Honolulu POTN Hale

Samanax wrote in post #5761621
You seem to mention that a lot...makes me wonder what you're really like in person.

Chris

Ainoko wrote in post #5761659
Just a reminder to everyone, in case you weren't aware:

This Sunday June 22nd at Bellows is the POTN BBQ.

More info here https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=513833

tiarehi wrote in post #5761807
He is one of the kine...



Also, a reminder since we have a few coming in the afternoon, would we have enough drinks or food for lunch? We need to resolve that otherwise we will be starving and too thirsty to take pix lol...

Samanax wrote in post #5761453
Last night I was going over the pictures I've taken with my XTi. I got the XTi last December and started shooting in JPEG at first. I eventually switched to shooting RAW and became happier with the image quality of my pictures.

I recently picked up the EF 28-135mm IS USM lens and became even more happy because I didn't have to only rely on my kits lens anymore. This lens captures pretty sharp images and the IS is really great...I have less blurry shots now.

Then I picked up a EF-S 17-55mm IS USM lens and became even happier. This lens really captures sharp images with nicer color and contrast. And of course the IS is making blurry shots less of a problem for me now.

So I'm looking over my pictures and I notice that some pictures I was happy with before I now notice flaws that I didn't see earlier and I'm not as happy with them now. The pictures I've been taking recently have a totally different look and "feel" to them, not just because of the better lenses but because I'm using the camera differently (not like a point-n-shoot)...I'm not just pointing and shooting, I'm thinking about the shots a bit too.

And guess what? I think I'm actually improving!

I think it's been a combination of learning the controls of my XTi, playing around and trying different things, reading a few photography books, reading lots of threads here at POTN and looking at a lot of posted images (both here and at Flickr). Granted, my pictures aren't award winners or anything, but I do know they're better than before and that makes me very happy right now.

But a big part of my improvement comes from spending time in this thread and seeing the many great pictures taken by the members of the Honolulu POTN Hale. And it was from all the encouragement I got when I was kind of down and lost interest in photography a short while ago. Your kind words kept me from totally losing interest in this hobby and made me want to pick up my camera again.

Of course, new lenses didn't hurt either.

So thank you members of the Honolulu POTN Hale...thank you for being there, thank you for your kind words of encouragement...and thank you for posting such beautiful images that made me want to keep shooting (in hopes that my shots will one day be as nice as yours).

So thanks to everyone in the Honolulu POTN Hale...you're a great bunch of people!

Oh, have fun at this Sunday's meet...I have too much yard work to catch up on (neglected because I was using my XTi instead of my weeder and pruner these past few months).

Chris

Linkzi wrote in post #5757166
I'm starting to get the hang of this fisheye:


I liked the H3 wrap around on the previous pic of Haiku Valley so I reshot at this angle.

Linkzi wrote in post #5761971
Researching is good. Post processing is another phase to maximize your photos, Photoshop is the industry standard. Many websites and youtube tutorials are available. I kept posting stuff and observe what kind of processing gets more attention. Reality photos with color tone will get passed by. Enrich color or creative color will get MUCH more attention.

obycity wrote in post #5763022
Lincoln love this shot. you ever find anything odd when your up on the mountain?

Samanax wrote in post #5762270
Gee, I wish I had extra funds right now...lots of nice lenses on CraigList today...

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L II - $1275

Canon EF 70-200 f/4L IS - $1000

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L - $600

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L MINT - $1100

Chris

PocketNinja wrote in post #5763126
Did a shoot for a local designer today with the help of Ainoko. Here's two pictures.
Unfortunately she didnt want to go with the locations I had in mind and was set on shooting it at UH..