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[portman]

Went for a walk up the local headland yesterday eve after work, Shpongle in the headphones and just had to take a couple of pics on my phone. Much kudos to anyone who recognises...

Camera phone quality constantly surprises me! Anyone got a K800i yet? Thinking of an upgrade.

Good quality for a camera phone - just out of interest, how many megapixels is it? Liked both images but thought the first was marginally the better. Second was spoilt by the horizon being slightly on the wonk. Picky, I know but getting straight horizons is a bit of an obsession for me. As for location, I think it's the Seaford side of Newhaven.

Cheers,
Dave

 

[Brighton23]

Good quality for a camera phone - just out of interest, how many megapixels is it? Liked both images but thought the first was marginally the better. Second was spoilt by the horizon being slightly on the wonk. Picky, I know but getting straight horizons is a bit of an obsession for me. As for location, I think it's the Seaford side of Newhaven.

Cheers,
Dave

Thanks Dave. It's a 2mp Sony K750. Agreed the first is better. I'm no photographer (although would love to know more about it) but felt inspired after jogging up the head. You're right; Seaford Head near the tee for the 18th hole. Am tempted to head up there now but think I may get fried by the lightning

 

[dlx1]

web n light
Bird hide by Shrinking lake
Gentle wind

 

[dada]

really like 'bird hide by shrinking lake'
the window itself creates a natural frame of the scenery.

 

[Firky]

Bird hide by Shrinking lake

I like this one. Reminds me of playing in WW2 pillar boxes as a kid. Just need a stick for a machine gun

 

[dlx1]

come fly

 

[jeff_leigh]

really like 'bird hide by shrinking lake'
the window itself creates a natural frame of the scenery.

I was gonna say that Great natural Cropping effect

 

[portman]

I really liked 'bird hide by a shrinking lake', particularly the way the window of the hide has been used as a frame but leaving just a hint of detail inside of the side. Interesting the way the whole emphasis is on horizontals (sort of!) and long, stretched blocks of colour. Almost verging on the abstract...

I thought the starkness of 'gentle wind' had an appeal but IMHO, it would work better as a monochrome image. The blue of the sky is possibly a bit of a distraction.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Trip photo.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g33/refreshment_66/be8b8063.jpg

 

[Vintage Paw]

last night i was looking at a photoblog of a lady who posts up a picture a day from her daily walk - i forget the name of the site

Diane Varner? http://www.dianevarner.com/

Very nice shots.

 

[portman]

Rural delights...not!

Taken on a stroll through what passes for countryside on the Essex bank of the Thames estuary...

http://daveamis.freeservers.com/close_up_of_grid.html

Originally shot in colour but converted into b/w in Photoshop - minimal tweaking to bump up the tonal contrast, then dumped the colour...

All comments welcome.

Cheers,
Dave

 

[Vintage Paw]

Taken on a stroll through what passes for countryside on the Essex bank of the Thames estuary...

http://daveamis.freeservers.com/close_up_of_grid.html

Originally shot in colour but converted into b/w in Photoshop - minimal tweaking to bump up the tonal contrast, then dumped the colour...

All comments welcome.

Cheers,
Dave

I like the composition - definitely a go-er in b/w. I would have prefered shallower deapth of field - with the focus either on the front pylon or the next one, with the others out of focus - I think it would have made a stronger shot. Very nice though.

 

[dlx1]

Vintage Paw

dianevarner.com

.

thanks for posting url. V Sharp images

still saving for D50 not long now £320 in envelope

 

[Ravzila]

What do you fine fellows think of this long exposure effort?

 

[Firky]

What do you fine fellows think of this long exposure effort?

Not bad, I'd of put the smooth cobbles sweeping into the bottom right and tried to of removed the lights on the right too, perhaps a little more DoF.

Here's a long exposure I did tonight... may enter it in the photocomp, I dunno.

 

[Ravzila]

Not bad, I'd of put the smooth cobbles sweeping into the bottom right and tried to of removed the lights on the right too, perhaps a little more DoF.

Here's a long exposure I did tonight... may enter it in the photocomp, I dunno.

This must have been really long as the clouds have gone all movey! Looks cool.

 

[kropotkin]

Don't know if this is too pretentious or not...

 

[Firky]

This must have been really long as the clouds have gone all movey! Looks cool.

about 40 seconds iirc

 

[ddraig]

looks like a candidate for flyer/tune cover

why's that pretentious k?

 

[Firky]

does look like flyer material, never thought of that.

Seconded, I don't think it is pretentious - a bit boring imho but not pretentious.

