Random Photos You Took

[Derek]

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/emoelmo88/Seattle006.jpg

[CouvScott]

^nice picture!

can you see it from the 5 at all? i was driving thru the Mt. St. Helens volcanic monument but couldnt see it...is there a certain spot from the 5? or is it simply too far away?

You can see it in Portland and Vancouver, but once you get near it to the North, the foothills are too close to the freeway, blocking your view.

[Exiled_Boulderite]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y57/namistaiuk/DSC_5058.jpg

[Eigenwelt]

that's some sweet rust.

[ItsConanOBrien]

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/599/dsc0264pf3.jpg

[-AX-]

Pretty random :

http://www.axelrd.com/divers/20060529-095324_c44018.jpg

[Derek]

in Seattle
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/emoelmo88/100_0726.jpg

[HomeInMyShoes]

Inspired by the last few pages here and some great lighting yesterday evening.

Rusty
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/DSC_0098.jpg

Ripply
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/DSC_0097-1.jpg

Flowery
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/DSC_0027-1.jpg

Spooky
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/DSC_0050-2.jpg

[Derek]

^those are great!

the first is my favorite

[-AX-]

Fun Street lights

http://www.axelrd.com/divers/20070303-212202_c55491.jpg

[staff]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/203/469039658_ae8b664dfe_o.jpg

[Derek]

thats a sick picture -AX-


staff, yours is cool, where is that located?

[staff]

^^
On 138 Nandan Road, in Shanghai. :)

[staff]

Took some pictures of the Shanghai model I have in my living room.

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/6930/gubeiklossarcm4.jpg

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/5462/shangritoyswd7.jpg


;)

[HomeInMyShoes]

^Those are seriously messed up in a good way. :tup:

[Eigenwelt]

Staff that balcony photo is outstanding.

[JManc]

http://www.pbase.com/mancusoj/image/76592572.jpg

[Derek]

hey staff, did you construct the whole thing?

[staff]

It's a technique called "tilt shift" - a special kind of lens that creates this effect.
Although if you can't afford a tilt shift lens, like me, the effect is easily achieved in Photoshop CS. :)

Looks kinda freaky, doens't it?

[HomeInMyShoes]

"tilt shit". Haha. That's a great typo.

Did you do any sharpening to get the kind of edgy miniature constructiony kind of feel prior to doing the shifting?

JMancuso: "one of these things is not like the others" :)

[staff]

Haha, I noticed that now!

All I did was using the quick mask with the gradient feature to mark where the lens blur would take effect. Very simple, really!

There are some really cool tilt shift images to be found on flickr.com, some of them real (tilt shift lens used) and some of them "fake", like mine.

[HomeInMyShoes]

^Dang. I only have Photoshop Elements, but I noticed you could fake it with a Guassian Blur sort of thing. Just what I needed...something else to waste time with. :)

A first try (I think my focused area is a bit thick):

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/IMG_2105_blurred.jpg

[rdm]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/203/469039658_ae8b664dfe_o.jpg

hot.

[babo]

By request:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/babo/dsc04103.jpg

[HomeInMyShoes]

^For some reason it looks like it's about T-10 seconds to explosion.

[maconahey]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/474307747_b6f2aba92a.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/184/474307745_1a18947c3e.jpg

[matt602]

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k201/sugarton/Downtown%20Hamilton/IMG_0237-r.jpg

Springtime ftw.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Today's theme is Red.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/DSC_0084.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/DSC_0108.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/DSC_0100.jpg

[HomeInMyShoes]

And white...

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/DSC_0098-1.jpg

[staff]

dali, yunnan, china.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/197/477237429_2d2045a1fa_o.jpg


In smaller size, can you notice the "cloud face" on the right that looks like it's blowing on the building, as well as the "cloud eye" on the left?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/197/477237429_20cc0ed53a_m.jpg

[Derek]

Falling rain looks cool.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/emoelmo88/100_0772.jpg

[HomeInMyShoes]

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/DSC_0157.jpg

[olga]

In smaller size, can you notice the "cloud face" on the right that looks like it's blowing on the building, as well as the "cloud eye" on the left?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/197/477237429_20cc0ed53a_m.jpg

Very cool!

