Perpetual Photography Thread
Moderators: Bakhtosh, EvilHomer3k
- tjg_marantz
- Posts: 14688
- Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 12:54 pm
- Location: Queen City, SK
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Ate on the rooftop Ame and walked around town a couple years ago. Such a beautiful city.
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
Home of the Akimbo AWPs
- geezer
- Posts: 7553
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:52 pm
- Location: Yeeha!
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Yep. I loved it. Told my wife I'd move there immediatelytjg_marantz wrote:Ate on the rooftop Ame and walked around town a couple years ago. Such a beautiful city.
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
- Zaxxon
- Forum Moderator
- Posts: 28182
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:11 am
- Location: Surrounded by Mountains
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Very nice. In other nice news, I got my camera back from Fuji today! Huzzah! I can take photos without a spot in them again!
- Rumpy
- Posts: 12762
- Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:52 pm
- Location: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
A sunset from one of my favourite places. Breezy Hill, Springfield, Vermont.
Does anyone know how to reduce the effect of lens flare? I have Lightroom if that helps any.
Does anyone know how to reduce the effect of lens flare? I have Lightroom if that helps any.
PC:
Ryzen 5 3600
32GB RAM
2x1TB NVMe Drives
GTX 1660 Ti
Ryzen 5 3600
32GB RAM
2x1TB NVMe Drives
GTX 1660 Ti
- geezer
- Posts: 7553
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:52 pm
- Location: Yeeha!
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
That's always nice, right? It's never fun to come back from a trip or a job and find one spot right in the middle of every frame. Been there...Zaxxon wrote:Very nice. In other nice news, I got my camera back from Fuji today! Huzzah! I can take photos without a spot in them again!
- geezer
- Posts: 7553
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:52 pm
- Location: Yeeha!
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Looks like a beautiful place Sadly, there's not much you can do in post about something like that (except an ungodly amount of cloning time in Photoshop). That's not a "quick click" fix like a dust spot or an underexposure/noise issue. Sorry On the other hand, the flare doesn't really ruin the image for me, so there's that.
- Zaxxon
- Forum Moderator
- Posts: 28182
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:11 am
- Location: Surrounded by Mountains
- Rumpy
- Posts: 12762
- Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:52 pm
- Location: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
geezer wrote:Looks like a beautiful place Sadly, there's not much you can do in post about something like that (except an ungodly amount of cloning time in Photoshop). That's not a "quick click" fix like a dust spot or an underexposure/noise issue. Sorry On the other hand, the flare doesn't really ruin the image for me, so there's that.
Yeah, I was more or less thinking maybe there'd be a way to turn it down a bit, but it's beautiful either way. I've learned that there are tricks you can do while taking the picture, like blocking out the sun with a finger and taking it out in post. Would love to see a lense-flare removal tool at some point in the future.
PC:
Ryzen 5 3600
32GB RAM
2x1TB NVMe Drives
GTX 1660 Ti
Ryzen 5 3600
32GB RAM
2x1TB NVMe Drives
GTX 1660 Ti
- wire
- Posts: 2190
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:29 am
- Location: Monterey, CA
- Contact:
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
A lens hood and ND filters can help with lens flares.
- Daehawk
- Posts: 64109
- Joined: Sat Jan 01, 2005 1:11 am
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Tweeting to JJ Abrams.
--------------------------------------------
I am Dyslexic of Borg, prepare to have your ass laminated.
I guess Ray Butts has ate his last pancake.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/daehawk
"Has high IQ. Refuses to apply it"
I am Dyslexic of Borg, prepare to have your ass laminated.
I guess Ray Butts has ate his last pancake.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/daehawk
"Has high IQ. Refuses to apply it"
- Octavious
- Posts: 20040
- Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:50 pm
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
I haven't run into lens flare issues too much. Just have to be careful about sun placement and use a lens hood. I ALWAYS use a lens hood even inside. It has an added bonus of protecting my lens from me being a spaz.
An actual good picture with my 80-200. I have such a love hate with that thing. Now when i use it I shoot with Auto ISO to make sure I never go below the shutter speed. That has helped a lot. Someday I'll get a modern 70-200 or the Sigma 50-100. The sigma doesn't have VR which is a bit of a bummer.
Lens can certainly get a stellar shot which I don't screw it up. It's just soooo touchy compared to any other lens I use.
An actual good picture with my 80-200. I have such a love hate with that thing. Now when i use it I shoot with Auto ISO to make sure I never go below the shutter speed. That has helped a lot. Someday I'll get a modern 70-200 or the Sigma 50-100. The sigma doesn't have VR which is a bit of a bummer.
