The Photography Thread!

[VoX]

Awesomes, enjoy the light trail shots . Best piece of advice I've been given for them is make them compliment the shot, don't make them the shot. Kinda hard when there's nothing interesting though =/.


Today was a laugh, Gary took to photography well!




And a few of my shots.


Cyclist at Parliament by Callum Sullivan, on Flickr


Grainy Staircase by Callum Sullivan, on Flickr


Hustle And Bustle by Callum Sullivan, on Flickr


Warm Drinks by Callum Sullivan, on Flickr


Bike Seats by Callum Sullivan, on Flickr


Mexican Grill by Callum Sullivan, on Flickr

[Vicious Horizon]

I shoved my camera into automatic at 125, after taking the shots I realised my Dad hadn't left in my 200 film, instead the 3200 film was still in there, I'll scan them in once I develop them, see how utterly over-exposed they are XD

[VoX]

Have never touched film, although assuming film ISO is roughly the same as digital ISO (In the sense of if you used settings you would on ISO100 on ISO3200 you'd get some lolexposure) I'd expect a near white-out .

[Chalex4]

I'm really liking your last 2 pics there vox. Did you do any kind of processing on them?

[VoX]

Cheers .

Just minor adjustments in CameraRAW (Black levels, fill light, recovery, clarity etc) and the usual curves/levels and then a good old sharpen to finish off.

I shoot in RAW which can give a slightly flat and soft image, although there's a lot more scope for (much needed) PP, hence the load of adjustments.


Another monochromatic from the day.


Camden Bridge by Callum Sullivan, on Flickr

[Calneon]

Love the Mexican Grill photo.

How do you go about blurring the background and not the target in some of the other photos?

[Vicious Horizon]

The movement ones? I *think* it's a quick focus and moving the camera at the same relative speed so the subject doesn't appear to be moving but the background is, if you see what I mean.

[VoX]

Thanks . If you mean the motion ones then yeah, it's like VH said, focus on the car and move the camera along with the speed of the car while exposing. I tend to use Tv mode and then about 1/20th of a sec. The VR on your lens will come in handy here, comparing the car movement shots down with my old lens (No stabilisation) and the new one (Sigma's Optical Stabilisation) there is a big diff in the crispness of the car. Admittedly the cyclist isn't the best example, this is probably better.


Ford In Motion by Callum Sullivan, on Flickr

Just keep in mind the composition of the shot and the fact the car is moving and you'll get some good results .

[Calneon]

Yeah that's a good example.

Don't know how people would react if I just take random pictures of their car lol.

[VoX]

Cheers. You learn to ignore it lol. Just remove number plates and all should be good.

[Hutch]

Good day in Camden for taking photos?

[VoX]

Yeah it was alright in Camden, should of gone a bit earlier though cause the sun was setting as we come out of the tube station =/.


Went out today, took tripod and shot with the intention of not having to delete any at all due to camera shake, this was my favorite.



Smooth Water by Callum Sullivan, on Flickr


Also tried some f/stop stacking.


Rocks by Callum Sullivan, on Flickr

[Calneon]

Is that my border style on the second photograph?

Nice use of f/stop stacking (I knew what that was, didn't have to google search or anything xD).

[VoX]

Well I went to crop it, then liked the effect given by the blanking out, so made it a border instead lol.

Thanks, and yeah, I heard someone mention it so had a google and decided to give it a try .

[Vicious Horizon]

I envy you guys being able to see your results just after you take 'em. I still haven't seen the pics I took last week XD