Pimp your best Photo ! [Archive]

rich951

05-08-2007, 13:59

At the moment (I'll probably change my mind by the time I get to the end of this post!), it's this photo of San Francisco (http://www.sheffieldphotos.com/f/SanFran). For various reasons - my first visit to the States, a memory of a fantastic city, a really memorable night cruise and I even like the photo too! :)

I had to do a bit of tweaking to get the perspective of the bridge right because of the wide-angle lens, but the rest is mostly untouched. I took others on the same evening that are probably better "picture postcard" photos of the city harbour, but this is the one I like looking at the most.

PeteM01

08-08-2007, 12:19

Tomorrow, I would probably choose a different favourite but today:

Nothing too spectacular about this night shot (http://www.pbase.com/mb1pnm/image/56794222) taken in Crookes but I love the textures.

Grissom

08-08-2007, 18:59

Ooooh thats rather nice :)

shuwarrior51

10-08-2007, 15:12

My forst post in this forum having just got into photography.

this is a photo i took whilst on the Staten island ferry in New York recently - hope you like it

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/7479/n6214608902335048656jo6.jpg

Paulmat

10-08-2007, 20:01

Stunning photos everyone. :)

DaFoot

10-08-2007, 20:35

hope you like it
I do for sure, worthy of a :thumbsup:

Paulmat

10-08-2007, 20:39

And I think this is currently my favourite photo (i've probably shown it before): http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1074591786&size=o

GazE

12-08-2007, 14:24

I've had a real torrid time picking my one favourite photo, but in the end decided it was probably this (http://public.fotki.com/GElliott/travel/world_tour_2005/usa/2005-06_yosemite/0506103_yosemete.html) one. I think the rainbow finishes it off perfectly.

zimm

15-08-2007, 02:47

Not a nice memory but it captured the mood I guess!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7637620@N03/625193588/

DaFoot

15-08-2007, 08:32

Not a nice memory
Maybe not, but it's a cracking pic :thumbsup:

chrisp7091

19-08-2007, 12:42

Dunno if I have any favourites, but here are a few I don't mind:

http://www.pbase.com/chrisp7091/image/84123976

My daughter with her chocolate pudding liberally smeared around her face!

http://www.pbase.com/chrisp7091/image/66615704

Interesting buildings in Attercliffe.

http://www.pbase.com/chrisp7091/image/84123934

A vew of part of Sheffield that I thought can't have changed much for many years

http://www.pbase.com/chrisp7091/image/67223175

Just a bit of fun.

carter101

22-08-2007, 16:12

I had to do a bit of tweaking to get the perspective of the bridge right because of the wide-angle lens, but the rest is mostly untouched. I took others on the same evening that are probably better "picture postcard" photos of the city harbour, but this is the one I like looking at the most.

Hi,
what wide angle lens did you use for this picture? I'm trying to work out a "wish list" of more camera kit!

willman

22-08-2007, 16:19

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/fatbloke_2000_uk/Picture013new.jpg

this is the favourite for today.

papillon

23-08-2007, 18:09

My photo website has around 550 of what I (critically) think are my best photos on there now, so it's really difficult to choose.

I guess my favourite is probably this one (http://www.neuroticcamel.com/photoblog/index.php?showimage=127), but I love my recent photos from Egypt too.

My whole portolio is at http://www.neuroticcamel.com/photoblog. And seeing as this is a pimping thread, I'd really appreciate feedback, as I don't get many comments when I update the photos!

Grissom

27-08-2007, 20:54

I call this one Dealing with the Hoodies (http://rfstock.co.uk/Images/OR3U2541.jpg) :)

AJ sheffield

01-09-2007, 17:20

PeteM01

02-09-2007, 08:48

Thats an excellent picture.

Thanks AJ. The way a locality is transformed by night and snow is a real interest of mine.

Have you posted any spider shots?

Pete

BoroughGal

02-09-2007, 09:02

AJ sheffield

02-09-2007, 20:42

Thanks AJ. The way a locality is transformed by night and snow is a real interest of mine.

Have you posted any spider shots?

Pete

I took many photos of my collection using a normal 35mm camera but I was a terrible photographer. Its all about the macro with insects and they were not very impressive.
I have some photos but I dont have a scanner so theres little I can do.

PeteM01

02-09-2007, 20:48

Wysseri (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38356736@N00/) from this group has taken some lovely digital macros. Perhaps they can get close enough to get some nice shots? Close-ups of the complex eyes of spiders are fantastic!

Phanerothyme

05-09-2007, 11:46

My best one so far this year

Onions

http://uploads.netheredge.com/CRW_0651.jpg

JoanCrawford

06-09-2007, 14:42

GrinderBloke

06-09-2007, 19:10

PeteM01

06-09-2007, 22:46

Went walking in Staffordshire a couple of weeks ago and this bridge over the canal was so peaceful. Will go back in late autumn to see what the colours are like when the tree are dropping leaves.

http://www.houserabbit.dyndns.org/sp/_S2E3305.jpg

Lovely scene and very sharp image. A pity about the white blown-out sky behind the trees but that is a common problem in the UK and has taken the edge off so many of my shots. A blue sky (polariser?) and autumn foliage would be a winner!

Cheers,
Pete

PeteM01

06-09-2007, 22:50

Wow, such a lot of talented photographers, your pictures are just gorgeous! I am fairly new to photography but a few weeks ago my boyfriend and I decided to take photos of some of our favourite places in Sheffield, especially those that looked in danger of disappearing within the next few years. Spookily one of them was the Gatecrasher building which burnt down the following week, and another was the Alfred BEckett works in S3 that got flooded the following week - are we jinxed, d'ya think?! However, one of my favourite photos was this one - a little place we came across purely by accident when we were taking photos around Neepsend. http://www.flickr.com/photos/73715185@N00/529572926/

Capturing the disappearing buildings of Sheffield is a great idea, as they will all soon be gone. That one is unique, though!

