[Doc]

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the Photo Lab's Snapshot of the Day (http://www.revscene.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=258499) thread Mrk 2: The Daily Showcase

In this new and evolved thread, you are given the opportunity to share your best image of the day. Instead of displaying mere "snapshots," you are encouraged to showcase your finest work and allow the rest of us to pick it apart.

The purpose is to maintain a constant surge of visual appeal in the forum, and encourage constructive dialogue on the images.

The only rule is that you should not exceed posting three pictures per day (if you would like to share more, you are encouraged to start a new thread). The reason we will be enforcing this rule is because we are here to share and learn, not compete. Please critique accordingly and appropriately.

To start us off, here is a shot of the London Eye:

http://www.dynamicperceptions.com/Eurotrip/Picture%201064_.jpg

let the posting begin. :)


Cheers,
~S

[Jomo]

Nice photo Salar, I am always in awe at your ability to work with color. Things always look surreal. Very cool.

[Senna4ever]

That London Eye pic almost looks like a false colour IR image.

Here's mine carried over from the thread that hath passed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/Forum%20crap/PICT7670.jpg

[Meowjin]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/watersplash3.jpg

For my june challenge.

[Inked]

http://www.sfu.ca/~jlp3/DSCN2147a.jpg

[Gopher]

Oh my God... I suddenly feel like an underdog. Im going to have to step it up a knotch. :) Thanks for inspiration.

[Levitron]

Originally posted by MajinHurricane
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/watersplash3.jpg

For my june challenge.
As with all great photos, this one captures the moment really well.

I like the subtle use of colour as well.

[Acuracura]

http://www.sfu.ca/~prw/Pics/hand%20feeds%20squirrel.JPG

[Gopher]

^^ Nice concept, but I think it would have been better shot at a lower level, and if it werent overexposed. I'm surprized you were able to get him that close

[Senna4ever]

Originally posted by Gopher
^^ Nice concept, but I think it would have been better shot at a lower level, and if it werent overexposed. I'm surprized you were able to get him that close
Got pretty close to this guy...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/chuck4.jpg

[Gopher]

Wow, that guys a real porker :D

Here's a shot that I took a couple of days ago... I really like the concept, but I don't know what post-processing steps to take to really get that dramatic effect out of it. I've noticed with some of your (and by 'your' I don't mean just Jason) other shots, that you either have to have the shadows or the highlights blown out to get that effect. Like Dennis' wedding shots, Majin's water shot, or several of Salar's photos.

This is an area that I need a lot of help with, so your wisdom please.

http://photo.pgmedia.ca/photos/IMG_1798.resize.jpg

[Meowjin]

Gopher I have a great tutorial video about photoshop and digital photography.

Add me to msn (majin_hurricane@hotmail.com) if you would like the torrent.

[Acuracura]

Originally posted by Gopher
^^ Nice concept, but I think it would have been better shot at a lower level, and if it werent overexposed. I'm surprized you were able to get him that close

Thanks for the comment, Len. I was forced to either overexpose the hands or underexpose the squirrel. I could've gone with a really low angle but instead went really high.

Here's a low one if you're interested:
http://www.sfu.ca/~prw/Pics/squirrel%20side.JPG

[Mananetwork]

i got some squirl pictures, just not on the net

[Senna4ever]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/PICT7084.jpg

[Levitron]

Originally posted by Gopher
Wow, that guys a real porker :D

Here's a shot that I took a couple of days ago... I really like the concept, but I don't know what post-processing steps to take to really get that dramatic effect out of it. I've noticed with some of your (and by 'your' I don't mean just Jason) other shots, that you either have to have the shadows or the highlights blown out to get that effect. Like Dennis' wedding shots, Majin's water shot, or several of Salar's photos.

This is an area that I need a lot of help with, so your wisdom please.

http://photo.pgmedia.ca/photos/IMG_1798.resize.jpg

One word: CURVES.

:D

I think Dennis and Salar swears by it.

I'm more of a Levels guy...sometimes I use Curves.

[Gopher]

Acuracura, I really like the second one there.

Levitron: Do you use mainly curves and levels, or do you do other things that would require the mouse too... like the burn tool and all that jazz?

[Senna4ever]

Get your exposure right when you take the picture. Then you don't have to waste time on post processing.

[Gopher]

I know... but at that point I still wasn't sure what kind of effect I wanted to get out of the picture, so I just exposed to get as much as I could looking alight, so I could edit later.

[dub.dub]

a what seems to be a rundown house but with a satellite? :p

[Jomo]

What satellite??? Curves is key imo, hope you don't mind Len.

http://static.flickr.com/66/174930679_938750fef8_o.jpg

[dub.dub]

the satellite that u took out! :@ lol!

[Levitron]

Originally posted by Gopher
Acuracura, I really like the second one there.

Levitron: Do you use mainly curves and levels, or do you do other things that would require the mouse too... like the burn tool and all that jazz?

Curves and Levels to correct exposure and to enhance contrast.

Usually I will also use Burning and Dodging to highlight areas that I need to emphasize or correct.

However, in the photo that you took, the background (the sky) and the foreground (the rundown building) do not mix. It is simply impossible to expose for both the background as well as the foreground since one is so much brighter than the other. There are a few ways around this...one is to use RAW and take one shot only and use Layers to make two exposures; the second is to do two shots: one exposed for the foreground and one exposed for the background then blended together with Layers.

Sorry, it wasn't a good explanation....

[Levitron]

Also forgot to add, have you tried to convert that shot to black and white? Might be a good experiment. After you desaturate it, boost contrast a little and you might like the shot a lot better.

