max-t Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 No matter how much you watch Tv, the same shit is always on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Quinn Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Boomtown Festival exploits.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Your pics never cease to amaze me dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe O'Connor Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) What I would give to have some interesting places to go to, I really don't know where I can and its a pain because my days off work are so boring and they could be so much more interesting. That aside though, here's a few pics that I enjoy. This place was so creepy, I'd driven past it quite a few times and finally decided to take some pictures of it. From the outside it was fine, kinda nervous stepping in because I didn't want some crazy hobo to come stab me or something. There wasn't. I didn't however expect to be greeted by several spray painted pentagrams and inverted crosses and other signs of Satanic type objects. Was kinda scary to be in there and was certainly glad to leave it. Edited August 19, 2013 by Joe O'Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Quinn Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Your pics never cease to amaze me dude!Cheers booosss.Re: the pentagram thing- They seem to be a standard fitting in all abandoned building's nowadays. It's more likely kiddies with cans of paint than put a hex on your head fire chanting hooded crazy people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Yoshi Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe O'Connor Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Cheers booosss. Re: the pentagram thing- They seem to be a standard fitting in all abandoned building's nowadays. It's more likely kiddies with cans of paint than put a hex on your head fire chanting hooded crazy people. There were the remains from Seances and crap like that, candles and stuff. All kiddy kinda things, still a bit spooky though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe O'Connor Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Had a crack at taking some sun set pictures. Was a bit of a challenge because the sun was super bright right the way through so it was hard to expose the ground as well as not over exposing the sun too much. Other than boosting the highlights and shadows and stuff I didn't really edit them, colors are pretty similar to the original. Also, what does everyone use to upload their pictures? The only way I know to get a decent size ruins the quality of the image. http://imageshack.us/a/img826/5079/slgf.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img835/1203/6ykb.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 I found 500px to be quite good for photos, however I'm lazy and just use FB now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konstant Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 (edited) If anyone's selling lenses, I'm after some video glass for my GH2. Potentially interested in anything for (micro) four thirds, or specifically a 35-50mm fast manual prime (Nikkor Samyang etc) for use with an adapter. Stonehenge back in December on the Winter equinox Edited August 25, 2013 by konstant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Gething Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Been a while since I have really done much photography, really been concentrating alot on my filmmaking. The shots of the downhillers were taken a couple of months ago in Llangollen at the BDS, and I never bothered to put them on here so I thought I might as well do it now And these two were taken last week, both HDRs compromising of 9 different shots! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe O'Connor Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Those Downhill photos are sick! Those landscapes though! I've heard a bit about doing multiple shots for the same photo but never really known what the point was. Care to inform a person? They look amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Gething Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Those Downhill photos are sick! Those landscapes though! I've heard a bit about doing multiple shots for the same photo but never really known what the point was. Care to inform a person? They look amazing Cheers! The purpose of doing multiple shots like this is that often when taking a single photo your camera will be unable to capture the brightest or darkest parts of the scene correctly, leaving you with an image where the sky is blown out or the foreground way underexposed. By taking a series of images at different exposures, you are able to capture a wider dynamic range. HDR images can also allow you to create a 16 or even 32bit file which gives you tonnes of colour detail and latitude Here is an example of what I would have ended up with had I have just taken one shot (The sky was very much brighter than the land when I was shooting these). It sounds fairly techy and what not but its not really, and the results are definitely worth it. Hope that helped 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe O'Connor Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Cheers! The purpose of doing multiple shots like this is that often when taking a single photo your camera will be unable to capture the brightest or darkest parts of the scene correctly, leaving you with an image where the sky is blown out or the foreground way underexposed. By taking a series of images at different exposures, you are able to capture a wider dynamic range. HDR images can also allow you to create a 16 or even 32bit file which gives you tonnes of colour detail and latitude Here is an example of what I would have ended up with had I have just taken one shot (The sky was very much brighter than the land when I was shooting these). It sounds fairly techy and what not but its not really, and the results are definitely worth it. Hope that helped Right right right, that makes a lot of sense ha. More questions then, you shot 9 different shots to get the photos? Obviously you are getting at more than just exposing the whole photo correctly given how detailed it all is. would you mind going into more detail about how you shot each picture? I'm intrigued by it all and would love to have a crack at it. Also, merging all 9 together. How? Thanks man, sorry for all the uneducated