The photography thread - Post your own work!

[Dan!]

Right girls, theres a similar thread on another forum I use which seems quite succesful, has over 1500 pages and is bumped up pretty much every day, so I thought why not give it a go on here as theres a fair few photography people among us and everybody loves a good photo!

No real rules tbh, just post up any of your own stuff as you wish and try to keep comments positive or constructive, if you think somethings crap then explain why and how it could be better etc.

Hopefully a thread like this will encourage me/others to take the camera out more often and try new new types of shots etc.

Off the top of my head, I expect to see some good stuff from Carlos, SRowell, Moonstone2.0, Dum-dum, and hopefully a few others :think:


Anyway il kick off with a few old-ish ones I took probably 2 weeks ago. Got some newer ones il hopefully get uploaded tonight, too.



Meow by Daan!, on Flickr


Tudor Galleries by Daan!, on Flickr


Wounded by Daan!, on Flickr


Broom by Daan!, on Flickr



Also, would be good to know what cameras/settings were used, if you can remember. The above were taken on my Fujifilm Finepix S2500HD, cant remember the settings though :roll:


Your turn! :dance:

[Matt]

i only take pictures on my iphone. cant afford a really good camera lol

[Dan!]

My camera only costed me £100

*Its not how expensive it is, its how you use it (But I do want a better camera....)

[beccaboo]

some nice edits there lol x

[Matt]

dan where the hell did you get that?
i want!!

[Dan!]

some nice edits there lol x

Thanks, lol?

dan where the hell did you get that?
i want!!

Ebay, pretty much the going rate for that make/model camera, was loads around at that price when I was looking for one...

[beccaboo]

i dont edit my work lol

[Moonstone2.0]

Sorry about the logo but its how i had them on my website..

some wintery ones to stay seasonal

[beccaboo]

some nice work there hun

[Dan!]

i dont edit my work lol

Thats cool, I do :clap:

[beccaboo]

i dont edit my work lol

Thats cool, I do :clap:

u being sarcastic lol :dance: :dance: :dance:

[Dan!]

u being sarcastic lol :dance: :dance: :dance:

Im just being me haha! Personal preference to edit you own photos or not isnt it :violin: Lets see some of your stuff then!

[beccaboo]

ha ha ha i shall post some stuff up when i get on computer at weekend all my work there as i just use a netbook day to day

[Moonstone2.0]

Photography is an art form and it doesn't change that whether its edited or not.

To say that you dont edit your photos and to the people who are "anti editing" have you ever developed your own film and developed prints? There are different ways to develop film which change the way the negative looks, there are different ways to print to change the appearance. It is near to impossible to recreate "identical" prints with a home developing kit i.e darkroom, enlarger, chemicals..and that's what I love about b&w film photography. All camera's take photos with their manufacturer's underlying settings and technological design so in effect the digital photographs are pre edited to how the manufacturers and designers want it to look like :p This is not to say all photos should be post-processed and I try not to cause it is very time consuming but a photograph is the photographers final product not the raw template which is taken at the moment.

Long live film but I also hope digital gets better and better.

There is absolutely no shame in post processing...what would landscape photography be if the original film photographers didnt want to "burn" or "dodge" their prints to make their masterpieces because "it wasn't as it looked"? would be a tad boring

Not criticising but noting my humble opinion

[mark_airey]

See my light painting thread for pics, I might stick some up later though

[ginge191]

Abandoned


Vine


Stuck


Twiggy


Stop


Half of these using a 8mp digital phone camera, never had funds to purchase a decent camera

C&C welcomed

[Dan!]

Well said moonstone 8-)

Mark, dont be such a lazy twunt :hand: You must have some more decent stuff to put up, I forgot you liked photo stuff!

Ginge, Cant see any of your photos, although im on my work PC so it may just not like where they are hosted.

[burnmw]

i dont edit my work lol

Thats cool, I do :clap:

Not sure whether to post this here, but there we go...

Perhaps we can have a section on "How-to"? For instance that first shot of yours Dan looks superb and I'd love to be able to do something similar.

So maybe a section that details what software was used/techniques etc? Or some links to other websites with "Dummy" guides?

[ginge191]

Ginge, Cant see any of your photos, although im on my work PC so it may just not like where they are hosted.

straight from sphotos with facebook, i can imgur host them if need be : :geek:

[Carlos182]

Was thinking of doing this thread myself. You bumder.
Anyway, pretty sure these were ISO 100, using either bulb or 30sec exposure. White balance from 9000k down to 5500k with a M2/M3 colour filter.

[Dan!]

That would be an idea Burnmw, although feel free to just ask in here aswel if you want, helps keep the thread alive and full of info

That first shot was just taken in colour and then editted using photobuckets built in edittor, which lets you use a tool called 'colour splash', which means it turns the whole photo B&W and then you highlight the areas you want to be brough back into colour. I did it with that photo to bring out the cats orange fur more and try to get the focus on the car rather than the backdrop.

Ginge, that'l be why, fb's blocked at my work! No worries about re-hosting them just for me, il be able to see them later if not

Carlos, well gay! Great minds think alike though :dance: I like that last one alot, cool photo 8-)

[ginge191]

carlos does your tripod shake?!

[Moonstone2.0]

Good work carlos! I did some astro work the other month..will see if i can dig it out tonight..not as easy as it would seem! cant earth just stop rotating for just 30 seconds! :p

[burnmw]

Anyway, a few topical ones of my own (from last year), camera is a Kodak Easyshare Z650.


Would have been perfect if that Transit wasn't in the way, didn't notice it was there when I took it

[Matt]

carlos some pictures look pretty cool. also ginge,thats some pretty good quiality pictures there with a camera phone

[Carlos182]

That would be an idea Burnmw, although feel free to just ask in here aswel if you want, helps keep the thread alive and full of info

That first shot was just taken in colour and then editted using photobuckets built in edittor, which lets you use a tool called 'colour splash', which means it turns the whole photo B&W and then you highlight the areas you want to be brough back into colour. I did it with that photo to bring out the cats orange fur more and try to get the focus on the car rather than the backdrop.

Ginge, that'l be why, fb's blocked at my work! No worries about re-hosting them just for me, il be able to see them later if not

Carlos, well gay! Great minds think alike though :dance: I like that last one alot, cool photo 8-)

Cheers bud :romance-wub:
Just guessed on the point of focus. Was pitch black so couldn't see jack shite. Same goes for the other too shots, hence why they're as soft as foooooooooook.
Haven't been able to go out taking any photos for a while, too much coursework

[Carlos182]

carlos does your tripod shake?!

As Moonstone said, it's actually the earth moving rather than the tripod. :o

[Carlos182]

Good work carlos! I did some astro work the other month..will see if i can dig it out tonight..not as easy as it would seem! cant earth just stop rotating for just 30 seconds! :p

True that, got a remote shutter release in the post now so should make life a bit easier.
Going to try some star trail stuff when it comes, 'bout 5/10 minute exposure and see what's what

[Dan!]

REally like your second and third shot Burnmw, shame about the transit in the first, I always end up with crap like that in the background of my shots

[ginge191]

carlos does your tripod shake?!

As Moonstone said, it's actually the earth moving rather than the tripod. :o

wow... thats quite an exposure there!
i apologise!