Some shots from last October, when Chihuly had a glass exhibit at the Biltmore House in Asheville.
10_2018_chihuly_16 by Iker, on Flickr
Something about this one really stands out to me. Very pretty!
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Something about this one really stands out to me. Very pretty!
Really great stuff Ike, including the stuff on Flickr you didn't post.
Here's the sunset tonight in Texas.
Sunset sliver by Scott Tucker, on Flickr
Here's the sunset tonight in Texas.
Sunset sliver by Scott Tucker, on Flickr
Thank you!
Really great stuff Ike, including the stuff on Flickr you didn't post.
Here's the sunset tonight in Texas.
nice sky Scott
Really great stuff Ike, including the stuff on Flickr you didn't post.
Here's the sunset tonight in Texas.
Nice one :)! You've got a clean sensor!
I'm pretty anal about when and where I lens swap!
Thanks Ike
I wish I was the same way. On shoots I probably change my lens about a dozen times.
Grand Rapids Light Trails by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr
Composite of one second exposures sitting on a guard rail. Turned out alright. Definitely gaps between exposures though which was unfortunate.
Winter Trees by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr
Really liked this next spot, but I can't decide which composition is better:
Joliet Bridge by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr
Joliet Bridge by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr
You need to work on getting rid of the gate.
Grand Rapids Light Trails by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr
Composite of one second exposures sitting on a guard rail. Turned out alright. Definitely gaps between exposures though which was unfortunate.
Winter Trees by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr
Really liked this next spot, but I can't decide which composition is better:
Joliet Bridge by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr
Joliet Bridge by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr
I don't think I've actually posted anything here. Here's some of my recent stuff.
Portraits
Pinka3 by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr
Rhay-Final by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr
Leidyn Water by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr
Portraits
Pinka3 by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr
Rhay-Final by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr
Leidyn Water by Samuel Vasquez, on Flickr
That Smoky Mountain State Park shot is incredible.Shared these on that One Photo A Day thread, so might as well post them here as well:
Lake Moonmaw, VA (1)
Lake Moonmaw, VA (2)
Smoky Mountain State Park
These are great. I love the background tint in the second one.I don't think I've actually posted anything here. Here's some of my recent stuff.
Portraits
Thanks. That's actually a pano of three individual shots. I took another pano on the same trip but it's not quite as spectacular. I may post it later.
I don't think I've actually posted anything here. Here's some of my recent stuff.
Portraits
Cracking shot! What was the original background on this shot?
All of my shots are done in camera. It was a blue backdrop in a studio.
This one specifically-
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I see. There's white fringeing on her outline (shoulders mainly) which lead me to think you'd masked the background.
Some of it is actually a bit edge light from the hair light. But the effect is also exaggerated when you isolate colors to saturate or desaturate in the RAW file. In this case, it was caused by making the background an even deeper blue.
I thought as much. Cracking shot though. I wish I had skin like that. :/
I feel the second is stronger and feeling very strongly it would look great as bnw
Grand Rapids Light Trails by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr
Composite of one second exposures sitting on a guard rail. Turned out alright. Definitely gaps between exposures though which was unfortunate.
Winter Trees by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr
Really liked this next spot, but I can't decide which composition is better:
Joliet Bridge by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr
Joliet Bridge by Tyler Jacobs, on Flickr
I disagree on this I think the gate adds to the mood and look
This is one of those subjective critiques since I care more about the bridge and the fog than I do about the gate since it distracts me.
pbth
20190210-DSCF3332.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20190210-DSCF3353.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20190210-DSCF3539.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20190210-DSCF3362.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20190210-DSCF3350.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20190210-DSCF3379.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20190210-DSCF3546.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20190210-DSCF3332.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20190210-DSCF3353.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20190210-DSCF3539.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20190210-DSCF3362.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20190210-DSCF3350.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20190210-DSCF3379.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
20190210-DSCF3546.jpg by Hunter Mauro, on Flickr
I went to hike to the top of Bear Peak near Boulder Colorado this weekend. It was slippery as fuck so I had to put my camera in my back pack while I slid down the mountain on my ass. Don't forget to bring your spikes!
Bear Peak 2019-1 by Ben Krupka, on Flickr
Bear Peak 2019-10 by Ben Krupka, on Flickr
Bear Peak 2019-6 by Ben Krupka, on Flickr
Bear Peak 2019-29 by Ben Krupka, on Flickr
Bear Peak 2019-4 by Ben Krupka, on Flickr
Bear Peak 2019-1 by Ben Krupka, on Flickr
Bear Peak 2019-10 by Ben Krupka, on Flickr
Bear Peak 2019-6 by Ben Krupka, on Flickr
Bear Peak 2019-29 by Ben Krupka, on Flickr
Bear Peak 2019-4 by Ben Krupka, on Flickr
I actually have an alternate shot where I moved such that the gate isn't visible anymore, but I felt like that didn't do the foreground much of a favor. I thought that the gate added to the look.
I took the photo with the second in mind, but I took a horizontal as backup in case it didn't turn out like I wanted. So I think I agree with you, but I just keep going back and forth. I like the extra pillars leading towards the focal point in the horizontal composition.