[Upward]

I did an HDR shot today

http://webfiles.uci.edu/cfagan/ssp/randomphoto/hdr_laguna.jpg

I've found that as long as I'm using reasonably high shutter speeds, I can do these without a tripod. I enable auto exposure bracketing and continuous drive mode and fire off the three bracketed shots rapidly. They're not perfectly aligned, but they're close enough that Photomatix can take care of it.

[staff]

Great one, Upward. HDR should be kept subtle, as in your pic.

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Urban DNA spiral?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/168/486397032_99fda61c9e_o.jpg

The possibilites of shooting this building are just endless. Completely amazing.

[Upward]

Awesome shot of an awesome building!

Great one, Upward. HDR should be kept subtle, as in your pic.

I agree; subtlety is the key to effective HDR. That one was done with the "contrast adaptation" tone mapping. The "details enhancer" mode produces a more noticeable and fake-looking effect. Because I am using the free version of Photomatix, that mode also happens to put on the watermark...

http://webfiles.uci.edu/cfagan/ssp/randomphoto/img_6619_8.jpg

I think the other one looks better, and not just because of the watermark.

[staff]

I agree - the last one you posted looks a bit "plastic", watermark or not.

Impressive though that you are able to make AEB-shots hand-held. I've tried it myself and it didn't work well at all. I guess I'm too shaky.
What shutter speeds are the three shots taken at?

[Upward]

The shutter speeds were 1/125 and 1/320. There was a third picture that was brighter, but I deleted it.

The key is not only the shutter speed, but the frame rate. My 20D will take 5 frames per second, which means there's very little chance for the camera to move between pictures. With a slower frame rate, it would be harder. Without an automatic exposure bracketing setting, it would be impossible.

[staff]

Alright. Did you shoot these in RAW or JPG?

[reggiesquared]

Hey guys, I've been working on a picture/album hosting project and I just wanted to let you know for all you picture posters. It's at www.fojax.com. It's still in testing but id like to get some feedback and get people to start using it. Sign up for a free account and let me know what you think and report any bugs to support@fojax.com. This isn't spam. It's not a money making site. Just a research project of mine.

Thanks! :cheers:

[GoflamesGo]

Stupid question... Im starting out in photography. what is HDR, and how do i take pictures like that. Im using an Olympus evolt e-500. Thanks

[HomeInMyShoes]

^There are no stupid questions. I'm sure others will explain this better.

HDR stands for high dynamic range. You increase the dynamic range by bracketing your exposures and then using some software to 'merge' the exposures. You can do it as long as your camera lets you bracket exposures. Generally you use a tripod so the composition and objects remain exactly where they are in the multiple exposures, although as Upward stated, if you shoot fast enough and quick enough between the exposures (auto-exposure bracketing) then you can get reasonable results. HDR is usually done with 2 to 5 exposures.

There is a thread on software. Photomatix seems to be popular.

HDR Software (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=129782)

[1ajs]

took this yeasterday
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9356/blur1sjs6.jpg

[GoflamesGo]

^ thanks for your help Homeinmyshoes. I just think that that kind of picture is so virant, and i love the "weird" look of them. Ill try and take some, and post them one of these days. Thanks.

[1ajs]

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/1893/wf2xw8.jpg

[DLL_4ever]

Frederiksberg Garden in Copenhagen:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/frederiksberghave07/01.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/frederiksberghave07/12.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/frederiksberghave07/40.jpg

[maconahey]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/211/495279067_ad4f47eeb3_o.jpg

[Doady]

Some macro photographs I took yesterday:

http://www.pbase.com/doady/image/78795294/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/doady/image/78795302/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/doady/image/78795303/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/doady/image/78795305/original.jpg

[Derek]

Nice :)

[harls]

on my way home today.. thought this was a little unorthodox.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/214/500065385_8e20b55c3a_b.jpg

