Foon's photo thread

[Foon]

Hey everyone,

I know there's about a million and a half new photo threads so I'm almost reluctant to add another to the pile but I'm gonna do it anyway :devil:

Anyway, these were all taken with a D70 over the past year or so. I'll add more later if you guys like em. I tried to get a good mix of stuff with this first batch.

comments, crits, etc are very welcome!

thanks guys.

1.
http://i.pbase.com/o4/06/537206/1/62088821.Y6js1dBT.DSC_0028final.jpg

2.
http://i.pbase.com/o4/06/537206/1/56381773.DSC_0265.jpg

3.
http://i.pbase.com/o4/06/537206/1/56381770.DSC_0084.jpg

4.
http://i.pbase.com/o5/06/537206/1/68469942.q9VWI7Ll.DSC_00822b.jpg

5.
http://i.pbase.com/o5/06/537206/1/68469936.Gikg1q6R.DSC_0068.jpg

6.
http://i.pbase.com/o5/06/537206/1/68469937.UfPM0Bnb.DSC_0069.jpg

7.
http://k47.pbase.com/v3/06/537206/1/51818849.DSC_0161.jpg

8.
http://i.pbase.com/o4/06/537206/1/55561253.DSC_0011.jpg


Lemme know if these are too big.

[stine]

hey there, and first of all welcome to CA!
that's a really good start of your thread here, i especially like the last one - the color palette is interesting there, i think and the green reflection on the guitar kind of "melts" fore- and background together. dof is very nice there, too.
second favourite is the leaves in the water-pic. it could use slightly more contrast, i think, but other that that i like it a lot.
the first photo is a real eye-catcher and the dark tree stretches very nicely over the whole photo, so composition wise i like that - dunno exactly what distracts me a little about it, maybe it's the harsh white in the sky. anyway, it shows that you know how to set up a photo.
the only ones i can't really connect with are the guy at the damn (that's a funny idea, but the photo looks more like a snapshot) and the buildings. the latter has nice colors and i like the reflection in the windows, but it makes me a little seasick. but i'm just obsessed with straight horizon lines, so that's probably a very personal taste. :)

any reason why you are using various different frames? that's nothing really important, but it just made me wonder...
and: are you shooting in RAW? cause if not, you should definetely give it a try. it's a lot of fun and you can control your pictures way more than in jpg.

would like to see the other photos you "promised", gotta hurry now...

stine

[Foon]

thanks for the reply stine!

yes, I do shoot in RAW. I'd like to have as much control over my photos as I can.

I never thought about it much until now but i kinda agree with you that 3 could use some contrast adjustments.

Maybe I like the picture of my friend at the dam more because of my personal attachment (such a fun day) than it actually being a good photo.

About the frames: it mainly depends on the edges of the photo. I don't like when black or white spots on the edges blend into the border. Having a nice frame that stands out from the picture is pretty important to me. And for the ones that have the double border, I use the thinner line to make border distinct. In #7 for example, the larger black border fits the image much better than a big white one but i need that small white line to separate the border from the image. I'm sure that was more explaining needed but oh well =)

Here's a few more shots.

9.
http://i.pbase.com/o4/06/537206/1/56381769.DSC_0053.jpg

10.
http://i.pbase.com/o4/06/537206/1/62088820.BV0iLESs.DSC_0086.jpg

11.
http://i.pbase.com/o4/06/537206/1/56381777.cassel.jpg

12.
http://i.pbase.com/o4/06/537206/1/56381774.DSC_0297.jpg

13.
http://i.pbase.com/o4/06/537206/1/56381767.DSC_0016.jpg

14.
http://i.pbase.com/o5/06/537206/1/68472975.Q3sOVx8j.DSC_0102.jpg

15.
http://i.pbase.com/o5/06/537206/1/68472980.pd0RmEo6.DSC_0128.jpg

16.
http://i.pbase.com/o5/06/537206/1/68469926.R7Ghy5n6.DSC_0034.jpg

17.
http://i.pbase.com/o5/06/537206/1/68469933.WPQmEswX.DSC_0058.jpg