Post your pictures!

[UncasMS]

I had the pleasure of enjoying a wonderful thunderstorm tonight.

After minutes of being indecisive whether or not to shutdown my pcs i had the idea of taking some pictures instead and here is the very shot which reasured me the choice was good.

EOS 30D
Lens: Tamron AF 2,8/17-50 XR Di II LD
Shutter speed: 30 Sec
Aperture: F 20
ISO: 250
Focal length: 17mm


Let's have some of your favourite pics, please - ideally with some annotations :thumbs_up

[paglamon]

SONY DSC P52
Exposure Time:1/320 s.
ISO 100
f/8
Focal length 6.3 mm.
13395

[Kabuchan]

Olympus Camedia C-4000

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1401/cannonballze5.th.jpg (http://img519.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cannonballze5.jpg)

[UncasMS]

the weather in your pictures looks a bit nicer compared to what it was like here yesterday :)

[Kabuchan]

LOL Here in California the weather is always perfect!

A friend of mine at another forum has a beautiful gallery. Take a look if you have a chance, he's an amazing photographer! http://www.pbase.com/tcimages

[paglamon]

I was just browsing through the Landscape pics taken by ur friend,Kabu. STUNNING!!

[UncasMS]

Here is a first result from my HDRI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging) tests.

The first picture below is made from only 3 different photos but the output is still amazing compared to the single shots.

[Kabuchan]

That came out beautiful! What program are you using to render the photos?

[UncasMS]

I used PS but there are numerous HDR tools available for this job:

- easyHDR (freeware) (http://www.easyhdr.com/)

- Qtpfsgui (freeware) (http://qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net/)

- Photomatix (http://www.hdrsoft.com/) (tends to very [too intense often] colours and creates lots of noise, which will have to be reduced)

- FDRTools (http://www.fdrtools.com/front_e.php)

- Dynamic-PHOTO HDR (http://www.mediachance.com/hdri/index.html)


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btw: don't forget to take your different pictures with the SAME aperture - vary the exposure time!

[Kabuchan]

Thanks for the tip :)

I will have to hunt down something interesting to try this with.

[UncasMS]

Inside view in a cathedral.

4 different pictures were the basis for the HDR image with additional image manipulation within photoshop afterwards.

[Kabuchan]

I found a great program called Face Smoother. If you take pics of peopel it might come in handy. http://www.picget.net/fs-photo-editor/what.html

[katzdvd]

That's really cool! Kind of like what they use when fixing the senior pictures for the yearbook!

[Kabuchan]

You do have to have a quality pic for it to work well. I tried it with one that was zoomed and cropped and it looked terrible.

[UncasMS]

I'd rather try to manually accomplish the job with imaging software like photoshop because you have full control over what is smoothed, how much is smoothed or which parts need to be "healed".

Tutorials like this one (http://www.lunacore.com/photoshop/tutorials/tut020.htm) for PS can be found easily.

I used the following keywords in Google: photoshop skin smoother tutorial

[UncasMS]

Same cathedral, different p-o-v.

2 photos were used for this picture and additional photoshopping after merging the two pix.

[Kabuchan]

That is really nice, it's so crisp and vivid!

I don't have PS, I have Adobe Photo Deluxe. It's a scaled down version and works pretty well, but it doesn't have that "healer" tool. It does have something close to it so I can usually accomplish what I set out to do.

[UncasMS]

I only used F 8.0 for the pictures from this p-o-v but i used max. sharpness from the raw import and the colours are the result of hdr and additional layer merging

[gonwk]

Hi Uncas ...

Can you tell me what is the Nmae of this Cathedral and Where?

Thanks,

G!:)

[UncasMS]

The cathredral is in Berlin but i don't know its name

[gonwk]

Danke schön!

G!:smile:

[dazuk1972]

Here's my photo. I love the way the beams of light project through the clouds. This was a photo that I took at Brighton, England. I went out for a walk one afternoon and walked by the beach and took some photos and this is one of them.

[UncasMS]

Lovely atmosphere with those light rays!

[BR7]

Here is some wildlife I seen on the way to the post office this morning.I know they're not spectacular but it was the best I could do.I also seen some deer and turkey's but they don't like posing for the camera LOL they took off as soon as I slowed the car down

[UncasMS]

45 Seconds after your first picture there is one of the birds missing.

Did it join the other two you said weren't willing to pose for the camera or did you have something special for lunch today, br7?? :rolleyes:



BTW does your Olympus actually have a spot metering mode?

[BR7]

BTW does your Olympus actually have a spot metering mode?

This is the first I heard of it .So I had to look it up (http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/OS710/OS710A.HTM), and I guess it does have it.What's it for ?
45 Seconds after your first picture there is one of the birds missing.
And one goose gained a double butt ;)

[UncasMS]

I took a look at the exif data of your picture and i stumbled across the selected metering mode: spot

With a spot metering mode you usually have the most center part of your finder for the metering only - all the rest is being ignored in terms of metering the light


so when would one usually pick spot metering as opposed to integral or multi/pattern metering?

let's start the other way around: with a balanced scene you would normally pick integral metering so that most of the visible area of your picture will be used for the light metering but this will only result in a decent exposure when dark and light spots are balanced in your picture.

should you, however, deal with a dark object in front of a light scene or a light object in front of a dark scene your main focus of attention - the face (into which the sun shines) of a person against the shadows - will not be metered correctly with integral metering (covering almost the entire picture for the metering) as light or dark parts dominate the picture.

in this case one would swap to spot metering in order to measure only the face and not the darker background for the exposure metering.

i found some words on metering modes at wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metering_mode)

maybe it'll help shedding some more light on exposure metering.

i used spot metering or even multi spot with my old Canon T90 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_T90) quite often because analog cameras and film material did not provide so many ways of correcting pictures like we now have in the digital era.

[BR7]

Thanks for the info.There is more to this stuff then I thought.

[UncasMS]

I found a link to a simple explaination in the wiki links:

http://photospot2004.blogspot.com/2004/11/understanding-metering.html

maybe take a look at the pictures shown

[BR7]

I cant thank you enough for all your help,I was not aware of this stuff at all.And I will most certainly ask questions if I need to :)

[UncasMS]

Feel free to do so anytime in the photography subforums

[BR7]

Will do :)

Here is the close up I said I was going to take

Click Here (http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/3817/p9130070gj4.jpg) :)

[UncasMS]

nice shot

maybe smoothing the background a little more would be a nice try?


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something like this:

[BR7]

WOW!!! That makes quite a difference.Did you use PS to do that ?

