July's "Post yer Latest Picture"

[D'z Nutz]

Maybe it's time to start a tradition of breaking up the "Post yer Latest Picture" by months. The last thread had some really great photos. Let's keep 'em coming!

I'll start...

Something a bit different from my usual astrophotography. Trying different things with exposure time and dark subtraction. Taken about 2 nights ago:
http://photos.asianorgansurplus.com/night/dscn0808_clean.jpg

These were taken while I was rollerblading downtown:
http://photos.asianorgansurplus.com/rollerblading/cimg0011.jpg

http://photos.asianorgansurplus.com/rollerblading/cimg0013.jpg

http://photos.asianorgansurplus.com/rollerblading/cimg0014.jpg

Duck kept waddling away while I was trying to roll towards it :D
http://photos.asianorgansurplus.com/rollerblading/cimg0016.jpg


BTW, for those who didn't know, if you use the BIMG tags instead of the IMG tags, it'll automatically reduce the image size shown and add the "Click image for larger version" as shown above.

[Rydog]

sweet moon shot man, very cool.

[Ben]

Sounds good to me Buddy!

[nismodrifter]

so fresh...so clean...you know you like it :D :D :bigpimp:

http://members.shaw.ca/turbobenz/carswashed%20033.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/turbobenz/carswashed1.jpg

[D'z Nutz]

One of the better results from 3 nights ago. When the moon is close to the horizon, it appears sort of orangey/brownish color:

http://photos.asianorgansurplus.com/lunar_06-28-04/dscn0790.jpg

(Almost) full moon tonight!
http://photos.asianorgansurplus.com/night/dscn0856_interpolation.jpg

[JAYMEZ]

Damn , ill try and get some pics of the fireworks tonight. Ill see how that goes lol. And if anyone sees a blue STi up in cougar ridge tonight for fireworks , give me a wave!

[civic_stylez]

hit up the boondoggers last weekend and snapped a few...

[civic_stylez]

one more...

[CivicDXR]

http://members.shaw.ca/CivicDXR2/tower.jpg

[EK 2.0]

Civic looks Pizzimp yo...nice pics posted by all...I need some skills in this area...

[5.9 R/T]

One Dirty Dog:

[5.9 R/T]

And One Airport:

[Melinda]

Okay I'll play. :) Here's a few taken a few nights ago

[Melinda]

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[Melinda]

#3

[benyl]

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[Ekliptix]

Nice idea, and nice night shots Melinda.

[Ekliptix]

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[Ekliptix]

Hiking

[Ekliptix]

more

[rogue]

wow cool cave where did you go hiking?

[turbo_equiped]

damn nice shots everyone!!
this photography thang is a skill too!!

[Ben]

Canada Day Fireworks

http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/fireworks01.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/fireworks02.jpg


and some shitty quality screwing around with my cam, haha:

http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/road01.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/road02.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/road03.jpg

[D'z Nutz]

Yeah, really shitty quality, Ben :rolleyes:

Hahaha! Awesome pics! I wish I had a better camera. I get way too many hot pixels on longer exposure shots.

[Ben]

This one is incredible, hahaha, talk about 1 in a million!!!


DRAGON FIRE!!!

[MM93]

gotta love vancouver!!

[MM93]

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[benyl]

http://www.benyl.com/Beyond/July0104/1.jpg
http://www.benyl.com/Beyond/July0104/2.jpg
http://www.benyl.com/Beyond/July0104/3.jpg
http://www.benyl.com/Beyond/July0104/4.jpg
http://www.benyl.com/Beyond/July0104/5.jpg

[bigboom]

just curious to get those shots where the main subject is in focus but everything else is blurry how do you do that? i know the portrait mode on the auto settings does that but how do you do it manually?

[benyl]

it is all about depth of field.

Shallow depth of field = large aperture (lower number like 2.8)
deep depth of field = small aperture (everything in focus from close to far)

[Melinda]

Here are 4 of my fireworks pictures

#1

[Melinda]

#2

[Melinda]

#3

[Melinda]

#4

[benyl]

Man, taking pics of fireworks is hard. Especially with digital!

I tried using the night guide which suggested

1 second, f22 and 400 ISO... None of the photos I took using that looked good.

[Melinda]

I used my tripod and a shutter release cord set on 'bulb' so I could control how long the shutter was open. It was at f16 or so, I played with it a bunch throughout the show

[Ben]

Originally posted by benyl
Man, taking pics of fireworks is hard. Especially with digital!

I tried using the night guide which suggested

1 second, f22 and 400 ISO... None of the photos I took using that looked good.

Really? I find taking photos of fireworks far easier than with regular film because you can preview, as well as ISO noise on our cameras is almost non existant till 1600.

I wish I was close and Had a tripod, but I wasn't, so handholding the cam was my only option with my crappy kit lens, hahaha

[benyl]

You didn't want to be close... I park close to the four season... the traffic jam lasted 1.5 hours... fack... I didn't get home until 12:45

[Ekliptix]

Nice fireworks pictures.
Ben, I like the car ones.


Originally posted by rogue
wow cool cave where did you go hiking?