Thanks for sharing,
Pete

BoroughGal

06-09-2007, 23:53

Capturing the disappearing buildings of Sheffield is a great idea, as they will all soon be gone. That one is unique, though!

Thanks for sharing,
Pete

I took this (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a327/BoroughGal/JohnWattsbuilding.jpg), which is behind West Bar Police Station, not in danger of being knocked down imminently, but I think a lovely building. Again, I aint a photographer, but I'll share with you!

*_ash_*

07-09-2007, 00:31

Wow, such a lot of talented photographers, your pictures are just gorgeous! I am fairly new to photography but a few weeks ago my boyfriend and I decided to take photos of some of our favourite places in Sheffield, especially those that looked in danger of disappearing within the next few years. Spookily one of them was the Gatecrasher building which burnt down the following week, and another was the Alfred BEckett works in S3 that got flooded the following week - are we jinxed, d'ya think?! However, one of my favourite photos was this one - a little place we came across purely by accident when we were taking photos around Neepsend. http://www.flickr.com/photos/73715185@N00/529572926/

My favourite (nowadays anyway) photos are of old buildings. (especially due for demolition)

This one stood out (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73715185@N00/529635533/in/set-72157600308309935/) because of this thread I started yesterday (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=254401):hihi:

Thanks for posting those, look forward to seeing some more.

*_ash_*

07-09-2007, 00:35

I took this (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a327/BoroughGal/JohnWattsbuilding.jpg), which is behind West Bar Police Station, not in danger of being knocked down imminently, but I think a lovely building. Again, I aint a photographer, but I'll share with you!

Aha, you also have good taste in finding lil gems.

I've just looked through my pictures but they're a bit out of order. Is this Lambert St?

I find it criminal when beautiful old little streets like this get the chop. Hope this one doesn't.

JoanCrawford

07-09-2007, 09:22

I took this (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a327/BoroughGal/JohnWattsbuilding.jpg), which is behind West Bar Police Station, not in danger of being knocked down imminently, but I think a lovely building. Again, I aint a photographer, but I'll share with you!

What a little treasure of a place that is! I've lived in Sheffield 15 yrs now and I wanted to capture some of these old places before they go. Lord knows film companies will spend a fortune to recreate them in ten years' time. Anyone done any photos around Attercliffe, that's my next project, including the old cinema/dance hall? that's still there.

JoanCrawford

07-09-2007, 09:23

My favourite (nowadays anyway) photos are of old buildings. (especially due for demolition)

This one stood out (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73715185@N00/529635533/in/set-72157600308309935/) because of this thread I started yesterday (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=254401):hihi:

Thanks for posting those, look forward to seeing some more.

Actually it was your thread that inspired me to reply, so thanks for starting that. Did you find names/streets for all your photos eventually?

*_ash_*

07-09-2007, 14:04

Actually it was your thread that inspired me to reply, so thanks for starting that. Did you find names/streets for all your photos eventually?

Haha, there seemed to be some argument about the address number. I'm gonna pop down for piece of mind.:hihi:

Thing is, there's not really much point in postings my street and building pictures in here, I go for as much detail as possible rather than beautiful photographs. :)

littlewizzle

08-09-2007, 09:45

here are two of my pic from famous skeggy beach .in the pic the beach looks nice,, not like that in real :hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t296/littlewizzle/Beach2.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t296/littlewizzle/Beach1.jpg

carter101

08-09-2007, 19:00

Managed to catch a great sunset at Stanage Edge last week:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12519003@N08/1315101942/

*_ash_*

09-09-2007, 01:43

Managed to catch a great sunset at Stanage Edge last week:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12519003@N08/1315101942/
Ah yes. There was a thread about the sunset the other day. Quite a few pictures in there. Not quite as nice as this one though.:thumbsup:

papillon

09-09-2007, 20:44

There's some stunning sky colours at sunset this time of year. Got this one (http://www.neuroticcamel.com/photoblog/index.php?showimage=569) from my front door a couple of nights back, amazingly freaky yellows and oranges.

*_ash_*

10-09-2007, 01:37

DaFoot

10-09-2007, 08:03

this one (http://www.neuroticcamel.com/photoblog/index.php?showimage=569)
End of the world is nigh!

Grissom

10-09-2007, 13:19

OK forget artistic qualities of photos - here is my new fave pic (http://www.scoopt.com/Products/Scoopt/20367070909154747.aspx) from BUPA Great Yorkshire run yesterday. Just sums up the fun element of the race to me :)

Some others from yesterday are Happy Chappy (http://www.scoopt.com/Products/Scoopt/20367070909154750.aspx), old chap beating youngsters (http://www.scoopt.com/Products/Scoopt/20367070909154741.aspx), Darth zapping people outta the way with Light Sabre (http://www.scoopt.com/Products/Scoopt/20367070909154744.aspx), and woman going through pain barrier on the home run (http://www.scoopt.com/Products/Scoopt/20367070909154738.aspx) :)

DaFoot

10-09-2007, 13:53

Some nice pics there G, wonder if you happen to recall getting any of me?
Black shorts/T, number 3145.

No sign of the official guys getting their pics up yet.

Grissom

10-09-2007, 14:10

Hi

Cant find any unfortunately - it could be you were in a group and your number was obscured by other runners. Or maybe I didn't get you at all. Sorry !

Lets hope they get them sorted soon so they can sell you an overpriced photo :P

Rudi

DaFoot

10-09-2007, 14:36

Lets hope they get them sorted soon so they can sell you an overpriced photo :P
Didn't say I was going to buy one! :P
Just wondered how knackered I was looking :hihi:

maniclee

13-09-2007, 23:48

fingers crossed, my first go at this.

http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd286/maniclee/GoodwinFountain.jpg

JoanCrawford

14-09-2007, 09:11

Maniclee, that's lovely and a reminder of the old fountain too!

zimm

23-09-2007, 23:36

Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire.

