NationStates Jolt Archive

this is a thread for all the photographers - budding, professional, hobbyists, all of you - of NS general. its been a while since we've had one :)

so share your favourite photos, what camera(s) do you use, what kind of photography do you enjoy? anything and everything photo related...




myself, i love taking landscape pictures - especially of sunsets :)
going to get a real wide-angle lens (14mm i guess) soon to get better piccys of them. got a polarising filter for christmas and its come in handy for a couple of sunsets already... not quite as stunning a result from the filter as i would have hoped, but still...

i use a canon E20D with 24-80mm image stabalised lens. it does the job rather well i think :D (read: fucking awesome camera! :p)
(edit: before then i used an olympus e10... always been a digital boy, me. i'd love to experiment with film and developing the photos myself, but i've become used to the instant nature of digital... plus i can photoshop pretty well)

some of my pictures can be found here (http://www.hlj.me.uk/myPictures.htm), but some of my favourites below:



beach sunset (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Poole%20beach%20pics/Copy%20of%20Poole%20Beach%2011%2712%2705%20375.jpg)

another beach sunset (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Poole%20beach%20pics/Poole%20Beach%2011%2712%2705%20307.jpg)

stunning sunset panoramic (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Misc/sunset%2014%2711%2705%20desktop2.jpg)

great (slightly photoshopped) landscape (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Misc/Cheltenham%20221005%205%20landscape%20069%20copy%204.jpg)

pretty light on a swan (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/New%20Forest%20171205%20pics/New%20Forest%20sunset%2017%2712%2705%20204.jpg)

lake sunset (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/New%20Forest%20171205%20pics/New%20Forest%20sunset%2017%2712%2705%20283.jpg)

lake sunset 2 (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/New%20Forest%20171205%20pics/New%20Forest%20sunset%2017%2712%2705%20292.jpg)

lake reflection (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/New%20Forest%20171205%20pics/New%20Forest%20sunset%2017%2712%2705%20375.jpg)

winter lake scene at sunset (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/New%20Forest%20171205%20pics/New%20Forest%20sunset%2017%2712%2705%20394.jpg) (possible favourite)

on the water (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/New%20Forest%20171205%20pics/New%20Forest%20sunset%2017%2712%2705%20396.jpg)



might add more later but, please, share your own :fluffle:

Can't add anything from this computer but some pics can be found at
http://sinuhe.jypoly.fi/~a8191/portfolio.htm

It's not really a portfolio. It's just the result of one photography course in school. Landscapes and portraits are decent. Some single photos on other sections too.

I've used several cameras, mostly on film (and with Nikon F70). I've finally bought digital (Finepix 10) but I still prefer film. I like to develop my own pics. I also have Kiev 88 but I don't have any digital version of pictures taken with it. (I have negative adapter only for 35mm film and the pics are way too big for my scanner.)

PM
I really liked the beach sunset and lake reflection. Those were my favourites. All very good, but those were the best IMO.

Edit: Actually the same picture on your website (beach) is even better.

There was a pretty girl in pink drunk off her face.

Proud owner and Operator of a Nikon D70 SLR, 18-75mm lense. Planning on getting another lense soon ^^

I suppose I don't have a general forte to what I take photos of, just when inspiration strikes.

I'll try and get some photographs online soon :)

PM
I really liked the beach sunset and lake reflection. Those were my favourites. All very good, but those were the best IMO.

Edit: Actually the same picture on your website (beach) is even better.
ooh, thank you :)
thats high praise after looking at some of the stunning pics on your portfolio (especially loved the b&w swan on your front page (this (http://sinuhe.jypoly.fi/~a8191/nature/joutsen2.jpg)one) and some of your portraits are lovely (like this (tp://sinuhe.jypoly.fi/~a8191/portfolio/portrait4.jpg)one :fluffle: ))

edit: which one would that be from my site? they're numbered... kinda

I had a photograph, but the forum blocks goatse...

I had a photograph, but the forum blocks goatse...
No it doesn't.

ooh, thank you :)
thats high praise after looking at some of the stunning pics on your portfolio (especially loved the b&w swan on your front page (this (http://sinuhe.jypoly.fi/~a8191/nature/joutsen2.jpg)one) and some of your portraits are lovely (like this (http://sinuhe.jypoly.fi/~a8191/portfolio/portrait4.jpg)one :fluffle: ))

edit: which one would that be from my site? they're numbered... kinda
:) Thank you very much too. I like that swan pic too. That's quite old, I took it with a very sad little pocket camera.

I mean the same beach sunset picture.
this. (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Poole%20beach%20pics/375.htm)

The guy on that pic is my brother with his first baby (2 weeks in that pic). I love the look on his face. The scan is really poor quality. Linux and Canon is not a match made in heaven. It's alright with negative film but very bad with dia.

:) Thank you very much too. I like that swan pic too. That's quite old, I took it with a very sad little pocket camera.

its sometimes amazing the shots you can get with even the crappiest of cameras... its not the camera that makes a good picture, but what you're pointing it at - the camera can just enhance it ;)
as i've heard said elsewhere, good pictures are 70% luck, 5% skill, and 25% having enough film/memory to take lots of them and hope one turns out right :p

I mean the same beach sunset picture.
this. (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Poole%20beach%20pics/375.htm)
oh ok, i prefer the adjusted one (i like silhouettes a lot :D)

Yay PM! Good thread. I recently got an old Rollei B35 manual compact (linky (http://www.mediajoy.com/en/cla_came/rollei_b35/)), off a Great Aunt who couldn't use it anymore. It may not be a SLR, but the lens is excellent for senic mountain shots. Unfortunately, none of these are online, so I give you this instead: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/Anabasis/BlackdenEdge.jpg
Although a bit washed out in the scanner, I really like the way the light plays across the Yorkshire Dales in this one. It was on of those rare days when the sunlight takes on a really golden feel to it. The camera? A disposable compact, £7.99! Like PM says, 70% luck.

Hey, PM, Helioterra, those are really cool.

I especially liked this one (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Misc/sunset%2014%2711%2705%20desktop2.jpg), PM. :)

i really enjoyed looking at all these. i'm a big fan of landscapes myself, particularly mountains and such. i've got some good ones at home but i'll have to scan them in. hopefully i'll have them ready to post by tuesday.

Unfortunately, none of these are online, so I give you this instead: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/Anabasis/BlackdenEdge.jpg
Although a bit washed out in the scanner, I really like the way the light plays across the Yorkshire Dales in this one. It was on of those rare days when the sunlight takes on a really golden feel to it. The camera? A disposable compact, £7.99! Like PM says, 70% luck.
:eek: that pic almost looks like a painting! beautiful :fluffle:

makes me almost want to go to yorkshire.... almost anyway ;)


Hey, PM, Helioterra, those are really cool.

I especially liked this one (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Misc/sunset%2014%2711%2705%20desktop2.jpg), PM. :)
makes a great wallpaper, that one :D
and did anyone notice the subtle dedication in the bottom-right corner? :P

and did anyone notice the subtle dedication in the bottom-right corner? :P
No, it was waaaayyy too dark. Nice. And subtle.

makes a great wallpaper, that one :D
and did anyone notice the subtle dedication in the bottom-right corner? :P

Hehe, that it does - one step ahead of you. :D

No, but i'm inclined to go "aaaaaaaaaaawwwwww" :p

Hehe, that it does - one step ahead of you. :D

No, but i'm inclined to go "aaaaaaaaaaawwwwww" :p
haha there aren't enough "awwwwws" on this forum :p


and just looking through some old pics, i just did this: http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Assorted/CNV00015.htm :D
(a mosh pit at download festival 2004... i *think* it was damageplan and dimebag darrel (RIP) on stage at the time :))

here are some pictures i took for a project, a scaffold and a lamp (http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f215/oddliness/Scaffold6.jpg) and an open fence (http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f215/oddliness/access.jpg).
not my best but i felt bad about looking at the rest without contributing.

and just looking through some old pics, i just did this: http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Assorted/CNV00015.htm :D
(a mosh pit at download festival 2004... i *think* it was damageplan and dimebag darrel (RIP) on stage at the time :))

That one's cool as well. :)

(I'm going to a music festival tomorrow, heh. :D)

I'm a hobbyist, last summer went to Morocco and had my camera next to me the entire time- took hundreds of pictures in hopes that some would come out- I have some up herehttp://wm.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2001480&l=cb88e&id=7601909
not all of them are up for photography's sake- some are pics for the fam and friends, but take a look.

Within the next year and a half I have trips planned to Egypt and St. John, hopefully I'll get some nice shots there as well. I use a Nikon N55 with 2 different lenses for now- I'm looking into digital for the trips coming up.

Hehe, that it does - one step ahead of you. :D

No, but i'm inclined to go "aaaaaaaaaaawwwwww" :p

I've had that wallpaper for ages.... so I'm even more steps ahead of you! :p

hehe :P

oh, and have fun at the music festival - who's gonna be there?

Oh, and one pic of mine (http://usera.imagecave.com/neon_golden/P8020169-copy.jpg). It's the only one I have uploaded to an album at the moment - will put up more later.

I've had that wallpaper for ages.... so I'm even more steps ahead of you! :p

hehe :P

oh, and have fun at the music festival - who's gonna be there?

