o0moonman0o Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goji Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 ^ I love that shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argote Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 I love the baby giraffe! :) Pretty darn cute. Was that at the zoo? As others have pointed out, it is not actually a giraffe. I'm pretty sure it's some kind of deer and it was resting in my school campus (I study in a university called Tecnol?gico de Monterrey [aka ITESM] in Monterrey, M?xico). Now, on to more photos: This is inside one of the Microsoft buildings in Redmond, WA, click for more info. These 2 are on a major Avenue that passes outside my school (also click for more info): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mDagar Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Argote Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Adding some more: BTW, Does anyone know any good settings to convert to B&W, I found Lightroom's presets to give pretty poor results and moved some stuff but I'm still not 100% satisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericzb Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11222111 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Excellent. It's almost like a nature shot - the giant metal creatures slowly grazing in the distance. Deserves a flickr fav! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaljames Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 D700 + 50mm f/1.4 G Adding some more:BTW, Does anyone know any good settings to convert to B&W, I found Lightroom's presets to give pretty poor results and moved some stuff but I'm still not 100% satisfied. http://www.presetsheaven.com/tag/black-white/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 gift from the girlfriend. pretty cool if you know the significance of it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenkirsh/4017975339/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotoxic_hazard_835 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I love the baby giraffe! :) Pretty darn cute. Was that at the zoo? I think the correct term is a fawn if I'm not mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Adding some more:<snip> BTW, Does anyone know any good settings to convert to B&W, I found Lightroom's presets to give pretty poor results and moved some stuff but I'm still not 100% satisfied. http://www.niksoftware.com/silverefexpro/en/entry.php Try it, you might like it. It works from within Lightroom as well, as an external editor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argote Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Thanks for the links, I'll try them out. For the time being, here's another couple of shots: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaljames Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 (edited) D700 + 70-300 VR Edited October 17, 2009 by Anaron Fixed link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted October 17, 2009 Veteran Share Posted October 17, 2009 Interesting shot, digitaljames. PS: I fixed the link in the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainer82 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Falling leaves: First point the Eastern Coast of the US sees the sun: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mDagar Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 I went back and had a look at some older photos I took, thought I could bring them to life with a little Photoshop'ing. I thought I would try to replicate a Holga/Lomo kind of look with this one. I have never shot Holga/Lomo, so I don't know,... first hand, when they actually look like :) I guess it looks... interesting, at least... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argote Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 I revisited some of my earlier shots, these are from my Summer 2008 trip to Chicago: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11222111 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Was up in Fort William for a couple of days this week. Took a number of snaps. These ones are taken at Glen Nevis range (Steall Falls to be exact). The sun was being a little bitch hiding behind the mountain and causing a shadow akin to a global terminator so I whipped out the camera for some bracketed exposures and combined the images into HDRs. pity about the blending of the sky in this one - still looks not bad though. I think they look quite cool - I'm think getting a little better at this tone mapping stuff - HDR tips/comments welcome as ever. I have loads more images from the couple of days I was up there 19 of which I have processed for "arty-ness" to be posted to flickr but am goni bleed them on instead of my usual punting them all on at the same time. Put to many up and only the front page ones get looked at - know what I mean. Cheers Malc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterC Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Was up in Fort William for a couple of days this week. Took a number of snaps.These ones are taken at Glen Nevis range (Steall Falls to be exact). The sun was being a little bitch hiding behind the mountain and causing a shadow akin to a global terminator so I whipped out the camera for some bracketed exposures and combined the images into HDRs. <Images snipped> pity about the blending of the sky in this one - still looks not bad though. I think they look quite cool - I'm think getting a little better at this tone mapping stuff - HDR tips/comments welcome as ever. I have loads more images from the couple of days I was up there 19 of which I have processed for "arty-ness" to be posted to flickr but am goni bleed them on instead of my usual punting them all on at the same time. Put to many up and only the front page ones get looked at - know what I mean. Cheers Malc For the most part I like them, but the HDR halos around the mountains is too much. It kind of overpowers the images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Charming Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Great stuff everybody. Haven't done much personal photography recently, and the stuff I have taken isn't really suitable for sharing :( going to have to go out and take some stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11222111 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 For the most part I like them, but the HDR halos around the mountains is too much. It kind of overpowers the images. I think that's because I did these hand held so I was adjusting exposure quickly a couple of stops here a couple of stops there without really following the normal HDR capture process so that I could keep a reasonable position to allow the images to be merged. I'm on the D40 and it doesn't have auto bracketing you see... There may be a method for cleaning out those "halos" but I'm not that familiar with photomatix yet to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Charming Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 It's photomatix. It generally produces quite unnatural tonemapped images with halo-artefacts. The only way to properly compress the dynamic range of a photograph is to use bracketed exposures, and do it yourself by hand in ACR/Photoshop with layers and blending. Which is slow :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11222111 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 It's photomatix. It generally produces quite unnatural tonemapped images with halo-artefacts. The only way to properly compress the dynamic range of a photograph is to use bracketed exposures, and do it yourself by hand in ACR/Photoshop with layers and blending. Which is slow :( Yep, and unless there is money in it I can't see me doing that lol. Still I reckon a GradND filter might have done the trick whilst shooting to get even tones from sky to ground - just wish I could justify forking out the cash for one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11222111 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 More Fort William updates from me. No HDR this time but I have been playing about with lightroom processing. I have access now to Colo(u)r Efex pro and Topaz but keep forgetting to use it. Maybe next time. anyways: Think I also did pretty well with the titles of some of these - not my best work (titles wise I mean) but getting back to form lol. Malc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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