Photography V [Archive]

Rower_CPU

Nov 30, 2003, 03:05 AM

Yet another installment in the ever-growing saga of photography threads...

Previous episodes:
Photography (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40091)
Photography II (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46799)
Photography III (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48068)
Photography IV (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48725)

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I was up at my parent's place in northern California for Thanksgiving and managed to snap a few shots I like.

http://organicallydigital.com/photos/fall_03/

http://organicallydigital.com/photos/fall_03/images/frog.jpg

http://organicallydigital.com/photos/fall_03/images/moss.jpg

tazo

Nov 30, 2003, 03:11 AM

Rower, if we are going every 300 posts or so, can I start the next one [photog thread]? Just sorta wondering...

Nice outdoorsy shots Rower :) Like the colors and DOF.

MacBandit

Nov 30, 2003, 03:24 AM

I took this one last spring. What man builds nature reabsorbs, it just takes time.

http://homepage.mac.com/louiskst/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2003-02-17%2022.58.09%20-0800/Image-5340F00C430D11D7.jpg

zync

Nov 30, 2003, 03:50 AM

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
Yet another installment in the ever-growing saga of photography threads...

Previous episodes:
Photography (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40091)
Photography II (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46799)
Photography III (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48068)
Photography IV (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48725)

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I was up at my parent's place in northern California for Thanksgiving and managed to snap a few shots I like.

That moss is really cool. BTW, thanks for giving links to the old threads as I had asked at the beginning of IV...

zync

Nov 30, 2003, 03:52 AM

Originally posted by MacBandit
I took this one last spring. What man builds nature reabsorbs, it just takes time.

That reminds me of MacMumm's pictures of the three Model A's...I think they were model A's maybe Model T's? I don't know I don't remember :)

MacMumm

Nov 30, 2003, 04:09 AM

Originally posted by zync
That reminds me of MacMumm's pictures of the three Model A's...I think they were model A's maybe Model T's? I don't know I don't remember :)

I couldn't tell you if they were Model T's or Model A's. You are right, that photo looks like it is from the same area where I shot my photo. There is something about old, over-grown autos that make for great photo ops!

Here is a photo I took in Bandon, OR a few years ago. It just seemed to have a bit of an eerie feeling to it. :)

zync

Nov 30, 2003, 04:24 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
I couldn't tell you if they were Model T's or Model A's. You are right, that photo looks like it is from the same area where I shot my photo. There is something about old, over-grown autos that make for great photo ops!

Here is a photo I took in Bandon, OR a few years ago. It just seemed to have a bit of an eerie feeling to it. :)

That is really cool! I love the feeling in it! I might be going downtown, in other words I'll be getting some cool shots :)

MacMumm

Nov 30, 2003, 04:28 AM

Originally posted by zync
That is really cool! I love the feeling in it! I might be going downtown, in other words I'll be getting some cool shots :)

Thanks zync! The strange part about that day was if I turned around behind me, there was barely a cloud in the sky! :)

I think your downtown shots are great, I can't wait to see them! :)

zync

Nov 30, 2003, 04:36 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
Thanks zync! The strange part about that day was if I turned around behind me, there was barely a cloud in the sky! :)

I think your downtown shots are great, I can't wait to see them! :)

Technically I haven't taken any shots downtown :) I've taken some OF downtown :) but not in downtown...there are some cool things in there...like a small park with a cool water feature running through it...

MacMumm

Nov 30, 2003, 04:39 AM

Originally posted by zync
Technically I haven't taken any shots downtown :) I've taken some OF downtown :) but not in downtown...there are some cool things in there...like a small park with a cool water feature running through it...

All the technicalities OF downtown! :p

Here is another shot that seems to have a similar feel to it as the last one...this is South Falls at Silver Falls State Park...

MacMumm

Nov 30, 2003, 04:40 AM

There was something about this shot of Mt. Rainier in Washington State. I always see photos of the entire mountain, so I thought this was fun...

zync

Nov 30, 2003, 04:41 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
All the technicalities OF downtown! :p

Here is another shot that seems to have a similar feel to it as the last one...this is South Falls at Silver Falls State Park...

Trés jolie...

zync

Nov 30, 2003, 04:43 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
There was something about this shot of Mt. Rainier in Washington State. I always see photos of the entire mountain, so I thought this was fun...

I actually like the trees mostly, and the fact that a mountain picture wasn't landscape oriented!

MacMumm

Nov 30, 2003, 05:00 AM

I don't believe I have posted this in any of the many previous pages, so here goes another one...

zync

Nov 30, 2003, 05:11 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
I don't believe I have posted this in any of the many previous pages, so here goes another one...

I think I saw that on your gallery. I think I talked about a thing I was doing with a puzzle, that looks like the older puzzle I can't find. Where is that and what's it called? It's so very beautiful...I love the alagae covered rocks...it's like the water is falling on a beautiful carpet or something...

MacMumm

Nov 30, 2003, 05:17 AM

Originally posted by zync
I think I saw that on your gallery. I think I talked about a thing I was doing with a puzzle, that looks like the older puzzle I can't find. Where is that and what's it called? It's so very beautiful...I love the alagae covered rocks...it's like the water is falling on a beautiful carpet or something...

Yeah, it is in my gallery somewhere. I am working on getting that organized, since it is such a mess at the moment!

The waterfall is named Upper Proxy Falls on the Old McKenzie Highway here in Oregon. I have been there 3 times now, I think it is. It seems that every single time I go, there are new things for me to shoot. You are right, the moss and algae on the rocks looks very soft to the touch. It is way too slippery to find out though! :p

Wardofsky

Nov 30, 2003, 05:19 AM

Nice nature shots everyone, now to balance it out with some urban grunge...

http://home.iprimus.com.au/netgainz/post/trol.jpg

What the trolley said;
http://home.iprimus.com.au/netgainz/post/zoom.jpg

http://home.iprimus.com.au/netgainz/post/read.jpg

Don't worry, I love nature :D
http://home.iprimus.com.au/netgainz/post/rose.jpg

But I live in a city...

tazo

Nov 30, 2003, 11:26 AM

*Lives near a city* ;)

one of my favorite pix of downtown...

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/90.jpg

And you havent been in downtown until you have met atleast 15 of these charactaers:

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/84.jpg

Backtothemac

Nov 30, 2003, 11:35 AM

http://homepage.mac.com/chuck_stacey/PhotoAlbum2.html

I posted this in the IV thread, but I don't think anyone noticed.

So....

tazo

Nov 30, 2003, 11:40 AM

cool cat pix bttm :) I guess ur loving eye's old cam eh :)

eyelikeart

Nov 30, 2003, 12:07 PM

he's loving it... ;)

idkew

Nov 30, 2003, 12:16 PM

LSD in Chicago.

idkew

Nov 30, 2003, 12:17 PM

Michigan Shoreline.

idkew

Nov 30, 2003, 12:18 PM

Barcelona

eyelikeart

Nov 30, 2003, 12:33 PM

Originally posted by idkew
LSD in Chicago.

this one is great...

great composition...like the lights...

tazo

Nov 30, 2003, 12:37 PM

idkew ya have a great eye, why so late to the photog threads? :D

idkew

Nov 30, 2003, 12:58 PM

ah- even during my days as an undergrad in art school, i did not like showing my work.

job

Nov 30, 2003, 01:18 PM

just a question...

has everyone gone digital? i've noticed that a lot of the people posting in these threads are using digital cameras now. am i the only one still on 35mm film? :p

MacBandit

Nov 30, 2003, 02:03 PM

Originally posted by Wardofsky
Nice nature shots everyone, now to balance it out with some urban grunge...

Urban grunge meets nature....

http://homepage.mac.com/louiskst/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2003-02-11%2023.23.31%20-0800/Image-0E10A37B3E5A11D7.jpg

idkew

Nov 30, 2003, 02:23 PM

Originally posted by job
just a question...

has everyone gone digital? i've noticed that a lot of the people posting in these threads are using digital cameras now. am i the only one still on 35mm film? :p

love my digital.

i went to barcelona and shot 300 digital and 500+ film. after scanning the 35mm film (long week of long days doing that) with a nikon film scanner, the 4mp digital look as good, if not better.

35mm/film will still have its place, but it it slowly and surely dieing. give it a few more years and we will have better resolution with a digital device than any film we can afford to use. plus, with sigma's (right?) new ccd, or other innovations, pictures will be razor sharp.

idkew

Nov 30, 2003, 02:29 PM

urban grunge, quite literally

Rower_CPU

Nov 30, 2003, 02:30 PM

Originally posted by idkew
...
plus, with sigma's (right?) new ccd, or other innovations, pictures will be razor sharp.

