The Photography Thread

[NikF]

Selfishly giving this thread a bump on account of it having slipped off the first page, because even if I don't comment all that often I do like to see what people are shooting.

Don't have much to post myself, but the recent 'My camera died....' thread (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,24979.0.html) made me think of compact cameras and how they can be used.

This is my current compact digital camera. I bought it used because we buy a lot of our stuff used rather than new, due it getting hammered. Anyway, it's relatively ancient and has limitations. Some of those can be addressed by being reasonable in expectations of what you can do with it, but also by having enough light on the subject and simple additions such as a lens hood.



Here's an example of how you can push such a camera. One of the agency models was in the studio and so I got the compact and shot this. Eventually we used this image for a Sed card (zed card/comp card - whatever it's called down your way) and this is a scan of one them.



An aside: this was a full body shot at eye level and so as usual I was up a ladder - because this chick is 6' 1" (185cm?) in her bare tootsies.

[aligreto]

This is my current compact digital camera. I bought it used because we buy a lot of our stuff used rather than new, due it getting hammered. Anyway, it's relatively ancient and has limitations. Some of those can be addressed by being reasonable in expectations of what you can do with it, but also by having enough light on the subject and simple additions such as a lens hood.

That is quite a retro looking camera; I thought that it was an old analogue model when I glanced at it first.

[North Star]

Lake Kitka XLII

[NikF]

Looks interesting, although I don't know if you made a conscious decision to have less shadow detail than in others of the series? In any case, I'll have a look on one of the monitors at work and see what it reveals.

[kishnevi]

Lake Kitka XLII

The ripples on the water have an interesting effect on the reflections of the clouds.

[aligreto]

Looks interesting, although I don't know if you made a conscious decision to have less shadow detail than in others of the series? In any case, I'll have a look on one of the monitors at work and see what it reveals.

I thought the same i.e. that it was a conscious decision to underexpose to enhance the colour saturation in the sunset coloured sky. It will be interesting to read what the photographer says 

[Henk]

Great shots, Karlo!

[North Star]

Looks interesting, although I don't know if you made a conscious decision to have less shadow detail than in others of the series? In any case, I'll have a look on one of the monitors at work and see what it reveals.

I thought the same i.e. that it was a conscious decision to underexpose to enhance the colour saturation in the sunset coloured sky. It will be interesting to read what the photographer says 

The amount of shadow detail is a conscious decision, yes - and certainly not only to humor the sky tones. The few details in there are more emphasized than they would be if the woods were crowded with detail.  I'm not sure if there is less shadow detail than in that many of the rest of the series, though. (XXXVI, XXXV, XXXII, XXVII, XXII, XIX, XVIII, XIII, XII, XI, X, IV aren't exactly full of detail either.) I have grown somewhat fond of that near-silhouette look.

The ripples on the water have an interesting effect on the reflections of the clouds.

Thanks, Jeffrey. That is definitely a theme running through the series.

Great shots, Karlo!

Thanks, Henk.

[North Star]

Lake Kitka XLIII

[Henk]

Found this on Pinterest. Similar kind of photography as yours, Karlo.

[Henk]

(didn't take it myself)

[North Star]

Something different for a change

[aligreto]

Found this on Pinterest. Similar kind of photography as yours, Karlo.

(didn't take it myself)

Two excellent images!

[aligreto]

Something different for a change

....and very interesting! A friend of mine does quite a lot of similiar work to this.

[aligreto]

[North Star]

....and very interesting! A friend of mine does quite a lot of similiar work to this.

Cheers. Sometimes that impressionistic motion haze is just the thing.

Nice, although I wouldn't mind a less dramatic contrast to have a bit more detail here.

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[Karl Henning]

Lovely.

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