Official "Photography" thread - Page 6

[DAS REICH] Blitz · 12-11-2007, 08:05 PM

whoa, old people

elstatec · 12-12-2007, 10:57 AM

here few of the older cameras my dad has in his collection and thought it might interest.

anti · 12-15-2007, 11:34 AM

top left looks pretty sweet. i see a lot of those i think land cameras they call them whippersnappers; where the lens moves in and out.

Coleman · 12-26-2007, 10:10 AM

Omg Your Tree Is Melting!!!!111

elstatec · 12-27-2007, 06:21 PM

TGB! · 12-30-2007, 11:56 PM

Looks a little underexposed - if you dont mind, my edit of it correcting for exposure:

As for books on techniques; if you're fairly new with one of those in your hands, I would suggest Understanding Exposure, by Bryan Peterson. You'll be amazed at how clearer things become when you understand just how thee three camera mains - iso, aperture and shutter speed - combine together to make a great photo.

elstatec · 12-31-2007, 06:13 AM

to me though that looks over exposed now and just shouts saturation/contrast

TGB! · 01-01-2008, 10:32 AM

The reason I suggested it was underexposed was from looking at the histogram. A lot of people will say "oh thats over/underexposed" and be going off person preference instead of what the numbers say. In the histogram of the original theres alot of information in the darks, but theres nothing past maybe 180 (on a grey scale of 0-255), which means you lost information in the light section of the photograph.

As for the noise (the choppiness you see) - you can see that evidenced in the original photograph as well; I'm guessing that the auto-iso setting chose something a little high, maybe 400 or 800 - not too familiar on how well the D40 handles noise at higher isos, but bringing out the highlights in a photograph will do that.

anti · 01-01-2008, 12:54 PM

wait, i fucked up earlier. my ease up comment was towards sniper101.

i would like a medium between your original elstat and ed's edit. to me, yeah, his is a bit overexposed and crazy. definitely a good shot though. i never look at my histogram, never unless i want to make sure i have information in certain areas. to me; i play it by eye. for the most part it's subjective.

anti · 01-04-2008, 11:49 AM

strvs · 01-04-2008, 04:33 PM

http://taitk.com/photoblog/images/20...6_dsc_9185.jpg

thats rly cool mang

BlackJackal · 01-04-2008, 05:57 PM

whos camera is that? i didn't think you had a medium format like that. i dig that shot highly

Coleman · 01-04-2008, 06:31 PM

i saw this one another website. I thought the idea was pretty cool.

Coleman · 01-06-2008, 08:41 PM

http://bentobjects.blogspot.com/

some cool photography/art ideas on this blog.

edit: http://www.flickriver.com/

Milla · 03-10-2008, 01:10 PM

Just got it lowered, these are really the first real attempt at night shots I have done. Contrast editing in PS.