[Atlantis]

http://static.flickr.com/73/175205842_2383634b88_o.jpg

[dub.dub]

nice shot ed :)

[Levitron]

Originally posted by Atlantis
http://static.flickr.com/73/175205842_2383634b88_o.jpg

Nice exposure :)

[bildo]

howdy i just picked up my d50 on Friday and this is what i came up with in the last couple days.

http://members.shaw.ca/solar_monkey/photos/resize.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/solar_monkey/photos/resize2.jpg
-Notice the green? is that from my uv filter? kinda strange. I know it's a pooor picture but just curious what caused the green.

quick question, when u take candid pics of people, do you usually ask for permission or do you snap it secretly?

[Senna4ever]

Originally posted by bildo

http://members.shaw.ca/solar_monkey/photos/resize2.jpg
-Notice the green? is that from my uv filter? kinda strange. I know it's a pooor picture but just curious what caused the green.
Could be your filter. I've never seen that before. What brand are you using?

quick question, when u take candid pics of people, do you usually ask for permission or do you snap it secretly?
I just snap away. If you and your subject are on public property, you are within your rights to do so.

[dub.dub]

http://www3.telus.net/peazs/bbq_beach_meet/IMG_3439_edit_small.jpg

[ramir]

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8463/ex15hu.jpg

[bildo]

I'm using a hoya super uv filter. But yeah, it looked like it took the color of the tree

[Gopher]

Here's an old pic I took, but decided to touch up today.

http://photo.pgmedia.ca/photos/SleepingCity_20060423_001.finished.jpg

[Doc]

Good work everyone.
Ramir great shot and good pose. I would crop out the black top and straighten the light.

Gopher it's a good composition, but it's slightly dark and lacks contrast. Otherwise good color and interesting angle.


Here's one from me:

http://alibabajun.com/internet_files/06/Picture%20639_.jpg

Completely uninspired angle/composition, I know. But I was itching for an opportunity to do a multi-exposure shot, and this was the best chance I had. The hangar was horrendous for light; extreme bright spots in some areas and absolute darkness in others. What you see above consists of three images, two hours of post-processing, and everything I know in CS2.


~S

[dub.dub]

aww!! no comments and critiques for my picture? i never get any :(

salar: and i was wondering how u took that with one shot before i read the multiple exposure haha :p nicely done and well balanced. cept... my eyes keep on looking at that blown out panel on the boat

[baldy]

its nothing special, but i was bored after finishing my beer last night and decided to mess around with some close focus / wide open shooting. this is basically straight off the camera (just some curves adjustment in ps)

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/michaelfox1/Random/03f5e71a.jpg

i know, its almost sacrilege to post this... stella... water... sick and wrong

[Senna4ever]

Gopher, looks very painterly!

[Gopher]

Originally posted by Senna4ever
Gopher, looks very painterly!

I wasn't sure what effect I was going after when I started editing, but I kind of stumbled across this. I liked the way it looked, so I left it... I don't mind the result.

[5gencivic]

Heres one of mine from the weekend

http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/1875/rose31ln.jpg

[Meowjin]

Originally posted by Doc
Good work everyone.
Ramir great shot and good pose. I would crop out the black top and straighten the light.

Gopher it's a good composition, but it's slightly dark and lacks contrast. Otherwise good color and interesting angle.


Here's one from me:

http://alibabajun.com/internet_files/06/Picture%20639_.jpg

Completely uninspired angle/composition, I know. But I was itching for an opportunity to do a multi-exposure shot, and this was the best chance I had. The hangar was horrendous for light; extreme bright spots in some areas and absolute darkness in others. What you see above consists of three images, two hours of post-processing, and everything I know in CS2.


~S

The thing from lynda.com has the guy doing it 3 10 minute videos.

I'm going to try it soon.

Good job!

[Atlantis]

Originally posted by dub.dub
nice shot ed :)

Originally posted by Levitron
Nice exposure :)

thx..that was my first time taking a night shot and playing around with the exposure settings.

-ed

[Mananetwork]

First post on the new thread ;)

http://www.mananetwork.net/pictures/digital_photography/fashion/AmandaWater.jpg

[dub.dub]

Originally posted by Atlantis
thx..that was my first time taking a night shot and playing around with the exposure settings.

-ed

what exposure setting did u use?

[dub.dub]

Originally posted by Mananetwork
First post on the new thread ;)

http://www.mananetwork.net/pictures/digital_photography/fashion/AmandaWater.jpg

looks sharp! any more pics? :)

[Mananetwork]

I used 2 strobes - Left one was aimed at the wall with blue, and the other with a softbox about 45deg to her face .. I think shot at 200mm F4

[dub.dub]

me going to play with ur lights next time :p
is this ur water pic?

[Mananetwork]

maybe, I have another

[Senna4ever]

Great pic, Tom. The only thing that distracts me is the hard shadow caused by her forearm and the shadow under the armpit.

Who is she, and why is she clothed in the shower?

[Senna4ever]

I normally don't post process too much but I got this vision today as I was shooting. What do you guys think?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/lighthouse.jpg

[Doc]

Nice one Senna. Your shots keep getting better and better.

A little USM here, a little D&B there, and before you know it, you'll be photoshop's #1 fan.

It's only in a matter of time... ;)


:p

~S

[atobe]

http://www3.telus.net/~a7a72807/EPV0079sm.jpg
Took this past weekend, terra nova , richmond.
I think that's a heron, not too sure, too many misquitos =(

Handheld with 17-55/2.8 IS ISO 800, forgot my tripod =(

[dub.dub]

how's the lens?

[lowside67]

Originally posted by Senna4ever
I normally don't post process too much but I got this vision today as I was shooting. What do you guys think?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/lighthouse.jpg I really like this shot!