Curses! :p

The White Stripes are headlining. The only band i'm really hanging out to see is Iggy Pop and the Stooges, though. But it'll be fun. I'm sure there'll be some good local acts too. :)

Oh, and one pic of mine (http://usera.imagecave.com/neon_golden/P8020169-copy.jpg). It's the only one I have uploaded to an album at the moment - will put up more later.

Nice. :)



Hm, come to think of it, i'm not sure why I started hanging around this thread anyway. I'm not a photographer. :p

Here's another one, earlier in the day, before it cleared up. I was feeling architectural.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/Anabasis/LadywaterDam.jpg

oh, and have fun at the music festival - who's gonna be there?[/SIZE]
i was gonna ask the same question... :eek: get out of my head!! :fluffle:
(actually i like you in there... please stay... make yourself comfortable :P)

Oh, and one pic of mine (http://usera.imagecave.com/neon_golden/P8020169-copy.jpg). It's the only one I have uploaded to an album at the moment - will put up more later.
a truly stunning sunset pic! (i've seen it before but its still awesome :D)
i just love the rays of sunlight from behind the cloud... i've never been able to capture that myself....
and the pattern of the clouds is beautiful... and the colour... :fluffle:

myself, i love taking landscape pictures - especially of sunsets :)

Me too :) I love to take photos of sunset, and also of political events ;)

But my camera is a cheap one (canon powershot a30, not too bad, but old cheap digital camera...). I managed to take a few nice ones, but hum, I prefer not to give a link to them here, they are hosted on my home computer, with a very limited upload, if I give an URL here, I'm doomed :/

PS: Your photos are nice :)

Can't you use photobucket or something?

Here's another one, earlier in the day, before it cleared up. I was feeling architectural.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/Anabasis/LadywaterDam.jpg
oooh great shapes... really draws the eye :)


The White Stripes are headlining. The only band i'm really hanging out to see is Iggy Pop and the Stooges, though. But it'll be fun. I'm sure there'll be some good local acts too. :)


what, like this (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/CNV00047.JPG)iggy pop? ;)
(same festival... it was a good 'un!)

Great thread PM.....I cant get into my Image Shack photos for some reason. I guess I'll have to host pics somewhere else. I took a lot of photos on the road trip to Oregon and back. I have some rally good shots of the ocean, sunsets, some really pretty ones of rocks &mountains in New Mexico, Wyoming and Colorado. I hope to get them hosted somewhere before this thread ends. If I had the time, I'd love to get into some serious photography.

what, like this (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/CNV00047.JPG)iggy pop? ;)
(same festival... it was a good 'un!)

Aww, shit. You guys have all the fun. Bands only tour here intermittently...it'd be heaps easier to see good acts in the UK or America. Usually festivals here are just thrown together from whoever they can get to agree to make the trip.

Although I did get to see Mudhoney, who are one of the few groups I truly worship, last year. I never thought i'd get that chance. So it's not all bad, I guess. But I can whinge about the lack of good metal festivals. The only "metal" act on tomorrow is Mudvayne. *whinges* :p

Great thread PM.....I cant get into my Image Shack photos for some reason. I guess I'll have to host pics somewhere else. I took a lot of photos on the road trip to Oregon and back. I have some rally good shots of the ocean, sunsets, some really pretty ones of rocks &mountains in New Mexico, Wyoming and Colorado. I hope to get them hosted somewhere before this thread ends. If I had the time, I'd love to get into some serious photography.
its mostly a matter of taking your camera with you whenever you go anywhere interesting... not really "serious photography" (unless you mean doing it professionally), cos as i said, its the scene and the place that makes a good photo, not whether the person behind the lens is 'serious' or not. just be sure to keep your camera with you as often as you can and you'll end up with some seriously good photos i'm sure :)
and it seems like you already have, too :p
if you like, you could email them to me and i could host them on my server. alternatively, there are portfolio websites out there you could use (like this (http://flickr.com/)one)

Aww, shit. You guys have all the fun. Bands only tour here intermittently...it'd be heaps easier to see good acts in the UK or America. Usually festivals here are just thrown together from whoever they can get to agree to make the trip.

Although I did get to see Mudhoney, who are one of the few groups I truly worship, last year. I never thought i'd get that chance. So it's not all bad, I guess. But I can whinge about the lack of good metal festivals. The only "metal" act on tomorrow is Mudvayne. *whinges* :p
haha well its your fault for living the other side of the world! ;) :D

but at least we got another "aww" :p


(there are tonnes of metal fests in europe, mostly in the summer. lots of them in germany (like wachen), but there's download (donnington) here in the uk, and reading festival tends to have some good rock. then there's glastonbury - not metal but the mother of all festivals! you'll have to check em all out when you come on your tour here next year :)

thanks PM! TG me your email and I'll share some pics with you even if I dont get them all hosted. You are absolutely right. I used to keep a camera with me. I love pics of nature and all, but I also love candid shots of people. I took a picture one time of an elderly man sitting on a bench, handing some bread to a small child.(they were feeding the birds). The way it came out was truely beautiful. It was like I captured a precious moment between two generations and you could see the love and admiration for each other and how they were sharing a moment that would turn out to be a memory one day. It sonds like a boring picture, but sometimes the most simple things turn out to be spectacular.

thanks PM! TG me your email and I'll share some pics with you even if I dont get them all hosted. You are absolutely right. I used to keep a camera with me. I love pics of nature and all, but I also love candid shots of people. I took a picture one time of an elderly man sitting on a bench, handing some bread to a small child.(they were feeding the birds). The way it came out was truely beautiful. It was like I captured a precious moment between two generations and you could see the love and admiration for each other and how they were sharing a moment that would turn out to be a memory one day. It sonds like a boring picture, but sometimes the most simple things turn out to be spectacular.
That's the kind of picture I love the most. Short moments of life. Nothing spectacular, just ordinary life of ordinary people. I also like street photographing. You know, documents of everyday moments. There are real treasures out there. And it's so much easier with small digital cameras because people don't (always) notice that you're taking pictures.

Here's another one, earlier in the day, before it cleared up. I was feeling architectural.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/Anabasis/LadywaterDam.jpg
I end up taking pictures of buildings and other structures all the time. Those are rarely incredibly good (because there's no life), but almost always pretty good and interesting. Like yours. Like it.

thanks PM! TG me your email and I'll share some pics with you even if I dont get them all hosted. You are absolutely right. I used to keep a camera with me. I love pics of nature and all, but I also love candid shots of people. I took a picture one time of an elderly man sitting on a bench, handing some bread to a small child.(they were feeding the birds). The way it came out was truely beautiful. It was like I captured a precious moment between two generations and you could see the love and admiration for each other and how they were sharing a moment that would turn out to be a memory one day. It sonds like a boring picture, but sometimes the most simple things turn out to be spectacular.
oh i know totally what you mean... its just a matter of snapping the moment. the beautiful thing is that it can mean something different to everyone - if its a strong image then there'll be a common theme or a strong idea conveyed, but sometimes the best images are the ones that are most subjective. we add our own interepretation to what we see, and thats what makes photography more than just snapping pictures of the world around us, but actually an art form in my mind :)

i'll TG you now though i won't be able to upload them for a while cos i really, really need to do some work before i go out this evening (and i've spent too long on this thread already! :eek: )


ooh but case-in-point that everyday things can be beautiful:
this snowman (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Assorted/snow94.htm) looks so sad to me. just my interpretation - other people don't think so, but it does to me.
(other snowy pics from the same batch.... one (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Assorted/snow86.htm)and two (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Assorted/snow71.htm)... the second one i posted just cos i like the way the light works on the snow)

That's the kind of picture I love the most. Short moments of life. Nothing spectacular, just ordinary life of ordinary people. I also like street photographing. You know, documents of everyday moments. There are real treasures out there. And it's so much easier with small digital cameras because people don't (always) notice that you're taking pictures.
i feel creepy and voyeuristic when i take pictures of people... i hate doing it :(
i even passed up the opportunity to snap a totally hot model because of that :headbang:
tis the reason i like landscape photography so much :P

however i agree, those kinds of photos can be really lovely

Oh thats fine-I need to go do some things as well. I think the snow ones are awesome. Light can have some pretty heavy effects on ordinary things....I think I'll take my camera with me when I go out today. Never know what you might see.:)

ooh but case-in-point that everyday things can be beautiful:
this snowman (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Assorted/snow94.htm) looks so sad to me. just my interpretation - other people don't think so, but it does to me.
(other snowy pics from the same batch.... one (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Assorted/snow86.htm)and two (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Assorted/snow71.htm)... the second one i posted just cos i like the way the light works on the snow)


i feel creepy and voyeuristic when i take pictures of people... i hate doing it :(
i even passed up the opportunity to snap a totally hot model because of that :headbang:
tis the reason i like landscape photography so much :P


Damn, those snowy pics look exactly same as few pics my boyfriend has token. I love strong contrast (especially in BW).

I have the same problem but I try to get used to it. That's one of the reasons why I finally bought a digi. I can take pictures so that noone will notice (small digi that is). It's also more comfortable when travelling. That Kiev 88 weights more than a kilo without any lens and the zoom is even heavier. I don't want to feel like a mule while travelling.