I'm not confident enough in my black and white editing to make something not just seem gimmicky. I just don't have a good feel there. :/
Thanks for addressing this. Sometimes I do not know what makes some landscape stuff work.
I don't claim any expertise! I just liked the way it looked more.
Sometimes I don't know why something does or doesn't look good, I guess at times I just over analyze things.
I went to hike to the top of Bear Peak near Boulder Colorado this weekend. It was slippery as fuck so I had to put my camera in my back pack while I slid down the mountain on my ass. Don't forget to bring your spikes!
Beautiful country. Love the dog pic! Just went on a snow day walk the other day with my own little doggy. She had a great time.
A few bits and pieces from some regular photo practice over the last couple of months.
DSC_5265 by Trilobite Photography, on Flickr
Ornithocheirus display at a local museum.
DSC_5397 by Trilobite Photography, on Flickr
Wilted hydrangea blossom in the morning light.
Starling Skull Merged 002 by Trilobite Photography, on Flickr
Starling skull macro, stacked focus.
DSC_5693 by Trilobite Photography, on Flickr
DSC_5737 by Trilobite Photography, on Flickr
DSC_5787 by Trilobite Photography, on Flickr
Off-camera flash practice with a willing model. Some filter/reflector use.
DSC_4809 by Trilobite Photography, on Flickr
DSC_4284 by Trilobite Photography, on Flickr
Catching visiting Swiss aircraft at a local RAF base.
DSC_5265 by Trilobite Photography, on FlickrOrnithocheirus display at a local museum.
DSC_5397 by Trilobite Photography, on FlickrWilted hydrangea blossom in the morning light.
Starling Skull Merged 002 by Trilobite Photography, on FlickrStarling skull macro, stacked focus.
DSC_5693 by Trilobite Photography, on Flickr
DSC_5737 by Trilobite Photography, on Flickr
DSC_5787 by Trilobite Photography, on FlickrOff-camera flash practice with a willing model. Some filter/reflector use.
DSC_4809 by Trilobite Photography, on Flickr
DSC_4284 by Trilobite Photography, on FlickrCatching visiting Swiss aircraft at a local RAF base.
Beautiful country. Love the dog pic! Just went on a snow day walk the other day with my own little doggy. She had a great time.
Beautiful pup!
I always enjoy catching 'burner shots - the heat distortion looks fantastic if you catch it just right. Overcast days and poor light sometimes makes the effect better, but the noise and smell is something you just can't quite get across in photos. I've not got loads of my aviation shots up on Flickr, but here are a couple more:
DSC_4330 by Trilobite Photography, on Flickr
DSC_3931 by Trilobite Photography, on Flickr
Cheers - kind of you to say!
Yeah, the heat distortion gives a fantastic effect - I've seen it pushed hard with clarity etc. sliders in Lightroom which I think makes it look rather artificial, so I like to leave shots like that with a simple post-processing pass (level tweaks and a little vibrance push + a bit of a sharpen).
In-flight photos depends on the type of aircraft I'm shooting. Prop aircraft I shoot as low as I can hand-hold, as prop aircraft and helicopters look odd with the propeller blades frozen - typically 1/100 to 1/250, though if it's not too breezy and I'm feeling steady and don't mind only a couple of keepers, I'll shoot a bit lower. The photo of the Portugese Hercules in front of the lighthouse was shot at 1/160 handheld to get prop blur and a sense of movement, and while I could have tried a lower shutter speed I had one chance to get it as it's a very rare visitor.
For jet aircraft, I'll go higher. I'd start at least around 1/500, going higher for aircraft doing fast passes or displays. I'd typically try and shoot as fast as possible without raising the ISO too high, though that will often depend on the weather conditions as well. I like to stop down a bit too - something like f7.1-ish - as my 70-300 performs best around there, so it's always a balance between the three. If the jets are predictable - on take-off and landing, or moving into the circuit for approaches to the airfield - I might shoot a bit slower because I know what they're going to be doing and can follow them comfortably, but I certainly wouldn't risk that for air shows or other displays.
Occasionally, it's fun to shoot jets on a lower shutter speed and a smaller aperture to get the aircraft sharp with good DOF against a motion-blurred background - it's like photographing fast cars, but with slightly larger, faster targets :-)
The top one is the best shot, the duck one isn't that bad. I wouldn't mind a more cropped high contrast B&W of the duck shot.More park ducks!
Exactly this. Maybe dial down the highlights a bit in that water to see the water ripples and it would look great.Something like this?
Or a clarity gradient from the bottom up to the ducks feet would help that too.
Some of my landscapes have up to six rectangular gradients LOL
It's better than my older stuff where I would throw a -25 vignette on it and call it done!
I like the re-edit Zefah
I'm probably too lazy to do that much work on one photo, but I should try at some point I guess since turning 8 pictures into one seems to be all the rage these days.
Much better. The pattern on the feathers stands out a lot more in black and white.Replaced it! I'd say it's a subtle improvement.
