I made a light box today.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5283/...cc6b0710_z.jpg

Why does my image have these yellow pixels everywhere when I upload to flickr? The original photo as nothing. even after throwing it into Photoshop. What's the deal?

Moky, those shots of San Fran are really good! I like your first pano the best! Thanks for posting that! I love San Fran!

Euro, that lightbox looks great too! Nice shot! Really smooth light! Can you take a picture of the lightbox itself? The 300mm F4 is looking nice too! Any other lens to compare it to in relation to size?

thanks boostslut! :D
i have very good childhood memories of san francisco!

here're a few more
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...thedral2-1.jpg

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...cealtar1-1.jpg

More great images Moky! I can remember taking pictures of that Cathedral myself! I'll have to dig them up somewhere!

Here is a Panorama of what i get to see every day when i work! Its amazing! Its a place called Half Moon Bay in Melbourne. It's very well hidden place, but so beautiful! I've only taken my camera there once so far, but the day after i saw a sunset even more amazing! Will post up more pics of the area later! Enjoy!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5242/...5ccaae71_b.jpg

Thanks! I'll snap acouple photos for you. I only have one other lens which is my 18-200VR. The 300 is a beast compared to it in my opinion.

Here's mine for the day.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/...1e29724d_z.jpg

Yesterdays morning snow fall :)

I woke up, saw the snow out the window and said aaah screw it I got nothing to do today, went back to sleep for 30 seconds and said out loud.. PHOTO OP!!!!
My dog jumped up lol. He enjoyed the long walk from my house to the park :p

Nice photo again Euro! It's funny the contrast between our two photo's that we posted! :)

re-edited one of the panos, but again, not super happy with post
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...mtwinpeaks.jpg

couple more sf shots:
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a...sfcablecar.jpg

http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/a.../sfcapitol.jpg

i really like the second shot. if i were in a new city, i'd be shooting those all day.(street shots,people shots,etc) you even managed to get Alcatraz in there, nice.

I love this place:

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RlBlRdp4hCE/TR.../DSC_1955e.jpg

Nice! Landscape arch! Been there plenty of times when i was a kid and always wondered up to when it can withstand natural erosion

Delicate arch ;).

Actually funny story, the original land surveyors mixed up Landscape and Delicate Arch on a map and it's stuck ever since.

oh right! :D lol i always mix up those two!
but then again, if the original land surveyors mixed up landscape and delicate arch, then i would have been right in saying landscape arch lol j/k

i'm using some software called HDR EFEX and am giving it a try. it works as a plugin with Lightroom(and PS) and it can add some effects easily to your images. anybody try it before?

before:

http://www.epicdevelopements.com/wp-.../11/before.jpg


after:
http://www.epicdevelopements.com/wp-...1/balloon1.jpg

It looks ok but the skin tones are way too saturated.

i'm thinking that's the nature of the beast with high dynamic range effects. colours are so obviously not natural anymore. i can see it being used sparingly, but good to know how to use it. hey, i'm not a professional wedding photographer taking peoples money, haha! i think it makes fun pictures though, not everything can be artistic serious stuff.

seriously though, thanks for any and all criticisms, it's a great way to learn.


http://www.epicdevelopements.com/wp-...0/11/test2.jpg

having fun now!

http://www.epicdevelopements.com/wp-...strumfinal.jpg

I have it and I haven't really used it at all, but clients who have bought it like it. I think your second pic looks good, but try desaturating the colours a bit.

are you guys saying less is better? haha! ok, i'm attempting to desat to see where you guys think it would make a better pic. how about this?

edit: deleted

Hmmm....the colours look a little strange..?

it was only a test from an older image i had.

back to the rum, tomorrow is another day. anyone going to the Polar Bear?

Happy New Year to all, shall I start the new year with some pictures from West Point Grey?

C&C welcome :)

Photos look a bit fuzzy...where these shot on a tripod? Also, try changing the white balance to tungsten.

the sky in that first one is awesome, but the horizon is crooked :)

I find horizons are tricky with these kinds of shots because of curving shorelines and such... it's easier to align things using a building's vertical lines.

thanks guys, the first one was shot on an uneven rock so it was really hard to find the leveled point