Photography post - Alin Popescu - Updated 06 sept

[alithenake]

Hi there,

This is some of my "work"... I am not a professional photographer (as you can see from the pics) but I am confident with my results. So, what do you think?
I use a Nikon CoolPix 880 digital camera.

Regards,
Alithenake


New in town (One of the Mobile operators building):
http://www.nake.as.ro/Connex-building.jpg

It's too late:
http://www.nake.as.ro/Too-late.jpg

Little monster:
http://www.nake.as.ro/Little-monster.jpg

[alithenake]

Alot of views, but no comment... please people, tell me what is wrong and what is good

Regards

[alithenake]

Here are some other pictures

Close to the sun
http://www.nake.as.ro/Close-to-the-sun.jpg

As I see
http://www.nake.as.ro/As-I-see.jpg

Self portrait
http://www.nake.as.ro/Selfportrait.jpg


Regards

[alithenake]

I hope now to get some comments

Greenfield
http://www.nake.as.ro/Greenfield.jpg

Eating Butterfly
http://www.nake.as.ro/Eating-ButterFly.jpg

Commercial
http://www.nake.as.ro/Metaxa.jpg

[I.was.ink]

Very dramatic!

I like the insects a lot! ;)

[andreasrocha]

You must be patient with the comments. This photography section isn't so well known yet.
You got some great photos here. The fly is amazing. My favorite is "Commercial"...but it would look nicer even without the lettering. Perhaps, erasing it with Photoshop would do the trick. Great pics overall.

[alithenake]

I also like Commercial very much. But regarding photoshop.. I am not so good at it, so if you like, fell free to modify the picture and post it. If any help, I can send you the original one (2048x1536 resolution). And maybe you can remove my fingerprints from the glass (i hate those and didn't see them until now)

Regards

PS: just came out from the seaside and have some pics to post... soon

[alithenake]

I was in a hurry at the seaside and took some pictures (all on full auto and thus not so great)

But they came out pretty good (I must admire the camera capabilities on full auto: it is one of the greatest I ever seen)

Look at me
http://www.nake.as.ro/Look-at-me.jpg

Fake sun
http://www.nake.as.ro/Fake-sun.jpg

Digit-all
http://www.nake.as.ro/Digit-all.jpg

[alithenake]

The 4 towers
http://www.nake.as.ro//The-4-towers.jpg

The Rectorate
http://www.nake.as.ro/The-rectorate.jpg

To pass or not to pass
http://www.nake.as.ro/To-pass-or-not-to-pass.jpg

Waiting for the tram
http://www.nake.as.ro/Waiting-for-the-tram.jpg

[Deco]

Great shots Alithenake!
I'm not professional photographer and my opinion haven't authority
but I think your work is wonderful! :)
"It's too late","Greenfield" & "Little monster" are awesome and
"Digit-all" is my favourite! :) Post more!

[alithenake]

Angels
http://www.nake.as.ro/Angels.jpg

Hacker
http://www.nake.as.ro/Hacker.jpg


Not so great, but lack of creative inspiration :)

[alithenake]

Mirror poster
http://www.nake.as.ro/Mirror-poster.jpg

[dem0n]

the insects are really nice, especially the fly.
I'm don't know shit about photography but I like your stuff.

[krispee]

hey dude, great work.....in the angels pic, are they real cloud formations?
very impressed all round.....keep it up, and don`t worry, people will see your work......
it`s always a matter of time

i use my fuji on full auto as well and it works great.......do you use photoshop to alter much or not?

krispee

[alithenake]

I have used alot Ulead photoimpact so Photoshop is not on my taste... but yes, the Angels photo was altered a little in PS... the clouds were in that position and form/color... I only used liquify tool to pull those wings a little. Otherwise no modification in other pictures (excepting frame and crop/resize)

Thanks you for your comments
Ali the Nake

[alithenake]

Here it is one of the above picture made of thousands of smaller pictures (all made by me ;)

Download the picture to your PC and use a image viewer like ACDSee to view different zoom levels... all zoomed out is the girl, all zoomed in are the component pictures :)

I like the ideea... it took almost 3h to generate it... and btw, sorry for the huge size (shouldn't be a problem on broadband :p )

http://www.nake.as.ro/mosaic/Maimutzica-cu-cercei.jpg

[mickhawkes]

Hi

I hope you don't mind, but Ithought I'd have a go with this pic of yours
I think most of the finger prints have gone and I took out the writing

Mick www.artist.rapidial.co.uk
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v459/mickhawkes/commercial.jpg

[alithenake]

Please, can u tell me how u did it? I am an absolute begginer in PS...

Regards

[alithenake]

Pick me!
http://www.nake.as.ro/Pick-me.jpg

Arachnophobia
http://www.nake.as.ro/Arachnophobia.jpg

Arachnophobia 2
http://www.nake.as.ro/Arachnophobia-2.jpg

[mickhawkes]

Hi
I used Photoshop 7,
1. select “Image”
2. drop down to “Image size” and click
3. in “resolution” change the setting to 300 dpi, this means you can zoom up the image without it looking pixalated
4. with zoom tool, zoom in to the area you want to work on
5. then find the clone stamp tool, select suitable brush size
6. place the tool next to a blemish you wish to remove, press and hold “Alt” key and left click, this selects a piece of image that you can now paint over the blemish with, the tool follows your painting moves, so you may have to
reselect the tool several times
7. To remove any sharp edges of alteration, select the
“Healing tool brush” adjust the brush size to suit and
paint across the edited parts, this blends and smooth’s the look.

