The Photography Thread

[The_Cycling_Scientist]

@paul04 I love the second one! It's fab when a photo presents itself for you when you're looking and not sure what to snap! Great work

 

[Crackle]

Interesting about the monitors eh. I think Phil may be on to something with the dynamic contrast and the pixel density. Detail seems to be only half the story anyhow. My monitor still has better colour graduation and subtlety. I can, for instance, see noise and grain far better on my monitor than the tablet but I think in future I'll be checking pictures on both.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Interesting about the monitors eh. I think Phil may be on to something with the dynamic contrast and the pixel density. Detail seems to be only half the story anyhow. My monitor still has better colour graduation and subtlety. I can, for instance, see noise and grain far better on my monitor than the tablet but I think in future I'll be checking pictures on both.

With screens it always seems to be a trade off. My iiyama monitor is very bright a bit too bright for my liking, where as the Dell has a lovely picture and the blacks are very deep but the trade off is that it cant see that curtain detail.

A tablet has to be capable of going very bright so it can cope with the changing light conditions such as been outdoors where as the Dell monitor is inside on a desk so will never have that type of surroundings to deal with. When I bought the Dell I was thinking about going with an Asus Professional pre-calibrated monitor but for what I use it for I just couldn't justify it, the Dell was expensive enough as it was.

 

[Mrs M]

Entitled "drooling cat"

Glad someone likes my posts!!

 

[the_mikey]

Mobile snap of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal in Leeds..

 

[The_Cycling_Scientist]

One from last night on my way to work.

 

[paul04]

Just testing today to see how close I could get.

 

[delb0y]

I had half an hour to kill this morning so I thought I'd try and recreate/imitate/approximate a classic photo (in this case one of Andre Kertesz's). Turns out a seemingly very simple photo is anything but. To get the shadows that Kertesz got on his I reckon I'd need another flash - and as I only have one I couldn't do it. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!

EDIT: Just to add, it's my first attempt at using an off-camera flash unit, hence this shot and no doubt many more learning attempts to follow. I recently bought a Yongnuo YN560 III manual flash. Seems like amazing value for money. Lots to learn about using it now,

 

[Crackle]

What's without.

I'm after some feedback on this if I may, anything really, basically whether it has merit or not. Inspiration came from someone trying to break into my shed Don't worry though, it's a grumbling 15 year old inside the hoodie with better things to do than humour his dad.

 

[rich p]

What's without.

I'm after some feedback on this if I may, anything really, basically whether it has merit or not. Inspiration came from someone trying to break into my shed Don't worry though, it's a grumbling 15 year old inside the hoodie with better things to do than humour his dad.

It's one helluva shed.

 

[Crackle]

It's one helluva shed.

That's not the shed, that's the dog's kennel.

 

[delb0y]

I like the idea, and I love the lighting on the hoodie. I was trying to work out what it was that didn't work for me - I think it might be because the figure in the hoodie is facing the camera, so it looks posed (which it is) and that in turn means it lacks the drama of capturing someone actually (supposedly) breaking into the shed. No idea what I'd do differently though!

 

[Crackle]

I like the idea, and I love the lighting on the hoodie. I was trying to work out what it was that didn't work for me - I think it might be because the figure in the hoodie is facing the camera, so it looks posed (which it is) and that in turn means it lacks the drama of capturing someone actually (supposedly) breaking into the shed. No idea what I'd do differently though!

The idea was to contrast the warmth of the cosy house (with the lighting changed to a more blood red) with the menace of the hooded figure, who I lit for 3 or 4 seconds with a torch. I too am not sure if it works. Sometimes an idea is worth trying though and I might use the torch lighting on another idea.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

The idea was to contrast the warmth of the cosy house (with the lighting changed to a more blood red) with the menace of the hooded figure, who I lit for 3 or 4 seconds with a torch. I too am not sure if it works. Sometimes an idea is worth trying though and I might use the torch lighting on another idea.

It doesn't work for me. the only possible suggestion I could come up with was to have the figure at the door, hand on handle, facing inwards... but I don't like the lighting inside either. red simply does not work for me. Sorry

 

[coffeejo]

It doesn't work for me. the only possible suggestion I could come up with was to have the figure at the door, hand on handle, facing inwards... but I don't like the lighting inside either. red simply does not work for me. Sorry

I'm with SNSSO on this one. Just looked sinister.