Some fall photos

Rotti · #1 10-26-2007, 09:24 PM

Well I'll keep the photo stuff going. Here are some fall photos I took recently. I find landscape photos very difficult but I'm trying to get better.

dannymills · #2 10-26-2007, 09:26 PM

Yarrr, oi be greatly loikin the birrrd and the forest...

Yousef · #3 10-26-2007, 09:50 PM

The first one is amazing, and the moon is beautiful too. Nice man, keep it up.

sanitarium · #4 10-26-2007, 10:08 PM

very nice, i like the second one best. I would have used a slightly faster shutter on the first though, good work anyhow.

andy7jem · #5 10-27-2007, 06:24 AM

That bird is a bad ass dude

His expression is like "What the F**K you lookin' at!"

richard1973 · #6 10-27-2007, 07:54 AM

the Bird is locking on target for poop dispatch!

nice photos, how do you get the moon so detailed, when i take a photo of the moon i End up with a tiny white dot

JJEMMER777 · #7 10-27-2007, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Rotti

I find landscape photos very difficult but I'm trying to get better.

I dunno how much better you could get than you already are, Rot!! You're a fantastic photographer!!! National Geographic quality

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Originally Posted by richard1973

the Bird is locking on target for poop dispatch!

YEP

Seagulls are notourious for poop letting on human targets!! I learned that the hard, messy way

Distantshore · #8 10-27-2007, 08:57 AM

Absolutely beautiful photos! Can you tell us newbs what settings you used? Especially on that waterfall. I know you are using a slower shutter speed to get that fluid motion right?

Distantshore · #9 10-27-2007, 09:05 AM

Heres one I shot with my new Canon Rebel XTI. My neighbors daughter (shot and used with permission of course) 1/250, f/5.6. Still new, so pointers/critique is welcome and appreciated.

Rotti · #10 10-27-2007, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by richard1973

the Bird is locking on target for poop dispatch!

nice photos, how do you get the moon so detailed, when i take a photo of the moon i End up with a tiny white dot

LOL Thats the thing about photographing Seagulls. They're not everyones favorite bird.

The thing with moon photos is that a camera on automatic mode will always overexpose them. So you manually expose untill the moon is dark enough that you still have some detail. There is quite a bit of cropping involved as well. What you see is a full size version of that photo so I would need a lot of mega pixels or a very powerful zoom to get a more high res version. This one was taken with a 70-200mm Canon lens at 200mm handheld.

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I dunno how much better you could get than you already are, Rot!! You're a fantastic photographer!!! National Geographic quality

Thanks a lot but I know I still have a ways to go. I see photos everyday that blow away what I'm doing. I'd like to get to a profesional level someday but I'm not there yet.

Rotti · #11 10-27-2007, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Distantshore

Absolutely beautiful photos! Can you tell us newbs what settings you used? Especially on that waterfall. I know you are using a slower shutter speed to get that fluid motion right?

This photo was taken at ISO 100, f/11, @ 70mm. shutterspeed was .6 sec.
A tripod of course is a must. That photo was taken in low light. If it was bright and sunny I would have needed a Neutral Density filter to allow me to get a slow enough shutter speed. I find the best thing to do is just shoot waterfalls in low light. Very early in the morning or late in the evening.

As for your photo it's very nice. The framing and color is excellent. The only advice I would give is to get more focus on the eyes. It looks like the nose is the focus point and the eyes should be sharper. Try selecting one focus point in your camera if you haven't done that yet. Then you can put that focus point right on one of her eyes and you should be good.
Also I would say spend some time with photoshop. Look for online photoshop tips.
In my opinion and for the type of photos I like, good photoshop skills usually make the difference between an okay photo and a stunning one.

winger · #12 10-27-2007, 09:20 AM

Awesome pic's ! Keep it up !

Distantshore · #13 10-27-2007, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Rotti

This photo was taken at ISO 100, f/11, @ 70mm. shutterspeed was .6 sec.
A tripod of course is a must. That photo was taken in low light. If it was bright and sunny I would have needed a Neutral Density filter to allow me to get a slow enough shutter speed. I find the best thing to do is just shoot waterfalls in low light. Very early in the morning or late in the evening.

As for your photo it's very nice. The framing and color is excellent. The only advice I would give is to get more focus on the eyes. It looks like the nose is the focus point and the eyes should be sharper. Try selecting one focus point in your camera if you haven't done that yet. Then you can put that focus point right on one of her eyes and you should be good.
Also I would say spend some time with photoshop. Look for online photoshop tips.
In my opinion and for the type of photos I like, good photoshop skills usually make the difference between an okay photo and a stunning one.

Thanks, I actually did edit that photo in photoshop, but thought I'd post the original. I guess without knowing it, I knew the eyes needed to be focused more, since thats what I first concentrated on in photoshop. Heres the edit:

Out Of This Swirled · #14 10-27-2007, 10:00 AM

rotti- i love the second photo, IMO perfect.

distant shores- what a lovely looking photo, the girl is real pretty too, its real sad that you cant say things like that and not get looked at a some kinda weirdo nowerdays. i also think it was better before the photoshop edit, it looked more natural to me, and im not taking anything away from what you did in photoshop either, it looks nice, but between the 2 i like the first, somethimes what some people see as imperfections are what make a photo or image captivating to others. nice work

HAGO