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GAF Photography Thread of 2017

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Groof

Junior Member
vern said:
I like the last two, they look kind of dreamy with the haze.

If you haven't been to Seoraksan yet you should go there for a weekend trip of hiking. It's gorgeous.
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Thanks :)

Yeah I need to check that one out still... Any particular hiking course you would recommend?
 
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vern

Member
Groof said:
Thanks :)

Yeah I need to check that one out still... Any particular hiking course you would recommend?
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Don't remember, except there is a big exposed rock at the top of it with a little tree and a Korean flag. Pretty solid day hike, decent elevation change and distance. Think it took me 6 hours or so, it's been a few years. The whole environment there is beautiful though. Damn I miss Korea, I think it's time for another trip soon haha.
 
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Alastor3

Member
Fantastic thread guys! I did argentic photograhy back in high school, it was really cool. I might go search for an old camera to mess around.

But one of the thing that I hated in that class was the theory, god was it boring, don't remember if it was the teacher or the subject the problem. I learn way more by doing, mistake and repeat.

Anyway, I hope I can contribute to this thread soon.

edit I forgot to say, I might do only black and white :3
 
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Groof

Junior Member
vern said:
Don't remember, except there is a big exposed rock at the top of it with a little tree and a Korean flag. Pretty solid day hike, decent elevation change and distance. Think it took me 6 hours or so, it's been a few years. The whole environment there is beautiful though. Damn I miss Korea, I think it's time for another trip soon haha.
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6 hours up and down or just one way? Yeah I checked some images, that's exactly the type of place I've been looking for. Just a shame you can't really plan for the pollution...
Korea's a beautiful place, it's going to suck leaving again. Can't find the same type of scenery back home.
 
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vern

Member
Groof said:
6 hours up and down or just one way? Yeah I checked some images, that's exactly the type of place I've been looking for. Just a shame you can't really plan for the pollution...
Korea's a beautiful place, it's going to suck leaving again. Can't find the same type of scenery back home.
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Man I really can't remember everything but I feel like it was about 6 hours round trip. Nothing too crazy, maybe 4.5 hours up, and quick coming down. There are plenty of trails there though, it's really nice.
 
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seventynine

Member
Lys Skygge said:
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Lys Skygge said:
Three more scans from my roll of 35mm ADOX CHS100 film.
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Love these. Rich with atmosphere.


It's been awhile.

iPhone 6 & 7 Plus.

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All processed with VSCO or Snapseed or iOS Photos.

Some stills from my video work.

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jongkookie

Member
Haven't posted in a while but here's something sorta new:





My Miata is in the shop so they gave me this thing as a loaner.

Also I wanna give a shout out to the A7 kit lens... that lens has been on the camera for almost a month now. I've actually stopped using my Vivitar 28-90 since the Sony is at least on equal footing with it.
 
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DOWN

Banned
Question: do y'all who watermark your photos all do that because you are a freelancer business?
 
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Astral/H3X

Member
jongkookie said:
Haven't posted in a while but here's something sorta new:





My Miata is in the shop so they gave me this thing as a loaner.

Also I wanna give a shout out to the A7 kit lens... that lens has been on the camera for almost a month now. I've actually stopped using my Vivitar 28-90 since the Sony is at least on equal footing with it.
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Jong, you have such great taste.

As long as you didn't get that blasphemous RF Miata.
 
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vern

Member
DOWN said:
Question: do y'all who watermark your photos all do that because you are a freelancer business?
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Overinflated sense of self worth I think. Also I think it's funny when it says "photography" on a watermark, as if someone would be confused and think its confectionary or something. 🙈
 
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RebornYeti

Member
Just got a Minolta X-700 a few weeks ago and just had my first 2 rolls of film developed. I am completely new to using an SLR (and photography in general outside of cell phones), so most of my photos were pretty terrible, but these 2 turned out pretty well in my opinion. These were both shot on Fujifilm Superia 400 (35mm):

Untitled by Andrew Hamelman, on Flickr
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Untitled by Andrew Hamelman, on Flickr
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I mainly just took photos of things around my house hoping I had the correct settings lol. Don't mind my ugly mug, I don't know why I look so angry lol

EDIT: Fixed the links.
EDIT 2: I'm on mobile and can't figure out how to get direct links from Flickr lol
EDIT 3: Ok, I finally got access to a desktop and they are 100% fixed now haha
 
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Cosmonaut X

Member
vern said:
Overinflated sense of self worth I think. Also I think it's funny when it says "photography" on a watermark, as if someone would be confused and think its confectionary or something. 🙈
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"Oh, these are PHOTOS... thank goodness they clarified..." :)

I'm in two minds over watermarking. I think it's pointless for amateurs like me - I'm not selling my photos, and while I'm sharing them here, on Flickr, Facebook, Twitter etc. I'm not too concerned by people re-sharing them (even without attribution) and I doubt including a watermark is going to drive people back to my pages. You're better off targeting where you share them so it's in groups or on sites where users and visitors aren't likely to share without attribution, or always including a link to your site/Flickr/FB page/whatever when you share them.

