[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by James L 

Just looking through some older shots from my collection:



And, in honour of the sunset theme:

My two favorites from those 4. I dig 'em.

[Jawbone54]

It snowed today. In Louisiana. In March, of all times. This is the first time in 20 years that I've lived here that it has snowed twice in a single winter. Most years it doesn't snow at all.

Anyhoo, here are some from the first half of the day. All taken with my trusty Canon 85mm f/1.8







My girl didn't like the snow. She stood two inches in front of the snow line on the porch, growling for like 30 seconds.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Originally Posted by IceEnclosure 

I was on this old dirt road yesterday that we used to go drinking at in high school. I snapped off some pics of the sun setting. The few pics I took didn't come out exactly like I wanted, but I kept one and adjusted it in RAW to my liking. Little crazy looking, I sort of like it though:

You know, it's a nice shot, but I must confess I'm not a fan of the coloring. I find too many shots these days have been over-Photoshopped and they get a computer-animated look to them. I'm getting that vibe here.

I think it'd be better if the darker areas didn't have such obviously vivid colours. Not only would it be more "realistic" but it wouldn't detract or be so distracting from the picture's real focus, the sunset.

greg

[IceEnclosure]

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton 

You know, it's a nice shot, but I must confess I'm not a fan of the coloring. I find too many shots these days have been over-Photoshopped and they get a computer-animated look to them. I'm getting that vibe here.

I think it'd be better if the darker areas didn't have such obviously vivid colours. Not only would it be more "realistic" but it wouldn't detract or be so distracting from the picture's real focus, the sunset.

greg

sounds good, and I kind of agree. Problem is my results out of about 15 pictures were sort of subpar. I'll look thru them and see what's what. Thanks!

[harbinger75]

Here's one of my favorites just because I was amazed at how well the macro on my camera worked out for this particular shot. This little guy was approximately an inch to an inch and a half in length.

[harbinger75]

A shot of one of our ladder trucks performing drills at our drill tower last Fall.

[- - e r i k - -]

Great shots there Jawbone. Particularly like the dog ones. The snow looks great, although I'm thankful I'm just looking at pictures of it. Heh.

[Jawbone54]

Thank you, Erik. I'm glad the snow doesn't come around very often here. The crazy hot, humid summers don't seem quite so bad when the weather is so windy, cold, and wet. I'm ready to hop in the pool.

[IceEnclosure]

[OreoCookie]

Too much distraction by the background in my opinion, probably because the photo was taken with the kit lens or a relatively large aperture. Interesting fella, though

[davidflas]

[Jawbone54]

Anyone in here think I'd be gaining much in image quality switching from an XTi to a 40D?

And now for a photo. You Flickr contacts might have already seen it, but oh well.

[- - e r i k - -]

^ That is absolutely gorgeous. Lady should be happy with that

Playing with vignetting and vibrancy in Aperture 2 are we? Addicting isn't?

[Jawbone54]

Whoa! Good catch on Aperture 2.

Yeah, I'm definitely loving the gamma vignette. Tons better than the vignette in Lightroom.

[- - e r i k - -]

Aperture 2 tip of the day:

Use vibrancy in reverse to desaturate people:

[- - e r i k - -]

More fun with Vibrancy:

[Jawbone54]

Very cool...

Enjoying the lady's company, eh?

[- - e r i k - -]

Very much so.

[Jawbone54]

No shame in it at all. Not a bit.

[Jawbone54]

This first one is big because it doesn't look as good at medium size. It's from a senior session I did yesterday morning. I'm still editing the rest.



These are from this family set that I did Monday of this week.

[RAILhead]

Originally Posted by Railroader 

Hmm... not quite...

How about this: I also cropped it and adjust the levels for a little more contrast

Here's my quick take:

[James L]

Playing with lighting:

[glideslope]

[glideslope]

North Atlantic

[Jawbone54]

Very nice!

[Goldfinger]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

Playing with vignetting and vibrancy in Aperture 2 are we? Addicting isn't?

Same here. Definition + Vibrancy + Vignette = win

[IceEnclosure]

there should be a thread for pics that don't require critique but rather commentary.

[RAILhead]

I would love this shot if it weren't for the dog's shadow on the arm rest.

[IceEnclosure]

:: punches you ::

[IceEnclosure]

[RAILhead]

Here, I fix for you, mien kapitan:

[Railroader]

Now eliminate the propane tank.

[IceEnclosure]

i prefer the darker world the dog is living in within my picture. and the propane stays!

[Face Ache]

Originally Posted by Railroader 

Now eliminate the propane tank.

I got it for ya buddy.




Oops.

[IceEnclosure]

hmmph!

[Demonhood]

poor dog eloped with the propane tank. that honeymoon night isn't going to be pretty.

[Railroader]

DH! I knew a photo thread would draw you out.

Face Ache: You are a cruel cruel man.

[- - e r i k - -]

OMG! Fantastic work Face Ache!

[James L]

[- - e r i k - -]

I'll see your peacock and raise you my most viewed and favourited shot:


I was trying to get a shot like yours ironically, but the damn (wild) peacock wouldn't spread them

[James L]

I have one of those too, just haven't edited it yet. Ironic, no?

[- - e r i k - -]

Not seeing the irony. I thought the shot itself was fairly average. The aggressive editing seems to be what made it popular.

[James L]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

Not seeing the irony. I thought the shot itself was fairly average. The aggressive editing seems to be what made it popular.

I found it amusing that you "raised" my photo with the very next one I was editing.

There's just so many ways you can shoot a peacock I guess.

[- - e r i k - -]

True. The expression "raised" wasn't meant to mean that my photo was necessarily better. I just happened to have a peacock photo on Flickr myself

Anyway it turns out I lied. This photo got to #35 on the Flickr 500 top most interesting photos:

[Demonhood]

Originally Posted by James L 

looks like the beast is about to make you a statistic.
god, i hate peacocks. most annoying bird sounds. ever.

[James L]

Originally Posted by Demonhood 

looks like the beast is about to make you a statistic.
god, i hate peacocks. most annoying bird sounds. ever.

lol, I totally agree.

[Jawbone54]

When you convert a peacock picture to black and white, does it look like a speckled turkey?

[Nivag]

[Jawbone54]

Two from a senior shoot I did last Thursday:

[IceEnclosure]

she looks thrilled in the second one. so, a senior shoot - you go to high schools and take pictures of girls? real nice.