Foveon X3 (http://www.foveon.com/) CCDs, being used in Sigma cameras.

I went digital for the usual reasons (immediate shot feedback, development costs, convenience) and I've found it to be a great way for people who want to learn more about photography to practice their skills without waste and waiting.

wdlove

Nov 30, 2003, 02:53 PM

Originally posted by idkew
urban grundge, quite literally

Except for the graffiti, the garage door looks out of place. I feel sorry for the poor dogs! :( The young man can easily find a soup kitchen.

CmdrLaForge

Nov 30, 2003, 03:26 PM

Originally posted by job
just a question...

has everyone gone digital? i've noticed that a lot of the people posting in these threads are using digital cameras now. am i the only one still on 35mm film? :p

Nope. Still using regular slides. For nature pictures you simply get the very best experience with slides. They are unbeatable in terms of quality, brilliance, colors.

Cheers
CmdrLaForge

eyelikeart

Nov 30, 2003, 03:44 PM

I've been digital for about about 15 months now. I started out with a Nikon N65, and grew tired of negs & scans & such after a few months. I then moved to a Minolta Dimage 7i, which I learned a TON from. After a little over a year with that, I moved on to my current camera, my Nikon D100.

here's another holiday shot...

creepy? yes... :eek: ;)

tazo

Nov 30, 2003, 03:50 PM

jesus christ eye. do you have some kind of photoshop action that turns everything you shoot into a bizarre and scary figurine? :) Kewpie doll anyone? :D
lmao

Nice work :)

eyelikeart

Nov 30, 2003, 03:58 PM

Originally posted by tazo
jesus christ eye. do you have some kind of photoshop action that turns everything you shoot into a bizarre and scary figurine? :)

u would think so, eh?

tazo

Nov 30, 2003, 04:02 PM

yeah I wish I could get that same effect :) wait! I know...

I am gonna post a shot ala eye...see what ya think :)

CmdrLaForge

Nov 30, 2003, 04:02 PM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I've been digital for about about 15 months now. I started out with a Nikon N65, and grew tired of negs & scans & such after a few months. I then moved to a Minolta Dimage 7i, which I learned a TON from. After a little over a year with that, I moved on to my current camera, my Nikon D100.

here's another holiday shot...

creepy? yes... :eek: ;)

I always used Nikon Cams and still use them. F801, F4 and F80. Definitly the D100 would be my choice as well

idkew

Nov 30, 2003, 04:16 PM

Originally posted by CmdrLaForge
I always used Nikon Cams and still use them. F801, F4 and F80. Definitly the D100 would be my choice as well

My pops picked up a D100 this fall. Great camera. Beats the crap out of his old 8008 + scan anyday.

idkew

Nov 30, 2003, 06:11 PM

Anyone got any cool macros?

tazo

Nov 30, 2003, 07:06 PM

Originally posted by idkew
Anyone got any cool macros?

Whoa..what was that? Did someone say Macro?

:)

[posted before]

http://boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/26.jpg

http://boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/24.jpg

Not really a macro but still, its a small lock and it takes up the majority of the pic ;)

http://boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/77.jpg

idkew

Nov 30, 2003, 07:38 PM

wow- that first one made me not hungry!

what is it? a slug? a root?

eyelikeart

Nov 30, 2003, 07:50 PM

macro.

tazo

Nov 30, 2003, 07:53 PM

Originally posted by idkew
wow- that first one made me not hungry!

what is it? a slug? a root?

heh. The first one is like a shell for a wierd nut of sorts that grows on trees down by a local lake.

Here is the inside of it, filled with water on a rain-soaked lakeside dock...

http://boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/27.jpg

wdlove

Nov 30, 2003, 08:12 PM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
macro.

eyelikeart I'm almost shocked or maybe just a side that I didn't know. I haven't seen a 78 record player in like 30 years. Do you use it regulary?

idkew

Nov 30, 2003, 08:15 PM

well, not really a macro, but i like the three shades.

neut

Nov 30, 2003, 08:35 PM

a fee examples from my Sony 505v: curves edited. no crops.

my tv room...
http://organech.com/images/examples/tv-room.jpg

outside my workplace...
http://organech.com/images/examples/blow-me-out.jpg

on my way home...
http://organech.com/images/examples/its-in-our-back-yard.jpg

peace.

eyelikeart

Nov 30, 2003, 08:37 PM

Originally posted by wdlove
eyelikeart I'm almost shocked or maybe just a side that I didn't know. I haven't seen a 78 record player in like 30 years. Do you use it regulary?

It's actually a Technics 1200, one of the more wellknown turntables that DJ's use. It's not mine either, just a friends. This particular shot was also the first shot I ever took with the Nikon N65 I once owned. ;)

MacBandit

Nov 30, 2003, 08:50 PM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
It's actually a Technics 1200, one of the more wellknown turntables that DJ's use. It's not mine either, just a friends. This particular shot was also the first shot I ever took with the Nikon N65 I once owned. ;)

Technic makes some awesome turntables.

idkew

Nov 30, 2003, 08:52 PM

neut's post made me think of this shot. unfortunately, it is just of my cramped fraternity room glass wear and stereo amp, but the combination of a flash and a 5 second exposure in a dark room is pretty cool with a second light source. might try this sometime with a better execution.

alxths

Nov 30, 2003, 08:59 PM

I don't have anything to contribute but I've been following these threads and just wanted to say that you've all been taking some great pictures.. keep it up.

neut

Nov 30, 2003, 09:15 PM

Originally posted by idkew
neut's post made me think of this shot.

on that same note:

no filter...
http://organech.com/images/examples/no-filter.jpg

grass...
http://organech.com/images/examples/grass.jpg

lets go dance...
http://organech.com/images/examples/lets-go-dance.jpg

peace.

idkew

Nov 30, 2003, 09:34 PM

Originally posted by neut
on that same note:

no filter...

grass...

lets go dance...

you take some nice shots. what is your setup?

eyelikeart

Nov 30, 2003, 09:45 PM

just spent some time playing around in the early Christmas lights around the neighborhood...

neut

Nov 30, 2003, 09:46 PM

Originally posted by idkew
you take some nice shots. what is your setup?

i shoot with a Sony 505v (http://www.steves-digicams.com/f505v.html)...usually handheld.

i shoot very chaotically but i know what i am shooting when i point my camera (be it: lighting, mood, speed). since this a LCD only camera...i am forced to shoot by feeling. my two semesters of b&w photo at the university come in handy too ;).

i still miss my manual...but i hate developing the film...unless i can use salt and crumple the film :) but that's too much fun.

peace.

eyelikeart

Nov 30, 2003, 09:53 PM

Originally posted by neut

lets go dance...

I love that lamp shot!

neut

Nov 30, 2003, 10:03 PM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I love that lamp shot!

its a lamp next to our bed. i have a small series of it dancing.

i like the colors in our room. but it attracts a lot of weird spirits...or maybe thats just the flashbacks. ;)

peace.

MacBandit

Nov 30, 2003, 10:37 PM

As long as everyone is posting photos using exposure tricks.

http://homepage.mac.com/louiskst/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2003-08-05%2010.31.51%20-0700/Image-3F2A2060C76A11D7.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/louiskst/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2003-08-05%2010.31.51%20-0700/Image-3F2A2B3DC76A11D7.jpg

idkew

Nov 30, 2003, 10:47 PM

Originally posted by MacBandit
As long as everyone is posting photos using exposure tricks.

Reminds me of a drunk person watching someone getting ready to vomit with light from a campfire! :)

(hummm.... maybe I have seen that one too many times. Campfire keggers were a weekly occurnace back in High School.) ;)

MacBandit

Nov 30, 2003, 11:27 PM

Originally posted by idkew
Reminds me of a drunk person watching someone getting ready to vomit with light from a campfire! :)

(hummm.... maybe I have seen that one too many times. Campfire keggers were a weekly occurnace back in High School.) ;)

Agreed it does have that feeling. We bonfire keggers back in High School as well. Though when I was taking the photos neither of us were drunk or anything else we were completely sober.

neut

Nov 30, 2003, 11:36 PM

here's some from Halloween:

lone devil...
http://organech.com/images/examples/lone-devil.jpg

abrupt devil...
http://organech.com/images/examples/abrupt-devil.jpg

fly away angel......
http://organech.com/images/examples/fly-away-angel.jpg

peace.

zync

Nov 30, 2003, 11:59 PM

Originally posted by MacMumm
Yeah, it is in my gallery somewhere. I am working on getting that organized, since it is such a mess at the moment!