[UncasMS]

yes, ps cs3 was used


- main layer was duplicated

- next i used the easy way to extract your flower/main object from the duplicated layer: => filter => extract (or alt + ctrl +x) (http://blog.thembid.com/index.php/2007/08/22/removing-backgrounds-quickly-in-photoshop/)

- now i had the yellow flower extracted and duplicated the flower once more and used layer blending to make it a bit more intense

- finally i "blurred" the background with another filter => lens blur

Scroll down this site (http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/tt.html#) and search for "lens blur" in order to see a video tutorial

[UncasMS]

i've had this idea of a candle spraying sparks for quite some time now and tonite i turned the idea into a photo.




c.f. picture 1-4 following the final photo for a how-to:

pic.1
i used an ordinary candle for this picture, which had been burned down inside for more than 1/3 of its height.

pic2
next i made a couple of test shots in order to determine a decent exposure, while a friend hold the sparklers.
i came up with 4 seconds exposure time, f:32, iso 200 and 55mm focal length and a polarizer in order to lengthen the exposure time some more

pic3
this final shot has been photoshopped quite a bit afterwards:
healing the spots on the candle, merging two layers to have a darker background and more intense sparks flying around and adding a photoframe

pic4
behind the scenes :rolleyes:

[Alien Bay]

Shot this on the patio with an old Kodak digital, but the light was right for this little spider.

http://http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/4814/onthepatiozv2.th.jpg (http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=onthepatiozv2.jpg)

[Kabuchan]

UncasMS - that is amazing what you did with the candle!

AlienBay - I love the colors of the web, beautiful :)

Here's a couple of pics I took of my daughter's "new pet" Yuck!

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7601/mantis1gr8.th.jpg (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mantis1gr8.jpg) http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3403/mantiswr7.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mantiswr7.jpg)

[Kabuchan]

nice shot

maybe smoothing the background a little more would be a nice try?


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something like this:

I am going to run out and get PS ASAP! I loved the flower to begin with, BR7's photo was beautiful. But to see it with the blurring is amazing! You guys did a great job! :clap:

[UncasMS]

@ alien bay

those are nice colours in your spiderweb!

do you mind if a edited your picture in ps a bit, as i'd like to see how it looks with darker background and slightly sharpened spider web?



@ kabuchan

lovely fellow your daughter picked for a pet :)

concerning ps: it is really amazing what you can do with image editing.
i find out new aspects every other day when i look a little bit closer.

[BR7]

I love PS :) The thing is I don't get to play with it to much.Reason being is because of dial up it takes a year and a day to load some of the worth while tutorials out there.I was hoping to get DSL last year but I was unable to because unforeseeable things kept popping up.But I am hoping to get it some time before Christmas (knock on wood).Dishnetwork has a fairly good deal ;).By the way UncasMS :) nice work on the candle http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8399/thumbsup4kk.gif

[UncasMS]

i have edited your pictures quite a bit, alien bay - please let me know if you don't want them to be changed and i'll remove the attachments

[Alien Bay]

Not at all. I like what you did. I have Photo Shop Elements but don't do a whole lot with it.

[UncasMS]

tried to take pictures of horses today and realized i need different lenses, more experience and robert redfort next time.

# 4 is my favourite - what's yours?

[UncasMS]

...has finally come.

i normally don't like getting up early on a sunday morning but today the weather was too tempting.

EOS 30D
17-50mm @ 40mm
ISO 200
TV 1/60
AV 8.0

Tripod was used and the picture was heavily photoshoped

[UncasMS]

where is everybody these days?

i haven't seen pictures here recently and i take it mine were too boring to even comment on them.

will a different area of photography make a change like in my attached shot?

EOS 30D
Tamron 17-50, 2.8 @ 50mm
1/60 - F2.8
ISO 400

...and a little photoshopping

[Kabuchan]

I'm around, just quiet. Lots of stuff going on around here and the only thing I have been takings pics of is the kids. I am addicted to my fractals and hate to tear myself away. :P

I always love your pics but this last one is wonderful! Do you have a gallery?

[gonwk]

Hi folks,:mornin:

@ UncasMS ... dude ... I guess things are quiet because of the new rules ...
But I am curious if you have the Name & Phone Number of the Gal in your current Thumbnail ... :angelgrin

BTW, all the jokes aside ... I have been busy putting up w/ my Honey's Parents ... they are driving me Nuuuuts ... ! :cry2::rain::sad::toilet2:

See you guys around.

G!:angel:

[UncasMS]

I'm around, just quiet. Lots of stuff going on around here and the only thing I have been takings pics of is the kids. I am addicted to my fractals and hate to tear myself away. :P


keep spending your time with the kids - they deserve it and hopefully they'll grant you enough time for your fractals

i have seen some of them and i like this kind of art very much i must say but i have never gotten the hang of it

been using ps now for more than a decade and since i got the dslr i spent way too much time with it :eek: but the possibilities are so amazing and can keep you busy for months without end


I always love your pics but this last one is wonderful! Do you have a gallery?


actually no because i only got the dslr by the end of july and there was so much to learn in terms of digital photography as opposed to the analog world which i have been accustomed to for more than 20yrs.

so far i haven't had the time to think about webspace and such in order to put the pics onto.




@ UncasMS ... dude ... I guess things are quiet because of the new rules ...


the new rules have changed quite a bit - that's true but because of that we tried to establish new areas of discussion and interest and i for one wanted to spent my "spare time" on digital photography

i'd love to see some of the works/pictures/snapshots of other forum members here and of course we're not here for a contest

post your pictures or post your questions or both and let's see if we can't have some synergy effects posting our ideas and comments



But I am curious if you have the Name & Phone Number of the Gal in your current Thumbnail ...

name and email is what i have got; we can look, but we better don't touch :evilwink:


here is one more:
EOS 30D
Canon 70-300 IS USM @ 90mm
F5.0 / 1/40s
ISO 400
and as usual heavy pshopping

[Kabuchan]

so far i haven't had the time to think about webspace and such in order to put the pics onto.

I wouldn't know how to start a web page nor do I have any inclination to learn right now. That's why I like deviantArt as a gallery. You can start a gallery without having to even think.

You can also have dA watermark your images. I had someone download 14 of my images from my second gallery in as many minutes. So if your ever in Argentina and see one of my fractals, let me know! :rotfl:

[BR7]

For some reason or other I like the sketched look on some photos

[UncasMS]

though i can't excactly figure out what it is it looks fascinating and has something special to it!

