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

[DanFreemanPhoto]

You're going to struggle to come up with anything amazing at a car show, especially one like Trax.

Get out there doing shots like that reflection shot, as that looks very good to me.

 

[Turkish]

Trax was s**t you won't have any argument from me on that front but of the several hundred snaps I took a few came out ok. Not a patch on the shots you guys pull off though.

 

[adele_90]

Gerbera. by adele_90, on Flickr

 

[Brazo]

I like that Adele if i was being picky i'm not sure how much critical sharpness you have but iirc you use a macro filter rather than a lens?

Nice shot Turkish

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Quite like the soft feeling to that shot Adele

The skies looked promising this evening, so headed out to the fields behind our house.

 

[Habitual]

Wow!

 

[Pint]

Honestly that couldn't have been easier to take.

5 minutes.
iPhone
Camera to take that photo.

All you need.

Guess I'm being dim. My brain can't work out the process to create it.

 

[Turkish]

Lovely. Is the bottom shot several stitched together?

 

[Scott™]

Great shot Dan. I prefer 1 over 2 as I can see the stitching lines of the 6 images. What filter did you use? I'm always envious of your blues and whites, I just can't nail them.

 

[Brazo]

Guess I'm being dim. My brain can't work out the process to create it.

Take a photo of your hand with your phone, ensure it's life size, I.e. your fingers should be as big on screen as in real life. Display picture on phone. Hold phone in hand and arrange fingers to match screen. Having already set up your main camera aim and fire.

 

[bomber]

^just like that. The hardest part is getting the first object the right size. I must have taken about 25shots my first attempt

 

[adele_90]

I like that Adele if i was being picky i'm not sure how much critical sharpness you have but iirc you use a macro filter rather than a lens?

Yeah was taken with some cheap screw on filters i got ages ago off ebay, they always make the focus a bit soft!

 

[v15ben]

^Nice!

I'd love to go back to Korea someday. I hope I can through work soon.

I really like it here, plenty of scope for photos too.
Where did you visit before? Seoul?

 

[ukaskew]

I never shoot people, but now I'm full frame it seemed rude not to...

Smile! by Harry_S, on Flickr

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

I really like it here, plenty of scope for photos too.
Where did you visit before? Seoul?

Yeh Seoul twice. Loved it. Both were short trips though so I only had the evenings to look around.

I never shoot people, but now I'm full frame it seemed rude not to...


Smile! by Harry_S, on Flickr

Nice! Like uber small DoF shots.

 

[v15ben]

^ I wouldn't say that. Looks great!

I'd love to try a twist on that shot and put the horizon bang in the middle, then flip it horizontally, so the reflection is upright.

I agree, great shot.

Seoul is great, Dan. I've had some great times up there!

Talking about flipping horizontally, I was doing just that on Sunday morning with this shot!

Optical Illusion by v15ben, on Flickr

 

[Brazo]

Like the narrow dof!

 

[Turkish]

Having seen how limited jpg's are when PP is there any point shooting in RAW + jpg or just stick to RAW only?

 

[ScarySquirrel]

A couple I took of my missus. I'm not sure about the processing on the second one, I know what I was aiming for, but I didn't quite get it right. I think I need to reduce the reds a little, I'll probably have another play with it tonight.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Having seen how limited jpg's are when PP is there any point shooting in RAW + jpg or just stick to RAW only?

Just RAW. Creating both files seems pointless, especially as you can get it from a RAW.

 

[Turkish]

I must admit I thought that might be the case. My old mac really laboured trying to edit RAW files but now I've got the new one I honestly can't see why I'd need jpg's.

 

[v15ben]

Nice shots Squirrel, prefer the colour version though. Good editing on the eyes.

 

[Derelict-UK]

Some pics from the Gadget Show Live yesterday...

(Watermarked as they are on sale elsewhere)

Nikon D300 ISO 800 F2.8

Nikon D7000 ISO 500 F2.8

ISO 640 F2.8

The D7000 sh*ts on the D300 for ISO, no noise at ISO 800

 

[ScarySquirrel]

Nice shots Squirrel, prefer the colour version though. Good editing on the eyes.

Thanks dude. Yeah, I usually 'dodge' the colour part a little, and 'burn' the darker outside bits of the eyes, as well as around the eyelids and stuff, it really makes the eyes pop.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

I f**king hate photography sometimes. The one evening I don't go out and the sunset is epic AGAIN!

Managed to get a few iPhone pics though.

This is a bit HDR for me...

 

[Habitual]

Wow - amazing sky! Looks 'shopped! Good stuff man.

 

[ScarySquirrel]

Damn good work considering you used a phone.

 

[Jay_A]

IMG_1509 by Photos_by_Jay, on Flickr

 

[Martin!]

Some crackers uploaded again. It's been miserable here all weekend so been editing old photos....

Here's another one of a sunset over Keswick from Ashness jetty on Derwentwater....the last one seemed to do well, which was a 4 minute exposure....this one is a 6 minute exposure, which has captured a lot more red in the sky....I didn't think this was workable due to the high amounts of noise in the image, but the new Lightroom 4 noise reduction is fantastic....

6 minutes by Martin Steele., on Flickr

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

^Stunning.

Only C+C I can give is the weird halo effect around the poles, I assume that's something to do with the noise removal maybe?

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

This isn't a pic I know, but I'm not starting a new thread just for this.

I finally got round to using the iTimelapse Pro app, so I set the phone up in our boardroom which has a decent view of things. I set it up roughly on a chair, as I'm yet to make a stand for the phone, hence the wonky horizon.

This was about an hour of frames I think.



It did take up about 2GB of memory on my phone, but after it was created I copied it into iMovie on my mac then deleted off my phone. Simples. Hope to play about with this a lot more, especially if I can make a simple and small stand for the phone.

 

[Martin!]

^Stunning.

Only C+C I can give is the weird halo effect around the poles, I assume that's something to do with the noise removal maybe?

Yeah I noticed that too....it's not on the original shot on the laptop, yet when it uploaded to Flickr they appeared....normally happens with a lot of sharpening, and i've always noticed Flickr seems to sharpen images a tad on uplaod, so can only assume that's what's happened here....


The timelapse is awesome mate! Might give it a go on the phone too....my mate is well into his timelapses, and is s**t hot at them....will dig his out on youtube later.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Just about to buy a neat little tripod adapter for the iPhone, and I'll probably get a normal gorilla pod too, as that attaches to anything! Will be proper useful when I'm travelling.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Done....bought this: http://www.studioneat.com/products/glif-for-iphone-4

Looks pretty neat! Simple and effective.

 

[Martin!]

Done....bought this: http://www.studioneat.com/products/glif-for-iphone-4

Looks pretty neat! Simple and effective.

These are wicked! My mate who does the timelapses suggested this to me a while ago...

 

[Brazo]

On Sunset West by Brazo76, on Flickr

 

[Martin!]

On Sunset West by Brazo76, on Flickr

The light on the sand ripples is fantastic mate, nice sunburst too )

 

[Niall]

Houghwood Golf Course Sunset by Niall97, on Flickr

 

[si_hartlepool]

Rainbow Tunnel by si_hartlepool, on Flickr

 

[Turkish]

On Sunset West by Brazo76, on Flickr

Really like that.