September's "Post Your Latest Picture" Thread

[psycoticclown]

From my latest shoot, C&C welcome!

[Pollywog]

Are my eyes fooling me or is that car literally an inch above the ground? I like the shot, and the car.

[psycoticclown]

Nope... it's actually less then an inch I think. As you can see in this next picture (unedited), it's fucking loooooooooow:

[Pollywog]

Oxford University Dorms

[davidI]

Originally posted by psycoticclown

From my latest shoot, C&C welcome!

I like the shot - but would be curious what the photo would look like with the horizon straightened?

[Kloubek]

So my wife and I went out to Dorothy yesterday and took some shots. In most of them, I used 3 stepped frames and then put them together in Photoshop. I know not everyone is keen on HDR, but that's too bad. This was my first attempt actually doing HDR shots, and despite the fact they might look heavily modified, I think they generally turned out ok.

My fav. shot of the bunch.


Purposely made to look errie.


There is a little image ghosting on this one. My wife can't sit still, apparently.


I really like this one because I put the light of the window behind me. So it looks like I'm glowing with God's love!

[Pollywog]

While I don't mind HDR, there are many processes after the merging and tone-mapping that should be applied to balance what the initial processes has thrown out of wack. Example, the clouds, lighting imbalances, and over-darkening of the sky.

[Kloubek]

I agree Pollywog. These shots were just my first experimentations with HDR - and in all four cases I put online, I never intended a single one of them to look photorealistic.

These ones I edited with CS5's HDR capabilities. There are three at home I will add later which I did by hand, and WERE intended to be photorealistic. You'll see a big difference between the sets.

[oasis]

mine

[Pollywog]

Originally posted by Kloubek
I agree Pollywog. These shots were just my first experimentations with HDR - and in all four cases I put online, I never intended a single one of them to look photorealistic.

These ones I edited with CS5's HDR capabilities. There are three at home I will add later which I did by hand, and WERE intended to be photorealistic. You'll see a big difference between the sets.

I wasn't trying to infer that it should look realistic - everyone has their own taste. I prefer my HDR to look more painted than anything.

Old shit when I was in the phase:

[EvolizePhoto]

I never was into that HDR stuff. Always hated it, always.

[89coupe]

Originally posted by Kloubek
I agree Pollywog. These shots were just my first experimentations with HDR - and in all four cases I put online, I never intended a single one of them to look photorealistic.

These ones I edited with CS5's HDR capabilities. There are three at home I will add later which I did by hand, and WERE intended to be photorealistic. You'll see a big difference between the sets.

Just use one RAW file and adjust the exposure ratings, saving each to a TIF 16bit, then merge. Use a minimum of 5 stops.

You will have much better results

[Go4Long]

Originally posted by 89coupe
You will have much better results

But a whole lot more noise generated by the process.

[Pollywog]

Noise Ninja FTW.

Originally posted by 89coupe


Just use one RAW file and adjust the exposure ratings, saving each to a TIF 16bit, then merge. Use a minimum of 5 stops.

You will have much better results

Agreed. This way they align perfectly, and solves any issues if wind has blown trees, etc. between seperate exposure shots.

[89coupe]

Originally posted by Go4Long


But a whole lot more noise generated by the process.

I didn't notice any

[Kloubek]

Originally posted by 89coupe


Just use one RAW file and adjust the exposure ratings, saving each to a TIF 16bit, then merge. Use a minimum of 5 stops.

You will have much better results

Thanks - I'll try that. Still learning my camera too - sometimes it seems more complicated than my computers....

Here's the two which used HDR, but were meant to look as I saw them in real life:

[blitz]

^^^The only way to use HDR IMO. (i.e. you can't tell it's HDR.

Loving my GF1, so much lighter than my Nikon setup.


P1020595-Edit by ryankarr, on Flickr


P1020718-Edit by ryankarr, on Flickr

[Pollywog]

Originally posted by blitz
[B]^^^The only way to use HDR IMO. (i.e. you can't tell it's HDR.

Loving my GF1, so much lighter than my Nikon setup.


P1020595-Edit by ryankarr, on Flickr

Love that one!

Edit: Did you add a soft-glow to that at all, or is that just natural? Btw - jealous about the GF1. I convinced my friend who was looking for a great camera yet more compact than a typical DSLR to purchase one, and its all I thought about as I carried around multiple pounds of camera gear around London.

Double edit: Looking back on rage2's shots on his GF1 in Chicago makes me want one sooo badly...

Triple edit: Anyone have any solid thoughts on the PEN vs GF1?

Quadruple edit: I just remembered, the digital viewfinder kills it for me.... I know the PEN has an optional optical finder, but does the GF1? Before I add another edit, do these 4/3's compacts take the photo the instant the shutter release is depressed, or are they like a typical point&shoot in this category?

[blitz]

I don't know what soft-glow is, so I'm going with no. Just a B&W conversion and a red filter in Silver Efex pro.

The GF1 is awesome. Not as satisfying as an optical viewfinder on a DSLR, but damn is it small. EVF's don't interest me at all, but the screen is easy to see in all conditions.

I have the Oly 9-18mm, 14-42mm, 20mm 1.7 and 45-200mm. I bought all of those lenses and the GF1 with the cash from selling my 24mm PC-E...and I had cash left over.

The GF1 has a better interface (dedicated buttons for ISO, WB, etc, just like a good DSLR), a better screen and faster AF. The in body stabilization of the PEN series would be nice, but the GF1 is so much nicer to use. Plus their like US$700 now with the 20mm 1.7.

Their more like a DSLR in shutter lag than a point and shoot. I couldn't stand the lag on my LX3, and I also can't stand using a zoom rocker.

GF1 rocks!

[88jbody]

One shot from A set I shot Sunday

I have a couple more uploaded on my flickr, but havent gone through them all yet.


lena lee by fotosbygordo, on Flickr