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Went to a local Euro car meet up and tried my hand at shooting cars.

Lambo squad

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Porsche 550 Spyder

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Porsche 550 Spyder

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Ferrari 458 Speciale Aperta

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Still trying to really grasp lightroom and a lot of the techniques and rules to photography. Hard to set time aside to practice between school and work
 
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13821042:iceburg9 said:
Still trying to really grasp lightroom and a lot of the techniques and rules to photography. Hard to set time aside to practice between school and work
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1. boring centre, nice for friend to show of fish but just a snapshot.

2. expose is correct but straight lines are boring, sky is boring, leafless trees look bad.

3. too much noise

4. subject is interesting enough without the light painting which is squiggly as hell, it doesn't ad it detracts, step further back.

5. doggo/10 solid fringe lighting, the best of this set.

6. sky and bag, nothing.

7. what the hell is up with that shitty building sky transition? Did you shop in the sky? it looks horrible.
 
13821974:Laurent. said:
1. boring centre, nice for friend to show of fish but just a snapshot.

2. expose is correct but straight lines are boring, sky is boring, leafless trees look bad.

3. too much noise

4. subject is interesting enough without the light painting which is squiggly as hell, it doesn't ad it detracts, step further back.

5. doggo/10 solid fringe lighting, the best of this set.

6. sky and bag, nothing.

7. what the hell is up with that shitty building sky transition? Did you shop in the sky? it looks horrible.
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Welp I'll just go off myself
 
13821978:iceburg9 said:
Welp I'll just go off myself
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No, need I'm a harsh cunt but I prefer being honest instead of creating a hugbox.

Just take more in consideration when you shoot: composition, light, subject etc..

Read up on stuff (which is boring, I know) and bring it to practise.

Copy what other people do and improve on that.

Look up Lightroom tutorials on youtube.

Set challenges for yourself.

Look at photos from a month ago and critique them as if you were me.
 
So I'm living in Vancouver for the summer. Any recommendations on great places to hike/camp/fish/photograph all of the above? These are from a weekend on van island:
 

Laurent's sandy vagina critique:

1. boring bokeh, centered comp does nothing for me.

2. great location, would prefer a little breathing room on the second to left mountain, it's edging the frame, also would brighting up the shadows a bit.

3. brilliant light, well done, only the composition isn't really working for me but maybe it's because I'm looking at a thumbnail.

4. great location again, good timing on the train, would include the rails to extend to the bottom left corner, gives you some great leading lines, it would give the train more presence.
 
13822334:Laurent. said:
Laurent's sandy vagina critique:

1. boring bokeh, centered comp does nothing for me.

2. great location, would prefer a little breathing room on the second to left mountain, it's edging the frame, also would brighting up the shadows a bit.

3. brilliant light, well done, only the composition isn't really working for me but maybe it's because I'm looking at a thumbnail.

4. great location again, good timing on the train, would include the rails to extend to the bottom left corner, gives you some great leading lines, it would give the train more presence.
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Always appreciated.

1. Agreed, but it's fun to play with a macro lens here and there.

2. I know it's tight. There is limited room to move back and my lens isn't quite wide enough. I need a 10-20mm or something like that.

3. It was a quick 'pull over on the side of the highway' kind of shot, but I still need to work on finding better composition in those moments. The light is incredible though.

4. I like the shot, but the train is a bit too tight in the corner. I pulled up and 2-3 minutes later the train arrived. I would have liked more time to scout and check out different vantage points.
 
13822339:saskskier said:
2. I know it's tight. There is limited room to move back and my lens isn't quite wide enough. I need a 10-20mm or something like that.
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No need for a new lens, just sticht several shots together.

30% overlap, set white balance and everything manual, a nodal point tripod head (or literally two piece of metal with screws) while help greatly to line everything up perfectly.

Current Lightroom and Photoshop are good enough at stitching.
 
And now for me to be scrutinised:

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Nikon F5, 50mm, Ektar 100​
Yashica T3, Gold 200 expired in '04.​
Nikon F, 50mm, Superia 200.​
 
13822348:Laurent. said:
And now for me to be scrutinised:

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Nikon F5, 50mm, Ektar 100​
Yashica T3, Gold 200 expired in '04.​
Nikon F, 50mm, Superia 200.​
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1. Not enough heroine chic women

2. Not enough Tri-X

3. Not enough Art.

4. Not enough pullizers.

6.6/10 because still got contrast.
 
13823644:DingoSean said:
1. Not enough heroine chic women

2. Not enough Tri-X

3. Not enough Art.

4. Not enough pullizers.

6.6/10 because still got contrast.
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Tri-X pushed to 6400 dev'ed in D76, just for you, the heroin chic women are NSFW.

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13822348:Laurent. said:
And now for me to be scrutinised:

[img=]http://i.imgur.com/y1nB01T.jpg[/img]

[img=]http://i.imgur.com/c2ni95N.jpg[/img]

[img=]http://i.imgur.com/cGlsrnI.jpg[/img]

Nikon F5, 50mm, Ektar 100​
Yashica T3, Gold 200 expired in '04.​
Nikon F, 50mm, Superia 200.​
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holy shit dude this set is fantastic
 
13823715:Laurent. said:
Tri-X pushed to 6400 dev'ed in D76, just for you, the heroin chic women are NSFW.

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Fire fire fire. Nice set dude.
 
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Downtown San Diego shot from shelter island.

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Lookout mountain over looking greater Denver.

Still shooting with a Nikon d3300 and editing on Lightroom lol. But I think I'm coming a long way still using the 18-55mm lense. Any critiques help!

also always looking to follow other NSers in Instagram. @frickindarn
 
Just a few from Tofino, BC this summer.

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13832661:frickindarn said:
Fuck dude. I need to get better at landscapes. You have any quick tips homie?
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Good light and good composition.

...ironically, not all of these I posted are well composed haha.
 
13836081:CheddarJack said:
Been doing some hiking around Baker. Just moved to Bellingham a couple weeks ago!
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dope colors. be a little more deliberate about where you frame everything. pay close attention to negative space and clutter and find a balance. keep up with the shooting i bet you're close to some big progression
 
13836530:toast said:
dope colors. be a little more deliberate about where you frame everything. pay close attention to negative space and clutter and find a balance. keep up with the shooting i bet you're close to some big progression
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Thanks man, appreciate it. Definitely have had that in mind too - I'm getting better at critiquing that of my own work but still working on it in the moment. For instance, as soon as I looked at the chairlift shot on my computer I realized how dumb it was to not fully get the chair off the trees. Always a bad feeling what that happens but at least it shows myself I can and am improving
 
13836531:CheddarJack said:
Thanks man, appreciate it. Definitely have had that in mind too - I'm getting better at critiquing that of my own work but still working on it in the moment. For instance, as soon as I looked at the chairlift shot on my computer I realized how dumb it was to not fully get the chair off the trees. Always a bad feeling what that happens but at least it shows myself I can and am improving
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Yeah that shot of the chair in particular would be so banger if the chair was more isolated. Still like the shot though. Keep giviner!
 
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