Looks HDR but its from one exposure.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7637620@N03/1414346045/

Phildemon2

06-10-2007, 00:32

Managed to catch a great sunset at Stanage Edge last week:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12519003@N08/1315101942/

At last a great photo- ta nice one.

Tallyman

07-10-2007, 17:49

My first attempt at linking a photo in the forum - but also one of the first taken with my new camera.

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd112/tallyman48/IMGP0063.jpg

It's our dog Sam. The interesting thing is if you zoom right in to his eye, you'd see a reflection of his owner!

richardwheel

09-10-2007, 20:34

This has to be my favourite photo at the moment, taken earlier on in the year at Stanage Edge on the trig point. The conditions were just about perfect for what I wanted

www.peak-photos.co.uk/photo_1032370.html

www.peak-photos.co.uk

PeteM01

09-10-2007, 21:56

richardwheel

09-10-2007, 22:05

cheers pete, no HDR used, I use Cokin X-Pro filters to balance the sky though.

JoanCrawford

10-10-2007, 09:36

Richard - what a beautiful shot - that's brightened up my morning no end!

DaFoot

10-10-2007, 09:46

I guess I should pluck up the courage to pick a pic...

I *think* my current favorite is this one (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dafoot/1445816287/) but there several others I might have chosen.... it's not easy to choose!

I might have to choose a new favorite each week or sommat ;)

richardwheel

11-10-2007, 12:13

I'm glad it brightened up your morning Joan!

Like the sharpness on the Anole, dafoot, great stuff!

carter101

13-10-2007, 17:04

I second that choice: I guess that's why I bought that print off Richard from Art in the Gardens!

Jeremy

richardwheel

14-10-2007, 09:04

I'm glad you liked it Jeremy :)

all the best

rich

Hjdary

19-10-2007, 23:11

I really cant make my mind up..you choose!

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/P8161558.jpg

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/Posenumber1.jpg

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/P9021772.jpg

*_ash_*

20-10-2007, 00:41

PeteM01

20-10-2007, 13:21

I really cant make my mind up..you choose!

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/?action=view&current=P8161558.jpg

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/?action=view&current=Posenumber1.jpg

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v390/hjdary/?action=view&current=P9021772.jpg

I like the first one, as it has the makings of a dramatic shot; the low eyepoint and wideangle is definitely to my taste. The sky is great and the boat in the foreground is quite a strong image. I would increase the contrast and use more sharpening to get the focus more on the boat. There is too much detail behind the boat for me; a little blurring might help here, again to help focus the eye on the boat. Alternatively, you could add back some washed out colour to the boat, which would throw the background detail into obscurity.

Or you could just leave it as it is!

Pete

Hjdary

20-10-2007, 13:48

The last one was took at Beamish Museum a month or two back and the frist was tok at Mousehole in Cornwall. I liked the sky in that shot the most I think.

gemma86

20-10-2007, 21:54

http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd286/maniclee/?action=view&current=GoodwinFountain.jpg

fingers crossed, my first go at this.
Great shot, looks quite magical and it's nice to see something from Sheffield's past.

This has to be my favourite photo at the moment, taken earlier on in the year at Stanage Edge on the trig point. The conditions were just about perfect for what I wanted

www.peak-photos.co.uk/photo_1032370.html

www.peak-photos.co.uk
Your photos are amazing. Really pretty and magical

ictcreations

23-10-2007, 23:09

ok, i thought i would give this ago. i am in no way a professional in any sense of the word, but i do feel that the photographs I do take are worth the effort.

here is a link to one of them, which is one of my fave's and it is one of a whole set on flickr that I have taken.

All pics in the set are multiple images stitched together to create a panoramic shot. I hope I have caught the moments perfectly. enjoy and do let me know what you think.....:thumbsup:
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1716628930&size=l

*_ash_*

24-10-2007, 02:43

PeteM01

24-10-2007, 07:09

sallonoroff

25-10-2007, 15:10

I'm seriously impressed with the majority of the photos on this thread. There are some real stunners.

They certainly make me feel quite inadequate (i'll maybe post one of mine up later for you to see how rubbish i am by comparison).

That said, i'd be interested to know what sort of kit was used for most of these snaps... i mean, are we talking 100% SLR-users here?

Also, i might be wrong, but a lot of them appear to have had some re-touching done. That's something i never bother with. Maybe i'm a purist... or just lazy. :) Anyway, how many of these superb snaps have had a little help along the way?

I'm seriously impressed with one of pete's photos (http://www.pbase.com/mb1pnm/image/56794222) and would love to know how the devil you take something like that? Light levels are obviously terrible, yet that looks amazing...

PS. Some amazing buildings highlighted here too. Some real hidden beauties... shame almost all of them are featured here because they're about to be demolished! :(

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DaFoot

25-10-2007, 15:22

As I said before, my current favorite is always changing... this weeks contender for my fave:

http://www.frozenbanana.co.uk/index.php?task=gal2&g2_itemId=1412&g2_imageViewsIndex=1

PeteM01

25-10-2007, 15:25

As I said before, my current favorite is always changing... this weeks contender for my fave:

http://www.frozenbanana.co.uk/index.php?task=gal2&g2_itemId=1412&g2_imageViewsIndex=1

Ahhhhhh.....

PeteM01

25-10-2007, 15:51

I'm seriously impressed with one of pete's photos (http://www.pbase.com/mb1pnm/image/56794222) and would love to know how the devil you take something like that? Light levels are obviously terrible, yet that looks amazing...

