Your Best Photography
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PeterWojnar
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Eh, as long as the camera's ok...
Sick dude, I'm stoked for loonie portraits of the homeless and sex trade workers.
Sick dude, I'm stoked for loonie portraits of the homeless and sex trade workers.
IanAvery-Leaf
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Elife
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soooo, I assembled something like a photo essay for an english presentation tomorrow. It's a work in progress but here it is http://www.flickr.com/photos/31482950@N08/sets/72157623578483551/
and some of the photos from today:
and some of the photos from today:
petesguitar1
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@ Salkley - Awesome shots dude - love the last one
@Techyes - post more dude - they are amazing!
@Techyes - post more dude - they are amazing!
the-big-lepowski
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@selkye (maybe not your name, but a few posts up), are those teabags or snus pouches?
PeterWojnar
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I went on a fun little shoot thursday night...
top this, techeyes! haha, your stuff is amazing, dude.
Scope my flickr (curses, there's no down arrow!)
top this, techeyes! haha, your stuff is amazing, dude.
Scope my flickr (curses, there's no down arrow!)
PurpleSkier
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Aenigma
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On the first one I put black calligrapher's ink on the emulsion side, pressed it against a magazine, then pulled it off after a second or so. You can see the texture of the paper and magazine ink along the edges.
For the second I donned long sleeves, safety goggles, chemical gloves, and a bandana over my face and brought out my bottle of 98% sulfuric acid. I painted it on the plastic side of the negative and let it sit for about 45 seconds so the spots where it pooled would pull the surface together into little plastic ridges.
I have more on my http://samreinselphotography.blogspot.com/photo blog (I'm too broke for a website right now)
For the second I donned long sleeves, safety goggles, chemical gloves, and a bandana over my face and brought out my bottle of 98% sulfuric acid. I painted it on the plastic side of the negative and let it sit for about 45 seconds so the spots where it pooled would pull the surface together into little plastic ridges.
I have more on my http://samreinselphotography.blogspot.com/photo blog (I'm too broke for a website right now)
the-big-lepowski
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holy tits thats some of the best non computer fiddled B+W's I've seen in a long time. excellent. what are the titles? mind on fire and crown of thorns?
Aenigma
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I don't have individual titles for any of them yet, but the series is 'What Lies Dormant.' What I'm trying to do is suggest possible physical manifestations of what we suppress and are subverted by, so the interaction of the film plane and the subject are what I'm working with.
Ben.
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First up two sequences. Photos shot by my father, but put together by me. I know they are a little rough, it was really my first time trying anything like this out. If anyone has any tips, itd be greatly appreciated.
This one i thought turned out well, with the exception of the last frame, he had too much spray and i was having trouble blending it.
And this one, me skiing. Again, had a little trouble with all the frames blending together well.
Now on to some other shots i took that i liked.
Snow blowing off the peak.
This one was actually at night, but cloudy. I liked the cat coming across the mountain though.
Some cat shots from the previous night, when it was clear.
Really liked this one
Orion, and some cool cloud colors.
Moonrise, looking like sunrise
And finally this one, unfortunately a little high on the ISO, but i thought it was crazy how it looked almost like daylight. Yay for full moons.
As always, criticism is welcomed. All of these were shot with a point and shoot, cause i cant afford a good DSLR right now.
This one i thought turned out well, with the exception of the last frame, he had too much spray and i was having trouble blending it.
And this one, me skiing. Again, had a little trouble with all the frames blending together well.
Now on to some other shots i took that i liked.
Snow blowing off the peak.
This one was actually at night, but cloudy. I liked the cat coming across the mountain though.
Some cat shots from the previous night, when it was clear.
Really liked this one
Orion, and some cool cloud colors.
Moonrise, looking like sunrise
And finally this one, unfortunately a little high on the ISO, but i thought it was crazy how it looked almost like daylight. Yay for full moons.
As always, criticism is welcomed. All of these were shot with a point and shoot, cause i cant afford a good DSLR right now.
Elife
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petesguitar1
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Some pics I took today...a lot was in areas that were burnt in the NYE bushfires
the-big-lepowski
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nice posts ben, especially the cat ones. sequences will come. I appreciate art so much more now that I take photos and am doing a sculpture class this spring.
as an art thread, please give me feedback on an idea. A barcelonan spanish professor at my school is a bit of a lovable, gruff alcoholic, and he barks like a dog. I'm doing a mixed media portrait of him and a dog, combined. for added texture, I'll be using dinner jacket tweed. what else to do?
and I just realized how many weird threads I made while I was high for 2 weeks. but I still love CFerg.
as an art thread, please give me feedback on an idea. A barcelonan spanish professor at my school is a bit of a lovable, gruff alcoholic, and he barks like a dog. I'm doing a mixed media portrait of him and a dog, combined. for added texture, I'll be using dinner jacket tweed. what else to do?
and I just realized how many weird threads I made while I was high for 2 weeks. but I still love CFerg.
BryantPhoto
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Just a few I like of mine.
This one's hanging in the Dallas Museum of Art
This one's hanging in the Dallas Museum of Art
BryantPhoto
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Thanks man!
Aenigma
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This is why view cameras are awesome.
This was shot at f/5.6, which is equivalent to about f/1.7 on 35mm at the same focal length. With a front tilt I was able to get the stool, her hand, her eyes, and the top of the lights all in focus.
Or for a different effect I can tilt the front standard back for selective focus and do a front swing to get the cord sharp again.
This was shot at f/5.6, which is equivalent to about f/1.7 on 35mm at the same focal length. With a front tilt I was able to get the stool, her hand, her eyes, and the top of the lights all in focus.
Or for a different effect I can tilt the front standard back for selective focus and do a front swing to get the cord sharp again.
Aenigma
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With a view camera you have a front and rear standard, which are what allow you to correct for basically anything. The rear corrects perspective and is where you put the film. If a building is keystoning on the ground glass or a vanishing point is too dramatic (or not enough), you can either tilt or swing to correct it.
The front is what controls the focal plane. With a 35mm or most medium format cameras you are stuck with the film and focal planes running parallel to each other, but with large format you can do whatever with it. The relationship of front movements and the focal plane is explained by the Schiempflug principle:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheimpflug_principleFor example, if I wanted to get everything from 1' in front of the camera out to infinity in focus, I don't have to stop down to f/64 to do it. I can just do a front tilt and, depending on the situation, I could open up several stops and get things even sharper than I could with a vertical focal plane.
I shot both those photos at f/5.6, which at that distance probably only gave me an inch or two of sharpness. Adjustments give a lot of room for bringing something else to a photo, but they also give a hundred new ways to totally screw it up. If you're interested in how large format stuff works, Toyo has brief explanations on movements and their applications here: http://www.toyoview.com/LargeFrmtTech/lgformat.html
The front is what controls the focal plane. With a 35mm or most medium format cameras you are stuck with the film and focal planes running parallel to each other, but with large format you can do whatever with it. The relationship of front movements and the focal plane is explained by the Schiempflug principle:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheimpflug_principleFor example, if I wanted to get everything from 1' in front of the camera out to infinity in focus, I don't have to stop down to f/64 to do it. I can just do a front tilt and, depending on the situation, I could open up several stops and get things even sharper than I could with a vertical focal plane.
I shot both those photos at f/5.6, which at that distance probably only gave me an inch or two of sharpness. Adjustments give a lot of room for bringing something else to a photo, but they also give a hundred new ways to totally screw it up. If you're interested in how large format stuff works, Toyo has brief explanations on movements and their applications here: http://www.toyoview.com/LargeFrmtTech/lgformat.html
