Author Topic: the photography thread. (Read 717163 times)

frisco · « **Reply #2130 on:** August 03, 2011, 12:56:41 PM »

if they dont seem high res its probably your focus thats soft, try taking some set up photos and hold down the shutter half way to auto focus, thats really the only thing I cant think of. Pretty standard point-and-shoot camera

Fongstarr. · « **Reply #2131 on:** August 03, 2011, 02:29:53 PM »

Quote from: crackrazor on August 03, 2011, 12:44:09 PM

My parents bought this camera for me for my birthday:

http://www.digitalreview.ca/content/Sony-DSC-W570-Review.shtml

I don't know shit about digital cameras but the photos don't seem that high of resolution even though it has 16 megapixels. It's a little weird. Any ideas?

What do you mean high of resolution? Like when you view you photos on a computer, are they already pixelated when you zoom in? Or are you saying the photos don't come out clear? Even though a camera is 16 mp, you still have to shoot photos properly whether you are shooting low light stuff or just plain outdoor stuff. Post some examples if you have some.

crackrazor · « **Reply #2132 on:** August 03, 2011, 02:52:11 PM »

Quote from: Mr Fongstarr on August 03, 2011, 02:29:53 PM

Quote from: crackrazor on August 03, 2011, 12:44:09 PM
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My parents bought this camera for me for my birthday:

http://www.digitalreview.ca/content/Sony-DSC-W570-Review.shtml

I don't know shit about digital cameras but the photos don't seem that high of resolution even though it has 16 megapixels. It's a little weird. Any ideas?
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What do you mean high of resolution? Like when you view you photos on a computer, are they already pixelated when you zoom in? Or are you saying the photos don't come out clear? Even though a camera is 16 mp, you still have to shoot photos properly whether you are shooting low light stuff or just plain outdoor stuff. Post some examples if you have some.

I think I figured it out. It has some "intelligent auto" feature that was lowering the quality, and I just turned that off.

Here are a few

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Councilman Doug · « **Reply #2133 on:** August 03, 2011, 03:47:36 PM »

DSCF2989 by henrification, on Flickr

DSCF2858 by henrification, on Flickr

DSCF2840 by henrification, on Flickr

DSCF2815 by henrification, on Flickr

DSCF2757 by henrification, on Flickr

DSCF2699 by henrification, on Flickr

DSCF2503 by henrification, on Flickr

some crap i shot in molokai

chuck d · « **Reply #2134 on:** August 03, 2011, 07:58:12 PM »

chuck d · « **Reply #2135 on:** August 03, 2011, 09:28:14 PM »

Quote from: Mr Fongstarr on July 31, 2011, 02:04:41 PM

My cat turned 1 years old.

Do you adjust your colors that way?

Fongstarr. · « **Reply #2136 on:** August 03, 2011, 10:08:20 PM »

I normally shoot on vivid mode, which pretty much makes the colors pop out. I do photoshop each photo but it's really just to fix the white balance a little, levels and to sharpen the photo. To me it looks normal on my iMac but sometimes when I check out my photos on other computers, shit looks way to vibrant. I have a normal mode but photos just look odd. Maybe I have to mess with the settings a bit.

stefan · « **Reply #2137 on:** August 04, 2011, 10:02:53 AM »

Sebastiaan Vijverberg - 360flip

Jesse Voerman - Fs nosebluntslide

2 photos from a recent trip to Luxemburg

Hercules Rockefeller · « **Reply #2138 on:** August 04, 2011, 10:09:32 AM »

really like the treflip.

Omamori · « **Reply #2139 on:** August 04, 2011, 10:21:57 AM »

Quote from: Hercules Rockefeller on August 04, 2011, 10:09:32 AM

really like the treflip.

chuck d · « **Reply #2140 on:** August 04, 2011, 05:32:52 PM »

Quote from: Mr Fongstarr on August 03, 2011, 10:08:20 PM

I normally shoot on vivid mode, which pretty much makes the colors pop out. I do photoshop each photo but it's really just to fix the white balance a little, levels and to sharpen the photo. To me it looks normal on my iMac but sometimes when I check out my photos on other computers, shit looks way to vibrant. I have a normal mode but photos just look odd. Maybe I have to mess with the settings a bit.

What color space do you have Photoshop set to? It could look different because of that, or if your monitor is not calibrated. Maybe it's the Nikon Vivid Mode, I'm not sure. But on my monitor, it looks like you were masturbating with lipstick. It's just strange that similar hues on the cat, (nose) seem within the natural color gamut. The crazy colors can be cool on some stuff, like long exposure night shots, but when it's flesh it can become distracting. I think it looks nicer a little more natural...

Fongstarr. · « **Reply #2141 on:** August 04, 2011, 07:21:42 PM »

I see what you're saying. Yeah....my method is kind of fucked right now. I just got a new iMac but I haven't installed any photo editing software. I am supposed to get CS5 but my hook up is always busy with his job. So right now, I edit on my old Powerbook G4 with Photoshop 2. The screens from one computer to the next is so different that it's always hard to tell how things look. I guess the powerbook has things all washed out and the iMac I have has such a crazy contrast ratio and color saturation. Thanks for that insight though. I'll see if it makes a difference in just toning down the colors a lot more and setting my camera to normal mode.

chuck d · « **Reply #2142 on:** August 04, 2011, 08:34:30 PM »

FYI, I made a hue/saturation adjustment layer, masked out everything but the hand and bumped the reds a few points warmer, turned down the saturation and lightened them a bit. Oh, and I warmed the yellows a couple points to compensate for the color aberration that the warmer reds created. Cool looking cat, by the way, what's its name?

