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xzzy posted:I just shoot with the WB set to cloud (it seems to produce the "least wrong" image) and fix everything at home, which basically means I've accepted that post processing is unavoidable. I figured this would be the case, but it's crazy that the AWB can be so horribly wrong in these conditions. I didn't want to rule out the possibility that I was doing something wrong  Here are a few more shots - the first from a few weeks ago:  And these two from yesterday:  
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Awesome, did you do the thumb-over-the-sun trick for that? Been meanin' to try that out. edit: vvv Then it's even more impressive. vote_no fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Mar 14, 2012 |
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Mar 14, 2012 06:39
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I did not for this shot but I usually do, it can be hit or miss depending on where the sun is located in the frame.
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Shot this the other day. Kind of annoying not being able to crop out that building without losing that bench. OST_0418_ferdig by Robin Rist Kildal, on Flickr Also, I kind of like this drunken snapshot from a few years ago in Koh Phangan :  DSC_4219 by Robin Rist Kildal, on Flickr
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vote_no posted:Awesome, did you do the thumb-over-the-sun trick for that? Been meanin' to try that out. What is this trick you speak of?
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onezero posted:What is this trick you speak of? Literally hold your thumb over the sun to blot it out when composing/metering a shot. Either to avoid burning your retinas or confusing the camera's meter.
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That is a brilliant move, I'm pretty sure I've taken at least 5 years off the shelf life of my eyes when taking photos at the sun.
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Mar 16, 2012 18:41
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xzzy posted:Literally hold your thumb over the sun to blot it out when composing/metering a shot. Either to avoid burning your retinas or confusing the camera's meter. Actually nether of those reasons, well maybe metering! I use it to reduce flare, usually only when I am shooting and the sun is in frame. Example: 
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God, your suns always look so phenomenal. I never ever shoot anywhere near the sun unless it's almost on the horizon because I'm so bad at it.
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Stop down to get a nice "star" and use the thumb trick.
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How about some foggy landscapes from Sonoma, CA? (Crosspost from SAD) Lake Sonoma by sulakkalus, on Flickr  Sonoma Vineyard by sulakkalus, on Flickr And a shot of the mountains on my way back home.  HWY 36 by sulakkalus, on Flickr
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Drewski posted:How about some foggy landscapes from Sonoma, CA? (Crosspost from SAD) Oh, man, a road, a bridge, a lake, clouds, and greenery... pictures don't get much better than this for me.
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vote_no posted:Oh, man, a road, a bridge, a lake, clouds, and greenery... pictures don't get much better than this for me. edit: Can you please please please share a large copy of your dock photo? I would love to use it as a desktop background. Glad you like it so much!  I wouldn't have minded a little bit of sun to brighten everything up though. It was kind of silly, how high up it is, and at the time it was raining and I'm trying to carry my gear and an umbrella and it felt like you could slip through the stairway steps because of how they were built.  Lake Sonoma Overlook by sulakkalus, on Flickr And there is way more lake than just in that photo. I'd say you're over 180 degrees surrounded. For example, the one previous cut off the earthen dam to the right, and there's a whole other area off to the left with a bunch of docks and boats. I wanted to include everything but I don't have a fisheye. My 17-55 is about as good as I can get. Here's one of the docks. You can see how the details on the far shore match up to the other photo.  Lake Sonoma-3 by sulakkalus, on Flickr Drewski fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Mar 21, 2012 |
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Haven't posted here in awhile.
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Leviathor posted:Haven't posted here in awhile. My dad used to live there. Princeville, not Poipu. I haven't been since Jan 2006. :/ But what a gorgeous shot that is!
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Taken on my iPhone 4s: Big Sur by bjsmith1984, on Flickr  McWay Falls by bjsmith1984, on Flickr
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Drewski posted:My dad used to live there. Princeville, not Poipu. I haven't been since Jan 2006. :/ Thanks. The south side of the island was really, really nice for visiting over winter. The surf on the north side was pretty sizable a few days, but oddly calm on others--for example, one day we were out on the ocean by Na Pali and were able to get into the sea caves. Two days earlier: 18-24' swells. 