[1ajs]

^^^ lol

anyhow my new avitar :) just finished editing it in gimp
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/209/500493971_9aa5e4542d_o.jpg

[Tony]

"That's not my mommy."
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/~trilliumphotography/toronto/01.JPG

Smoking up in the playground.
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/~trilliumphotography/toronto/02.JPG

"The hell are you lookin' at?"
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/~trilliumphotography/toronto/03.JPG

[ferneynism2]

Random pix of Los Angeles... Enjoy*

L.A. Plants*
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/fnee1901/LAPlants.jpg

Cruizing in style*
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/fnee1901/c8cb0663.jpg

Trump Exclusive Golf Course overlooking The Pacific Ocean*
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/fnee1901/TrumpsGolfcourse.jpg

Disney Studios Grand Entry*
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/fnee1901/MickeysStudios.jpg

Hollywood Boulevard*
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/fnee1901/Newwraparound.jpg

[DUBAI2015]

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9841/dogsgettingtanmv4.jpg

My dogs were getting a tan a couple of days ago. Teesha (The female on the right) took her bikini off.

[i_am_hydrogen]

The DOF almost makes it look like it's the reflection of a single bird:
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/4664/birdreflectionfs6.jpg

[1ajs]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/201/505298573_2c66108257_o.jpg

[Don B.]

We had a garage sale today and these people walked in while I was taking photos with the lifeboat (small 6 megapixel point and shoot). I managed to capture this horrifying image which is seared in my mind for all time. Now it can be seared in yours.

What not to wear. Sheesh.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/don85259/Misc%20Items/CIMG0637copy.jpg

--don

[JManc]

^ whoa! welcome back!

[maconahey]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/201/505476539_7777bba3c0.jpg

[HomeInMyShoes]

Okay, this kind of stuff really just irks me. Scratchy scratchy on The Arch in St. Louis:

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/May21/DSC_0471.jpg

[Border City Boy]

http://www.internationalmetropolis.com/ssp/surreygas.jpg

How about $1.30 a liter for gas in Vancouver last week. That works out to about $4.50 US a gallon! Wowsers.

[Derek]

^Ouch! Better fill up in Washington then on my road trip this summer...

[HomeInMyShoes]

She cannot take much more captain!

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/DSC_0639.jpg

[Derek]

What is that?

[1ajs]

back yard wasp

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/237/516993420_bf294c7314_o.jpg

[HomeInMyShoes]

What is that?

It's me sliding down the big slide at the St. Louis City Museum. Here's more of the ride.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/DSC_0636.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/DSC_0637.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/DSC_0638.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/DSC_0639-1.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/DSC_0640.jpg

It makes me crack up looking at them because they look like I'm going so fast when really I was having to push myself down I was going so slow. :)

[Derek]

^:jester:

Nice!

Sick picture, too, 1ajs.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Man, I hate wasps. I'd never get that close to get that awesome detail.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Aw heck, how often do you get to take pictures of an alien holding the world?

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/General/DSC_0634-1.jpg

[crisp444]

People in a paddleboat, Guadalquivir River. Seville, Spain.
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q270/crisp444/DSCN0236.jpg

Tourists frightening pigeons. Seville, Spain.
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q270/crisp444/DSCN0249.jpg

Tío Pepe Sign (kind of like the Citgo Sign in Boston). Puerta del Sol. Madrid, Spain.
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q270/crisp444/DSCN0201-1.jpg

[crisp444]

Whoah!! I am hydrogen, that is one of the coolest pics I've seen in this thread!

[staff]

A bit o' 10mm Shanghai.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/512567224_17dde772f8_o.jpg


I just might post a photo thread soon. It has been like 7 months since the last one. :haha:

[Ninjatune]

^ yes!


a few random panos... click for larger sizes and captions.

http://static.flickr.com/224/508119909_315b48ea6c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninjatune/508119909/)

http://static.flickr.com/204/509004470_5895097027_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninjatune/509004470/)

http://static.flickr.com/197/513798321_5073b43cc4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninjatune/513798321/)

http://static.flickr.com/211/502677994_5e21733e6d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninjatune/502677994/)

[Derek]

http://static.flickr.com/197/513798321_5073b43cc4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninjatune/513798321/)



Brilliant!

