■ The Photography Megathread ■

[BluetoothBoy]

I SHALL POST A PICTURE.



Actually, two...



Taken with a Nikon D50, standard lens.

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[Tetris]

this one is actually desktop-worthy, wow.

well done!

[BluetoothBoy]

Thanks, I consider it my greatest photographic creation yet. :)

[suburb]

I am having trouble sleeping and must post a massive ass dump and anyone with slow internet, I am sorry, but it is too much work processing these down to an interlaced size and re-uploading them.

I do realize these are pics of my family etc.  You will not find me in any of them as I am the camera guy obviously, feel free to give me feedback on them, and these are only a few I selected to share here, I do have better ones I just don't want to entirely share, one is watermarked because it is one of my favorites and I would like it to be watermarked the way I did.  Another is a photoshop image stitching test of 3 different photos, that turned out different I should say.

Enjoy













Feel free to pick your favorite and rate ya know, I have self taught myself photography but I have over 4 years in the broadcast media field doing live productions and camera work so I am not unfamiliar with terms and concepts to video/photography.

Hope you enjoyed

[Sirrus]

#1 is the only worthwhile (non vacation snapshot) photo IMO. Expression on the kid is good, I like the framing & values are all nice. I would render the sky a bit lighter though, for some reason I'm seeing it as a sort of creme color that doesn't exactly appeal to me (is it straight grayscale or is it slightly toned? I can't tell.)

Anyway, I've resigned myself over the last few days to editing old pictures of mine instead of going out and taking new ones. I've been working on developing my editing skills, specifically editing to elicit the original "idea" of the scene, so to speak, that I saw when taking the picture. This has mostly led to better edits of pictures that I already liked, but I have come across some pictures that I had disregarded while originally editing the set, but now realize that I can edit to actually, well, "get" the idea, or visually convey it I guess would be the more accurate thing to say. Here's one of my favorite ones of the set that I didn't think there was anything at first but after revisiting it I found something in it.

[Quintano Man]

Check out my blog for more: http://quintruplutt.tumblr.com/

[Tetris]

what kind of filter do you put on photos like these?

[Quintano Man]

what kind of filter do you put on photos like these?

-snipsnip-

I don't recall specifically, but I generally mess around with brightness, contrast, colour saturation, etc until I have an image that I like. I don't put filters on the lens, I adjust the photos in post. I hope this helps a little

[Tetris]

I don't recall specifically, but I generally mess around with brightness, contrast, colour saturation, etc until I have an image that I like. I don't put filters on the lens, I adjust the photos in post. I hope this helps a little

it does, thanks!

the rose is my all time favorite of yours, btw

[Quintano Man]

it does, thanks!

the rose is my all time favorite of yours, btw

I'm glad it helps :)
Thanks! It's definitely one of my best.

[BluetoothBoy]

Lovin' the pics, Quint! Might I suggest, however, that you up the saturation slightly? Those flowers look a wee bit dreary. Unless, of course, you were going for that feeling.

[Quintano Man]

Lovin' the pics, Quint! Might I suggest, however, that you up the saturation slightly? Those flowers look a wee bit dreary. Unless, of course, you were going for that feeling.

Thanks for the advice! I was definitely going for a somewhat dreary feeling - but perhaps not as dreary as I portrayed. I'll keep that in mind next time :)

[Quintano Man]

Sorry for the double post, but I have some more to share!

This one is my new favourite:


Here are some more:




Here's my blog

[Sirrus]

The "subdued" look you're going for is not good, you should stop doing it.

Here's another way to think of it: If color and form is what originally attracted you to take a picture of a given flower, why not edit to emphasize these traits? Except for some very thought out artistic decisions, it's not a good idea to edit contrary to what drew you to a scene. In fact, your editing should -always- be in line with the reason you took the picture as much as you can manage it.

[Quintano Man]

The "subdued" look you're going for is not good, you should stop doing it.

Here's another way to think of it: If color and form is what originally attracted you to take a picture of a given flower, why not edit to emphasize these traits? Except for some very thought out artistic decisions, it's not a good idea to edit contrary to what drew you to a scene. In fact, your editing should -always- be in line with the reason you took the picture as much as you can manage it.

I feel that I do edit to emphasize the traits that attracted me to a picture, especially with my more recent pictures. I do understand what you're saying though. In my older photos I went quite a bit overboard with the editing - to the point where it looked unnatural. Recently, I've been trying very hard to maintain the original appeal in my images, and it's something that is now always on my mind.
Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it :)