[BR7]

I think if I did it in layers it would turn out better .Like if I cut out the rock and did the sky blue and then did the rock closest to it's natural color and so on.This was just a quick and easy way to show what I was referring to ;)

[UncasMS]

i am (or i guess all of us are) curious to see your result so please keep up updated! :thumbs_up



i was fooling around with lineart today, too and liked the result - what do you think?

original picture taken with:
EOS 30D
Canon 70-300 IS USM @ 70mm
F5.6 / 1/60s
ISO 400

[BR7]

I really like that :) You really have to appreciate what can be done digitally on your own these days.I love playing around with line art :0 though it seems to have trouble with things bunched together.It does do great work with single images like what you have above ;) that would be something some people would consider hanging on their wall

[UncasMS]

You really have to appreciate what can be done digitally on your own these days.

i most definitely do - especially because i spent many years developing pictures (b&w) myself in the darkroom


the last couple of years i hardly used my T90 anymore because i wasn't able to use a darkroom any longer and develop the picture myself and have full control over the entire process

and though i am a photoshop user for more than a decade now i hardly used it for pictures i shot myself as i didn't go digital with an SLR system until this summer


but let bygones be bygones and let's see some more pix here :nod:

... when will we see your next lineart picture, br7? :D

[BR7]

It's not like I envisioned it http://img52.exs.cx/img52/271/l9iblush.gif but it is a vision.I have never been that great at PS LOL what I see in my noodle isn't what I see when I done photoshoping it.But I have to say I am a far cry better then I was when I first started using PS

[UncasMS]

what DID you envision? maybe we can work out something together?
you have a nice picture and an interesting first version here and we are not even talking about the "fine detail" within the pic yet :enaughty:


i know what you mean concerning the gazillion options ps offers - i'm still learning something new every other day

[BR7]

Thanks a heap for the offer UncasMS :) I am working on an idea that will hopefully be bringing me closer to my vision ;) It may take me a couple days to show you because I have been swamped at work.If my theory doesn't work I will most definitely take you up on your offer and pick your brain :)

[UncasMS]

take your time and show us some results if you like

[paglamon]

My daughter was playing with a sparkler while celebrating Diwali yesterday.
See if you can bring out any more drama into this picture,you PS gurus.
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1166/fireworkae5.th.jpg (http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fireworkae5.jpg)

[UncasMS]

i hope it is not too scary but i had the idea of a demon expelled by fire

[gonwk]

Hi guys,:smile:

@ Pagamalon ... Great Picture ... how did you do it ... shot it in the dark without a flash and fast lens!?!? BTW, Pagamalon ... you must be a "Proud" daddy ... you have a beautiful daughter.

@ UncasMS ... pretty "Nifty" special effect.

Have a Great Weekend folks ...

G! :toast:

[UncasMS]

camera used:
http://a.img-dpreview.com/reviews/images/sony_dscp52.gif
sony dsc-p52
1/125 + F3.8
ISO 320
no flash fired

at least this is what the picture exif data tell ^_~


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these are the steps i took:

- using noiseware to reduce noise/grain a little

- inserting the sparks with knoll light factory

- inserting the white "halos" arond the sparkler with eye candy 5 impact => backlight

- removing parts of this newly created halo layer in order to have it only on the left half of the sparkler

- applying "MikeW Landscape-Light Background Gallery Frame" Action

- googling for the demon picture and inserting it top left

- applying a layer mask to the demon layer and using a wide, soft black brush to reduce the transparency of the layer from bottom right to top left so that the image seems to dissolve from the center of the sparkler

- masking the outline of the remaining demon with ctrl-click on the layer and afterwards applying eye candy 5 nature => smoke to the outline of the demon and have this smoke image created as a new layer (to be able to reduce/change transparency later on).

- moving this smoke layer to the very top of the layers in order to have this smoke effect exceed the picture layer and be even visible on the white background border

- duplicating demon layer as i had "removed" a little bit too much with the layer masking and didnt want to reverse it by applying a WHITE brush against the black one used before. it is way easier to simply have another layer add to the density a little bit.


i hope the attached screenshot with the remaining layers can shed some light on the steps taken

[paglamon]

That was absolutely brilliant UncasMS, both as an idea and as the execution.

@gonwk, thank you for the compliments.And you have got the answer about the shot from UncasMS's post.

BTW,UncasMS, I am thinking about getting a new still digicam. I am not too keen about going for SLRs. I have narrowed down my choice to Sony DSC H2/H5 ,Canon S3IS/S5IS, Panasonic Lumix FZ 27/30/50 after reading about them at dpreview. What do you suggest? One thing I really need is the large zoom because I often trek in the Himalayas and love those close-ups of the mighty peaks.

[UncasMS]

What do you suggest?

that is a difficult task:eek:

let's start with canon vs sony with their S5 IS <=> DSC H5:

those two should be in a very similar price range and thus it is rather fair to compare them as opposed to adding the Panasonic FZ 50 here which is way more expensive

judging the technical data they are close but i see a little advantage for the canon:

- higher ISO range
- slightly higher picture sensor 8mp
- 4x digital zoo

when it comes to output quality i must say i never used either one so i took a look at the dpreview results and because both camera lack a RAW output i prefer the canon way of NOT applying a too heavy noise reduction as opposed to the sony (H9 in that test) because you can hardly recovery lost details but you can easily denoise a picture with decent software!
in other words the canon picture can be made to look as vivid and smoothed as the sony h9 but you will never be able to increase the amount of visible details left in the sony.

i can't say the canon wins hands down but i'm sure i'd rather go for the canon than for the sony

( but then i'd never go for any sony product anyway)




the Lumix FZ 50 on the other hand is way more expensive and bigger than the other two candidates but it offers RAW format!

photoshop cs2 btw supports the fz 50 raw format but one would have to install a plugin and i must say that acr 3.x is not as good as the latest acr 4.x which came with cs3 but the pansonic comes with silkypix and this raw converter is said to be quite good.

i heard one user say that his canon eos 350d (a dslr cam) was the same size as the lumix fz 50 - so no gain in terms of size.

the amount of digitial noise is said to be quite clearly visible with the fz 50 or to be eliminated by applying heavy denosiers which is said to result in loss of detail. on the dprev site you can find two pictures taken with iso 800 and the noise is strong - cf. the monkey and the baby pic.

this is what you hear often: strong noise with higher iso rates - no need to mention that a smaller dslr like an eos 350d/rebel won't show this amount of noise with iso 800 due to the much bigger sensor of a digital single lens reflex.

but then on the other hand: this noise can be reduced with photoshop :teeth:

moreover, the display of the lumix fz 50 seems to be a nice feature when you want to take pictures from rather unusual angles/positions.

the image stabalizer is said to do a good job but i think the same goes for the sony and canon as well.

and last but not least the quality of the lens (leica elmarit) should turn the lumix into the best choice here despite the fact that this cam is more expensive and bigger than other candidates.



so if you don't mind the extra money and a slightly bigger cam than i'd opt for the panasonic lumix fz 50.

and make sure to take your pictures with RAW mode because it is so much more powerful when it comes to turning a rather bad pictures (in terms of light) into something decent because the raw format stores much more details/information.

