GKPE: Serious Photography Thread

[akiwi]

Have a shooting tonight... Should be fun. With makeup artist and costumes.

[Mark Vuleta]

I love heights.

Haa, it's not so much the height, its the falling through the fragile fibrolite Super Six roofing that's the issue.

[weka2000]

Haa, it's not so much the height, its the falling through the fragile fibrolite Super Six roofing that's the issue.
Try painting glasshouses with home made scaffold :lol:

[Mark Vuleta]

Try painting glasshouses with home made scaffold :lol:


Certainly not my cup of tea!!, I've got a mate that used to maintain the old style glasshouses, had hundreds of cuts, mostly fairly tame but some pretty bad ones as well. NOT FOR ME!!

[Nzshrimper]

my glasshouse needs a paint... i have the paint but have yet to get around to do it...


i also cant decide whether i paint the inside of the glass or the outside...

[joeseph]

random picture time:
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[Wazza]

10D? That's ancient. Is it IR?

Very cold looking, I like it

[manipula]

Quite like that Mr Joeseph-san. The lines from the pylons work well, though the mountain peak appears a bit soft. Cool colours too.

[joeseph]

10D? That's ancient. Is it IR?

Very cold looking, I like it
thks - 10D with R72 Hoya instead of a Canon hot-morror... ;)

Quite like that Mr Joeseph-san. The lines from the pylons work well, though the mountain peak appears a bit soft. Cool colours too.
cheers - the softness is probably not enough apeture, I've been a bit reluctant to go much above f/8 as the "sensor dust" effect gets harder & harder to clone out... guess i could always use tripod & multiple exposure/stack images.

[akiwi]

I like the use of the pylons in the image. It is often a pain in the @ss to get a devent picture without them somewhere ruining the landscape

[Cyborg Death Ninja]

Not too sure what people will think of these.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f396/The_Manager/IMG_0145_edited-1.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f396/The_Manager/IMG_0143_edited-1.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f396/The_Manager/IMG_0147_edited-1.jpg

[Cyborg Death Ninja]

Nice - I grew up out that way. :)
So did I. I spent a huge amount of time on that very beach while I should have been at school.

[weka2000]

What are they?

[manipula]

What are they?

Surely that doesn't matter. As I see it (and I may be wrong) the images are there as they are to create graphical shapes, not to tell you about the objects.

I quite like them, though I think the exposures of sky against the objects is difficult and although you've done a pretty damned good job, it's missing that last 5% due to that exposure stuff.

[Cyborg Death Ninja]

It's a sculpture in the auckland domain.

[Cyborg Death Ninja]

Surely that doesn't matter. As I see it (and I may be wrong) the images are there as they are to create graphical shapes, not to tell you about the objects.

I quite like them, though I think the exposures of sky against the objects is difficult and although you've done a pretty damned good job, it's missing that last 5% due to that exposure stuff.
Thanks manip, that's pretty much bang on my thoughts! Thanks for the compliment too.

[Sancho]

One from my most recent band shoot ..

http://www.lightwork.co.nz/photos/people/ashei/5.jpg

[akiwi]

I do find those outdoor with a sofa photos to be pretty cool.

[joeseph]

I do find those outdoor with a sofa photos to be pretty cool.

best i could do today is a park bench. And even then it would've been better if someone had been sleeping on it...

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[NordieBoy]

best i could do today is a park bench. And even then it would've been better if someone had been sleeping on it...

Winter in infrared land.

[akiwi]

best i could do today is a park bench. And even then it would've been better if someone had been sleeping on it...

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That looks so like frost!

[Wazza]

That's fantastic Duncan. I'd like to see that camera up close when I drop by for a few months over summer :)

[joeseph]

cheers - Raw file here (http://joebloggs.servebeer.com/odd_files/CRW_5673.CRW) if anyone want's to have a fiddle (and can put up with 128K upload speed)

[S-S]

i love that ir stuff - do the shots surprise you with how they come out? like which trees are lightest etc? or are you used to it now?

[joeseph]

i love that ir stuff - do the shots surprise you with how they come out? like which trees are lightest etc? or are you used to it now?
It's all a lucky-dip really, guess if I had a background in botany I might be able to remember what amount of IR reflection each type has - sadly, they're just all "trees" to me... :p

[joeseph]

more "trees"... ;)

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and the odd fish.

[lance v]

more "trees"... ;)

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and the odd fish.

Cool! i really like these. Wudnt mind geting it done if i had a spare camera...

[tongmaster]

Forgive the double posting but I would like critical feedback on this photograph. I am keen to learn how to do it better.

I sometimes have difficulty separating the feelings generated at the time, which were of having a really nice time; the 360 degree experience, which was stunning; versus the image captured.

I printed it out on A4 and IMHO it looks very nice.

So criticism please: what is good about it, what is wrong with it, how could it be improved.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3028/2981050498_ff610646d7_o.jpg

[lil_miss]

I actually really like it :) sorry thats not very critical :P

[weka2000]

I would have like to seen it in landscape mode or as a pano

[scotttnz]

I like it just the way it is.....very simple and peacefull feeling.

[manipula]

Forgive the double posting but I would like critical feedback on this photograph. I am keen to learn how to do it better.

I sometimes have difficulty separating the feelings generated at the time, which were of having a really nice time; the 360 degree experience, which was stunning; versus the image captured.

I printed it out on A4 and IMHO it looks very nice.

So criticism please: what is good about it, what is wrong with it, how could it be improved.

Personally Bruce, I think this is some of your more adventurous work. It's playing with ideas in composition and structure more than you normally do, and daring to rely on simple, graphical shapes more than you normally would. Whilst it isn't groundbreaking photography, it's brave to take something which is so empty and whose strength relies on simple blocks of contrasting but complimenting colours.