For people in the business of selling their photos it's a bit different. For example, there was a guy at a mountain biking event I visited earlier in the year who was selling photos of the competitors after the event. He shared some more general photos with the organisers and online that weren't watermarked, but the ones of individual racers that were on his site for sale (or that he put up on FB etc.) were lower-res and clearly watermarked. He makes his money for the event off those, and while people nabbing a clean high-ish res photo aren't going to match the quality of his originals, they are going to have something worth sharing online, using for desktops, or even managing small prints.

TL;DR - if you're not selling them, I don't see much point. If you are, watermark away!
 
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lt519

Member
DOWN said:
Gorgeous. Where is this?
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Lagos in Algarve, Portugal. Some of the most beautiful beaches I've ever seen with wonderful natural trails all along the coast (some fun climbing too). I'm really excited about the aerial photography I've been doing, I know it's not standard in this thread but I'd love to share more as I get better. It's very nerve wracking sending your drone 400 meters off the coast to get shots though.
 
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DOWN

Banned
lt519 said:
Lagos in Algarve, Portugal. Some of the most beautiful beaches I've ever seen with wonderful natural trails all along the coast (some fun climbing too). I'm really excited about the aerial photography I've been doing, I know it's not standard in this thread but I'd love to share more as I get better. It's very nerve wracking sending your drone 400 meters off the coast to get shots though.
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Photography thread means any kind really. I'd love to see Drone photography and videos in here more.
 
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lt519

Member
DOWN said:
Photography thread means any kind really. I'd love to see Drone photography and videos in here more.
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Awesome! I'll definitely post more as I come across opportunities, headed to Seville and Barcelona in the next week.

Also would appreciate any framing/settings advice. Totally novice photographer. This is actually my favorite from today, the trails were so cool looking from above, again no filtering and pretty sure I wasn't letting enough light in:


2017-05-20_12-26-30 by Raymond Arbusto, on Flickr
 
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brerwolfe

Member
lt519 said:
I know it's not standard in this thread but I'd love to share more as I get better. It's very nerve wracking sending your drone 400 meters off the coast to get shots though.
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I've been posting drone photography in this thread for a while, though I don't post super often. Go through some pages and you'll see some stuff.

Edit-- I have an Inspire 1 and Mavic. Bought my Mavic in February, haven't touched my Inspire since.
 
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lt519

Member
brerwolfe said:
I've been posting drone photography in this thread for a while, though I don't post super often. Go through some pages and you'll see some stuff.

Edit-- I have an Inspire 1 and Mavic. Bought my Mavic in February, haven't touched my Inspire since.
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Awesome! I'll flip through and check them out :)
 
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Takonx

Neo Member
Hey PhotoGaf,

Recently found this thread and as someone relatively new and inexperienced to photography I was wondering if I could get some critique and advice on my photos (Please let me know if there is a more appropriate thread for this).

Whilst I've managed to get some shots I like, I find a lot of the time I can't quite get the photo I have in mind. I know it's quite ambiguous but any tips to improving this would be much appreciated.

Also one thing I'm curious about is that I find my D3300 to not truly represent what I see in terms of colour sometimes, in particular looking washed out even though the light meter shows it to be correct in terms of shutter speed.

Hope that all makes sense and thanks for any critique in advance:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/138682967@N03/with/34736474616/
 
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DOWN

Banned
Takonx said:
Hey PhotoGaf,

Recently found this thread and someone relatively new an inexperienced I was wondering if I could get some critique and advice on my photos(Please let me know if there is a more appropriate thread).

Whilst I've managed to get some shots I like, I find a lot of the time I can't quite get the photo/picture I have in mind. I know it's quite ambiguous but any tips to improving this.

Also one thing I'm curious about is that I find my D3300 to not truly represent what I see in terms of colour sometimes in particular looking washed out even though the light meter shows it to be correct in terms of shutter speed.

