Photography

7 Jul 2008

Quote by winchwench
Wow! Some stunning photos here. Not sure I would venture any of mine in the face such beauties.
There are one or two people hereabouts with 'the eye'. That is such a talent.
A lot of mine look like police evidence .
Do you think the 'eye' can be learnt? I do so hope so.
P'raps I'll just stick to trying to get the focus right first!
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Choon, for starters try imagining the eyepiece as a picture frame. Shift around until you get the composition right.....would it look good in a frame on the wall?
Look at things with that in mind & you'll find all sorts of photo opportunities present themselves to you.
Although whilst lying in the middle of the roadin Whitby I did get some strange looks! lol

I've heard that going down is good.
Thanks fer the tips.
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7 Jul 2008

Quote by winchwench
Choon, for starters try imagining the eyepiece as a picture frame. Shift around until you get the composition right.....

Very good advice. And while you're doing that, look at everything that's in the frame, not just the subject. It's amazing how much you don't normally notice. Once the photo is taken, everything in the frame becomes part of it, so it's important that it all works together.

Although whilst lying in the middle of the road in Whitby I did get some strange looks!

Unusual viewpoints are often good.
And I'll add: look at lots of other people's photos. For the ones you like, ask why you like them. What is it about them that attracts and keeps your attention? And for the ones you don't like, what would you improve?
Also, look for photos all the time, even when you don't have a camera. It's good practice.

7 Jul 2008

Here's another I took down west some time ago.

Sorry about the size redface

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7 Jul 2008

One of my favourites, Choon. smile

7 Jul 2008

Quote by westerross

Fab, choon! Love running water....if you get my drift redface

I'm not fully au fait with with my f-stops and my aperture or shutter priority. But the one thing I will take ages over is composition of the shot.
I'll wander around for ages to get a 'perfect shot' and use a bean bag and my new Gorillapod to get different angles and views...I've been known to do that cheesy framing with my fingers nonsense. surprised

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Having said that....to check out your composition, try comparing it against the golden rules, either rule of thirds, triangles, rectangles or spiral, to see how you've done on the 'ideal' composition.

Go to the tools section to try your pic against the 'rules.'
You'd be amazed how many of these shots that you thought were pretty impressive but are more than that...they are absolutely BANG ON the perfect composition, according to maths!

7 Jul 2008

Quote by kittysin
Fab, choon! Love running water....if you get my drift
I'm not fully au fait with with my f-stops and my aperture or shutter priority. But the one thing I will take ages over is composition of the shot.
I'll wander around for ages to get a 'perfect shot' and use a bean bag and my new Gorillapod to get different angles and views...I've been known to do that cheesy framing with my fingers nonsense. ops:
Having said that....to check out your composition, try comparing it against the golden rules, either rule of thirds, triangles, rectangles or spiral, to see how you've done on the 'ideal' composition.

Go to the tools section to try your pic against the 'rules.'
You'd be amazed how many of these shots that you thought were pretty impressive but are more than that...they are absolutely BANG ON the perfect composition, according to maths!

That's a great link - thanks. I'd heard about the rule of thirds before but the way some people describe it it comes out as an exact third i.e. 1:2 ratio, which to my eye is unconvincing - so I was not taken by it. But when you view it as 1:1.6 then it assumes that edge - it seems to have attitude. The spiral is dead sexy too - can see that in your rose.(If you'll pardon the expression!)
I can see now how I might improve my two photos above - I hope I 've still got the originals to re-crop.
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7 Jul 2008

Choon

You hustler you! They're lovely! wink

8 Jul 2008

Quote by kittysin
I'm not fully au fait with with my f-stops and my aperture or shutter priority...

See if this site helps at all

There's a good beginners guide and a camera simulator which might help as well.

8 Jul 2008

NWC, would you mind if i pinched your pic of the flower for my desktop background?
all of the pictures are amazing, your a tallented bunch. i cant believe people are doing this them selves, youd pay a fortune for these in a shop
love this thread, its a great one to dive into after a stressfull day
thank you to you all
xxx fem xxxx

8 Jul 2008

Found a few....
Mainly sculpture, my fav!!