If I had to find something to critique I'd say that the center pane being not quite straight on is detrimental to the picture but details, details...

[Mananetwork]

Originally posted by Senna4ever
Great pic, Tom. The only thing that distracts me is the hard shadow caused by her forearm and the shadow under the armpit.

Who is she, and why is she clothed in the shower?

If your talking about bathing' suit as clothed, then because it would of been hard to concentrate lol

Nice shot btw senna.. I love the colours

[atobe]

Originally posted by dub.dub
how's the lens?

Sharp, range's probably more suited for a wedding photographer.
Honestly I'd perfer the 24-70/2.8's range and feel better though =)

[Meowjin]

mana pictures down =(

[dub.dub]

^ i still see it... unless it's b/c of the cache

[Atlantis]

Originally posted by dub.dub
what exposure setting did u use?

if i remember correctly, it was like A-DEP 3.2secs, f3.5, iso 400, Custom WB, on the rebel xt..i have the RAW img still if u want it...i'm still new to the camera scene...

-ed

[Mananetwork]

Originally posted by MajinHurricane
mana pictures down =(

i guess the server went down for a bit.. it's back up now

[Meowjin]

woh.. hawt.

[[azn angel]]

tom...fuckin wicked shot! the best i've seen you post! props to the lighting. even witht hot spot beneath her eye, it's awesome. looks even better on my apple monitor :D

senna...great concept, but i would say lacks in the execution. That blur border around each image is simply distracting. I would have placed the three images closer to allow the deep blue sky tie in the three images to each image. and as someone mentioned, the center image has to be perfectly centered and straight. perhaps adjust for the pincussion/distortion. also ensure that both of he side images are at the same level and angle of lean.

[[azn angel]]

love the colors, the concept, exposure. here i drew some lines, and got rid of the blurry borders.

i hope u see 'my' idea of execution. by no means any better then yours, just my intepretation.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/vitz/revscene/sp.jpg

[Inked]

my thoughts exactly.

[Levitron]

Originally posted by Mananetwork
First post on the new thread ;)

http://www.mananetwork.net/pictures/digital_photography/fashion/AmandaWater.jpg
Hot. :D

[Senna4ever]

Originally posted by [azn angel]
senna...great concept, but i would say lacks in the execution. That blur border around each image is simply distracting. I would have placed the three images closer to allow the deep blue sky tie in the three images to each image. and as someone mentioned, the center image has to be perfectly centered and straight. perhaps adjust for the pincussion/distortion. also ensure that both of he side images are at the same level and angle of lean.
Heh...I know exactly what you mean. I'm going to have to go re-do this because:
a) I didn't have the composite image in my head when I was shooting. It came to me later.

b) I was too lazy during post processing to correct for the perspective errors. As I have stated before, I hate PP!!!

c) I don't have a PC lens (yet).

d) I don't have CS2 (I have 7.0) so I cannot correct distortion without going insane. The Free Transform tool wasn't working too well.

[Senna4ever]

Originally posted by [azn angel]
love the colors, the concept, exposure. here i drew some lines, and got rid of the blurry borders.

i hope u see 'my' idea of execution. by no means any better then yours, just my intepretation.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/vitz/revscene/sp.jpg
Cool, thanks.

As stated above, I agree with you...I just wanted people's reaction to the concept. I didn't even notice the crooked middle shot! How amateurish!

[Senna4ever]

Originally posted by Doc
Nice one Senna. Your shots keep getting better and better.

A little USM here, a little D&B there, and before you know it, you'll be photoshop's #1 fan.

It's only in a matter of time... ;)
Thanks.

Heh...I've been using Photoshop since version 3.0, so I'm fairly familiar with it...I just hate using it to alter my images to much. I even took Photoshop (7.0) courses at CDIS for 2 semesters....but I am getting rusty.:p

[Meowjin]

Senna, want the torrent for cs2?

add me (majin_hurricane@hotmail.com) and ill send it to you (should go fast... got it from OINK!)

[Senna4ever]

Originally posted by MajinHurricane
Senna, want the torrent for cs2?

add me (majin_hurricane@hotmail.com) and ill send it to you (should go fast... got it from OINK!)
^^^ I don't use pirated software. Neither should you.

Originally posted by Aeternum
This is a :swear: NO PIRACY :swear: forum!

Feel free to dicuss it, but anyone who posts or requests CDkeys, Serial #'s, Passwords, DVD copy protection removal/CD Pirating or anything of that nature will have their thread/post closed/deleted and will be awarded points depending on the offense.
There are many resources on the net for that sort of thing, Revscene is not one of them.

REVSCENE is also NOT the place to be asking where to FIND said pirated software.

[Meowjin]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/poker1.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/shadows.jpg

It has problems, first one would be better if i got a higher aperature, plus a slower shutter.

[Mananetwork]

Thanks for the comments guys :D

[airscape]

somewhere between Nova Scotia and BC..

http://www.albertzlaw.com/Public/sky.jpg

[Mananetwork]

^^ That picture makes me want to touch the sky *reaches up* *grunts*

[Mananetwork]

Originally posted by itsallaboutgz
http://www.garyyuphoto.com/fun/DSC_2890copy.jpg

If your ever around the area again, try shooting lower and keep the leading lines. I think the greys need to be pinched a bit more.

Originally posted by itsallaboutgz

http://www.garyyuphoto.com/fun/DSC_2899copy.jpg

hmmm, can't really say to much on this one.

[ramir]

Originally posted by Doc
Good work everyone.
Ramir great shot and good pose. I would crop out the black top and straighten the light.