Lens can certainly get a stellar shot which I don't screw it up. It's just soooo touchy compared to any other lens I use.
Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.
Shameless plug for my website: www.nettphoto.com
Shameless plug for my website: www.nettphoto.com
- Rumpy
- Posts: 12762
- Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:52 pm
- Location: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Well, considering I took that pic with a cell phone.... I don't think they make lense hoods for them do they? I'm surprised I got it as good as what we're seeing here.
PC:
Ryzen 5 3600
32GB RAM
2x1TB NVMe Drives
GTX 1660 Ti
Ryzen 5 3600
32GB RAM
2x1TB NVMe Drives
GTX 1660 Ti
- Octavious
- Posts: 20040
- Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:50 pm
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Hell some phones have add on cameras so who knows anymore. I don't even bother trying to take pictures with my phone. I'm terrible at it. It amazes me what some people are able to do with them sometimes.
Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.
Shameless plug for my website: www.nettphoto.com
Shameless plug for my website: www.nettphoto.com
- geezer
- Posts: 7553
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:52 pm
- Location: Yeeha!
- Enough
- Posts: 14688
- Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:05 pm
- Location: Serendipity
- Contact:
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
I think part of the impact of this image comes from the red. That said if you wish to dampen the impact but can live with the distortion you can do local adjustments to saturation/brightness and contrast like I did here with only a quick cloning out the thin flare line in the bottom right (just did this quick and dirty):
I may still prefer the red version, not sure.
My blog (mostly photos): Fort Ephemera - My Flickr Photostream
“You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day, and you only get so many days on the planet. A good photographer does the math and doesn’t waste either.” ―Galen Rowell
“You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day, and you only get so many days on the planet. A good photographer does the math and doesn’t waste either.” ―Galen Rowell
- Rumpy
- Posts: 12762
- Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:52 pm
- Location: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Yeah, I agree. I actually went into Lightroom and tried experimenting by turning down the reds, but it does lessen the impact. It also removes a lot of the warmth from the image. The toned down image looks a bit too sterile in the end. It's kind of interesting what the red does to our visual perspective.
PC:
Ryzen 5 3600
32GB RAM
2x1TB NVMe Drives
GTX 1660 Ti
Ryzen 5 3600
32GB RAM
2x1TB NVMe Drives
GTX 1660 Ti
- geezer
- Posts: 7553
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:52 pm
- Location: Yeeha!
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Hey OO homies - I just found out that some of my photography is going to accompany a feature in Architectural Digest this fall, which is sort of cool, huh?
This is a project I'm working on currently - shooting the house, and then I dropped my "endless Summer" inspired image onto the interior brick feature wall.
This is a project I'm working on currently - shooting the house, and then I dropped my "endless Summer" inspired image onto the interior brick feature wall.
- Daehawk
- Posts: 64109
- Joined: Sat Jan 01, 2005 1:11 am
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Its all CGI! There is no spoon!
--------------------------------------------
I am Dyslexic of Borg, prepare to have your ass laminated.
I guess Ray Butts has ate his last pancake.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/daehawk
"Has high IQ. Refuses to apply it"
I am Dyslexic of Borg, prepare to have your ass laminated.
I guess Ray Butts has ate his last pancake.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/daehawk
"Has high IQ. Refuses to apply it"
- Enough
- Posts: 14688
- Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:05 pm
- Location: Serendipity
- Contact:
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Oh my! AD is up there with Nat Geo, fabulous news!!!geezer wrote:Hey OO homies - I just found out that some of my photography is going to accompany a feature in Architectural Digest this fall, which is sort of cool, huh?
This is a project I'm working on currently - shooting the house, and then I dropped my "endless Summer" inspired image onto the interior brick feature wall.
My blog (mostly photos): Fort Ephemera - My Flickr Photostream
“You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day, and you only get so many days on the planet. A good photographer does the math and doesn’t waste either.” ―Galen Rowell
“You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day, and you only get so many days on the planet. A good photographer does the math and doesn’t waste either.” ―Galen Rowell
- geezer
- Posts: 7553
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:52 pm
- Location: Yeeha!
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Thanks - it's not a cover or anything, and may just be a regional content piece, but it's still kinda niftyEnough wrote:Oh my! AD is up there with Nat Geo, fabulous news!!!geezer wrote:Hey OO homies - I just found out that some of my photography is going to accompany a feature in Architectural Digest this fall, which is sort of cool, huh?
This is a project I'm working on currently - shooting the house, and then I dropped my "endless Summer" inspired image onto the interior brick feature wall.
