The Photography Thread

[North Star]

Felt like I was neglecting this thread, and now I feel I'm monopolizing it

   Anyway, a shot from yesterday morning. Took an overnight trip into the mountains.

Hah! My feelings are just the opposite.  I'll try to restore balance to the thread when I get to my apartment, where my computer, photos & Nikon USB cord (I'm sure everyone appreciates the move away from the standard mini USB  ) are waiting.. 

[Sergeant Rock]

Native American mutts at Taos Pueblo New Mexico. Left click to enlarge.


Real Indian Stuff





High Noon





Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Felt like I was neglecting this thread, and now I feel I'm monopolizing it

Please, monopolize away!...I love your photos.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Leaves and water, love 'em!

Indeed. I would buy a coffee table book of Karlo's images if he ever gets published 


Sarge

[Karl Henning]

I'm in!

[Mookalafalas]

Please, monopolize away!...I love your photos.

Sarge

  Thanks, Sarge.

[North Star]

Native American mutts at Taos Pueblo New Mexico. Left click to enlarge.

Real Indian Stuff

High Noon

Sarge

Wonderful! I'd like to see more of these. as I'm all for cohesive series of photos with a uniting theme instead of just random single images.
(High Noon would probably work even better composition-wise if the dog had had the good sense to lie a bit farther from the camera )

Please, monopolize away!...I love your photos.

Sarge

+1

Indeed. I would buy a coffee table book of Karlo's images if he ever gets published 


Sarge

I'm in!

Cheers, friends.
I probably ought to start planning one while the market is still there. . .

[Sergeant Rock]

(High Noon would probably work even better composition-wise if the dog had had the good sense to lie a bit farther from the camera

You're right...but it was the most uncooperative model I ever worked with    So what can you do except crank up Photoshop



Sarge

[Mookalafalas]

I love that one, too.  I'm curious about what it would look like in black and white...

[Sergeant Rock]

I love that one, too.  I'm curious about what it would look like in black and white...

Since the original is almost a monochrome brown, I never considered converting it...until now.





Sarge

[Mookalafalas]

Aaah, the dreamy Ghost Dog look

   Nice.

[Mookalafalas]

I hope you don't mind, I took the liberty of doing a kinda grungy version.  I'm heavy handed with contrast .

[Sergeant Rock]

I hope you don't mind, I took the liberty of doing a kinda grungy version.  I'm heavy handed with contrast .

I'm impressed that you were able to darken it while still keeping the detail in the shadow area.

Sarge

[Mookalafalas]

I'm impressed that you were able to darken it while still keeping the detail in the shadow area.

Sarge

Software I use lightroom, which is great at pulling stuff out of the shadows, and then switched to a fantastic black and white program called Silver efex pro 2. It actually has a slider that will lighten the shadows and darken the lights simultaneously...it's amazing, but of course makes the pictures look all wacked out if over used.

[North Star]

You're right...but it was the most uncooperative model I ever worked with    So what can you do except crank up Photoshop

Sarge

Splendid!

I hope you don't mind, I took the liberty of doing a kinda grungy version.  I'm heavy handed with contrast .

Very nice indeed! I can be rather heavy-handed with contrast, too 

Software I use lightroom, which is great at pulling stuff out of the shadows, and then switched to a fantastic black and white program called Silver efex pro 2. It actually has a slider that will lighten the shadows and darken the lights simultaneously...it's amazing, but of course makes the pictures look all wacked out if over used.

Hmph. Don't talk to me about image manipulation software, unless they are free. . .
I use Nikon's raw editor ViewNX, IrfanView, Paint (the height of photo editing software, reserved to cloning out spots & cropping  ), and GIMP. I had a trial of Photoshop around the turn of the year, though, and would love to have it still, and not only for stuff like this:

[Mookalafalas]

Nice! I love an angry cloud.
   Actually, most of my software is free, although it's often not supposed to be.
   I had photoshop, but as I can do most of what I want with Lightroom, I found I never used it.  I would study how to use the features, and then forget again because I used it so infrequently.

[North Star]

Nice! I love an angry cloud.

Me too, at least when I'm inside - or if I'm carrying the camera. 

Actually, most of my software is free, although it's often not supposed to be.

I had photoshop, but as I can do most of what I want with Lightroom, I found I never used it.  I would study how to use the features, and then forget again because I used it so infrequently.

My problem with software, too.

[North Star]

Flickr doesn't have a really high concentration of intellectually stimulating discussion, but this group is certainly a gold mine, with many a discussion worth looking for other visual artists, and even artists whose medium isn't visual.

[TheGSMoeller]

A few pics from the Georgia Aquarium in downtown Atlanta. Used my iPhone 5S with the camera app Hipstamatic. Larger images can be viewed at  http://gregscottmoeller.wordpress.com/


     


The Manager

[North Star]

Wonderful photos, Greg!

The last one looks quite dark, and has some residue of Christian symbolism. .