The waterfall is named Upper Proxy Falls on the Old McKenzie Highway here in Oregon. I have been there 3 times now, I think it is. It seems that every single time I go, there are new things for me to shoot. You are right, the moss and algae on the rocks looks very soft to the touch. It is way too slippery to find out though! :p

I think that was the one from the puzzle. It was such a beautiful puzzle. I think it was missing a single piece though which was kind of annoying :)

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:05 AM

Originally posted by Wardofsky
Nice nature shots everyone, now to balance it out with some urban grunge...

What the trolley said;

Don't worry, I love nature :D

But I live in a city...

I'd have some but I won't be going to downtown until tomorrow, instead of today like I was supposed to :) I like the angle you got on the first one...

Wardofsky

Dec 1, 2003, 12:08 AM

Originally posted by job
am i the only one still on 35mm film? :p

Nope, I'm still a 35mmiller... I've been trying out some 120 Medium format film but it costs a ton.

Digital;
http://home.iprimus.com.au/netgainz/post/lant.jpg

Film;
http://home.iprimus.com.au/netgainz/post/smoke.jpg

I've got a lot of reasons for still using film, but there are a lot of reasons for me to use digital as well.

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:08 AM

Originally posted by tazo
*Lives near a city* ;)

one of my favorite pix of downtown...

And you havent been in downtown until you have met atleast 15 of these charactaers:

That guy's hair looks similar to Johnny Depp's in some of his movies...that's a good picture BTW...it might look better with a slight levels adjustment...

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:11 AM

Originally posted by idkew
LSD in Chicago.

Cool how long was that exposure? What was it shot on? F Stop?

Sorry for the 20 questions...just interested...my friend has an AE-1 and the lense we normally use gives starbursts like that....

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 12:12 AM

Hmmm....Somebody say Long-Exposure shots? Here is a little fun with christmas lights ala Eye :)

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/circus.jpg

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/powerful.jpg

Got a question? The lights did...
http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/questioning.jpg

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/streaming.jpg

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/dsc03077.jpg

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:13 AM

Originally posted by idkew
Barcelona

Interesting subject matter....where were you standing? I didn't see you (didn't look that hard though :))....nice exposure too!

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 12:17 AM

Originally posted by zync
That guy's hair looks similar to Johnny Depp's in some of his movies...that's a good picture BTW...it might look better with a slight levels adjustment...

heh thanks man, means a lot to get comments on my photos...

Here are two new pix, I call them "Anonymous" and "Pilgrim Life"

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/anonymous.jpg

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/pilgrims.jpg

Eye, you continue to be an inspiration to my "work"...

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:20 AM

Originally posted by idkew
ah- even during my days as an undergrad in art school, i did not like showing my work.

Had you been perusing/following the thread prior to posting?

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:22 AM

Originally posted by job
just a question...

has everyone gone digital? i've noticed that a lot of the people posting in these threads are using digital cameras now. am i the only one still on 35mm film? :p

I technically use both but for the moment I only have a digital....my friend has the AE-1 which we usually use as I've said a million times before :)

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:24 AM

Originally posted by MacBandit
Urban grunge meets nature....

You forgot to add, "usually with unfavorable consequences." :)

neut

Dec 1, 2003, 12:26 AM

Originally posted by tazo
Hmmm....Somebody say Long-Exposure shots? Here is a little fun with christmas lights ala Eye :)

nice shots.

yeah, christmas lights are too fun. makes me want to go take a walk downtown to have fun with the lights...if it weren't so freakin' cold out.

peace.

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:26 AM

Originally posted by idkew
urban grunge, quite literally

That's an interesting picture...was she just sitting there or was she just homeless...

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 12:27 AM

Originally posted by tazo

Eye, you continue to be an inspiration to my "work"...

I find that quite incredible...

thanks though man...

I maintain I still have no clue what I'm doing half the time... ;)

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 12:27 AM

Originally posted by neut
nice shots.

yeah, christmas lights are too fun. makes me want to go take a walk downtown to have fun with the lights...if it weren't so freakin' cold out.

peace.

Gotta love parents who love Christmas and all that goes with it :D

originally posted by eye

I find that quite incredible...

thanks though man...

You really shouldnt....

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:29 AM

Originally posted by wdlove
Except for the graffiti, the garage door looks out of place. I feel sorry for the poor dogs! :( The young man can easily find a soup kitchen.

Isn't that a woman!?

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 12:30 AM

Originally posted by zync
Isn't that a woman!?

I though so too..

Speaking of people just sitting down in the middle of a city....

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/87.jpg

Looks pretty comfortable eh? Maybe he doesnt care...

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 12:31 AM

Originally posted by zync
Cool how long was that exposure? What was it shot on? F Stop?

Sorry for the 20 questions...just interested...my friend has an AE-1 and the lense we normally use gives starbursts like that....

f 8.0 15 seconds

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 12:33 AM

Originally posted by zync
Isn't that a woman!?

she sure was.

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:34 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I've been digital for about about 15 months now. I started out with a Nikon N65, and grew tired of negs & scans & such after a few months. I then moved to a Minolta Dimage 7i, which I learned a TON from. After a little over a year with that, I moved on to my current camera, my Nikon D100.

here's another holiday shot...

creepy? yes... :eek: ;)

Yes...it looks like his left eye (his left not ours :)) is twitching...

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 12:34 AM

Originally posted by zync
Had you been perusing/following the thread prior to posting?

nope- not a lurker or poster.

good that i finally jumped in though. if i can brave the cold, i am going to be doing more shooting around chicago. might show you all some of the good ones.

anyone have problems shooting digital in the cold?

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 12:35 AM

Originally posted by idkew
nope- not a lurker or poster.

good that i finally jumped in though. if i can brave the cold, i am going to be doing more shooting around chicago. might show you all some of the good ones.

anyone have problems shooting digital in the cold?

Not really...this shot was taken in about 30 degree weather, pretty icy too...

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/3.jpg

SPG

Dec 1, 2003, 12:40 AM

Originally posted by tazo
*Lives near a city* ;)

one of my favorite pix of downtown...

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/90.jpg

Ughhh! I hope you're not saying that you actually like that monstrousity! Eeeeeww! I know it rains a lot here, but do we really need such a large and ugly umbrella?
(Not a bad photo though.)

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 12:41 AM

Originally posted by zync
Yes...it looks like his left eye (his left not ours :)) is twitching...

word to the wise...

just don't stare at him for too long...

:eek:

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 12:41 AM

Originally posted by SPG
Ughhh! I hope you're not saying that you actually like that monstrousity! Eeeeeww! I know it rains a lot here, but do we really need such a large and ugly umbrella?
(Not a bad photo though.)

That's not an umbrella ;)

That is the grand ballroom of the Washington State Convention center....

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:45 AM

Originally posted by wdlove
eyelikeart I'm almost shocked or maybe just a side that I didn't know. I haven't seen a 78 record player in like 30 years. Do you use it regulary?

I had one :) I believe it could also play 45's :)

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:46 AM

Originally posted by idkew
Anyone got any cool macros?

Probably a few cool ones a few pages back...I'd reupload some but I'm on dialup...BTW sorry I'm probably making like twenty posts in a row but you guys went on without me :)

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:49 AM

Originally posted by neut
a fee examples from my Sony 505v: curves edited. no crops.

peace.

What exactly is the first one? The sky looks like it's on fire in the last one...cool shot and the angle adds some interest...reminds me I have a rainbow shot from today that I have to work on...as you should know rainbows are actually a circle...I have a piture of one where you can really see it...

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:50 AM

SPG

Dec 1, 2003, 12:51 AM

Originally posted by tazo
That's not an umbrella ;)

That is the grand ballroom of the Washington State Convention center....

Yeah I know all too well where it is as I live just a few blocks up the hill from it. I just don't particualrly care for the architecture of it though.

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:52 AM

Originally posted by idkew
neut's post made me think of this shot. unfortunately, it is just of my cramped fraternity room glass wear and stereo amp, but the combination of a flash and a 5 second exposure in a dark room is pretty cool with a second light source. might try this sometime with a better execution.