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Thanks! ISO1600 on an Olympus E1, saved as RAW, developed in the Studio software that comes with the camera with adjustment of white balance (orange street lamps play havoc with this!), then noise removal using NeatImage, desaturation, contrast adjustment and sharpening in Photoshop. Basically, I just played around with the shot until I got something that resembled my memory of the scene.

So, yes, some retouching. I am not a purist! I think that only having ever used digital rather than film, the idea of purity is quite alien. There are so many in camera settings that you can adjust anyway, it is hard to know to know what 'purity' is.

With some of the newer (and more expensive) SLRs you could probably take that shot without bothering with noise removal.

Pete

sallonoroff

25-10-2007, 16:10

ISO1600 on an Olympus E1
saved as RAW
developed in the Studio software
adjustment of white balance
noise removal
desaturation
contrast adjustment
sharpening

Wow! No wonder i've never bothered with manipulating my pics! :)

.

PeteM01

25-10-2007, 21:12

Wow! No wonder i've never bothered with manipulating my pics! :)

.

it took about 10 minutes, including a generous provision of umming and ahhing time.

sallonoroff

29-10-2007, 15:36

OK, this is probably my favourite photograph (of mine)...

http://www.moonlightcomputing.googlepages.com/bee_800.jpg

No modifications, other than having shrunk it to 800x600 for putting on the web.

What do people reckon to it?

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DaFoot

29-10-2007, 15:40

LINK (http://moonlightcomputing.googlepages.com/bee_800.jpg)
What do people reckon to it?
I like it. The light is nice, but I think it is probably because I have a healthy interest in insects ;)

sallonoroff

29-10-2007, 15:57

Cheers. I think i was just plain lucky to get this shot.

It was late evening, the sun was low and i was trying to get pictures on flowers in the garden (probably my favourite photographic subject) when i spotted the bee wandering about.

Thinking about it, most of my favourite shots are taken in the low, late afternoon sun...

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Hemlock

29-10-2007, 18:19

PeteM01

29-10-2007, 20:40

OK, this is probably my favourite photograph (of mine)...

LINK (http://moonlightcomputing.googlepages.com/bee_800.jpg)

No modifications, other than having shrunk it to 800x600 for putting on the web.

What do people reckon to it?

.

Nice! The lighting and shadow give it an other-worldly quality.

To my taste, it might be improved with a bit of processing. Perhaps if you cropped it to remove some of the shadow on the left, sharpened to bring out the texture of the wood and the hairs on the bee and increased the colour saturation to increase the 'strangeness'?

Pete

PeteM01

29-10-2007, 20:48

I've never really shared my photos before. Just uploaded some of my favourites to Flickr - would love some feedback, as I am just someone who enjoys taking photos, but don't know if they are any good or not. I've only got a small digital camera & no flashy stuff, so I'm limited as to what I can take. Please let me know what you think (construcive criticism, preferred!) Cheers!
http://flickr.com/photos/16835430@N03/

There are some very good pictures in your gallery, nicely framed with interesting subjects. Did you deliberately over-expose to get the washed-out, high key look in some of the shots? My favourite is billboard. I found myself looking at it for quite a long time to work out what was going on and then drawn into the mass of detail. Excellent.

DaFoot

30-10-2007, 09:20

Perhaps if you cropped it to remove some of the shadow on the left...

Noooo, don't do it! :)
The shadow being there provides a lovely contrast that makes the light/insect stand out. Without the dark on the left it would be just another insect on a bit of wood pic ;)

Edit: Photography - sooo subjective :)

PeteM01

30-10-2007, 09:50

Noooo, don't do it! :)

Edit: Photography - sooo subjective :)

Yes, do it now!!!

Perhaps you could try it and we can get a poll set up?

Pete

sallonoroff

30-10-2007, 16:33

Just uploaded some of my favourites to Flickr - would love some feedback
http://flickr.com/photos/16835430@N03/

(As a fellow amateur, armed with only a point-and-press...)
I really like them.

Grass roots is good, though it does seem to lose something when you look at the larger version. Can't put my finger on it though.

Green Door is great, and Billboard too.

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sallonoroff

30-10-2007, 16:43

Pete / dafoot,

Thanks for the interest in my pic. I personally think the picture is great as-is - it is one of my favourites after all. :)

However, i've made some quick alterations based on your ideas pete...

Here's the outcome (http://moonlightcomputing.googlepages.com/bee_800mess.jpg).

I don't think the cropping works (but then i might have taken too much/not enough), although i must admit that increasing the saturation has done something for it. In fact, i can't look at the original (http://moonlightcomputing.googlepages.com/bee_800.jpg) now without thinking it looks washed out. :(

(btw, the photo was taken 3 or 4 years ago with my 2megapixel fuji. The original is only 1600x1200, so there's not a lot to play with cropping-wise)

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DaFoot

30-10-2007, 16:47

Think I prefer the new version...the colour is soo much nicer.

Maybe there is an improvement by a slight crop...

can we have a cropped/uncropped with same saturation for comparison please? :hihi:

sallonoroff

30-10-2007, 16:56

Right then, here's the original (ONE), the cropped/sharpened/saturated (TWO) and the uncropped/sharpened/saturated (THREE)...

ONE (http://moonlightcomputing.googlepages.com/bee_800.jpg) Vs TWO (http://moonlightcomputing.googlepages.com/bee_800mess.jpg) Vs THREE (http://moonlightcomputing.googlepages.com/bee_800mess_nocrop.jpg)

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sallonoroff

30-10-2007, 17:00

It saddens me to say it, but now i've seen my baby in all it's technocolour glory, i think i prefer it (number 3) to the original. :cry:

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DaFoot

30-10-2007, 17:00

I *think* my fave is the uncropped but enhanced colours one...

PeteM01

30-10-2007, 17:11

Could I post a couple of versions? Feel free to say 'no'!

