Fisher Photography - Previously VP_S_Wagon  

Moment

i think the whitebalance treatmeant works well with these photo's

schMick

I like the WB. I'm a sepia freak, so that's no surprise. I was going to suggest sepia+++ing them up... but most people don't seem to like that.

I know you're not into PS much, but maybe if you went for a more sinister/ghostly effect, they might have a bit more impact via atmosphere. Particularly 2 + 3. Make use of the emptyness and age and get it to work for you instead of documenting it. Just some suggestions of what might pick then up a little...

I liked 1 and 4 best, but the steering wheel breaking the dash became distracting in the last one. I could see what you were going for, but I think you needed a few tries with different angles before you got there. Did you take any others of the dash that you can post? It's a really good subject. Do you know the owner?

#1 has been done on a GREAT angle, but a couple of steps back would have helped give just enough breathing space..

- Mick

Twist

Great shots Harry

I reckon next time get someone in black to sit in there and work with that just an idea

Nickle

I hate all you yuppies going away on ur holidays....

And Harry I know your coming back before uni starts but isn't like 3 or 4 days cutting it a little close? When are you gunna get all prepared??? .... or maybe that doesn't actually matter and I'm just bitter that you're going away and I'm spending my holidays doing fuk all.... hopefuly will have my liscence by the time u get bak tho...

Sucks to be me!! LOL.

Thats a gorgeous old car btw, BUT when are you gunna get some photos of that aston martin???? They'll be some quality shots

Nic

vp_s_wagon

Yeh, I am starting to regret not doing number 1 a bit further back. Bit of a bugger.
Oh well, I met the guy who's car it is and it is only about a 2 min drive from my place so I could probably go back.
I don't want to do full sepia, it is too cliché I far prefer this effect. It looks so much less fake.
My PS was done on camera (kinda) I shot the back seat ones at ISO 1600 and under-exposed them, hoping to get some noise... apparently it doesn't want to, and I am reluctant to use filters. I hate doctoring images any more than you can do on the RAW processing.
You are welcome to have a crack at it though. I can send u the un-WB one or the WB originals (I have to warn you, they are un-cropped 10.2mp JPEG's so they are between 6.5mb and 8.5mb each).

I do have another dash one, but I don't like it, so I wasn't going to put it up.
Here it is though. Yes I did mean to over-expose the windows in every shot. I don't want to show the boring, modern suburban street outside the car. I want to keep the mood.


Twist,
I gotta try and find someone willing to get into that car in clean clothes first!

Nickle,
Don't worry the V8 Vantage shots are on their way soon
This is the car I'll doing a shoot of soon:

DR1F7

Oh my fucking god.

Rainey

Harry, I dont mind the colour balance in that last set. I think your best photo was the one of the gauges, the composition works well for me.

vp_s_wagon

I went out and took a few tonight to help me relax after study...

Here they are:
1. 2. 3. 4.

That little kid was playing in the middle of the road while his mum was getting pissed with her freinds, when I got out of the car, after almost running him over because i didn't see him, his mum started abusing me and trying to hit me because i picked him up to get him off the road!
I parked and sat about 100m away, within 2 mins, the kid was back off, wondering around the water's edge, his mum had no idea where he was... So i kept and eye on him till they took him home... Some people!

Anyway, that's my rant

Harry

Moment

i really like those first 2 shots hazman.

well done mate.

Ghetto Panda

Slack as shit parents i hate em' if i go out somewhere i'm watching my son like a hawk and he is 6. Great photo's Harry loving the colours your getting with the new cam.

parko

The first is brilliant! Well composed'& beautiful colours.

POTW... haha

vp_s_wagon

cheers,
I was kinda hoping for one of these two to be nominated.
http://image-cache.boostcruising.com/forum...72117216156.jpg
http://image-cache.boostcruising.com/forum...11682345379.jpg
Oh well, shit happens.

Harry

puzzle man

number 1 find the composition a little cluttered.
but numer 2 is nice

_andrew

Your've got a nice dust spot on number 2...right in the middle! lol

But I agree with puzzle man!

schMick

I've been thinking about what my opinion is of these. Composition is fine. Perspective is good, colour is great - rich and saturated, but there was something that kept me wondering. I think it is the lights. They're clustered together in all of them... I'm sure that going back and playing around with the angles will nail it for you on another night if you explore a bit further. See if you can balance them out a bit more somehow.