Oh thats fine-I need to go do some things as well. I think the snow ones are awesome. Light can have some pretty heavy effects on ordinary things....I think I'll take my camera with me when I go out today. Never know what you might see.:)
Me too. :)
hey! This could be interesting. All of you who can, take some pictures tonight and post them here tomorrow. Let's see what we can achieve in one night.

Me too. :)
hey! This could be interesting. All of you who can, take some pictures tonight and post them here tomorrow. Let's see what we can achieve in one night.
haha mine will be nothing more than the inside of a dim student-affordable restaurant :p
and taken on my phone...
but sure why not :P

oh and here's one final sunset for the moment (a sig i would use if i could)
http://www.hlj.me.uk/pure%20metal/susnessetpm.jpg

haha mine will be nothing more than the inside of a dim student-affordable restaurant :p
and taken on my phone...
but sure why not :P

oh and here's one final sunset for the moment (a sig i would use if i could)
http://www.hlj.me.uk/pure%20metal/susnessetpm.jpg
hey, same here. But we all live around the globe so it could be interesting to see few shots of how NSers spend their Saturday nights. It would be very misleading if I'd catch anything really interesting. But even if you think that you're not going to do anything interesting it may still interest the rest of us. Your life is not ordinary to us :D

hey, same here. But we all live around the globe so it could be interesting to see few shots of how NSers spend their Saturday nights. It would be very misleading if I'd catch anything really interesting. But even if you think that you're not going to do anything interesting it may still interest the rest of us. Your life is not ordinary to us :D
quiet you... you're making too much sense :p

No it doesn't.
You tried it lately...?;)

Hm, well I've managed to get a few up ^^

Due to a Virus incident I lost the majority of my photographs, but I've got these sitting around.

You have to look in the sub-albums to find the pictures :)

http://photobucket.com/albums/v228/jb909/

Here are a few:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/jb909/Capri/DSC_0044-01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/jb909/Capri/DSC_0062-01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/jb909/London/PICT0010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/jb909/New%20York%20City/Picture064.jpg

I'm not the greatest photographer but I'll post these simply because theyre my favourite pictures:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/Hobopea/volcanos2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/Hobopea/volcanos.jpg

They don't do it justice.

I'm not the greatest photographer but I'll post these simply because theyre my favourite pictures:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/Hobopea/volcanos2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/Hobopea/volcanos.jpg

They don't do it justice.
they are awesome!

Here's some from me, I'm no that great a photographer but I quite like these ones.

one - somewhere in Munich (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/proMonkey/m1.jpg)
two - Dubrovnik old town (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/proMonkey/d1.jpg)
three - Auschwitz concentration camp (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/proMonkey/a1.jpg)
four - Edinburgh as seen by a drunkard (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/proMonkey/e1.jpg)

Ooh, lots of pretty pictures in this thread! I'll try and get some of mine scanned tomorrow (have been meaning to do that forever anyway, so this is as good an excuse as any to finally do it).

@PM: Love the warped trees. Also the aptly named "stunning sunset panoramic".

@Helioterra: The bus. The glorious bus. What a great picture. (Well, it's hard to mess up the friendly vibes of a VW bus, but that picture really captures the "soul" of it. Might be the light, partly).

@Rasselas: Ooh, my kind of landscape. Where is that? Iceland? (Although, wouldn't Iceland be greener? Hmm.) And no, with landscapes like that, photos never do it justice, no matter how good they are. The frame of a camera, no matter how wide the angle, can never encompass the immense whole that the eye sees. But, eh, I still use up rolls of film trying. :p

@PM: Love the warped trees. Also the aptly named "stunning sunset panoramic".

thank you :fluffle:

too tired to reply to anything else (or in any more depth than that :p)

I like taking pictures of anything that catches my interest. :)

A few of my photos are here: www.flickr.com/photos/samueldravis

@Rasselas: Ooh, my kind of landscape. Where is that? Iceland? (Although, wouldn't Iceland be greener? Hmm.) And no, with landscapes like that, photos never do it justice, no matter how good they are. The frame of a camera, no matter how wide the angle, can never encompass the immense whole that the eye sees. But, eh, I still use up rolls of film trying. :p
Iceland or Hawaii is my guess. The first one looks like a line of scoria cones running along a fissure. Gotta be Iceland.

Nope, was the volcanic national park on Lanzarote ;)

Went to the Canary Islands over New Year and used all my film on one day trip to the volcanos. Stunning landscape. Absolutely stunning.

Nope, was the volcanic national park on Lanzarote ;)

Went to the Canary Islands over New Year and used all my film on one day trip to the volcanos. Stunning landscape. Absolutely stunning.

Lanzarote? But what's with the white spots (esp. in the 2nd picture), I thought that was snow?

I can't remember how far I was into the park at that point - but the white bits are probably houses and villages?

Nope, was the volcanic national park on Lanzarote

Went to the Canary Islands over New Year and used all my film on one day trip to the volcanos. Stunning landscape. Absolutely stunning.
Shows what I know; and me studying geology as well, how embarrassing.

I took my cam out today like we discussed and hopefully got a decent shot or two. I saw a couple laying on a blanket at Berry College....a gorgeous campus....so I hope it turns out well.

I havent mailed you anything yet PM. I was gone most of the eve....maybe tomorrow.:)

i took my cameraphone out (2megapixel... not bad for a phone) tonight, too... but the battery died and i only managed to get one picture... and its not even a particularly good/descriptive one, but i'll post it up tomorrow for a laugh :)

and stupid phone!! died right when i needed it and stranded me on a train platform for 20 minutes waiting for a connecting train when i could have phoned to be picked up in 5 minutes! :mad:


(and peechie: no problems. whenever is fine by me :))

The only two pictures I've ever taken that I like:

http://www.newmidnight.com/shoes.jpg

http://www.newmidnight.com/londonbuilding.jpg

Not bad, not bad at all. (BTW, the poster of the Ladybower pic, are you local to there, 'cos I'm not far off... ;)

I've managed to get around 2Gb of pictures off of my camera (Fuji S5500, 4Mb, up to 10x optical zoom, which I'm hoping to extend with an Olympus branded screw-on, and maybe get a wide-angle for as well, and I must say that I much prefer interesting clouds (including sunsets) and landscapes and urban landscapes (contrasting building facias) to people and the like, though I've got some decent shots of various things from jousting to squirrels...

Not pursued any method for them putting online, yet, though thought about it often, so I'm afraid I can't display my wares, but you may well have encouraged me to go ahead with my plans to do so...

Not pursued any method for them putting online, yet, though thought about it often, so I'm afraid I can't display my wares, but you may well have encouraged me to go ahead with my plans to do so...I might suggest Flickr.com. It is an excellent service, and free too (20mb/month upload limit, but no space limits. You can have a total of 200 pics at once for free; $25 for unlimited).

bump. took some pictures around town today (and one last night before my phone died) so i shall post them later

Here's a few I took myself, the first three are scanned in the rest are digital. None are really particularly spectacular, but I like them.

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6720/73bc.th.jpg (http://img43.imageshack.us/my.php?image=73bc.jpg)

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1938/waterfall4yg.th.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/my.php?image=waterfall4yg.jpg)

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/7021/santaana2xf.th.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/my.php?image=santaana2xf.jpg)

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6364/22110576vy.th.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/my.php?image=22110576vy.jpg)

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7563/ugprace36ae.th.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ugprace36ae.jpg)

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/4499/ugprace72ku.th.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ugprace72ku.jpg)

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/354/bikes9wd.th.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bikes9wd.jpg)

Here's a few I took myself, the first three are scanned in the rest are digital. None are really particularly spectacular, but I like them.
-snip-
I love all the scenery ones, especially the sunsets (I particularly like the one coming through the trees). Were those taken in NI?

I love all the scenery ones, especially the sunsets (I particularly like the one coming through the trees). Were those taken in NI?
Thanks :)

The first three were taken in Argentina (the first is sunrise over the Pilcomayo River, the second is one of the smaller of the Iguazu falls, the third is morning over Santa Ana which is a village at about 3500m in the Andes), the rest were taken here in NI

Okay, here goes. Hope this flickr thing works.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whereyouthinkyougoing/92735571/in/set-72057594055931133/

I've wanted to really learn how to photograph for years, but as of now I'm still only a tourist with a weakness for great landscapes and a 10-year-old point-and-shoot (not digital, obviously). But it's a pretty good camera and it has that coveted (by me) relatively wide 28 mm angle and a shutter for "panorama" views, so I'm happy. :p
Also, if the scenery is right, you can't really screw up too much.

The pictures I put up are mainly from the south-western US and the Bolivian Altiplano, plus a few others.

Okay, here goes. Hope this flickr thing works.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whereyouthinkyougoing/92735571/in/set-72057594055931133/

I've wanted to really learn how to photograph for years, but as of now I'm still only a tourist with a weakness for great landscapes and a 10-year-old point-and-shoot (not digital, obviously). But it's a pretty good camera and it has that coveted (by me) relatively wide 28 mm angle and a shutter for "panorama" views, so I'm happy. :p
Also, if the scenery is right, you can't really screw up too much.