[paglamon]

Thank you UncasMS for an extensive comparison of the cams.It will go a long way for me to make a decision.:-)

[paglamon]

I ended up with this after getting the idea and methods from UncasMS. Thank you UncasMS for opening my eyes regarding PS filters.

13816

[UncasMS]

you're more than welcome and nice work!

[UncasMS]

...or the curse of modern day temptation:

EOS 30D
Vivitar 100mm, 2.8 Macro, Canon FD Mount
lens used with FD => EOS adapter
Iso 100
F 2.8 for the Cohibas
F 5.6 for the San Christobal
F22 for the Porsche pipe
Exposure times from 1/10 to 30 seconds

Pipe pictures is made from 6 different exposures in order to realize a wide dynamic range


as always => click image for full size

[UncasMS]

Hope you'll like them:


EOS 30D
17-50mm Tamron



Dom_001:

Iso 400
17mm
F18
0,4-13 secs
HDR Image from 5 different exposures


Dom_002

Iso 400
17mm
F3,5
1/125 sec
Sepia toned


Dom_003

Iso 400
17mm
F3,5
1/50 sec
Original picture turned into 3 different exposures and then into a tonemapped pic


Dom_004

Iso 400
32mm
F3,5
1/40 sec


Dom_005

Iso 400
17mm
F2,8
1/40 sec
Image perspective corrected and heavily filtered

Click into the final (not only the thumbnails below) pictures for full size

[Kabuchan]

The flying buttresses in the second photo are wonderful but I think I like the first photo for the depth created by the arches. They are all really wonderful :)

[BR7]

I apologize for me taking so long I have been busy.But anyway here is what I came up with :) it's close to what I was wanting but I would like to see if I can get it to look like it was done with a pencil/pen it's not to convincing the way I did it.Please disregard the error on the right side I just realized I missed but like an idiot I didn't save it in psd so I can't fix it

[UncasMS]

hi br7,
thanks for keeping us up2date

could you by chance provide a bigger version of your picture?
it is rather hard to "go into details" with this one *g*

what comes to my mind is this:
- have you thought about applying different filter styles to your main areas (rock / sky)?
- masking/selection may be worth spending some time on ( i very much like layer masks btw!)
- vignetting could be removed (by using stamp tool or filter => lens correction)


if you like / don't mind could you provide us with the source picture?
i'd like to give it a try and see if i could realize what i have in mind and of course give you a step by step description of the parts i may edit.


but like an idiot I didn't save it in psd so I can't fix it
i know exactly what it feels like ^_~

i was editing one of the pipe pictures i took recently and was almost finished when ps all of a sudden heavily crashed and ruined my entire work.
i didnt save the tonemapped, layer masked and stamped picture a single time and was punished for being much too careless.

[BR7]

Masking is something I need to work on, but I do get what your saying.I never really gave any thought to doing it in sections and I think I will give it a go.The picture came with XP but I will post it anyway :)

[UncasMS]

sorry it took some time but here is my approach:

1.
- noise reduction on this layer

- magic wand was used (many times with a tolerance setting of 32% and holding down "shift" in order to expand the mask) to select the sky OUTSIDE arch as a first step.

- having selected the entire area of sky outside the arch i clicked on "add layer mask" down right in the layer palette

you can see the result in in the small picture added for demonstration of the layers used

- finally i used "knoll light factory" on the this layer (NOT on the layer mask) to create the light rays


2.
- same procedure for sky INSIDE arch except light rays


3.
- used a copy of background, turned it into b/w (picture => settings => b/w) and then used "linear light" for the layer merging inside layer palatte

this resulted in an arch with way more contrast and fill light


4.

- reduced image size to 1024 px width

- merged all layers down to one

- used sharpening filter on the entire picture
(having reduced a picture in size it is almost always a very good idea to use a sharpening filter before saving the final image)

- image saved

[BR7]

Holy Cow!!! Thats some nice work :) adding the sun was a nice touch.Thanks for the tutorial UncasMS I will definitely work on it and show you my results

[BR7]

I thought I would give you a sample of our weather today ;) I haven't forgotten about the tutorial above I just have been real busy and I will get to it ASAP :)

[UncasMS]

Nice pics, BR7

So Jack Frost's your neighbor? :eek:

[UncasMS]

EOS 30D
Canon 70-300 IS USM @ 70mm
Iso 100
F 14
Exposure times from 1.0 to 3.2 seconds


- used 7 tealights behind the glas for the illumination
- created the picture from 3 different exposures
- colour correction, layer masking, layer merging, the usual ps stuff

let's have a drink folks :toast:

[Kabuchan]

@ UncasMS - the reason I haven't been posting any pics is because none of the pics that members post are showing up. The all say this... I don't know if anyone would be able to see any pics I post or not :(

http://img478.imageshack.us/img478/3121/20071207000112tu4.jpg

[UncasMS]

it does look similar to what i see, kabuchan, but not identical


have you tried or WERE you able to CLICK ON the filename (lights.jpg)?

maybe it was my "fault" for not "approving" all those postings which contained linked images like the example you quote

i have now selected all posting within this thread that contain attachment like the one from paglamon and "approved" them so the question is: does it work now and have you tried to click the file names before i "approved" all postings today?

if you were not able to click the attachment names before then i will have to think about how we could handle attachments in future because i wasnt even aware other people were not able to click the linked attachments as i always was able to do so and never even thought about "approving" anything.


we will hopefully find a solution :toast: and i'm sorry for the trouble

[Kabuchan]

I could only click the yellow flower that BR7 had posted. But I see everyone's pics now. Thank you ... :D. It was weird to have people put up their photos but I couldn't see them. So it was hard to see just what you Shopped in them. :)

I have to fix my leaky kitchen faucet, but when I'm done I will post up a few photos I took over the holidays.

Thanks again UncasMS!http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h276/DianneOnly/sm_kiss.gif

[UncasMS]

i'm very sorry nobody was able to properly see the attachments - i had no idea

if only anyone had mentioned it earlier....

but anyway i'll see to it and promise to keep up with the "approvals" - pls do keep posting your pictures people!

