amateur photo thread.

[Dutchyfutch]

My car

 

[Jrichmond0826]

My car

very nice car man

 

[Dutchyfutch]

very nice car man

Thanks I've taken some more pictures

That's me in the background lol

 

[Clark]

iPhone 5

 

[Dutchyfutch]

iPhone 5
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That's so nice

 

[TRLWNC7396]

Actually, that is EXTREMELY impressive! It is Super difficult to get a close-up of ANY animal, much less of one on a finger! Wow! Good Job!

 

[carfanatic45]

All with my iPhone 5. Trying to save up for an actual camera at the moment so I don't have to use my iPhone for photos anymore.

 

[AzNTypeR]

There's a thread for this?

Well, warning ahead: Massive Photodump of pictures from my iPhone;

Edited:

Unedited:

And my personal favorite:

 

[Just1nn_]

@carfanatic45 Those are some great photos, I never realised iPhone 5's had such good cameras. 👍

Some of my photos.

 

[FussyFez]

Taken from my phone

 

[nizmo_bro]

Some of my favorite shots I look last weekend.

 

[Minty]

Last year's ice storm.

Oh wow, that is very pretty.


Anyway, I got these while I was out with my D5200 today while I was hanging around the barn where my sister boards her horse:

This is a different horse, I was just standing by the fence when he walked up to me, and these eyes are some of the most gorgeous I've ever seen on anything:


I then had a very close call with this giant horsefly, and figured I could get a good shot with where he landed:


And then I met up with my sister, and got a little focus on her horse, Indy:


And here she is riding him:


And this is one of the ones that was just sorta watching me out of the corner of his eye as he ate:





And to avoid spamming up the thread with photos I've posted elsewhere, I posted a batch of photos of my car that I'm pretty proud of: Here's the post, and here's my favorite of that set:

 

[Overdrive003]

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[Turtle]

Anyway, I got these while I was out with my D5200 today while I was hanging around the barn where my sister boards her horse:

How do you like it? It's one I'm considering for my next camera, as well as the D5300 and Pentax K-5 II.

 

[WrxScooby]

First shot with my new Canon EOS 50D 17mm-40mm with Variable ND Filter
Storm Over The Peaks
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https://flic.kr/p/oz5g3D

 

[Murcie_LP640]

From the same set as my most recent from the "Post a Pic of Your Real Car" thread:

MCMA_GF8 Rex by Murcie_LP640, on Flickr

MCMA_EG Civic by Murcie_LP640, on Flickr

MCMA_R34 GT-T by Murcie_LP640, on Flickr

MCMA_Galant by Murcie_LP640, on Flickr

MCMA_Skylines by Murcie_LP640, on Flickr

MCMA_Liberty by Murcie_LP640, on Flickr

MCMA_The Lineup by Murcie_LP640, on Flickr

MCMA_Crown by Murcie_LP640, on Flickr

MCMA_MY00 Rex by Murcie_LP640, on Flickr

MCMA_Golf GTi by Murcie_LP640, on Flickr

 

[Jrichmond0826]

First shot with my new Canon EOS 50D 17mm-40mm with Variable ND Filter
Storm Over The Peaks
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very impressive shot, i like it alot.

 

[Azuremen]

First shot with my new Canon EOS 50D 17mm-40mm with Variable ND Filter

Storm Over The Peaks
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Tone the HDR down a bit... clouds generally aren't darker than shadows in the foreground.

 

[WrxScooby]

Tone the HDR down a bit... clouds generally aren't darker than shadows in the foreground.

The conditions were wrong as the sun was almost directly over me and there was a prescribed burn going on behind me which was blowing the clouds out.

 

[Azuremen]

The conditions were wrong as the sun was almost directly over me and there was a prescribed burn going on behind me which was blowing the clouds out.

I understand complex exposure situations, having done more than my fair share of mergers for the sky and landscape, but you've gone too far with the micro-contrast and tone mapping. Being subtle is essential, in my opinion, for HDR photography to not feel gimmicky. What software are you using to create the merger and manage the mapping?

 

[WrxScooby]

I understand complex exposure situations, having done more than my fair share of mergers for the sky and landscape, but you've gone too far with the micro-contrast and tone mapping. Being subtle is essential, in my opinion, for HDR photography to not feel gimmicky. What software are you using to create the merger and manage the mapping?

First off thanks for taking the time to really look at my photo.

I realize I tend to run away with the effects, I have trouble telling where that "too much" point is and what to adjust/not to. Then once I've been staring at the image too long I lose track and don't realize how far I went. I'm trying to get better, I just keep tinkering with stuff when I should just stop.

I have never had formal teaching in photography and just always liked taking pictures so I'm really unfamiliar with a lot of the professional lingo, rules, and terminology. If you noticed in one of the recent Bi-Weekly contests I didn't even know what time of day that was being referred to when I thought I did . When I see people talking about lenses and all that jazz I have no idea what Im reading haha, like how many different types of 50mm and knowing what they do differently and when to utilize them is all a mystery to me.

