I've just shared this in current shots, hope it's ok to share it here too
From my trip up Kings Reach Tower in London, a B&W of St. Paul's Cathedral from 31 stories up
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I've just shared this in current shots, hope it's ok to share it here too
From my trip up Kings Reach Tower in London, a B&W of St. Paul's Cathedral from 31 stories up
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-A...47/1920-01.jpg
Taking my first step in street photography...
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Very nice b&w, franco! I love doing street photography but I always feel like a stalker when I do and I still haven't worked up my nerve to ask people if I can take their photo!
Thanks Denise! I love your macro shots, this B&W really adds some mood to it.
Thank you, Franco! I find doing b&w fun but very challenging to get just right!
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IMG_4075 by Denise Trocio, on Flickr
I've found it's much much easier if you can go with someone else.Quote:
Originally Posted by ddt0725
There's also the *I'm pretending to take a really wide angle landscape shot of the sky.... but then I zoom in on your face...* technique :D
Nice shots Ham and Denise.
I'll post that kookaburra again, because it was just so easy to shoot him that day. I'll also include the link to his laugh, just in case you haven't heard a kookaburra, they are like nothing else.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0ZbykXlg6Q
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Kookaburra_2 by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]
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Thats great Steve!
I have only seen one of these birds before and it was in an aviary in a small town near where I went to school. I remember there being a little kid trying to make the call of the bird and eventually the real thing let out its characteristic call. Very neat little critter.
Beautiful b&w, Steve! Thanks for my first laugh of the day (even before I've had my morning coffee) ...not at the photo but at the link you provided! I don't know what was funnier, the bird or watching all three of my dogs sit next to each other and tilt their heads side to side in unison as they listened to this unfamiliar bird!Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve U
Thanks Denise and Dave, it is an iconic sound of the Aussie bush and it does bring a smile when you hear it.
I captured the fractured reflection of the church on the weekend. Not a metaphor for anything, just an image.
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Great capture Steve. LUV IT
Great one, Steve --- very creative, with or without a metaphor..!
Very creatively done, Steve from the capture to the b&w post-processing!
Steve - Really cool shot. There is a lot of detail weaving around in there. It is one of those shots where you look at it, and what comes immediately to your mind is: "That is a cool shot... I wish I had done that".
Nicely done.
Steve that shot was well spotted, very nice.
Steve, that shot is superb and I think a real money maker!
Thank you Denise, here is a fun one from Supanova on the Gold Coast yesterday.
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It's just a flesh wound.
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London Eye and County Hall
Taken on a Midnight walk around London town.
Another shot from Melbourne, my mate Brian.
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Very nicely done, Steve!
A few shots from today in B&W (others can be found in the current shots thread)
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IMG_9697 by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr
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IMG_9741BW by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr
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IMG_9441 by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr
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IMG_9698 by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr
Really like the bottom 2 Denise.
Get this thread moving again with a shot of a tram from our recent trip to Melbourne.
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Get this thread moving again.
From the local produce shop, where we buy our pet supplies.
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I like the pigeon shot - makes the bird look like just another busy pedestrian, which is almost disturbing a bit.
The others are great too
Arnt
Yep agreed, the pidgeon shot is very cool Ham.
Another angle from Cleveland Point.
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Nice shot Steve! Excellent interesting cloud detail!
Stephen
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Thanks chaps. I like that the pigeon's tail mimics the suitcase being dragged behind the woman.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve U
Just curious, are most people taking picture on Camera in B&W or converting in post?
I do all mine in post and use Nik, I find it very user friendly.
Mine are all in post. I just use Lightroom.
I'm trying to steer away from doing too much in B&W though, I found I was ignoring colours when out shooting.
I'm still steering towards a bit of B&W.
Here is a busker down at Wellington Point. He was pretty cool, name a song, or an artist and he would start singing.
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Busker Wellington Point. by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]
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Went to a local heritage site this weekend (Fort Edmonton Park), thought I'd come out with a bunch of pictures suitable for black and white, however Rain kept the 'interpreters' (period costumed staff) inside. So ended up taking pictures of my nieces for 90% of the shots.
Anyway here is a shot I dashed outside to get while no one was in the way and the rain paused..
Unfortunately I wasn't paying enough attention and severely overexposed it.
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ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/15 sec
Aperture: 4.5
Focal Length: 10mm
Instead of deleting it I decided to see what I could do with it.
and here is the result
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Not a great save, but now it resembles a picture taken from the mid to late 1800s the same timeline as the fort.
I think it's a great save. Did you shoot in RAW?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kombi
Any save is a good save, and that's a great save!
Rich
Thank you, Yes I now have camera set to just RAW.Quote:
Originally Posted by thekingb
Only the one shot before others dashed between buildings :)
I played with my free software goodies to see what I could do.
I took it into DPP adjusted brightness down, minimized highlights, maximized shadows. But picture still was washed out.
From there I went into picasa, straightend it slightly, changed to B+W - still kinda dull clicked edit in picnik (think it's for kids, you can add fake beards, tiaras, crowns, misc clip art, speech bubbles, etc..)
Brought the black back into the picture and added some contrast, then back to picasa to add the vignette.
Great save.