Random Photos XXXI - DO NOT QUOTE PHOTOS - 800PIX LONGEST SIDE

gnolan

Dun Laoghaire Night Reflections by garethdn, on Flickr

Judge

Turlough Hill and Lough Nahanagan

CabanSail

Kookaburra at Sunset.




Worth a laugh.

mehfesto

Retarded Cop, support to Jello Biafra, last night at the Button Factory

humberklog

keps

From the garden - nikkor 105mm/2.5

DaireQuinlan

Helios 44-2 | Ektachrome 100 X

CabanSail

Walking.

11811

Jogging @ Castlepalooza 2011 by Fritz Beastman, on Flickr

AnimalRights

Jello Biafra

Adrian.Sadlier

DougL

Sir Gallagher

keps

Irish Guitarist

BlastedGlute

This is blowing my mind! How the hell did you achieve that perspective! Your subject matter perfectly suits this warped point of view, and the chap in the photo looking a bit off balanced kind of represents the position of the viewer in some ways! Great stuff, well impressed!

Adrian.Sadlier

BlastedGlute wrote: »

This is blowing my mind! How the hell did you achieve that perspective! Your subject matter perfectly suits this warped point of view, and the chap in the photo looking a bit off balanced kind of represents the position of the viewer in some ways! Great stuff, well impressed!

I used a Sigma 10-20 from a low perspective (kneeling - and I'm not tall anyway).

As it was a fairly bland sky coulour was out. So I created 3 raw images from one exposure using Camera Raw (+1, 0 and -1 stop).

I then tonemapped the resulting 3 images in Photomatix Pro 4.

Back into Camera Raw and I sharpened to give a gritty feel and then reduced nosie (photomatix adds too much noise). I then applied lens correction to reduce chromatic abhoration on the edges, especially against the boy silhouetted against the sky

Then in CS5 I adjusted levels and curves, cloned out the boy's parents who were stood to his left against the trees taking his picture.

The trouble with a super-wide is that you get a huge depth of field so I selected part of the background (v tedious) and applied a lens blur.

A slight crop and that was it.

Adrian

keps

Easy peasy:eek:

I love the bit about cloning out the boy's parents heheee

Ave Sodalis

AnimalRights

GSoM

symbolic

Cast of Cheers by phealy1982, on Flickr

humberklog

NapoleonInRags

bridge 12811 by NapoleonInRags2011, on Flickr

NapoleonInRags

Adrian.Sadlier wrote: »

I used a Sigma 10-20 from a low perspective (kneeling - and I'm not tall anyway).

As it was a fairly bland sky coulour was out. So I created 3 raw images from one exposure using Camera Raw (+1, 0 and -1 stop).

I then tonemapped the resulting 3 images in Photomatix Pro 4.

Back into Camera Raw and I sharpened to give a gritty feel and then reduced nosie (photomatix adds too much noise). I then applied lens correction to reduce chromatic abhoration on the edges, especially against the boy silhouetted against the sky

Then in CS5 I adjusted levels and curves, cloned out the boy's parents who were stood to his left against the trees taking his picture.

The trouble with a super-wide is that you get a huge depth of field so I selected part of the background (v tedious) and applied a lens blur.

A slight crop and that was it.

Adrian

I won't pretend to follow most of that - but congrats on a truly wonderful image.

It has an apocalyptic feel which is juxtaposed with an almost childlike, Alice in Wonderland quality. Very unsettling but totally compelling - would have made a great Pink Flyod album cover!

keps

Could not help but notice the similarity in sky/tone between Adrian's shot and Dougl's right below it!

so

hope I'm not annoying anyone or breaking copyright??

Permission has now been given by both Adrian & Doug.

okmqaz42

Nikon F401x
NEOPAN 400CN 35mm

Moreilly

" 孤独な " - Canon 5D Mark II 100mm F2.8L Hybrid IS Macro

the_tractor

BigDaddyCan

keps

a 'tourist' shot:)

Knocknashee - Sligo.

kelly1

kelly1

picaaf

OldGoat

picaaf wrote: »

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^^^ "Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare"

DougL

picaaf

OldGoat wrote: »

^^^ "Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare"

iwish !

okmqaz42

aidanic

EOS30, Fuji Neopan 100 ACROS - no need to identify the car!

aidanic

EOS 30, Fuji Neopan 100 ACROS - The Gorch Foch is the German Navy's school ship.

Gallant_JJ

BlastedGlute

where was that taken Gal? Nice image, cool location

Pivot_Al

Gallant_JJ

Killeshandra Convent, Cavan. Fascinating spot, once home to 250+ missionary nuns. Closed since 1985. My mother worked there as a child, she said it was like a castle, perfectly painted, beautiful rich decor inside. I took a series of photos, some of which I've already posted, in which I attempt in some way try to portray the elegance and richness of the spaces despite 25 of ruin, as well as being images of decay and abandonment.

humberklog

FREDNISMO

FREDNISMO

FREDNISMO

katiemaloe

Judge

One of the things I love at this time of year is when the heather goes into full bloom:

IamBlip