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Nick_
Post #141
Some more. Been going through them and working on them in between photoshop crashes. |
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9th June 2008 - 03:49 AM
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Nick_
Post #143
Last two. QUOTE(TD 06 @ Jun 9 2008, 09:56 PM) [snapback]1282450606[/snapback] love the beach one, in your last set, i really like the comp of no.1 but the sky looks like the shadows and highlights have been adjusted too much? i dunno ive never done hdr Which no1? The church one taken like last weekend or the Bridge shot? - Just went through and numbered the latest set. |
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revhead888
Post #144
hmm the last one looks cozy.. lol :S |
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revhead888
Post #149
yea my biggest problem is lens flare as well... drives me crzy |
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Nick_
Post #150
A handful from the archie prac day. First time using my 50mm EF-S II whilst panning and I must say that I was not really impressed, mainly because with the crop-body I didn't get really that much room to work with (1.6x50=80mm focal length). Should've put on the 17-85 BUT it was getting dark fast (17-85 is 4-5.6 50 is 1.8) and also ad that to the fact that I couldn't get there any sooner than 4:50 which was pretty shithouse. Drifting had already been going since 4. |
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Ghetto Panda
Post #152
More ISO for sure at least 400 or higher i would even drop the shutter to 40th or lower. |
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Nick_
Post #153
Yeah i started on 80th f/1.8 ISO 100, then 320 then 400 whilst sticking around the 60th-80th range. Eventually it just got too dark and the 50 wouldnt hunt because of low contrast even at f/1.8. |
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Nick_
Post #154
Well I decided to do something completely moronic and sold my 40D. |
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Nick_
Post #155
This old truck at Bracken Ridge has caught my eye quite a few times so last night I went and did some painting. Not real great, had more ideas but a road train with no one in it, all grown over, dark night and random noises all added to my nerves and bailed after about 10 or so exposures as well as the fact the Nissin flash was slowly running out of batteries (a minute to refresh in the end). |
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gravy
Post #158
i definitely like the truck.... my style of photo.. what i wouldve done tho is have the truck more towards the bottom of the photo if you get me, it kinda seems to be floating around the centre of the photo... what would look real mad would be to get like the stars and moon in the background, or something in the background.. next time maybe try offsetting your objects from the center of the photos.. those 2 flicks have the objects almost perfectly centred in the photo and it kinda looks a bit 'staged' if you get me.. |
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Nick_
Post #160
QUOTE(gravy @ Jun 22 2008, 05:24 PM) [snapback]1282510791[/snapback] i definitely like the truck.... my style of photo.. what i wouldve done tho is have the truck more towards the bottom of the photo if you get me, it kinda seems to be floating around the centre of the photo... what would look real mad would be to get like the stars and moon in the background, or something in the background.. next time maybe try offsetting your objects from the center of the photos.. those 2 flicks have the objects almost perfectly centred in the photo and it kinda looks a bit 'staged' if you get me.. hope you dont take that the wrong way, i really love the photos, just throwing a few ideas around... nice work  Haha nah mate, it's CC, that's the idea! I know what you mean too, I did try the rule of thirds rather than have heaps of sky etc, the moon wasn't in the right position either and I couldn't shoot it from the other side because of the fence. I did frame it that way though as I wanted a lead up to the truck rather than start the bottom of the frame with it but that doesn't mean my ideas are always the best. I shall get back to take some more snaps of it soon - it doesn't look like it's going anywhere! Oh and that's cool Matt. I'll just hunt you down and trash your shit. |
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bergie_318is
Post #161
hahaha i know exactly where that truck is! ive always had that idea of going and somehow trying to get some interesting photos of it! go past it like twice a week! where bouts on the northside are you nick? |
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Nick_
Post #162
QUOTE(bergie_318is @ Jun 24 2008, 10:46 AM) [snapback]1282519028[/snapback] hahaha i know exactly where that truck is! ive always had that idea of going and somehow trying to get some interesting photos of it! go past it like twice a week! where bouts on the northside are you nick? and the city shot is nice. the reflection is great, also i agree with what gravy said about the truck, more back ground like stars, moon etc would of made it awesome Yeah it was a pretty starless night and without being able to move around too freely because i wanted a lot of foreground i kinda had to give that up. I'm like.. a decent walk from that truck in Deagon near the KFC and Red Rooster. Next time I'm going to try for a morning shot with the sun just peeking over the building and doing some HDR and tone mapping on it. |
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bergie_318is
Post #163
yeah i rekcon a morning shot with it would be better... jsut think off all that fog that lays around that area would add some great effect to it. |
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Nick_
Post #165
Weeeeeee, eBay goodies arrived yesterday. |
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Nick_
Post #166
Well I had a quick play with my optic slave, which is pretty shit because the on-camera flash nails 99% of the picture so it was actually kinda pointless.. I just liked this pic |
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Ghetto Panda
Post #169
I dig your truck very cool shot would have been cool to do a really long exposure like a minute or two, but then it would'nt have that darkness to it but me likes anyway. |
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Nick_
Post #170
Yeah I don't have a remote yet so I can't really do the bulb, also cars go past there often so I also think perhaps the headlights will mess with it, and the lights on the wall of the grid next to the truck would flare like a mofo.. |
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Nick_
Post #171
Well today I went and checked out a church in the CBD and happened to tag along to a tour of it as it's only finished being built after the foundation stone was laid in 1901 (Yes! I actually listened!), Here is some beginners HDR. |
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Ghetto Panda
Post #172
First one just looks like the different exposures used don't match up exactly and gives it an uneven look. Second one is better but people in the bottom corner i find distracting not to mention it isn't straight. Third is definately a winner looks very good maybe a little contrast or something to give it some pop it would look unreal. |
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bergie_318is
Post #173
agree completley with panda, the third is the money maker there. i just started out HDR myself, sucks when you dont have a camera auto bracketing, but luckily you do! |
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Nick_
Post #175
Haha yeah, it was insanely hard to try and get straight shots when im not allowed on half of the floor etc.. with some old dude boasting to me he's been photographing this place for 35 years and im not to do what he can do etc.. rah rah whatever champ, then he has a drool over my camera and whips out a massivel-awesome 3MP compact - eh! what a pro! QUOTE(bergie_318is @ Jul 3 2008, 12:06 PM) [snapback]1282559174[/snapback] oh and nick what do you use to process your HDR photos?? I open my pics in Adobe Bridge and then Merge To HDR in the Photoshop (CS3) menu. Sometimes I don't use AEB so its no big deal man, just use spot metering, meter the high, mid and low spots and then you know what shutter to set to - don't adjust your aperture though or it'll be all half fuzzy and stuff. |
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