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[spoonfruit]

Hello all,
I'm new to photography and thought I'd start a scrapbook. I actually plan on doing illustration for a proffesion but I just love to take pictures....so.....here are some.

Sony A-100

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6.This was taken when I had some satanic piece o dust on my CCD...and in a moving car...


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[spoonfruit]

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[spoonfruit]

Let me know if some of these/ all of the 2nd post pictures don't show up on your computer.....they don't on mine and I have no idea what's wrong....

[VenomVindicta]

They all show up fine on mine (:

#9 is very good, i like it (:

Also # 12.. I don't know what it is, but i like it alot

Nice work, keep posting x

Venom.

[purplerose]

Nice work in 1, 2 & 12.

Lots of potential, keep at it.

[spoonfruit]

Thanks everybody!!! I'll be sure to post more as soon as I get some more stuff...

[pernille]

number 15 is my favorite. the feet look dirty and gross and it makes it very real and nice. I think anyway.
But its good you're trying lots of different things, so keep it up.

[Jofx]

14 has an amazing contrast. but i like the coours in 17 a lot better.
nice work!

[spoonfruit]

Thanks a lot guys!! Speaking of contrast, does anyone know anything about HDR shooting....or how it's done or something?

[carolupus]

some new cameras have a built-in hdr function. I usually use the exposure autobracketing feature of my camera with 3-5 pictures, and then the automate to hdr function in photoshop cs2 or 3. haven't had any totally breathtaking experiences with that though...
some of my hdr pix can be found here (the crystals and the mountains, marked with 'hdr'):
http://www.photographymob.org/forums...read.php?t=302
http://www.photographymob.org/forums...read.php?t=318

[purplerose]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tut...amic-range.htm

Those are the two links that have helped me out a bit for my own ventures into HDR.

Also, just browse around the net, especially Flickr.

[spoonfruit]

Thanks a bunch!! I'll look into it more when I have the time.

[spoonfruit]

Hey everybody! Sorry for the delay in posts.....but I have a few more!!! Sorry about the two blue sky shots having dust on them....Here you go...

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[spoonfruit]

I went out today.........I love nature...


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[purplerose]

Really nice capture of light in #23. I love the yellows in #29.

I think square crops on 23 and 26 would help them stand out more. Tighter crops would benefit 27 & 29 as well.

Nice update.

[Disruption]

Dang sam, cool new posts

My favorites are 23, 28, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39...they be so good....and what exactly is in 38?

[spoonfruit]

Well....after a long while of not having a card adaptor, DO I HAVE AN UPLOAD FOR YOU!!! This post will start out with outside pictures then school pictures then finally some I will take the time to explain. The last group is with my grandpa who is an EXORBITANTLY good pilot. He has over 27000 hrs. of flying time, lives on an air ranch in Florida, and owns a WWII trainer...the AT-6 Texan. So he took me up to do areobatics (which I do almost every year) and this time I decided that I would bring my ever trusty camera along!! So that group is for you to see what it looks like upside down, vertical, perpindicular, and so on in an airplane (The angle of the camera in the airplane were not exaggerated in any way, it was held out completely straight from my eye, no tilting involved....which hard under all those G's )......So....Here we go....

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[spoonfruit]

photobucket sucks...I rotate the image and save....and even resize it, but it sometimes just randomly decides to not show up on the forums...sorry. Number 55 should be rotated 90 deg. left and 56 should be 90 deg right.

[purplerose]

I like the tones in #52.

Really cool capture in #54.

for future photos, I would suggest to work on the contrast in your B/W photos more. Make sure you work with that focusing as well. Keep posting.

[spoonfruit]

Thanks rose!! Would you mind givin some tips on contrast? That would be cool, because I'm definitely bumfuzzled about that myself. Anyway...here are some more shots!

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[purplerose]

Nice work with #82. Makes for a great abstract.

Here is a good read on contrast:Click me

[spoonfruit]

Thanks again rose!!! You're a thread saver!! Really appreciate the contrast stuff you put up! But when I post on the scrapbook, I don't do any editing to my pictures. The only editing I've done on here is rotate and I've done one crop. But those tips will definitely come in handy!

[spoonfruit]

Here's some mo'........mainly some modern macro stuff that I did with my cheapo macro filters that I just got. I think they work fine for what I'm after. Lookin forward to your replies!!

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[Stuckinaboxthere]

83 looks alot less clean on my comp then it did on your lcd screen

[purplerose]

90 is pretty nice. Would work more on the contrast by brightening the highlights (and maybe mid-tones) a bit.

98 is cool as well. Maybe try the shot again and experiment with different compositions.

[spoonfruit]

I would definitely take that leaf one again, but the leaf was there for like 2 seconds. I saw it and thought...."That leaf's kinda cool"....snap...walk away, sorry. And another thing, is it common for people to use photoshop on their scrapbook? Because whenever you (rose) say to try something on my photos I would like to do it, but I don't have photoshop and I can't download something free because this isn't my computer. So I'm terribly sorry if it seems that I ignore your requests...

[purplerose]

I think this program is free: http://www.gimp.org/

[Stuckinaboxthere]

104 and 100 are my fav...by the way, you were on Mitchell's profile putting those pics down

[spoonfruit]

Ok...finally got around to photoshopin...WOO!! From the black and white wall shot down (except for the last one) are my first attempts at some hdr stuff. The last one is a self portrait...lemme know what you think.

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[Grumbledook]

I hope you didn't add that lens flair on the car ;]

like the 3 after that though