[Ninjatune]

^ thanks! i'm looking into leasing a space there... it was a bed and breakfast for a number of years.. pretty sure its currently residential.

[staff]

sasso house,

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/520781237_acca336ae2_o.jpg

[Urban Zombie]

^
Phuc 'n A!

[Holden West]

Duncan the cat checks out the new "Vicino" condo development in Victoria's James Bay neighbourhood and wonders if the big brick pillars will be bad luck for the ground floor retailers.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j142/Theoldvictorian/vicino2_May07.jpg

[i_am_hydrogen]

staff - red hot!

[staff]

Thanks!

A little less urban:
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/3526/laoskiesoe6.jpg

[HomeInMyShoes]

^Cool. More screwing around with the new lens. The Continental Life Building, St. Louis, MO:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1249/531462058_6de77fd245_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37884450@N00/531462058/in/set-72157600296584805/)

[Bartman]

A little corner of the Thompson/Nicola in British Columbia at 3700'.

http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/Bartman/100_0483.sized.jpg

http://gallery.flybc.ca/albums/Bartman/100_0695_3.jpg

http://gallery.flybc.ca/albums/Bartman/100_0700.jpg

[staff]

HIMS,
Can't see your pic for some reason. My ISP has been acting weird all day though.

Posted this in the construction updates forum, but I guess it could go here as well.
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9803/himmelswfcht1.jpg

[olga]

Wow, staff, you're getting better and better. And it's not like you started from zero... :tup: :)

[Xing]

My Cousin Christian, looking like he's part of the Juarez Cartel.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/Chrome979/MEXICO2007-522.jpg

[Ninjatune]

Wow, staff, you're getting better and better. And it's not like you started from zero... :tup: :)

w.o.r.d

[olga]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1398/537487824_bec0abc33c_o.jpg

I took this photo yesterday. Actually it would do as an entry to the latest photo contest "shadow", but I already entered another pic.

[maconahey]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1422/537753471_214b18ad6b.jpg

[ringil]

Summers nights :cheers:
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/1967/mg0027copynf6.jpg

[hauntedheadnc]

Nowhere near as impressive as the other pics on here but I like it anyway. This is my parents' front porch.

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb88/hauntedheadnc/FrontPorch02.jpg

[gripja]

Looking down Greenwich Street @ 7WTC. A bit shopped :cool:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/7WTC.jpg

And a reflective 7WTC shot that woulda been better if I coulda fit the whole building in the shot but we can't have everything in life.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/reflect-1.jpg

[Derek]

^Those are fantastic pictures!

[hackunion]

Some photos I scanned this morning, although I may have to rescan them later because of the softening effect.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/provisore/Scan1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/provisore/Scan2.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/provisore/Scan3.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/provisore/Scan4.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/provisore/Scan5.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/provisore/Scan6.jpg

[gripja]

Lower Manhattan from the Manhattan Bridge:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/city.jpg

[i_am_hydrogen]

Marina City

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/7481/mcverticalgl4.jpg

[Don B.]

Pic of scorpion in bathtub I found one recent morning:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/don85259/Misc%20Items/scorpion.jpg

--don

[gripja]

^ If I saw that thing in my bathtub -- I would move.

[heyyoucharlie]

random downtown vegas shots...

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u270/heyyoucharlie/DSCN0020.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u270/heyyoucharlie/DSCN0024.jpg

[harls]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1256/823404083_23776290e6.jpg?v=0

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1167/824276210_e5509e872a.jpg?v=0

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1125/824278076_1116981c89.jpg?v=0

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1016/823407021_d516ed36b1.jpg?v=0

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1142/823409353_fc437b39c8.jpg?v=0

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1333/824283402_5ce3ead06e.jpg?v=0

[i_am_hydrogen]

Really nice stuff.