Random Photos You Took

[skeeter]

that's a nifty pic, cg.

[Lexy]

Yeah Flash, you have impressed me with the storm shots man. Very nice and the clarity of the shots themselves is fantastic. Good work.

[staff]

Fantastic shots flash!
Weather photography seems to be your speciality. :)

[Flash]

here a preview some upcoming series:

http://metroscenes.com/s4.jpg

http://metroscenes.com/s3.jpg

http://metroscenes.com/s2.jpg

http://metroscenes.com/s1.jpg

http://metroscenes.com/s5.jpg


http://metroscenes.com/s6.jpg

[Ninjatune]

nice-n-wide on that first frame.. those look great... i love the bench shot..

[ItsConanOBrien]

unreal!

[Lexy]

I am throwing my camera away after those teaser shots Flash. You are inspiring. Nice work.

[gripja]

Yea Flash ur pretty good :cheers:

heres a picture of a bird -- lol -- how lame :cool:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/flyinhigh.jpg

[olga]

^ Not lame! I think it's beautiful. :)

[ringil]

can't match Flash and the others but hey why not :)

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/4741/diva1juni066lu.jpg
June 1st 2006

[rockyi]

^ That's a pretty nice shot there ringil. Worth framing for sure.

[i_am_hydrogen]

Nice shots, Flash. You were in Madison, huh? I can't wait to see that set.

[Upward]

Found this guy outside my front door this morning. There's nothing in the photo to provide a sense of scale, but the wingspan had to be about 3"

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

[gripja]

Dragonflies are cool -- nice shot

[gripja]

Thanks Olga, yea that crow was begging to have his picture taken.

Heres my attempt @ weather pics. Nothing like Flash, but he has that timing down. Lightning is a pain in the butt to get a pic of, always flashes while i'm messin with the camera then no flashes while the shutters open.

Anyways the clouds surrounding the ESB gave a hint of the storms coming later that night.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/esbcloud.jpg

And heres the 1 bolt I got long after the storm passed by my apt building:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/lightningfrommybedroom.jpg

[ItsConanOBrien]

Nice bolt!


http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/5791/8773zi.jpg

[staff]

Taken last summer when I took a helicopter ride over Malmö.
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1624/mochc6mm.jpg

[JJC50]

^ that's really sweet!

[JJC50]

something I took over the weekend, my favorite food. :)

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8454/dscn00084sb.jpg

[HomeInMyShoes]

^Dang, and it's breakfast time here. So tasty and sweet. Drooool...

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/HomeInMyShoes/ae81966c.jpg

[ItsConanOBrien]

Some Portland
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/4196/ll10nk.jpg

[raggedy13]

Here's a windsurfer and a seagull in Vancouver a month ago...


http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Van%20May/100_5540.jpg


...and if you're interested in that then check out this: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=107875

[Flash]

From today (and an upcoming series):
http://pittsburghskyline.com/pa661.jpg

http://pittsburghskyline.com/pa662.jpg

[1ajs]

http://static.flickr.com/78/171662060_83030a4376_o.jpg

[panapty]

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/8562/burjalarab6gn.jpg

[Matty]

Included both the color and black and white version.

Tell me what you think. Do you like the black and white or color one better?

http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/2530/img11791ki.jpg

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/5012/img1187b8dh.jpg

[gripja]

^ color cuz i love that Gold Dome.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/puddleshot.jpg

[JManc]

i have a pic similar to that:

http://www.pbase.com/mancusoj/image/58479712.jpg

[skeeter]

i like that chrysler shot.

[staff]

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/4806/gardendusk2hw.jpg

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1402/klarmedmobil6kh.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8907/holdinghands8fi.jpg

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/8217/gardenfish6rt.jpg

[DLL_4ever]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/diverse/18.jpg

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

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/diverse/15.jpg

[KevinFromTexas]

My first attempt at flower shots with my new digital. It's a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ5S.

I'm still tinkering with it and reading about it. I'm loving it though.