Pete

sallonoroff

30-10-2007, 17:22

Please, by all means... i'd be interested to see what you can do.

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PeteM01

30-10-2007, 17:28

sallonoroff

30-10-2007, 17:38

:hihi:

i can't actually tell any difference between the original and your edited one?? (apart from the cropping, which is pretty obvious!)

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PeteM01

30-10-2007, 17:47

Hemlock

30-10-2007, 19:46

There are some very good pictures in your gallery, nicely framed with interesting subjects. Did you deliberately over-expose to get the washed-out, high key look in some of the shots? My favourite is billboard. I found myself looking at it for quite a long time to work out what was going on and then drawn into the mass of detail. Excellent.

No, I havn't deliberately done anything, just point & shoot & a bit of reframing on some of them. I dabbled a bit with Picasa on Grass roots & Covert window, but don't really know what I'm doing. Thanks for your comments - much appreciated!

Hemlock

30-10-2007, 19:50

(As a fellow amateur, armed with only a point-and-press...)
I really like them.

Grass roots is good, though it does seem to lose something when you look at the larger version. Can't put my finger on it though.

Green Door is great, and Billboard too.

.

Again, thanks for your comments. Grass roots was the only one of the 3 you mentioned that I have altered in any way from the original shot straight from the camera, perhaps thats why - I've probably not got the highlights/colour quite right?

*_ash_*

31-10-2007, 01:39

PeteM01

31-10-2007, 07:56

I like the complete change one best.:) (sorry Moonlight, that sounds disrespectful actually :hihi:)

It's between that and number 3, on moons 1 v 2 v 3

:)

If the original shot is not interesting, no amount of messing with it can really change that. The prominence of the bee's shadow makes this picture for me.

I always regard the image that comes from the camera as just the starting point for the final image.

Pete

sallonoroff

31-10-2007, 21:38

I like the complete change one best.:) (sorry Moonlight, that sounds disrespectful actually :hihi:)

No problem... there's no right and wrong with what you like! :)

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sallonoroff

31-10-2007, 21:39

The prominence of the bee's shadow makes this picture for me.

Do you know, i'd never even noticed the shadow...

:)

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ictcreations

01-11-2007, 14:19

OK, just for fun here is the original (http://www.pbase.com/mb1pnm/image/88131454) again, a cropped (http://www.pbase.com/mb1pnm/image/88131460) version, a cropped/sharpened,saturated (http://www.pbase.com/mb1pnm/image/88132947) version and a complete (http://www.pbase.com/mb1pnm/image/88131450) change.

Do you know, I think that I may prefer the original after all:hihi:

Pete

Pete,

Not that i'm wanting you to give all your photo editing secrets away, but could you tell me what software you used to do the complete change one? I've seen a few like that around and have always been intrigued by how its done. I wouldn't mind having a go at doing some myself.

While we are on the subject on photo's, please take a look at my collection on flickr and let me know what you think.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44841604@N00/

DaFoot

01-11-2007, 14:34

complete (http://www.pbase.com/mb1pnm/image/88131450) change.

Do you know, I think that I may prefer the original after all:hihi:
I'm quite liking what you've done here :thumbsup: Really emphesizes the little chap(ette)

PeteM01

01-11-2007, 14:56

Pete,

Not that i'm wanting you to give all your photo editing secrets away, but could you tell me what software you used to do the complete change one? I've seen a few like that around and have always been intrigued by how its done. I wouldn't mind having a go at doing some myself.

While we are on the subject on photo's, please take a look at my collection on flickr and let me know what you think.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44841604@N00/

I did it in Photoshop, using the history brush to reimpose the colours on the bee after desaturating. It could have also been done using the lasso tool to select the bee or using the 'wand' tool to select areas of similar colours, then inverting the selection before desaturating. The lasso is best if you have a pen/pad thing instead of a mouse.

I like your panoramas, especially Traeth Pwllheli (I think I commented on this one earlier). The others are technically OK but do not stand out (I am well-placed to say that, 'cos many of mine are the same!). If you want to make something to grab the viewer you have to go to great lengths: getting up very early to catch the low light angles at sunrise or by using neutral density gradient filters and a tripod to generate dramatic cloudscapes whilst keeping detail on the ground like Richard (http://www.peak-photos.co.uk/). Alternatively, you can go for dramatic shots, perhaps using the widest zoom on your camera from a very low viewpoint etc. Check this person's Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/acam/) site for some ideas. He will stand up to his neck in the sea to get the perfect shot! He also does some complicated processing on his shots but this still requires good composition in the first place.

I think the way to go is just to experiment with lots of different angles and camera settings for the same scene and then play around with your processing software. Expensive to do with film but free for us digital users!

Cheers,
Pete

PeteM01

01-11-2007, 14:59

I'm quite liking what you've done here :thumbsup: Really emphesizes the little chap(ette)

Thanks! I thought that you had done something similar here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dafoot/1037820749/in/set-72157600950482300/) but on closer inspection it's real! If you desaturate the background it would be even more spectacular, though.

DaFoot

01-11-2007, 15:09

No editing at all there - straight from my (phone) camera!

Desaturate eh? I'll have to have a play with that. Any idea if it's called the same thing in Gimp?

PeteM01

01-11-2007, 15:33

No editing at all there - straight from my (phone) camera!

Desaturate eh? I'll have to have a play with that. Any idea if it's called the same thing in Gimp?

Wow, I've not used Gimp2 until just now but that is really impressive for a free program. You can desaturate in Colours, Hue-saturation, just move the saturation slider to the left. I do not know whether it has a history brush or not but you could select the spider using the magic wand.

DaFoot

01-11-2007, 15:44

Wow, I've not used Gimp2 until just now but that is really impressive for a free program....
It really is... so far anything anyone has suggested I do using photoshop there has been a Gimp equivalant. Just a matter of finding them!

ictcreations

01-11-2007, 18:51

Alternatively, you can go for dramatic shots, perhaps using the widest zoom on your camera from a very low viewpoint etc.