I have to fix my leaky kitchen faucet, but when I'm done I will post up a few photos I took over the holidays.

showing you fixing the faucet?:evilwink:

[Kabuchan]

Here are a couple I had to clean up. The leopard had a cage in front of it and I had to remove all the bars ... :P They are clickable :)

http://aycu10.webshots.com/image/37009/2002612273618666651_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002612273618666651)

With this one I aged it a bit and added the golden hue to it.

http://aycu37.webshots.com/image/36476/2002602388253730208_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002602388253730208)

EDIT: No one needs a pic of me under the sink - LMAO

[UncasMS]

good work, kabuchan!

the bar removal must have cost you quite some time - if you hadn't said so i would have thought you stood eye to eye with the leopard

and the sky pictures is also very lovely - good timing catching the sun beams piercing through the clouds

EDIT: No one needs a pic of me under the sink - LMAO

why not let us make this decision?
:evilidea:
++++++++++++++

by the way: admin was so kind as to disable "approvals" in the photography forums so problems like the one reported by kabuchan should be a thing from the past.

so please let's have some more pix here - a simple upload should do!

[Kabuchan]

UncasMS and Admin, thank you!

Pier 39, San Fransisco

Before:
http://aycu34.webshots.com/image/34353/2003317810087604146_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003317810087604146)

After:
http://aycu38.webshots.com/image/38117/2003398044393765623_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003398044393765623)

[UncasMS]

you should have added an egg :-D

[delex]

my shot

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3636/flower4el0.jpg


& this pic isnt mine - I saved from photo forum:

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7113/flower3bg6.jpg

[uufta]

My twin grandsons recently, :)
Taken with my daughters Nikon D2Xs
Settings unknown by me :p

[UncasMS]

beautiful rose you got there, delex

if i were you i'd try objects like yours with a little less sharpness for the background.
reducing the depth of focus could be achieved with an open aperture (smaller number) when taking the picture or later on with digital manipulation like in this case:

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?postid=543260#post543260


@ uufta

you must be an animal tamer in your spare time ^_~
wonderful pictures you took

btw: after downsizing the pictures (to 1024 x 683 in your case) i'd always sharpen them before saving to jpg

[Kabuchan]

UncasMS - Any way you can fix this photo? I'd really appreciate it. This was me at 5 in the back of my mom's old wagon. I have a pic of my 5 yr old daughter in almost the exact same pose, and neither of us would let our balloons go ... LOL

Vista finally spit my old photo proggy out and I haven't been able to figure out PS6. It's hit and miss for me ... :(

http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/35759/2004391513292806463_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004391513292806463)

[UncasMS]

here is a first try:

[paglamon]

My attempt(with due apologies to the Guru, UncasMS :) )
13959

[UncasMS]

no need to apologise, paglamon

we're all here to help

[Kabuchan]

You guys are great! They are both beautiful, thank you so much!

[BR7]

We got about 8-9 inches of snow last night and when I looked out the back door I seen some deer.This was the best picture I could get I wish I had a better zoom.Actually this was the only picture I could get, because as soon as she seen me in the door she took off LOL. I put the red highlight around the one that blended in the woods

[paglamon]

A pic from my recent vacation tour. That partially frozen lake is at an altitude of nearly 14000 ft.
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/4391/dsc00081vy0.th.jpg (http://img261.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00081vy0.jpg)

[UncasMS]

@ br7
You better feed the deer properly the next couple of weeks and you'll be able to to take more pix :evilwink:

@ Paglamon
this very minute i'm not able to load the imageshack pic of yours.
could you doublecheck pls?
seems worth looking at :nod:


+++++

btw:

wanted something colourful last weekend and made a Best of RAINBOW (http://metal-archives.com/release.php?id=11492) pic:

[paglamon]

@UncasMS

It is working OK for me.Here it is once again:
http://img261.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00081vy0.jpg

[UncasMS]

it is working now, thanx - no idea what went wrong here before

lovely lanscape you were looking at!

[Kabuchan]

@ UncaseMS - is that a TY??? LOL You caught that perfectly ... :)

I was in Beverly Hills and saw this church tower. It wasn't the tower that was interesting but the window. I caught it the best I could, but it still wasn't good enough. So I did a little PhotoShopping. Moral of the story, don't snap and drive ... :D

http://aycu07.webshots.com/image/43326/2001969067758232742_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001969067758232742)

http://aycu32.webshots.com/image/40271/2001946064294000198_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001946064294000198)

[UncasMS]

could you pls add some curtains? :evillol:



is that a TY???
nope - click the hyperlink in my post

[Kabuchan]

could you pls add some curtains? :evillol:

Why? I'm not hiding anything! :enaughty:

nope - click the hyperlink in my post

I see ... :smashead: on me!

[UncasMS]

EOS 30D
EF-70-300mm IS USM + 100mm Vivitar Macro

[UncasMS]

EOS 30D
EF-70-300mm IS USM + 100mm Vivitar Macro

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

@ Uncas ... that reptile will snap your finger one of these days ... I love the 1st one the sunshine and coolness of the lizard.

@ Paglamon ... loved the Snow ... but what in the world are those little flaggy thinks around the edges of the snow and the lake?

@ Kabuchan ... the most interesting thing in your picture is the "Flag" ... and I am Surprised how some Lefty Die Hard in L.A. has not YET cried about taking the flag down.

G!:bounce:

[paglamon]

@ Paglamon ... loved the Snow ... but what in the world are those little flaggy thinks around the edges of the snow and the lake?

They ARE flags. They are somehow related to the religious faith (Buddhism) of the people at that part of the country. There is a tragic story behind the name of the lake(and pass). It is called SELA PASS and SELA LAKE. Sela was a common village girl. She fell in love with an Indian soldier, Jaswant Singh. In the Indo-China war of 1962, Jaswant was captured and killed after he singlehandedly resisted a 75 man Chinese army for 72 hours. He ran from bunker to bunker firing shots.The Chinese thought that there was a whole army present because of firing from multiple bunkers. The local people ,including Sela,helped Jaswant. Finally he was captured. After his death, Sela was said to have jumped off the mountains at this place.

[Kabuchan]

@ Paglamon - What a beautiful story ... :love:

@ gonwk - there is too much truth to that statement ... :(

@ UncasMS - Lovin' those lizards ... :D

[UncasMS]

high time to post some pictures here i guess :rolleyes:

[UncasMS]

all pictures taken with:
EOS 30D + 70-300mm IS USM or 100mm Macro USM

[Kabuchan]

I got my Nikon D60 last week. I will post photos soon! I am still playing around with it ... :)

[UncasMS]

congrats on the new toy *g*

hope you'll show us some of your pictures some time!

[doctorhardware]

Nice camera!!!