That's interesting not because of the effect but because of the effect along with the composition...

pooky

Dec 1, 2003, 12:52 AM

Another exposure oddity....

http://band.calpoly.edu/~mtalluto/firedance.jpg

neut

Dec 1, 2003, 12:57 AM

Originally posted by zync
I have a piture of one where you can really see it

lets' see it :)

Originally posted by zync
What exactly is the first one?

it's my tv/stereo room. the lamp has light tentacles and the blue stuff is the tv screen. two walls are painted white...two are red/brown.

it looks pretty normal...except through my camera's lens ;).

peace.

neut

Dec 1, 2003, 01:03 AM

Originally posted by pooky
Another exposure oddity....

cool. fire dancer at practice?

i need to find a good rave to go to...great time-lapse opportunities.

peace.

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 01:06 AM

I got more of 1200's...

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 01:08 AM

Originally posted by SPG
Yeah I know all too well where it is as I live just a few blocks up the hill from it. I just don't particualrly care for the architecture of it though.

wow someone who lives in seattle? AWESOME! we'll have to hang out sometime ;) :p :D

I happen to really like that architechure, pretty dramatic eh :)

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 01:09 AM

Oh yeah, here are some more macros I took today....

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/dew.jpg

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/budding.jpg

neut

Dec 1, 2003, 01:13 AM

Originally posted by tazo
Oh yeah, here are some more macros I took today....

im a sucker for macros...what camera are you shooting them with? what kind of tri-pod?

peace.

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 01:20 AM

Originally posted by neut
im a sucker for macros...what camera are you shooting them with? what kind of tri-pod?

peace.

Heh I love em too...Something beautiful about being that close. For all my shots [that would include all those posted in the photog threads], I have used a 2megapixel Sony Cybershot DSC-P50; borrowed from my library on occasion.

All shots I post are handheld including all the macros.

SPG

Dec 1, 2003, 01:21 AM

I wish I had some photos to post, but all mine are on slides and I don't have a slide scanner. I did just get a digi for snapshots and here's one I just took in Kyoto of my brother and some interesting use of engrish...

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 01:23 AM

Originally posted by tazo
Hmmm....Somebody say Long-Exposure shots? Here is a little fun with christmas lights ala Eye :)

See I was going to go and take some and I was like, nah no one will put them up yet and no one will take photos of them yet...now I might as well not even try :)

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 01:25 AM

LOL zync, they're not that good....I just like the energy they all seem to possess. Ya know I was trying to impress ya all and spell out an 'M' and an 'R', but that didnt pan out ;)

Post some long exposure shots zync...I am sure yours will be awesome ;)

MacBandit

Dec 1, 2003, 01:25 AM

Originally posted by tazo
heh. The first one is like a shell for a wierd nut of sorts that grows on trees down by a local lake.

Here is the inside of it, filled with water on a rain-soaked lakeside dock...

http://boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/27.jpg

Looks like a Chestnut shell to me. I'm thinking the photo of the red spiny object is a unripened chestnut in the husk.

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 01:26 AM

Originally posted by MacBandit
Looks like a Chestnut shell to me. I'm thinking the photo of the red spiny object is a unripened chestnut in the husk.

You probably know more about them than I would...Chestnuts sound about right since I frequently see them scattered on the ground 'round the lake...

You like either pic?

neut

Dec 1, 2003, 01:28 AM

Originally posted by tazo
Heh I love em too...Something beautiful about being that close. For all my shots [that would include all those posted in the photog threads], I have used a 2megapixel Sony Cybershot DSC-P50; borrowed from my library on occasion.

All shots I post are handheld including all the macros.

impressive...most impressive.

i think its time for me to lay of the MD...or just start shooting stoned.

peace.

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 01:28 AM

woops...see next post

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 01:29 AM

Originally posted by neut
impressive...most impressive.

i think its time for me to lay of the MD...or just start shooting stoned.

peace.

Impressive? How so...Trust me, I take plenty of horrrrrrible shots handheld. Macro is pretty damn tough that way, but right now I dont even own a cam so why buy a tripod ;)

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
Yet another installment in the ever-growing saga of photography threads...

http://organicallydigital.com/photos/fall_03/images/frog.jpg

wow rower i didnt even notice the frog in that shot...that is a really awesome capture!!

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 01:29 AM

Originally posted by tazo
heh thanks man, means a lot to get comments on my photos...

Here are two new pix, I call them "Anonymous" and "Pilgrim Life"

Eye, you continue to be an inspiration to my "work"...

Tazo, you're turning into eye :D

MacBandit

Dec 1, 2003, 01:30 AM

Originally posted by tazo
You probably know more about them than I would...Chestnuts sound about right since I frequently see them scattered on the ground 'round the lake...

You like either pic?

The photo of the husk has good composition and nice color. The red one well lets say it could go in a kids book or a, "What is it!?", kind of book.

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 01:31 AM

Originally posted by zync
Tazo, you're turning into eye :D

lmao hence the inspiration! Every one of the pros and all the regular people who post in these threads inspire me to post more pix and to improve...

"You make me want to be a better.." photographer.

:)

Originally posted by MacBandit
The photo of the husk has good composition and nice color. The red one well lets say it could go in a kids book or a, "What is it!?", kind of book.

Heh that a good thing? I like the pic just for that brilliant orange-colored spike...

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 01:32 AM

Originally posted by neut
on that same note:

no filter...

grass...

lets go dance...

peace.

The grass picture is probably the most interesting....your other pictures, including those after these three are pretty cool, but I think the grass is the best. it reminds me of the extrude filter in photoshop converted into real life....

Wardofsky

Dec 1, 2003, 01:32 AM

An old one...

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 01:32 AM

Originally posted by neut
i think its time for me to lay of the MD...or just start shooting stoned.

this has been posted before...

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 01:34 AM

Originally posted by zync
Tazo, you're turning into eye :D

:eek: oh god no...

say it ain't so...say it ain't so!!!!

;)

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 01:36 AM

Originally posted by idkew
nope- not a lurker or poster.

good that i finally jumped in though. if i can brave the cold, i am going to be doing more shooting around chicago. might show you all some of the good ones.

anyone have problems shooting digital in the cold?

No, but I'll go outside in shorts and a shirt in 19 degree weather so i guess I don't count :D

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 01:36 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
:eek: oh god no...

say it ain't so...say it ain't so!!!!

;)

lol I think eye would have to be more afraid should the situation become vice versa ;) I still have no idea how to get that scary DOF with the kewpie doll/or the lawn gnome thingy... :)

neut

Dec 1, 2003, 01:39 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
this has been posted before...

nice. ;)

yeah, i have a few shots of that variety, but i think mine may be a bit much for the board...i think i'll hold off and post 'em on a high times board...

<ahhhhhhh....>

i think i can shoot some macros now. :)

peace.

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 01:39 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
word to the wise...

just don't stare at him for too long...

:eek:

But you have to in order to make sure he doesn't walk away to go get some sort of weapon :D

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 01:41 AM

Originally posted by neut
nice. ;)

i think i can shoot some macros now. :)

thanker...

here's another...

and let's see those macros! ;)

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 01:41 AM

Originally posted by pooky
Another exposure oddity....

Someone on FM (fredmiranda.com) posted an image similar to this for the MA...

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 01:43 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I got more of 1200's...

I wish it were more in focus in the foreground unless that's what you're going for....the reflections on the vinyl, however, are superb!

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 01:45 AM

Originally posted by neut
im a sucker for macros...what camera are you shooting them with? what kind of tri-pod?

peace.

I've got a few in my gallery check out the sig :) it's soon to be moving as soon as I decide what exact domain name I want crisishost to serve :) And the rainbow pic will be up soon...

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 01:46 AM

Originally posted by zync
I wish it were more in focus in the foreground unless that's what you're going for....the reflections on the vinyl, however, are superb!

I shot that while in Pittsburgh hanging out with Moxiemike last October. I was honestly kinda drunk, but it was the color reflections I was going for. ;)

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 01:52 AM

Originally posted by zync
I've got a few in my gallery check out the sig :) it's soon to be moving as soon as I decide what exact domain name I want crisishost to serve :) And the rainbow pic will be up soon...

when you ultimately sign up for crisishost, let em know that tazo, or daniel, or that a-hole from boycottbuymusic.com sent ya a referral there ;)

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 01:58 AM

Since everybody is posting macros, I figured I might as well post my two favorites that were probably posted somewhere back in Photography 1. :)

This was taken along the trail to Proxy Falls on the McKenzie Highway in Oregon...