Sunflowers in the yard, 5 minutes ago.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/KevinFromTexas/P1000070.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/KevinFromTexas/P1000071.jpg

[Swede]

A tale of two cities

http://static.flickr.com/69/175738556_6c565b1bb7_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15637805@N00/175738556/)

http://static.flickr.com/48/177242876_c81b2cf1c2_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15637805@N00/177242876/)

http://static.flickr.com/76/175727301_5291c7fbab_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15637805@N00/175727301/)

http://static.flickr.com/46/177243009_135cdfe4bd_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15637805@N00/177243009/)

[KevinFromTexas]

More yard pics. Today I cleaned out our fountain and filled it. One of our flowers was also blooming so I grabbed a few pics of it.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/KevinFromTexas/P1000095.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/KevinFromTexas/P1000094.jpg

My dad used to do lawn care/landscaping. One of the jobs he did was for a huge house in West Austin in the hills. Part of the payment and agreement was that he take this fountain, and the deer statue, as well as some large planters. My dad, having a green thumb and love for landscaping happily took it. The bottom bowl on this thing ways around 500+ pounds. With the base it's over 7 feet tall. We just have it sitting in the ground. The birds and the bees like it. So do I. My bedroom window is about 15 feet away and in the early spring and fall I can hear it.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/KevinFromTexas/P1000098.jpg

These are Amarillas. They bloom for much of the spring and summer. These smell so good and strong. Kind of like honey suckle. These are pink, but we also have some white ones.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/KevinFromTexas/P1000088.jpg

A new flower is about to open.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/KevinFromTexas/P1000091.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/KevinFromTexas/P1000089.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/KevinFromTexas/P1000090.jpg

So what do ya think? Good, bad? Any suggestions?

[-AX-]

What a great picture!

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8907/holdinghands8fi.jpg

[staff]

^^
Thanks, mate. :)

[olga]

Included both the color and black and white version.

Tell me what you think. Do you like the black and white or color one better?



I definately like the color one best. The colors in the photo are beautiful, and it's a pity to take them away.

Well, honestly, I'm not a fan of any digital b/w pics... There's something anachronistic about them. I mean, you can see it's a digital photo - then why isn't it in color?

[panapty]

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/2803/s30101219bm.jpg

[Swede]

@Kev - that's one impressive fountain. The deer statue, not so much. As for the photos, great shots of the flowers, looks like they were taken on a cool day, and the lighting and colors in the fountain shots just say to me "reality".

I definately like the color one best. The colors in the photo are beautiful, and it's a pity to take them away.
Well, honestly, I'm not a fan of any digital b/w pics... There's something anachronistic about them. I mean, you can see it's a digital photo - then why isn't it in color?
Ditto, and the feel of those colors...:tup: To me the color version is less "clinical" than the b/w one.

[KevinFromTexas]

Yeah that deer needs a paint job. I don't think it's been painted since we aquired it about 12 years ago. And yeah, I'm still fiddling with the settings. I'm enjoying it though, I suppose that's what matters. Thanks Swede.

[niwell]

Well, honestly, I'm not a fan of any digital b/w pics... There's something anachronistic about them. I mean, you can see it's a digital photo - then why isn't it in color?


Yeah, it feels wrong to shoot b/w with digital. Granted, it does work on some shots, but not too many IMO. It's much more of a challenge and rewarding to get great colour pictures anyhow. It's a shame too, cuz my camera does have some cool b/w filters built in.

Not to say I don't like b/w, but it better have some film grain!

[niwell]

Some pictures I took recently

http://www.nickwellington.com/public_html/images/bus.jpg


http://www.nickwellington.com/public_html/images/ottawaskyline.jpg


http://www.nickwellington.com/public_html/images/dramaqueens.jpg

http://www.nickwellington.com/public_html/images/stormcollage.jpg
^Some of the CRAZY weather we've been having in Ottawa lately

http://www.nickwellington.com/public_html/images/storm5.jpg
^Lighting over downtown. The picture is with my old camera as the DSLR is out of commision at the moment. Lightning shots in the middle of the day with f8 being the smallest aperature suck :(
[IMG=4]

[Doady]

Yeah, it feels wrong to shoot b/w with digital. Granted, it does work on some shots, but not too many IMO.