It was along the Trans Canada, across from the limestone quary east of Canmore.
Earlier that day, we spent 5 hours hiking for a lost ski and pole that a buddy lost in an avalanche while backcountry skiing. We found it, suprisingly.

[Ekliptix]

taken and hour ago.

http://www.snowest.com/fusetalk/attachments/Pond%2DWater2%2Ejpg :)

[dieselpower91]

Not my latest pic.. but I think its cool.
Out in Waiparous:nut:

[Z_Fan]

"Bluebells" - they are spreading like wildfire.

[///M3]

Do most of you photographers have your own dark rooms?

[Ekliptix]

I'm pretty sure %95 of the ppl who take pictures on here use digital cameras.

[Pihsiak]

mmm... worms

[autobodygal]

Awesome pics everyone!!:clap: :clap: Keep them coming!

[Rydog]

no doubt, sweet pics indeed. I like the way you finish your pics Graeme, they look sweet like that with the border and the fade at the edges. Ben, how'd you do the moving car pics? they rule!

anyways, i'm picking up my D-Rebel today cause i returned my G5 as it wasn't everything I thought it was going to be.
More pics to come!

[speedracer]

http://www.speedracer.ca/html/modules/gallery/albums/album116/PICT0023.jpg

Hopefully a few more days like this so I can at least work on the car...

[Ekliptix]

Taken tonight.

http://www.snowest.com/fusetalk/attachments/Ladybug%2Ejpg

[Ekliptix]

from this morning

http://www.snowest.com/fusetalk/attachments/fogfield%2Ejpg

[///M3]

Sweet Ekliptix. Did you inhance those 2 pics in anyway?

[Ekliptix]

Very mininally (is that a word?).

The camera does not always capture what the photographer sees with their eyes, so tweeking is often required.

[ZMan2k2]

Shot on the 6th, between Field and Lake Louise.

[Skylinelover]

Not that special

[Z_Fan]

I took this picture in the big storm we had a few weeks ago. This is 'un-modified'. It was pitch black outside, and ofcourse I couldn't react fast enough to catch the lightning at will. But this was one picture that actually was captured...

[D'z Nutz]

Nice lightning shot! Here's mine from July 2nd. There was still quite a bit of light out, so I had to take continuous quick exposure shots to get this one. Dumbass me left the monitor on, so you can see the reflection! :banghead:

Kinda pathetic looking, but after taking 600-700 quick exposure shots over a period of two days, atleast I got one.

[Gonthro]

man, i gotta learn how to use my camera properly, right now i just dont have time to explore the manual settings, you guys can do some prtety amazing stuff with the manual settings.


here is a couple of my latest:

http://abstyles.com/images/albums/album01/IMG_1701.jpg

http://abstyles.com/images/albums/album01/IMG_1707.jpg

http://abstyles.com/images/albums/album01/IMG_1744.jpg

[Rydog]

z-fan, awesome lightning pic man.
here's one i took a few weeks ago. i put this one in the last thread like this, but since we're posting lightning pics, thought i'd show mine off too!!:D The pic is blurry cause it was raining right on the window, so yeah, shooting through running water basically.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/ryorion/PICS/Canon_g5/june2104%20lightning%20strike.jpg

[Skylinelover]

Yet another...

[Z_Fan]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz
Nice lightning shot! Here's mine from July 2nd. There was still quite a bit of light out, so I had to take continuous quick exposure shots to get this one. Dumbass me left the monitor on, so you can see the reflection! :banghead:

Kinda pathetic looking, but after taking 600-700 quick exposure shots over a period of two days, atleast I got one.

I took about 100 shots in about 10 minutes. I got a few others as well. But this one was the neatest for the way the lightning was looking.

The ones that didn't work are just 'black' because it was so dark out. It was night...I've got a couple pictures where I must have 'missed' the lightning, but all the houses are lit up like it is daytime! (Just looks foggy!) Anyhow...


Originally posted by Rydog
z-fan, awesome lightning pic man.
here's one i took a few weeks ago. i put this one in the last thread like this, but since we're posting lightning pics, thought i'd show mine off too!!:D The pic is blurry cause it was raining right on the window, so yeah, shooting through running water basically.


I was shooting out my back door, so no window/rain in my way. There must be a better way to take pictures of lightning. I've never tried before. This stuff was just so close to us, it was wild.

Nice pictures guys.

Now, since there are a couple pictures of animals up now... here are a couple from when the Baby Polar Bears were here in Calgary!

[Z_Fan]

Hmmm, damn hope no one is out on NOOB patrol. I don't know how to put 2 images in to one post. LOL.

[iceburns288]

Uno

[iceburns288]

Dos

[iceburns288]

Tres (one more!)

[iceburns288]

Quattro (ok, that's an Audi, but you get the picture)



Oh BTW not only is this car an Audi, but it has 4WD... Coincidence? I THINK NOT!

[1badPT]

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[1badPT]

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[1badPT]

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[1badPT]

Mine aren't so much photography skills as being in the right place at the right time ;)

[saiyajin]

that 3rd one is pretty nice :thumbsup: except for those lines wtf are those powerlines?!?

