The photography thread

Went to paris during easter holidays:
sooo hard to shoot a nice pic in Notre Dame-and I got the feeling that I was the only dumbass who followed the
"No Flash" sign at all...but I think you get that these

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Just liked how it looked in the end

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epic dragon fountain is epic

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not the best pic, but the thing is just like 10" big, good idea to take my tele with me

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in front of the Louvre

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a tree next to Jim Morrisons grave

so, if anyone ever goes to Paris, take your cam with you, sooooo many things to shoot...crazy city
and try to shoot better pictures than I did, but I think better weather would have helped a bit, besides
being a less shitty photographer :D
 
Joematthews said:
I've been shooting full manual for nearly 2 years now, and that image was exposed to deliberately darken the sky. Agree to disagree, although those are possibly useful tips to beginners. The biggest problem with that image is that I forgot to stop down enough to get the background sharp, which is a noob mistake haha.
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Alright then, like I said it looked exactly like those I got from my D80 P mode + contrast settings back in the days :)

Talking about the sky, I don't know why, but there are "those days" when all pictures end awesome, and "those days" when the light is just shit whatever I do and all pictures end crap !
 
Joematthews said:
Tokina 11-16mm unquestionably.

I have the 12-24mm which is a superb lens, but I think the 11-16mm has the same construction, is wider and faster (being f2.8) so is better in practically every way.

Most of my favorite shots were taken on the tokina at 12mm, I think you'll only really use it at it's widest setting. Amazing for interior and exterior shots, architecture and landscape. Shit for portraits :lol:
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I'm slightly concerned that the 11-16mm might be 'too wide', if that makes any sense. I'm mostly after doing session shots, rather than huge interiors, landscapes etc. Generally I prefer to shoot a single subject and stylize it, rather than an entire 'scene'.
 
There are communities and websites specialized in listing all the places like that, I'd love to explore a few abandonned places as well. The most popular being obviously Tchernobyl !
 
LeSedna said:
There are communities and websites specialized in listing all the places like that, I'd love to explore a few abandonned places as well. The most popular being obviously Tchernobyl !
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hell yeah!

there's also an abandoned military island somewhere in japan, can't remember the name but it looked so awesome on the pics i saw!
 
LeSedna said:
Alright then, like I said it looked exactly like those I got from my D80 P mode + contrast settings back in the days :)

Talking about the sky, I don't know why, but there are "those days" when all pictures end awesome, and "those days" when the light is just shit whatever I do and all pictures end crap !
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You know I think on second thought, you are right about the contrast being pushed too hard. I had a look on my phone screen and I could see exactly what you meant. I guess photo editing is like mixing, you need a reference and my reference is not very good as I've just got the computer screens I'm working on haha.

Agree about the sky, I've just come back from a short trip to Porto (which is an awesome city! I'm guessing you haven't moved there yet? I assumed you hadn't because of your location tag). Most of the time it was cloudy and overcast, but the few times the clouds cleared the light was really amazing and getting shots was so damn easy. Will upload some of the best ones later... with less contrast and saturation haha :)

Also Ermz, I'm assuming you've got the kit lens? Well if that isn't wide enough, the tokina is a good bet because I doubt you'll miss the 2mm between 16mm and 18mm. If I remember right you tried or have a 50mm 1.8? If that was too long the the 35mm f2 might be worth a look, or the 28mm f1.8 as both can give some serious background blur when you're right up close to something, but at the cost of sharpness at those large apertures.
 
Soultrash said:
absolute awesome, i love pics of places like this!!!:loco:
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Here are a few of my favourite urban exploration related photoblogs:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/_aurelie_/
http://dedmaxopka.livejournal.com/
http://gakuranman.com/category/adventure/
https://www.facebook.com/illusionislife
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/henryton/interesting/

And here's a photoblog story about the "Battleship Island" you guys were talking about: http://gakuranman.com/gunkanjima-ruins-of-a-forbidden-island/
 
Ronixis said:
Here are a few of my favourite urban exploration related photoblogs:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/_aurelie_/
http://dedmaxopka.livejournal.com/
http://gakuranman.com/category/adventure/
https://www.facebook.com/illusionislife
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/henryton/interesting/

And here's a photoblog story about the "Battleship Island" you guys were talking about: http://gakuranman.com/gunkanjima-ruins-of-a-forbidden-island/
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fucking awesome!!!
i also found that island i was talking about before! :kickass:
 
Amazing link, be sure to check it out !

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2UVV0...photos-from-history-dont-miss-these-pics.htm/

@JoeMatthews : Yeah I used to push contrast to 15 or 20 all the time on Photoshop Lightroom, while the original value is 5, now I don't feel the need unless I'm after the effect (like doing a black and white with barely any grey in between etc). And yeah, I do parallels with audio post prod all the time because you can make a direct analogy between sound waves and electromagnetic waves. Like, I started using curves when I understood the parallel with a frequency analyzer. Didn't change my life but it's another point of view to have on the picture (you can either use your eyes to check if the darkest pixels are 100% black, or you can check the curves and see if there is any gap between dark and the first counted pixels in the pic)

And no I haven't moved in Porto yet, should be happening in the beginning of May :) I find that the best is not necessarily when the sun is the strongest, it all depends, sometimes the hard shadows are a bit too much, while something a little less sunny can have more diffused light. it's a bit like using 1 flash vs using several flashes in studio ! But other than that, it surely help especially on my D80 which still needs quite a lot of light ! What I prefer though is pictures in the morning or the afternoon, when the sun sets for example, there is an hour when the light can be used a very creative way because it's almost horizontal and usually full of colors !

@Ronixis : awesome links !
 
I recently had my first ever SLR experience with a analog camera. All 36 pictures i took were shot in Manual mode and everything like (motion) sharpness and lighting was ok.

Here are some of the pictures:
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just got two old lenses from my dad, both like 35 years old, bought an adapter for my EOS 400D, both fixed
width, one 35mm and one 135mm (owning the kit 18-55mm lense and a Tamron 70-300mm) and they seem
to be pretty cool.
Only took like 5 shots with each lense, almost no processing, just a bit of contrast stuff done, but just really
basic-both shots with the 135mm and just my cat because he was posing for it :D

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/73276802/domino.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/73276802/domino2.jpg

Sure, no great shots or anything special, but for the first try with two old lenses without AF in a room
without good light-seems ok to me.
 
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