Popular Post PaulP Posted March 15, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 15, 2018 Havana, Pinar del Rio, and Vinales 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 11 hours ago, photorob said: Some great images on this thread! Here are some recent shots from me - @hechoencamera on Instagram is the best way to keep up with me. Love this one. The tonalities are really nice and a nice compliment in textures between the cigar cover and pickled wood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GWG Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Love to shoot, good topic. Always amazed at the knowledge, talent and passion of this group, lots of beautiful pics. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photorob Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 13 hours ago, JoeKitchen said: Love this one. The tonalities are really nice and a nice compliment in textures between the cigar cover and pickled wood. thank you Joe....and to think it looks not far from the always dreadful "selective colour" approach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayepatz Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Right. I'm preparing to embarrass myself here!!! A fellow FOH member was kind enough to get in touch with some encouragement and a few tips, so I revisited the Fire Station location and had another go today. At the risk of sounding like a Grand Prix driver getting his excuses in early, the new photo was taken earlier in the day and the light was not so warm, but I did my best to improve both the angle of the photo, and to try and capture some shadow on the side of the building to give more interesting contrast. I thought it might be interesting to compare the two, and get your thoughts. Yesterday:- and today:- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayepatz Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 And because this is a cigar forum, after all, here's a pic of some Punch 48s (LGR NOV 17) I bought a few weeks ago in Amsterdam for a split with the lads back home:- 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 7 minutes ago, ayepatz said: Right. I'm preparing to embarrass myself here!!! A fellow FOH member was kind enough to get in touch with some encouragement and a few tips, so I revisited the Fire Station location and had another go today. At the risk of sounding like a Grand Prix driver getting his excuses in early, the new photo was taken earlier in the day and the light was not so warm, but I did my best to improve both the angle of the photo, and to try and capture some shadow on the side of the building to give more interesting contrast. I thought it might be interesting to compare the two, and get your thoughts. Yesterday:- and today:- The lighting looks more three dimensional. Also, since you are converting it to black and white, the color temperature should not matter too much. I hate to tell you to go back to the same church again, but have you tried photographing it from the other side? That steeple is so much bigger then the rest of the church, and since it is the closest portion of the building from the camera, the size is being accented compared to the rest of the building because of it being front in frame. You're also standing below it, which is making it even more so since you need to look up at it. If you shot it from the other side, that portion would be further away and smaller in the image then here, which would be a lesser contrast to the smaller portions of the building. Not to mention those smaller portions would be bigger in the image. Also, you would be uphill a bit and would not be looking up quite as much. I would also try getting architectural details with cross light. Those chimneys look really nice. Really, you should capture as many pictures as you can think of. I dont know how much time you have, but I would suggest grabbing your camera, and your tripod, and a double corona and go back a little before when you captured this one. Take as many pictures as you can think of that would make sense. Eventually the light will start hitting the church straight-on, which will be boring and flat. So break, light up a cigar, and wait until the sun hits on an angle again. Then start firing away again. If you can, get them all printed, 4x6s are fine. Lay them all in front of you and start turning over the images you don't like. (Editing on a computer is really hard when your green since you can only really look at two or three images at once.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayepatz Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 2 hours ago, JoeKitchen said: The lighting looks more three dimensional. Also, since you are converting it to black and white, the color temperature should not matter too much. I hate to tell you to go back to the same church again, but have you tried photographing it from the other side? That steeple is so much bigger then the rest of the church, and since it is the closest portion of the building from the camera, the size is being accented compared to the rest of the building because of it being front in frame. You're also standing below it, which is making it even more so since you need to look up at it. If you shot it from the other side, that portion would be further away and smaller in the image then here, which would be a lesser contrast to the smaller portions of the building. Not to mention those smaller portions would be bigger in the image. Also, you would be uphill a bit and would not be looking up quite as much. I would also try getting architectural details with cross light. Those chimneys look really nice. At the risk of turning this into a fire station thread, lol, do you mean like this? I took this a fortnight ago on a cloudy day. I like the image, but you can see there was very little light on the front of the building:- *edit - looking this on my iPad, it comes up much darker than in Lightroom. I was going for moody, but this is a bit much! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt45 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 49 minutes ago, ayepatz said: I took this a fortnight ago on a cloudy day. I like the image, but you can see there was very little light on the front of the building:- Ansel Adams was not afraid to dodge and burn.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SignalJoe Posted March 15, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 15, 2018 Here are some of my favorite images. I shoot a Nikon D3 with my trusty walking around lens a 24-70mm 2.8. 1) Portrait of Tootsie Tomanetz the 82 year old pitmaster at Snow's BBQ in Lexington, TX 2) A range photo from a deployment to Kosovo in 2006 3) An image from a herf last year of FOH member @rxavier1979 lighting a Bolivar Coronas Extra 4) A Vegas landscape 5) A little still life 6) A portrait of Richard Overton (Americas oldest veteran, 111) on an afternoon last summer. Sitting and sharing a cigar with him was a bucket list item I was honored to fulfill. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignalJoe Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 I almost forgot this one. To me this image really showcases the bokeh Nikor lenses are capable of. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayepatz Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 9 minutes ago, SignalJoe said: I almost forgot this one. To me this image really showcases the bokeh Nikor lenses are capable of. Very nice images. ? I recently got the Nikkor 85mm 1.8g, and have started messing around with portraits. I’m having to reject a lot of images, as I have a bit of a tremor in my right hand, and it gets me most times. Not badly blurred, but noticeable when zooming 1:1. I’m trying to figure out a way of holding that the camera that compensates. The VR is such a boon on my 24/120, but the 85 doesn’t have it, and the 1.4g was way out of my league financially! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalAaron Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Awesome photos guys very inspiring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post El Presidente Posted March 16, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2018 This photo simply captures the happiest man alive.....just look at that grin 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayepatz Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 6 hours ago, El Presidente said: This photo simply captures the happiest man alive.....just look at that grin That’s how to get him to do a Vegueros review.? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Yes Ayepatz that is what I mean, although the lighting kind of flat. If you could get all of the lights on, that with the background would make a nice dusk or night time image. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sikfrayme Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Some really fantastic photos here folks! Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Akela3rd Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Nothing technical, taken with my HTC U11 phone a few weeks back, but I liked the long shadows against the lines of the garden table. The RyJ looks like its floating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignalJoe Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 23 hours ago, ayepatz said: Very nice images. ? I recently got the Nikkor 85mm 1.8g, and have started messing around with portraits. I’m having to reject a lot of images, as I have a bit of a tremor in my right hand, and it gets me most times. Not badly blurred, but noticeable when zooming 1:1. I’m trying to figure out a way of holding that the camera that compensates. The VR is such a boon on my 24/120, but the 85 doesn’t have it, and the 1.4g was way out of my league financially! The Nikor 85mm is an amazing lens. Perhaps one day when the bulk of my disposable income doesn't end up in Oz I will purchase one myself. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BuzzArd Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Made it to Luke AFB yesterday. Took a ton of pictures but Lightroom is absolutely giving me FITS... I need to find another software to process. Did manage to get this one to import though. Kinda cool display.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt45 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 56 minutes ago, BuzzArd said: I need to find another software to process. Phase One's Capture One is pretty good, and not outrageously expensive. You can download a full function free trial. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mi000ke Posted March 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 19, 2018 Have been doing land photography for years, but just started underwater photography a couple of months ago (like starting over from scratch). And here is where I smoke after a day of diving.. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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