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[the better twin]

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I dig the cockatoo one! I'd reconsider cropping it to include the top of the head though.

Id be interested to see it in colour too!

Still going through my Iceland shots but will share soon. Disappointed not to see the Northern Lights (was cloudy every day) and rain ruined some of the waterfall shots (Skogafoss and Seljalandsfoss) but still had a good time.

Edit: Heres one of Hallgrímskirkja at night, the main landmark in Reykjavik.

DSC06269 by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr

 

[captive]

Yeah, you definitely need to think about that shit before you go cropping. Can very quickly go from a really good image to a rather poor one. It's a big challenge for both Macro and Bird photography to be sure.

yea it was borderline acceptable sharpness for me. I wanted the shot of the bird calling, but most of the other shots have unappealing white clouds behind it.

i see nothing. Need to figure out your link.

 

[the better twin]

Following on from my last post

Another of Hallgrímskirkja church
Hallgrímskirkja by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr

View from our hotel
Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr

A couple from the Blue Lagoon
Blue Lagoon by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr

Blue Lagoon by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr

Caught a plane flying over by chance
Close encouter by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr

One of a glacier in Southern Iceland. The Icelandic guide was keen to stress how much the glacier has shrunk in recent years due to climate change
Glacier, South Iceland by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr

The black sand beach and basalt formations near Vik
Black Sand Beach (Vik) by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr

Basalt formation by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr

Managed to get up the church tower in the morning and i was the only one there which was cool.
Reykjavik in the morning by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr


Also went to Thingvellir where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates are splitting apart
Thingvellir by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr

Gullfoss waterfall
Gullfoss by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr

Gullfoss by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr

Also got a shaky cam video of the geysir
Strokkur geyser by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr

And i did get photos of the other waterfalls (Skogafoss and Seljalandsfoss) but unfortunately it was raining heavily with driving wind so both myself and the camera got soaked.

Skogafoss waterfall by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr


Like I said before, a shame that we didnt get to see the northern lights but Iceland is such a varied landscape there was still plenty to see/do. Really enjoyed the trip. Can go to Finland/Northern Norway for a second chance at seeing the lights.

C&C welcome as always.

 

[captive]

@the better twin - photos 3 and 6 might benefit from being cropped to 2x1 or 3x1 there is a lot of negative uninteresting space on the tops of the images.

also easier said than done but try to frame your landscapes such that there is points of interest in the foreground mid ground and back ground. You're last image is probably the best example of this.

Also don't be afraid to go vertical for landscapes. Just my 2c



Soaring Broad-Winged Hawk by Billy York, on Flickr

Flirting by Billy York, on Flickr

Watch Out by Billy York, on Flickr

Circling Whistling Ducks by Billy York, on Flickr

 

[m_shortpants]

I'm going to Japan at the end of the month. Can't wait to take and share many photos. My fiance/wife at that point is going to be furious because I'm going to take pictures all damn day.

 

[Fuser]

Following on from my last post


Like I said before, a shame that we didnt get to see the northern lights but Iceland is such a varied landscape there was still plenty to see/do. Really enjoyed the trip. Can go to Finland/Northern Norway for a second chance at seeing the lights.

C&C welcome as always.

Great shots, you made the most of the weather and that's all you can do! The northern lights are really impressive on a good night but there is so much more to Iceland as you have discovered.
When I went we had near perfect weather all the time - blue skies - it was lovely weather but didn't make for good photos. I like your moody shots. It was only ten months since I was there but it was really nice to see your shots, felt like a mini trip down memory lane

 

[theepicoftyler]

Following on from my last post


Like I said before, a shame that we didnt get to see the northern lights but Iceland is such a varied landscape there was still plenty to see/do. Really enjoyed the trip. Can go to Finland/Northern Norway for a second chance at seeing the lights.

C&C welcome as always.

Love a lot of these. What lens are you shooting with?

I need to get to Iceland so bad.

 

[JadedWriter]

DSC_3627 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_3629 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_3650 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_3586 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_3702 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr

 

[Astral/H3X]

Hrm... I haven't posted here in a while.... And I do have some new subjects...