[gonwk]

Hi folks,

UncasMS ... can you tell me how do you make your BIG pictures to post as those small Thumbnails and when I click on them open up larger?

I want to do a Laptop review and plugin some of my pics in my article but small like yours.

Thanks,
G!:)

[UncasMS]

when i upload pictures with the posting the forumsoftware creates some sort of a small thumbnail and opens the original sizre when you click on it.

does it not work the same way for you, gwonk?
have you tried attaching any picture here?

depending on where you want to post your article the forum/software may be different to what it is here.

[gonwk]

OK ... so it is Site specific ... I thought may be you invoke some kind of HTML tag and makes it display that way.

So, may be Admin can tell us his Secrets.

BTW, Beautiful Zoo Pictures ... I downloaded some of them ... I hope you don't have a copyright on them ... becasue I was thinking about shrinking some and usingthem as AVATAR.

Thanks,

G!:)

[paglamon]

@gonwk,

You can also upload the picture here (http://imageshack.us/). There you will get codes for the full pic as well as the thumbnail. Just copy/paste the thumbnail code here and we will get a nice thumbnail linking to the real big picture. :)

[UncasMS]

of course i have (c) on my pics *g* - but you may use them as avatars if you like

maybe you should use flickr or picasa - they are free and decent upload sites

[BR7]

Here (http://br7.deviantart.com/art/Lily-Pad-Flower-95547429)is a picture I took a month or less ago.It's a picture of the lillypad flower in my pond,it only opens in the morning .I took the picture with then intention of posting it here,but I kept putting it off

[gonwk]

Hi Paglamon,:)

Long time no talk ... THANKS for the tip.

How is the weather in your nick of the woods!?!?

G!:angelgrin

[paglamon]

Hi G,

It is my favourite time of the year----the time for rains. Have you ever seen a peacock fan out its plume when the rain comes ? I feel like that peacock.
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5964/peacockda4.th.jpg (http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=peacockda4.jpg)

[dazuk1972]

This is the West Pier in Brighton, East Sussex, UK. IT's a shame the remains were burnt.

[UncasMS]

IT's a shame the remains were burnt.

it really is - nice pictures, though!

mine was taken around lunchtime yesterday

[UncasMS]

Under the bridge...

[Kabuchan]

Great shots! I love the bridge UncasMS ... :)

Here is a simple photo with my new D60. I love the depth it has. Image Sahck doesn't do it justice ...

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/5813/dsc0018cr8.th.jpg (http://img367.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0018cr8.jpg)

[Kabuchan]

Can someone explain the F-stop stuff VERY simply to me. I want the camels to be in focus and not the trees.
BTW - take your time. After I took that shot, Molly tripped me up and I landed on the lens. It will be a month before I get it back ... :(

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/4701/kissingcamels2oz9.th.jpg (http://img519.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kissingcamels2oz9.jpg)

[paglamon]

Can someone explain the F-stop stuff VERY simply to me
May be:http://www.uscoles.com/fstop.htm

[Kabuchan]

Thanks! I will take a peek ... :D

[UncasMS]

the link is definitely worth reading!


nonetheless i'd like to give some feedback concerning f/stop (or aperture) and DOF + focal length, all of which is closely related to one another.

f/stop or aperture: using a small number or more opened aperture will let more light get through your lens and lead to a SMALLER DOF (depth of field).

this graphic from wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Aperture_diagram.svg) demontrates opened vs closed apertures:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Aperture_diagram.svg/462px-Aperture_diagram.svg.png



a higher number means the aperture is closed more and thus less light will get through your lens (inevetably requiring a SLOWER shutter speed than using an open aperture) but at the same time the DOF will be increased and therefor more of the area behind and in front of that very spot you have put the focus on (in case you took influence and not let the camera decide on which point to focus on!!!).

the DOF / depth of field is narrow with opened aperture AND longer focal length and even the distance to your object is of importance - c.f. this wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/DOF-ShallowDepthofField.jpg/350px-DOF-ShallowDepthofField.jpg


what does all this means with reference to your picture?

1. make sure to focus on the mountain ridge and NOT on the trees!
(make yourself familiar with the D60's three point AF and try using only the central AF spot in order to focus only on that part of your image which you decide on and not the cameras AF system, which might actually focus on the trees and not your desired background)

2. use the D60's "aperture priority mode (A)" and force the camera to use a small number as your f/stop (smallest number depends on your lens [and amount of money spent on the lens :p ])

3. show your result :thumbs_up

[Kabuchan]

Thank you both!
That really helped. Now I only need my camera back ... :)

[UncasMS]

been to a tribute concert (metallica & judas priest) two weeks ago

here are some pics of the metallica cover band:

[UncasMS]

... part II:

[paglamon]

Pics from my just completed trek to Himalayan terrain:http://picasaweb.google.com/sics66/DeoriyatalTunganathMadhmaheswar

[paglamon]

Pics from my just completed vacation tour of Himalayas:http://picasaweb.google.com/sics66/Kumaon02?feat=directlink#

[UncasMS]

that must have been an awesome and most phantastic trip you made, paglamon - nice photos!

[paglamon]

You bet ! It was. The Himalayas just never fail to amaze me.
BTW, these were taken with my newly procured Panasonic FZ 28. Loving the cam.

[paglamon]

Just a few days back......full moon from my house.
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6449/moonrn3.th.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=moonrn3.jpg)

[UncasMS]

that's a wonderful picture!

would you by chance have details on iso, shutter speed, aperture, focus length and the like?

[paglamon]

Thank you, master !

ISO:100
Shutterspeed: 1/80 sec.
F number: f/7.1
Focal length:486 mm.(35 mm. equivalent).....digital zoom ratio: 3.1.....i.e. nearly 54X total zoom

[UncasMS]

thanx, paglamon :toast:

btw you meant jack of all trades and master of none, didnt you? :)

+++++0

here is my pic of the day:

despite the cold a grabbed my camera and the tripod and took some pictures after work today

here is the first example of a church illuminated in twilight -this period of time is way too short to take pictures from more than one location

i made three different pictures (using my canons AEB function, which shoots 1 picture with correct metering and one pic with the "bracket" you set it to [i used the max of 2 f.stops]) above and one below the correct value

those three picture were turned into a HDR via photomatix and afterwards photoshopped
(removed an electric wire, reduced the yellowish tint on ths snow, added that yellow light on the front window, removed noise)

EOS 30D
Lens: EF-S 10-22mm @ 10mm
ISO: 200
AV: 7.1
TV: 1/4 - 1 - 4 seconds

[UncasMS]

Same day, different location

Lens: EF-S 10-22mm @ 22mm
TV: 1/2 - 2 - 8 seconds

[doctorhardware]

UncasMS, the picture of the church, where is it from. It looks very familiar.