- wire
- Posts: 2190
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:29 am
- Location: Monterey, CA
- Contact:
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Congrats geezergeezer wrote:Thanks - it's not a cover or anything, and may just be a regional content piece, but it's still kinda niftyEnough wrote:Oh my! AD is up there with Nat Geo, fabulous news!!!geezer wrote:Hey OO homies - I just found out that some of my photography is going to accompany a feature in Architectural Digest this fall, which is sort of cool, huh?
This is a project I'm working on currently - shooting the house, and then I dropped my "endless Summer" inspired image onto the interior brick feature wall.
- gbasden
- Posts: 7708
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:57 am
- Location: Sacramento, CA
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
That's amazing! Congratulations!geezer wrote:Hey OO homies - I just found out that some of my photography is going to accompany a feature in Architectural Digest this fall, which is sort of cool, huh?
- The Meal
- Posts: 28003
- Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:33 pm
- Location: 2005 Stanley Cup Champion
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Way cool, geez.
"Better to talk to people than communicate via tweet." — Elontra
- Octavious
- Posts: 20040
- Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:50 pm
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Awesome!
Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.
Shameless plug for my website: www.nettphoto.com
Shameless plug for my website: www.nettphoto.com
- wire
- Posts: 2190
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:29 am
- Location: Monterey, CA
- Contact:
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
I've been a bit bored with my photography of late so I've turned to playing around in Photoshop using my photographs as a base for more abstract work. Here are a few examples...no longer photographs but were at one time.
I have a series of them going and the nice thing is I'm finding uses for some of my crappier photos...it doesn't have to be a perfect composition as I'm just needing colors, contrasts and shapes to create these.
I have a series of them going and the nice thing is I'm finding uses for some of my crappier photos...it doesn't have to be a perfect composition as I'm just needing colors, contrasts and shapes to create these.
- Carpet_pissr
- Posts: 20180
- Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:32 pm
- Location: Columbia, SC
- Zaxxon
- Forum Moderator
- Posts: 28182
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:11 am
- Location: Surrounded by Mountains
- Carpet_pissr
- Posts: 20180
- Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:32 pm
- Location: Columbia, SC
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
It's a little busy, but more of a snapshot to show the baby bluebird. Tried to capture how insistent he was, but that's hard with a still shot. This was also taken through a not so clean window.
I tried a couple of things to tone down the too many elements in the shot (slight vignette, slight desaturate around edges), but it's still cluttered. The $%@# finch photobombing in background doesn't help anything!
An alt take might be to crop a bit more.
I tried a couple of things to tone down the too many elements in the shot (slight vignette, slight desaturate around edges), but it's still cluttered. The $%@# finch photobombing in background doesn't help anything!
An alt take might be to crop a bit more.
- Reemul
- Posts: 2750
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:39 pm
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Not shared anything for a long time but here is one I really liked. Went on Narrowboat holiday and met this guy who lives on the canal on his boat.
Narrowboat Folk
Narrowboat Folk
- geezer
- Posts: 7553
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:52 pm
- Location: Yeeha!
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Those are really cool. Do you mind sharing the general process you go through to make them?wire wrote:I've been a bit bored with my photography of late so I've turned to playing around in Photoshop using my photographs as a base for more abstract work. Here are a few examples...no longer photographs but were at one time.
I have a series of them going and the nice thing is I'm finding uses for some of my crappier photos...it doesn't have to be a perfect composition as I'm just needing colors, contrasts and shapes to create these.
- wire
- Posts: 2190
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:29 am
- Location: Monterey, CA
- Contact:
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Heh...hope you are ready for my super complex time consuming Photoshop processing.
Here is a base image I used to create one of my abstract pieces. What I look for are colors, contrast and shapes and it really doesn't matter if the composition is good or not. I'm finding uses for some of my snapshot images which is cool since they are taking up space on my hard drive but I can't bring myself to just delete.
Using Photoshop...
- Make two copy layers of the image
- Using Filter> Blur> Motion Blur
- One layer Angle 90 degrees and Distance 2000 pixels (adjust to preference in preview)
- One layer Angle 0 degrees and Distance 2000 pixels (adjust to preference in preview)
- Select top layer and move through Adjustment Layers until you find the one you like (I tend to use Darken and Lighten the most)
- Use Image Adjustments (brightness/contrast, vibrancy, colors, etc) on each layer as desired
- Save
- Total processing time 5-10 minutes
Here is how the above image turned out
Here is a base image I used to create one of my abstract pieces. What I look for are colors, contrast and shapes and it really doesn't matter if the composition is good or not. I'm finding uses for some of my snapshot images which is cool since they are taking up space on my hard drive but I can't bring myself to just delete.