~S

thanks for the feedback, yeah will do that... haha kinda tired when i cropped it coz i took the pic at 2:30 a.m. then downloaded it right after then cropped it, haha wasn't thinking right at 4a.m. lol.

[ramir]

Originally posted by Senna4ever
^^^ I don't use pirated software. Neither should you.

i have discount for Adobe CS2 Suite $400 coz of my school discount...

[Senna4ever]

Originally posted by ramir
i have discount for Adobe CS2 Suite $400 coz of my school discount...
Thanks for the offer, but I can get the faculty discount. :)

[Rdk1]

http://xb9.xanga.com/0d8a51737203263255496/b42406719.jpg

Here it is.

[dub.dub]

posers! where are the bikini beach pics? lol

[[azn angel]]

i'll take the girl in the brown please ! contact would be much appreciated! :D

[Mananetwork]

dennis your taken, pass em over to me :D

[Rdk1]

hey! you, shush. there's something call a photoshoot, so the pose was on purpose....one big idiot. >=|

[Rdk1]

bastards...i post it here for you guys to talk about the pictures..not about the girls damnit.

[Rdk1]

oh and yeah, one more of these stupid comments and i might as well just take the picture down.

[Mananetwork]

we kid, we kid

What camera did you use? It seems a bit out of focus and the contrasts are kind of bland

[Rdk1]

the blur on the background is on purpose. the picture of course i did some touch ups on photoshop afterwards...
my camera..casio exilim ex-s500.
nothing pro; but it's handy.

[Mananetwork]

^ Yes I know the background is purposely blurred, but I’m talking about them. It doesn't look like their faces are in focus much

[dub.dub]

Wow, calm down. I am stating that they are posers and that is a problem? I'm stating an obvious fact as you said they are posing for the camera.

Anyhow, I feel that the background is too busy with the trees and cars. Try to avoid that.

[Rdk1]

hmmm, i don't see any blur on their faces. but maybe that's because of the position of their faces. since their faces are not near the centre of the picture...

[Rdk1]

well, there are many meanings in poser; but lets not get into that. i want to pay more attention to the photo.
as of the background, i completely understand what you mean as i already did take some few things away through photoshop. at least the most color contrasting objects i took away.
the cars are a major problem though. i will take some better ones next time i go out with them.

[Ducdesmo]

hmm looks like a regular snapshot to me. I think the crop is too tight tho and the colors are a bit flat.

[Rdk1]

of course, i don't have one of those crazy cameras with those 10 feet coloured posters as a background to take a completely outragous shot.
as of the crop being too tight, i tried to get as much focus on the girls as possible, there were a lot of distractions at that beach that day -_-; but yes, colors can definately be a little warmer. i tried to add a touch of yellow and orange to it to give it a warmer feeling. maybe i'll add a little more intensity to it then.

[Mananetwork]

Originally posted by Rdk1
hmmm, i don't see any blur on their faces. but maybe that's because of the position of their faces. since their faces are not near the centre of the picture...

It doesn't matter if their faces are in the corner, as long as it's perpedicular to the camera sensor it should turn out sharp. I think the auto focus calculated the front of her elbow inturn making the face a bit soft

[Rdk1]

that i dont' know what i can do to it other than getting a better camera with an actual lense that i can manually adjust my depth of field

[Rdk1]

aight i see.

[MikesJo]

The girl on the left seems to be trying to hard, the one on the right looks more natural and relaxed. Good start :). Did you try focusing on one of them and then recomposing? It is a bit out of focus.

[Rdk1]

no no no as said before...the focus is because of my damn camera. i don't get to do the manuel focus cuz it's just a compact.
i'll be getting a better one soon.

[Mananetwork]

Originally posted by Rdk1
no no no as said before...the focus is because of my damn camera

:confused: :rolleyes:
Does this mean your cameras broken, or your cameras fault that it didn't focus properly??

[Rdk1]

well, as i said, it's on auto focus, i don't exactly know what i can do with it to change the focus of it when i take the picture....
i myself is hoping that my little tinky camera of mine would give me a manuel depth of field feature. haha

[Gopher]

he was saying that you point the camera directly at one of the girls to get the focus right (by pressing the shutter button half-way) and then recomposing and pressing the button the rest of the way. That's how you play with focus on a p&s.

[Gopher]

ps. please don't get so defensive and prissy when people joke around... that's why our meets are so much fun. We have inside jokes, and we all know that the others can take a little joke to have so fun. No need to throw a bitch-fit.

Excuse my french...

[dub.dub]

u suck at french! i don't see any :D

[Rdk1]

sorry about my over reaction. just because it's not about me but two of my best friends and i'm not sure if they would like such comments. i usually will be at FC and i get tons of jokes and disses so i sort of know.
about the focus, soprry i really had no clue about p&s' ability. i learnt photography through an old school manuel camera that uses film instead of digi-cam. either way, thanks for your advice.

[::smurfie::]

http://photos.friendster.com/photos/68/74/9624786/23920972148363l.jpg


Credit: My Brother

[Mananetwork]

Originally posted by dub.dub
u suck at french! i don't see any :D

[Gopher]

Originally posted by Mananetwork


Vous deux sont le Diable.

:D Assez? Ou est-ce-que vous en avez besoin de plus...

[dub.dub]

what?! speak some english! geez :D

[Mananetwork]

Gopher, less talk and more shoot .. I haven't seen you post anything in a while

[Gopher]

Here's one... nothing special, just a snapshot plus some photoshop.

http://photo.pgmedia.ca/photos/IMG_1803.jpg

Admittedly, the dish is VERY distracting, the mess on the edges of it that is, but I didnt want to mess with the image THAT much.

