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s0meb0dy0 posted:Where is this? I've never seen a view quite like this. This could definitely use some contrast adjustments, but the trees also seem a little soft. Long exposure and wind?  DSC_5305-Edit.jpg by scottch, on Flickr  DSC_5220-Edit.jpg by scottch, on Flickr This is a favourite nearby trail. I've been taking alternate shots of this for well over a year now, but still not satisfied. I think I'll try this composition in the AM soon as I think the foreground is decent.  DSC_5298.jpg by scottch, on Flickr
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s0meb0dy0 posted:Where is this? I've never seen a view quite like this. When you are doing that, I would add a slight highlight to half-dome, and pull back just slightly in the canyon and skies as if a sun beam were being cast on the rock face.
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The 5D2 I bought in December rolled over 10000 frames shot last month. I literally have a hundred gigs of these washed out landscapes.      
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You need to organize those and submit for a show through a local gallery or organization. They're cohesive, well done, and interesting.
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macx posted:I kind of think it would be better as a b/w. Maybe an infrared film simulation? The dull color doesn't do much for me but the contrast definitely could.
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Woke up hella early yesterday due to jet lag making me sleepy at 7PM the night before. Decided to drive down to Fire Island and try my hand at some beach sunrise shots. horseshoe by gtrwndr87, on Flickr  sunrise fire island by gtrwndr87, on Flickr  sunrise by gtrwndr87, on Flickr I wish there was more foreground interest. Though I surfed around on google maps and found some jetties further up, may try and shoot some sunsets tonight.
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:You need to organize those and submit for a show through a local gallery or organization. They're cohesive, well done, and interesting. Ambihelical Hexnut is deployed right now, so there might not be too many local galleries available 
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Been on holiday up north. P1090077.jpg by fuglsnef, on Flickr  P1090168.jpg by fuglsnef, on Flickr  97/366 - Valley by fuglsnef, on Flickr  P1090431.jpg by fuglsnef, on Flickr
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Kujaroth posted:
Ambihelical Hexnut posted:The 5D2 I bought in December rolled over 10000 frames shot last month. I literally have a hundred gigs of these washed out landscapes. These are all amazingly awesome.
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Ambihelical Hexnut posted:The 5D2 I bought in December rolled over 10000 frames shot last month. I literally have a hundred gigs of these washed out landscapes. Ambihelical Hexnut, I am stunned by your Flicker stream! Most of those are very striking and I agree you should organize them in some way when you get home. For the airborne images, what are you shooting out of and how do you get them to turn out so clear? I fly a Piper Supercub, and have not been able to get crisp images like that to date.
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Tried again with the long exposure beach shots yesterday and searched Google maps' satellite feature for areas on the beach with rock jetties. Found one in Westhampton Beach and headed out expecting a sunset, but it was overcast. Oh well. Still got to get some practice with my new Vari ND. spill by gtrwndr87, on Flickr  clash by gtrwndr87, on Flickr  sea mist by gtrwndr87, on Flickr
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:You need to organize those and submit for a show through a local gallery or organization. They're cohesive, well done, and interesting. Thanks! I've been trying, but time constraints here are pretty rude and I usually only have time to do a 900 pixel quick-process on what I shoot, which means anything I want to print later I have to go back months after the fact and re-do it at full resolution. Not a big deal, it's just a huge photo catalog and it's a time sink I haven't been able to get into what with working 16 hours a day. HookShot posted:These are all amazingly awesome. :woot: Crazy Armed Pilot posted:Ambihelical Hexnut, I am stunned by your Flicker stream! Most of those are very striking and I agree you should organize them in some way when you get home. For the airborne images, what are you shooting out of and how do you get them to turn out so clear? I fly a Piper Supercub, and have not been able to get crisp images like that to date. Thanks. The biggest obstacles I've found are 1) Haze/smoke 2) Reflections 3) Vibrations (more of a helicopter issue than a plane one) The haze really compresses the tonal range available to the camera when I shoot. I use curves to bring the contrast back to normal ranges so the picture looks closer to how I actually saw it, and this often causes a little detail loss as the highs look really high and the lows look really low. Fighting window reflections is terrible. I have to be very cognizant of every white piece of kneeboard paper and the position of the sun relative to the window I'm shooting through. A lens hood pressed up against the window helps, but plexiglass is still not optically great. Window reflections also steal control of my autofocus point pretty often, and it's necessary to focus at infinity and leave it there for more shots. Vibes mean if I'm shooting with my 135mm, even 1/500th of a second will be easily blurred.
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^^ The second one from that set is I think my personal favourite of all the ones you've posted. Koln at Night by hookshot88, on Flickr
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Going through old pictures. These were all taken with my iPhone 4S since I didn't have a real camera with me at the time but Arizona is gorgeous: Somewhere between Sierra Vista and Bisbee, AZ by dtloken, on Flickr  Untitled by dtloken, on Flickr ^ wish I could've got a better angle on that but it was at a high way rest stop. The lighting was completely surreal, honestly the picture doesn't do it justice. One of the most gorgeous sights I've seen in my entire life. To the left of the frame there was a rainbow as well:  Untitled by dtloken, on Flickr I wish I could stitch together all the pictures I took of it and get a somewhat decent panorama. Flying_Crab fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Apr 20, 2012 |
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Ambihelical Hexnut posted:More photo vomit from this morning: I really like the second two here. Could you post the before/after shots to show what your are able to pull out of the haze? My pictures don't seem to have the pop that yours have. I am still trying to learn what I can do in PS and developing a work flow (been at this for less than a month). Keep up the good work, and stay safe!
