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

Ay Ay Ron · Mar 6, 2013

That's lovely Brazo. Nice clean lines and strong colours.

Took these tonight on my way home, blistered my finger in the process. I had an ND filter as it was still fairly light, will be going back there one evening though, hopefully without the ND, the colours will be a bit better.

Tunnel Orbs-2 by A_Cro, on Flickr

Tunnel Orbs by A_Cro, on Flickr

Brazo · Mar 6, 2013

JHead said:
my feedback - skim the canal and it wont be so dirty

relaistically though... fricking amazing picture.. hard to tell where the water even begins really!! :L

Ha cheers mate, actually its ice! I was going to clone it out but couldn't be arsed in the end!

Habitual · Mar 7, 2013

My 1lb elastic band ball:

1lb Elastic Band Ball by Tom Cash, on Flickr

My phone with a sweet new minimalistic skin:

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 by Tom Cash, on Flickr

Brazo · Mar 9, 2013

From last week! The 1001st image from the Sony RX100 (point and shoot!)

...or she may not by Brazo76, on Flickr

Matt_90 · Mar 9, 2013

Awesome shot! How much PP are you putting in to them photos from the point and shoot Brazo ?

Brazo · Mar 9, 2013

Thanks Matt.

Well the dynamic range is there (more DR than a 5D mk3!) but the raw files are as flat as a pancake. The shadows can be extensively pulled. The above shot was taken with a 2 stop grad (cokin A-series) so exposure was correct but files do need a bit of work, unless you shoot jpeg and then the cam,era does it all for you!

Niall · Mar 11, 2013

What are the blue patches on the photo Brazo? Like on the building on the right and in the top right of the building in the centre?

tomp2000 · Mar 11, 2013

Brazo said:
From last week! The 1001st image from the Sony RX100 (point and shoot!)

...or she may not by Brazo76, on Flickr

Is that Sheffield Quay?

Brazo · Mar 12, 2013

Niall97 said:
What are the blue patches on the photo Brazo? Like on the building on the right and in the top right of the building in the centre?

LOL piss poor white balance correction by me

I will amend and upload

@ Tom - Gloucester docks mate

Brazo · Mar 12, 2013

Da daaaa!

...Or she may not by Brazo76, on Flickr

Matt_90 · Mar 12, 2013

Lol so you are human Brazo

! I didn't even notice, shame on my behalf.

Niall · Mar 12, 2013

Haha, it looks great once corrected

Ay Ay Ron · Mar 13, 2013

Took a trip over to Media city last week after the skate park visit. Started to rain and I was getting tired. Also got lost a few times when looking for somewhere to park.

Probably a very normal shot from there but I quite like it, especially in B&W.

Media City by A_Cro, on Flickr

Ay Ay Ron · Mar 13, 2013

And another from last night. Went out to look for the comet, didn't see jack!

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Sunny Rhyl by A_Cro, on Flickr

Niall · Mar 13, 2013

Love the Bridge shot A_Cro! That is a very common shot but because it’s at night and given the lovely constrasty look to it, it’s great! I tried this signature shot from the Quays but it doesn’t look good in the daytime imo, it looks too cluttered and it’s always busy.

Ay Ay Ron · Mar 13, 2013

Cheers Niall. I was really hesitant of shooting there with the weather getting a bit crap and being so tired. I spotted some good places to shoot from last time I was there but I couldn't remember where they were on Friday night! Plus the clouds were a bit shitty and boring for the long exposures over the water.
I'll be back there again though. I reckon sunrise/set would be good there providing there's decent skies.

Niall · Mar 13, 2013

Yeah, I've seen some sunset/sunrise shots from there, very impressive stuff. You're at an advantage with your UWA too, I felt like I could do with wider than 18mm when I went the other week.

Brazo · Mar 13, 2013

Is that the coloured light bridge at night, one that changes colour? Got some of that when I went as water was so choppy!

Ay Ay Ron · Mar 14, 2013

Yeah that's the one, this one was linking the Lowry center to the big bronze/copper building.
The 10-20 definitely helped on this shot.

Šįk · Mar 14, 2013

Wider by PSJHodgson, on Flickr

Habitual · Mar 14, 2013

That's a great picture mate!

Riad · Mar 14, 2013

Oulton Park. by Riad Ariane, on Flickr

Ben · Mar 14, 2013

Selective Chameleon by bensambrook, on Flickr

v15ben · Mar 14, 2013

Some really good shots on recent pages!
Have commented on a few on Flickr.
I headed back to Scotland this week.
Grabbed this one from the side of the road yesterday morning!

Morning Glory. by v15ben, on Flickr

Brazo · Mar 15, 2013

Got up at crack of dawn this week to risk a sunrise near to where I was working.

Exposure by Brazo76, on Flickr

Celestial Sunrise by Brazo76, on Flickr

Niall · Mar 16, 2013

A few from the dock end of Liverpool, today-

Liverpdulian Architecture by Niall97, on Flickr

Liver Building Reflection by Niall97, on Flickr

Architecture by Niall97, on Flickr

28 by Niall97, on Flickr

What used to be. by Niall97, on Flickr

Lou · Mar 16, 2013

One I took of the Shard on my iPhone while I was working at Guys hospital.

Matt_90 · Mar 16, 2013

Niall them first two of yours are probably some of the best you have posted! Nice work!

Niall · Mar 17, 2013

Cheers Matt!

Niall · Mar 17, 2013

Here’s the first one again, I re-uploaded it as I needed to tweak it slightly

Liverpdulian Architecture by Niall97, on Flickr

Reev · Mar 17, 2013

Great bunch there Niall.

Gildstar · Mar 17, 2013

Not sure if it's my monitor but they came out purple after uploading to flickr

Car16 by JackGilder, on Flickr

Car15 by JackGilder, on Flickr

Ay Ay Ron · Mar 18, 2013

I like them Niall although I'm not too keen on the processing of the Liver building shot. Looks like HDR (I'm not a fan of any HDR)

Took this panoramic on Saturday with my phone while i was waiting for a long exposure to come out. Chucked it in to Lightroom to crop some of the edges and boost some tones.

Formation by A_Cro, on Flickr

Niall · Mar 18, 2013

The shade and lighting on the building makes it appear HDR-like, I hate HDR too.

Yanoo · Mar 18, 2013

My first focus stacking attempt

# by <-Y-> on Flickr

Ay Ay Ron · Mar 19, 2013

Stopped by the lighthouse again on way home last night. Not the best sky but did have some nice ripples in the sand. I also noticed that my tripod that I got free with a magazine subscription enabled me to put the camera on the lower part of the pole upside down so I could get really close to the ground.