[MikesJo]

Originally posted by Gopher
he was saying that you point the camera directly at one of the girls to get the focus right (by pressing the shutter button half-way) and then recomposing and pressing the button the rest of the way. That's how you play with focus on a p&s.

Bingo. I do this on my DSLR a lot. Don't need manual focus to get focus right.

[Senna4ever]

Originally posted by Rdk1
i learnt photography through an old school manuel camera...
Is that a Spanish camera?:o

I agree with the others...the photo is just a regular snapshot.

[Rdk1]

lol i shall work on it then

[Doc]

A word to the wise:

Let's keep in mind that everyone is at a different stage in their photographic pursuit; There are those that are only now beginning to pick up the camera, and others that view the camera as an extension of their mind--and a million others in between.

Let's not judge by our own standards, but guide on a general course of progression. The most helpful critique is one that recognizes an image's faults and its achievements.


~S

[bildo]

http://members.shaw.ca/solar_monkey/photos/bw1.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/solar_monkey/photos/bw2.jpg

-M6!!!

Thanks and enjoy the sunshine

[Gopher]

Originally posted by Doc
A word to the wise:

Let's keep in mind that everyone is at a different stage in their photographic pursuit; There are those that are only now beginning to pick up the camera, and others that view the camera as an extension of their mind--and a million others in between.

Let's not judge by our own standards, but guide on a general course of progression. The most helpful critique is one that recognizes an image's faults and its achievements.


~S

Well put.

[Rdk1]

ah-ha =)

[Senna4ever]

"The Perch."

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/PICT7905.jpg

[Meowjin]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/bike14Medium.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/bike10Medium.jpg

[Mananetwork]

Second one is a nice concept, should of used a faster shutter speed though

[Meowjin]

yup... I used 1/40. Should have used 1/100... thought it would kinda freeze the action.

[Senna4ever]

I do like the second one! You're getting better.

You could have used a faster shutter speed, or you can work on your panning technique. Cool shot, though.

[jc87]

http://static.flickr.com/77/178567910_d30f34929b.jpg
Expired Fuji Superia 400

[Meowjin]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/Zidane.jpg

[Gopher]

I slept in WAAAY too late this morning... so I can't sleep right now.

Decided to play around with some new PS techniques I've learned.

http://photo.pgmedia.ca/photos/Poker_20060428_002.resized.jpg

[Jomo]

Hey Len, I've been looking over a few of your photos and they're all way underexposed. Im wondering if your monitor is in need of calibration or if you're going for this effect (and if so why?).

[Gopher]

I've got the pics looking the way I'd like on my monitor... maybe I do need to calibrate it.

What's a good resource to help get it right?

[FishTaco]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/jposse187/untitled-1.jpg

[FishTaco]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/jposse187/P1020608.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/jposse187/P1010061.jpg

[Mananetwork]

xxx19 would of been a good picture with better composition

[FishTaco]

Originally posted by Mananetwork
xxx19 would of been a good picture with better composition

oh really?which one out of the 3 ? thanks

[Mananetwork]

Originally posted by xxx19
oh really?which one out of the 3 ? thanks

oops..

xxx19: 3 would of been a good picture with better composition

[FishTaco]

ahh ok thanks for the comments :)..i have another one that might look better but ill have to wait until tomorow to post it

[Ducdesmo]

Originally posted by xxx19
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/jposse187/P1010061.jpg

Man thats some clear water. I like the photo too. Wish i can go on a vacation right now. :(

[Doc]

Originally posted by Mananetwork
oops..

xxx19: 3 would of been a good picture with better composition

What a horrible critique.
Did you read what I wrote above?

What is the better composition? And why would it be better than the current one?


Come on guys, put some thought and effort into the critiques.


~S

[dub.dub]

critique: put me in that water... i want to swim in that water

[GFunk]

It's been ages since I've touched the camera for artful purposes

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/3817/11au2.jpg

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/9739/20ha1.jpg

[MikesJo]

What bridge is that? Cambie?

[lowside67]

Roger.

That's Cambie from down by Marinaside Cres.

Somebody was just around the corner from me and didnt visit :(

[Senna4ever]

I like #2! How long was the exposure?

lowside67: Weren't you supposed to come to the model shoot yesterday?

[FishTaco]

Originally posted by Doc
Hi everyone,

Welcome to the Photo Lab's Snapshot of the Day (http://www.revscene.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=258499) thread Mrk 2: The Daily Showcase

In this new and evolved thread, you are given the opportunity to share your best image of the day. Instead of displaying mere "snapshots," you are encouraged to showcase your finest work and allow the rest of us to pick it apart.

The purpose is to maintain a constant surge of visual appeal in the forum, and encourage constructive dialogue on the images.

The only rule is that you should not exceed posting three pictures per day (if you would like to share more, you are encouraged to start a new thread). The reason we will be enforcing this rule is because we are here to share and learn, not compete. Please critique accordingly and appropriately.

To start us off, here is a shot of the London Eye:

http://www.dynamicperceptions.com/Eurotrip/Picture%201064_.jpg

let the posting begin. :)


Cheers,
~S

this picture is amazing, its kind of creepy . love it

[Meowjin]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/crane2.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/crane3.jpg

Ignore the noise.

Don't know which one I like better.

[Senna4ever]

Some Canada Day shots.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/PICT7939.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/PICT7984.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/PICT8026.jpg

[bildo]

I really like the third one Senna!

[GFunk]

Originally posted by Senna4ever
I like #2! How long was the exposure?

lowside67: Weren't you supposed to come to the model shoot yesterday? thanks, it was for 15 seconds

I'm also liking the third one senna, reflects the multiculturalism in vancouver

[Gopher]

Well, this is where I was supposed to be after that workshop yesterday, and luckily I did manage to get there on time...

