a CPL or Variable ND filter.

Bringing to my trip to Japan, but can only afford one of those at the moment

Really depends on what you want to do.
If you don't have a real idea of some photo you want to shoot with the item, don't get it yet.

I recent got a set of LEE filters, they are great for landscape mounted exposures, but to be honest, using them is a pain in the ass. If you are talking about those lens mounted ones, maybe CPL is a better bet since you don't really need to stop down on things most of the times)

Edit:
Tried to do some star trails, first time doing it so I did it in my home on the balconly lol.
The star trails are all 30 sec exposure at 2.8 with iso1600. They are around 140-160 photos stitched together. Foreground/Background and figure lighting are also blended in (everything is in place blending)

Test 1:


Test 2:

 

[Aurongel]

IMG_0816_v2 by MTP, on Flickr

 

[theepicoftyler]

I got some nice pictures of the Milky Way last night. I think I bumped the focus ring on the last picture, but I still think it looks good if you don't go to full detail.


DSC05987 by tylerjacobs, on Flickr


DSC06011 by tylerjacobs, on Flickr

I uploaded these to Flickr as 100mb TIFF files (which were converted by Flickr to nice JPGs) because something is wrong with the color profiles in my Photoshop or something and when I save as JPG, I'm getting insane noise and color loss. This is at full quality too. Any ideas?

Edit:
Tried to do some star trails, first time doing it so I did it in my home on the balconly lol.
The star trails are all 30 sec exposure at 2.8 with iso1600. They are around 140-160 photos stitched together. Foreground/Background and figure lighting are also blended in (everything is in place blending)

Test 1:


Test 2:

What software did you use, and do you have any tips? I want to try this the next time I get out of the city.

 

[Wreav]

Testing out my Olympus 75mm, it's the longest prime I've ever owned (equiv to 150mm on full frame). Not too shabby, that's a 100% crop, too!

 

[Lucis]

What software did you use, and do you have any tips? I want to try this the next time I get out of the city.

Just Lightroom and Photoshop.
30s Exposure
f2.8 or lower, lens manual focused to infinity
ISO1600 for 2.8, 800 for 1.8, or 400 for 1.2

Image will be over exposed to the right (ETTR), reduce exposure and increase contrast a bit in LR, batch sync, open all image as layers in photoshop and then change everythign but the last layer to "Lighten" blend mode. You will get the star trail that way.

You dno't need to go out side of the city, I did everything in the middle of San Jose, CA.

 

[jokkir]

One Day Closer To Summer by simulatron, on Flickr

Uhg, wish I had full manual control on this camera. I needed the Aperature to be higher

 

[dr3upmushroom]

For some reason I can't long into my flickr account, so I had to start up a new one. Anyways, here's some shots from my Rollei35, still figuring how to intuitively know how to focus with a rangefinder.

Also, anyone else work a lot with Polaroid cameras? I just got one pack of the color film from Impossible Project. Shoot four of the photos, 2 of them came out pretty good (Indoor ones)... The other two came out over exposed (outside ones), so I'm getting use to it.

FH000029 by Happy_Fungi, on Flickr

FH000025 by Happy_Fungi, on Flickr

FH000008 by Happy_Fungi, on Flickr

FH000004 by Happy_Fungi, on Flickr

FH000014 by Happy_Fungi, on Flickr

Finally a sunny day!!

Edit-318 by nunsofanarchy, on Flickr

Bronica ETRS 40mm on Kodak TMax 400 asa developed in TMax Dev @ 220c for 7 mins

Edit-315 by nunsofanarchy, on Flickr

Bronica ETRS 40mm on Kodak TMax 400 asa developed in TMax Dev @ 220c for 7 mins

Edit-314 by nunsofanarchy, on Flickr

Bronica ETRS 150mm on Kodak TMax 400 asa developed in TMax Dev @ 220c for 7 mins

Great shots! I recently moved to coastal, northern California, and the constant overcast (which I love) takes some getting use to. It also makes me appreciate and take more notice of the differences in sunlight throughout the day.

 

[Damaged]

For some reason I can't long into my flickr account, so I had to start up a new one. Anyways, here's some shots from my Rollei35, still figuring how to intuitively know how to focus with a rangefinder.

Also, anyone else work a lot with Polaroid cameras? I just got one pack of the color film from Impossible Project. Shoot four of the photos, 2 of them came out pretty good (Indoor ones)... The other two came out over exposed (outside ones), so I'm getting use to it.