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 01:59 AM

And the second...taken in my front yard...:)

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 02:04 AM

Originally posted by tazo
LOL zync, they're not that good....I just like the energy they all seem to possess. Ya know I was trying to impress ya all and spell out an 'M' and an 'R', but that didnt pan out ;)

Post some long exposure shots zync...I am sure yours will be awesome ;)

Thanks! I actually liked the last one of yours best....I actually have a few where I used my laser pointer to write messages....I'll look to see if I have any I haven't posted yet :)

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 02:07 AM

Originally posted by tazo
Impressive? How so...Trust me, I take plenty of horrrrrrible shots handheld. Macro is pretty damn tough that way, but right now I dont even own a cam so why buy a tripod ;)

wow rower i didnt even notice the frog in that shot...that is a really awesome capture!!

Believe me, macro is much easier handheld, especially if 1. it's windy or 2. you don't have an easily adjustable tri-plane tripod :)

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 02:08 AM

Originally posted by Wardofsky
An old one...

Rosebush? Very intricate...also trés jolie...

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 02:10 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
thanker...

here's another...

and let's see those macros! ;)

Those bolt shots look great, especially the color cast...makes me want to go under my car and snap pictures of the control arms :)

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 02:11 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I shot that while in Pittsburgh hanging out with Moxiemike last October. I was honestly kinda drunk, but it was the color reflections I was going for. ;)

Then you hit your mark :D

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 02:12 AM

Originally posted by tazo
when you ultimately sign up for crisishost, let em know that tazo, or daniel, or that a-hole from boycottbuymusic.com sent ya a referral there ;)

Will do :D

sethypoo

Dec 1, 2003, 02:14 AM

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
Yet another installment in the ever-growing saga of photography threads...

=========================

I was up at my parent's place in northern California for Thanksgiving and managed to snap a few shots I like.

http://organicallydigital.com/photos/fall_03/

Rower, what type of digital camera are you using?

BTW, what part of Northern California were you in?

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 02:15 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
And the second...taken in my front yard...:)

MacMumm, after seeing your leaf pictures on 5 threads I must say.......

....you need to start a new genre....leaf photography!

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 02:16 AM

Originally posted by zync
MacMumm, after seeing your leaf pictures on 5 threads I must say.......

....you need to start a new genre....leaf photography!

I think the problem is that there are just too many leaves to take photos of around here...then again, I could just be crazy or obsessed! :D

MacBandit

Dec 1, 2003, 02:17 AM

Originally posted by zync
MacMumm, after seeing your leaf pictures on 5 threads I must say.......

....you need to start a new genre....leaf photography!

Hehe the secret is it's the same leaf photos each time. Hare to start a genre without a bunch of examples to start from.:p

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 02:19 AM

OK so I've finished and I can finally post more stuff...this took a little bit of post to get it the way I liked it...the original was washed out because the light was soooo diffused in the atmosphere that nearly everything was white...and adjustment layer and some levels later and voilá, you have a more than 180 degree rainbow...

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 02:21 AM

Originally posted by MacBandit
Hehe the secret is it's the same leaf photos each time. Hare to start a genre without a bunch of examples to start from.:p

True but he has to have more than two! I know I've at least seen three....

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 02:23 AM

Originally posted by MacBandit
Hehe the secret is it's the same leaf photos each time. Hare to start a genre without a bunch of examples to start from.:p

Believe me, there are so many more than just a couple, those seem to be the only two I can find at the moment though. :p

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 02:24 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
I think the problem is that there are just too many leaves to take photos of around here...then again, I could just be crazy or obsessed! :D

Genius is crazy!

edit: and obsessive :D

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 02:27 AM

This THING is a kneaded eraser on my powerbook...actually it's a bunch of kneaded erasers kneaded together...

MacBandit

Dec 1, 2003, 02:31 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
Believe me, there are so many more than just a couple, those seem to be the only two I can find at the moment though. :p

Yeah, sure that's your best excuse? Sounds like a cheap cop out to me.:D :p

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 02:33 AM

I don't really consider this good but I think it has a certain dynamic...this is my car :D

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 02:38 AM

I don't remember if I have this on my gallery...but here's a macro...this flower is somewhat phallic though....

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 02:41 AM

Originally posted by MacBandit
Yeah, sure that's your best excuse? Sounds like a cheap cop out to me.:D :p

You asked for it...first you get flowers...

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 02:41 AM

and then some more leaves... :p :D

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 02:45 AM

This is also not an art shot...just showing you my "new" car....my Saleen S351...ok, so it's not my car, hell it's not even an S351...wrong wheels and the brakes aren't Saleen but man it looks nice doesn't it? It is a pretty sweet GT though...but I'm getting away from myself...ok off looking for actual good artistic shots...

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 02:52 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
You asked for it...first you get flowers...

Those flowers are really cool! Here's something else from campus, the building is overexposed though...I really need to shoot there at night...maybe wednesday night I'll do that...or friday? hmmm....

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 02:56 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
and then some more leaves... :p :D

I like the other one from the same tree (I think they're the same) better...I think...it's hard to pick :)

Tazo, I forgot I need to find a pic of it, but my friend took a pic of me sitting in a chair in pitch black night and yet it was so well exposed that I look like I'm sitting there at like three in the afternoon except the colot looks better...the color is better at night for some reason...

MacBandit

Dec 1, 2003, 03:02 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
and then some more leaves... :p :D

I don't know if this was from this year but I just had to say that we sure had some nice color this year. I remember driving over 58 a month ago and just above Oakridge the yellows and reds were so intense it was incredible.

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 03:05 AM

Originally posted by zync
I like the other one from the same tree (I think they're the same) better...I think...it's hard to pick :)

Actually, there were a ton of different trees along that trail. I think it took my friend and I a good 3 or so hours to hike a trail that is less than a mile long! She is as bad as I am, stopping everywhere to take photos, but it is always great to have somebody else to bounce ideas for shots off of. :)

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 03:07 AM

Originally posted by MacBandit
I don't know if this was from this year but I just had to say that we sure had some nice color this year. I remember driving over 58 a month ago and just above Oakridge the yellows and reds were so intense it was incredible.

Yes, those shots were from this year. We did have some great color this year, some of the best I have ever seen! I just wish I could have gotten out more to different locations.

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 03:11 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
Actually, there were a ton of different trees along that trail. I think it took my friend and I a good 3 or so hours to hike a trail that is less than a mile long! She is as bad as I am, stopping everywhere to take photos, but it is always great to have somebody else to bounce ideas for shots off of. :)

Definitely. I know exactly what you mean :) I did the same with a waterfall in NC. And I usually have my friend with me.

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 03:14 AM

A completely out of character macro for me...

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 03:21 AM

Originally posted by zync
Definitely. I know exactly what you mean :) I did the same with a waterfall in NC. And I usually have my friend with me.

I think all of us here have the same affect on each other. I know I have seen photos in here that have given me more ideas of what to shoot myself that I would have never thought of before.

Again, another out of character shot for me... :p :D

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 03:24 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
I think all of us here have the same affect on each other. I know I have seen photos in here that have given me more ideas of what to shoot myself that I would have never thought of before.

Again, another out of character shot for me... :p :D

Alright, now I'm wondering why you're in the truck :) Also, nice shots...I have a similar shot, except I wasn't moving, in my gallery...

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 03:26 AM

Originally posted by zync
Alright, now I'm wondering why you're in the truck :) Also, nice shots...I have a similar shot, except I wasn't moving, in my gallery...

You have a very legitimate question about the truck...to be honest, my father owns a trucking company up near Seattle, WA. :)

I think your shot is great, there is something about roads that I like, especially in black and white. I have one in my gallery that I took while pretty much laying on the middle of a desert road in Nevada. It is all part of the adventure and fun of photography. :)

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 03:30 AM

This tree reminds me of eye's photos because of the coloring....there's an image in my gallery like that went through a crazy unorthodox, except for me, post production...i.e. this one:

http://helios.acomp.usf.edu/~clay4/img/art/treelight.jpg

anyway here's the one similar to eye's pictures...in hue alone :)

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 03:31 AM

Originally posted by zync
This tree reminds me of eye's photos because of the coloring....there's an image in my gallery like that went through a crazy unorthodox, except for me, post production...i.e. this one:

anyway here's the one similar to eye's pictures...in hue alone :)

I think the coloring in that photo is great. One of these nights when it actually isn't raining, I need to go into downtown where MacBandit and I live near, and take some photos!

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 03:40 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
I think the coloring in that photo is great. One of these nights when it actually isn't raining, I need to go into downtown where MacBandit and I live near, and take some photos!