Maybe a wideangle will help to spread the lights out more? Although, it looks as though you might've used one when considering the prespective. Perhaps it's just the way the lights have been placed and your angles. Keep at it. It's a great location. What aperture/shutter settings were you using?

- Mick

CJPhotography

Hi, how are you findin the d80, clarity looks sick!

zmit

yeah. one comment on the second last shoot..... HOW! do u get that kind of surreal imagery :S clarity is spectacular and it looks so surreal.

(ur gonna absolutely kill me if u say photoshop )

vp_s_wagon

There is no Photoshopping in them, other than very basic RAW editing. I can't explain how, it is just right place, right time. You have to wait for the right lighting to get a decent shot. Put some effort in and you would be amazed at what u can achieve.

Mick,
I used an f.22, 30 sec, ISO 100, 18mm.
Yeh, I wish i had a 10-20mm, but I am wayyy too poor too get anything else, oh well, I might get one later on.

Harry

vp_s_wagon

I couldn't resist.
I went to the Red Bull Air Show.
I took 180 shots. Kept 100 of them, most were lost to dodgy panning.

I used ISO 250-320 and shutter speeds of between 1/2500 and 1/4000 it is fkn hard to get, the planes go 400km/h. I hate only having 200mm, Lance I want ur lens for this shit.
I did a couple of panning ones at 1/200. At 400km/h, that's all u need.


Here is some good old photo whoring.
I should probably put this in the events section too.

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 9.
10. 11. 12. 13.
14. 15. 16. 17.
18

Enjoy.
C&C welcomed as always.

Harry

Moment

not bad mate.... i don't think you really need to "pan" with these things... the only thing moving is the propellor, and i had motion blur of them at 1/2000.

Looking at number 11, its a sharp pan, but fuck me... your lens and or sensor is fucking filthy.

You should try doing some tighter crops on all of them i reckon, put the 10.2 mp of the d80 to good use

vp_s_wagon

I kinda like the slightly wider stuff, it gives more perspective, but yeh, I should give some tighter stuff a try. They were still about 5mpixels after cropping.
I had no idea my sensor was so dirty till today. I'm going to clean it now.

Harry

Ronza

Sounds like a freaking awesome trip Harry. I've been to South Africa once, probably one of the best holidays I've ever had, didn't take many photos (twas in my pre-photography craze) but I'm sure you'll be back with a swag of shots.

schMick

Once again - WOW.

I like the simpler ones that ended up sharpest (IMO #8 & #10) best. The action shots are good but as you said, would need the longer lenses for them to really stand out. A bit of breating space in some is fine. Crops where possible are also desirable.

Wish I could have been there. Looks like you were in a decent location too.

vp_s_wagon

Here are a couple of Moment-Like 100% Crops from some of my shots.

1. 2.

Harry

Rainey

Ooooh! I would love to shoot something like that... You lucky buggers!

I liked no. 17 for some reason. And yes that sensor is filthy!!!

Major

yah 17 is nice... none of them really stand out tho... would be hard to get a good shot i think... if harry cant do it who can ?? (me)

vp_s_wagon

I recon I could have got some good shots at the Red Bull Air Race with a longer lens, I really needed at least 400mm to get some clear shots.

A few random shots from my walk today...

1.
Nikon D80, ISO100, F16, 1/25, 78mm

2.
Nikon D80, ISO100, F9, 1/25, 22mm

3.
Nikon D80, ISO100, ISO100, F22, 1/25, 18mm

Harry

53XEH

i like number 10 n i think 5 would look good as a verticle crop

Major

ahh is number 3 a dude smoking cones ?

SITH 1

400mm lens would be great for the Air Race.

the last photo realy hurts my eyes to look at it.

vp_s_wagon

Yeh, I can understand that. Those clouds are pretty o/exposed.

vp_s_wagon

Nah, it's a drug-fucked aboriginal girl sniffing paint out of a fanta bottle... Some guy she was with was telling me to take shots of her and put them everywhere so that people knew how she was ruining her life.

DR1F7

Fucking chroming.

HOON69

great pics love the board walk one the best

vp_s_wagon

A Few randoms from today;


Nikon D80 1/20th, F.25 ISO 100, 65mm


Nikon D80, 1/500, F.10, ISO 400, 200mm


Nikon D80, 1/4000, f.10, ISO 400, 18mm