FH000029 by Happy_Fungi, on Flickr

FH000025 by Happy_Fungi, on Flickr

FH000008 by Happy_Fungi, on Flickr

FH000004 by Happy_Fungi, on Flickr

FH000014 by Happy_Fungi, on Flickr


Great shots! I recently moved to coastal, northern California, and the constant overcast (which I love) takes some getting use to. It also makes me appreciate and take more notice of the differences in sunlight throughout the day.

Thanks bud, really enjoying your colour work. I used to have a polaroid back for my bronica but I could never get to grips with the thing and the cost was pretty prohibitive so it went back on ebay.

I just want to have enough light so I can use anything below 400 asa again! so much nice film in my fridge I cant touch apart from the very rare sunny days.

An old shot from February I just got around to editing today:

Edit-243 by nunsofanarchy, on Flickr

Bronica ETRS 75mm 2.8 on Kodak Porta 160 - home processed in a Fuji C41 kit

 

[greenry]

A few recent ones ...

 

[dr3upmushroom]

Thanks bud, really enjoying your colour work. I used to have a polaroid back for my bronica but I could never get to grips with the thing and the cost was pretty prohibitive so it went back on ebay.

I just want to have enough light so I can use anything below 400 asa again! so much nice film in my fridge I cant touch apart from the very rare sunny days.

An old shot from February I just got around to editing today:

Edit-243 by nunsofanarchy, on Flickr

Bronica ETRS 75mm 2.8 on Kodak Porta 160 - home processed in a Fuji C41 kit

Hmm, I was eventually going to look into a polaroid back for a medium format, so it's kind of a bummer to hear that. I'm using 600 polaroid sheets (is that the correct term?), where they the same size? I also wanted to see how they would come out once scanned.

Speaking of low iso, I'm shooting my first roll of Ilford Pan F 50 ISO. It's in one of my P&S, so I'm curious how the shoots will come out. Really like how those greens and reds came out in that shots, they're soft yet vibrant.

Nice shots greenry, what did you shoot those with?

 

[Damaged]

Hmm, I was eventually going to look into a polaroid back for a medium format, so it's kind of a bummer to hear that. I'm using 600 polaroid sheets (is that the correct term?), where they the same size? I also wanted to see how they would come out once scanned.

Speaking of low iso, I'm shooting my first roll of Ilford Pan F 50 ISO. It's in one of my P&S, so I'm curious how the shoots will come out. Really like how those greens and reds came out in that shots, they're soft yet vibrant.

Nice shots greenry, what did you shoot those with?

I think my main problem was that it didn't fill the full frame of the picture. Seems like most of the medium format backs were really used for test images. I know a guy who uses a 4x5 large format camera with instant to great effect though.

Can't remember what size it was, it came with a couple of boxes of the Fuji instant stuff so I just experimented with that. Scanned alright just using the standard document imaging type settings to be honest.

Have never tried that Ilford pan fried 50,look forward to seeing the results. Just treated myself to some delta 3200 for a few portraits of a friend of mine in low natural light and shadow

 

[dr3upmushroom]

Ha, I got a roll of Delta 3200 waiting in the wings, never used high ISO film before, any recommendations?

 

[greenry]

Nice shots greenry, what did you shoot those with?

I took them with a Nikon D610 and a 50 f/1.4. My favourite combo right now.

 

[jokkir]

Shadow Walker by simulatron, on Flickr

Took this a few weeks back

 

[Damaged]

Ha, I got a roll of Delta 3200 waiting in the wings, never used high ISO film before, any recommendations?

I have never actually used it yet! have pushed delta 400 to 3200 with good results but thought I would try the real thing for a change.

 

[Thug Waffle]

[/url]Water Tower Morning Exposure by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr

I am quite proud about that water tower picture I have to say.

that's beautiful, man. the shake makes it look like a painting

 

[John Kowalski]

Ha, I got a roll of Delta 3200 waiting in the wings, never used high ISO film before, any recommendations?

push it to 12800

 

[freshair]

I took them with a Nikon D610 and a 50 f/1.4. My favourite combo right now.

Great shots!

Can I get some more details on how you shot those, coming from a budding new hobbyist?

Tripod? Shutter speed? Did you shoot manual and focus at any particular point?

Thanks 👍

 

[greenry]

Great shots!

Can I get some more details on how you shot those, coming from a budding new hobbyist?

Tripod? Shutter speed? Did you shoot manual and focus at any particular point?

Thanks 👍

For sure freshair!

No tripod, I take everything handheld. I also shoot in aperture mode about 99% of the time.

For those pictures I shot with a small aperture f/9, so I could capture as much detail as I could in the scene. I focused in the centre of the frame and let the camera do the work.