Go for it, and when I get back into mountainous area I'll take more waterfalls, etc. like this (sorry for the poor quality, 150 or so k is annoying to fit into :) but I'm grateful I can just attach it :)):

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 03:45 AM

OK last pic for the night...this one is also from my gallery....it's also currently the startup image for my s400...there's a bird in the edge of one of the dark bands...you can see it much better on the 4mp image :)

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 03:46 AM

Originally posted by zync
Go for it, and when I get back into mountainous area I'll take more waterfalls, etc. like this (sorry for the poor quality, 150 or so k is annoying to fit into :) but I'm grateful I can just attach it :)):

I love the color of the water in that shot. It is amazing the difference a few minerals can make in the color of water.

I think I am finally getting everything worked out to come in around 100k for my files, so it doesn't bother me as much anymore. :)

This shot was taken in the middle of the Nevada desert...

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 03:47 AM

Originally posted by zync
OK last pic for the night...this one is also from my gallery....it's also currently the startup image for my s400...there's a bird in the edge of one of the dark bands...you can see it much better on the 4mp image :)

I love the 'rays' in that pic! I'm sure it makes a great startup image!

Here is another shot in the desert, taken a few feet away from the last one...

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 03:48 AM

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 03:52 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
I love the color of the water in that shot. It is amazing the difference a few minerals can make in the color of water.

I think I am finally getting everything worked out to come in around 100k for my files, so it doesn't bother me as much anymore. :)

This shot was taken in the middle of the Nevada desert...

Actually that was a post production pic, but I edited it to look mostly like the water...it's probably a little darker than the original water...how are you getting them in 100k or so and at the size you're posting? I can't do it unless I drop the quality way down, on some images, where there is a high saturation...I don't feel like optimizing it...maybe I should...also it seems that my B&W stuff, even when converted to grayscale, is way too large for the amount of colors in it...I like this pic, interesting rock...

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 03:55 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
I love the 'rays' in that pic! I'm sure it makes a great startup image!

Here is another shot in the desert, taken a few feet away from the last one...

This one is better, methinks, than the other one...the perspective is AMAZING! I love the bushes in the front and the rock on the left...great composition...the sky is clear and everything...beautiful, simply beautiful man, good job...I'm interested in what it'd look like in B&W as well as desert shots usually lend themselves to it pretty well, not that I think it would be any better just different.....great shot!

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 03:56 AM

Originally posted by zync
Actually that was a post production pic, but I edited it to look mostly like the water...it's probably a little darker than the original water...how are you getting them in 100k or so and at the size you're posting? I can't do it unless I drop the quality way down, on some images, where there is a high saturation...I don't feel like optimizing it...maybe I should...also it seems that my B&W stuff, even when converted to grayscale, is way too large for the amount of colors in it...I like this pic, interesting rock...

I do the following to get the 100k...

1. Open in PhotoShop
2. Change image size to 72dpi
3. Change image to max 640x480
4. Use the 'Save for Web' option
5. Adjust JPG percentage until it works.

I'm sure there is a much quicker and easier way, but this seems to work well for me. If I was smart, I would just set up an action for numbers 2 and 3! :p

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 03:59 AM

Originally posted by zync
This one is better, methinks, than the other one...the perspective is AMAZING! I love the bushes in the front and the rock on the left...great composition...the sky is clear and everything...beautiful, simply beautiful man, good job...I'm interested in what it'd look like in B&W as well as desert shots usually lend themselves to it pretty well, not that I think it would be any better just different.....great shot!

Thanks! I want to head back down to the area where I shot all the desert photos, I missed so much when I was there last time. I did like the composition well, that was the main reason I posted it. :) Thanks again for your comments!

BTW, here is the same shot in black and white... :)

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 04:00 AM

MacMumm, why is it that the second desert pic looks distorted...it looks surreal somehow...almost as if you shot at the bush and the rocks next to you....how did you shoot it...and what with?

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 04:02 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
I do the following to get the 100k...

1. Open in PhotoShop
2. Change image size to 72dpi
3. Change image to max 640x480
4. Use the 'Save for Web' option
5. Adjust JPG percentage until it works.

I'm sure there is a much quicker and easier way, but this seems to work well for me. If I was smart, I would just set up an action for numbers 2 and 3! :p

You know what? I was just thinking of changing DPI....I'm still at 180 per image :)....BTW I think the B&W version could be improved with some levels...lemme see...if you don't mind I'll mess with it and see what I come up with...

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 04:03 AM

Originally posted by zync
MacMumm, why is it that the second desert pic looks distorted...it looks surreal somehow...almost as if you shot at the bush and the rocks next to you....how did you shoot it...and what with?

I don't know why it looks distorted, I didn't notice until you said something! I was just crouching down in front of the bush, until I found what looked to be right in the viewfinder. I believe I was shooting with a Canon Rebel G at the time, with the standard 28-80 zoom.

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 04:03 AM

Originally posted by zync
You know what? I was just thinking of changing DPI....I'm still at 180 per image :)....BTW I think the B&W version could be improved with some levels...lemme see...if you don't mind I'll mess with it and see what I come up with...

Yeah, I know it could be inproved with levels, I just didn't take the time to fix it. :p Feel free to see what you come up with.

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 04:13 AM

I actually used Channel Mixer, and I would normally use some levels after that but it was perfect...I had to save the color profile with it...hopefully that will work here...

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 04:14 AM

Originally posted by zync
I actually used Channel Mixer, and I would normally use some levels after that but it was perfect...I had to save the color profile with it...hopefully that will work here...

It is amazing what a few commands in Photoshop can do! :)

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 04:16 AM

Well, I guess it didn't...oh well...the sky was a little darker on the top edge that was mostly it...it had a little more contrast among the foreground rocks...I guess you'll have to imagine it :)

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 04:17 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
It is amazing what a few commands in Photoshop can do! :)

That it is!

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 04:22 AM

This should be my last post of the night, I think zync and I have personally completed page 6 of the boards by ourselves! :p :d

This was taken many years ago, but I cannot seem to remember exactly where. :p I just liked the old mining equipment in the middle of the forest...

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 04:23 AM

Make that almost all of page 7, not 6! :D

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 04:30 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
Make that almost all of page 7, not 6! :D

Maybe both :) Everyone else went to sleep...and now I can't remember whether or not I have a test tomorrow and I don't have a sylabus so I have to look online to see if he's one of the like three teachers at my entire university that uses the online system that they pay good money for...anyway I love the mining equipment just sitting there...it's so out of place yet in place...I am done for the night too...you guys have some catching up to do it the morn' ya hear me? :D

MacMumm

Dec 1, 2003, 04:32 AM

Originally posted by zync
Maybe both :) Everyone else went to sleep...and now I can't remember whether or not I have a test tomorrow and I don't have a sylabus so I have to look online to see if he's one of the like three teachers at my entire university that uses the online system that they pay good money for...anyway I love the mining equipment just sitting there...it's so out of place yet in place...I am done for the night too...you guys have some catching up to do it the morn' ya hear me? :D

I hope you don't have too much work due tomorrow! I am lucky, and have tomorrow off from work! Thanks for keeping up the photos posts with me tonight, it is has been fun! I second the motion that there is some catching up to do in the morning! :D

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 04:48 AM

Originally posted by MacMumm
I hope you don't have too much work due tomorrow! I am lucky, and have tomorrow off from work! Thanks for keeping up the photos posts with me tonight, it is has been fun! I second the motion that there is some catching up to do in the morning! :D

Thanks! I don't really...but I don't know if I have a test so I'll get about 4:15 of sleep if I fall asleep in this instant...then I'll come back home, nap, work on my project due on wednesday then go and pick up my girlfriend and take pictures of downtown...yes the end of my day there will be my salvation...taking pictures, but she'll probably get mad at me...oh sad day...at least my semester will pretty much be over this week....I so hope the test is tomorrow because if I've wasted my time going and there isn't a test, I'll be pissed...oh well good night...I had to reply cause I haven't left yet but I will soon...soon I'll have an avatar so that'll make me a little less pissed :D by guys see ya tomorrow night...

tazo

Dec 1, 2003, 09:50 AM

Originally posted by zync
I don't really consider this good but I think it has a certain dynamic...this is my car :D

this is my car ;)

http://www.boycottbuymusic.com/photo/gallery/image/truck.jpg

I see yall did pretty well without me overnight ;) 2 pages, very impressive zync, macbandit ;)

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 10:35 AM

This is nuts...the thread doubled in size since I last posted.

