#5294407 - 01/09/11 12:13 AM
Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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Nate047
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fuck that looks cold 
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#5294522 - 01/09/11 03:07 AM
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1/9/2011
Shark by mjkjr, on Flickr
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#5294951 - 01/09/11 02:40 PM
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I love that juan! Nice car beautiful picture.
Thanks!
Another one from yesterday.
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#5295375 - 01/09/11 06:46 PM
Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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Sand sharks are awesome! I wish we had a decent aquarium close by.
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#5296005 - 01/10/11 06:30 AM
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Coz
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wow.. these guys just will not sit still haha. first time shooting any animals other than my cats or my dog.
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#5296029 - 01/10/11 07:12 AM
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flyEX #1
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Took this a few minutes ago.
1/10/2011
Atlanta Ice Storm 2011 by mjkjr, on Flickr
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#5296032 - 01/10/11 07:18 AM
Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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Coz
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come spring i think i might get a feeder. there are a lot of birds out back and some really nice cardinals, but they never get close enough.
i like the bird in the background that looks like you caught him with his wings folded in as he dives to the ground 
interesting picture. lot of action happening.
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#5296411 - 01/10/11 10:14 AM
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Coz
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mmm... 30-50 feet maybe? i shot it through my sliding glass door in the backyard.
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#5297451 - 01/10/11 03:15 PM
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Stopped procrastinating and went shooting this weekend.
IMG_4152 by Macros83, on Flickr
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#5297729 - 01/10/11 04:56 PM
Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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I'm usually not a fan of the HDR stuff, but that's the only way I could really get this pic to 'pop'. It was such a cloudy and dreary day, the original RAW file was just blah.
Lower Niagara Steel. by billmarzana, on Flickr
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#5297803 - 01/10/11 05:16 PM
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Bill, I like that shot a lot, but whatever plug-in that HDR'd that sort of mussed things up with those halos around the trees. This would've been very easy to make pop in Lightroom with basic adjustments, and simple in Photoshop.
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#5297826 - 01/10/11 05:26 PM
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Damnit, I used Photoshop!!
/post processing failure.
Let me see if I can make it a bit more realistic.
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#5297877 - 01/10/11 05:41 PM
Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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Yea man the sky looks like smoke (not clouds) 
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#5297887 - 01/10/11 05:48 PM
Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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LNXGUY
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Jesus, after looking at it, it really is fucking brutal
Anyone care to give me a few tips?
(Untouched Original)
2010_11_13_0387 by billmarzana, on Flickr
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#5297895 - 01/10/11 05:53 PM
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Well from the HDR pic I'd say start by making a better mask around the trees. Then don't go so insane on darkening the sky.
My other gripe is the guy is like oompa loompa orange.
My last biggest gripe is there's a little green patch of grass on the hill that is way too green.
Looking at the original, it wouldn't be bad to work off of. Assuming I used lightroom I'd definitely get more contrast going then just start playing. Up the blacks some maybe depending on what contrast does. In PS, I'd definitely mask the sky perfectly and try and improve it some.
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#5297906 - 01/10/11 05:57 PM
Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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I would use a grad filter across the sky, bringing it down a stop or even two, level it out, and bring up the whole exposure to balance it out.
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#5298004 - 01/10/11 06:41 PM
Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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It's off. Seems like the photo needs to be rotated 15 degrees, then the guy is already standing up straight... Maybe he is setting the hook?
1/11/11
Atlanta Ice Storm 2011 - Pigeons by mjkjr, on Flick
Edited by Stuntman Mike (01/10/11 06:47 PM)
Edit Reason: added pic of the day 4 hours early
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#5298042 - 01/10/11 06:54 PM
Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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Just throwing in my $.02: Clearly from the HDR version all the info you need is there in the raw file, it just needs putting together in a gentler way. I don't think LR or just playing with curves is going to get you there though. I'd open the raw file twice. Once balanced for the foreground and once for the sky/background hill and then paste them together as layers. Under the select bar is an option to select by color, and I'd use that to mask around the trees. It's still going to be niggly, leafless branches are a bitch. I remember a teacher saying that there's a really good plug in for tough masking situations, but it costs money so I tuned him out when he was going into details.
Thank you, this is exactly what I needed to know. 
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#5298075 - 01/10/11 07:13 PM
Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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It's off. Seems like the photo needs to be rotated 15 degrees, then the guy is already standing up straight... Maybe he is setting the hook?
Yeah, the rule of thumb is that water lines should always be horizontal, but if that makes the fisherman look like he's falling forwards, then I'd skip it. It's one of those things that's best done in the viewfinder before tripping the shutter. To help with that mentally, I have the grid in my viewfinder turned on all the time.
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#5298578 - 01/10/11 10:43 PM
Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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It's off. Seems like the photo needs to be rotated 15 degrees, then the guy is already standing up straight... Maybe he is setting the hook?
Yeah, the rule of thumb is that water lines should always be horizontal, but if that makes the fisherman look like he's falling forwards, then I'd skip it. It's one of those things that's best done in the viewfinder before tripping the shutter. To help with that mentally, I have the grid in my viewfinder turned on all the time.
The Niagara river is a tricky place to take a photograph. I was either above my buddy or below him when taking pics, you are pretty much standing on a slope the entire time you are fishing.
It's a pain in the fucking ass. All my shots from that day look like that after Mike mentioned it, lol
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#5298969 - 01/11/11 06:33 AM
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Coz
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this one wasn't as easy to do as it looked. i was trying to get the aperture "petals" in focus, and actually wanted to shoot at a lower f-stop. problem is, the lower f-stop you go, the less things become in focus, and to get the petals in focus on anything lower than like F/15 was a major PITA because focusing at the back of the lens is not easy. i got this idea from another forum who's original photographer did an amazing job with it.
can anyone guess the F-stop without looking?
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#5298987 - 01/11/11 07:22 AM
Re: Post one random shot *per day*
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Coz
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found the pic i got the idea from. didn't notice the crap on his lens the first time i looked at it. i wish i could get my aperture petals to look like that though
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/7729/35724835.jpg
anyone else wanna give it a go?
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#5299085 - 01/11/11 08:49 AM
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#5300144 - 01/11/11 02:22 PM
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Sometimes blur works, which is why I went ahead and did the post on it instead of trashing the raw file, but sometimes it just ruins what could have been a good shot.