[1badPT]

I suppose they'd be easy enough to edit out, but those are the pics straight off the camera. And yes they are powerlines :tongue:

[Z_Fan]

Originally posted by 1badPT
I suppose they'd be easy enough to edit out, but those are the pics straight off the camera. And yes they are powerlines :tongue:

Here...

[Strider]

Originally posted by Z_Fan


Here...

What's the best / easiest way to do that?

[Z_Fan]

Originally posted by Strider


What's the best / easiest way to do that?

Well, depends on what software you have I guess.

That's a low-res picture we're talking about, and it's nasty compression too. So bottom line is it's not fussy on how it's done. I did it in about 10 seconds - just used clone brush in Photoshop.

[1badPT]

If I wanted to print that picture from the original hi res, would the clone brush be obvious in the print? Or is there a "print friendly" way of doing it?

Thanks for the edit btw :D

[cujo_cjc]

so i have a canon s410
how do i take pictures so that say i have a car in focus and like all the lights are blurred in the background and such?

sorry..i'm a noob with picture taking :nut:

[1badPT]

That would be an aperture setting. I really really really wish my camera had that :(

[Strider]

Originally posted by cujo_cjc
so i have a canon s410
how do i take pictures so that say i have a car in focus and like all the lights are blurred in the background and such?

sorry..i'm a noob with picture taking :nut:

Depth of field...
a function of aperture, focal length i believe

even if your camera had manual features, you dont' get much effect without an slr.

[Z_Fan]

Originally posted by 1badPT
If I wanted to print that picture from the original hi res, would the clone brush be obvious in the print? Or is there a "print friendly" way of doing it?

Thanks for the edit btw :D

Sure you can do it on the high-res and no one could tell. Just change the brush you are using to have a slightly softer edge. Soften the brush up until you can't see any weird things happening when cloning.... Bottom line, just be careful when you are cloning that's all.

If you do a good job, you can't tell at all on the print...

[Strider]

taken straight off the camera (with a little rotation and cropping)
http://members.shaw.ca/corytang/IMG_0249.jpg

[1badPT]

Glad i'm not the only one with a cracked windshield :D

[Ben]

Originally posted by cujo_cjc
so i have a canon s410
how do i take pictures so that say i have a car in focus and like all the lights are blurred in the background and such?

sorry..i'm a noob with picture taking :nut:

Is this what you mean?

http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Bimmerfest04/Tease/005.jpg



Originally posted by 1badPT
That would be an aperture setting. I really really really wish my camera had that :(

It's an aperture setting yes, but you also have to adjust for shutter speed so that you get the motion blur. If you keep the same shutter speed but close up the aperture, the photo will underexpose.


Originally posted by Strider


Depth of field...
a function of aperture, focal length i believe

even if your camera had manual features, you dont' get much effect without an slr.

This is true, you get far better results from an SLR because you have 100% manual control over everything. ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture, all that good stuff.

[hondarunner]

I was just in arizona and here are a few pics i took
and these are all unmodified (other than resizing)

[hondarunner]

the canyon

[hondarunner]

cought him posen on the canyon

[hondarunner]

and the clouds during the sunset

[iceburns288]

cujo_cjc, is this what you mean?

http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread.php?s=&threadid=51552&highlight=camera+rig

I'd like to take shots like that too...;)

[D'z Nutz]

ZAP!

(Taken about 30 minutes ago.)

[Z_Fan]

Nice Pic D'z Nutz

A double rainbow (slight) formed for about 1 minute and I managed to grab a pic of it. It disappeared in the time I was trying to shoot it...LOL

[Ben]

Last Night.


http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/CalgaryAtNight/images/Calgary012.jpg

http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/CalgaryAtNight/images/Calgary004.jpg

[saiyajin]

holy shiet that fireworks pic looks amazing!!! :eek: great work man keep it up :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[dezmarez]

this thread is sweeet
did everyone take these pics??
or did they just take them from somewhere else

[Ben]

Rules are they have to be taken by yourself and taken this month.

[Melinda]

From the parade :)

[Ben]

I like that shot Mel, something about his expression and the smoldering Marlboro, looks like he's on his way into town after a days travel.

[cujo_cjc]

yea thats pretty much the type of pictures i want to take Ben and iceburns288
i just dont know what i need to adjust on my s410 :dunno:

that and contemporary has had my car for like 3 weeks now..so i am still waiting to get my car back :banghead:

[boi-alien]

just my contribution from today

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/chantk/pics/P716001300.jpg

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/chantk/pics/DSCN6422.jpg

[D'z Nutz]

http://photos.asianorgansurplus.com/pets/milton_upsidedown03.jpg

http://photos.asianorgansurplus.com/pets/milton_close01.jpg

[saiyajin]

sweet neds newt :thumbsup:

[D'z Nutz]

Thanks! Kinda hard taking pictures with the camera inside the tank though. If I had put the camera any lower, it'd be in the water! Couldn't tell if the pictures were focused until afterwards. Hahaha!