Good luck :confident

Mick

[alithenake]

also thanks for the DPI tip... I thought it cannot be done

regards

[mickhawkes]

Thats ok
Glad to help
I love some of your pics, perhaps you'll checkout some of my work at the link
below

Mick

[alithenake]

what may be the problem?

[brkofdon]

hey nice photos! its cool i just ordered a nikon coolpix 4300! cool that your using another coolpix seems like they work pretty well. plus your able to get pretty close to objects which is a plus! im excited to get my camera now!!!

!cheers!

[alithenake]

Returning from the mountains.. by train... pretty boring. But nice pictures. First B&W try...

Are we there yet?
http://www.nake.as.ro/Are-we-there-yet.jpg

More to come ;)
PS: BTW this is me

And this is my girl...

Not again
http://www.nake.as.ro/Not-again.jpg

And her younger sister

Dreaming
http://www.nake.as.ro/Dreaming.jpg

[JAUrrutia9]

Dude mad props on the "are we there yet?" picture. Nicely done sir.

[alithenake]

"mad props" ??!!! what does that mean? (I'm not so good at slang ;)

[alithenake]

Here is what I have tried with one black & white picture of mine. comments pls

Concept
http://www.nake.as.ro/Are-we-there-yet-burned.jpg

PS: the writing there is a texture taken from the internet. I think it is a page from the Coran (or Koran) and have no ideea what's saying there.

[Drawing Flies]

A lot of truly amazing work in there. Nice

[alithenake]

Sorry for not posting for such a long time... but i've been very busy with work... but time for photos I still had, so, here are some photographs made in my one week vacation to greece.

Misty sunset on the Eagean Sea
http://www.nake.as.ro/mysty-sunset.jpg

Old eating room at a monk monastery
http://www.nake.as.ro/old-eating-room.jpg

Dead monks (they have all eaten in the previuos place :) )
http://www.nake.as.ro/dead-monks.jpg

And this is where they lived - Big Meteora
http://www.nake.as.ro/meteora.jpg

Another view - Big Meteora
http://www.nake.as.ro/meteora-high.jpg

And a very beautifull Ad on a cafe - Skiathos Island
http://www.nake.as.ro/Ad-at-Skiathos-Island.jpg

[mollyduker]

The dead monk picture is awesome. The colors make it creepy... its cool. And the Ad on the Café the vibrant colors are awesome and I like the bush in the corner, it really adds to the picture. Nice work!

[alithenake]

yeah... it was also pretty creppy to shoot that with the dead monks. I had to put my hand and camera through some steel bars inside a small room, full of bones.... yuck.. but the result was very nice...

Here I put some nature study:

Guess what? Part of a tree - Nature amaze me every day
http://www.nake.as.ro/interesting-wood.jpg

I don't know the name of this "beast" in english
http://www.nake.as.ro/mama-omida.jpg

thank you for all the comments.. keep them going

[alithenake]

And the last post for today (I hope so :)

Roller Girl
http://www.nake.as.ro/roller-girl.jpg

[tgfx]

Hey man you do some great work dude. Love the shot of the insects. How do you do it man? Do you bribe them with $$....lol

anyway i like your work.

[Wolf]

Wow, those shots of the insects and plants are stunning. That extremely up-close (for lack of a better adjective) is one of my favorite types of photography, and one that I use often. Do you have any type of special lens?

[alithenake]

Tgfx - I don't bribe them... I only give them a drink.. lol... just kidding

Wolf - no special lens 'cause I don't have yet a SLR digital camera. I only use a Nikon Coolpix 880, which is very good at macro modes (almost all nikon coolpix cameras are very good at that)

check out my website for more interesting (i hope) photos. updated montly.

regards and thanks for the comments...

[alithenake]

Go, Go, Go ... Kart
http://www.nake.as.ro/goKart.jpg - posted like this because of the size

[alithenake]

How many figures can u see?
http://www.nake.as.ro/bizzare-faces.jpg

ps: please don't tell me there is a genital in the pic, 'cause I know... even male genital if you look deeper :)

[alithenake]

And some autumn pics:

Climb 2 top
http://www.nake.as.ro/climb2top.jpg

Composition
http://www.nake.as.ro/castaniu.jpg

[alithenake]

Natural Reservation of Balea Lake, Fagaras Mountains, Romania

Photo (http://www.popescoo.net/alin/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=67&g2_serialNumber=2)

[ShadeOfDawn]

the name of that "beast" in english is caterpillar

i'm envious of the macro abilities of your camera, and your abilities to capture the bugs so still.

i think climb 2 top is your best photo. The composition and focus are really good and its a macro shot.

i find it funny that the only type of spider i've gotten a picture of, you also have:

http://www.nake.as.ro/Arachnophobia-2.jpg


mine:
(i dont usually like posting photos in other peoples threads)
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a264/Shade17/Spider1.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a264/Shade17/Spider3.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a264/Shade17/Spider4.jpg

[modern]

you have some good pictures in here i like alot of them. and is The Rectorate abandoned? and if so where might it be?

-gar

[alithenake]

The rectorate is not abandoned at all. It's my university central "bureau". It located in Bucharest, Romania. The university it's a politechnic one.

[steak-tron]

wow great shots ali :)

[piotrpociecha]

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