questions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Gething Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Right right right, that makes a lot of sense ha. More questions then, you shot 9 different shots to get the photos? Obviously you are getting at more than just exposing the whole photo correctly given how detailed it all is. would you mind going into more detail about how you shot each picture? I'm intrigued by it all and would love to have a crack at it. Also, merging all 9 together. How? Thanks man, sorry for all the uneducated questions No worries man, I'd be happy if I can help you out The reason I shoot 9 images is that I have found that it gives a far smoother picture than if I had just shot say 3. Particularly in areas where there isnt much detail such as the sky, you will often see artifacts where the software has not been able to smoothly join the images together. I take 9 images, each at a 1.5 stop increment, and do this by using Magic Lantern firmware on my camera (available here: http://www.magiclantern.fm/downloads.html ). The smaller the increment the less artifacting you will get once they are stitched together, and the more photos you take the greater the dynamic range will be As far as processing, I use 'Photomatix Pro', then tweak the basic look to what I want, then save the image as a 16bit TIF. Then I will open that TIF in either Lightroom or ps and do further adjustments such as sharpening, clarity, split tone etc. Another tip if you want to try this out is to take 1 photo of your hand infront of the lens at the beginning of each new sequence, so when you get back to your computer you can see which photos belong to which sequence easier. I hate writing long answers cos I feel geeky but I hope that helped hahaha If you need anything else answering fire away 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe O'Connor Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 (edited) No worries man, I'd be happy if I can help you out The reason I shoot 9 images is that I have found that it gives a far smoother picture than if I had just shot say 3. Particularly in areas where there isnt much detail such as the sky, you will often see artifacts where the software has not been able to smoothly join the images together. I take 9 images, each at a 1.5 stop increment, and do this by using Magic Lantern firmware on my camera (available here: http://www.magiclantern.fm/downloads.html ). The smaller the increment the less artifacting you will get once they are stitched together, and the more photos you take the greater the dynamic range will be As far as processing, I use 'Photomatix Pro', then tweak the basic look to what I want, then save the image as a 16bit TIF. Then I will open that TIF in either Lightroom or ps and do further adjustments such as sharpening, clarity, split tone etc. Another tip if you want to try this out is to take 1 photo of your hand infront of the lens at the beginning of each new sequence, so when you get back to your computer you can see which photos belong to which sequence easier. I hate writing long answers cos I feel geeky but I hope that helped hahaha If you need anything else answering fire away Ah makes sense. Thanks man, I'll give it a whirl at some stage! Last night I went out and did some more star shooting, was more prepared this time (I took a torch with me). This is probably the winner http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/608/lkwr.jpg Also I was recently told about the "600 rule". I'd been shooting 15" at f3.5 and 1600 ISO on my 8mm. By that rule I should be able to shoot 75" without getting star tails which seems a bit extreme but I'll give it a go next time, being able to lower the ISO would be nice as would getting away from f3.5 because it makes everything soft as with my 8mm Edited September 1, 2013 by Joe O'Connor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Any reason you left the lit up part in? I'd chop round the black silhouette part and make the whole thing black, the well lit area is a huge distraction in what was a great photo above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe O'Connor Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 I don't really know why I did, I just did to experiment I guess. I've got others of the same shot but without the light. I thought it kinda looked alright... I dunno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrEvil270183 Posted September 2, 2013 Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 Last weekend we headed south for a pre wedding. Result are here, pleased with the shots. The other half did the blog and there are photos in there I would have had bigger but what can you do http://www.stottandatkinson.com/beth-erdals-pre-wedding-shoot-in-london-canary-wharf/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max-t Posted September 2, 2013 Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 Well explained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Quinn Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Spur of the moment clothing promo shot at a festival with the clan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 I haven't posted much in here for a while, this has been my summer - sunsets and festivals... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Gething Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 (edited) I haven't posted much in here for a while, this has been my summer - sunsets and festivals... Cool photos! I am curious as to how this one was lit, is it bounce flash or did you use some kind of diffusion? See this sort of soft light look all the time in night club photos but cant figure out how its achieved since on camera flash is generally hard and unflattering. Cheers Edited September 13, 2013 by streetrials24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Yeah I had a Nikon SB-900 pointed 45 degrees up / behind the camera Settings were something like F5.6 1/40, I can't remember exactly. I never use on-camera flash, it's horrible. Cheers dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Gething Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Yeah I had a Nikon SB-900 pointed 45 degrees up / behind the camera Settings were something like F5.6 1/40, I can't remember exactly. I never use on-camera flash, it's horrible. Cheers dude! Ah cool, thanks for letting me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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