The "Ive taken a pic and I kinda like it" thread

[Scott™]

Two from me

St Davids Hotel by scott.thomas21, on Flickr

Welsh Assembly by scott.thomas21, on Flickr

 

[Pint]

Ok, im being a dick. How the f**k do i link a photo from my flickr like above?

 

[bully]

Share and grab (copy) the HTML/BBC code, copy and paste the lot like this into your post



Photo will magically appear like this:

Angkor Wat by BullyJersey1970, on Flickr

 

[Pint]

Cheers bully. Couldn't work it out last night.

 

[bully]

Cheers bully. Couldn't work it out last night.

At least you didn't have to PM Revels

He likes my retarded PMs.

 

[GeordieClioDriver]

Another one from my home town.

Quayside-from-the-bridge--colour by GeordieClio, on Flickr

 

[Pint]

At least you didn't have to PM Revels

He likes my retarded PMs.

Lol I just keep my retardness public. Haha.

Annoyingly can't embed whilst on the phone!

 

[Brazo]

Beach Huts by Brazo76, on Flickr

 

[Pint]

First Trail by m'p'd, on Flickr


My first result after a quick play around in the back garden with my new D90. Would have like to have had more exposures but the clouds set in.

Also, i must say a big thank you to TheEvilGiraffe for all the guidance he gave me on this kind of shot.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

My first result after a quick play around in the back garden with my new D90. Would have like to have had more exposures but the clouds set in.

Also, i must say a big thank you to TheEvilGiraffe for all the guidance he gave me on this kind of shot.

Not bad ! Stupid clouds.........

Keep practising

 

[Scott™]

Id say your WB is off to. Bright blue stars?

 

[Pint]

Yea a little. Had the white balance set at 2500k. Will try it a little warmer next time.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Finally back home to finish editing some photos from last weekend....this is new to me so finding it pretty tricky!

What ya think?

 

[Revels]

Love the top one.

Bottom one doesn't look right. I don't know why. Kinda hurts my eyes just looking at it.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

It's probably not the best angle for that sort of shot....had to be quick as it's a (quiet) public road

 

[Feirny]

Both work very well IMO.

Get any set up shots, Dan?

 

[Chili Red]

Haha, google Gyeongju Love Castle.
Random museum in Korea haha!

LOL, that is one big penis!

 

[Pint]

star scape by m'p'd, on Flickr

Slightly better second attempt tonight!

 

[ch!ppen]

It's by no means perfect... But this has been quite a large learning curve for me:

lightpaintandtrails by chippen172, on Flickr

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Great night for star trails last night, set the camera up then retreated to the sofa

 

[Pint]

Nice shot dan. Got info on settings?

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

I'd guess at about 150-200 30sec shots, f/low (lens dependant! lets guess at 2.8), ISO 200 (because you're a Nikon IIRC?), focus @ infinity.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

^Not far off.

30 second exposures.
ISO800 (as I can get away with higher ISOs)
f5.6

Viola

 

[Pint]

Nice. How many exposures?

Giraffe, you've got me properly addicted. Arse. Lol

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

185

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

HA

Try getting more things in the shot. I don't personally like trails only shots unless it's very clever (I'm a pedantic fusspot...).

^Not far off.

30 second exposures.
ISO800 (as I can get away with higher ISOs)
f5.6

Viola

What's the large violin in aid of !? :rasp:

 

[Scott™]

I have these two from this morning but I'm undecided which one works best.

Mountain Pony Grey by scott.thomas21, on Flickr

Mountain Pony by scott.thomas21, on Flickr

I think I prefer the colour.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

HA

Try getting more things in the shot. I don't personally like trails only shots unless it's very clever (I'm a pedantic fusspot...).



What's the large violin in aid of !? :rasp:

Damn OSX auto correct lol!

Scott - definitely the colour.

What's the weird colours in the top left about though? I find that a little odd, it's also as if it goes to black and white in that top corner too. Weird.

 

[Pint]

HA

Try getting more things in the shot. I don't personally like trails only shots unless it's very clever (I'm a pedantic fusspot...).



What's the large violin in aid of !? :rasp:

Yes master. Lol.

Two more questions if you don't mind Dan. What was the focal length and any white balance settings?

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

No worries Pint.

Focal length was 16mm (full frame), and kept the WB to auto...then adjusted it in LR after (batch process).

 

[Pint]

Thanks Dan, appreciate the info. Still got a lot to learn! lol

Will have another bash at it tonight if the weather behaves.

 

[Scott™]

Damn OSX auto correct lol!

Scott - definitely the colour.

What's the weird colours in the top left about though? I find that a little odd, it's also as if it goes to black and white in that top corner too. Weird.

I have no idea :/ It's where the sun is :/

 

[Scott™]

And my sunrise shot

Plumbstone Sunrise by scott.thomas21, on Flickr

 

[SamP]

Dont know why, but it doesnt look very sharp?

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

That has a lot of potential.

One thing....where did you focus?

 

[Scott™]

The rocks in the bottom left are out of focus. The rocks dead ahead are. I've over done it on Luminance so I'm having another crack lol.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

I'd really look into hyper focal distancing, if you're not doing it already that is. Really useful for landscape shots, and that shot above is a classic example where you could benefit from it.

 

[Scott™]

Damn you boys are hard to please. Just had a read up on it Dan thanks. Those tables are very useful. I shot at F8 on my 10-20 as thats what I'd been told would get the sharpest results.

 

[Brazo]

TBh F8 should get most stuff in focus especially at the wider end.

If I were shooting with rocks close (as I was yesterday) then I was using F 11-16 and simply focusing roughly 1/3rd into the scene. Its not as accurate a method as hyperfocal but works 99% of the time and is so, so simple! I was also messing with a 3 stop neutral grad yesterday and for bright sky/low light foregrounds it gives you an extra 3 stops of dynamic range.

The filter cost me £7 from ebay lol! I have just ordered a cokin p system as I was so impressed with the ebay special!

 

[Brazo]

I like the Pony shot in colour but think a square crop and some work on the sky in pp would benefit it and the oof rocks could be cropped out a little, see my quick 'shops'