I think the way to go is just to experiment with lots of different angles and camera settings for the same scene and then play around with your processing software. Expensive to do with film but free for us digital users!

Cheers,
Pete

Ok, but I only have a Sony Cyber-Shot N1. No fancy equipment used at all. How can I possibly get results like you are talking about with that?

Thanks,
Martin

PeteM01

01-11-2007, 20:52

Ok, but I only have a Sony Cyber-Shot N1. No fancy equipment used at all. How can I possibly get results like you are talking about with that?

Thanks,
Martin

You seem to be doing pretty well with it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44841604@N00/1814172662/.jpg

You need to work to the camera's strengths, not its weaknesses. If it can't do wide-angle well, work on the more detailed close-up stuff. I presume that its main virtue is portability. Take it with you everywhere and use it whenever the opportunity presents itself: people doing strange things, details of old buildings, unusual views of familiar places. Does your line of work take to anywhere out of the ordinary? Tell a story in pictures, etc.

BTW, Hemlock (http://flickr.com/photos/16835430@N03/)'s pictures are rather nice and taken with a simple camera (well, that's what s/he said, anyway!). Looking at other people's photos is a great way to get new ideas.

All the best,
Pete

sallonoroff

02-11-2007, 23:25

please take a look at my collection on flickr and let me know what you think.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44841604@N00/

hi,

are the photos of the waterfalls just as-taken with the camera, or have you 'shopped them?

cheers,
mark.

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Draggletail

03-11-2007, 20:57

I'm not a photographer, and I don't know how to 'fiddle' with the photo's, but this is one of my favourite photo's that I've taken.

It's taken in Statue Park, Budapest, where they've managed save all their huge, imposing, iconic statues from the communist era. I had to climb up a wall to get the shot right!

Link to photo of statue. (http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a327/BoroughGal/?action=view&current=statuepark.jpg)
I love the way he is 'embracing' the sun :)
BoroughGal, here is the easiest little utility in the world to 'fiddle' with photo's...
http://www.colorpilot.com/wire.html

For instance, if you wanted to take out the wires at the botton of the photo, and possibly the trees, you could :)

Draggletail

03-11-2007, 21:04

Here's one I'm pretty pleased with, I like the way you can see the curvature of the earth (or is it just a distortion of the lens....)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/draggletail/Bucharest3/bucharest-c-sh.jpg?t=1194120070

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/draggletail/Bucharest3/bucharest-c-sh.jpg

I had to climb up pretty high to get it.... :D

Nah, it was on a plane coming back from Aus, the view is towards Bucharest.

Probably a bit of a lucky shot to be honest.

(Click on the link to get a larger view)

Hemlock

04-11-2007, 17:28

You seem to be doing pretty well with it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44841604@N00/1814172662/.jpg

You need to work to the camera's strengths, not its weaknesses. If it can't do wide-angle well, work on the more detailed close-up stuff. I presume that its main virtue is portability. Take it with you everywhere and use it whenever the opportunity presents itself: people doing strange things, details of old buildings, unusual views of familiar places. Does your line of work take to anywhere out of the ordinary? Tell a story in pictures, etc.

BTW, Hemlock (http://flickr.com/photos/16835430@N03/)'s pictures are rather nice and taken with a simple camera (well, that's what s/he said, anyway!). Looking at other people's photos is a great way to get new ideas.

All the best,
Pete

Hi, thanks for saying my photos are nice, that means a lot to me. The camera I use is Pentax Optio S6, very simple, but really small & easy to carry everywhere. I'm just snap-happy & take photos of anything that catches my eye at the time. I think it is more to do with seeing unusual shots in ordinary places. I like to have a theme to make me look in familiar places in very different ways, then I find shots I would have missed if I had not been purposfully looking for a specific shot.

mcbobz

12-11-2007, 13:23

Hi All, just thought i'd add my favourite picture.
Taken at Derwent, spring 2007 with my D50

http://www.rjmcpherson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ForumPix/Dambuster.jpg

Thanx for looking
bobz

PeteM01

12-11-2007, 18:48

Hi All, just thought i'd add my favourite picture.
Taken at Derwent, spring 2007 with my D50

http://www.rjmcpherson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ForumPix/Dambuster.jpg

Thanx for looking
bobz

I would love to see a huge print of that! Great shot.

mcbobz

12-11-2007, 19:42

Cheers Pete much appreciated,

How does 4 foot by 1 foot grab you :) I've just had a few done.

I've had one framed and it looks stunning... or it will do when i get round to hanging it

Cheers
Rob

mort

12-11-2007, 23:04

I took this today in walkley

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee40/mort_08/rainbows/093.jpg

Hemlock

13-11-2007, 13:42

DaFoot

13-11-2007, 14:08

So that's who pzel is :thumbsup:

I keep meaning to join folks on the SF walks, but think the missus would get annoyed as she only really sees me at the weekend!

Hemlock

13-11-2007, 14:17

So that's who pzel is :thumbsup:

I keep meaning to join folks on the SF walks, but think the missus would get annoyed as she only really sees me at the weekend!

Get the missus to come along as well - I dragged Mr Hemlock along & he really enjoyed it! It would be great to have more photographers to hold the group up to take that 'must have' photo!

DaFoot

13-11-2007, 14:23

Hehe...I know what you're saying, but the other half would be in the 'come on take the picture already' group!

PeteM01

13-11-2007, 18:50

Was a bit fed up & took some photos of a skip on our road - quite like this one

http://flickr.com/photos/16835430@N03/2000049166/

Put quite a few photos on Picasa after going on a walk with SF walking group. Have a look & let me know what you think

http://picasaweb.google.com/paulinezel

I think that you have a real gift for spotting and capturing interesting images when (I suspect) many others would simply walk on by.