Hope that helps!

 

[Fëanorian]

that's beautiful, man. the shake makes it look like a painting

Thank you sir, and yes it does!

2.35:1
2.35:1 mug by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
coffee embrace 2.35:1 by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
Water Tower exposure 2-2.35:1 by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
morning drive exposure through fog 2.35:1 by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr
morning drive 2.35:1 by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr

 

[FStop7]

Shadow Walker by simulatron, on Flickr

Took this a few weeks back

you might like alex webb's photography, this reminds me of it.


On a general photography note - everyone should considering trying to make a photo book. I made one as a birthday gift for my Special Lady Friend. If you have Lightroom you can do it right in there. Picking themes, layouts, selecting and arranging the order of your photos... it adds a new dimension. It made me look at my photos in a very different light.

 

[Lucis]

Color Wheel Spiral

 

[brerwolfe]

Pretty cool. Weird perspective in that I can't tell if I'm looking up or down. Whenever I think I've got it figured out I look somewhere else and see it the other way.

 

[EvB]

Got some great ones this weekend

Here is one
Running beside the Thames by EvilBoris, on Flickr

 

[freshair]

For sure freshair!

No tripod, I take everything handheld. I also shoot in aperture mode about 99% of the time.

For those pictures I shot with a small aperture f/9, so I could capture as much detail as I could in the scene. I focused in the centre of the frame and let the camera do the work.

Hope that helps!

It does, thank you. I noticed I've been falling into the "shoot everything wide open! bokeh!" trap that comes with purchasing a wide aperture lens. Will definitely keep that in mind next time I'm out and about landscape shooting

Thank you sir, and yes it does!
2.35:1

Love the cinematic aspect ratio. Makes me want to keep a camera next to me when I'm driving too to get interesting shots.

 

[EvB]

Strolling at Night by EvilBoris, on Flickr

 

[Always-honest]

I primarily make videos and occasionally dip into photography. I tried to crop a picture once to a 21:9 ratio just to check what it would look like. Now I'm kind of addicted. I'm really liking the 21:9 for both video and photography now. Frustrates the heck out of me though since I just wish I could get the same kind of image quality with film!

MisteOchtend by Sec0nd, on Flickr

IMG_1507 by Sec0nd, on Flickr

2014-12-28 10.36.19 by Sec0nd, on Flickr

_DSC8556 by Sec0nd, on Flickr

Nice!
I actually like that aspect ratio.

 

[EvB]

I primarily make videos and occasionally dip into photography. I tried to crop a picture once to a 21:9 ratio just to check what it would look like. Now I'm kind of addicted. I'm really liking the 21:9 for both video and photography now. Frustrates the heck out of me though since I just wish I could get the same kind of image quality with film!

MisteOchtend by Sec0nd, on Flickr

IMG_1507 by Sec0nd, on Flickr

2014-12-28 10.36.19 by Sec0nd, on Flickr

_DSC8556 by Sec0nd, on Flickr

Those do look great, I just put that last one into 21:9

Cinematic Strolling by EvilBoris, on Flickr

 

[Fëanorian]

I wish I could go to London, sweet picture!

Having some fun doing photos with those aspect ratios. TH

Barn reflection 2.35:1 by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr

Water Tower 2.35:1 (original) by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr

Sunrise 2.35:1 by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr

downtown painting 2.35:1 by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr

intersection 2.35:1 by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr

Hello Moon. by abrahamsahuayo, on Flickr

 

[ricardo_sousa11]

Great pics, I was considering doing the same Birdman inspired, they look good and are easy to do.

 

[ricardo_sousa11]

From my first wedding of the year, first wedding with my D750 and D810 duo, this was taken with the D810 + Nikkor 85mm 1.8, probably my favorite pic from the day.

Wedding Day by MOTUS_MX, on Flickr

Great picture,

Why didnt you take the CA off ?! Though I like the look of it in that picture, I know some people that freak out with it (all of Gaf members for example ) How did you get that "reflection" effect ?!

