Out of Focus & Off Topic MkII...

sNarah

New film released from the (shhhhhht) Lomography crowd

35mm & 120 XR Redscale. T looks nice.

http://shop.lomography.com/films/lomography-film/lomography-redscale-100-120-pack-of-3

magicbastarder

http://awkwardstockphotos.com/

sNarah

Right. I've found the solution to ALL problems on Boards.

This little yolk should be integrated with the "POST" button, what ye reckon??
http://tonecheck.com/

Stop e-mail confusion
before it happens.

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:rolleyes:

AnCatDubh

sNarah wrote: »

Right. I've found the solution to ALL problems on Boards.

:rolleyes:

I think if we could take out a hit on :rolleyes: then all ill's of boards would be sorted <- we're good with happy smiley faces.

In somewhat photography related; what p&s do pro's use?

http://blog.photoshelter.com/2010/07/15-digital-point-and-shoot-cameras-used-by-pros.html

mehfesto

Slidinginfinity wrote: »

I just read this now, in my half asleep daze im starting to fear for the lives of the inhabitants of kilkenny.....not only is the website a navigational nightmare but its just insane!

Thanks for highlighting this lads. I haven't laughed as much in a while.
loving this page in particular...

magicbastarder

nice timing by the photographer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10712323

DaireQuinlan

magicbastarder wrote: »

nice timing by the photographer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10712323

I'm calling fake on that picture. I was looking at this earlier, I think it's a big hoax. There's that picture, which looks suspicious, and a pile of pictures of a wrecked yacht, none of the whale ON the boat which you'd suspect there'd be a pile of taken by the same person who take the above or the crew of the yacht.

As regards that picture, the light direction looks different on the whale and the boat, the whale is in front of the sail but there doesn't appear to be any of that water splashing in front of the boat in the pic, and the skipper isn't even reacting to the fact that theres tons of whale about to do a Moby Dick on his boat.

Shenanigans !

magicbastarder

the whale was probably on the boat for no more than a couple of seconds; and the photographer did not necessarily have the reactions of a photojournalist.

bigger pic:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/7902280/Pictures-of-the-day-21-July-2010.html

magicbastarder

we're all just amateurs.

http://iasos.com/artists/erial/celestial-soul-portraits/

we should have a competition for the worst technically proficient photoshop job.

artyeva

Saiid from Lost is looking good....:p

magicbastarder

a few nice shots here.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/jul/21/wildlife-photography-scott-linstead

magicbastarder

http://www.dslrphoto.com/dslr/how-to-break-your-canon-5d-mark-ii-in-a-second-with-laser-light,17214.html

beware using your DSLR to take video in a disco...

Nforce

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

I'm calling fake on that picture. I was looking at this earlier, I think it's a big hoax. There's that picture, which looks suspicious, and a pile of pictures of a wrecked yacht, none of the whale ON the boat which you'd suspect there'd be a pile of taken by the same person who take the above or the crew of the yacht.

As regards that picture, the light direction looks different on the whale and the boat, the whale is in front of the sail but there doesn't appear to be any of that water splashing in front of the boat in the pic, and the skipper isn't even reacting to the fact that theres tons of whale about to do a Moby Dick on his boat.

Shenanigans !

It was real alright...here's the video

Chorcai

magicbastarder wrote: »

we're all just amateurs.

http://iasos.com/artists/erial/celestial-soul-portraits/

we should have a competition for the worst technically proficient photoshop job.

Christ on a bike !!! Alison - before & after

Jackobyte

I was just wondering how one takes a picture such as this. I don't think a thread of its own is needed but I'll leave it up to the mods.

Link to picture.


I have also came across this today. Some fabulous photos there.

cloda

Jackobyte wrote: »

I was just wondering how one takes a picture such as this. I don't think a thread of its own is needed but I'll leave it up to the mods.

Link to picture.


I have also came across this today. Some fabulous photos there.

Loved the pictures so beautiful

Kintarō Hattori

cloda wrote: »

Loved the pictures so beautiful

Wow yeah- they are stunning. I wonder what camera/lens he used as the subjects look 'close to the camera' if you know what I mean- they are unusually large looking. The photos also have an unusual look to them, kinda infrared looking but they couldn't be- could they?

DaireQuinlan

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Wow yeah- they are stunning. I wonder what camera/lens he used as the subjects look 'close to the camera' if you know what I mean- they are unusually large looking. The photos also have an unusual look to them, kinda infrared looking but they couldn't be- could they?

Both those are blocked in work, but if the 'Brandt' one is Nick Brandt (B&W animals for the most part ?) then he shoots B&W film in an old pentax 6x7 then scans and does a lot of burning and dodging in post. I don't think he prints optically. The OOF effects he gets are likely from partially disconnecting the lens as he's shooting and tilting it to get a skewed DOF. He has stated before that he does that all in camera, not in post.

-edit- woops, and yes he shoots IR film quite a bit. -edit-

Jackobyte

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Both those are blocked in work, but if the 'Brandt' one is Nick Brandt (B&W animals for the most part ?) then he shoots B&W film in an old pentax 6x7 then scans and does a lot of burning and dodging in post. I don't think he prints optically. The OOF effects he gets are likely from partially disconnecting the lens as he's shooting and tilting it to get a skewed DOF. He has stated before that he does that all in camera, not in post.

-edit- woops, and yes he shoots IR film quite a bit. -edit-

Ya, it is Nick Brandt. I stumpleupon'd it today.

Nick Brandt wrote:

I get extremely close to these very wild animals, often within a few feet of them. I don’t use telephoto lenses. This is because I want to see as much of the sky and landscape as possible--to see the animals within the context of their environment. That way, the photos become as much about the atmosphere of the place as the animals. And being that close to the animals, I get a real sense of intimate connection to them, to the specific animal in front of me. Sometimes a deliberate feeling that they’re almost presenting themselves for a studio portrait.

That is impressive.

AnCatDubh

Hah! the horror of it all;

http://hdrphotog.com/

A site dedicated to it

Mountainsandh

you do realize anCatDubh that, what with the red plonk and your link, I will be spinning in that gazebo (page 4) all night ? all thanks to you ? :eek:
IN HDR !!!

sprinkles

For the Nikon lovers out there you can now join you Canon brethren in a nice hot cuppa on the go

Link

magicbastarder

some gorgeous stuff here:

http://laurentnivalle.fr/LMC2010.html

5uspect

Cool new street view tech from M$.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktdhOv8E5lo

mehfesto

How to shoot amazing portraits with unusual light set-ups

sprinkles

Here's a video of that Whale that landed on the boat - debate about whether it was PS'd or not can be put to rest I think, not sure if anyone posted it here yet...

Link

GalwayMarion

Good evening, just found this board, and I am impressed with the frequent use by its members. I have been looking for a nice board on photography for a while now and hope I can contribute a bit here.

Nice meeting you all, my name is Marion, I live in Galway and - duuuh- am a photographer.

pixbyjohn

GalwayMarion wrote: »

Good evening, just found this board, and I am impressed with the frequent use by its members. I have been looking for a nice board on photography for a while now and hope I can contribute a bit here.

Nice meeting you all, my name is Marion, I live in Galway and - duuuh- am a photographer.

Welcome aboard Marion, now get posting some photos.
John

DaireQuinlan

with all the talk of scalefinders recently, in case anyone hasn't seen this, it's groovy and surprisingly accurate :-)

http://photo-utopia.blogspot.com/2010/07/human-rangefinder.html

GalwayMarion

pixbyjohn wrote: »

Welcome aboard Marion, now get posting some photos.
John

Thank you John, have done so.