Speaking of which, I like walking in groups and photography but I find that I can't do both at the same time. Perhaps this is just my inability to multitask!

Hemlock

13-11-2007, 19:00

Thank you. i like looking at other people's photos as well as for inspiration as well as spotting interesting images. Would still love to start a (themed) photography walking group - who knows how far we would end up walking!?!

Hemlock

13-11-2007, 19:01

Oops, sorry for the grammar in the last post - meant to delete 'as well as'

PeteM01

13-11-2007, 19:58

My last photo-walk was Mam Tor, at sunrise. Needless to say, after two weeks of glorious weather, it rained heavily all morning. A more urban photo-stroll would be interesting.

Anyway, if you develop any plans, let me know. I can usually spare a few hours on Sundays, particularly early on.

Pete

Hemlock

13-11-2007, 20:23

sallonoroff

14-11-2007, 15:47

Taken at Derwent, spring 2007 with my D50

http://www.rjmcpherson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ForumPix/Dambuster.jpg

Is that "real"? I mean, was the Lancaster actually flying over, or have you added it in from another pic?

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mcbobz

16-11-2007, 13:45

Hi Moonlight,

would you like me to post a much bigger version so you can try and work it out? - just for a bit of fun

Larger version (cropped to relevent part) sorry about the watermark but im fed up of my pictures being stolen. (not from here).
http://www.rjmcpherson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ForumPix/lanccropfullsize.jpg

Cheers
bobz

sallonoroff

16-11-2007, 23:28

Hmmmm... i can't *see* anything obviously fake, but something about it seems unreal.

:confused:

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Hemlock

17-11-2007, 18:50

I quite like this one 1 took on the 5 weirs walk the other day. Don't know if others would appreciate it though.
http://flickr.com/photos/16835430@N03/2040118385/

*_ash_*

18-11-2007, 02:51

I quite like this one 1 took on the 5 weirs walk the other day. Don't know if others would appreciate it though.
http://flickr.com/photos/16835430@N03/2040118385/
I like it. It's hard to tell the actual natural colour of the bricks in the middle.

It's a bit mersmerising too as it has 2 focal points. Which is unusual. :)

davyboy

20-11-2007, 21:37

a pic of my wife and grandson on the beach in October!!! 2006

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g9/david1940/iandbcopy.jpg

DaFoot

23-11-2007, 11:40

Finally got round to putting this one online...

One of my all time faves even if not technically brilliant. I just love the expressions on the faces, looks just like little 'un is being told off!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dafoot/2040364629/

ImpInaBox

23-11-2007, 12:49

One of my all time faves even if not technically brilliant. I just love the expressions on the faces, looks just like little 'un is being told off!

Absolutely brilliant! You should run a caption competition for it!

DaFoot

23-11-2007, 12:56

Absolutely brilliant! You should run a caption competition for it!

Hehe! Could be fun.
If you want to suggest a caption - stick it in a comment on Flickr.

superted666

27-11-2007, 15:34

Here is one of my Favorites,

Taken from my hotel window in New York. They sky was really that wonderful colour.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruckafella/2068145977/

Ed

DaFoot

27-11-2007, 15:40

Here is one of my Favorites,

Oops! You don't have permission to view this photo.

:hihi: oopsy

superted666

27-11-2007, 16:13

Well spotted!

Fixed, cheers dafoot!

DaFoot

27-11-2007, 16:18

Glad you did!
It's only buildings yet somehow far more interesting than a bunch of tall buildings should be. Good effort!

madowl

14-12-2007, 22:26

http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/BigDaftOwl/Picture059.jpg

http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/BigDaftOwl/Picture058.jpg

http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/BigDaftOwl/Picture041.jpg

My Best photo/s :suspect: i cant make my mind up which one... i know they are only of the ground/floods but the experience changed my look on life...

and who knows if it never happens again.... those pics will go down in history and i took'em!

I think my fav would av to be..... the tunnel... what a sight... 5 ft water coming down the tunnel... when will that happen again????

garethb

17-12-2007, 23:15

This is one of my faves

Watch the birdy :

http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/737063_xydti/DSCF1492.JPG

Grissom

21-12-2007, 20:54

My new favourite (http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=4265234?refnum=RFStock) :)
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ImpInaBox

22-12-2007, 15:18

My new favourite (http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=4265234?refnum=RFStock) :)

Well spotted! It looks like one of those shots you probably walk past several times a day and don't think 'photograph', but when it sinks into your brain and you shoot it you get a cracker.

Grissom

22-12-2007, 15:41

I'd been to Liverpool many a time for work reasons but never for pleasure/photography, and wandered round the back of one of our work buildings and saw the statue gleaming at me as they cleaned it the week before (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/exhibitions/nelsonmonument/). It's part of a huge statue...

Had to walk round it a few times as the sun was a bit harsh - took a few pics and the shadows and differential focus just jumped out at me when I got home :)

zimm

30-12-2007, 18:45

My latest one on Flickr:
http://flickr.com/photos/redmangovisuals/2095617656/

The roof of the main Duomo in Milan.

meehailam

30-12-2007, 21:05

Just to share one of my recent creation. Hope you all like it.

Don't like the lens flare on the left and right side caused by the street lights. May consider going back to reshoot again before the christmas tree gone.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lamkc/2142312478/

*_ash_*

31-12-2007, 01:59

mr chris

02-01-2008, 11:44

I'm sure I've posted this before... (http://www.chrisdowson.co.uk/v/manhattan2007/fifthavenuefromcentralpark.html)

I need to get back to New York!

qwerky

08-01-2008, 02:46

I've uploaded a ton of them. I guess 26more can't hurt....