Bunny Sisters by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr

Photos can be considered NSFW, but aren't anything too crazy, so I'll leave the rest in a link to the photos.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/h3xantistyle/shares/1Z1AfM

 

[JadedWriter]

So those things did come with clothes...

 

[Astral/H3X]

If these are too much, I can remove them.

 

[JadedWriter]

If these are too much, I can remove them.

I'm fine with it. I was just joking about how my Flickr activity feed threw the NSFW ones at my face.

 

[Astral/H3X]

I'm fine with it. I was just joking about how my Flickr activity feed threw the NSFW ones at my face.

Well, it's only *nipples*, so I flagged them as moderate -- thought that was enough to keep em off feeds without making them impossible to view without signing up and all that nonsense over something that's... well it's moderate haha.

 

[xkramz]

new long exposures!



KEV_1122 by kevin ramirez, on Flickr

KEV_1118 by kevin ramirez, on Flickr

KEV_1116 by kevin ramirez, on Flickr


KEV_1098 by kevin ramirez, on Flickr

 

[theepicoftyler]

If these are too much, I can remove them.

I think these are a little on the NSFW side... I do like to visit this thread at work so if people could err on the side of caution, I would appreciate it.

 

[Astral/H3X]

I think these are a little on the NSFW side... I do like to visit this thread at work so if people could err on the side of caution, I would appreciate it.

Alright, then I'll go ahead and leave just the top one in, and have a link to the album.

 

[theepicoftyler]

Alright, then I'll go ahead and leave just the top one in, and have a link to the album.

You can just throw em in a spoiler tag.

 

[the better twin]

@the better twin - photos 3 and 6 might benefit from being cropped to 2x1 or 3x1 there is a lot of negative uninteresting space on the tops of the images.

also easier said than done but try to frame your landscapes such that there is points of interest in the foreground mid ground and back ground. You're last image is probably the best example of this.

Also don't be afraid to go vertical for landscapes. Just my 2c

Good stuff thanks, I'll give that a try on those ones, I often don't crop too much but it would definitely help with some of my shots.

Great shots, you made the most of the weather and that's all you can do! The northern lights are really impressive on a good night but there is so much more to Iceland as you have discovered.
When I went we had near perfect weather all the time - blue skies - it was lovely weather but didn't make for good photos. I like your moody shots. It was only ten months since I was there but it was really nice to see your shots, felt like a mini trip down memory lane

Cheers, yeah I love when people post photos of where ive been. Its like "oooo ive been there, stayed just around the corner" ha ha.

Love a lot of these. What lens are you shooting with?

I need to get to Iceland so bad.

Thanks you should definitely visit if you can! Most are with the Samyang/Rokinon 12mm, the blue lagoon ones are with the 21mm from the same company. Both are super lenses for the price and great for the landscape/architecture shooting which isn't harmed by manual focussing.

 

[theepicoftyler]

Thanks you should definitely visit if you can! Most are with the Samyang/Rokinon 12mm, the blue lagoon ones are with the 21mm from the same company. Both are super lenses for the price and great for the landscape/architecture shooting which isn't harmed by manual focussing.

Nice. That 12mm lens is my daily driver for what I tend to shoot most of the time. I love it. I'll have to check out the 21mm sometime.

 

[JadedWriter]

DSC_3731 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_3713 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_3739 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr

 

[the better twin]

DSC_3731 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_3713 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr

Great colours. Are these for some kind of event?

 

[JadedWriter]

Great colours. Are these for some kind of event?

No clue. They've had them and a few other statues in New York for at least a month, I've just never had a wider lens for my D600 to photograph them until recently.

 

[Shadax the wizard]

Photowall incoming 😅 iPhone shots mostly from my trip to Fuerteventura.

EDIT: Noticed now that they may be a tad dark. Oh well..

 

[Xfowcash]

I assume a good amount of people in here use light room. I just started using it and I was wondering if anyone could give me a few tips?

 

[JadedWriter]

I assume a good amount of people in here use light room. I just started using it and I was wondering if anyone could give me a few tips?

Have fun figuring out what half that shit does. Take some time out to look at some youtube vids and learn your own style. I've been through about four different editing styles since I've been using it.