The pictures I put up are mainly from the south-western US and the Bolivian Altiplano, plus a few others.
wow, they're fantastic! especially that first one (this one (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=92735571&context=set-72057594055931133&size=o))... incredible and really novel :)
how did you get the seaguls to line up like that?! ;) :p

edit: love that church one, too... and that boat... and the donkey/ireland one reminds me of one of my own :p (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/New%20Forest%20171205%20pics/New%20Forest%20sunset%2017%2712%2705%20263.jpg)

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1938/waterfall4yg.th.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/my.php?image=waterfall4yg.jpg)

:eek: holy crap! more awesomeness :fluffle:
its like something out of jurassic park :D

:eek: holy crap! more awesomeness :fluffle:
its like something out of jurassic park :D
Aye, it's from the Iguazu Falls in Argentina, they're in a tropical rainforesty area, so it all looks really beautiful :)

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1938/waterfall4yg.th.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/my.php?image=waterfall4yg.jpg)

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/7021/santaana2xf.th.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/my.php?image=santaana2xf.jpg)

The landscape in the second makes we want to go there right now.
And I can't believe that first one is real - it's just so perfectly green and leafy and waterfall-y! :eek: :)

Some direct links to a few of my better ones (the full sizes for these and others can be found here (www.flickr.com/photos/samueldravis))

http://static.flickr.com/36/91561509_bdabb96d0d_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/42/86624837_2b0f0610ea_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/43/86624832_721b0c543f_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/42/86624635_14d947e88e_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/40/81386002_98b9db7973_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/36/80500719_45f526dc71_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/41/79989415_be4e917e13_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/37/77464593_2bb4b4cd3b_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/34/73244512_791803f6a6_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/25/67751206_c6a08c317f_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/27/64096366_8f3efc68a7_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/26/53275627_5f731d64be_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/28/53275626_3c5ecb9f73_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/28/49583410_38f2058e3e_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/25/49578456_c569389e72_m.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/32/49578138_023bf9b318_m.jpg

I've got a couple, but how do I post them? I'm a nooblet, I know.

wow, they're fantastic! especially that first one (this one (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=92735571&context=set-72057594055931133&size=o))... incredible and really novel :)
how did you get the seaguls to line up like that?! ;) :p

Heh, thanks! :) Yeah, those seagulls were really playing along there (though the second one from the right only just barely grasped the concept, the little bugger). That was really a lucky moment with all those stripes going on there.

I tend to take a lot of those "tilted" pictures, really just to cram as much landscape into the frame as possible (although the way it looks here, I bet there was something decidedly non-stripey lying around that had to be kept out of the frame :D). That's fine for prints, but the information age isn't so keen on tilted angles, it seems; I had to leave out lots of favorites to avoid permanent neck dislocation.

edit: love that church one, too... and that boat... and the donkey/ireland one reminds me of one of my own :p (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/New%20Forest%20171205%20pics/New%20Forest%20sunset%2017%2712%2705%20263.jpg)
Hee, well, now I'm glad my donkey kept its mouth shut. :p

I've got a couple, but how do I post them? I'm a nooblet, I know.
If you don't have a homepage or blog that you can link, you could open an account on flickr.com or photobucket (is that the name?) or something, and upload the pictures there, and then link them here.
I used flickr for the first time today, and it was really easy.

This one is from a few months back when a large bog south of vancouver was burning, and producing alot of smoke- we had some spactacular sunsets that week.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/maayan009/ptroberts/e239614c.jpg
Just a picture I like.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/maayan009/ptroberts/6bf8eee4.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66045085@N00/92857544/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66045085@N00/92857543/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66045085@N00/92857534/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66045085@N00/92857547/in/photostream/

Thanks to whomever gave me the instructions. This is the first time I've really showed anyone my photos. I'd love some feedback :D

i love this thread.

Vegetarianistica']i love this thread.

Some of the shots here are amazing. I like it a lot too.

hey, same here. But we all live around the globe so it could be interesting to see few shots of how NSers spend their Saturday nights. It would be very misleading if I'd catch anything really interesting. But even if you think that you're not going to do anything interesting it may still interest the rest of us. Your life is not ordinary to us :D
in the interest of this, i have put up a page of some snaps from my "ordinary life" from the last couple of days.

http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/out+about/outnabout.htm

the very first one is a friend of mine eating a rice-paper flower in a chineese restaurant on saturday (after which my cameraphone died), and the rest are from Winchester yesterday. might be interesting for you americans cos its so ooold :p
i mean, i wanted to get a pic of the oldest house in the city (constructed 1492 IIRC) but it was the other side of town... so those pics will have to do. i was visiting the farmers' market there and its about 20 minutes drive from where i live in southampton (a much more modern, industrial city).
hopefully someone actually will find that interesting :p

What the heck, I'll throw a few of mine up. All taken this winter. All with my little Canon A95. Small enough to leave in my jacket pocket so it is always around for when an image presents itself to me. Flexible enough in features that I can usually get the shot. Even if I did have an SLR, I'd still probably wind up shooting more with the A95 because it is always with me.

Anyway, for all you southern people, this is part of what winter looks like.

http://static.flickr.com/34/93122201_99185083f5_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/25/93122199_1e31f91efe_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/22/93122202_a8b2b9a22d.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/34/93122204_50d00f4f21.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/26/93122195_4fa063e2dd.jpg

Just been up to the Giants Ring (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giants_Ring%2C_Belfast), which is a prehistoric ring fort with a tomb a mile of two from my house. Took a few photos.

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/8045/gr4.th.jpg (http://img236.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gr4.jpg)

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/5751/gr5.th.jpg (http://img236.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gr5.jpg)

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/8884/gr6.th.jpg (http://img236.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gr6.jpg)

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/6372/gr7.th.jpg (http://img236.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gr7.jpg)

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/3808/gr8.th.jpg (http://img236.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gr8.jpg)

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/4519/gr9.th.jpg (http://img236.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gr9.jpg)

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/3592/gr1.th.jpg (http://img236.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gr1.jpg)

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/7638/gr2.th.jpg (http://img236.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gr2.jpg)

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/4416/gr3.th.jpg (http://img236.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gr3.jpg)

There's a few there I'm really quite pleased with.

Ah, more pictury goodness. :) It's getting too much to keep track of...

@Shotagon: those are great; I especially like this one (http://www.flickr.com/photos/samueldravis/92978700/in/set-1384330/) and this one (http://www.flickr.com/photos/samueldravis/86624633/in/set-1384330/). And the "ambushing the dog" one made me laugh.
@Dodudodu: they're great, esp. the colors in the sunset ones. I've never tried to photograph fire, but I'm surprised that picture turned out so well!
@Silliopolous: brrr, I'm cold now. But I love how the ice looks like water taking on a physically impossible shape in this one (http://static.flickr.com/25/93122199_1e31f91efe_o.jpg) ("The Abyss", anyone? :D). And I can't believe that dopey deer (http://static.flickr.com/34/93122204_50d00f4f21.jpg) just stood there and let you take its picture.

Ah, more pictury goodness. :) It's getting too much to keep track of...

@Silliopolous: brrr, I'm cold now. But I love how the ice looks like water taking on a physically impossible shape in this one (http://static.flickr.com/25/93122199_1e31f91efe_o.jpg) ("The Abyss", anyone? :D). And I can't believe that dopey deer (http://static.flickr.com/34/93122204_50d00f4f21.jpg) just stood there and let you take its picture.

The deer lives in a chunk of protected forrest that is bordered by a couple of busy roads, and has a whole bunch of hiking/skiing paths running through it, so he's grown up without learning to really fear humans. Still, I don't think I got much closer than 75 feet or so before he headed back through the trees.

- especially of sunsets :)
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some of my pictures can be found here (http://www.hlj.me.uk/myPictures.htm), but some of my favourites below:



beach sunset (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Poole%20beach%20pics/Copy%20of%20Poole%20Beach%2011%2712%2705%20375.jpg)

another beach sunset (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Poole%20beach%20pics/Poole%20Beach%2011%2712%2705%20307.jpg)

stunning sunset panoramic (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Misc/sunset%2014%2711%2705%20desktop2.jpg)

great (slightly photoshopped) landscape (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Misc/Cheltenham%20221005%205%20landscape%20069%20copy%204.jpg)

pretty light on a swan (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/New%20Forest%20171205%20pics/New%20Forest%20sunset%2017%2712%2705%20204.jpg)

lake sunset (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/New%20Forest%20171205%20pics/New%20Forest%20sunset%2017%2712%2705%20283.jpg)

lake sunset 2 (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/New%20Forest%20171205%20pics/New%20Forest%20sunset%2017%2712%2705%20292.jpg)

lake reflection (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/New%20Forest%20171205%20pics/New%20Forest%20sunset%2017%2712%2705%20375.jpg)

winter lake scene at sunset (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/New%20Forest%20171205%20pics/New%20Forest%20sunset%2017%2712%2705%20394.jpg) (possible favourite)

on the water (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/New%20Forest%20171205%20pics/New%20Forest%20sunset%2017%2712%2705%20396.jpg)



might add more later but, please, share your own :fluffle:

You into sunsets?
I'm into leather.

No, seriously, there are some really fine pics on this thread.

You into sunsets?
I'm into leather.
got any pictures? ;) :p

got any pictures? ;) :p
Sure. But only the leatherless kind, sorry.
Promise to put them up one of these. No time right now.