You can say the same about highly saturated images, of which I see much more often than black and white. Anyways how does one tell the the difference between a photo taken from a digital camera and one not?

Personally, I prefer black and white over colour photos. Sometimes after I take photos, I end up processing most of them in black and white and then I look them over and realize what I have done and I re-edit them in colour to appease the masses because I know people will not like it (not that they will necessarily like them in colour either). Still, probably around 1/3 of them end up being black-and-white or sepia-toned.

Also, I should note that converting to black and white using gradient map in Photoshop looks A LOT better than simple desaturation.

http://www.pbase.com/doady/image/59633000/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/doady/image/53838321/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/doady/image/62277242/original.jpg

[panapty]

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/9500/dsc020673ow.jpg

[Ninjatune]

nice work everyone..

a few of my first attemps at HDR

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/greens.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/HDR-154-156.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/HDR-10-12.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/HDR-145-147.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/HDR-184-186.jpg

[staff]

^^
HDR is really cool isn't it! I've given it a few shots as well, but I think it's really hard to get it right. For me, it ends up pretty much the same as "too much" use of the shadows/highlights tool in Photoshop, but with better image quality in the extreme areas. But you still get the halos around the contrast in the pictures (as seen in your last two shots, around the building).

I guess it's really useful when you can fully master it.

[CanadianTurbo]

A graphiti pic I took in Athens

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/CanadianTurbo/b75803bf.jpg

[Upward]

http://gallery.qrivy.net/d/22714-1/guywire_birds.jpg

[CanadianTurbo]

Cool pic!!

Here is one I took at Mohammed Ali Mosque in Cairo.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/CanadianTurbo/70b5348a.jpg

[gripja]

One of my favorite threads in this forum, We got some good photogs on this site!! Heres a few mo randoms:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/amtrakweb.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/adirondacktwilight.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c182/gripja/hummingbirdinflight.jpg

[rockyi]

I took this at a golf outing in East Peoria, Il. a couple of years ago.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/rockyi/HPIM0051.jpg

[Ninjatune]

^^
HDR is really cool isn't it! I've given it a few shots as well, but I think it's really hard to get it right. For me, it ends up pretty much the same as "too much" use of the shadows/highlights tool in Photoshop, but with better image quality in the extreme areas. But you still get the halos around the contrast in the pictures (as seen in your last two shots, around the building).

I guess it's really useful when you can fully master it.

you bet...

gettig better.. found the software i like....

still need practice.. thread coming soon..

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/P1700bcopy.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/atrium.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/wilson.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/goodspotbcopy.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/ssc1.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/MAJfinalcopy.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/afinalcopy.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/AL1bcopy.jpg


RE-EDITS

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/TTPM4copy.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/bfinalcopy.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/FPsitefinalcopy.jpg

[Doady]

Some macros I did a few days ago:

http://www.pbase.com/doady/image/63305878/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/doady/image/63305704/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/doady/image/63363508/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/doady/image/63243586/original.jpg

[Doady]

If you see halos after adjusting shadows or highlights, then adjust midtone contrast. That's why it is there after all.

[Ninjatune]

or just open up the radius - if you're using photoshop

halos and hdr go hand in hand, and since i don't care for cs2's hdr tool, things work a little different, software wise.. still much to learn...

[staff]

Ninjatune,
Which software are you using?

Great HDR:s!

[olga]

Wow, Ninja, those are beautiful! :)

[gripja]

yea Ninja, very nice, when u teaching the class? this shot is -- i need to spin the wheel of adjectives.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/ssc1.jpg

[Ninjatune]

thanks guys :)

i'm using photomatix right now.. its the best i've found so far..

if you folks are interested, i'd be glad to start an hdr thread..
i'm still very new to it all myself, so i would enjoy the chance to share feedback...