I always feel so rushed when it comes to taking pictures to, like I should just drive up to a area and see all these great perspectives and start setting up my shots. Then its time to go, I rarely get/spend more then 10mins in a location before I have to leave. Which is just something I have to work on I guess. When I get to a area I all of a sudden feel like I have no idea what I'm looking for, I feel like I don't have great "vision" for pictures.

As for post processing software I use PhotoMatix for the HDR mergers, Lightroom 5(just got it) for touching up, and Photoshop CS5 for elemental manipulations/watermark.

 

[Azuremen]

I realize I tend to run away with the effects, I have trouble telling where that "too much" point is and what to adjust/not to. Then once I've been staring at the image too long I lose track and don't realize how far I went. I'm trying to get better, I just keep tinkering with stuff when I should just stop.

It is a mix of practice and observation. I've overcooked many HDR efforts only to realize that I need to step back and stop tweaking things.

I have never had formal teaching in photography and just always liked taking pictures so I'm really unfamiliar with a lot of the professional lingo, rules, and terminology. If you noticed in one of the recent Bi-Weekly contests I didn't even know what time of day that was being referred to when I thought I did . When I see people talking about lenses and all that jazz I have no idea what Im reading haha, like how many different types of 50mm and knowing what they do differently and when to utilize them is all a mystery to me.

I studied film photography for half a year. In 2005. Digital is entirely self taught and most of my technical knowledge on gear is a result of self study and exploration. Read articles, look into the technology, explore various techniques, and just be curious. Photography is extremely diverse, ranging from liquid photography to sweeping landscape and everything in between, including surreal underwater work and so on.

The tools, techniques, and terms vary from style to style and its just a matter of looking into what interests you. I got into photography because I was inspired by the work of Ansel Adams, which resonated with my small town upbringing in the mountains. My interest has expanded from there, looking into portrait work and a particular interest in Tokyo street photography, especially the work of Alfie Goodrich. Just look for photographers you enjoy and try to understand why you appreciate their work. Look through sites like flickr and 500px, etc.

I always feel so rushed when it comes to taking pictures to, like I should just drive up to a area and see all these great perspectives and start setting up my shots. Then its time to go, I rarely get/spend more then 10mins in a location before I have to leave. Which is just something I have to work on I guess. When I get to a area I all of a sudden feel like I have no idea what I'm looking for, I feel like I don't have great "vision" for pictures.

Pre-visualization is a concept discussed by Ansel Adams, where envision a photo in your mind before you arrive on site, or even see the subject/conditions/weather. This can range from visualizing a mountain pass with clouds gently rolling over the crests to a rally car scattering gravel as it clips an apex, a woman silhouetted against city lights to freezing the wings of a humming bird as it collects nectar. The idea is you understand what shot you want to get before you head out the door. Of course, things can change and you may walk away appreciating a completely different photo after the shoot, but cultivating your mind to think about composition and so on helps immensely.

As for post processing software I use PhotoMatix for the HDR mergers, Lightroom 5(just got it) for touching up, and Photoshop CS5 for elemental manipulations/watermark.

PhotoMatix is a decent bit of software and what I've done most of my HDR type work in. My general workflow for HDR is PhotoMatix and then editing in Photoshop to tweak parts of the images with dodging and burning. I use Lr for watermarks when I export more than Photoshop but I don't generally watermark images because I find it ugly and a bit useless. For most of my images, I just use Bridge to browse the RAW files and open them in Adobe Raw when bringing them into Photoshop. Just a workflow I got use to before I started using Lightroom.

 

[GT5Redsucker23]

Here's my first try at long exposure photography, what do you guys think?

 

[WrxScooby]

Tried taking a moon shot. I photoshopped some stars into the background just for some feel on one of them.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

I live in Massachusetts which means "Meet at Blue Hills" in a Native American language and I live pretty close to that mountain, Blue Hills. Here's some pictures I took of the road that goes up it.

 

[Michael88]

Iceland:

Highlands, the heart of Iceland:

The Krafla vulcano

Geothermal sulfur pools:

Sulfur smoker:

Glacial lake:

Amphibious vehicle:

 

[WrxScooby]

Picture me and my wife took back in 2009 just found it.

Canon EOS 30D
ƒ/3.5
28.0 mm 0.4sec ISO250




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New Legacy GT shots

Canon EOS 50D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L
ƒ/4.5 27.0 mm 1/100 ISO100





Canon EOS 50D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L
ƒ/4.0 17.0 mm 1/200 ISO100

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[Ameer67]

The first Legacy shot @WrxScooby is amazing!

 

[GT5Redsucker23]

This was from Instagram.

 

[Korza]