No time right now.
Or have I?

Old ones taken with Nikon FE and misc lenses, newer ones with Nikon Coolpix 5500. Beware: all copyrighted. Seriously.
Here's just a small sample from a substantial collection:

flowers
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4358/amaryllis9sn.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/7931/cactus21qg.jpg
http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/4825/roos3757hu.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1386/distel21501qi.jpg

animals
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/8319/daymothcomp9nd.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6797/souvenirdegourgas2klein0be.jpg
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/9231/nelson9dj.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6470/bird2qn.jpg

landscapes/buildings
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/6234/depuislegrzac0eu.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8137/5depuislelarzac7wv.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1751/olargues0ow.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5388/12navacellesvillage2bk.jpg
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/4813/14mourze7no.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6040/16maisonscouvertoirade4vi.jpg
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/8566/9foziresvignes9ee.jpg
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/3483/8fozireschapelle2cg.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1975/icemoon7rm.jpg
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/9997/stormbuilding4bu.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/7423/viaducdemillau0qc.jpg
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/6062/campeche7kq.jpg

misc
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9902/roomwithaview256ii.jpg
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/313/asfaltblad254wk.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5438/t3bh.jpg
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/4632/nietstilstaan7vj.jpg

ok i scanned some of my better photos yesterday and uploaded them this morning for your perusal.

here are some of my favorites.
lights (http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f215/oddliness/lights.jpg)
pigeons (http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f215/oddliness/pigeons.jpg)
apparition hill (http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f215/oddliness/apparitionhillstalls.jpg)
andorra la vella (http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f215/oddliness/andorralavella.jpg)
and a road (http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f215/oddliness/road2nowhere.jpg).

the rest are here (http://photobucket.com/albums/f215/oddliness/?start=0).

Beware: all copyrighted. Seriously.No doubt they are, especially if you live in the US. All my pictures happen to be copyrighted too. ^_^

I like these; they're really good. :)
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/3483/8fozireschapelle2cg.jpg
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/4813/14mourze7no.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5388/12navacellesvillage2bk.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8137/5depuislelarzac7wv.jpg

fantastic! i especially like these:

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/9997/stormbuilding4bu.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9902/roomwithaview256ii.jpg
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/313/asfaltblad254wk.jpg

i was particularly struck by the strange colours in 'stormbuilding'

No doubt they are, especially if you live in the US. All my pictures happen to be copyrighted too. ^_^


as are mine as it happens (says so under each pic on my site *nods*)
especially important seeing how my dad and i want to set up an online ecommerce photo gallery soon. not really for these (sort of) pics but for the photos i take for work - we get quite a lot of press interest and have had some of our photos in national papers and magazines in the last few years :) be nice to make em pay for using them! ;)
and i say "we" because we can never remember who took wich pic :p

anyway, some great pictures there Anthil... this one literally made my jaw drop though http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1975/icemoon7rm.jpg :P

I'm not the greatest photographer but I'll post these simply because theyre my favourite pictures:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/Hobopea/volcanos2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/Hobopea/volcanos.jpg

They don't do it justice.

Wow! What a Pasolini landscape!

www.cinebel.be/fr/film.2623.Edipo_re.htm

i was particularly struck by the strange colours in 'stormbuilding'

Spain, natural colours, no tampering apart from the use of CT18 slide film (warms up the colours a bit). Just late sun against a black sky. Got quite wet afterwards.

No doubt they are, especially if you live in the US. All my pictures happen to be copyrighted too. ^_^

I like these; they're really good. :)


Hey, thanks, mate.
(Not living in the States, btw)

The ones you chose were all taken in the neighbourhood of Lodève, just north of Montpellier, south of France. I'm planning on moving there permanently in a few years.

Just google "Cirque de Mourèze", "Cirque de Navacelles", "Cirque de boût du monde", "Fozières", "Larzac", ... for some info and pics on the region.

anyway, some great pictures there Anthil... this one literally made my jaw drop though http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1975/icemoon7rm.jpg :P

Thanks a lot.

"Icemoon" was taken at the Belgian (!) coast when it was freezing -20°C. The only time I ever actually saw ice chunks floating there.

I just got a film back from developing, on cd as well. Some pictures I'm rather pleased with. Others are not so good. Taking the back off my camera without reeling the film back in was not the best idea.:rolleyes: I only lost 2 foggy pictures.

Lets see if Flikr works: Photo linky (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92966510@N00/94109106/in/set-72057594057526122/) EDIT: w00t, seems to work.

Got a couple of other ones off a friend, but I'll have to ask before I release them.

Thanks a lot.

"Icemoon" was taken at the Belgian (!) coast when it was freezing -20°C. The only time I ever actually saw ice chunks floating there.
how did you take that picture? was it film or digital? how did you get all the elements to show up so well?

i can never get the moon to show up well in a photo. not that ive tried much. but do you have some tips for me? there are times when the moon rises in such a way and such a spot that it screams out for a photo.

how did you take that picture? was it film or digital? how did you get all the elements to show up so well?

i can never get the moon to show up well in a photo. not that ive tried much. but do you have some tips for me? there are times when the moon rises in such a way and such a spot that it screams out for a photo.

It was long before digital: Fuji 100 slide film.
The moon always shows up too tiny. I took a shot of the moon (underexposed) with a tele first, manually blocked the transport and superimposed the ice/birds. No tricks afterwards.

Reckoned this thread needs resurrecting...
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g55/JLivermore/crackedmirrors.jpg
in Copenhagen

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g55/JLivermore/100_0424.jpg
in Swansea

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g55/JLivermore/pigeonhead.jpg
in Oslo (yep, that's a real guy)

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g55/JLivermore/100_0013r.jpg
good old London!

Shame the res has to be so low, they look better at full res.

and Shotagon - that pic 'under heaven's skies' off your page... wow.

@ Kryysakan: Love the distorted building!
And man, you'd think that guy would move at least for a second to brush off the pigeon. Then again, I think it already crapped on his shoulder, so maybe he figured what the hell. :p

And man, you'd think that guy would move at least for a second to brush off the pigeon. Then again, I think it already crapped on his shoulder, so maybe he figured what the hell. :p
:) he was one of those living statues, about the best I've seen, standing all day painted entirely in silver with pigeons on him. I think he deserved the few krone I gave him...

:) he was one of those living statues, about the best I've seen, standing all day painted entirely in silver with pigeons on him. I think he deserved the few krone I gave him...
Yeah, I figured he was a living statue, but it seems I underestimated his determination - he had pigeons sitting on him all the time? Damn, that is impressive (and also explains why he *didn't* shoo this away, obviously) though a bit creepy. Did he attract them with anything special? I don't know, like bird seed on his head or something? :p Because you'd think that no matter how seemingly motionless you stand around, pigeons would still know you're not really a slab of stone and wouldn't try sitting on your head...

Reckoned this thread needs resurrecting...
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g55/JLivermore/crackedmirrors.jpg
in Copenhagen

oooh i like that one...

and the pidgeon-man is funny :p
i love the expression on his face :P



but if this thread is being resurrected, then its a perfect time to show pictures from my recent trip to scotland :)
(i'm sure i've posted some of them on here before but it seems not in this thread...)


lovely landscape (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Scotland/Copy%20of%20Pho1%20a.jpg)

so wonderfully rural (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Scotland/huw%27s%20perth.jpg)

love the hills (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Scotland/Edinburgh%2028%2702%2706%20160.jpg)

edinburgh 1 (love the texture on that building!) (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Scotland/Edinburgh%2028%2702%2706%20061.jpg)

gothic edinburgh castle (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Scotland/Edinburgh%2028%2702%2706%20078.jpg)

i love these steps and the light (and the message) (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Scotland/Edinburgh%2028%2702%2706%20048.jpg)

such a beautiful day (more ruralness) (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/scotland/Perth%2027%2702%2706%20020.jpg)

Hmmm... maybe he had an aura of calm and tranquillity that drew them in. Maybe like some latter-day Buddha or Homer Simpson in the episode where he creates his own religion, such was his inner peace that the birds of the field flocked to him for shelter. Maybe he had bird food in his pockets. Who knows? :)

everyone like the Copenhagen pic! Was quite pleased with how that turned out. It's called Fracture if it needs a name. Got it framed on my wall.

lovely landscape (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Scotland/Copy%20of%20Pho1%20a.jpg)

so wonderfully rural (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Scotland/huw%27s%20perth.jpg)

love the hills (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Scotland/Edinburgh%2028%2702%2706%20160.jpg)

edinburgh 1 (love the texture on that building!) (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Scotland/Edinburgh%2028%2702%2706%20061.jpg)

gothic edinburgh castle (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Scotland/Edinburgh%2028%2702%2706%20078.jpg)

i love these steps and the light (and the message) (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Scotland/Edinburgh%2028%2702%2706%20048.jpg)

such a beautiful day (more ruralness) (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/scotland/Perth%2027%2702%2706%20020.jpg)
Wow, your photos are very dark and foreboding (or am I just projecting?) You've well captured the feel of the place, but not as Edinburgh tourist board would've liked... http://assets.jolt.co.uk/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif

Wow, your photos are very dark and foreboding (or am I just projecting?) You've well captured the feel of the place, but not as Edinburgh tourist board would've liked... http://assets.jolt.co.uk/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif
lol! thank you :)
guess i shouldn't be sending my portfolio off to the tourist information office then :p

this is a thread for all the photographers

Damn, i should find my glasses, i was sure that didn't say pHOTographers.