[UncasMS]

a rather small town in germany

[paglamon]

Brilliant pics !!! The first picture gave me a rather surreal feeling !!!! Twilight at 1.30 a.m. ? So unfamiliar to me ! What was the colour of the sky at 1/4 sec. exposure time ?

[UncasMS]

the picture was taken around 17:30 and that was twilight over here in germany

i took three different pics with a correct exposure and an over as well as under-exposure for the other two images

finally i used PHTOMATIX to create an HDR image (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging) from the three single files and furthermore photoshopped the picture to a certain degree

[UncasMS]

What was the colour of the sky at 1/4 sec. exposure time ?

i am going to post the single images later tonite so you will see

[UncasMS]

here are the three single images i used to create the image:

[UncasMS]

and here is the same church from a slightly different p-o-v:

[doctorhardware]

I like the last picture that you have posted. It is a nice perspective.

[UncasMS]

time to post some new pictures here:

[ger@co]

Very interesting. I like the last one the best.

What filter did you use to get that "plastic" effect. I looks like they have been "shrink wrapped."

Later.

[UncasMS]

I think i used Flaming Pear => Organic Edges

[ger@co]

Ok thanks, I'll check it out.

Later.

[jmet]

I wish I would have found this thread when I bought my Canon EOS Rebel XSi 12.2MP camera. I loved the camera Unfortunately, I had to return the camera because I needed the money back (I had to pay Uncle Sam $1,300 back in taxes).

I was reading about this 500D earlier today - http://www.techradar.com/reviews/cameras-and-camcorders/cameras/digital-slrs/canon-eos-500d-595841/review

But, I'll probably end up buying this Nikon I found today at Newegg - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830113037

I'll see if I can find some pics I took with it. I didn't have it long enough to start playing with Photoshop though.

[doctorhardware]

That sucks, I have not filed as of yet but they owe me money so I am not very worried. What are they going to do to me put me in jail. Doubt it.:smashead:

[UncasMS]

comparing nikon d40 and canon 500d there is nothing that would make me go yellow

the 500d has by far the better features


on the other hand the canon 40D is dirt cheap these days and i'd most definitely go for a two digit canon

[photo_angel2004]

... part II:

WOW, I have never seen pictures taken from a rock concert that look that sharp, I am impressed.

How close were you?
You must be a pro.

Amasing pics UncasMS!:toast::kiss2::toast:

[photo_angel2004]

Here are some of my favorite pics taken on the Fox River after the wicked flood that wiped out a lot of our city last summer. As devistating as that was there are some pretty pics from it though.

NON of this pics were edited or photoshoped in anyway shape or form. These are shown just the way they were taken.

[photo_angel2004]

Here are the rest.

[doctorhardware]

Photo angel I see that you are behind the Chedder Curtain.:bglaugh2:

[photo_angel2004]

Photo angel I see that you are behind the Chedder Curtain.:bglaugh2:

Not sure what a Chedder Curtain is, LOL :toast:

Is that a good or bad thing?

[doctorhardware]

You're in packer land, cheese head, hence behind the chedder curtain. Also WI is noted for their cheese.:)

[photo_angel2004]

You're in packer land, cheese head, hence behind the chedder curtain. Also WI is noted for their cheese.:)

LMAO! I have heard the terms packer land and cheese heads but never in the 38 years that I have been alive have I heard the term "behind the cheddar curtain" LOL

Yes I am in WI State. about an hour to an hour and a half from the IL boarder. And yes the Fox River runs through WI and IL states not sure how far it goes but its a long one. :toast::kiss2::toast:

[UncasMS]

WOW, I have never seen pictures taken from a rock concert that look that sharp, I am impressed.

How close were you?
You must be a pro.

Amasing pics UncasMS!:toast::kiss2::toast:

i am far from being a pro, pa, but thanks for the kind words.

that concert was a coverband playing in a very small hall so i was able to step right up to the stage.
(will be seeing metallica these days but as opposed to the coverband i will not be allowed to take pictures :mad2: )


some pictures were taken with wideangle lenses (10-17mm) and others with a 100mm lens.


concerning sharpness: most of the pics i took that night looked rather crappy because the light was extremely bad and you only see the better one :p

the other aspect is: you can actually gain something with imaging tools
i apply sharpening filter to almost any picture you see here because you will always have to sharpen an image after reducing its resolution.

if you don't mind i'd like to demonstrate that even with your lovely photo there is a little more to it which can be unveiled.

take a look at sharpness and highlight/shadow balance

[photo_angel2004]

if you don't mind i'd like to demonstrate that even with your lovely photo there is a little more to it which can be unveiled.

take a look at sharpness and highlight/shadow balance

What tools or filter did you use to make that so bright? That looks awesome is there anything that could be done with the pics with the reflecting clouds? Never tried to play with those pics yet.

I have learned many many cool tricks with Photoshop I have CS2. But I am still learing the program as there is much to learn with a program like that.

Thanks Carla:)

P.S. where are you uploading your photos to make them apear on the forum like they are?

[UncasMS]

- i used in PS
=> picture => corrections=> highlight/shadow (ctrl+t)
=> reduce pixel size to 1280 x XXX
=> filter => sharpen => selective sharpener
=> save for web

- the picture was uploaded with this forums upload function
(in advanced reply mode you'll find: "manage attachments")

[photo_angel2004]

- i used in PS
=> picture => corrections=> highlight/shadow (ctrl+t)
=> reduce pixel size to 1280 x XXX
=> filter => sharpen => selective sharpener
=> save for web

- the picture was uploaded with this forums upload function
(in advanced reply mode you'll find: "manage attachments")


I will have to play around with that a bit.
Thanks

[photo_angel2004]

I created this from 3 photos the guy on the left is an X boyfriend beleive that or not. LOL
Anyways the fun with this one was he had a bad habbit of getting real wasted while hanging out at his mothers bar. So one night I was taking some pics with some cheap point and shoot 35mm camera. And decided to play a trick on him. I told him that some guy came into the bar with a tiger cub, when he didnt belive me I showed him a 4X6 picutre printed on the same paper they use at Sam's club to print out 35mm pics.

He bought the story and really belived there was a tiger in the bar.
Photo Shop can be fun!

[UncasMS]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3356/3631447126_1e2ce8d1d3_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3657/3632764140_de67dbb261_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2445/3632005871_7f05cb8162_o.jpg

[UncasMS]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3589/3633534959_fc54dcfa70_o.jpg

[ger@co]

Geez, those are great. Excellent work UncasMS, did you take the original photos yourself?