Fongstarr. · « **Reply #2143 on:** August 04, 2011, 09:20:22 PM »

His name is Bodhi, which is named after the Patrick Swayze character in Point Break. I got him as a rescue when he was 4 weeks old. Pretty chill dude. It's like having a mellow small dog that doesn't need to pea all the time.

ciaran · « **Reply #2144 on:** August 05, 2011, 04:28:26 PM »

Quote from: Cadillac Ranch Dressing on July 25, 2011, 12:30:37 PM

Feeling this one. How did you get the border? Photoshopped something together or did you file down the edge of the film holder in the enlarger? Or something else entirely?

Quote from: Mooley on August 01, 2011, 05:03:00 PM

I fucking love that 'Opticians' photo but they're all sick. Feeling most of the stuff on your flickr too, you need to get out shooting more dude.

Ha, cheers Mooley! Shot way more a while back when i was filming skating a lot more than now - found myself in more interesting locations and situations, something which I've only noticed recently as I don't film so much at the moment. Making the effort though, should get some more bits up online soon enough...

Cadillac Ranch Dressing · « **Reply #2145 on:** August 05, 2011, 04:48:35 PM »

Quote from: ciaran on August 05, 2011, 04:28:26 PM

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Feeling this one. How did you get the border? Photoshopped something together or did you file down the edge of the film holder in the enlarger? Or something else entirely?

You got it. My school's got like so many filed down negative carriers so I didn't even have to do the hard work.

duffmanshredder · « **Reply #2146 on:** August 05, 2011, 06:10:18 PM »

VictoriousOG · « **Reply #2147 on:** August 06, 2011, 12:45:47 AM »

stefan, youre killing it.

Justis · « **Reply #2148 on:** August 06, 2011, 01:32:03 PM »

Jakelous · « **Reply #2149 on:** August 07, 2011, 12:20:01 AM »

I met jason dill and he let me take a portrait of him wtf? anyone else think thats as cool as i do? hahaha

Cadillac Ranch Dressing · « **Reply #2150 on:** August 07, 2011, 06:14:38 AM »

Quote from: Jakelous on August 07, 2011, 12:20:01 AM

I met jason dill and he let me take a portrait of him wtf? anyone else think thats as cool as i do? hahaha

I took one of him at a Vans demo and he said "I like that you use film". I fucked the roll up and will never be able to see it, but the picture in my imagination is probably better than how it would have turned out. Glad you got a portrait of him, he's a real cool dude.

TwisT · « **Reply #2151 on:** August 07, 2011, 08:23:55 AM »

worked a family reunion this weeked, im pretty stoked on this...

idealhandmades · « **Reply #2152 on:** August 07, 2011, 09:50:12 AM »

yeah, it looks great, 'sept for that...

GIANT FUCKING WATERMARK OF SELF PROMOTION FUCKING UP A QUARTER OF THE IMAGE.

Hercules Rockefeller · « **Reply #2153 on:** August 07, 2011, 11:27:07 AM »

"i like the framing"

Fongstarr. · « **Reply #2154 on:** August 07, 2011, 12:14:29 PM »

Went to some crazy SF art show for this guy named Lush at Upperplayground. He brought out some strippers from the Lusty Lady and had a whole peep show with his hand painted art on them. It was pretty interesting needless to say.

VictoriousOG · « **Reply #2155 on:** August 07, 2011, 10:34:47 PM »

Pretty rad!

vihreekerma · « **Reply #2156 on:** August 08, 2011, 04:59:06 AM »

Quote from: Mr Fongstarr on August 07, 2011, 12:14:29 PM

Went to some crazy SF art show for this guy named Lush at Upperplayground. He brought out some strippers from the Lusty Lady and had a whole peep show with his hand painted art on them. It was pretty interesting needless to say.

Words can't describe how awesome Lush's work is. Incredible graffiti writer.

I haven't been shooting that much lately. I did buy a Hassy 2000FC which I'm pretty stoked on, however I haven't had time to shoot with it much. The system is incredible, I can use 1/1000+ shutter speeds, so I don't need to use flashes for skateboarding photos that much anymore.

We did this sick project for a local shop. I shot four girls and then we glued them on electric box and shot a photo of it.

We wanted to have the 90's graffiti vibe on it

sx70 · « **Reply #2157 on:** August 08, 2011, 08:49:56 AM »

Fongstarr. · « **Reply #2158 on:** August 08, 2011, 09:13:58 AM »

vihreekerma.....sick shit dude. I really wish I can do some studio type modeling stuff just to try it out.

Yeah.....Lush is a pretty odd dude in a good way though. He has that Neckface mentality. Here is some of his stuff from the show:

TwisT · « **Reply #2159 on:** August 08, 2011, 10:38:09 AM »

Quote from: sweatercuff on August 07, 2011, 09:50:12 AM

yeah, it looks great, 'sept for that...

GIANT FUCKING WATERMARK OF SELF PROMOTION FUCKING UP A QUARTER OF THE IMAGE.

thats so itd show up on the thumbnail, cause im using it as a profile pic.

besides, i've had some my pictures used for flyers and shit, its feels pretty shitty to be skating down the street and see one of your shots on the wall for some bullshit...

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