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Crazy Armed Pilot posted:I really like the second two here. Could you post the before/after shots to show what your are able to pull out of the haze? My pictures don't seem to have the pop that yours have. I am still trying to learn what I can do in PS and developing a work flow (been at this for less than a month).
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s0meb0dy0 posted:If you can get your hands on it, get Lightroom. It makes workflow a breeze and can do 95% of what photoshop can do. I have played with Lightroom several times, but the inability to use it on a network is a deal killer. I have three computers that I use in different locations (five if you count laptops) and everything is stored on the network. At this point, I am unable to tie my work down to one machine  Until Adobe decides they are going to help us network dependent people out, I am stuck with Lightrooms retarded brother, Bridge. Edit to add some content:  Shot this a few days ago as we had some showers rolling through in the evening. The field is not that intresting, but the clouds caught my attention. What could I do to improve this? (Or have done at the time to frame it differently, etc.) Crazy Armed Pilot fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Apr 21, 2012 |
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Crazy Armed Pilot posted:I have played with Lightroom several times, but the inability to use it on a network is a deal killer. I have three computers that I use in different locations (five if you count laptops) and everything is stored on the network. At this point, I am unable to tie my work down to one machine
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Crazy Armed Pilot posted:Shot this a few days ago as we had some showers rolling through in the evening. The field is not that intresting, but the clouds caught my attention. What could I do to improve this? (Or have done at the time to frame it differently, etc.) Actually, I think everything about that is great. The field and the water in front of it are interesting; I wouldn't change a thing.
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s0meb0dy0 posted:drat. I was just wondering this morning if I could sync libraries across computers, but that'd have to be done nightly probably and has obvious limitations.
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I'm going on a trip to a bunch of national parks in Colorado and the Southwest, which is cool in itself, but I'm excited that even though I won't be doing any camping, I should be far enough from light pollution to really get a good look at the stars. Is there a novice-friendly resource to tell when and where the Milky Way arms can be photographed? Something like this:  It would be very helpful to know, for instance, if in June the arms are not visible in the US because I'm in the wrong hemisphere.
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Crazy Armed Pilot posted:Could you post the before/after shots to show what your are able to pull out of the haze? Here is an extreme example from a frame taken at the same time as those above. This was in heavy haze and mist, about 2SM visibility. The haze (along with reflections on a dirty plexiglass window) acts to greatly reduce the contrast, so it must be recovered in post to look like what your eye/brain perceive since they kind of look "through" the mist. Curves can restore the contrast and (if used carefully) maintain the colors as they should be, bringing the overall image back to what I actually saw. And as you can see in the images above, the haze is still a visible element of the picture, it's just not overpowering the foreground contrast anymore. Ambihelical Hexnut fucked around with this message at 07:32 on Apr 22, 2012 |
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Reichstag posted:If that road is not busy, I think this would make a GREAT shot at night. Ambihelical Hexnut posted:Here is an extreme example from a frame taken at the same time as those above. This was in heavy haze and mist, about 2SM visibility. The haze (along with reflections on a dirty plexiglass window) acts to greatly reduce the contrast, so it must be recovered in post to look like what your eye/brain perceive since they kind of look "through" the mist.  That's amazing... There is hope for some of my pictures after all!
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The most important part is to take a well exposed picture of something interesting in good light, if you did that part then your post production is easy, even if it might be extensive. 
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SnowWolf posted:I'm going on a trip to a bunch of national parks in Colorado and the Southwest, which is cool in itself, but I'm excited that even though I won't be doing any camping, I should be far enough from light pollution to really get a good look at the stars. Is there a novice-friendly resource to tell when and where the Milky Way arms can be photographed? Portions of the milky way are visible all year long. The galactic core is best visible in the summer months for the northern hemisphere. Dick around with this for a while: http://www.skyviewcafe.com/skyview.php It lets you set coordinates and zoom to any day you want to see what will be in the sky. I don't know what your travel plans are, but Utah is amazing for night photography. Natural Bridges is considered one of the darkest places in the US. I made a stop there back in November and it was pretty spooky.. I'd never before felt so alone.
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Went back to Pyramid Lake to go camping and meteor watching. I was disappointed by the meteors (or lack of them I should say) but got some pretty decent sunset shots. Using my awesome new Marumi Super DHG CPL. Pyramid Lake Sunset by sulakkalus, on Flickr  Pyramid Lake at Sunset by sulakkalus, on Flickr Drewski fucked around with this message at 06:39 on Apr 24, 2012 |
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Five seconds before super mega jungle rain: 45 minutes after super mega jungle rain: 
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Finally getting around to some decent landscapes weather here in the Washington, although I had to travel to get this one.  Botanical Beach by beastofexmoor, on Flickr
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BeastOfExmoor posted:Finally getting around to some decent landscapes weather here in the Washington, although I had to travel to get this one. Was the tide far enough out to see the tide pools?
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Dread Head posted:Was the tide far enough out to see the tide pools? Sadly, it was only out far enough to see a few of the ones farthest up, not the better ones further out that I saw the last time I was there. Still a nice place and all but deserted this time of year.
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