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Leviathor posted:Thanks. The south side of the island was really, really nice for visiting over winter. The surf on the north side was pretty sizable a few days, but oddly calm on others--for example, one day we were out on the ocean by Na Pali and were able to get into the sea caves. Two days earlier: 18-24' swells. When I was there the Wailua river was at its lowest in something like 30 years. We were able to hike all the way back into the canyon where the helicopters go. I took these photos way back then with a kodak easyshare. This was before I even knew I wanted a DSLR.  Kalalau Lookout by sulakkalus, on Flickr  Kauai Canyons At Waimea Canyon State Park by sulakkalus, on Flickr  100_0852 by sulakkalus, on Flickr Now that I'm more experienced and have much better equipment, I'd love to try to get shots like yours, but some bad poo poo happened over there and I'm not really a fan of Hawaii anymore.
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Drewski posted:When I was there the Wailua river was at its lowest in something like 30 years. We were able to hike all the way back into the canyon where the helicopters go. It is gorgeous--I'd hate being hamstrung by something like an Easyshare. I had to use an older one of those once, and the battery lasted about four minutes on 'full'.  I didn't get to do a lot of hiking. Wandered around by Queen's Bath and Kilauea Bay a bit, but no real hikes. Snorkeling, though--lots of that. Must have been some pretty serious poo poo to ruin the allure of Hawaii.
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Leviathor posted:Must have been some pretty serious poo poo to ruin the allure of Hawaii. My father was killed in a helicopter crash a year after I visited. I just... don't want to go back. There are other places full of beauty in the world. I can skip one.
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drat, that was fast. edit: I'm starting to work with Photoshop, but I'm having to be careful to not get out of control! Here's a super purple edit of an old photograph. I like purple!  Sailing the Purple Sound, on Flickr vote_no fucked around with this message at 08:26 on Mar 26, 2012 |
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Spent my spring break covered in snow in the Sierras and all I got were these lousy photos. yosemite valley by schmoopybee, on Flickr  east buttress by schmoopybee, on Flickr  happy isles by schmoopybee, on Flickr  sunset, badger pass by schmoopybee, on Flickr E: wrong images i'm dumb Bialosky fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Apr 4, 2012 |
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aliencowboy posted:good riddance, snow I like this a lot! It looks like a painting! Here is something I shot earlier today;  Reflections by HezzyUK, on Flickr
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aliencowboy posted:good riddance, snow Good riddance indeed!
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aliencowboy posted:good riddance, snow Anyway here's some "landscapes" from me!      
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I like those last three quite a bit.
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Yeah, the green cloud night sky one is great.
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I'm relatively pleased with them. I can definitely compose better but I wasn't too deliberate with these, at least compared to other shots I've taken. I don't want them to look clinical. I don't know if that's the best way to describe it but I definitely want to be inventive with how things are composed (more than I have with these). Anyhoo I think I want to try take some pics where you feel like you're in the frame looking in rather than looking at the picture itself. I think since I've been using a normal fov/tele lenses they're just sort of isolated compositions without any foreground to place you there. East Lake fucked around with this message at 04:44 on Mar 30, 2012 |
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Oh, wow! edit: vvv say it ain't so! vote_no fucked around with this message at 04:04 on Apr 2, 2012 |
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somnambulist posted:
I do like this but part of me is telling me it is just fake DOF in post
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Not sure if this is a landscape or what, but here I am experimenting with my 10x ND filter: 2nd and Cambie by Brian.M.K, on Flickr The project is to do a series of busy locations, noon on a weekday, catching one ghost in each image. Here's something more landscapy, taken during a recent ski tour:  slope by Brian.M.K, on Flickr  trees by Brian.M.K, on Flickr Rot fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Apr 12, 2012 |
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drat, I have never seen trees completely entombed like that. Is that a result of freezing rain or something? At first glance I thought they were frozen people, or maybe snowmen.
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xzzy posted:drat, I have never seen trees completely entombed like that. Is that a result of freezing rain or something? Welcome to the Canadian West (read: Wet) Coast!  IMG_4909.jpg by Brian.M.K, on Flickr  IMG_4889.jpg by Brian.M.K, on Flickr Typically you'll see rime form on one side of the trees, but the place I was in has a somewhat unusual weather system. Rot fucked around with this message at 21:20 on Apr 12, 2012 |
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I was looking at this going "catching one ghost?" and then...  I really like the second one, the trees look so humanoid that it's kind of creepy, we just get dry snow east of the Rockies I visited one of the many sunny beaches of Canada on the weekend  Lake Louise by tylerhuestis, on Flickr
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