8 Jul 2008

Quote by fem_4_taboo
NWC, would you mind if i pinched your pic of the flower for my desktop background?

:shock: How much do I have to pay you for you to look at it every day :shock: Thanks Fem, you are welcome to do what you like with it.
Thanks to everyone for the fantastic pics and the links above have now been saved lol

One of the best threads in ages!

10 Jul 2008

thank you, although my daughter has now seen it and in her 14 years of age words "oh wow that picture is well beautiful, where did you get it can you send it to me?"
and now a mate has seen it and asked for a copy and is having it printed on a huge canvas for her bedroom.
lol hope you dont mind
xxx fem xxx

10 Jul 2008

Quote by fem_4_taboo
thank you, although my daughter has now seen it and in her 14 years of age words "oh wow that picture is well beautiful, where did you get it can you send it to me?"
and now a mate has seen it and asked for a copy and is having it printed on a huge canvas for her bedroom.
lol hope you dont mind
xxx fem xxx

The lighting on the flower shot is wonderful but personally I prefer yer lizard!! wink

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10 Jul 2008

Quote by westerross
The lighting on the flower shot is wonderful but personally I prefer yer lizard!!
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:shock: never heard it called that before :shock:
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Not as good as the last flower, but another attempt. Taken at a little village north of perth -

10 Jul 2008

ive included this one cos it makes me laugh so much....this was taken by accident at the last munch i went on.......i was tryng to turn the cam off an took a pic by mistake...it makes me smile everytie i see it, cos it looks like right said fred are stood in front of me LOL

i know theyre probably not up to the standard of the photos already posted, but I thought i would share them as they make me smile biggrin

10 Jul 2008

nwc another lot of beautiful pics, i can see my house being covered in prints of your pics.
the woods one makes me think of a contemporary monet
xx fem xx
im loving all the pictures by the way. can we not have a seperate gallery on here. they make me feel happy and peacefull

10 Jul 2008

LOL thanks whips.....makes me think of NWC's avatar LOL biggrin

:D

11 Jul 2008

The eye colour is dead genuine. If I'd thought we could sneak him through customs, he and his little sidekick would be resident in Yorkshire right now.

12 Jul 2008

Im no david bailey but heres some of my efforts.

12 Jul 2008

About the only thing I can photograph consistently well is my finger over the lens! confused

If anyone's interested, you can download a little tool for XP which allows you to resize an image from your right-click menu. It's one of the XP Powertoys ;-)

12 Jul 2008

Quote by lyns

Yes, I really like the composition of this one.
Lovely variation of colours and shapes.
Very nice.

13 Jul 2008

Quote by Bonedigger
LOL thanks whips.....makes me think of NWC's avatar LOL :D

:shock: Ive only just noticed that :shock:
I promise to bring the Clevage to the BBQ next weekend just so we can have a matching pair lol

13 Jul 2008

Quote by Naughty Wigan Couple
LOL thanks whips.....makes me think of NWC's avatar LOL :D

:shock: Ive only just noticed that :shock:
I promise to bring the Clevage to the BBQ next weekend just so we can have a matching pair lol

'Ere you not one of those types that travel about the country seeking out free barbies every week are ya? :giggle:
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27 Jul 2008

Couple of shots take over the last couple of days.. not amazing as they were only 2mp camera phone jobbies.

27 Jul 2008

I think I'd say they are amazing for that type of camera.
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27 Jul 2008

Stupidest sign you've ever seen?

27 Jul 2008

Hang on a mo Tomu, I'm sure I've seen those shots somewhere before :lol2:
And ta Choon :thumbup:

27 Jul 2008

Fucking hell you're quick. They were only there two minutes.
(for public info - I made and amended the "wrong thread" mistake...)

27 Jul 2008

Quote by tomu
Fucking hell you're quick. They were only there two minutes.
(for public info - I made and amended the "wrong thread" mistake...)

I seen it to lol

28 Jul 2008

Another stupid sign biggrin

H.x