Take a photo and post it.

I started this forum for any collecting hobby and it turned into my camera collecting and using forum. I use it mostly to keep a record of my photo adventures. Nobody but me seems to have photo adventures that visit here....but however. I have so many cameras now that I forget which is which and which ones work and which ones don't. If you have cameras and adventures you would be welcome to post here.

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Re: Take a photo and post it.

Post by DuncaninFrance » Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:11 am

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Post by DuncaninFrance » Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:14 am

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Part of a series "Shooting at night" for another forum. I am still working on the second entry but it's going to be gun based!
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Post by Niner » Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:34 pm

Here is one the other end of the light problem from Duncan's last. I was interested in the sun on the water and the dazzling light reflection against the moving waves. I wanted the pier in the backgound to counterpoint as a geometric structural form. I knew if the camera was pointing into the sun that it would hit the lense and screw up the photo. So... I took off my cap and used the brim as a shade for the camera. Worked out ok...I think.
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Re: Take a photo and post it.

Post by Aughnanure » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:22 am

Some night shots on the winding mountainous section of the Gwydir Hwy, NSW.

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Re: Take a photo and post it.

Post by DuncaninFrance » Fri Oct 19, 2012 5:20 am

Niner wrote:Here is one the other end of the light problem from Duncan's last. I was interested in the sun on the water and the dazzling light reflection against the moving waves. I wanted the pier in the backgound to counterpoint as a geometric structural form. I knew if the camera was pointing into the sun that it would hit the lense and screw up the photo. So... I took off my cap and used the brim as a shade for the camera. Worked out ok...I think.
I just had a quick tweek of this one Robert, hope you don't mind.

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Just shows how much more detail there can be in an image...........
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Re: Take a photo and post it.

Post by Niner » Fri Oct 19, 2012 10:02 am

That's not what I wanted to show. The experience of the sun on the waves was important. However, if I had just used the original size image and did a crop from a small section of it, it would look a lot like your photoshop.

I was using a Pentax Optio 20 because that's my boat camera. It is water proof and fits in a pocket. You have to also take into account I was in a small boat and there was some movement of the boat from the wave action as well. I was attempting to get the camera as horizontal and as still at the moment I took the picture as I intentionally could under the circumstances.

The original size one is 2300 pixels the longest way. The one I first posted, back a few posts, was downsized to 1000 pixels width before uploading so probably lost a little detail.
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Post by Niner » Tue Oct 23, 2012 12:02 am

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Post by DuncaninFrance » Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:28 am

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Post by Niner Delta » Thu Oct 25, 2012 6:11 pm

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