[staff]

^^
Yeah, I've done a few experiments, but nothing worth showing here. It still looks wack in the transitions between the "extremes". I've used PS CS2's built-in HDR-feature so far, but I will check out that prog you're talking about. :)
A HDR-thread would be cool though.

[Upward]

Those HDR images are amazing! Did you pay for a copy of Photmatix? How much can be done with the free trial?

Here's one I did manually over a year ago, by processing the RAW file with different amounts of exposure compensation, and using the eraser tool!

http://gallery.qrivy.net/d/17869-2/IMG_7889.jpg

[staff]

^^
That's very cool as well!

[James2390]

Ha, my pictures are always so bad, but here's a few that I really like.

SunTrust Plaza, Atlanta

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b298/hobert/Atlanta/SunTrustPlaza.jpg

Tribune Tower, Chicago

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/james2390/SSC%20stuff/BlackandWhiteTribune.jpg

Lake Shore Drive, Chicago

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/james2390/SSC%20stuff/aaa.jpg

Jewelers Building, Chicago

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/james2390/SSC%20stuff/blackandwhite.jpg

Wrigley Building, Chicago

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/james2390/SSC%20stuff/WrigleyBuilding3.jpg

[DLL_4ever]

A few from me:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/Sunset-4.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/Frog.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/Flower-5.jpg

[skeeter]

james, i love that pic of the tribune. that's my favorite building in chicago.

[James2390]

james, i love that pic of the tribune. that's my favorite building in chicago.


Thanks! I like it too.

No matter what though, no picture I have ever seen gives the Tribune justice. It's just too beautiful.

[Flash]

http://raleighskyline.com/cup.jpg
(the Stanley Cup)

[olga]

Ha, my pictures are always so bad, but here's a few that I really like.



Those are beautiful, James! :tup:

[James2390]

Those are beautiful, James! :tup:

Why thanks! I looked through your Pbase gallery. You have some very cool photos in there! :)

[gripja]

http://raleighskyline.com/cup.jpg
(the Stanley Cup)

Nice shot -- would look better with Buffalo's city hall in the background tho.

[hackunion]

My friend Renée
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/hackunion/reneewalking.jpg
The quality is really bad because I don't have a scanner, so I took a digital photo of the actual photograph. ;)
I'll have access to a scanner when I go back to school.

[staff]

She's HOT!

[James2390]

My friend Renée
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/hackunion/reneewalking.jpg
The quality is really bad because I don't have a scanner, so I took a digital photo of the actual photograph. ;)
I'll have access to a scanner when I go back to school.

Great picture! She's very pretty.

[Upward]

Awesome picture! What kind of film? The color is beautiful. If I recall correctly, you're using an older Minolta with a 50mm prime...

I may start shooting some film again, because my new wide-angle lens for my dSLR will work as a super-wide lens on a 35mm body.

[hackunion]

Yes, you remembered correctly. I just used a roll of 10$ photolab film, 200 ASA. The colours will probably be a lot different when I scan the negatives, prints just never have the same raw quality that negs do.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/hackunion/renee1.jpghttp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/hackunion/renee2.jpghttp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/hackunion/renee3.jpg

She's HOT!

There were a few creative comments like that from people passing by too. Since she's fifteen though, her older sister was pretty defensive. It was all just for fun though!

[keninhalifax]

^ That middle photo is great, it looks like a fun situation!

[keninhalifax]

http://www.travactours.com/images/guessthegal.jpg

Guess the musical artist:

[James2390]

Looks like Michelle Branch.

[olga]

@hack and ken: great pics! :tup:

Some randoms from my archive:

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3408/P1190946.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7771/P1190957.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1746/P1180806.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/9305/P1190674.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/643/P1180837.jpg

[hackunion]

Thanks! I love this one, especially with all of the red roofs
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/9305/P1190674.jpg

And Ken, Feist?

[niwell]

I'm thinking Feist too. I went to take pictures of Wilco last night at Bluesfest and couldn't get anywhere NEAR the stage :(

[-AX-]

I love the one with the kid!

[keninhalifax]

Those crazy cute Swedish children!