Backtothemac

Dec 1, 2003, 10:36 AM

Just an idea. We need a photography forum.

This is just getting insane.

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 10:40 AM

Originally posted by Backtothemac
Just an idea. We need a photography forum.

This is just getting insane.

Hit me up. It's been discussed already. U missed it a few threads back. ;)

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 10:49 AM

ok, here come several posts. ridding myself of all possible picts to post, forcing my sick self to get out and shoot.

this is something i will never understand, a traffice circle, a massive one at that. In Barcelona, Spain.

Moxiemike

Dec 1, 2003, 10:49 AM

Originally posted by zync
Believe me, macro is much easier handheld, especially if 1. it's windy or 2. you don't have an easily adjustable tri-plane tripod :)

Macro easier handheld?

Obviously you're not doing macro correctly!

If you were, you'd be using, say, a 90-180mm lens ( I love my Sigma 105mm macro) and when you have that long of a lens plus 1:1 magnification, it's almost IMPOSSIBLE to handhold it without the lens shaking around and you being unable to control it.

Add that to any DOF tricks, and handholind macro will result in areas out of focus that you don't want out of focus, and overall, your photos will exhibit camera shake (anything THAT close, at 1:1 with a long lens is gonna result in a shutter speed less that what you can safely hand hold).

Using a flash can help a little bit... but unless you're using a nice ring flash built for macros, you're gonna end up with some shadow from the lens.

Gotta watch your info there Zync. I use a tripod for 90% of my shots, and for 100% of the macro work I do. you just HAVE to.

It's good technique and good habit.

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 10:51 AM

psudo-macro of some of gaudi's work.

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 10:52 AM

gaudi's lizzard. love this guy.

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 10:53 AM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
It's good technique and good habit.

I'll concur, it's better to use shorter lenses and/or tripod if possible. I've been successful a few times handholding in the past, but overall it's been better to do it this way. ;)

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 10:53 AM

5 more..... this is an old cava (champaigne) bottleing machine.

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 10:54 AM

i love the folds in the flower on this one.

three more...

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 10:55 AM

i don't know if you guys get this, but the birds were wild, in a park. choose the one that does not fit. this is a test.

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 10:56 AM

right next to Dali's house.

Moxiemike

Dec 1, 2003, 10:58 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I'll concur, it's better to use shorter lenses and/or tripod if possible. I've been successful a few times handholding in the past, but overall it's been better to do it this way. ;)

Sorry to slightly disagree. better to use longer lenses IMHO. A 90-105 is pretty good. it get you "in tight" with the object but allows your lens to not cast shadows on the subject.

And as you know, up close at 105 (157mm on the d100) you'd need a shutter speed of 150 or so to handhold and keep it sharp and at 1:1 magnification, that goes to about 300 for your shutter speed.

No way are you getting a shutter speed like that if you're shooting ISO 100 or 200 film. :)

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 11:00 AM

I hear u moxie, but I'm talking more in terms of my own experiences. Currently, my only macro capable lens is a 70-300. I can only shoot macro at 200-300, which we both know is much more with the 35mm conversion.

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 11:00 AM

last one. graffiti in spain. my guess is that they meant the US. i saw a lot more than this one. this is just one that i can post when youngin's can view it.

maybe how you all feel after my 10 sequential posts...

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 11:01 AM

macro.

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 11:03 AM

another macro.

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 11:04 AM

and another.

Moxiemike

Dec 1, 2003, 11:04 AM

macro!

Moxiemike

Dec 1, 2003, 11:06 AM

macro 2 since i fubared the last post (eye... erase. pwease!)

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 11:06 AM

and yet another.

Moxiemike

Dec 1, 2003, 11:06 AM

mo macro!

Moxiemike

Dec 1, 2003, 11:07 AM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
mo macro!

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 11:07 AM

mo macro fo dat ass.

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 11:09 AM

and mo mo mo!!!

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 11:10 AM

anudda!

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 11:11 AM

mo fo da tread...

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 11:17 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
anudda!

that guy looks very mischievous

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 11:22 AM

more macro...

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 11:43 AM

eye- your last one reminded me of this.

how 'bout them bones?

eyelikeart

Dec 1, 2003, 11:53 AM

Originally posted by idkew
how 'bout them bones?

nice one... ;)

this one's a cracked skull...or at least what I could see from it...

MacBandit

Dec 1, 2003, 12:00 PM

Originally posted by MacMumm
This should be my last post of the night, I think zync and I have personally completed page 6 of the boards by ourselves! :p :d

This was taken many years ago, but I cannot seem to remember exactly where. :p I just liked the old mining equipment in the middle of the forest...

Oregon is littered with mining equipment. Especially further south towards Grants Pass. The reason is mining claims are free and anyone can make one on public lands. You just have to work the claim to keep it.

CmdrLaForge

Dec 1, 2003, 12:08 PM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
Hit me up. It's been discussed already. U missed it a few threads back. ;)

Sounds good. Where is it ?

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:11 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Macro easier handheld?

Obviously you're not doing macro correctly!

If you were, you'd be using, say, a 90-180mm lens ( I love my Sigma 105mm macro) and when you have that long of a lens plus 1:1 magnification, it's almost IMPOSSIBLE to handhold it without the lens shaking around and you being unable to control it.

Add that to any DOF tricks, and handholind macro will result in areas out of focus that you don't want out of focus, and overall, your photos will exhibit camera shake (anything THAT close, at 1:1 with a long lens is gonna result in a shutter speed less that what you can safely hand hold).

Using a flash can help a little bit... but unless you're using a nice ring flash built for macros, you're gonna end up with some shadow from the lens.

Gotta watch your info there Zync. I use a tripod for 90% of my shots, and for 100% of the macro work I do. you just HAVE to.

It's good technique and good habit.

Silly Mike trips are for kids :)

Seriously, remember I have an S400...had I been using an SLR I would definitely be doing them with a tripod...I'm not an idiot you know :) Didn't mean to get you all in a tissy (sp?)

Moxiemike

Dec 1, 2003, 12:14 PM

Originally posted by zync
Silly Mike trips are for kids :)

Seriously, remember I have an S400...had I been using an SLR I would definitely be doing them with a tripod...I'm not an idiot you know :) Didn't mean to get you all in a tissy (sp?)

I just wasn't really in the mood to see a bunch of out of focus macro shots........

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:17 PM

Mike,

BTW I think I originally posted that to Tazo, which is another reason why I said that...actually I don't think it was to Tazo but about Tazo to someone else...

wdlove

Dec 1, 2003, 12:29 PM

With you guys doing bones it reminds me of my collection of cat bones that I saved from my Anatomy class dissection.

Since you guys are doing all of those Macros, how about a Micro?

By the way I'm really enjoying your pictures.

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:38 PM

Originally posted by idkew
i don't know if you guys get this, but the birds were wild, in a park. choose the one that does not fit. this is a test.

HA! A Quaker Parrot, or Monk Parakeet which is a less common name for them....that's just hilarious...sorry guys I have birds and we have one...it's evil...if you go to it's cage and it doesn't like you it gets so pissed that it can't bite you that it'll bite it's own leg :) It tried to kill my grandfather! It only likes my dad...it's a one person type of bird that will like everyone when it's young but as soon as the attention given it is not equal it's favorite will be the one who played with it the most/nicest...they usually live in palm trees...there are thousands of them in the palms at Busch Gardens here in Tampa and in some areas of South Tampa...

And here is the beast! This is Tico (for some reason Save for Web is yielding smaller files sizes but macrumors says it's too large):

Moxiemike

Dec 1, 2003, 12:38 PM

Originally posted by wdlove
With you guys doing bones it reminds me of my collection of cat bones that I saved from my Anatomy class dissection.

Since you guys are doing all of those Macros, how about a Micro?

By the way I'm really enjoying your pictures.

Actually, micro and macro technically mean the same thing in photography.

Nikon actually doesn't make macro lenses... but MICRO lenses that do the same thing! :D

Neat,eh?

MacBandit

Dec 1, 2003, 12:44 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Actually, micro and macro technically mean the same thing in photography.

Nikon actually doesn't make macro lenses... but MICRO lenses that do the same thing! :D

Neat,eh?

Well technically Macro-photography is the close up photography of objects that can be seen with the naked eye.

Micro-photography is that of taking photos of objects not visible to the naked eye.