:(

Damn, i should find my glasses, i was sure that didn't say pHOTographers.

:(
there's already a thread for that http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=472167 ;)

there's already a thread for that http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=472167 ;)

Been there, done that, made the requisite "i once threw a bukkake party but no one came" gag ;)

I have about 87 photos uploaded here:

http://swimmingpool.deviantart.com/gallery/photography/?view=1&order=5&limit=24

Some were taken with little disposable cameras, but most were taken with a Canon 300V, a film camera available for about €200.

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Pure Metal, I like these ones: http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Misc/sunset%2014'11'05%20desktop2.jpg

http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Misc/Cheltenham%20221005%205%20landscape%20069%20copy%204.jpg

Your opinions are diametrically opposed to mine, as I don't like silhouettes at all. So don't be disappointed that I'm not faving all over the place.

:eek: that pic almost looks like a painting! beautiful
Do you think that painting is a superior art to photography?

Okay, here goes. Hope this flickr thing works.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whereyouthinkyougoing/92735571/in/set-72057594055931133/

Oh, very nice.

Do you think that painting is a superior art to photography?
no not really, its just pretty impressive and cool to achieve that effect with a photo, especially seeing how paintings can be made from the imagination meaning the composition can be essentially perfect. taking real-life photos that look like that takes skill :)

i don't remember which photo we're talking about here, but still... :P



edit:
Been there, done that, made the requisite "i once threw a bukkake party but no one came" gag ;)
:p

In no particular order: Aonach Mor (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92966510@N00/113908306/)
Light and shade worked well here.

Ben Nevis (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92966510@N00/113908308/)
I love the lens flare on this.

Sunset (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92966510@N00/113908309/)
No sillhouette I'm afraid.

Atmospheric Clouds (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92966510@N00/113912501/)

I'll freely admit I'm no photographer, I don't go looking for pictures, and work on the composition and all that. But some of that string came out really well.:)

In no particular order: Aonach Mor (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92966510@N00/113908306/)
Light and shade worked well here.

Ben Nevis (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92966510@N00/113908308/)
I love the lens flare on this.

Sunset (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92966510@N00/113908309/)
No sillhouette I'm afraid.

Atmospheric Clouds (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92966510@N00/113912501/)

I'll freely admit I'm no photographer, I don't go looking for pictures, and work on the composition and all that. But some of that string came out really well.:)
I love the visible rays of sun in some of these! (I also love your moniker on flickr. :D)
And I actually like this one (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92966510@N00/113908307/in/set-72057594084402430/). It's really disorienting. Probably a mix of the long view, the random raking angles of the mountainside and that slice of blue sky, and the fact that while the snow on the mountains makes them look all high and alpine you can still clearly make out the houses on the plain. Weird. :)

Sunset (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92966510@N00/113908309/)
No sillhouette I'm afraid.

It takes skill to photograph a sunset without making it a silhouette. Most people fuck it up so all they get is a bright spot of the sun with everything around it dark, but this looks good.

I love the visible rays of sun in some of these! (I also love your moniker on flickr. :D)
And I actually like this one (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92966510@N00/113908307/in/set-72057594084402430/). It's really disorienting. Probably a mix of the long view, the random raking angles of the mountainside and that slice of blue sky, and the fact that while the snow on the mountains makes them look all high and alpine you can still clearly make out the houses on the plain. Weird. :)
Welcome to Scotland.
What a weekend that was. *dances with memory*

big fat bumpy bits! :D


some new pics from today:

the sea is pretty (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/branksome/Branksome%20Beach%2006%2704%2706%20068.jpg)
and so are shells (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/branksome/Branksome%20Beach%2006%2704%2706%20102.jpg)
more shelly goodness (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/branksome/Branksome%20Beach%2006%2704%2706%20112.jpg)
shell with sand prettyness (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/branksome/Branksome%20Beach%2006%2704%2706%20115.jpg)
i love these colours! (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/branksome/Branksome%20Beach%2006%2704%2706%20185.jpg)
chain (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/branksome/Branksome%20Beach%2006%2704%2706%20127.jpg)
gotta love the texture of rust (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/branksome/Branksome%20Beach%2006%2704%2706%20202.jpg)
peekaboo... i sea you! hahaha... (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/branksome/Branksome%20Beach%2006%2704%2706%20217.jpg)
sunset when i got home (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/branksome/Copy%20of%20Sunset%2006%2704%2706%20015.jpg) (god i love the view out my window :fluffle: )

shell with sand prettyness (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/branksome/Branksome%20Beach%2006%2704%2706%20115.jpg)
gotta love the texture of rust (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/branksome/Branksome%20Beach%2006%2704%2706%20202.jpg)

Ooh, I love those two especially.

And yay for the bump! :)

Ooh, I love those two especially.

And yay for the bump! :)
mmmm they're my favourites too :) :fluffle:

I think

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/IlieNS/bedhead1.jpg

and

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/IlieNS/thinkinghard.jpg

are the best photographs I've ever snapped. I don't know how I got the light so good in these.

^ *points*

Hmm, think you could edit that, Ilie? :p

^ *points*

Hmm, think you could edit that, Ilie? :p

yeah yeah, I went for a walk before I saw what it looked like...why didn't the html tags work??

Taken with my camera:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/area/2109ce2b.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/area/7d89ef73.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/area/c026292d.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/area/n5014.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/area/n5001.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/philly/DSCF0072_0019.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/philly/Picture004.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/philly/fda80f64.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/philly/d23a4e69.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/philly/90a41761.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/philly/7a0aee42.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/philly/07ca332f.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/philly/0f5c4ec5.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/philly/03f77393.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/philly/15b8ebe6.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/philly/c40439ed.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/1f1f1d11.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/8dfbb475.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/6f3eb9b9.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/553de373.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/50c8fd93.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/85cefae6.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/f9f9c376.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/612c2280.jpg


Taken with my phone:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/area/a7bfecde.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/area/17de65ab.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/cell%20phone%20pics/tuy.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/cell%20phone%20pics/26874293.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/cell%20phone%20pics/kjhbg.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/cell%20phone%20pics/image_0.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/cell%20phone%20pics/fdhg.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/joisy/mjhgljyg.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/joisy/liuty.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/joisy/jhymghjmk.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/philly/f7f869e5.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/philly/uiuuuiiuyiu.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/philly/6e8d2f53.jpg

I like these two especially:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/area/2109ce2b.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/area/n5014.jpg
The second one is creepy.:)

I added a few new ones to my Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/76455061@N00/

although I still think that this is probably the best one from this winter:
http://static.flickr.com/25/93122199_1e31f91efe_o.jpg

Really cool pics on this thread. :)

Here (http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j41/stardust923/Random%20pics/) are some pics taken with a Gateway digital camera, either by myself or my boyfriend. Not very professional or anything, but they turned out alright. My favourites are the ones around Mont St. Michel.

My photos (http://www.photo.net/photos/Katherine_Dancer)

I went to Hawaii last summer. Here are some of the photos I took. I used a Kodak Z630 6.1 mp digital camera for all of the following shots.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/WaimeaCanyon2.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/sunriseontheocean.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/spoutinghorn5.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/ssssssteamheat2.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/Napolicoast.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/Napolicoast3.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/Kilaueacindercone3.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/KilaueaCaldera3.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/bloodyfern.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/ApproachingKauai2.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/Alittlecoastaction5.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/AlighthouseonKauai.jpg

I went to Hawaii last summer. Here are some of the photos I took. I used a Kodak Z630 6.1 mp digital camera for all of the following shots.Oooh, I like these the best:

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/sunriseontheocean.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/Alittlecoastaction5.jpg

They're awesome. :)

And yet some more.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/WaimeaCanyon8.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/downinfrontistherockfromJurassicPar.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/Flowers12.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/HaleakalaCrater12.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/HaleakalaCrater23.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/Mauiwaterfall2b.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/MaunaKeainthebackground2.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/silversword.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/wastelandatthetopoftheworld3.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/scenesfromamovingtaxi3.jpg

Loved this one:

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/HaleakalaCrater12.jpg

:)

Heres my city of Los Angeles:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65509430@N00/124547651/

Heres a few others I like:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65509430@N00/124547653/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65509430@N00/124547652/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65509430@N00/124547656/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65509430@N00/124553758/

Here are my photos from a trip to the Royal Ontario Museum.
I have lots more that I'll be uploading one of these days.
http://www.visionesbizarras.com/viewtopic.php?t=6
http://www.visionesbizarras.com/viewtopic.php?t=7
http://www.visionesbizarras.com/viewtopic.php?t=8
http://www.visionesbizarras.com/viewtopic.php?t=9

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65509430@N00/124547656/

:D I like.