 

[vern]

Speaking of Lightroom, I need some help. Working on a "book" project (the book tab)... essentially just a multi page PDF. I have photos in three different hard drives I want to include. Is there any obvious way I am missing to be able to get the photos to still be able to access the source file when I export? I only have two USB ports so I can't keep everything plugged in. Maybe I need to go buy a USB splitter.... or again, is there something obvious or easier I'm missing? Thanks

 

[JadedWriter]

Ever since getting a 2.8 24-70 I'm back to taking pictures of random shit again...
DSC_3766-2 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_3775 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_3771 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
DSC_3766 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr

 

[aidan]

I've been out of the game lately, mostly because all of the photos I take these days are of my kid, which I don't post publicly, but here's a recent self portrait:

Canon EOS 5D
EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
24mm/ƒ/4/1/50s/ISO 100

 

[Astral/H3X]

Between me finding out that LR was updated to contain Samyang Lens profiles (YESSSSSS) and finding a Youtube video on some better Lightroom processing, I'm finding myself wondering just how many of my photos I'll go back and reprocess... >_>*

Spoiler

Already did the bunny girl photos so EH

EDIT: AND they put in an FD 50mm 1.4 profile too!? Does Adobe know me personally!?

 

[brerwolfe]

I assume a good amount of people in here use light room. I just started using it and I was wondering if anyone could give me a few tips?

A couple of us talked about it back on page 15 or so. This is what I said about my process:

My process is generally the same every time.

-Bring down Highlights
-Raise Shadows
-Hold "Alt" key and raise Whites until you see specs of color
-Hold "Alt" key and lower blacks until you see general shape
-Bump Clarity to +15 or +20
-Adjust Curves
-Adjust Color Luminance
-Adjust Noise Reduction (Usually no more than 10)
-Done

It might sound like a lot, but I just work my way down the right panel in Lightroom and I'm done. If I spend 5 minutes on a photo then, personally, I'm taking too long.

I have photos in three different hard drives I want to include. Is there any obvious way I am missing to be able to get the photos to still be able to access the source file when I export?

Probably silly, but do you have a single drive you could move the photos to for the purpose of the book? It's easy enough to re-sync "missing" photos if you're halfway organized. I think that's what I would do-- create a special folder just for the book, then copy the corresponding folders into that one.

 

[QualityPixel]

Between me finding out that LR was updated to contain Samyang Lens profiles (YESSSSSS) and finding a Youtube video on some better Lightroom processing, I'm finding myself wondering just how many of my photos I'll go back and reprocess... >_>*

Spoiler

Already did the bunny girl photos so EH

share the video?

 

[Astral/H3X]

share the video?

Here's the one I've been watching, though I'm sure there's better out there. But seeing his process is helping me use the sliders for better impact, which I feel is helping a good bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhOF_L0eesw

 

[vern]

A couple of us talked about it back on page 15 or so. This is what I said about my process:




Probably silly, but do you have a single drive you could move the photos to for the purpose of the book? It's easy enough to re-sync "missing" photos if you're halfway organized. I think that's what I would do-- create a special folder just for the book, then copy the corresponding folders into that one.

Probably not silly, I remember a different time having issues with Lightroom trying to find files after I moved them. There must a proper way to move things I should just google (though I took the lazy way out and ordered a USB splitter on amazon and just gonna plug everythng in lol). Thanks

 

[Astral/H3X]

I need to get better at making sure my photos are *done* before I upload to Flickr.

Especially since Flickr has about a 50/50 chance of seeing that Lens data has been added since the initial upload.

 

[Lucky Forward]

I've been out of the game lately, mostly because all of the photos I take these days are of my kid, which I don't post publicly, but here's a recent self portrait:

Canon EOS 5D
EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
24mm/ƒ/4/1/50s/ISO 100

Hi Aidan! I hope all is well with you and your family.

It's been a while since I posted here, so I hope all of you don't mind a full dozen from my trip to Yosemite in early November. I had three great days of hiking with my brother and my nephew, but I chose to go without a tripod so I wouldn't slow them down and I wasn't able to plan my day around the best light, I just had to take whatever came along. Still I was pretty happy with a lot of the shots that I got, it's such a beautiful place and there were photo opportunities everywhere.