I haven't seen any objects here yet that had detail that was hidden from the naked eye of someone with normal vision.

shadowfax

Dec 1, 2003, 12:54 PM

Originally posted by zync
HA! A Quaker Parrot, or Monk Parakeet which is a less common name for them....that's just hilarious...sorry guys I have birds and we have one...it's evil...if you go to it's cage and it doesn't like you it gets so pissed that it can't bite you that it'll bite it's own leg :) It tried to kill my grandfather! It only likes my dad...it's a one person type of bird that will like everyone when it's young but as soon as the attention given it is not equal it's favorite will be the one who played with it the most/nicest...they usually live in palm trees...there are thousands of them in the palms at Busch Gardens here in Tampa and in some areas of South Tampa...

And here is the beast! This is Tico (for some reason Save for Web is yielding smaller files sizes but macrumors says it's too large): hehehe, you beat me to the answer on that one. we have a bunch of Quaker Parakeets (as i have always heard them called) in austin on the St. Edward's Campus. when i lived in New Mexico, though, i actually had a pet quaker named polynesia. She was a funny one.

they're very, very aggressive birds, though i find that they don't bite hard unless you're afraid of them, which i never have been. quakers are also illegal in 5 states because they're so damned noisy. when they get to squawking, it's quite a show, and it's not like listening to the coo of a dove or the whistles of a parakeet. it's like a long, drawn out crow caw, and it's often a good bit louder. they have a sound that distinctly reminds me of a wrathful, slightly masculine mother.

mine liked me pretty well, though. she was a fun bird. I was one of the few people she didn't attack outright, though.

another interesting fact about them is that they are one of the best talkers in the parrot world by most accounts. only African Grays surpass them in that aptitude, and African Grays, the congo type at least, can get to be smarter than most kindergarteners...

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 12:58 PM

Originally posted by idkew
i love the folds in the flower on this one.

three more...

I too like the folds!

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 01:03 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
I just wasn't really in the mood to see a bunch of out of focus macro shots........

Hehe, me either :D

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 01:08 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
macro 2 since i fubared the last post (eye... erase. pwease!)

Your currency shots are great! Was getting the 1 in focus on the dollar intentional?

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 01:08 PM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
anudda!

Your old 'tar! Is it a garden gnome?

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 01:09 PM

Originally posted by idkew
eye- your last one reminded me of this.

how 'bout them bones?

Those would be great except eye got his from the site of some grave robbers :)

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 01:15 PM

Originally posted by shadowfax
hehehe, you beat me to the answer on that one. we have a bunch of Quaker Parakeets (as i have always heard them called) in austin on the St. Edward's Campus. when i lived in New Mexico, though, i actually had a pet quaker named polynesia. She was a funny one.

they're very, very aggressive birds, though i find that they don't bite hard unless you're afraid of them, which i never have been. quakers are also illegal in 5 states because they're so damned noisy. when they get to squawking, it's quite a show, and it's not like listening to the coo of a dove or the whistles of a parakeet. it's like a long, drawn out crow caw, and it's often a good bit louder. they have a sound that distinctly reminds me of a wrathful, slightly masculine mother.

mine liked me pretty well, though. she was a fun bird. I was one of the few people she didn't attack outright, though.

another interesting fact about them is that they are one of the best talkers in the parrot world by most accounts. only African Grays surpass them in that aptitude, and African Grays, the congo type at least, can get to be smarter than most kindergarteners...

I find they bite less hard the older they get, or the more you talk to them before you pet them...it's let me hold it a few times before without attacking but only when I talked to him and he replied...they also won't bite if they're in danger, you can hold him while in the pool if his feet are in the water...he's really strange and pretty smart, but I think my cockatoo is smarter, I mean she can shake hands and get on your hand if you tell her to...though the quaker tells you thank you before you give it food...I don't know...maybe they're both pretty smart...I always heard Minah birds were the best talkers, but Tico there is pretty good at it...the cockatoo can be when she wants...like when she says hello it sounds like a real person...actually it sounds like her previous owner (the wife of a former bucs player)....Coty, the cockatoo, came from Hawaii and grew up with pigs which she used to chase around...she can squeal like a pig, beep like a house alarm, and do many other things...pet birds are some of the funniest creatures you'll ever see, and they're really intelligent...

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 01:16 PM

Did I scare everyone away from page 10? I'll even take more macro shots from the macro duo eye and mike :D

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 01:31 PM

Did I scare everyone away from page 10? I'll even take more macro shots from the macro duo eye and mike :D

zync

Dec 1, 2003, 01:33 PM

Look guys, I got my wings! Er, 'tar! OK I will stop posting mindless drivel...I hope to see you gents later :)

MacBandit

Dec 1, 2003, 01:47 PM

Originally posted by shadowfax
..........another interesting fact about them is that they are one of the best talkers in the parrot world by most accounts. only African Grays surpass them in that aptitude, and African Grays, the congo type at least, can get to be smarter than most kindergarteners...

I always heard Ravens were the smartest birds. They use tools in the wild and can be taught to talk very well.

krimson

Dec 1, 2003, 03:22 PM

my cat :(

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 04:16 PM

Originally posted by MacBandit
I always heard Ravens were the smartest birds. They use tools in the wild and can be taught to talk very well.

afaik, african greys are the smartest. my parentsd have one, and it is definitely very smart. it will sometimes say goodbye to me when i am putting on a jacket or picking up my keys. when the phone rings it will call out my siblings and my names and we have to think for a second about who actually is yelling. not to mention it has the phone ring down so well, the onloy way we can tell it is her is because she has not figured out the correct spacing between rings. she will also recite entire phone conversations from hello to goodbye.

amazing animals, birds. i definitely do not think they should be kept in captivity. if i could, i would release my parent's congo grey, but it would probably not know how to survive.

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 04:18 PM

paint

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 04:24 PM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
macro!

you have some nice shots there. are they taken with a slr? i wish i could get in that close with my powershot s45, but i just can't.

shadowfax

Dec 1, 2003, 04:26 PM

Originally posted by idkew
afaik, african greys are the smartest. my parentsd have one, and it is definitely very smart. it will sometimes say goodbye to me when i am putting on a jacket or picking up my keys. when the phone rings it will call out my siblings and my names and we have to think for a second about who actually is yelling. not to mention it has the phone ring down so well, the onloy way we can tell it is her is because she has not figured out the correct spacing between rings. she will also recite entire phone conversations from hello to goodbye.

amazing animals, birds. i definitely do not think they should be kept in captivity. if i could, i would release my parent's congo grey, but it would probably not know how to survive. not to stray too far off topic, but i disagree about captivity. i think it's neat to keep african grays in captivity--not in puny torturous cages, but in spacious cages and in such a way that they get out a lot. parrots are a lot of fun to interact with, and having seen more than my share of cockatoos, macaws, and african grays, i think they often enjoy it as much as us humans do. ah well.

you should post some shots of your parents' congo.

idkew

Dec 1, 2003, 04:34 PM

Originally posted by shadowfax
not to stray too far off topic, but i disagree about captivity...

you should post some shots of your parents' congo.

i see what you mean, but birds are such "wild" animals. they have wings, and even the little flying matilda, my p's congo does, it does not make up for the fact that in her natural state, she would be flying around free, all day long. matilda has a huge cage that 6 people would easily fit it, but i still feel bad she spends the majority of her time in such a little space. i think birds should be free to fly as they are ment to.

and to staY on topic:

my burner.

MacBandit

Dec 1, 2003, 05:24 PM

Originally posted by idkew
afaik, african greys are the smartest. my parentsd have one, and it is definitely very smart. it will sometimes say goodbye to me when i am putting on a jacket or picking up my keys. when the phone rings it will call out my siblings and my names and we have to think for a second about who actually is yelling. not to mention it has the phone ring down so well, the onloy way we can tell it is her is because she has not figured out the correct spacing between rings. she will also recite entire phone conversations from hello to goodbye.

amazing animals, birds. i definitely do not think they should be kept in captivity. if i could, i would release my parent's congo grey, but it would probably not know how to survive.

I did some research and I'm pretty positive I am correct. The Raven is the smartest bird species in the world. There are specific African Greys deemed the most intelligent birds period but not as a species. Also the Raven and Crow are in the Genus Corvidae which is considered to contain the most intelligent bird families.

http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/wildlife/notes/crows.asp

You have to watch the video of the crow linked to on this following page.

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002905.html

http://www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/brain/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/birds/weeklyfeature/smartestofallbirds/index.shtml

http://www.travelreviewbooks.com/Mind_of_the_Raven__Investigations_and_Adventures_with_WolfBirds_0060930632.html

http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/oct/papr/raven.html