Share your Digital Photography shots here

Double Espresso · 19 Feb 2009, 03:04

nomeradona,
I actually downloaded the trial a few days ago, but haven't had a chance to get into it.
Apparently you can also use a single photo that you have altered to make three exposures.
Do you shoot all your photos RAW?
DE

nomeradona · 19 Feb 2009, 13:36

@double espresso said:

nomeradona,
I actually downloaded the trial a few days ago, but haven't had a chance to get into it.
Apparently you can also use a single photo that you have altered to make three exposures.
Do you shoot all your photos RAW?
DE

Photo raw... that was really the advise of most photographers. but me no.. dont know why... perhaps saving space. i think i should right?

here are some more still life

Double Espresso · 19 Feb 2009, 17:12

@nomeradona said:

Photo raw... that was really the advise of most photographers. but me no.. dont know why... perhaps saving space. i think i should right?

The theory is that Raw gives you the closest image to film and allows you to make all the 'developing' decisions. There is also the 'bit' (8-12-16etc.) considerations, that I am still figuring out. I still don't actually understand all the ramifications. Obviously, the next best option is tif. since the file doesn't degrade like a jpg.
Lots of questions.
Nice still life shots. BTW.
DE

hebrides · 19 Feb 2009, 18:50

@unknownuser said:

a new camera that allows me to bracket and shoot

Be careful with the camera selection. Most auto bracket features will bracket +1 stop and -1 stop only, or sometimes in half stops. so you end up with a prett narrow exposure range accross 2 or 4 photos. Most HDRI construction software allows for the combining of many images accross a very wide range of exposures. Photomatics was mentioned, I believe you can combine 16 images with it. So bracketing is not enough. You want to shoot at as many stops as you can so you need to purchase an SLR that allows you to manually set all stops accross the range that the lens is capable of or at least accross the full range of exposures you want to collect data for.

Double Espresso · 19 Feb 2009, 20:30

@hebrides said:

@unknownuser said:

a new camera that allows me to bracket and shoot

Be careful with the camera selection. Most auto bracket features will bracket +1 stop and -1 stop only, or sometimes in half stops. so you end up with a prett narrow exposure range accross 2 or 4 photos. Most HDRI construction software allows for the combining of many images accross a very wide range of exposures. Photomatics was mentioned, I believe you can combine 16 images with it. So bracketing is not enough. You want to shoot at as many stops as you can so you need to purchase an SLR that allows you to manually set all stops accross the range that the lens is capable of or at least accross the full range of exposures you want to collect data for.

Thanks. HDRI seems to be the flavor of the month. I doubt that I will become too infatuated with it.
DE

bubbalove · 19 Feb 2009, 20:35

Thats what I'm learning in my last class. Can't wait to try it out...

Ecuadorian · 19 Feb 2009, 22:07

Thank you for your comments on my pics and your advice, Nomeradona. I am amazed by all the beauty everyone shares every time I come to this thread. Ok, here is another humble attemp I made at composing a significant image instead of just a snapshot. This is the dome of the National Library in Santiago de Chile, March 2006. While my brother and his girlfriend were amused by the echo of the place, I noticed these paper strips hanging from the inner metal ring of the glass dome (I think they were decoration for an event or something), so I decided to eyeball the center of the room, place my camera on the floor and shoot "blindly" (I could not see the LCD):

Canon A75, Program AE mode, 1/50sec, F/2.8, can't remember the ISO, but I almost always used ISO100 with that camera.

Double Espresso · 19 Feb 2009, 22:57

Very nice Ecuadorian.
I love it when you just happen to be in the right place, wing it and the shot works out.

nomeradona · 20 Feb 2009, 02:13

@double espresso said:

@nomeradona said:

Photo raw... that was really the advise of most photographers. but me no.. dont know why... perhaps saving space. i think i should right?

The theory is that Raw gives you the closest image to film and allows you to make all the 'developing' decisions. There is also the 'bit' (8-12-16etc.) considerations, that I am still figuring out. I still don't actually understand all the ramifications. Obviously, the next best option is tif. since the file doesn't degrade like a jpg.
Lots of questions.
Nice still life shots. BTW.
DE
yeap agree with you DE. stil a lot of things to learn.

nomeradona · 20 Feb 2009, 02:14

@ecuadorian said:

Thank you for your comments on my pics and your advice, Nomeradona. I am amazed by all the beauty everyone shares every time I come to this thread. Ok, here is another humble attemp I made at composing a significant image instead of just a snapshot. This is the dome of the National Library in Santiago de Chile, March 2006. While my brother and his girlfriend were amused by the echo of the place, I noticed these paper strips hanging from the inner metal ring of the glass dome (I think they were decoration for an event or something), so I decided to eyeball the center of the room, place my camera on the floor and shoot "blindly" (I could not see the LCD):
[attachment=0:3mcjtw68]biblioteca_santiago.jpg[/attachment:3mcjtw68]

Canon A75, Program AE mode, 1/50sec, F/2.8, can't remember the ISO, but I almost always used ISO100 with that camera.
excellent viewpoint ecuadorian. love it.

nomeradona · 20 Feb 2009, 02:19

im doing a series 100 faces of art room. Im joining my digital photo students with this project. i really beleive its a good lesson which i want to share together with you guys. the title of the porject is 100 Faces of............. You need to fill the blank on what type of subject yu want to take. (e.g. 100 faces of emotion, 100 faces of vietnamese minority women, 100 faces of me, etc).. you might want to try it during your spare time.

nomeradona · 20 Feb 2009, 06:56

Here are some of my photos for 100 faces of my art room series

Installing the art room door

Kajol

Kim Ngan

smudge technique

Double Espresso · 20 Feb 2009, 22:48

THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.

nomeradona · 21 Feb 2009, 05:15

@double espresso said:

THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
[attachment=0:3e70r1b9]SCENE-OF-THE-CRIME.jpg[/attachment:3e70r1b9]
wow!!! what a nice lighting..

Double Espresso · 22 Feb 2009, 17:06

Here's one to keep the thread going.
A day at the office.

Double Espresso · 22 Feb 2009, 22:08

Another Cuba shot.

nomeradona · 23 Feb 2009, 09:01

@double espresso said:

Here's one to keep the thread going.
A day at the office.
[attachment=0:fyz2klrq]Set_lighting_rig.jpg[/attachment:fyz2klrq]
i really like the lighting here DE...is this the office where you work?

nomeradona · 23 Feb 2009, 09:02

@double espresso said:

Another Cuba shot.
[attachment=0:ji9o06rn]Donkey_cart_cuba.jpg[/attachment:ji9o06rn]
i like this donkey cart as a subject. but more to that indeed is how yuo use the lighitng in your scene DE

nomeradona · 23 Feb 2009, 09:05

let me continue my series of 100 faces of my art room

Observational drawing

doodling

plaster sculpture

Nick_Digital Photo student: modelling for his classmates

Double Espresso · 23 Feb 2009, 16:20

[/quote] i really like the lighting here DE...is this the office where you work?[/quote]
They are gaffers rigging light coops for a movie set I designed.

[/quote] I like this donkey cart as a subject. but more to that indeed is how yuo use the lighitng in your scene DE[/quote][quote="nomeradona"]≈
Thanks... it's all about the light.

Nice classroom shots.