This is one of my cousins' youngest kid, he looked a little happier on the cameras LCD screen, but I decided to do very little work off camera. So, here he is:

http://photo.pgmedia.ca/photos/IMG_1899.resized.jpg

Edit: Ewww. JPEG compression is not nice to me...

[Jomo]

Just out of curiosity, why is everyone complaining about jpeg compression lately?

[Gopher]

Well, in my case, it was that my colors were much more saturated and the image itself was much sharper...

And Jomo: Does this one look better exposed?

[Meowjin]

Originally posted by Jomo
Just out of curiosity, why is everyone complaining about jpeg compression lately?

Because Windows resizer :MAD:

[unit]

http://rtask.smugmug.com/photos/79310419-L.jpg


http://rtask.smugmug.com/photos/79311081-L.jpg

[bildo]

fast thinking "unit03" on the second one. If only the car trim wasn't there.

[Ducdesmo]

^ i like the car trim. It sort of frames the photograph.

[unit]

i didnt intend the have the trim in there, but once i looked at the result i kind of liked the perspective, so i left it in. :)

[Bonjour43MA]

Originally posted by MajinHurricane
Because Windows resizer :MAD:

Use a proper program to do your editing. i.e. Photoshop and you shouldn't have to worry about loss in quality when you resize for web.

another thing that might cause JPEG compression artifacts is the site that's hosting your pics... they might have a limit to bandwidth so they may cut down the quality of your pics.

otherwise I don't see why one should complain about stuff like that when it can easily be resolved by doing it the proper way.

Plus, I haven't seen any "artifacts" in any of your shots, Andreas, so I'm not too sure why you think it's degrading the quality of your pics.

Either I have a crappy monitor or you guys are simply too paranoid about trivial things. lol :p

*edit*, a quick USM after resizing usually brings back the sharpness you lost after resizing.

[Gopher]

With my pic, it was just that the color saturation went down a whole lot... Its actually probably because I forgot to change color profiles before I saved

[Meowjin]

Originally posted by Bonjour43MA
Use a proper program to do your editing. i.e. Photoshop and you shouldn't have to worry about loss in quality when you resize for web.

another thing that might cause JPEG compression artifacts is the site that's hosting your pics... they might have a limit to bandwidth so they may cut down the quality of your pics.

otherwise I don't see why one should complain about stuff like that when it can easily be resolved by doing it the proper way.

Plus, I haven't seen any "artifacts" in any of your shots, Andreas, so I'm not too sure why you think it's degrading the quality of your pics.

Either I have a crappy monitor or you guys are simply too paranoid about trivial things. lol :p

*edit*, a quick USM after resizing usually brings back the sharpness you lost after resizing.

heheh shhh :P

Actually im just being silly because i want to buy an lcd 19 inch samsung 940bf moniter.

[Bonjour43MA]

Originally posted by Gopher
With my pic, it was just that the color saturation went down a whole lot... Its actually probably because I forgot to change color profiles before I saved

as far as I know, if you use Photoshop the default colorspace is AdobeRGB, and when you view a photo saved in that colorspace the colors are usually off and less saturated.

What I've learned is that if you want to use your pics for web, convert to sRGB and save for web, and that usually does the trick in retaining your original colors.

[Mananetwork]

Originally posted by Bonjour43MA
What I've learned is that if you want to use your pics for web, convert to sRGB and save for web, and that usually does the trick in retaining your original colors.

Correct. Convert to sRGB first then tweak the colours you wanna see on the web

[Senna4ever]

^^^...or just shoot in sRGB.

[Mananetwork]

Originally posted by Senna4ever
^^^...or just shoot in sRGB.

Or shoot AdobeRGB because it holds more colours for print.

[Five10]

Some pics from canada day here on Salt Spring and Galiano Island.

http://www.blackflag4x4.com/jstocks/photos/galianosunset.jpg

http://www.blackflag4x4.com/jstocks/photos/Untitled-1.jpg

http://www.blackflag4x4.com/jstocks/photos/jacobcanday.jpg

[dub.dub]

I just shoot in sRGB since I never shoot in RAW.

[Jomo]

http://static.flickr.com/70/181318937_18106d028b_o.jpg

First shot since the owls pretty much, I'm rusty as hell and I neeeeeed practice!

[Bonjour43MA]

Originally posted by Five10
Some pics from canada day here on Salt Spring and Galiano Island.

http://www.blackflag4x4.com/jstocks/photos/Untitled-1.jpg



hey long time no post eh?

that's a crazy shot. haha

[Five10]

I read this section daily.. just never have much to post.

[MegaHurtz]

Totally random pic from yesterday down at Belcarra... I was messing around with something on the cam, accidentally hit the shutter release, and got this shot. I was going to toss it, but for some reason, I decided I liked it, so it stayed.

http://www.2k4civic.com/albums/shoots/belcarra/images/IMG_6916.jpg

[Inked]

i know it was an accidental shot, but the fact that the "mid" ground is the only part in focus makes it poor in my opinion, if the closest area was in focus or the farthest, i think you'd have a much better picture.

yes, i know it was an accidental photo, do not take it the wrong way.

[Senna4ever]

Having the farthest area in focus would be even worse.

[Senna4ever]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/PICT8537.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/PICT8509.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/PICT7936.jpg

[Gopher]

^^ :D I love the last one

[bildo]

http://members.shaw.ca/solar_monkey/photos/boatbw.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/solar_monkey/photos/asics.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/solar_monkey/photos/buldingwater.jpg

[Gopher]

Bildo: I'm not sure how long you've been shooting, but from the look of those 3 pics, I think you need to play around with Depth of Field. The first one is distracting (for me, anyways) because nothing is sharp, the second is distracting because everything is sharp. As far as the 3rd pic goes, I kind of like that one.

