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aravindwarrier · 16th July 2008, 18:32

Some Skyscapes......

mansidea · 16th July 2008, 18:39

KB, you are doing lot of work there, i guess & it will result in great pics.

kb100 · 16th July 2008, 18:44

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Originally Posted by mansidea

KB, you are doing lot of work there, i guess & it will result in great pics.

Thank you - My wife toh has decided I have gone completely cuckoo!! I am forever researching, fiddling, shooting,grumbling and back to researching again (not necessarily in that order!)

Yeah - But I really look forward to be able to take better shots - and master Photochop!!

hkanitkar · 16th July 2008, 20:50

@crazy driver -

!! Awesome shot there !! Have you cropped it ?? And which camera ?

@kb - second shot is lovely ! Love the bunny !

CrAzY dRiVeR · 16th July 2008, 22:14

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Originally Posted by kb100

Wonderful colours - Amazing dragon fly - and amazing capture CD!

Thanks kb100.

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Originally Posted by rippergeo

is that movement artifact? or is it from the PPing? would you be able to get rid of it?
other than that, its brilliant.

Thank you rippergeo. I didne notice it till you pointed out. Should be the result of PP, when i tried blur for the background.

Will try to remove it. Thanks once again.

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Originally Posted by hkanitkar

@crazy driver -

!! Awesome shot there !! Have you cropped it ?? And which camera ?

Thank you hkanitkar.
Crop was very minor, but i dont know how to express in percentages. Camera is my humble S5IS. PS was used though!

CrAzY dRiVeR · 16th July 2008, 22:18

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Originally Posted by kb100

Here is another tabletop attempt - no flash - natural light. The subject is solid white - its not blown!

Nice pic! Sorry if this sounds silly, but what/how was the black background placed?

vivekiny2k · 16th July 2008, 23:04

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Originally Posted by CrAzY dRiVeR

Nice pic! Sorry if this sounds silly, but what/how was the black background placed?

I think it's a black glass table. you can see the ghost of the mirror image.

deep_bang · 16th July 2008, 23:29

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Originally Posted by mansidea

@deep bang - thats a beautiful composition.

another one from ootty, this one without the train.

Thanks Mansidea.

Speaking of trains, i shot this one a 2 years back when on a trip to Seattle. I shot it from within the car. I know it can be improved by removing the car dashboard and also some reflections - but i dont have photoshop right now. I shot it in Sepia mode as this was a trip that we 4 friends from school met after many many years.

kb100 · 17th July 2008, 01:42

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Originally Posted by CrAzY dRiVeR

Nice pic! Sorry if this sounds silly, but what/how was the black background placed?

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Originally Posted by vivekiny2k

I think it's a black glass table. you can see the ghost of the mirror image.

Actually this is a clear glass table (tree trunk base) with a white wall at the back at a 45 degree angle. This pic is as shot - except for auto curves etc. I had a 5 pm sun coming in at a 4'Oclock angle (with the lens @ 6O'clock to the bunny - note the shadow under the chin of the bunny - this angle worked best because I had to ensure both outspread hands caught the light relative to the lens with the least amount of shadow under the chin). I learnt yesterday that evaluative metering took the whole frame into count - so this time used Spot Metering. I tried a lot of things - what worked best is .... (exif as under)

Camera Model Name
Canon EOS 40D
Firmware
Firmware Version 1.0.8
Shooting Date/Time
16-07-2008 17:23:40
Tv(Shutter Speed)
1/500Sec.
Av(Aperture Value)
F11
Metering Modes
Spot
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
250
Lens
17-70mm
Focal Length
70.0 mm
Image size
3888 x 2592
Image Quality
RAW
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
AF mode
AI focus AF
Picture Style
Standard
Parameters
Tone Curve : Standard
Sharpness level : -
Pattern Sharpness : -
Contrast : 2
Sharpness : 5
Color saturation : 1
Color tone : 0

The unprocessed pic - converted into jpeg straight from the camera is below. . Focus was on centre focus and the focus point was the bunny's chest - that gave me the torso, the hands, the eyes, and the black streaks on the ears in focus - which I found, amongst all the other combinations I shot,was the best visually.

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kvish · 17th July 2008, 12:55

Have been off this thread for quite a while and missed out quite a few brilliant pics. Gkrishn, fireworks pics are awesome!

My first Lowlight macro attempt.

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One from the backyard, are these poisonous? Quite scary looking...

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17th July 2008, 22:04

Love the spider pics.
here's one of my favourite flower pics. kodak P&S
saturation has been upped. PPed with picasa only. decided to give PS3 a rest.
have any of you seen pics where I have been stingy with colour

vivekiny2k · 20th July 2008, 05:44

Lockheed martin F-22 raptor. after a while i stopped clicking and decided to watch in amazement.

from dayton air show.

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some more

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F-18 super hornet.

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Truck with three jet engines, it beat the jet planes in a race.

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F-18 super hornet

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gkrishn · 20th July 2008, 11:10

Paid a visit to rose garden, portland...

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Rudra Sen · 20th July 2008, 11:23

Crop it even tighter Guru. It'll have that nice tight graphic feel.

Rehaan · 20th July 2008, 11:38

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Originally Posted by Rudra Sen

Crop it even tighter Guru. It'll have that nice tight graphic feel.

Hah. I like that

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16th July 2008, 18:32	#3586
aravindwarrier BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cochin Posts: 144 Thanked: 14 Times	Some Skyscapes...... Attached Thumbnails

17th July 2008, 12:55	#3595
kvish BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 627 Thanked: 195 Times	Have been off this thread for quite a while and missed out quite a few brilliant pics. Gkrishn, fireworks pics are awesome! My first Lowlight macro attempt. One from the backyard, are these poisonous? Quite scary looking...

17th July 2008, 22:04	#3596
rippergeo Posts: n/a	Love the spider pics. here's one of my favourite flower pics. kodak P&S saturation has been upped. PPed with picasa only. decided to give PS3 a rest. have any of you seen pics where I have been stingy with colour Attached Thumbnails Last edited by rippergeo : 17th July 2008 at 22:05.

20th July 2008, 05:44	#3597
vivekiny2k Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: cincinnati, jabalpur,chennai Posts: 1,264 Thanked: 209 Times View My Garage	Lockheed martin F-22 raptor. after a while i stopped clicking and decided to watch in amazement. from dayton air show. some more F-18 super hornet. Truck with three jet engines, it beat the jet planes in a race. F-18 super hornet

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mansidea BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 238 Thanked: 4 Times View My Garage	KB, you are doing lot of work there, i guess & it will result in great pics.

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hkanitkar BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: pune Posts: 668 Thanked: 109 Times View My Garage	@crazy driver - !! Awesome shot there !! Have you cropped it ?? And which camera ? @kb - second shot is lovely ! Love the bunny !

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gkrishn BHPian Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 626 Thanked: 93 Times View My Garage	Paid a visit to rose garden, portland...

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Rudra Sen Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 11,590 Thanked: 6,532 Times View My Garage	Crop it even tighter Guru. It'll have that nice tight graphic feel.