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Old 11th July 2008, 11:46     #161
Fatty
 
Absolutely, it was winking at me, but I didn't catch that on camera :>

Crocos I like the shot of the strings, but I agree with the others that it would have been much better if the in-focus area wasn't blurry.

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Old 11th July 2008, 12:01     #162
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Snowy Church:
This one reminds me of COD4 for some reason.
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Old 11th July 2008, 12:04     #163
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I mean on the microphone shot Crocos, would have been wicked if the camera was still.
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Old 12th July 2008, 03:03     #164
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Hmm.. I notice a lot of people seem to be using HDR or something..

what is the general opinion on using it? obviously it makes the picture look better, but I can't help but feel that its cheating :/.
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Old 12th July 2008, 08:38     #165
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Hmm.. I notice a lot of people seem to be using HDR or something..

what is the general opinion on using it? obviously it makes the picture look better, but I can't help but feel that its cheating :/.
That is what nerds use to get into photography

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Old 12th July 2008, 11:30     #166
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Stuff
 
^ looks familiar. reminds me of the time i had to return a shiny precious ring to its maker
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Old 13th July 2008, 20:29     #167
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^ looks familiar. reminds me of the time i had to return a shiny precious ring to its maker
Considering that particular place was 3 o'clock to my right, you're not that far off the mark... we are talking about Dolph Lundgren in Universal Soldier right?
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Old 18th July 2008, 13:03     #168
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Old 18th July 2008, 13:10     #169
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Old 18th July 2008, 13:17     #170
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Thumbs up

This thread has a whole lot of awesome in it.
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Old 18th July 2008, 13:21     #171
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http://www.madmaxii.co.nz/Near%20Saria.jpg
Very nice
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Old 18th July 2008, 13:39     #172
flic
Dee Hast Mish
 
Gareth the Stripey Mule

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Old 18th July 2008, 14:20     #173
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Hey Flic, great shot, nice close and personal. However for that A+ mark you need to get the front most eye of the animal in focus, it seems to have focused on its side instead Also, if you framed the zebra on the right hand side instead of the middle, it would have made an awesome desktop background.

Hopefully taken as constructive criticism
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Old 18th July 2008, 14:22     #174
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I shall try again !!
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Old 21st July 2008, 10:52     #175
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Old 21st July 2008, 11:24     #176
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Dildo Factory?

p.s cool shot
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Old 21st July 2008, 11:36     #177
Juju
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Battersea power station - nice.
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Old 21st July 2008, 16:05     #178
Pleb'a
 
Photo from San Marco's Square in Venice, Italy around midnight (the only time it's not busy!)



http://www.flickr.com/photos/drewbro...7606266017636/

Few more of my europe photos, plenty more to go up in the next week.
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Old 24th July 2008, 17:35     #179
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Old 24th July 2008, 19:56     #180
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Wow Madmax, I love that. Its stunning. Would you mind if I used that as wallpaper. It would look awesome on a wall framed. I stared at it for ages.
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Old 24th July 2008, 20:29     #181
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Wow Madmax, I love that. Its stunning. Would you mind if I used that as wallpaper. It would look awesome on a wall framed. I stared at it for ages.
Hardout, that's so nice man.
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Old 24th July 2008, 20:42     #182
madmaxii
 
Thanks Mickey
Yeah - I think it's something special too. Taken on a rainy day in the Harem area of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul - end of April this year. A high res image can be found here (4+MB). If any one wants to use the image for non-commercial use they are welcome. Anybody else please contact [email protected]

http://www.madmaxii.co.nz/turkey/IMG_0384.jpg
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Old 24th July 2008, 20:45     #183
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nice madmaxii

also nice shots above, but i'm pretty bored of building and landscape shots.
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Old 24th July 2008, 22:24     #184
madmaxii
 
Mickey, a bit more info about the photo. Tulips are the flower of Istanbul and this was taken towards the end of the annual Tulip festival, held in April each year. Hence, the slightly drooping and missing heads. It reflected the mood of the day but not the mood of the country. A wonderful place to visit with wonderful people.
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Old 25th July 2008, 10:38     #185
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This is a screen grab from my video camera using a 35mm adaptor. Shot with a Canon FD 50mm f1.4 lens.
I was casually filming my cat 'Runty' one morning when he was in one of his psycho moods attacking my toes as I sipped my coffee on the front steps, absorbing the morning sun like a reptile, gearing up for my day.

