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8/18/2009 1:28:44 PM

Few shot from the Javelin/Lonnie Walker/Future Islands show last week. I wish I would have brought my flash. It was soooo dark.

Future Islands.












Lonnie Walker.




Javelin.

8/18/2009 6:35:48 PM

some of those are really cool, ronny

8/18/2009 9:50:13 PM

Come on, no one else wants to post? I've finally been taking my camera out of the bag after what seemed like forever.

























Raleigh Times Reuben. Fantastic.

8/21/2009 3:24:37 PM

anyone know of some abandoned properties around raleigh? i don't mind a little light B&E

8/21/2009 3:46:04 PM

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8/22/2009 2:38:05 PM

tower pics, D40.

8/22/2009 8:45:46 PM

upload those to something other than tww

8/22/2009 9:35:28 PM

I am proud of the shit I've taken this weekend.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/royalphotos/

8/24/2009 12:26:05 AM

I <3 the one of manners and j.z.

8/24/2009 12:27:58 AM

page 2 and 3 have more...which is why I posted a link instead of embedding them here...

8/24/2009 12:30:57 AM

8/24/2009 1:02:25 PM

Here are some pics from the G10. All of them shot handheld except for the night one, which was taken leaning the camera on a handrail. Most of them unedited other than cropping. Came out fairly clear and accurate, if a lot less saturated than the ones out of my old P&S Lumix and Fuji.

[Apologize for the epic pic bombing, but these should load very fast]





















here are couple with quick and dirty picasa edit





So how do you guys post/host your creative photos? Obviously mine are currently linked straight out the Facebook album, i know at minimum Facebook strips EXIF data, are there other major deficiencies? Is the scaling/compression tool on Flickr a lot better than one on the facebook (there seem to be a quite a bit of aliasing and some compression artifacts on FB uploads)? Or do you scale it withing your image editing program first and then proceed to upload flicker-friendly size pics? Finally, who is using what for your image touchup/editing (Picasa/GIMP/photoshop come to mind, any of that free stuff that came with the Canon worth even installing??)

Ronnie, are the twilight/night pics from your last post HDR pics or not?

Also, does anyone use any sort of reference point when doing color correction/brightness/contrast adjusting? when viewing on my glossy 22'' HP at home, these look a shit ton more colorful and sharper than when checking them out on my work laptop.. I know color calibration of the monitor has been discussed earlier in the thread, but it there a way to have a visual color true color reference open on the monitor at the time of the edit, like those gray and color scales they use in camera reviews?

[Edited on August 25, 2009 at 5:11 PM. Reason : pics in the post above are noticeably more colorful]

8/25/2009 5:04:20 PM

I cannot even begin to tell you all how much it weighs on me that I don't take my camera out much any more, and that I have such a horrific backlog of pictures to deal with. We're talking last year's road trip, the holidays, a wedding, and now my honeymoon.

I'm beginning to feel like I don't even deserve my camera anymore.

[Edited on August 25, 2009 at 5:07 PM. Reason : ^I love the reflecting pool one! ]

8/25/2009 5:06:28 PM

very nice set Igor! Love the KTM, even though it's a cheesy monocolor.

Facebook does a bad job at downsizing and doesn't save the pics in high enough jpeg quality so you will see some compression artifacts and aliasing from the poor interpolation software. It's best to resize it yourself then upload of web applications, but most big name photo storage websites usually have a pretty decent photo resizer straight on the site.

It's also a good practice to just reduce your upload time when sizing for web (like 800x600). Flicker should have a pretty decent tools, as does picasa for being free. GIMP as well. Not sure if you can do image or batch processing with GIMP, but it's really easy with photoshop to resize a whole set.

I only use Photoshop to do all of my edits in it, but you can use Lightroom 2 or Aperture to do simple edits. Although, I've never really caught on LR2 or Aperture because it doesn't jive with my workflow.

8/25/2009 5:13:22 PM

^^I'll take it.

8/25/2009 8:50:55 PM

going to scenic places tomorrow.. hopefully that will lead to more practice shots!

8/27/2009 7:10:27 PM

i really like those shots Igor

8/27/2009 7:26:18 PM

^^ i was at the prado last week, myself

8/28/2009 9:04:44 PM

Cheburashka in the desert?

8/28/2009 9:12:30 PM

Great stuff so far. I REALLY wish the head wouldn't have been cut off the camel in that silhouette shot.

Awesome start.

