Official Photography Thread: Vol. ICan'tFindTheLastOne

[dunkahollik]

pics from today at keeneland .. . . my 2nd day with xsi

ALL TIPS WELCOME !! PLEASE HELP !! HAHA

 

[ebayologist]

^level your horizon. if you wanna crop them level then do that but ideally you want to shoot them level. I don't think thats an end all be all problem toyour photos but its def good start.

 

[j2o]

Sup_

Looking over some old pics.

Peace.

 

[seattle206]

nice pano santi! and i like that tower shot j2o.

 

[dream shatterer]

W

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Nice Flikr Santi

 

[qkslvrtypes]

fongstarr kdwallace santi j2o twosickjays - dope stuff

some snaps.

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not too happy with this one....but ehh...trial shot..

i know lighting is still harsh...

 

[mjbetch]

i don't understand how to do bokeh

 

[innoutluvr]

 

[Fong$tarr]

Damn...that is a sick pany shot. The weather makes it that much doper though....AND CLOUDS! Got to love it! Dope stuff....

Love this shot as well. Not sure if it s the lighting or that glow she has, or if it's cause it's black and white, or just cause I can't shootthat type of stuff at all. Dope stuff Quick! Always like your work......

This is from last night at a concert. Shot with my Canon G9. I think I had the ISO way too high but I had to make due since I couldn't bring my DSLR, letalone a camera in general. There not great pics and I shot about over 50 and these were probably the best. Just a lot of bad photos and I am just losing faithin Point and Shoots all together......

 

[ebayologist]

Originally Posted by mjbetch

i don't understand how to do bokeh

There's really nothing to "do" with bokeh. It's just shallow depth of field i.e. low numbered f-stops or opening up the lens. Thereare ways to get it to show up more "bokehesque" with situations like where there are reasonably bright lights in an otherwise dark area, just the waythe light gets picked up bokeh will happen. But if you want really good bokeh there two things, really a good lens (preferably a prime) and shooting film.I'm not really that into bokeh but it basically has to do with the glass and how it breaks down light.


Here is close up of photo of mine I've shown before on here to give you an idea of Bokeh with just daylight. (It's like F4@1/60 shot with 80mm primewhich is roughly the focal length equivalent to a DSLR 50mm)

 

[j2o]

Sup_

Bokeh will be the new panny, hdr, and globe. haha.

Good stuff Quickster I also like that first shot the most.

Also good job on those fong... It came out pretty good for concert type of pics, I can never get those
kind of shots right.

Peace.

 

[the black james bond]

can I get some critiques on the shots I put on pg 129? ebayologist....j20? thanks!

 

[dunks r nice]

Just a few.

 

[hamez3]

Santi that pano is sick
j2o, i love the pic of the water

 

[SVNTI]

Thanks for the comments!

Dope shots everyone.

 

[mjbetch]

but how do you get the heart/star effects with bokeh?

 

[SVNTI]

Originally Posted by mjbetch

but how do you get the heart/star effects with bokeh?

[h2]DIY - Create your own Bokeh[/h2]Wed, 2007-04-25 08:22 - udijw
Bokeh is an adaptation from a a Japanese word meaning blur. In photography this term is used to describe the quality of the areas in the picture which are not in focus.

When referring to Bokeh, we can distinguish some of it characteristics:

- Is the light/dark gradient smooth or sharp?

- What shape will a small dot of light take what it is in the Bokeh area? (mirror lenses for example, create a bagel like Bokeh)

We can play with those two variant to create a special Bokeh.

You will need :

• One large aperture lens (a Canon 50mm F1.8 is used here)
• One sheet of black paperboard

1. Cut and shape the sheet to make a fake lens hood. The Diameter is made so that it snugly fits on the lens.

2. In the middle of the filter the wanted bokeh shape is cut out - in out example a heart is used. I'm not sure how big a hole the shape can be. But you can check it right away by just looking through the viewfinder. On the 50mm lens @ F1.8 a 15mm heart gives a metering value equal to F3.2, so it can probably be a little bigger.

3. Set your camera to its lowest aperture value (completely open).

Here are two shots to demonstrate this technique - one with a bare lens and the other with the hearted hood: (I leave it as an exercise to tell which is which

Here are the parameters for the example shown above:

• Lens - Canon 50mm F1.8
• "Lens hood" Diameter: 70mm (2.75 inch)
• Hole diameter: 15mm (0.6inch)

Here are two more great examples for this technique from RottieLover (note - there only one "real" heart in each picture):

Do you have a cool bokeh? show off on the comments or on the flickr group.

This article was contributed by Karsten Stroemvig (aka Lullaby), see his other great photograph projects


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[lovefortheair23]

Some shots from a few nights ago....

BONUS

 

[crank dat niketalk]

Just bought b/w film

Do I need a specific lens filter? I've noticed some pho's use yellow filter.

Is polarizer a good filter for B/W? Sounds stupid to me since I think pl is for color, but could it give me more depth in b/w film shots?

Gonna do my very first shoot tomorrow with my Minolta and no filters or nothing

edit: how do i get that ghosting effect like ^^^.

about loveforair's pics: 1st is nice...a bit out of focus though. 2nd is cool because the whole trailing feature but I dont like the angle it's at orthe slight tilt, I think it would've looked better if you were on the other side of the street and caught more the building and less glare from the streetlights..3rd pic is niiiiiice...the ghosting effect makes me think it really captures "the city" environment in night life...fast paced, like a blurif you will. But that's just me.

Im feelin it, no jay-z

 

[mjbetch]

thanks santi!!!!

 

[lovefortheair23]

Originally Posted by CRANK DAT NIKETALK

edit: how do i get that ghosting effect like ^^^.

about loveforair's pics: 1st is nice...a bit out of focus though. 2nd is cool because the whole trailing feature but I dont like the angle it's at or the slight tilt, I think it would've looked better if you were on the other side of the street and caught more the building and less glare from the street lights..3rd pic is niiiiiice...the ghosting effect makes me think it really captures "the city" environment in night life...fast paced, like a blur if you will. But that's just me.

Im feelin it, no jay-z

Appreciate it bro. yea i was shooting w/o my gorrilapod that night so I had to keep it balanced on random objects

. Slower shutter speeds capture ghosting.

 

[Fong$tarr]

 

[SVNTI]

^ dope, did you use a Tripod?

I've got a problem. I'm trying to order some prints of some of my pictures, but when I see the "preview" of my picture on the website, itshows that some parts will get cut off. any way I can Resize them my self where nothing is cut off? or does anyone have some sort of resolution chart where ican see what resolution equals 4x6, 5x7... etc.

Thanks.

 

[irpstakid]

^^^ If you resize in photoshop, you could just change it to inches instead of pixels.

 

[Fong$tarr]

Originally Posted by SaNTi0321

^ dope, did you use a Tripod?

I've got a problem. I'm trying to order some prints of some of my pictures, but when I see the "preview" of my picture on the website, it shows that some parts will get cut off. any way I can Resize them my self where nothing is cut off? or does anyone have some sort of resolution chart where i can see what resolution equals 4x6, 5x7... etc.

Thanks.

Naw....I just set it on the ground and just shot it. Second next best thing to a tripod......