Using Photoshop...
- Make two copy layers of the image
- Using Filter> Blur> Motion Blur
- One layer Angle 90 degrees and Distance 2000 pixels (adjust to preference in preview)
- One layer Angle 0 degrees and Distance 2000 pixels (adjust to preference in preview)
- Select top layer and move through Adjustment Layers until you find the one you like (I tend to use Darken and Lighten the most)
- Use Image Adjustments (brightness/contrast, vibrancy, colors, etc) on each layer as desired
- Save
- Total processing time 5-10 minutes
Here is how the above image turned out
Last edited by wire on Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:48 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- geezer
- Posts: 7553
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:52 pm
- Location: Yeeha!
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Big img tag not working for me, but I get the point That's a surprisingly simple action for a really cool result. Along the same lines, I've been playing with multiple in-camera exposures, or loooong ICM shots just for the same reasons you cited.wire wrote:Heh...hope you are ready for my super complex time consuming Photoshop processing.
Here is a base image I used to create one of my abstract pieces. What I look for are colors, contrast and shapes and it really doesn't matter if the composition is good or not. I'm finding uses for some of my snapshot images which is cool since they are taking up space on my hard drive but I can't bring myself to just delete.
Using Photoshop...
- Make two copy layers of the image
- Using Filter> Blur> Motion Blur
- One layer Angle 90 degrees and Distance 2000 pixels (adjust to preference in preview)
- One layer Angle 0 degrees and Distance 2000 pixels (adjust to preference in preview)
- Select top layer and move through Adjustment Layers until you find the one you like (I tend to use Darken and Lighten the most)
- Use Image Adjustments (brightness/contrast, vibrancy, colors, etc) on each layer as desired
- Save
- Total processing time 5-10 minutes
Here is how the above image turned out
- wire
- Posts: 2190
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:29 am
- Location: Monterey, CA
- Contact:
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
The big image link should work now...for some reason the other didn't work if you weren't logged into Google.
I like you image...double exposure is fun to play with
I like you image...double exposure is fun to play with
- Octavious
- Posts: 20040
- Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:50 pm
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Haven't really gotten out much at all this summer. Last week of August I have a nice trip planned. We'll be hitting an island in Maryland that has wild horses. If I don't get some good stuff out of that I should just toss my camera out. Super excited as I really have been bored and can't find anything I really what to photograph lately.
Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.
Shameless plug for my website: www.nettphoto.com
Shameless plug for my website: www.nettphoto.com
- Sectoid
- Posts: 3712
- Joined: Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:35 am
- Location: Cydonia, Mars
- Contact:
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
(V)(;,,;)(V) - Why not Zoidberg?
Model Mayhem # 641920
Model Mayhem # 641920
- Octavious
- Posts: 20040
- Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:50 pm
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Couple from this weekend. I better have a ton of photos after my trip next week or I'll be upset.
My Tamron 70-300 is started to grow on me. Soft at 300mm, but if you stop down it's pretty good.
This is a 3 image stack to retain the details. I haven't really done HDR shots before, but it seems pretty simple to achieve. Bracket... Import into lightroom and then merge them. Sigma 17-50
My Tamron 70-300 is started to grow on me. Soft at 300mm, but if you stop down it's pretty good.
This is a 3 image stack to retain the details. I haven't really done HDR shots before, but it seems pretty simple to achieve. Bracket... Import into lightroom and then merge them. Sigma 17-50
Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.
Shameless plug for my website: www.nettphoto.com
Shameless plug for my website: www.nettphoto.com
- Zaxxon
- Forum Moderator
- Posts: 28182
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:11 am
- Location: Surrounded by Mountains
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Very nice.
- Octavious
- Posts: 20040
- Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:50 pm
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Didn't get a lot of pictures on the trip sadly. Just too much running around. Wish I had more time to explore the island.
Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.
Shameless plug for my website: www.nettphoto.com
Shameless plug for my website: www.nettphoto.com
- Reemul
- Posts: 2750
- Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:39 pm
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
The photo below was taken by my son who is 10 on his point and shoot camera with a x30 zoom. Very little editing done and was shot in jpeg rather than raw. AT this year's Bournemouth Air Festival.
Red Arrows
Red Arrows
- Sectoid
- Posts: 3712
- Joined: Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:35 am
- Location: Cydonia, Mars
- Contact:
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
(V)(;,,;)(V) - Why not Zoidberg?
Model Mayhem # 641920
Model Mayhem # 641920