It is really one of the more difficult things to learn about photography: the act of seeing the image before you even look into the viewfinder. It does not come easy for a good many people. A good many people, especially when starting out will use the viewfinder to figure out the composition. In my opinion that's completely backwards. Once you do look through the viewfinder you should only be making sure the composition is correct for what you saw in your mind before you even touched the camera and most importantly looking for stray objects, things out of place, etc. When looking through the viewfinder you should really not even be thinking of the scene as a picture anymore. It should just be a group of components: lines, textures, tones, etc and their relationships to one another. The only thing you should be thinking about at that point is to make sure everything in the frame is meant to be there and it's where it should be.
[Photography] Show and Tell Spring 2011 Edition
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It is really one of the more difficult things to learn about photography: the act of seeing the image before you even look into the viewfinder. It does not come easy for a good many people. A good many people, especially when starting out will use the viewfinder to figure out the composition. In my opinion that's completely backwards. Once you do look through the viewfinder you should only be making sure the composition is correct for what you saw in your mind before you even touched the camera and most importantly looking for stray objects, things out of place, etc. When looking through the viewfinder you should really not even be thinking of the scene as a picture anymore. It should just be a group of components: lines, textures, tones, etc and their relationships to one another. The only thing you should be thinking about at that point is to make sure everything in the frame is meant to be there and it's where it should be.
I know rite? The real trick to being an amazing photographer is knowing the symbolism behind your photo before you even turn on the camera. Those aren't just shadows on the stairs, those represent the darkness in our soul, our innermost demons who take every effort to ascend the staircase that is our very lives.
Try harder.
Nothing really special, just a native bird that is never seen in my area so it was a good opportunity to get some shots of them. They are called "Banks Black Cockatoo" Red-tailed Black Cockatoo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nothing really special, just a native bird that is never seen in my area so it was a good opportunity to get some shots of them. They are called "Banks Black Cockatoo" Red-tailed Black Cockatoo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
gotta manual exp r use exp comp 4 birds
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Just fucking around with learning weirdass techniques now (screw composition). Unfortunately the IRUV filter in the 7D is quite strong, so my effects aren't as good as unfiltered sensors. Also, it is impossible to find IR film in my town, nobody stocks it at all and as a result the film camera I bought for IR is useless (next time, find IR film before the camer). And lastly, since I am going on holidays in June I don't have the cash to spring for a use 300D or something for me to pull apart and rip the IR filter out of ... yet.
IR photo of my bike, channel flipped.
Same IR photo black and white with a blue filter.
Same IR photo above the other one, with a cyan filter and less intense contrast.
Some weed infested pots in a corner of the garden ... same processing as bike.
Same pic with a BW conversion based on a blue filter.
And finally, the same picture with the cyan filter and less intense contrast.
Oh, I forgot this one, a "ghosty" effect due to a long exposure on some trees.
Same BW processing, blue filter based.
And BW processing, cyan filter with less contrast (wtf?)
To be honest, I don't know what to make of it all. The IR filter is annoying me because I want to rip the fucker out. Oh well, suck it up I guess. I am going to grab a cheap DSLR when I get back from holiday and begin playing properly.
IR photo of my bike, channel flipped.
Same IR photo black and white with a blue filter.
Same IR photo above the other one, with a cyan filter and less intense contrast.
Some weed infested pots in a corner of the garden ... same processing as bike.
Same pic with a BW conversion based on a blue filter.
And finally, the same picture with the cyan filter and less intense contrast.
Oh, I forgot this one, a "ghosty" effect due to a long exposure on some trees.
Same BW processing, blue filter based.
And BW processing, cyan filter with less contrast (wtf?)
To be honest, I don't know what to make of it all. The IR filter is annoying me because I want to rip the fucker out. Oh well, suck it up I guess. I am going to grab a cheap DSLR when I get back from holiday and begin playing properly.
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Would have been perfect if the car didn't have motion blur, but still a damn good shot.
Oh, I forgot this one, a "ghosty" effect due to a long exposure on some trees.
This one is great. It almost feels like a macro shot of an aquarium for some reason. love the unusual colors
Not a fan of any of the others though. I realize you said you were messing around with techniques, but the levels need tweaking and the subjects and angles were really boring =\
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I'm not sure why you didn't turn your camera 90 and include the whole of the window here, it wouldn't have effected the subject, been almost the very same shot except inclusive.
As is I'd see about playing with the contrast a bit to make that in the dark slightly more visible.
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/126/f/0/ledge_by_creosote-d3fov6m.jpg
I'm not sure why you didn't turn your camera 90 and include the whole of the window here, it wouldn't have effected the subject, been almost the very same shot except inclusive.
As is I'd see about playing with the contrast a bit to make that in the dark slightly more visible.
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/126/f/0/ledge_by_creosote-d3fov6m.jpg
I added a light amount of motion blur to the car.. without the slight motion blur it looked stamped onto the background.. The light sucked so much as it was too late in the day.. took about 4 passes to finally nail the shot.. the focus was really tough because he kept entering the slide at different distances, so panning was difficult because the slide was not always even.
I would like to try it again with better light and a better location and a bit more planning.