 

[lbcyalater]

Experimenting with empty space

 

[Lucis]

Pretty cool. Weird perspective in that I can't tell if I'm looking up or down. Whenever I think I've got it figured out I look somewhere else and see it the other way.

haha thanks,
it's me shooting from the bottom of the stair and it's going up

 

[AnkitT]

 

[vern]

Pics from last weekend. One of my favorite things is getting on the Metro here and just riding to the end of the line and seeing what is out there. The Shanghai suburbs are pretty awesome in that they aren't really developed at all. Shanghai is basically the same as any other city on earth, Starbucks, McD's and all that, but get to the outskirts of the city and you are back in China. Anyway:

Shanghai Line 12 by eric_vernon, on Flickr

Shanghai Line 12 by eric_vernon, on Flickr

Shanghai Line 12 by eric_vernon, on Flickr

Shanghai Line 12 by eric_vernon, on Flickr

Shanghai Line 12 by eric_vernon, on Flickr

 

[jokkir]

I went to a Eric Kim workshop/talk yesterday. It was pretty informative to street photography but my camera is so slow that I'm not sure how much it'll help haha

Stroll through the rain by simulatron, on Flickr

And right after the workshop. Still not the shot I was looking for but a first attempt at it.

 

[Quick]

Hello, Photography-GAF. Longtime lurker, first time poster.

I've been out of photography for years, but I decided to jump back in. All I have at the moment is a DSLR with the lens that came with it.

My editing programs of choice is a combination of Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop Lightroom 5, which were what I had before (the latest versions from a few years ago).

Any tips at all on getting back into it? Not sure I want to invest on lenses just yet.

PS: Either my eyes are getting bad, or manual focus is messing with me. I looked through my viewfinder and have the shot I want, then I took the photo and checked, and my damn shot is out of focus. lol

 

[brerwolfe]

A couple photos from the PGA Tour stop in Houston this week:


2015 Shell Houston Open - 10th Tee Swamp by brerwolfe, on Flickr


2015 Shell Houston Open - 8th Hole by brerwolfe, on Flickr


Shell Houston Open - 9th Hole by brerwolfe, on Flickr

 

[dr3upmushroom]

Pics from last weekend. One of my favorite things is getting on the Metro here and just riding to the end of the line and seeing what is out there. The Shanghai suburbs are pretty awesome in that they aren't really developed at all. Shanghai is basically the same as any other city on earth, Starbucks, McD's and all that, but get to the outskirts of the city and you are back in China. Anyway:

Shanghai Line 12 by eric_vernon, on Flickr

Shanghai Line 12 by eric_vernon, on Flickr

Shanghai Line 12 by eric_vernon, on Flickr

Shanghai Line 12 by eric_vernon, on Flickr

Shanghai Line 12 by eric_vernon, on Flickr

Welcome back!

 

[theepicoftyler]

Took some pictures on a walk last night. There's a great deal of diverse environments right in my little chunk of the suburbs, haha.


DSC06089 by tylerjacobs, on Flickr


DSC06115 by tylerjacobs, on Flickr

So, I spent some time editing those photos at my work computer, whose color is perfectly calibrated and it's really crazy to me the difference between that and my home computer. I am constantly frustrated by my computer at home right now when it comes to color profiles and getting what I do in Lightroom and Photoshop to be output accurately. I'm really at a loss for what to do.

Here's a photo from the other night that I edited with my work computer, and after is a similar photo from that night edited with my home computer. (Worth noting is some more extensive work on the milky way on the work computer photo, so that's not a good comparison point). The picture from my home computer seems particularly crushed and noisey to me, and I don't understand why.

WORK PC

DSC06004 by tylerjacobs, on Flickr

HOME PC

DSC05987 by tylerjacobs, on Flickr

Anyone have any ideas on getting my color issues sorted in Photoshop, or at least a standard baseline? I'm tired of spending a long time fine tuning colors in Photoshop only to output a terribly crushed JPG at the end that looks nothing like what I've been working on.

 

[brerwolfe]

Get one of those spyder monitor calibrators.

 

[theepicoftyler]

Get one of those spyder monitor calibrators.

I've calibrated using the calibration thing within Windows... I just don't understand why I can have something so full of color range within Photoshop, displaying on my monitor and then have the output be so terrible looking on the same monitor right next to the image still open in Photoshop. It's baffling to me.

 

[joshschw]

I've calibrated using the calibration thing within Windows... I just don't understand why I can have something so full of color range within Photoshop, displaying on my monitor and then have the output be so terrible looking on the same monitor right next to the image still open in Photoshop. It's baffling to me.

How about if you open that image once saved and exported in Photoshop? Very few applications respect monitor color profiles in Windows. This is made more extreme if you have a high gamut monitor.

 

[brerwolfe]

I've calibrated using the calibration thing within Windows.

My monitor was completely different from the Windows calibration after using a friend's spyder calibrator.

 

[Represent.]

Smoke Show by Black_Tux, on Flickr

Never by Black_Tux, on Flickr

 

[Lender]

Had a pretty sunset tonight.

Sunset by rubmifer, on Flickr