Hope that all makes sense and thanks for any critique in advance:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/138682967@N03/with/34736474616/
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So right away I noticed you put most of your subjects in the very middle of the frame and while that is certainly not something you need to avoid since it can definitely work on many subjects, especially architecture for example, it is also often not the best way to frame your subject and draw interest. Your framing could use variety and you just might find that the Rule of Thirds is one of the biggest tools missing from your composition:
http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/rule-of-thirds

At least, that's what it looks like you seem to be missing to my eyes.
 
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Takonx

Neo Member
DOWN said:
So right away I noticed you put most of your subjects in the very middle of the frame and while that is certainly not something you need to avoid since it can definitely work on many subjects, especially architecture for example, it is also often not the best way to frame your subject and draw interest. Your framing could use variety and you just might find that the Rule of Thirds is one of the biggest tools missing from your composition:
http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/rule-of-thirds

At least, that's what it looks like you seem to be missing to my eyes.
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Hey, thanks for the advice, I saw it just as I was going to go out for some shots so decided to use it!

Pic 1
https://www.flickr.com/photos/138682967@N03/33938038504/in/dateposted-public

Pic 2
https://www.flickr.com/photos/138682967@N03/33971172523/in/dateposted-public


Concerned pic 2 may be too busy with no real focus.

Again thanks for the help much appreciated.
 
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Cosmonaut X

Member
JadedWriter said:
DSC_9141 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
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Ha! I really like this one. On her own, she'd be an interesting figure - dynamic pose, strong lines etc. - but the composition would be a bit dull.

Her doing the same pose, with the same composition, but in front of the crowd of other people doing the same - not quite opposite, but running kind of across her - brings it to life.

Big thumbs up!
 
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JadedWriter

Member
Cosmonaut X said:
Ha! I really like this one. On her own, she'd be an interesting figure - dynamic pose, strong lines etc. - but the composition would be a bit dull.

Her doing the same pose, with the same composition, but in front of the crowd of other people doing the same - not quite opposite, but running kind of across her - brings it to life.

Big thumbs up!
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Thanks. I fine tuned my exposure so my camera wouldn't blow highlights all over the place, but I have to get used to how I set the iso. I ran too low and wasn't high enough on my shutter so a lot of stuff was blurry. I had way too many throw out shots, but at least a few of them ended up being good.
 
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brerwolfe

Member
Didn't get the shots I wanted because I was dumb and didn't charge my batteries, but these came out okay. Only had about 30 minutes of flight time across 3 batteries. Rookie mistake.

I'll try again tonight if we finish work in time. Otherwise, I think I'm gonna go for a nighttime photo since Dallas lights up a bunch of their buildings all pretty like.


Aerial Downtown Dallas by brerwolfe, on Flickr


Aerial Downtown Dallas by brerwolfe, on Flickr


Aerial Downtown Dallas by brerwolfe, on Flickr


Aerial Downtown Dallas by brerwolfe, on Flickr
 
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LProtag

Member
I really need to take more photos. I bought a Ricoh GRII so I could bring it around everywhere with me... and I haven't been doing that.
 
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RebornYeti

Member
Went on my first photo walk with a group today in Salt Lake City. I tried focusing on getting some patterns and shapes in the photos I shot. I uploaded in black and white because I don't really use black and white in my photos and thought I'd finally do it. Unfortunately it was raining so I was only comfortable taking photos with my iPhone 6s instead of my SLR, but I like what I was able to shoot.

Anyway, here are the photos:
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vern

Member
brerwolfe said:
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Nice shots, especially the third I really like.

Drones are subject to a ton of regulation out here in China now, you need a special registration now suddenly. Too many idiots flying them where they shouldn't, even causing huge delays at airports and re-routing of planes. Morons.


Was in Cannes for 3 days or so for business trip and to briefly take part in the film festival. Life is crazy. Didn't have my camera out much, but got a few decent shots I guess.

Cannes:

Cannes bW by Eric, on Flickr

Stripes by Eric, on Flickr

Work by Eric, on Flickr

Monaco:

Monaco by Eric, on Flickr


Bonus, me and my boss on the red carpet.

Cannes Red Carpet 2017 by Eric, on Flickr
 
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xkramz

Member
Any shooters from NYC? I wanna tag along with someone and just have lunch and go put shooting some spots. I'm a hobbyist photographer
 
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JadedWriter

Member
xkramz said:
Any shooters from NYC? I wanna tag along with someone and just have lunch and go put shooting some spots. I'm a hobbyist photographer
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I live in Brooklyn, shoot me a PM and just well where would you want this done...I also have a day job so either after work or on the weekend.
 
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