[staff]

Cool, olga!
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/9305/P1190674.jpg

During which event in Folkets Park was this taken? Football? Concert?
I gotta got my ass up in that ferris wheel some time soon - it's supposed to be the tallest in northern Europe, I reckon. I bet there are some cool views from the top floor/roof of Folkets Hus at Nobeltorget as well - and I think it's "open to the public" as well.
So I'm gonna get my ass up there as well. :)

[olga]

Thanks hack, ax, ken and staff! :)

During which event in Folkets Park was this taken? Football? Concert?

It's football. It's taken just before Sweden's match against Paraguay. So at this moment, we still had hope for a successfull World Cup... :happysad:

You should definately take a ride in the ferris wheel. It's worth every penny. :)

Here are some other shots I took that day:

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9003/P1190704.jpg
Those houses in front could almost be in New York, coldn't they?

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1497/P1190670.jpg

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5913/P1190695.jpg

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2065/P1190691.jpg

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/563/P1190680.jpg

[staff]

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9003/P1190704.jpg
Those houses in front could almost be in New York, coldn't they?
Indeed it could! And I really like that view with John's Cathedral, Kronprinsen and the Hilton.

Continuing the Malmö theme by posting a photo of the Hilton Malmö City (Malmö's most "New Yorkish" building in my opinion) that I took last summer:
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6637/hiltonbwii5.jpg

[olga]

^ That's a view I see every day on my bike ride home from work! :) I'm not a fan of the Hilton architecture though...

[svast]

KST in an other view


http://static.flickr.com/73/192018758_0d29d02db2_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=192018758&size=o)

Took a walk here in Kista a day ago. And found this option.

[staff]

The blur is not lens blur, but "gaussian blur" with low opacity on a second layer in Photoshop to create a "dreamy" look. I don't know if I succeded though..

http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/7/dreamyeg1.jpg

[niwell]

Crazy electric storm over Ottawa this evening:

http://www.nickwellington.com/public_html/lightning/3.jpg

http://www.nickwellington.com/public_html/lightning/8.jpg

http://www.nickwellington.com/public_html/lightning/9.jpg

[Ninjatune]

man, this thread is sick! great work everyone..

upward: sorry, i missed your post- the program is called photomatix.. its the best i've found so far... CS2's HDR tool just doesn't do it for me... which probably means I don't know how to use it-



http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/20DHDR1005copy.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/20DHDR1008copy.jpg

More HDR

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/trainfinalcopy.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/elmfinal.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/flowerdoffinalcopy.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/fridgeacopy.jpg

my building

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/Kirbysmall.jpg

[staff]

Damn man, you really got the HDR-thing together now.
About your mixer photo - nothing seems to be really in focus on that one. :(

Anyway, great work (everyone)!

[Ninjatune]

About your mixer photo - nothing seems to be really in focus on that one. :(



yeah huh? dead center is in focus :(

glad you dig the hdr stuff though :)

[staff]

^^
It's probably my monitor here at work that fucks things up! :)

[Ninjatune]

well, its not all that great of an example anyway..
they were hand held exposures in low light.. sloppy fun.. (:

-2, 0,+2
Tone Mapping
Levels
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/hyatt2.jpg

[MolsonExport]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e308/Cassecroute/DSC01220.jpg

[niwell]

I love the HDR photos! I'm very tempted to try out photomatix, but can't really afford it right now...

[Ninjatune]

thanks! the trial is free, only it leaves a watermark.... but there are ways around that :haha:
I still plan on purchasing a copy.. It's fairly priced and I can see myself using it quite a bit..

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/hyatt4copy.jpg

//crappy
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g288/protestmarch/JPMCfinalcopy.jpg

[James2390]

^I love that last one!

[Upward]

http://webfiles.uci.edu/cfagan/ssp/randomphoto/bh_matte800.jpg

She and her two roommates want to help me build a portfolio of portraits. :D

:banana:

By the way, that was edited in The Gimp in Linux. It has some interesting effects (like this matte finish), but I don't think it can replace Photoshop for my main editing needs...