8/29/2009 12:16:07 AM

One of the conductors (below) is working on a book about railroading and wants to illustrate it with my stuff from around the engine yard. He doubles as brakeman so he takes me pretty much everywhere I need to be to shoot from the inside. The top pic is another conductor on his last day and shift, totally spent from a busy season. I tweaked the photo only so far as to get him to switch hands.

8/29/2009 7:39:22 AM

Trying to find photographers that don't completely suck and are in my price range is a lot more difficult than I imagined

8/29/2009 7:44:41 AM

I've noticed a lot of talented photographers in this thread, many that know what they're talking about. So I would be really interested to hear feedback/criticism on my photos. Right now I'm thinking I want to become more serious about photography so be honest.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmitter5/

to see what the 'popular-interesting' photos are at least according to flickr use the flickriver link.
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/schmitter5/popular-interesting/

thanks

8/29/2009 9:48:15 AM

^^^Try correcting the exposure/color/contrast/saturation in the first one a bit. It just looks bland and washed out.

And the second photo is backfocused pretty bad.

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8/29/2009 10:46:55 AM

see if you can fix that green on his forehead too

8/29/2009 10:56:46 AM

8/29/2009 11:54:17 AM

^ I really like that one kiwi. good job.

8/29/2009 12:46:19 PM

I'm heading to the Panthers game tonight and was thinking about taking some pics. What settings would you guys recommend for a night game under the lights? Using a D40 w/ 55-200 VR lens.

8/29/2009 1:49:08 PM

A press pass and a longer/faster lens.

8/29/2009 10:24:28 PM

8/29/2009 10:33:18 PM

rad couch

8/29/2009 10:35:17 PM

Quote :

"^ I really like that one kiwi. good job."

Second that. Awesome shot. I wish my colors would come out that great

8/30/2009 1:22:02 PM

i'm pretty sure that pic ain't raw homie.

8/30/2009 4:24:54 PM

8/30/2009 9:55:14 PM

haha no, it's not raw but thank you for the compliments!

8/30/2009 10:17:12 PM

8/31/2009 5:28:59 AM

sweet pics casanova

8/31/2009 5:31:10 AM

woah... an actually portfolio quality shot by kiwi... I thought I'd never see the day. nice!

Oh, if you guys haven't heard, Canon just released info on a new body, the 7D. it's basically a 1D, 5D mkII, and a 50D combined for 1699. I'm sadden with all of the nice features it has that should have been on the 5DmkII. But one down side is that it's still on a 1.6x crop sensor so the 5D beats it at least in image quality... in theory.

8fps, full video controls, 1080p, 720p, SD at 24p, 25p or 30p. 18MP, new 19pt AF system, dual processors, ISO 12,800, etc...

I want.

9/1/2009 12:37:13 PM

Kiwi's pic is suddenly so good because of the horizon being straight

9/1/2009 12:47:35 PM

I got something for http://Kiwi

http://www.thebokehfilter.com/

9/1/2009 12:50:41 PM

none of those starts are crooked...

9/1/2009 1:01:39 PM

Quote :

""^ I really like that one kiwi. good job.""

i agree that its a great photo

where did you take it

9/1/2009 1:04:27 PM

is the 7D better than the D300s?

9/1/2009 8:57:50 PM

^^^^ I posted something similar on pg 126, save some money and do it yourself.

http://www.diyphotography.net/diy_create_your_own_bokeh

[Edited on September 1, 2009 at 9:45 PM. Reason : link]

9/1/2009 9:38:57 PM

haha nice. Shoot, I wish the only problem with my pics was something easily fixable like a crooked horizon! My Kiwi crop days are over! THANK YOU TWW

And gunzz, that was taken in Isle of Palms, SC!

Thanks!

9/1/2009 10:06:13 PM

Quote :

"is the 7D better than the D300s?"

It mostly depends upon if you own Nikon or Canon glass. But the 7D appears to shoot greater fps, better video, higher resolution than the d300s.

9/1/2009 10:11:56 PM

time will tell weather the AF and IQ are good. But judging by the previews, it looks promising. I might have to pick it up later.

9/2/2009 7:43:56 PM

It looks pretty sweet, but I think I'd still go for the 5D. FULL FRAME FTW!

9/4/2009 10:34:43 AM

yeah. my brother in law was debating getting a used 5d (mkI) and the 7d, and we both thought the 5d might be more like what he needs/wants

9/4/2009 10:44:19 AM