 

[Firky]

 

[portman]

A year on the Warren...

Just one shot in a year long project looking at the changes on a nature reserve as the seasons pass by...

http://daveamis.freeservers.com/PR200806_07BW.html

This was shot in colour with a minimal amount of tweaking to the tonal values and contrast before conversion to monochrme.

Cheers,
Dave

 

[H.Dot]

a familiar subject, but I think it has a 1960s feel (despite being from the early 1990s):
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j58/the947/arch.jpg

south Glasgow (but I think it looks like south London ):
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j58/the947/small-southside.jpg

an early 1990s view of the City: http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j58/the947/city.jpg

Senate House: http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j58/the947/85dc05fe.jpg

another City view: http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j58/the947/citycolour.jpg




(© h.dot 1990-2006, but you can do what you like with them lol)

 

[H.Dot]

This must have been really long as the clouds have gone all movey! Looks cool.

that would make a good record/CD cover

 

[Louloubelle]

Trip photo.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g33/refreshment_66/be8b8063.jpg

I like that, quite a good photo I think

One thing I notice in it is that there are ladders and railings.

Whenever I see ladders or railings I want to get right up close to them and take a photo that emphasises the sense of perspective by showing how the railings or steps disapear off into the distance

I've tried to do that with these photos, hopefully it'll show what I mean

blue dumbells

dream number 47471a

Obviously I've played around with these in photoshop

You might not want to do this of course, but I just couldn't look at a machine like the one you've photographed without trying to get right up to the ladders and see what it looked like from that perspective

 

[Louloubelle]

a familiar subject, but I think it has a 1960s feel (despite being from the early 1990s):
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j58/the947/arch.jpg

south Glasgow (but I think it looks like south London ):
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j58/the947/small-southside.jpg

an early 1990s view of the City: http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j58/the947/city.jpg

Senate House: http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j58/the947/85dc05fe.jpg

another City view: http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j58/the947/citycolour.jpg




(© h.dot 1990-2006, but you can do what you like with them lol)

I like those, especially the black and white ones.

They do look very 1960s don't they?
How did you manage that, is it some special 1960s filter or something?

 

[Louloubelle]

I really like this one a lot

I like the contrast between the blue and the red, the sharp and the soft, the linear and the curved.

Quite a sexy picture in a way, it has an exciting combination of male and female elements

*sorry, can't help my freudian influenced training lol*

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I like that, quite a good photo I think

One thing I notice in it is that there are ladders and railings.

Whenever I see ladders or railings I want to get right up close to them and take a photo that emphasises the sense of perspective by showing how the railings or steps disapear off into the distance

I've tried to do that with these photos, hopefully it'll show what I mean

blue dumbells

dream number 47471a

Obviously I've played around with these in photoshop

You might not want to do this of course, but I just couldn't look at a machine like the one you've photographed without trying to get right up to the ladders and see what it looked like from that perspective

I llike both of those. Sometime colour addition can be really over the top, but these work, imo. The good thing about the dumbbells, is that it takes an ordinary scene, and invests it with almost a supernatural feeling.

 

[Louloubelle]

I llike both of those. Sometime colour addition can be really over the top, but these work, imo. The good thing about the dumbbells, is that it takes an ordinary scene, and invests it with almost a supernatural feeling.

Thanks
To be honest I'm not 100% happy with the colour in the dumbells, but I'm just playing around with learning about channel mixing on PS2 so am allowing myself some outrageously loud colours

Where is that (I assume it's some kind of cable car thing) that you photographed?

Is it near to you? Is it something you can get close to or only from a distance?

It's the sort of structure that would have me excitedly climbing all over it with a camera if it was anywhere near me.

A big house near to me collapsed the other day. It is an amazing looking thing now as you can see right through the windows all the way through to the other side. I was going to photograph it the day it happened but it was a bit dark and there were police and ambulances there and the next day there were hoardings up all round it.

I might see if I can just sneak past the hoardings (obviously I'll keep safe and not actually touch or go into the building) and see if I can get a decent photo.

For some reason, at the moment, I just keep on seeing cool stuff to photograph and I'm finding it very exciting.

 

[portman]

dream number 47471a

Obviously I've played around with these in photoshop

I really liked this one - and I don't normally go for images that have had a lot of Photoshop work done to them. However, with this one, you've got it spot on. It conveys a strange, dreamlike atmosphere with just a hint of underlying unease to it. Just out of interest, where was it taken? For some strange reason, Holland Park springs to mind but I could be way off...

Cheers,
Dave