PHOTOS PLEASE

Post by **saturn** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:41 pm

Nice bokeh on the grasshopper

FIREWORKSSSSS

Post by **SplishSplash** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:39 pm

Post by **R00k** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:56 pm

FanaticX wrote:Sorry guys..no wallpapers available because:

A) Most of the recent originals are all lost b/c HD crashed and burned(no backup). This includes the three nature shots.

B) The other images are archived on my portable photo storage unit at the office.

C) The film images are scanned for web size so I'm not gonna re-scan.

C) I'm too lazy to look, edit, and upload.

S O R R Y !!

Fair enough - just wanted to ask. :icon14:

Post by **brisk** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:07 pm

what, i'm sure i posted a comment earlier which has now disappeared.

anyway i'll say again.... excellent pics FX, the colours are superb.

Post by **Dave** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:00 pm

Doombrain wrote:dave. 200 f1.8 L best canon lens ever?

http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/bestca ... brand.html

Yeah.. I really want one. It's sharper than the 135 f/2 and faster. I keep waiting for some dumb ass to dump one cheap on ebay. I get a daily email of new listings for it. I met someone who shoots for USATF who uses the Nikon version of it and it was really nice.

Post by **R00k** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:02 pm

What is USATF?

Post by **Dave** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:03 pm

saturn wrote:
mac wrote:would still like to know how you get the speia effect done, tried to get the colors looking like youres (which i like alot) but with no big luck.

as for daves second version.. it looks better than the pure bw but the kids look somehow odd as if they are missing some parts here and there
If you have iPhoto for the Mac, it's dead easy. Other photo programs will do it easily too. You just chose the sepia effect from the menu, I also tweaked the settings a bit but here's an example

Here's how you do a nice black-white conversion of a colour photo in Photoshop. First convert the colourphoto to grayscale, then you get the Duotone option in the Image>Mode menu. Chose it, PS will ask you for a preset. Goto the PS folder, there's a presets folder with duotones folder. Select the Pantone quadtones. And suddenly your dull grayscale photo has turned into a great BW pic. Example:

I just tried using tritone.. it's kind of cool if you don't want to do simple black & white. I still prefer the channel mixer for that.

Post by **Dave** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:03 pm

R00k wrote:What is USATF?

usa track and field

Post by **werldhed** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:39 pm

The compression kind of crapped these up, but I assure you I THOUGHT they would make good photos when I took them.

Post by **Doombrain** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:53 pm

Post by **Doombrain** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:58 pm

Dave wrote:I thought the joins were vertical blinds in the window DB.

It’s there. About 2/3 from the left you’ll see the diagonal line.

Post by **Postal** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:31 am

boring shit:

Post by **CaseDogg** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:44 am

emo

Post by **Postal** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:45 am

haha, yeah.

I liked the effect though

Post by **mac** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:34 am

i like youre pictures..

but if you edit them you should pick the proper bg color..
i've brightend up this one cause it seems youre monitor has a bad black level setup, else you would have noticed thoose lines you drew which pretty much ruine the image

there ya go

Post by **brisk** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:20 pm

Yep, if you're gonna do any burn editing on your image, always make sure you whip the brightness up to make sure you have consistant black. Nothing worse than forgetting and printing it out only to be horrified with the results.

Post by **Dave** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 6:27 pm

I like this one, but you might want to consider cropping out part of that window because its brightness overpowers everything in the photo. It's a shame her eyes are so dark too

Post by **Dave** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 6:27 pm

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:12 pm

very nice dave.

well i pussied out and bought the 24-105 f/4l IS. i got the 24-70 2.8 for a day but it was just too fucking big for a walk about.

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:45 pm

oh yeah, i'm at the nikon solutions show tomorrow. rubbish.

Post by **Captain** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:48 pm

Dave wrote:
I like this one, but you might want to consider cropping out part of that window because its brightness overpowers everything in the photo. It's a shame her eyes are so dark too

You're right, it practically jumped out at me and grabbed my attention from the rest of it. The photos are gorgeous though.

Post by **Dave** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:19 am

Doombrain wrote:very nice dave.

well i pussied out and bought the 24-105 f/4l IS. i got the 24-70 2.8 for a day but it was just too fucking big for a walk about.

Yea... it's a beast. If you can use a flash to stop motion in stead of ambient light alone, the 24-105 is probably better and gives you a little more reach. Since I shoot volleyball and basketball where flash is not allowed, the extra stop comes in handy.

I just pussied out and got the non-IS version of the 70-200... i was going to get the IS, but I didn't want to trade sharpness for IS when the thing will never be used below 1/500th anyway. I also heard they stopped production of the non-IS version so it might be harder to find a one new.

Post by **ToxicBug** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:38 am

Sweet, now if I decide to sell mine it will be even more expensive

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:40 am

Dave wrote:
Doombrain wrote:very nice dave.

well i pussied out and bought the 24-105 f/4l IS. i got the 24-70 2.8 for a day but it was just too fucking big for a walk about.
Yea... it's a beast. If you can use a flash to stop motion in stead of ambient light alone, the 24-105 is probably better and gives you a little more reach. Since I shoot volleyball and basketball where flash is not allowed, the extra stop comes in handy.

I just pussied out and got the non-IS version of the 70-200... i was going to get the IS, but I didn't want to trade sharpness for IS when the thing will never be used below 1/500th anyway. I also heard they stopped production of the non-IS version so it might be harder to find a one new.

the 2.8 i take it? very nice.

Post by **Dave** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:08 am

lol.. today the University's athletic department sports marketing people offered me "$25 per game" to shoot mens and women's bb and wrestling.. I told them no and that I'd rather do it for free for the other athletic department people I work with. I guess I'd better tell my contact to they'd better not give those cheap asses anything