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3954/lucydaftersballandtomas071medi.th.jpg (http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lucydaftersballandtomas071medi.jpg)

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9753/airshow046medium5mq.th.jpg (http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=airshow046medium5mq.jpg)

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/175/airshow052medium1xz.th.jpg (http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=airshow052medium1xz.jpg)

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/8579/airshow161medium7nt.th.jpg (http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=airshow161medium7nt.jpg)

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/8119/airshow162medium7tj.th.jpg (http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=airshow162medium7tj.jpg)

I have more if anyone is interested

My photos (http://www.photo.net/photos/Katherine_Dancer)

WOW, awesome.

My photos (http://www.photo.net/photos/Katherine_Dancer)

I agree, these are wonderful pictures

some of mine (www.flickr.com/photos/samueldravis/).

some of mine (www.flickr.com/photos/samueldravis/).

Those are really great too, I feel bad about mine now....:(

Wow, great pics everybody! :)

@ Il Ruffino: I especially like the tree ones in the beginning, plus the one of the boardwalk you took with your phone - gives it just the right atmosphere of melancholic "has seen better times". The one of the sushi was a bit unexpected, though. :p

@ Rameria: Ooh, I love this (http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j41/stardust923/Random%20pics/?action=view&current=Footprintsinthesand.jpg) one. I don't know, but no matter how often I see Mont St. Michel, it still looks like something out of a fairy tale, or the Lord of the Rings, or something. A whole mountain island basically made out of houses and churches, just sitting there surrounded by water. Incredible. Would it be very weird if I asked you if I could use that as wallpaper for my desktop? You can totally say no! (Because I guess it would be pretty weird...)

@ Carisbrooke: That fourth one? Just wow. One can almost see God stepping down to earth :p. Did you photoshop that in any way or is that the "original" picture? Because that would have been one hell of a perfect moment.

@ Carisbrooke: That fourth one? Just wow. One can almost see God stepping down to earth :p. Did you photoshop that in any way or is that the "original" picture? Because that would have been one hell of a perfect moment.

Just as it was, I don't even know HOW to photoshop...my friend told me it looked like the cover of a Jehovas Witness leaflet...lol! Or an 'in deepest sympathy' card.....

some of mine (www.flickr.com/photos/samueldravis/).
Shotagon is Samuel Dravis?!? I must have forgotten that somewhere along the line since the beginning of this thread.

But you know, you and Silliopolous don't really count, your pics are way too professional. ;)

Just as it was, I don't even know HOW to photoshop...my friend told me it looked like the cover of a Jehovas Witness leaflet...lol! Or an 'in deepest sympathy' card..... Lol, it totally does - I was thinking you should offer it to some of these American Christian internet sites, but then I thought hell no, what a waste of a perfectly good pic! :p
But I love that it's not photoshopped - I don't know, I can see how it's a great thing to be able to do, especially seeing how I have enough pictures that would be "perfect" (well, no, not really) if there just wasn't this tiny little bit wrong with the color, the contrast, or what have you. But at the same time I absolutely *hate* how these days you can't even look at a picture anymore and know if it's been "tinkered" with or not. Personally, I'm much more impressed when I see a really good picture like that that is not photoshopped than when I see a maybe even more perfect one that is.

Lol, it totally does - I was thinking you should offer it to some of these American Christian internet sites, but then I thought hell no, what a waste of a perfectly good pic! :p
But I love that it's not photoshopped - I don't know, I can see how it's a great thing to be able to do, especially seeing how I have enough pictures that would be "perfect" (well, no, not really) if there just wasn't this tiny little bit wrong with the color, the contrast, or what have you. But at the same time I absolutely *hate* how these days you can't even look at a picture anymore and know if it's been "tinkered" with or not. Personally, I'm much more impressed when I see a really good picture like that that is not photoshopped than when I see a maybe even more perfect one that is.

OH MY GOD! Thats SO nice of you to say nice things.....I am all grinny now.

I do agree with you 100% about the photoshop thing, I would rather see it as it really was, I thought that was the whole point of a photograph...

By the way, my daughter, the one in the first pic, has just come running down the stairs like a someone possesed, she was an extra in a film, and has just downloaded said film and spotted herself...:D I just wanted to share that as she is SO excited

@ Threadstarter; those are some cool pictures.

This is one that I made during a schooltrip to Paris, it's the metro:
Metro! (http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8624/dscn01339mo.jpg)

Forgot to say:
It's NOT photoshopped! :P

Shotagon is Samuel Dravis?!? I must have forgotten that somewhere along the line since the beginning of this thread. OH SNAP! I've been found out! :D

Those are really great too, I feel bad about mine now....:(Thank you. Don't feel bad... I really liked several of yours, especially the ones with the water reflection. Those were awesome. :)

But you know, you and Silliopolous don't really count, your pics are way too professional. ;)I'm none too sure about that. Just a hobby I've picked up in the last year or so. Thanks though. :)

@ Rameria: Ooh, I love this (http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j41/stardust923/Random%20pics/?action=view&current=Footprintsinthesand.jpg) one. I don't know, but no matter how often I see Mont St. Michel, it still looks like something out of a fairy tale, or the Lord of the Rings, or something. A whole mountain island basically made out of houses and churches, just sitting there surrounded by water. Incredible. Would it be very weird if I asked you if I could use that as wallpaper for my desktop? You can totally say no! (Because I guess it would be pretty weird...)

That one was taken two years ago when my study abroad group went to Mont St. Michel. We went on a guided walk across the quicksand from Mont St. Michel to that little island nearby, and those tracks are our footprints. And, feel free to use it as wallpaper, that's actually really flattering. :)

[QUOTE=AccrammiaThis is one that I made during a schooltrip to Paris, it's the metro:
Metro! (http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8624/dscn01339mo.jpg)

Forgot to say:
It's NOT photoshopped! :P[/QUOTE]

Err, weird question for you: what metro stop is that?

@ Threadstarter; those are some cool pictures.

This is one that I made during a schooltrip to Paris, it's the metro:
Metro! (http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8624/dscn01339mo.jpg)

Forgot to say:
It's NOT photoshopped! :P
Err, weird question for you: what metro stop is that?
Indeed a weird question. I'm none too sure either, I think it's over by the Champs-Elysee/Arc de Triomphe, since it was one of the last metros we got on and I actually wanted to take a picture of it, since it was taking us away. I reacted too late and this was the result :D.

That one was taken two years ago when my study abroad group went to Mont St. Michel. We went on a guided walk across the quicksand from Mont St. Michel to that little island nearby, and those tracks are our footprints. And, feel free to use it as wallpaper, that's actually really flattering. :) Great, thanks!
Now I only have to nicely ask Carisbrooke if I can get her "God parting the Clouds" pic, too, and I have yours for the mellow days and hers for the dramatic days. Perfect! :)

sunset from a few days ago (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/sunsets/Copy%20of%20Sunset%2004'04'06%20001.jpg) (i do loves me sunsets!)

and shameless plug of this one again (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Scotland/Copy%20of%20Pho1%20a.jpg) (cos i'm really loving it right now :D and also it goes with your stunning "godly" clouds one well :fluffle: )

Those are really great too, I feel bad about mine now....:(
hah, tell me about it :-S

though i did like yours (and your daughter is pretty... *cough*) :)



edit: @ Threadstarter; those are some cool pictures.

This is one that I made during a schooltrip to Paris, it's the metro:
Metro! (http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8624/dscn01339mo.jpg)

Forgot to say:
It's NOT photoshopped! :P
ooh very cool!

But you know, you and Silliopolous don't really count, your pics are way too professional. ;)


Well thank you. That's one heck of a compliment!

Mind you, I have a few years of experience under my belt. Still, given that all of those were shot with a crappy little point-'n-shoot (Canon A95) I am quite pleased with the results.

I do agree with you 100% about the photoshop thing, I would rather see it as it really was, I thought that was the whole point of a photograph...


Add me to that list too. I may crop a bit, and apply a touch of sharpening after a resize has blurred it a bit to restore it to how it looked at full size, but it is a rare event that I do any more than that.

There have been rare cases where I caught a once-in-a-lifetime moment that needed a bit more work to make a picture viewable (e.g, my daughter's first steps where I had the colour balance miss-set on the camera and needed to correct it in post-processing to avoid her having the skin tone of Marvin the Martian), but I could count those times on my fingers.

If I play with any more than that it becomes digital art, not digital photography.


Still, some people are unneccessarily anal in this matter too. If you go back to the masters you discover that they spent as much time figuring out how to print each image as they did taking the picture to start off with. Ansel Adams, for example, wrote copious notes on what sections of his negatives to dodge and burn and for how long to bring out all the details in a print in exactly the way he wanted. And others also came up with various strategies on development to achieve certain looks.

Call it primitive post-processing if you will.....

Add me to that list too. I may crop a bit, and apply a touch of sharpening after a resize has blurred it a bit to restore it to how it looked at full size, but it is a rare event that I do any more than that.

There have been rare cases where I caught a once-in-a-lifetime moment that needed a bit more work to make a picture viewable (e.g, my daughter's first steps where I had the colour balance miss-set on the camera and needed to correct it in post-processing to avoid her having the skin tone of Marvin the Martian), but I could count those times on my fingers.

If I play with any more than that it becomes digital art, not digital photography.


Still, some people are unneccessarily anal in this matter too. If you go back to the masters you discover that they spent as much time figuring out how to print each image as they did taking the picture to start off with. Ansel Adams, for example, wrote copious notes on what sections of his negatives to dodge and burn and for how long to bring out all the details in a print in exactly the way he wanted. And others also came up with various strategies on development to achieve certain looks.