Personally I think the tight crop and orientation is a good thing. I would rather see it tighter almost, but I guess you'd lose some of those blocks of colour. I think maybe the clever bit is the use of compression of perspective (using a relatively long focal length at a guess). I think maybe it could have been improved further by making that effect stronger, which would mean being stood further away and shooting the same scene using a longer lens, which I'd take a wild guess wasn't practical.

Personally I'd have been adding a hint of vignetting maybe in the PP, and possibly trying a bit of desaturation. I'm not sure that would look good or not though. It's a good shot Bruce. :)

[akiwi]

I like it too.
As Dave sais, it is a photo of nothing in particular, but the use of blocks of colour add to the graphical impact of the picture.
I do find my eyes wandering around looking for something to focus on though.
Maybe next time take a naked model and lay her on the grass on a large red piece of material on the bottom right of the picture ;)

[tongmaster]

I like it too.
As Dave sais, it is a photo of nothing in particular, but the use of blocks of colour add to the graphical impact of the picture.
I do find my eyes wandering around looking for something to focus on though.
Maybe next time take a naked model and lay her on the grass on a large red piece of material on the bottom right of the picture ;)
Maybe a red couch...

[manipula]

:lol: Here we go! 8)

[arbnz]

Hi all,
Went out Goat shooting with a couple of matess out the back of Karori yesterday and took a few photos, mostly postcard photos. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

Bumped into this guy on our way out, classic old school Farmer, oilskins, stock whip and horse.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r85/arbnz/Wellington%20Photography/AIMG_2425copy.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r85/arbnz/Wellington%20Photography/BIMG_2424copy.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r85/arbnz/Wellington%20Photography/IMG_2428copy.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r85/arbnz/Wellington%20Photography/IMG_2449copy.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r85/arbnz/Wellington%20Photography/IMG_2452copy.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r85/arbnz/Wellington%20Photography/IMG_2438copy.jpg

[S-S]

more "trees"... ;)
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and the odd fish.

lol! look how bright those water plants are - i know that pond lol, they look awesome in visible light too
great shot

Forgive the double posting but I would like critical feedback on this photograph. I am keen to learn how to do it better.

I sometimes have difficulty separating the feelings generated at the time, which were of having a really nice time; the 360 degree experience, which was stunning; versus the image captured.

I printed it out on A4 and IMHO it looks very nice.

So criticism please: what is good about it, what is wrong with it, how could it be improved.



i love the sense of scale & tranquility - its a very subtle photo but well done

Hi all,
Went out Goat shooting with a couple of matess out the back of Karori yesterday and took a few photos, mostly postcard photos. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

Bumped into this guy on our way out, classic old school Farmer, oilskins, stock whip and horse.


real kiwiana country shots, i like

[Tareq]

My ticket was booked and confirmed:

11 Nov 2008 ---> Dubai to Christchurch via Singapore, will arrive NZ in 13 Nov 2008.
I hope it will not be very busy there so i can find cheaper accommodations and i hope the transports are good as well to move around.

Hope to meet one of POTNers there, at least once in my life. :-)

[manipula]

You've got Chris (NZShrimper) and Mark (Sancho) in Chch. Both are pretty cool guys. If Chris says he'll take you for a beer, decline politely or you'll end up stewed in a bar or a strip club. ;)

Good luck with the travels and photography on the South Island. I've a sneaky suspicion you'll love it! :)

[Nzshrimper]

If Chris says he'll take you for a beer, decline politely or you'll end up stewed in a bar or a strip club. ;)

hey!, what? me! - i did nothing....

[Nzshrimper]

My ticket was booked and confirmed:

11 Nov 2008 ---> Dubai to Christchurch via Singapore, will arrive NZ in 13 Nov 2008.
I hope it will not be very busy there so i can find cheaper accommodations and i hope the transports are good as well to move around.

Hope to meet one of POTNers there, at least once in my life. :-)

ouch show week it will be very busy !!

what type of accommodation are you looking for ? i have one or two contacts in the accommodation front...

[Tareq]

You've got Chris (NZShrimper) and Mark (Sancho) in Chch. Both are pretty cool guys. If Chris says he'll take you for a beer, decline politely or you'll end up stewed in a bar or a strip club. ;)

Good luck with the travels and photography on the South Island. I've a sneaky suspicion you'll love it! :)

hehehe, in fact i must decline [Politely] because i am a muslim guy and i don't drink alcohol or beer and so, not even going to bars, so don't worry ;):D
I am sure i will love the places there, thats why i booked longer for there, i never traveled for longer than 2 weeks since 2006 yet.

ouch show week it will be very busy !!

what type of accommodation are you looking for ? i have one or two contacts in the accommodation front...

Thanks!

Any type of accommodation will be fine, just i want to be sure i have a shower in the room, and i wish to have queen size bed, thats all what i need, when i planned for Australia and called some agencies there some of them recommended me to choose backpackers because i will go out all the time for shooting, choosing an expensive hotels while i don't spend my time in hotel will be wasting money and then i can't move more due to low budget and saving for hotels then, and the most important, it should be safe and secure for bags and gear and any important documents if so.

[akiwi]

hehehe, in fact i must decline [Politely] because i am a muslim guy and i don't drink alcohol or beer and so, not even going to bars, so don't worry ;):D..........
Glad you differentiated between those two.
Infact two completely different things ;)

[Tareq]

Glad you differentiated between those two.
Infact two completely different things ;)

I know about that even it is not my cup of tea :lol:;)