[bildo]

not long, i started last week with my d50.

Thanks for the advice though, i really need it.

i think i should shoot at a lower aperature because i was shooting at around F8 the entire day.

[::smurfie::]

Originally posted by Senna4ever
Some Canada Day shots.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/PICT8026.jpg

haha this dude is hilarious, he used to come by The Source, when i worked there [back when it used to be called Radioshack]

[dub.dub]

Originally posted by bildo
not long, i started last week with my d50.

Thanks for the advice though, i really need it.

i think i should shoot at a lower aperature because i was shooting at around F8 the entire day.

you mean shoot at a larger aperature (smaller f-stop)

[bildo]

Originally posted by dub.dub
you mean shoot at a larger aperature (smaller f-stop)

yeah what you said. :)

[Meowjin]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/skyscraper.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/building2.jpg

[Senna4ever]

Hanging around my 'hood, I see.

[FishTaco]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/jposse187/IMGP4181.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/jposse187/IMGP4173.jpg

[Meowjin]

Originally posted by Senna4ever
Hanging around my 'hood, I see.

Yup, It was my first time in yaletown actually and ive been living in vancouver for 19 years :D

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/johnson.jpg

Lower aperature would have helped this picture.

[Senna4ever]

Originally posted by MajinHurricane
Yup, It was my first time in yaletown actually and ive been living in vancouver for 19 years :D

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/johnson.jpg

Lower aperature would have helped this picture.
....so you were 100 feet away from me, and you didn't come and say, 'hi?' :(

[Mananetwork]

Originally posted by Senna4ever
....so you were 100 feet away from me, and you didn't come and say, 'hi?' :(

I thought you didn't work wed

[Meowjin]

Originally posted by Senna4ever
....so you were 100 feet away from me, and you didn't come and say, 'hi?' :(

I was actually trying to find your sushi place to see if you were working! But I forgot the name :(

(as these were taken tuesday). Me and my friend decided to go to davies and eat at samarai, and then we walked down davies to gastown.

[Senna4ever]

Originally posted by Mananetwork
I thought you didn't work wed
I worked until 3pm. :)

[Senna4ever]

Originally posted by MajinHurricane
I was actually trying to find your sushi place to see if you were working! But I forgot the name :(

(as these were taken tuesday). Me and my friend decided to go to davies and eat at samarai, and then we walked down davies to gastown.
Err...you can't get to Gastown by walking on Davie....

[Meowjin]

Erm, Yaletown sorry :D

Whats your resteraunts name again?

[Senna4ever]

Bistro Sakana. :)

[Mananetwork]

Majin, i'm glad you ate somewhere else. Bistro doesn't have anything good to eat *runs away* :chop:

[Senna4ever]

:swear: :swear: :swear:

[Meowjin]

Originally posted by Mananetwork
Majin, i'm glad you ate somewhere else. Bistro doesn't have anything good to eat *runs away* :chop:

Uh oh.

[Mananetwork]

Originally posted by MajinHurricane
Uh oh.

I was kidding! Just felt like pushing Jason's buttons

[cheer-girl]

Originally posted by Senna4ever
I worked until 3pm. :)

oh poo..justin and i came by at around 6/7-ish tonight but u weren't around anymore....so we went to rodney's instead! :D

[bildo]

Okay, after last time's c & c i went out today and tried to work on my depth of view.

Is this more like it?

http://members.shaw.ca/solar_monkey/photos/pole2.jpg


I also tried to pull out the clouds more but it looks like i failed to do it the right way. Most likely because of the way the cloud shaps and how they were facing and the lighting?


http://members.shaw.ca/solar_monkey/photos/crosssky.jpg

[Gopher]

I really like that second shot.

That silouhette is very effective

[Senna4ever]

It doesn't work for me because the 'x' is right smack dab in the middle of the frame.

[Senna4ever]

Originally posted by cheer-girl
oh poo..justin and i came by at around 6/7-ish tonight but u weren't around anymore....so we went to rodney's instead! :D
Aww...

[Senna4ever]

The lampshade is too distracting without detail in it isn't it? I should have used some fill flash...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/Yaletown-IR-sign.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/Yaletown-IR-S.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/Yaletown-IR-swings.jpg

[Meowjin]

you have too much fun with infared.

I like 2. It has a nice perspective type of feel.

[Senna4ever]

It's fun, but expensive. One roll of the colour IR film costs close to $20!

[Meowjin]

do you need any special filters?

If i wasnt so broke someone was selling what looked like an old school nikon film slr with a wide to around 100 zoom lens for 100 dollars.

Should have bought it to play around with some IR. :P

[Senna4ever]

Originally posted by MajinHurricane
do you need any special filters?
Yes, for B&W IR, you need at least a dark red (#25) filter. For colour IR, that depends on your needs. I use a deep yellow (#12), but you can also use an orange filter.

[Mananetwork]

I'm off to the Calgary Stampede for a whole week. I'll be up tomorrow morning bright and early at 5am. To some of you that know me, I hate getting up early. I hope to capture some great images while I'm there.

PS:
-Kyle stay out of the sun and stop calling me last at night to talk.
-Wes you don't call enough.
-Mike, your sisters hot :lol.
-Jason, I better see more girls in bikinies on the beach candids when I get back!
-Justin take care of Boni, and don't go dieing on me
-Boni, teach Justin to iron his clothes lol
-Salar, Liquor in the front and poker in the back .. words to live by
-Ron, you have a cute butt ;)
-Jomo, USE A CASHU MAN!! CASHU!!!
-Dennis, *wip noise*

PS x2 : For all the noobs, stop asking questions and search!

