amateur photo thread.

[Ibonibo]

^Awesome find 👍

 

[Swagger897]

sure is clean on the inside though

 

[Swagger897]

Okay @Ibonibo I have a question for you again (or anyone else that shoots at night)...

Do you use a grey card before you shoot, or if you don't, do you keep you white-balancing in auto or a select scene?

On my shots, they always turn out grey when in fact it should be white on black, thus making me tinker with the values in lightroom...

 

[Ibonibo]

Okay @Ibonibo I have a question for you again (or anyone else that shoots at night)...

Do you use a grey card before you shoot, or if you don't, do you keep you white-balancing in auto or a select scene?

On my shots, they always turn out grey when in fact it should be white on black, thus making me tinker with the values in lightroom...

I don't use Auto white balance, as on long series if the cam changes inbetween, it makes it more difficult later. I batched treated all my images in LR later (on quite a few sliders).

 

[Swagger897]

I don't use Auto white balance, as on long series if the cam changes inbetween, it makes it more difficult later. I batched treated all my images in LR later (on quite a few sliders).

Yeah... That's the mistake I made then, as some were different than others. Normally I'll leave it on an incandescent condition, but this time I didn't

I just wonder how it would actually work if I did choose to use a grey card, because I don't think it would pick up much of the scene. But again, the whole point of them is to find the correct exposure..

 

[Azuremen]

Do you use a grey card before you shoot, or if you don't, do you keep you white-balancing in auto or a select scene?

On my shots, they always turn out grey when in fact it should be white on black, thus making me tinker with the values in lightroom...

I haven't used a grey card in years... outside of a view things for video production classes. But for stills and stills for time-lapse, panoramas, etc. the RAW files are so flexible there is no reason to bother with the white balance settings. And I mean in virtually all situations I just leave it on Auto and figure it out in post.

As for finding the "correct" exposure for a night scene where you are interested in stars, I don't feel a grey card would make much difference.

 

[Swagger897]

As for finding the "correct" exposure for a night scene where you are interested in stars, I don't feel a grey card would make much difference.

Yeah... that's what my mind was pointing to...

Tomorrow though I'm thinking about stopping by BestBuy to see if they have any these:
SanDisk Extreme PRO SDHC/SDXC UHS-II Memory Card

Not sure if the D3200 has a certain write speed, to the card but I'm thinking if I do more of these time-lapse shoots, just a 5 minute clip is going to take some 5,000+ shots...

 

[Shaun]

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[Swagger897]

My focusing skills need some more work...
Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr

 

[IneedSchool]

Maid of the Mist VII by tristanstehrani, on Flickr

IMG_5026 by tristanstehrani, on Flickr

IMG_4979 by tristanstehrani, on Flickr

 

[Swagger897]

I've decided that I'll be selling my Pentax Super Program.

I have not taken shots with it, or had any developed, but I can if anyone is interested. It is not listed on CL or eBay yet, so if anyone is interested PM me.

 

[SPhilli911]

I'm not a pro by any means, but I do enjoy photography as a hobby. I took this picture a while back and I really liked it. Not usually big on black and white, but this works for me.

 

[Carlos]

At work, my view from the office; the storm is coming..

Few minutes later, you couldn't see a thing;

And it ended so beautifully (looking to the left instead of right on the above 2);

Excuse the quality, taken with my phone

 

[Swagger897]

Made a grey/gray card with a few swatches I had laying around. Does the job quite nicely in comparison to the actual colors... Hopefully it wont be so switchy again tonight..

 

[Sp3edst3r]

These are probably some of my fav images :')

 

[GTRacer22]

Maid of the Mist VII by tristanstehrani, on Flickr

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[Swagger897]

Working on a timelapse video somewhere between 1-3 minutes long...

Never realized how long this is going to take.. and how many battery swaps too.
Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr

 

[Mike Rotch]

^ I think the placement of the house is exactly right

 

[Mike Rotch]

Whoa, double.

 

[Swagger897]

^ I think the placement of the house is exactly right

Yeah, I'm glad the way it turned out... For being just in my front yard and this being the only opening to the sky I have, I like it very much.