Briefly, he looked into the camera with such love and adoration in his eyes which is usually reserved for when he’s hungry and wants feeding.
I found this moment in time particularly charming.
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Old 25th July 2008, 10:51     #186
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While a nice shot, his "look of love an affection" still looks to me like "I'm gonna cut you up!"
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Old 25th July 2008, 12:38     #187
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Mickey, a bit more info about the photo. Tulips are the flower of Istanbul and this was taken towards the end of the annual Tulip festival, held in April each year. Hence, the slightly drooping and missing heads. It reflected the mood of the day but not the mood of the country. A wonderful place to visit with wonderful people.
Thanks for the background. Im a dutch girl so am drawn to the tulip like a magnet, I didn't know it was the flower of Istanbul. Kinda cool.
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Old 27th July 2008, 14:14     #188
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THE ZOMBIES ARE COMING!!!
Taken yesterday opposite side of the Western Hutt Road from Bowland Petone. Some folks were filming for a music vid
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Old 28th July 2008, 20:50     #189
TnT
 
No shots, but I have just purchased an Epson 9880 Pro hehehe.

Can you say canvas prints.
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Old 28th July 2008, 20:53     #190
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I'm pretty close to buying a Nikon D60 now. Especially since I managed to receive a bit of FREE MONEY, it takes the price down considerably.
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Old 29th July 2008, 09:51     #191
Ashley
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This one reminds me of COD4 for some reason.

I thought the exact same thing...
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Old 29th July 2008, 15:45     #192
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No shots, but I have just purchased an Epson 9880 Pro hehehe.

Can you say canvas prints.
Canvas prints.

Fucking awesome printer, got the baby sibling myself (R2400). Killer monos from the beast.

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I'm pretty close to buying a Nikon D60 now. Especially since I managed to receive a bit of FREE MONEY, it takes the price down considerably.
Dooo eeet!
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Old 29th July 2008, 20:37     #193
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was bored - so I was mucking around at home:
lightbulb
fireplace 1
fireplace 2

Lightbulb was shot at a bulb on a dimmer switch, fireplace 1 & 2 are of my fireplace - the 1st being metered off the flames, and the 2nd metered off the wood.

Question: what are people's techniques for shooting in conditions like this?
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Old 29th July 2008, 21:02     #194
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Fucking awesome printer, got the baby sibling myself (R2400). Killer monos from the beast.
Yeah, we're going to be using it for dust jackets for our Photobooks. But the idea of being able to do 1.2 x "however long the roll of media is" meter prints is , and I've seen some of the canvas media, it opens up a whole new world.
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Old 29th July 2008, 21:18     #195
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Pic of an Uberprint or it didn't happen!
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Old 29th July 2008, 21:26     #196
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Dooo eeet!
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Old 29th July 2008, 21:29     #197
crocos
 
Quote:
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Through the Fire and the Flames
Have you been playing certain console games again...?
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Old 29th July 2008, 21:56     #198
lektronimo
 
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was bored - so I was mucking around at home:
lightbulb
fireplace 1
fireplace 2

Lightbulb was shot at a bulb on a dimmer switch, fireplace 1 & 2 are of my fireplace - the 1st being metered off the flames, and the 2nd metered off the wood.

Question: what are people's techniques for shooting in conditions like this?

Are you trying to get more light in the image? If so, chuck the camera on tripod or table, put it in Shutter Priority and dial in around 2 sec on f/8, and go from there. Camera metered off the bright flames, giving you a reasonably sharp image of the fire at the expense of dark surround.
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Old 29th July 2008, 22:49     #199
crocos
 
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fireplace 1 & 2 are of my fireplace - the 1st being metered off the flames, and the 2nd metered off the wood.

Question: what are people's techniques for shooting in conditions like this?
I'm assuming you're wanting to capture the detail of the flames.

Going into fire I usually go for around ISO 400 or 800. I shoot off three pics using the exposure bracketing function with the camera in Aperture Priority mode (so it's got the depth of field I want), work out by looking at the histograms & the pics (check for blown highlights mainly) what shutter speed I need, switching to manual & transfer the settings, mount on tripod is generally not needed, as you're better to try & slightly underexpose then enhance a little in post, but can be useful if you're wanting to do a HDR or panoramic photo.

These two were taken at ISO 800, 1/100 and 1/50 sec respectively. Lens was a Lensbaby 3G @ f2.8, sweet-spot centred to capture the detail on the log.





I prefer the 1st one, which has a VERY leftward-bias histogram, with a slight blow-out caused by the flame showing over the grate at the bottom.

If I wanted more detail of the actual flames themselves, I'd go for higher ISO and shutter, drop the aperture down to 2.0, and clean up any excess noise in post with Noise Ninja.
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Old 29th July 2008, 23:47     #200
Menace
 
Man.. some awesome images in this thread!

A couple of my random travel pics...









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