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[dlx1]

My first steps with photography

1st attempts at photography looking good.

Reflection: you cut the birds head off

 

[chooch]

Nice light on all of them, framing let a couple down, but still ok shots.......

Aye. Well spotted and technically good, but the composition doesn't work for me. The first one is best.

Thought i'd share this one, it's one of my favourites from my trip to India

Aye. Turned out lovely.

 

[Kanda]

1st attempts at photography looking good.

Thanks

Gonna get on the roof at work and try a few things when it gets dark, London Eye etc all visible from there.

 

[Kanda]

More pissing about with new camera around the South Bank last night: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=327045641&size=l

 

[hiccup]

More pissing about with new camera around the South Bank last night: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=327045641&size=l

Very Christmassy. Were you using a tripod, or just very steady hands?

I took this the other day, down beside the Thames at Wapping:

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/826/ladderbl4.jpg

Thought the evening sun brought out some lovely colours.

 

[Kanda]

Very Christmassy. Were you using a tripod, or just very steady hands?

I wedged myself against a post, upon review of last nights photos, I definitely need to buy a tripod!

 

[chooch]

More pissing about with new camera around the South Bank last night: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=327045641&size=l

That´s mighty impressive.

 

[jeff_leigh]

I think i can see what you were trying to do, looks a little over exposed in the white areas, but then again my monitor is shite Maybe you'd have been better taking it slightly lower down and framing the first three 'vases' and going for a more geometric shot using the horizontal lines of each side of the vase to divide the photo up.

I took a similar shot of statues in Cambodia and tried to get too many in the same shot and it didn't really work......

Thanks Barking they're actually Bells though

 

[chooch]

I visited the other half of the Giant's Causeway in the Hebrides, though it was a sunny and beautiful day:

I like the shot of the seats and the green floor.

 

[digitalfrog]

Makeup girls


http://www.pbase.com/digitalfrog/image/59422934.jpg

 

[Kanda]

More spam from me, I'm really enjoying my new hobby

Me and the g/f in The Albert (in the mirror), hip shot, messed about with blurring in photoshop. I think thats Ninja and William behind me.

http://kanda.zenfolio.com/img/p672774628-4.jpg

 

[ashtray]

Makeup girls


http://www.pbase.com/digitalfrog/image/59422934.jpg

That is fantastic!

 

[Structaural]

Makeup girls


http://www.pbase.com/digitalfrog/image/59422934.jpg

You've some great shots on your website... sexy!

 

[alef]

More spam from me, I'm really enjoying my new hobby

Me and the g/f in The Albert (in the mirror), hip shot, messed about with blurring in photoshop. I think thats Ninja and William behind me.

http://kanda.zenfolio.com/img/p672774628-4.jpg

I like the moodiness of the shot, and I always like it when people work with available indoor lighting, never easy.

 

[AndrewNumLock]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/328249716_b0e8cea141.jpg?v=0

Thoughts?

 

[portman]

Four images taken on a walk down to the seawall today. Camera used was a Konica Minolta Dimage. Conditions were still, some cloud and a weak sun that was on the way down. No manipulation at all on the images apart from a very minor correction of a fraction of a degree with the rotation tool to straighten up the horizon. Here they are:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveamis/336356513/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveamis/336356519/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveamis/336356532/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveamis/336356539/

Any comments or constructive criticism welcome. I do intend to do some Photoshop manipulation at a later date so bear in mind these may not be the finished images!

Cheers,
Dave

 

[alef]

Four images taken on a walk down to the seawall today. Camera used was a Konica Minolta Dimage. Conditions were still, some cloud and a weak sun that was on the way down. No manipulation at all on the images apart from a very minor correction of a fraction of a degree with the rotation tool to straighten up the horizon. Here they are:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveamis/336356513/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveamis/336356519/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveamis/336356532/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveamis/336356539/

Any comments or constructive criticism welcome. I do intend to do some Photoshop manipulation at a later date so bear in mind these may not be the finished images!

Cheers,
Dave

The first one stands out, it has a sort of alien landscape quality, plus the nice golden light reflecting. The last one lacks composition and seems rather bland compared to the other three.

 

[portman]

Greenwich...but not as you know it!

The following documentary style shots were taken on a visit to Greenwich today. Rather than do the usual tourist bit (difficult when the Cutty Sark is in bits getting mended!), me and my better half took ourselves off down the riverside path going downstream. Here's the results:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveamis/337667225/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveamis/337667192/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveamis/337667204/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveamis/337667213/

Yes, I know the shot of the front of the Lovell's building has a sodding great lampost in the middle. I don't retouch this kind of thing out and I certainly don't take a saw out on a shoot with me to remove any offending items such as this!!

Any other constructive comments, either here or on Flicker, are more than welcome...

Cheers,
Dave

 

[k_s]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d121/Ghostrevol/morning.jpg

Lake Geneva from the town of Rolle at around 4.30am. Slightly lousy quality as it is a scan of a 35mm print. As always, photoshop was not allowed anywhere near this image.

 

[friedaweed]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d121/Ghostrevol/morning.jpg

Lake Geneva from the town of Rolle at around 4.30am. Slightly lousy quality as it is a scan of a 35mm print. As always, photoshop was not allowed anywhere near this image.

 

[portman]

Some images from a wander around the City of London today - all black and white by the way...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveamis/340017257/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveamis/340017231/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveamis/340017238/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveamis/340017222/

As ever, comments and constructive criticism are welcomed...

Cheers,
Dave

 

[Chorlton]

Some images from a wander around the City of London today - all black and white by the way...
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As ever, comments and constructive criticism are welcomed...

Cheers,
Dave

I like all of those very much, you are clearly not simply desaturating here, but working on the tones and contrast as well?

 

[chriswill]

Just pissing about at home.

 

[portman]

I like all of those very much, you are clearly not simply desaturating here, but working on the tones and contrast as well?

Yes most definitely! There is always some adjustment that is going to be needed but in general it amounts to not much more than a few minutes work. If it takes longer than that, then I haven't taken the photograph right so it gets binned.

 

[Chorlton]

Yes most definitely! There is always some adjustment that is going to be needed but in general it amounts to not much more than a few minutes work. If it takes longer than that, then I haven't taken the photograph right so it gets binned.

well, i like!

E2A

got a couple myself that i wouldn't mind feedback on from urbanites

My God, its Full of Stars

Tram Tower Stretford

Tram Stretford no tower

no tram, no tower and deffo no stretford


all taken in this past coupla days
gracie

 

[Blagsta]

The Strand

Charing Cross Rd

 

[e19896]

all four of them

 

[Stanley Edwards]

all four of them

They look like bad snaps taken by a kid on work experience at the local rag. On a day when there was no news.

Actually, they're far worse than that. It's just another burned out car very badly snapped.

 

[alef]

They look like bad snaps taken by a kid on work experience at the local rag. On a day when there was no news.

Actually, they're far worse than that. It's just another burned out car very badly snapped.

Why don't you tell us what you really think?

 

[alef]

all four of them

If the car is still around I'd suggest trying to photograph it again and play more with the composition and reflection. Perhaps try some tight crops around some of the interesting colour patterns on the car.