5DMkIII, 16-35 f/4L IS, 28-70 f/2.8L II, 70-200 f/4L IS

IMG_3263 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_3366 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_3321 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_3598 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_3796 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_4316 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_4368 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_4365 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_4341 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_4433 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_4522 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

IMG_4418 by Lucky Forward, on Flickr

 

[JadedWriter]

Probably not silly, I remember a different time having issues with Lightroom trying to find files after I moved them. There must a proper way to move things I should just google (though I took the lazy way out and ordered a USB splitter on amazon and just gonna plug everythng in lol). Thanks

Dude, if I'm running lightroom and change the name of a folder in my finder that shit just goes berserk and acts like my pictures never existed. It's quite annoying and why I usually don't change folder names.

 

[Astral/H3X]

Dude, if I'm running lightroom and change the name of a folder in my finder that shit just goes berserk and acts like my pictures never existed. It's quite annoying and why I usually don't change folder names.

The trick is to make a new folder, then in Lightroom move things to the new folder.

Light room seems very good at moving folders and files, as long as you make Lightroom itself do it.

 

[JadedWriter]

The trick is to make a new folder, then in Lightroom move things to the new folder.

Light room seems very good at moving folders and files, as long as you make Lightroom itself do it.

I usually don't cause Lightroom takes forever to do everything.

 

[vern]

Yosemite!

Great shots, especially the one of the valley with the wispy clouds and the nice fall colors. Yosemite is so photogenic, but it also comes at a price... It's so impossibly difficult to do work there that hasn't been done a million times before. Plus no one will ever top Ansel Adams there haha... I still love to shoot there but it's almost depressing also in a weird way. Don't know if that makes sense.



Again with LR, yeah I really try not to change any locations because I don't know wtf I am doing and don't wanna lose anything. It sucks having photos now on 3 separate external HDD. It really never mattered much until now that I'm exporting one PDF from all the different sources. Probably won't ever matter again either.

Spoiler

Don't wanna count my chickens before they hatch but got offered a photography job in Shanghai...It seems I'll be moving back there in January after a year away from the city. It's like 97% confirmed. We've agreed, just sorting out the final details, though the devil is in the details right?

 

[JadedWriter]

Great shots, especially the one of the valley with the wispy clouds and the nice fall colors. Yosemite is so photogenic, but it also comes at a price... It's so impossibly difficult to do work there that hasn't been done a million times before. Plus no one will ever top Ansel Adams there haha... I still love to shoot there but it's almost depressing also in a weird way. Don't know if that makes sense.



Again with LR, yeah I really try not to change any locations because I don't know wtf I am doing and don't wanna lose anything. It sucks having photos now on 3 separate external HDD. It really never mattered much until now that I'm exporting one PDF from all the different sources. Probably won't ever matter again either.

Spoiler

Don't wanna count my chickens before they hatch but got offered a photography job in Shanghai...It seems I'll be moving back there in January after a year away from the city. It's like 97% confirmed. We've agreed, just sorting out the final details, though the devil is in the details right?

Well congrats on that last half man.

 

[vern]

Well congrats on that last half man.

Thanks dude... hoping it'll work out.

 

[JadedWriter]

Thanks dude... hoping it'll work out.

It should, you seem to have good enough luck.

 

[vern]

It should, you seem to have good enough luck.

Make your own... It's nice considering I haven't really worked for the past year. Running out of money soon. Other good luck news, got my ticket to China for 220 US Dollars. Best deal ever. Cheaper than my flight SF to Seattle next week lol.

 

[Astral/H3X]

I usually don't cause Lightroom takes forever to do everything.

Lightroom takes forever to do anything because it's non destructive, and essentially has to completely reprocess all of your changes on top of the RAW anytime you go to look at a new photo, and especially when you export or publish them. The only time it will be speedy when opening new photos is if you enable smart previews and have that set up.
Does that make it slow? Yeah, a bit, but I've come to be really appreciative of being able to zero out any changes to a photo I've done without worry of backups, so there's that.