Call it primitive post-processing if you will.....Many of my pictures have been edited, but not much. I generally change the contrast/brightness slightly and crop them, but other than that I don't edit them. Some are obvious edits, like my Nebula (http://static.flickr.com/1/122359038_1e3adcb347_m.jpg) pic. Some are ones that had things like power lines in them that I didn't like, so I edited that out. Note that these edits don't change the essence of the picture. One that I've done powerline edits on:

http://static.flickr.com/35/121315466_419c4d5e32_m.jpg

Other pictures, however, need some work to make them really good. Look at this one, the original:

http://static.flickr.com/51/111168052_a16235218c_m.jpg

Now look at my finished version:

http://static.flickr.com/51/111127799_60c6f8c579_m.jpg

Clearly, there are some times when dramatic edits are in order. I tend to think of editing not so much as destroying the original picture, but enhancing the idea that I have of how a scene is supposed to look. I use photography as an art medium, for entertainment. If I was a photojournalist, perhaps I'd have a different opinion, but for now, I just like making things look good. :)

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/AlohaTower3.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/anotheroffshoreisland3.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/beachscene.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/blowhole.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/deathfrombelow3.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/deathfrombelow.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/IthoughtthepyramidswereinEgypt2.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/lavameetsthecoastline.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/pointtaken3.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j300/myotis5705/getthepoint4.jpg

Count yourselves fortunate. I took close to 400 pictures on this vacation. If this thread is still around tomorrow, I'll start posting some of my cave photography.

You have been warned. :)

Great, thanks!
Now I only have to nicely ask Carisbrooke if I can get her "God parting the Clouds" pic, too, and I have yours for the mellow days and hers for the dramatic days. Perfect! :)

You are more than welcome! and please feel free to ask me any questions you want put directly to God while you are at it, and then next time he asks me to photograph him, I will mention you.

:rolleyes:

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/1889/cimg0606medium0jw.th.jpg (http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg0606medium0jw.jpg)

My daughter

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/9476/ny3001medium4zq.th.jpg (http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ny3001medium4zq.jpg)

My daughter again, this time a more natural shot.

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/9250/salisburystonehenge055medium7s.th.jpg (http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=salisburystonehenge055medium7s.jpg)

Stonehenge...

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/7303/salisburystonehenge068medium8m.th.jpg (http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=salisburystonehenge068medium8m.jpg)

again...

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/1305/london017medium2ar.th.jpg (http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=london017medium2ar.jpg)

The London Eye, a different angle.


http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2258/salisburystonehenge077medium5m.th.jpg (http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=salisburystonehenge077medium5m.jpg)

Avebury

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2191/salisburystonehenge079medium1n.th.jpg (http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=salisburystonehenge079medium1n.jpg)

again..

I agree, these are wonderful pictures

Thank you kindly. I joined photo.net just as I got my first digital camera (an Olympus Camedia 3020z) and if you look through, from the top folder to the last one, you can see some improvement in my work.

I've used the Camedia 3020z, an Olympus Camedia 5050z, a Nikon N75, and currently am having a love affair ;) with my Nikon D50.

yes you can see, but that said, they are all very good indeed. I have just been looking at them again. It looks like you enjoy life a great deal, judging by your pictures. They show a real appreciation of life.

took these on the way back from work this morning with my phone. fiddled withem a bit with widows photo editor, am a bit drunk so coulnt be arsed doing anything more with them.

i like the composition in this one:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h211/infiniterevolution/060409_071214b.jpg

the view down my street:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h211/infiniterevolution/060409_072725.jpg

this was taken a while back, home in jersey. another one i like the composition of. again on phone:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h211/infiniterevolution/050103_162838.jpg

views out of my window at uni when snowing last winter:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h211/infiniterevolution/050223_175632b.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h211/infiniterevolution/050223_175632.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h211/infiniterevolution/050223_133900.jpg

my wall: http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h211/infiniterevolution/050323_011349b.jpg
my toe after dropping a 75kg keg of guiness on it well no-one said they had to be landscapes :p: http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h211/infiniterevolution/060408_162238.jpg

there are some of my fav pics i took while in nantucket


http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/Nantucket/car.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/Nantucket/alookontothewaters.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/Nantucket/nantucketmarina.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/Nantucket/sailboatatsunset.jpg

some more

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/TheWillowsPA/goosecloseup2.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/TheWillowsPA/missywillows.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/TheWillowsPA/blueskies.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/squeaky555.jpg

I've uploaded a bunch of new photos into a gallery type thing. It's at http://www.visionesbizarras.com/fotos

I particularly like these:
http://www.visionesbizarras.com/fotos/v/animales/animals06_babymonkey.jpg.html
http://www.visionesbizarras.com/fotos/v/cities/cities03_acaxochtlan_weddingphotographer.jpg.html
http://www.visionesbizarras.com/fotos/v/cities/ice01_20060320.jpg.html
http://www.visionesbizarras.com/fotos/v/landsky/sunsets02_tree.jpg.html
http://www.visionesbizarras.com/fotos/v/cities/people01_thechamp.jpg.html

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/theatrefunk/Misc/Lindsborg028.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/theatrefunk/Misc/people%20other%20than%20me/Lindsborg026.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/theatrefunk/Misc/people%20other%20than%20me/Lindsborg045.jpg

That's all I have available online. I don't feel like scanning any of my older stuff.

I have photees.

Not very good ones, like, but you know...

http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/3002/sunrise2.jpg

http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/4479/sunrise3.jpg

http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/7549/sunrise4.jpg

http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/3946/sunrise1.jpg

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/5071/flower33pa.jpg

http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/4479/sunrise3.jpg

i love sunsets! :fluffle: :D

i love sunsets! :fluffle: :D
It's even better, sunrise :)

It's even better, sunrise :)
what is this "sunrise" of which you speak? :confused: :confused:

there's a 6 o'clock in the morning now? :eek: :p

(still love it - its the colours and the patterns in the sky that make either sunsets or sunrises truly magical :))

what is this "sunrise" of which you speak? :confused: :confused:

there's a 6 o'clock in the morning now? :eek: :p

Well, it was about 5am and I was just heading to bed when I looked out the window...:p

(still love it - its the colours and the patterns in the sky that make either sunsets or sunrises truly magical :))
Yea, completely. I always find twilight the nicest looking part of the day; colours all somehow look different, more magical, almost.

Ishgl - Austria - Easter 2006

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2401/dscf11442vc.jpg

Well, it was about 5am and I was just heading to bed when I looked out the window...:p

ah i was wondering why one would be up so early, but not having made it to bed yet is a very valid excuse :p

Yea, completely. I always find twilight the nicest looking part of the day; colours all somehow look different, more magical, almost.
oh absolutley! i don't have that much experience with dawn twilight tbh (;)) but dusk twilight is a wonderful (yes, almost magical) time when the colours are muted and different, the attention of the eye is drawn away from the minutia and detail of the ground and everyday world and up to the colours and patterns painting themselves across the sky in a way that will never be seen again, all changing second-by-second... you're drawn to something grander and it, for me, reminds me that there's more to life than petty problems and routines of everyday life. i also love how still it can be, and often so quiet around that time (especially this time of year), and how the dulled colours of the world cover everyone with the same brush... again, petty differences are put aside as the world puts itself to sleep.

then again that's probably totally different from what you were talking about/how you see it... that's the true beauty of it: it means and appears different to everybody :)
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Lake Constance (Bodensee) - Summer - 2005

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/1091/firedancingmoon1mf.jpg

ah i was wondering why one would be up so early, but not having made it to bed yet is a very valid excuse :p


oh absolutley! i don't have that much experience with dawn twilight tbh (;)) but dusk twilight is a wonderful (yes, almost magical) time when the colours are muted and different, the attention of the eye is drawn away from the minutia and detail of the ground and everyday world and up to the colours and patterns painting themselves across the sky in a way that will never be seen again, all changing second-by-second... you're drawn to something grander and it, for me, reminds me that there's more to life than petty problems and routines of everyday life. i also love how still it can be, and often so quiet around that time (especially this time of year), and how the dulled colours of the world cover everyone with the same brush... again, petty differences are put aside as the world puts itself to sleep.

then again that's probably totally different from what you were talking about/how you see it... that's the true beauty of it: it means and appears different to everybody :)
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I don't think I see it quite as philosophically as you :p

But yeah...it brings out an almost other-worldly feel to everything.

One of the things I particularly like is driving through Belfast city centre at twilight on a perfectly clear day.

Mountains framed by their silhouette against the sunset, the colours of the sky, and the dimmed lights of the cars, reflecting off other cars, and all shiny surfaces, the buildings with the lights just appearing in the windows...the giant H&W cranes against the darkening sky (http://www.crawfordgalleryofphotography.com/big/belfast/black/b5_twilit.jpg) (not my pic).

The changing colours, silhouettes, and interesting shadows make you forget that it's an ordinary boring building, or car, that you're looking at...you tend to focus much more on the look of the thing, and you realise...'hang on a minute, where I live is actually bloody beautiful'. A nice way to lift the worries of the day.