Another Photography Thread

[alvarez57]

I took this shot on a recent lengthy business trip looking out the window of my room. As an aside, it's not HDR, but some careful exposure of Akko just after sunset, with the clouds lit from over the Mediterranean and the city lights starting to really illuminate the old walled city for the evening.

 

 

http://www.PhotoShare.co.nz/PhotoShareGallery1/100855/103346/SunsetinAkkosmall_1020190984.jpg

 

 

Sometimes, it pays to just be prepared to take a photo...

 

 

 

John P.

Amazing colors!

good you pointed out it's hot HDR. I'm not too sure I'm still convinced by it. I like what comes out from the original photo, not a composite.

Which camera you had?

[Pjay]

A little abstraction...

 

http://members.dodo.com.au/~scribe55/arcs.jpg

[spiv]

Here's my small bust of Aristotle, which lives on my philosophy bookcase.

 

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n5/DAYoung_2006/FilthyAristotle_small.jpg

 

has anyone else noticed the similarity to DAYoung's avatar?

or am I seeing things?

[jon]

I took this shot on a recent lengthy business trip looking out the window of my room. As an aside, it's not HDR, but some careful exposure of Akko just after sunset, with the clouds lit from over the Mediterranean and the city lights starting to really illuminate the old walled city for the evening.

 

 

http://www.PhotoShare.co.nz/PhotoShareGallery1/100855/103346/SunsetinAkkosmall_1020190984.jpg

 

 

Sometimes, it pays to just be prepared to take a photo...

 

 

 

John P.

 

 

Beautiful! So much to notice. The reflected green light looks impressionistic. Thanks!

 

 

[penrivers]

Post 39, PJohnP, Beautiful, a William Turner paint.

[PJohnP]

Amazing colors!good you pointed out it's hot HDR. I'm not too sure I'm still convinced by it. I like what comes out from the original photo, not a composite.Which camera you had?

Beautiful! So much to notice. The reflected green light looks impressionistic. Thanks!

Post 39, PJohnP, Beautiful, a William Turner paint.

 

Thanks for the kind comments, all.

 

It was shot with a Nikon D300 with a 70-200mm AFS/VR lens, stopped down to f/3.2 at ISO1000. Even with the enhanced ISO, I had to shoot on a tripod as the shutter speed was 1/15s. I did have to apply a fairly steep EV compensation of -1.3 to keep the old city lights from blowing, but this did then pull down the sky to give those rather dusky tones. There are so many different types of lights in the image that I just used a cloudy WB to keep the red colour of the sky.

 

FWIW, it's somewhat close to what my eye saw at that moment, but the human eye dynamic range and intrinsic brightness compensation is very different than a camera !

 

 

 

John P.

[DAYoung]

Here's my small bust of Aristotle, which lives on my philosophy bookcase.

 

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n5/DAYoung_2006/FilthyAristotle_small.jpg

 

has anyone else noticed the similarity to DAYoung's avatar?

or am I seeing things?

 

Perhaps you are seeing things, Spiv (e.g. a beard). But I'm happy to accept the compliment.

[jon]

I like this one, but I'm not entirely sure why.

 

 

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6042/5883290868_2ce15b0a24_b.jpg

Beijing airport by jon5cents, on Flickr

[Deirdre]

I can say why I think it's an interesting picture: Everyone's in their own pocket universe, and where some of the people are looking implies things outside of the frame (which can be interesting).

[alvarez57]

I have something similar

 

 

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6015/5919553824_a2d2995ed4_b.jpg">

[Deirdre]

http://gallery.me.com/deirdre/100304/P1090937/web.jpg

[alvarez57]

I love B&W pictures of people, portraits. There is a special quality about them that color won't do.

[jon]

And now for something completely different...

 

 

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/5830247641_af75197a22_b.jpg

daddy longlegs in the mist by jon5cents, on Flickr

[beak]

 

I love the inscription on the bust - a constant reminder to think ahead!

[DAYoung]

I love the inscription on the bust - a constant reminder to think ahead!

 

As in 'excellent purpose' (aristos telos), or some such thing?

[spiv]

@Sonia & Deirdre... I wish I could take decent "street"

I found a Nikon FM, this is from the test roll

 

 

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6008/5938364149_053200c195_z.jpg

The Drive-In by itspiv, on Flickr

 

 

and I like when man interferes with nature...

 

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/5938343371_d1aea985de_z.jpg

I'm all alone, so are we all... by itspiv, on Flickr

 

The good news is the Nikon has no light leaks.

and the expired slide film turned out pretty good too.

Edited July 19, 2011 by spiv

[Deirdre]

And now for something completely different:

 

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6024/5949717105_f86441dbcc_b.jpg

L1004510 by Deirdre Saoirse Moen, on Flickr

[jon]

I love B&W pictures of people, portraits. There is a special quality about them that color won't do.

 

Sonia, I haven't done much b/w, but I tried a conversion you suggested. Did you see it? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jon5cents/5944588630/in/photostream

[alvarez57]

I love B&W pictures of people, portraits. There is a special quality about them that color won't do.

 

Sonia, I haven't done much b/w, but I tried a conversion you suggested. Did you see it? http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream

 

:clap1:

 

Try to add bit of "fill light" to the dragon. When you're in "Develop" module in LR, you will see at the top, just below the histogram, several icons. From left to right, the first one is the cropping tool; then you have the spot removal, the red-eye removal, etc. The last one is a brush, if you're familiarized with the process of "dogging-in", you can apply it to the dragon. That's what I did with the huge oak branch in my Biloxi photograph.

[stevlight]

Some Brooklyn bridge shots:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5956377600_1f55220fc3.jpg

DSC00914.JPG by stevlight, on Flickr

 

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6136/5956377800_f2ed56c36b.jpg

DSC00932.JPG by stevlight, on Flickr