I never thought I'd be able to see Polaris though, as it's a high inclination than my other house..

 

[IneedSchool]

For Business Reasons by tristanstehrani, on Flickr

Ferris Wheel with Too Much Blue by tristanstehrani, on Flickr

Inspiration and What Bog Sends by tristanstehrani, on Flickr

 

[Murcie_LP640]

So while these are a couple months old I went to AVCon 2015 and had my first real attempts at cosplay portraits. Of course the paid pros blew me out of the water but I didn't do too bad I reckon for having a kit lens and no other equipment on hand aside from a tripod.

Spoiler: AVCon 2015 Saturday

002 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


004 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


006 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


008 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


011 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


012 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


014 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


019 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


021 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


023 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


024 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


026 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


027 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


029 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


032 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr

Spoiler: AVCon 2015 Sunday

001 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


006 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


008 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


011 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


013 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


016 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


017 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


019 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


020 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


021 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


022 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


024 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


026 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


028 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


029 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr

I also got myself a 50mm prime today and took some quick test photos:

Spoiler: 50mm tests

sicem2 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr


rose by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr

sicem3 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr

 

[ProjectWHaT]

As some of you may know, I've moved from Massachusetts to Kentucky. Before I left, I took these photos.

https://flic.kr/s/aHskjVY6AV

IMG_7795 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


IMG_7887 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


IMG_7924 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


IMG_7966-2 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


IMG_7969 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


IMG_8141 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


IMG_8190 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


IMG_8216 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


IMG_8362 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


IMG_8659 by Harry Dang, on Flickr


IMG_8732 by Harry Dang, on Flickr​

Yes, I'm a strong believer of the Rule of Thirds.

 

[IneedSchool]

Nature Mang by tristanstehrani, on Flickr

Trees Mang by tristanstehrani, on Flickr

Fireplace by tristanstehrani, on Flickr

 

[Swagger897]

These are some of my favorite shots. I still have one large panorama to finish up but looking at the results of the second picture here, I might of screwed up by not shooting high enough...
Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr
Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr
Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr

 

[Azuremen]

Like the first one, curious to see how it would feel with the sign and white post thing clone/stamped out.

 

[Swagger897]

Like the first one, curious to see how it would feel with the sign and white post thing clone/stamped out.

Yeah... I don't have PS and didn't really attempt to do much in LR with it, even though I knew it would be a problem when I was shooting.

The first and last one also suffer severely from merging the shots, as some are darker than others(look at the tree right where all the branches branch out).

In the first one there is also a blend I tried to do halfway up the frame. Although it's only on one side of the milky way, I'm thankful it appears like there's another blur on the right side almost parallel to it.

Here is also the other one I was afraid would turn out bad, but actually didn't. I thought I didn't arch the camera up high enough to get a taller result like the second one, but it turned out well.
Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr

 

[Azuremen]

I like that one as well, though it looks like a frame didn't line up to the right of the dock. Are you adjusting for vignetting before merging, as I found that can be an issue on fast lenses, especially when shooting the sky.

 

[Swagger897]

though it looks like a frame didn't line up to the right of the dock

No, it's actually pretty close as far as the dock goes. We had a bad drought and it did bend a few docks when they sat on the shores, this was one of them (if you're talking about how the walkway seems level but the actual dock looks kilted to the right a bit).

Are you adjusting for vignetting before merging, as I found that can be an issue on fast lenses, especially when shooting the sky.

No on this too. I had to put all of the shots into Microsoft Image Compositor because I find that when I adjust one image and sync them all, or adjust every image individually, I'll get different results. So I ended up just adjust the entire thing at the end. I know you get better results when doing them individually, but on a 6x3 (plus three shots, there are 21 here alone) it gets kinda difficult.

 

[Michael88]

I should probably use more ISO next time but I'm still happy with the result.

Here is also the other one I was afraid would turn out bad, but actually didn't. I thought I didn't arch the camera up high enough to get a taller result like the second one, but it turned out well.

Thats very nice, I really like it!