The Photography Thread

[Florestan]

I leave speculation, guesswork, and hunches to Nate and Floristan; I prove things.

By all means, it's true. Only, we speculate and guesswork about how best to design and build things people need (or are made into believing they need), while you prove things nobody except you and your caste cares about whether they are true or false. 

[Sergeant Rock]

Here's a flattering picture of the Mrs.    Angle someone like this to take off 10 pounds.  Soft lighting to take off 10 years
The Mrs.jpg by Mookalafalas, on Flickr

Beautiful portrait, Al. I love the (market?) setting, too, the colors.

I used a different bag of tricks to take a decade or two off the ex (she was 57): a softening filter and fill flash.

Swampland




Sarge

[North Star]

Beautiful work, Sarge - fill flash is of course a must in that situation. Love the background, do you have any of just the reflections on the lake (preferably out of focus )

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[Sergeant Rock]

Beautiful work, Sarge - fill flash is of course a must in that situation. Love the background, do have any of just the reflections on the lake (preferably out of focus )

I know my ex took a few shots of the lake (she had her camera with her). I probably did too. I'll see what I have. If they are too obviously in focus, I'll run them through photoshop for you   


Sarge

[Mookalafalas]

Beautiful portrait, Al. I love the (market?) setting, too, the colors.

I used a different bag of tricks to take a decade or two off the ex (she was 57): a softening filter and fill flash.
Sarge

   Wow! It's hard to believe she's 57, and I don't mean because of a filter and fill flash. 

BTW, that's a row of motor scooters in the background of my picture. They are just parked in the street (the picture was taken in front of a McDonalds here in Taiwan).

[North Star]

Wow! It's hard to believe she's 57, and I don't mean because of a filter and fill flash.

+1

BTW, that's a row of motor scooters in the background of my picture. They are just parked in the street (the picture was taken in front of a McDonalds here in Taiwan).

They were easy enough to recognize, but I would have guessed they were in some parking space. An excellent portrait for sure, although I would make sure the mrs doesn't see the comments..

[Sergeant Rock]

Love the background, do have any of just the reflections on the lake (preferably out of focus )

Shot with an Olympus E-300 at Silver Lake, Ohio, near my hometown, in 2005. This isn't the lake but a pond and swampy area near the lake. I didn't manipulate the images in any way except cropping and downsizing. The last one is my Monet    Left click to enlarge.

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Sarge

[Mookalafalas]

Nice. Actually the 3rd from the bottom reminds me most of Monet (and is my favorite).

[North Star]

Shot with an Olympus E-300 at Silver Lake, Ohio, near my hometown, in 2005. This isn't the lake but a pond and swampy area near the lake. I didn't manipulate the images in any way except cropping and downsizing. The last one is my Monet    Left click to enlarge.

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Sarge

Lovely! I like the last two most, what with the leaves and branches messing up the others ever so slightly. Despite the subject matter, Caillebotte is whom I thought of when I saw the last one, not Monet - what with the lines from the reflections of the trees, and just the way he painted reflected light.

[Sergeant Rock]

   Wow! It's hard to believe she's 57, and I don't mean because of a filter and fill flash.

I'll pass on the compliment. She's used to hearing it (that she looks way younger than she is) from family, friends, and strangers, too, but I'm not sure she ever believes it.

BTW, that's a row of motor scooters in the background of my picture. They are just parked in the street (the picture was taken in front of a McDonalds here in Taiwan).

You have a great eye, seeing interesting images in the mundane and transforming them into superb art.

Sarge

[North Star]

Click the picture to see big on white


Bananas by Janacekian, on Flickr

[Sergeant Rock]

If I had to choose the banana option, I'd choose these 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

March of the Geese





Sarge

[North Star]

March of the Geese

Sarge

Holst's Mars suits this well. 

If I had to choose the banana option, I'd choose these 

Sarge

I too prefer it to that obnoxious gif. 

[TheGSMoeller]

Taken with my iPhone 5S with very minor editing done. From the Atlanta Zoo, and I certainly will allow luck to take some credit here...

[TheGSMoeller]

Another animal related pic...My then almost-2 year old son in Zen mode watching the Otter display at Richmond's Maymont Park...

[Mookalafalas]

You have a great eye, seeing interesting images in the mundane and transforming them into superb art.

You are too too generous, Sarge, but I'll accept the compliment anyway

  As geese have become a topic, here's a weird scene I encountered on my way to work one day

20130927-P1040591-1-2.jpg by Mookalafalas, on Flickr

[Sergeant Rock]

You are too too generous, Sarge, but I'll accept the compliment anyway

  As geese have become a topic, here's a weird scene I encountered on my way to work one day

20130927-P1040591-1-2.jpg by Mookalafalas, on Flickr

They own that road. Geese are like that 


Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Taken with my iPhone 5S with very minor editing done. From the Atlanta Zoo, and I certainly will allow luck to take some credit here...

Great capture. Cropping for just the face works well too...scary stare.

Sarge

[North Star]

You are too too generous, Sarge, but I'll accept the compliment anyway

  As geese have become a topic, here's a weird scene I encountered on my way to work one day

Wonderful!