The "Ive taken a pic and I kinda like it" thread

[Ay Ay Ron]

Cheers Bully & Brazo for the comments.

Brazo - i prefer the second bee shot, looks sharper (on phone at moment)

Scott - that sunrise is lovely, really like the colours.

Adele - LOL at the face in the second picture!

 

[Brazo]

cheers, both shots are tack sharp on the eye where i focused but i prefer the shot with the entire bee, impresed with the macro lens, might post a 100 percent crop later.

 

[Riad]

Nothing special, i just like the effect and the surroundings

Rocco Pan by Riad Ariane, on Flickr

 

[JamesBryan]

^ Know that spot very well

 

[Scott™]

Scott, how about some action surf shots when you are up and riding. Tuck in to some close outs and get some in barrel shots?

Got a waterproof housing for my SLR but no winter suit so not trying it in the sea until May.

You should wear earplugs or you will end up deaf like me, surfers ear isn't fun, way too many cold winters in the water. I miss it though.

It was my first time back out since my accident mate so it was fairly flat no more than 4ft. Not to many barrels forming. And I have ear plugs, somewhere It was so so cold on my head and hands I got brain freeze, I only had a 4x3 on and I was more than warm enough though.

I may even prefer this one from a technical and compositional viewpoint

Beeing by Brazo76, on Flickr

Love this shot. Can not wait to get my macro out this summer.

 

[Brazo]

Cheers Scott but why wait till the summer, that was taken day before yesterday!!!

 

[dunganick]

All 'CGI'.

Do they look authentic?

You could of fooled me.

Everything matches perfectly!

 

[ipodsandguns]

Love the skater one, could the skater be brightened up maybe, to bring him out a little?

Cheers yeah it was my own critique of the snap really. He just don't pop.
A little lack of prep.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

You could of fooled me.

Everything matches perfectly!

I've still got a lot of learning to do, getting the shadow under the car to look good is the hardest thing, most other things are surprisingly easy actually.

 

[Tonys]

Needs a Wash! by ts446, on Flickr

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Took this last night

Tug Wal (DE) by A_Cro, on Flickr

 

[craigt]

Another photo from the ghan i know.....but i love this one

 

[Scott™]

Took this last night

Tug Wal (DE) by A_Cro, on Flickr

Love this. A little grainy in large format.

 

[craigt]

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Love this. A little grainy in large format.

Cheers I've noticed a few have been really grainy recently. Must be the ISO bumping up (I had it set on auto ISO).
Was shot at F8 - 1/100th - 800ISO and tweaked a bit in Lightroom.

 

[Slimethy]

Lake Spin by C.Moore!, on Flickr

Been out and about with my mate taking various wirewool spins, and really like this one!

 

[Scott™]

Cheers I've noticed a few have been really grainy recently. Must be the ISO bumping up (I had it set on auto ISO).
Was shot at F8 - 1/100th - 800ISO and tweaked a bit in Lightroom.

What camera do you role with? Because imo 800iso is not high, my D5000 goes to 3200 and then I get graininess like yours.

 

[SnakeBiteAdam]

a quick one down at the pub

CORONA FTW! Love it!

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

What camera do you role with? Because imo 800iso is not high, my D5000 goes to 3200 and then I get graininess like yours.

Canon 550 - Upgraded from a 30 last month, I was also getting grainy shots with that too so I am thinking it might be the lens? EF-S Canon 55-250 4-5.6 Is II

 

[Scott™]

How much did you play with Saturation and Contrast?

 

[shell-vt]

my old passat

 

[Brazo]

Like the tug boat shot. Never use auto ISO mate, always set manually to get best image quality, don't know what focal length you were using but f5.6 would have been fine with that type of shot and half your shutter speed would have given ISO 200.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Nice sunset this evening

 

[Brazo]

It was a great sunset, didn't go unoticed by me either

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Like the tug boat shot. Never use auto ISO mate, always set manually to get best image quality, don't know what focal length you were using but f5.6 would have been fine with that type of shot and half your shutter speed would have given ISO 200.

I'm going to try to not use auto ISO from now on. It was at 55mm (on a 55-250), set in aperture priority at F8. Plus I was on a moving boat (if that matters)

 

[Derelict-UK]

Smile

The great thing about having access to underground places is you can do light painting in complete darkness!!

 

[NFox]

Smile

The great thing about having access to underground places is you can do light painting in complete darkness!!

You've probably already mentioned in another thread but how is it you get access to all these places?!

 

[Derelict-UK]

squeeze through the fence lol.

 

[McGherkin]

Some places you can just walk into

 

[Brazo]

I'm going to try to not use auto ISO from now on. It was at 55mm (on a 55-250), set in aperture priority at F8. Plus I was on a moving boat (if that matters)

It may matter mate yes as higher shutter speeds will need to compensate for movement of boat. That said I think we have the issue nailed from the love thread.

 

[Derelict-UK]

Some places you can just walk into

We have a set of keys to Drakelow!!

It's all about getting to know the owner.

 

[LiamR172]

Not too sure whats been said in the forum now, f**k reading through 158 pages

This is my favourite picture of the clio so far

Ive got 2, not sure which angle i like best?

 

[Mike...]

Starting to get the hang of it a bit more now, I think? Been shooting in manual to try and get the hang of the settings and what does what more, helps a lot more than reading guides! Was really getting in to it before security turned up and moved me on, he was bigger than me so I jumped in the car and moved straight off and couldn't find anywhere else to go! Any thoughts on the pic? Criticism welcome.

car night edit 2 by sufc1990, on Flickr

The photo made me realise just how much I need to drop it and put a splitter on! Will have to get it done soon!

 

[Brazo]

It may matter mate yes as higher shutter speeds will need to compensate for movement of boat. That said I think we have the issue nailed from the love thread.

I meant 'other' thread lol

 

[Niall]

First attempt at light painting tonight, I need a more powerful torch though, I suppose it isn’t a completely light painted car, its more a partly light painted/normal night shot, I’ll defiantly try again with a new torch!

Clio 182 at Night by Niall97, on Flickr

 

[Feirny]

Bit of a different self portrait.

IMG_7306 by feirny, on Flickr

 

[Kyly]

Ha, love this, looks like your in a childs car or something

 

[bully]

You pole dancing for me Greg?

Good shot, like the idea.

 

[Brazo]

It is a great idea, next time stick your camera bag inside the cab can the camera pole be shopped out like on some of iirc dans car shots?

 

[Scott™]

Haha love that. I also like yours Niall, just try and clone out the light streaks.