[Meowjin]

I'm no noob :(

[Senna4ever]

Originally posted by MajinHurricane
I'm no noob :(
Yes, you are.:p

[Meowjin]

Originally posted by Senna4ever
Yes, you are.:p

/cry

I should be at plaza celebrating my bro's birthday, with like 20 people. Instead im at a highschool party watching underage kids getting drunk.

[/friday]

[dub.dub]

have a safe and fun trip tom!! :)

[Bonjour43MA]

so you're going to the annual gay rodeo festival eh? I knew it all along, Tom... so it is true...

have fun and wear pink!

[MikesJo]

Made a lil trek.

http://www.sfu.ca/~mslee/images/jul06/IMG_4606_edit_small.jpg

[Senna4ever]

Where'd ya go?

[MikesJo]

Paddled accross buntzen lake.

[Senna4ever]

Nice....I haven't been there since I was a wee one. Is there a small island in the lake? I seem to remember one being there.

[dub.dub]

ha! using a wee one now too! :p

[MikesJo]

Nah I didn't paddle, that thing looks to weak :).

[d3vI4nt]

Some pictures from downtown.
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/gomitaro/2.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/gomitaro/3.jpg
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/gomitaro/1.jpg

[dub.dub]

Originally posted by MikesJo
Nah I didn't paddle, that thing looks to weak :).

no YOU are too weak!

[Senna4ever]

Heh...I wouldn't take expensive camera equipment on a dinky little boat like that either.

[cheer-girl]

http://www.bonnie.threesixtyphoto.com/IMG_2693.jpg

[GFunk]

cheer-girl: i love the shot but I think i'd personally like a harder edged border to go along with the lines of the silhouettes

[Jomo]

I too like the photo, but I've never been a fan of grunge style borders. That one in particular looks very sloppy and thrown together in under 20 seconds.

[Mute 360]

hey I'm a n00b, not only to Revscene, but to Photography. Took this picture in April(I think) from my bedroom window.

A little critique-ing would be awesome. (i don't have photoshop.. so I can't actually FIX it, but the input is really appreciated.)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/Esalyn/Photography/HPIM1875.jpg

[Mute 360]

I also went to Mexico last Nov (Tulum) here are some shots that I took that I really like.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/Esalyn/Mexico/HPIM1369.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/Esalyn/Mexico/HPIM1367.jpg

Unfortunately the butterfly was dead :(


X

X



Please respect the 3 pictures per day rule.

[bildo]

^ I find that the only interesting pic is the buttefly pic because of the vivid colours. Other than that, and i know you posted that your a noob. There is a lot of lens flare because your shooting directly at the sun making it extremely distracting for me in my opinion.

But yes other than the distracting sun in the first pic, the clouds are nice.

[Senna4ever]

I would have placed the butterfly in a better position. Nice colours.

[dub.dub]

I would not have touched it. :p

[Meowjin]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/hope4.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/hope3.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/hope2.jpg

[Senna4ever]

Gastown walkabout day:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/PICT9163-2-01.jpg

Ah, the wonders of a 70mm~210mm f2.8 lens!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/PICT9136.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/PICT9156.jpg

[dub.dub]

Bokeh so smooth. :)

[Meowjin]

That lens makes my pants wet.

[dub.dub]

Just a snapshot. :)

http://www3.telus.net/peazs/rs/IMG_3804_edit_small.jpg

[Ohkun]

little roadtrip yesterday.. 990kms in all..

http://lumieon.com/bbs/data/Free_Gallery/20060710.jpg

[dub.dub]

jets? shooting stars? superman?

[ramir]

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8042/fredompic17214li.jpg

[Meowjin]

I like it ramir

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/johnson3.jpg

[ramir]

thanks majin, its for a clothing line that i am with... i just did the shoot today (july 11th)

[bikerx]

http://www3.telus.net/public/a7a36429/Mag_shot1.jpg

[Gopher]

You should mask out the eyes in your color balance layers... it looks like she's got pink-eye.

[[azn angel]]

i'd fuck it! :D

[bikerx]

Originally posted by Gopher
You should mask out the eyes in your color balance layers... it looks like she's got pink-eye.

hmm alright may be my monitor then. looks fine to be but i'll check it on my other mon :) thanks

[Jomo]

Looks good on mine... nice photo too.

[Gopher]

Hmm... maybe it's MY monitor that needs to be calibrated.

Anyways, here's a shot from yesterday. I'm still not quite sure what exactly I was going for here, but regardless, here it it.

http://photo.pgmedia.ca/photos/IMG_2009.resize.jpg

[Ohkun]

Originally posted by dub.dub
jets? shooting stars? superman?

super man going after shooting star..:)

[Meowjin]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/bruno.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/AndreasSamaris/bruno2.jpg

dont know which angle i liked better.

Regardless this maniqin was scary shit.

[Bulb Man]

cool, is that the court near King George Park, Gopher?

[dub.dub]

wtf that's a mannequin?

[Meowjin]

YES. It also scared the shit out of me.

[Gopher]

That was in shot in Ocean Park

[ramir]

http://img4.modelmayhem.com/060712/04/44b4c322b2366.jpg

[Ducdesmo]

^ her face is way too dark. Looks kinda scary.

[dub.dub]

^ yeah kinda freaky
also how the hoodie is shaped too

[GFunk]

rather disappointed with this one, but i thought i'd post it

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/2020/drip3qy.jpg

[bildo]

^wow, i don't think you should be disappointed cause this is effin cool!!!