Punky's photography thread

[Punky]

Hi, One of my other favorite hobbies(besides level design and basketball) is photography, I "borrowed" my dads cannon EOS 300D

and went outside with a friend of mine.

This is the result, (the pictures are still unedited/photoshopped because the lack of time, as soon as I have time I'll try to give them some nice atmospheres etc...)

Tue May 13

http://www.cubeupload.com/files/1be990img8274.jpg

http://www.cubeupload.com/files/d1f508img8267.jpg

http://www.cubeupload.com/files/df05f8img8242.jpg

http://www.cubeupload.com/files/60b899img8257.jpg

Update: 08/06/'08

http://www.cubeupload.com/files/db2f9eimg8727.jpg

http://www.cubeupload.com/files/56924aimg8730.jpg

http://www.cubeupload.com/files/858f83img8737.jpg

http://www.cubeupload.com/files/ce0726img8739.jpg

http://www.cubeupload.com/files/c0fe91img8753.jpg

http://www.cubeupload.com/files/c69822img8756.jpg

http://www.cubeupload.com/files/377da1img8758.jpg

[Blunkka]

Nice pictures overall I like the building shots with blue sky as a background.

In some photos I think you should pay more attention to your focus distance. For example, in the shots with the fisherman. Focusing on him would still leave room for a 2/3 dof behind, bringing the fisherman into focus while maintaining the buildings relatively sharp.

[Punky]

Nice pictures overall I like the building shots with blue sky as a background.

In some photos I think you should pay more attention to your focus distance. For example, in the shots with the fisherman. Focusing on him would still leave room for a 2/3 dof behind, bringing the fisherman into focus while maintaining the buildings relatively sharp.

Okay, I'll pay some attention to that, I'm new to photography.

Thanks for the tip!

[Blunkka]

Yeah, when you focus 1/3 of the dof falls in front of the focus point and 2/3 behind it. So by focusing to what is called hyperfocal distance yields the largest area of dof in your pictures. But of course only the exact focus point can be tack sharp so it's not always that easy to decide where to focus.

[Punky]

Thanks, I used an autofocus for all my shots though, next time I'll test the manual focus a bit.

[e-freak]

take care for you Av Level. Some of the pictures are way overbrightened. Setting the Av Level half a step down or up depending on the fotos would help alot.

Another advice would be not to shoot into the sun as it will produce heavy lensflares - you can always use a lens-blend to reduce this but if you are going to do this more often you should take care of the daytime and the position you want to shoot.

The location is pretty nice btw. I've heard belgium is a paradise for industrial left-overs

[JeanPaul]

LENS HOOD NOW

It will increase the contrast in your images by greatly reducing the amount of indirect light hitting your sensor from bounced light inside your lens.

Oh and I was going to say you should really edit your images in photoshop but then I re-read your post.

But here was a little something anyways. (hope you aren't offended that I did this, heh)

Took like 3 minutes, so no excuses for time!

[Punky]

Hehe I'm not offended by you, I'm honored

And yes I will take the time to edit the best pictures, and the pictures with the heavy lens flares were actually just tests to see how they would turn out if I'd took my pictures straight in the sun.

And @ E-freak, Belgium sure has some nice industrial buildings, next week or so, I'm going to take some shots in an old, abandoned printing factory together with my dad (because we need permission to enter the building because its nearly collapsing etc..) And I suppose I will get some awesome shots in there!

I'll also train a bit on my focusing, if I find out how to turn autofocus off

Thanks for the comments!

[e-freak]

simply switch it off at the lens' feed.

try to take a tripod with you and shoot in P mode. Set the ISO Value as low as possible (100 i guess) and shoot with the tripod if the shuttertime is below 1/30 (because you will save yourself a lot of shots from being shaken then). Try to play with Av Values (or even make some shots with varying shutter time (blend stays the same!)) and choose RAW format (I guess the above shots are all JPEG).

[Punky]

Updated!, 08/06/08

[Satyre]

Hey punky !

Shots are corrects though some photographs are blurred...

If you have photoshop, you can retouch some shots in order to improve contrasts, colors, and so on...

E.g. :

about dilapidated area, the B&W allows emphasis on the gloom. (sorry if is incorrect, I have a poor skill about English :/... but I'm learning ^^)

=>

(changes include contrasts, clearness & B&W)

Also you can bring a little fantasy on landscape shots, when those are not very clear.

On the shot with residences & river... buildings are blurred so, you can put them in darkness... Like this (the ambient is unreal but it's nice yet)

=>

(changes include contrasts, clearness & colors)

Or simply better contrasts & clearness than initial shot...

=> (initial shot : )

[JeanPaul]

I hope you dont think this looks good...

http://pix.nofrag.com/5/b/9/7dc41544fc5 ... 0b2a4.html

[Punky]

Thanks guys, I do have photoshop and know how to work with it since I'm using it for about 5 years but I am really busy with a mod project, and I'm also helping a friend out with a RP map but seriously, when I have some spare time I'll give this pictures that extra thing that they need

Btw, these edits of you guys look really good thanks! very inspirational

[Steppenwolf]

I hope you dont think this looks good...

http://pix.nofrag.com/5/b/9/7dc41544fc5 ... 0b2a4.html

I have to agree. Awful advise...

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Satyre does have a poiunt though.. allthough the example may have been overdone a a little