Now, if you specifically mean the moving of files, the few times I've done it didn't seem any slower than just moving them in Explorer, that is to say, not long at all. But it sounds like you have a Mac? It might need to do some other weird shit, I don't have any experience with that sort of thing on OS X.

 

[JadedWriter]

Lightroom takes forever to do anything because it's non destructive, and essentially has to completely reprocess all of your changes on top of the RAW anytime you go to look at a new photo, and especially when you export or publish them. The only time it will be speedy when opening new photos is if you enable smart previews and have that set up.
Does that make it slow? Yeah, a bit, but I've come to be really appreciative of being able to zero out any changes to a photo I've done without worry of backups, so there's that.

Now, if you specifically mean the moving of files, the few times I've done it didn't seem any slower than just moving them in Explorer, that is to say, not long at all. But it sounds like you have a Mac? It might need to do some other weird shit, I don't have any experience with that sort of thing on OS X.

Probably that and my computer is damn slow. I usually just take everything off the card and move it onto my computers hard drive and just export from that folder into Lightroom. Usually a crap ton faster that way.

 

[Astral/H3X]

Probably that and my computer is damn slow. I usually just take everything off the card and move it onto my computers hard drive and just export from that folder into Lightroom. Usually a crap ton faster that way.

Oh, yeah importing is usually slower than just copying, but not by too much. I assume it's because of Lightroom's "Apply during import" stage, maybe it has to do with both copying files to the hard drive and also updating the catalog simultaneously.

 

[captive]

The trick is to make a new folder, then in Lightroom move things to the new folder.

Light room seems very good at moving folders and files, as long as you make Lightroom itself do it.

Be careful doing this lightroom ate pictures of mine, gone forever. I killed the process during the move and they got sacked into the ether.

 

[Shadax the wizard]

Hi Aidan! I hope all is well with you and your family.

It's been a while since I posted here, so I hope all of you don't mind a full dozen from my trip to Yosemite in early November. I had three great days of hiking with my brother and my nephew, but I chose to go without a tripod so I wouldn't slow them down and I wasn't able to plan my day around the best light, I just had to take whatever came along. Still I was pretty happy with a lot of the shots that I got, it's such a beautiful place and there were photo opportunities everywhere.

5DMkIII, 16-35 f/4L IS, 28-70 f/2.8L II, 70-200 f/4L IS

IMG_3263 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_3366 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_3321 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_3598 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_3796 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_4316 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_4368 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_4365 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_4341 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_4433 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_4522 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_4418 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

Really great photos man!

 

[Lucky Forward]

Great shots, especially the one of the valley with the wispy clouds and the nice fall colors. Yosemite is so photogenic, but it also comes at a price... It's so impossibly difficult to do work there that hasn't been done a million times before. Plus no one will ever top Ansel Adams there haha... I still love to shoot there but it's almost depressing also in a weird way. Don't know if that makes sense.

Thanks, I know what you mean about the difficulty of being original at a place like Yosemite, but at this point I just try to do work that satisfies myself and I'm happy if I get a shot once in a while that I'd be glad to hang on my own wall. But I imagine that if you were a professional, the challenge is in creating your own unique vision that no one else out there on that level can offer.

Really great photos man!

Thank you!

 

[captive]

Hi Aidan! I hope all is well with you and your family.

It's been a while since I posted here, so I hope all of you don't mind a full dozen from my trip to Yosemite in early November. I had three great days of hiking with my brother and my nephew, but I chose to go without a tripod so I wouldn't slow them down and I wasn't able to plan my day around the best light, I just had to take whatever came along. Still I was pretty happy with a lot of the shots that I got, it's such a beautiful place and there were photo opportunities everywhere.

5DMkIII, 16-35 f/4L IS, 28-70 f/2.8L II, 70-200 f/4L IS

IMG_3263 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_3366 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_3321 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_3598 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_3796 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_4316 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_4368 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_4365 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_4341 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_4433 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_4522 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

IMG_4418 by Brian Pivonski, on Flickr

nice shots Lucky! Good to see you post again.

I would say your shot of Tunnel View would look great in B&W but im pretty sure pretty much everyone that's taken a shot there makes a B&W.



Raptor Shade by Billy York, on Flickr