Later.

[UncasMS]

yes i did

a couple of days ago i wanted to "capture" smoke and started with lighting a simple match but the little bugger did not create any smoke at all so i had to rethink the whole idea and decided to buy incense sticks and they actually did a great job.

the setup for these pictures was fairly simple:

i placed two of the incense sticks in front of a black cloth, set the flashlight on a tripod to the right side behind the incense sticks and used a very simple and inexpensive way to build a snoot for the flash in order to focus the light ray to a very narrow area: i bought pringles and used that cylinder as a snoot

flash light was manually reduced to 1/4 and connected with the camera via (extended) cable

now all i needed was a little patience to focus correctly which was hard in a near darkened room and take a couple of pictures

[ger@co]

Very inventive, and your patience certainly paid off. Once again, great work.

[UncasMS]

thank you

+++

by the way, this is how the flash looked like:

[ger@co]

Cool, you've shown me that I have an awful lot to learn about creative photography. Thank you for the inspiration.

Later.

[UncasMS]

Thunder & Lightning:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3418/3843104858_299c1b75d5_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2585/3843105026_720f1973c9_o.jpg

EOS 30D
Tv: 30 Sec.
Av: F22
ISO: 100
Lens: EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM @ 10,0 mm + 16 mm

[soup]

Thunder & Lightning:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3418/3843104858_299c1b75d5_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2585/3843105026_720f1973c9_o.jpg

EOS 30D
Tv: 30 Sec.
Av: F22
ISO: 100
Lens: EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM @ 10,0 mm + 16 mm

They are cool. :thumbs_up:thumbs_up If you get the smoke pictures blessed, will you have to change the name to "Holy Smoke"?

[UncasMS]

They are cool. :thumbs_up:thumbs_up If you get the smoke pictures blessed, will you have to change the name to "Holy Smoke"?

i'm open to suggestions :evilidea:

but how would they (http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?p=547750#post547750) feel when not being titled "holy smoke"?

http://forum.digital-digest.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13838&d=1195167545

[soup]

True, LOL.

[paglamon]

My first experiment with 3D photography. View the picture in fullscreen wearing a red/green glass. I myself viewed it wearing a trial frame(one used by optometrists to test the power of your spectacles) with a red glass in front of the right eye and green glass in front of the left eye.You will appreciate the space between the backrest of the chair and the teddy.
15825

[paglamon]

Another one. This time you can see the tusks jutting out. Reverse the glasses this time,i.e. Green in right eye and Red in left eye.
15826

[UncasMS]

Spent some time at a cigar, pipe and tabacco dealer recently:

EOS 30 D
Canon EF 100mm F / 2.8 Marco USM
Benro tripod

[UncasMS]

the second leg:

[Alien Bay]

This is a shot from Oct 9th disappointing loss of the St. Louis Cardinals to the LA Dodgers in the NL playoffs. It was taken with my new Traveler camera that stitches pictures into panorama shots using software that comes with the camera See Thread Here (http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=92160)
It was shot at 10 Mpx and opened in PS Elements 7, it says the size is 210"x36" (WTF?) Anyway, without software to magnify, it's appears small. Going to Hawaii in 2 weeks and looking forward to getting some good pics there.

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/2937/oct9cardgamecpyjpg.th.jpg (http://img94.imageshack.us/i/oct9cardgamecpyjpg.jpg/)

Resized from original 7+ Mb to 1+ Mb

[UncasMS]

That's an impressive sight - well done, Alien Bay

Hope you will have a good time on Hawaii and let us see some pics later on!

[UncasMS]

a little "wild life":

Canon EOS 30D
EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
ISO 100/400

[UncasMS]

and some urban HDR

Canon EOS 30D
EF-S 10-22mm f3.5-4.5 USM
Benro tripod
TV: 8-30 secs
AV: 8

[photo_angel2004]

and some urban HDR

Canon EOS 30D
EF-S 10-22mm f3.5-4.5 USM
Benro tripod
TV: 8-30 secs
AV: 8

Where were these pics shot from very cool city.
Nice pictures!

[paglamon]

My trek to the Pindari Glacier :http://picasaweb.google.com/sics66/Pindari

[UncasMS]

Where were these pics shot from very cool city.
Nice pictures!

all the pictures were shot from a tripod :angelgrn:

sorry, pa :toast: - the city is called Münster


paglamon, i really envy you for those trips - very nice pictures!


btw, here is what came out when i searched my pictures for a new background wallpaper for win7:
colours were phototshopped of course, smoke is real

[photo_angel2004]

all the pictures were shot from a tripod :angelgrn:

sorry, pa :toast: - the city is called Münster




Looks Like I need to take a trip to Germany. LOL
Actually always wanted to go to Germany and check out my families old neighborhood. I wish I could take pics like yours we just dont have the scenery for it here. At least not that cool.

[UncasMS]

i'm sure you will have other wonderful scenes and spots to get creative

[UncasMS]

Autumn impressions:

Canon EOS 30D
EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 @ 300mm
TV 1/250 sec
AV 5.6 + 7.1
ISO 100
Photoshop

[UncasMS]

Canon EOS 30D
EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
ISO 100-400

[UncasMS]

Canon EOS 30D
EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
ISO 100-400

[UncasMS]

Canon EOS 30D
EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
ISO 100-400

[UncasMS]

Canon EOS 30D
Canon EF 100mm Marco
AV: 25
TV: 1/125
Speedlite 430 EX II connected with 5m cable fired from different sides

[Alien Bay]

This panorama was taken with stitching software that came with my camera see thread here. (http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=92160)

This was on a recent trip to Hawaii and is (I believe) Hanauma Bay on Oahu. Took lots of photos so all the locations tend to be confusing, but I'm pretty sure this is Hanauma on the North Shore of Oahu.
http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af56/Alien_Bay/Hawaii_1.jpg

EDIT: Should've read South shore..

[UncasMS]

wonderful spot and nice picture!

[Kabuchan]

Canon EOS 30D
Canon EF 100mm Marco
AV: 25
TV: 1/125
Speedlite 430 EX II connected with 5m cable fired from different sides

Absolutely beautiful and serene ... :) You always amaze me with your photos!

[UncasMS]

thank you, kabuchan

now it's your turn to post a picture - i bet you will be able to amaze us, too :thumbs_up

[UncasMS]

Another macro shot

Canon EOS 30D
EF 100mm Macro
ISO 100
TV 2 sec
AV 5.6
Flash fired

[UncasMS]

Canon EOS 30D
EF 100mm F2.8 Macro USM
EF 70-300mm F4-5.6 IS USM
built-in flash