amateur photo thread.

[Nico_Ble99]

Shot this one with my Galaxy S4 today. Done some quick editing with PicsArt afterwards.
Original:

 

[WrxScooby]

My first try at light painting... Had no idea what I was doing I just really wanted to try it. Ended up merging around 8-10 pictures and tried blending everything together.

Advice for future attempts? (aside from a more consistent light source)

2 iPhones (Light source)
tripod
remote
Canon 50D
Canon EF 17-40mm

 

[Carlos]

I need to do a better job though. It's not as sharp as it needs to be. I have some time to better myself, next time is 2033

Edit:
Did this one in July

 

[zzz_pt]

Both from yesterday.

it was pretty hard to shoot without a tripod... lol

 

[Clark]

Taken with iPhone 5.

 

[Murcie_LP640]

025 by Ryan Lockwood, on Flickr

 

[Carlos]

Watching a friend his race, the #7 R1 (2015)

 

[zzz_pt]

^ I love that BMW #88

 

[Michael88]

 

[IneedSchool]

Dark Blue by tristanstehrani, on Flickr

Calm by tristanstehrani, on Flickr

Reflection by tristanstehrani, on Flickr

 

[Swagger897]

Here's a few from my recent trip to Amsterdam... More of the city to come..

Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr

Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr

Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr

Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr

Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr

Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr

 

[Nico_Ble99]

Slight editing with Lightroom for Android, photo was taken in April.

 

[carfanatic45]

Vette' vs Z4
Click for full
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[Swagger897]

Petite Le Mans?

 

[Murcie_LP640]

 

[carfanatic45]

Petite Le Mans?

Yep.

 

[GTP_Ingram]

From left to right: Mars, Jupiter and Venus, taken this morning.

Hardly the greatest quality photo you're ever going to see, but I still thought it was pretty amazing.

 

[Swagger897]

I knew I saw seeing cool Wednesday, but forgot to look at it when I got back home..

 

[Shakotan80]

 

[Michael88]

My first try to make an HDR image worth a damn, it looks odd but I'm not sure whats off. Any pro tips for HDR photography?

 

[Swagger897]

I think the sky looks overly bright...

Normally in HDR (not the ones that go full out) you get some darker swirls as such

It all seems a bit flat to me... Not sure where the sun is, but you probably could've used a polarizing filter to give the sky more contrast too. Let me see what I can shape with a .jpeg

 

[Azuremen]

@Michael88 - your sky is too cyan instead of blue. You can use a selective color adjustment layer in Photoshop and bring the cyan back towards true blue and then darken it a touch to provide additional contrast in the sky.

@Swagger897 - you can emulate having a polarizing filter for the sky/clouds by reducing the luminance of the blue channel via HSL. Fiddling with the cyan tones can help smooth the effect.

 

[Swagger897]

Provided he does in fact have an editing program capable of such (I assume so however).

I just gave an example on how it could be brought out naturally rather than in post..

 

[Swagger897]

More from Amsterdam...
Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr
Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr
Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr
Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr
Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr

I found it quite difficult to shoot upwards at the sky at all while I was there, as so much of the sky was blown out... I might go back and redo those in B&W, who knows..

 

[Michael88]

@Michael88 - your sky is too cyan instead of blue. You can use a selective color adjustment layer in Photoshop and bring the cyan back towards true blue and then darken it a touch to provide additional contrast in the sky.

Yeah, I guess you're right. Unfortunately I don't even have PS and most freeware programs are bad at targeting certain tones. :>

So anyhow, just made a quick pick of the city I used to live in (horribly compressed JPEG)...

 

[Swagger897]

What's more off to the right in that frame?


And in other news... Flickr puts adds while people look through my photostream...

 

[Swagger897]

Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr

Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr

Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr

Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr

Untitled by Jacob Buchanan, on Flickr

 

[Andrew R]

Had a little bit of a play just with a phone and vsco after visiting the botanical gardens today. Trying to get interested again really. Hoping to get an iPad around Christmas time so I can use Lightroom and one of those lightning chords to go straight from sd card to the iPad. I really hate using computers so would prefer to just use the iPad. Anyone else do this?

Pictures aren't anything flash after having a look. Doesn't help having a shattered screen.

Edit; Dammit. I'll have to photo bucket the pictures. Thought I could just go straight from vsco

 

[Swagger897]

Had a little bit of a play just with a phone and vsco after visiting the botanical gardens today. Trying to get interested again really. Hoping to get an iPad around Christmas time so I can use Lightroom and one of those lightning chords to go straight from sd card to the iPad. I really hate using computers so would prefer to just use the iPad. Anyone else do this?

Pictures aren't anything flash after having a look. Doesn't help having a shattered screen.

http://andrewryanphotos.vsco.co/media/56359cbd6264da510e1ca3b9
http://andrewryanphotos.vsco.co/media/56359ce66264da510e1ca3ba
http://andrewryanphotos.vsco.co/media/56359bfb6264da510e1ca3b7

I used my iPad first to edit photos from photoshop express. It's sort of like lightroom in a way, but yet it isn't.

I've bought the standalone LR, so I've never tested it out. I do know my photos load SUPER SLOW on an iPad 2, so unless you have anything newer than that, I'd stick with a computer.

 

[Andrew R]

I used my iPad first to edit photos from photoshop express. It's sort of like lightroom in a way, but yet it isn't.

I've bought the standalone LR, so I've never tested it out. I do know my photos load SUPER SLOW on an iPad 2, so unless you have anything newer than that, I'd stick with a computer.

Going to be getting an Air 2 unless I get too impatient saving and just get an Air. Anyone edited on both and can tell me if there is a noticeable difference?