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/qwerky1988/DSCF9217.jpg

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/qwerky1988/DSCF9041.jpg

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/qwerky1988/DSCF9003.jpg

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/qwerky1988/DSCF9006-1.jpg

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/qwerky1988/DSCF9138.jpg

Or were you only supposed to put one up??

*_ash_*

08-01-2008, 02:54

I've uploaded a ton of them. I guess 26more can't hurt....

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/qwerky1988/?action=view&current=DSCF9217.jpg

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/qwerky1988/?action=view&current=DSCF9041.jpg

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/qwerky1988/?action=view&current=DSCF9003.jpg

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/qwerky1988/?action=view&current=DSCF9006-1.jpg

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/qwerky1988/?action=view&current=DSCF9138.jpg

Or were you only supposed to put one up??
I'm sure Grissom and no one else will worry.

Like the pegs one. Cute dog too;)

christait

08-01-2008, 19:28

Currently this is my fave but I change my mind pretty much every day :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/christait/2161230333/

pertfoxylush

10-01-2008, 19:17

I'm struggling with these few:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h266/pertfoxylushjam/PICT0609.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h266/pertfoxylushjam/Cowie-1.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h266/pertfoxylushjam/Lights.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h266/pertfoxylushjam/Picture214.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h266/pertfoxylushjam/purpleheart.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h266/pertfoxylushjam/PICT0982.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h266/pertfoxylushjam/PICT0983.jpg

ImpInaBox

10-01-2008, 22:26

Currently this is my fave but I change my mind pretty much every day :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/christait/2161230333/

Love the pics of Catbells and Skidaw over the lakes. And that space sunset - reminds me of the time in the lakes when I walked around a corner and found this island floating (http://picasaweb.google.com/impinabox/Strange/photo#5153961458971278898) over a small tarn! :huh:

sallonoroff

13-01-2008, 17:59

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h266/pertfoxylushjam/Cowie-1.jpg

I really like this one. Shame about the date stamp.

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zimm

18-01-2008, 00:19

Latest one I took in Switzerland, heaven :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/redmangovisuals/2196617440/

qwerky

18-01-2008, 00:50

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/qwerky1988/DSCF4661.jpg

I call it "Walkers" because that's what i'm doing

ReCycler

21-01-2008, 21:45

Latest one I took in Switzerland, heaven :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/redmangovisuals/2196617440/

This is a stunning photo, I'm very new to all this. Can I ask what camera you have and what lense you used and did you do any work to it (photoshop etc). I have photoshop 6 :blush: and I've no idea how to use it apart from the usual cropping/sharpening etc - I need to learn!

FairyNormal

22-01-2008, 00:25

Mine:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fairynormal/652649117/in/set-72157600403324653/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fairynormal/742353021/in/set-72157600403324653/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fairynormal/750544164/in/set-72157600403324653/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fairynormal/812734592/in/set-72157600403324653/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fairynormal/840311477/in/set-72157600403324653/

sallonoroff

22-01-2008, 11:36

FairyNormal... love the one of the flowers basking in sunlight. Very good.

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ImpInaBox

22-01-2008, 22:11

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fairynormal/840311477/in/set-72157600403324653/

YEAH - more squirrels! :D

zimm

27-01-2008, 15:09

This is a stunning photo, I'm very new to all this. Can I ask what camera you have and what lense you used and did you do any work to it (photoshop etc). I have photoshop 6 :blush: and I've no idea how to use it apart from the usual cropping/sharpening etc - I need to learn!

Hi, for this particular shot I used a Canon 350D without a tripod at 250mm zoom, the lens is a Tamron 18-250 which I bought around 6 months ago. Its a perfect lens for me because it provides the opportunity to shoot from wide-angle to superzoom without having the need to change lenses.

I edited the Contrast and Saturation levels in Photoshop.

Hope this helps.

bugrarocks

30-01-2008, 22:24

hi all tried to post photo but couldnt as i havent had 5 or more posts lol

bugrarocks

30-01-2008, 22:45

hi all tried to post photo but couldnt as i havent had 5 or more posts lol

hi im new at this hope ive done it right lol ^^ i shot this in the dominican last year i was 300yards away in a gallery full off spectators, i used ap as im still learning and thought it was ok any comments more than welcome thxhttp://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh142/bugrarocks/dolphins.jpg

bugrarocks

30-01-2008, 23:17

hi im new at this hope ive done it right lol ^^ i shot this in the dominican last year i was 300yards away in a gallery full off spectators, i used ap as im still learning and thought it was ok any comments more than welcome thxhttp://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh142/bugrarocks/dolphins.jpg

see if ia can do another one again any comments welcomehttp://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh142/bugrarocks/P4161085.jpg

garethb

30-01-2008, 23:38

Lizzard (www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/926503_98mh9/DSCF1517.JPG)..................

http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/926503_98mh9/DSCF1517.JPG

ImpInaBox

30-01-2008, 23:52

Guess I must be a weedy pigeon then coz I couldn't wait 10mins for whatever it was to load. How about posting a web friendly version - about 100k would be good.

me-and-pippo

31-01-2008, 00:33

Lizzard (www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/926503_98mh9/DSCF1517.JPG)..................
This should load up quicker (http://www.sheffieldphotos.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4284)
Looks like a a nasty piece of work, don't it.

Silence

10-02-2008, 13:57

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh202/AGirlLikeMe_2008/547d8e40.jpg
Luxembourg
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh202/AGirlLikeMe_2008/8794521.jpg

vikki

11-02-2008, 18:52

sheffcruiser

11-02-2008, 23:00

DaFoot

11-02-2008, 23:06

my new faves

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i168/sc_pimp/arty%20stuff/DSCF1200.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i168/sc_pimp/arty%20stuff/DSCF1219.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i168/sc_pimp/arty%20stuff/DSCF1245.jpg

I'm really suprised how much I like the last one of the three... ' a wall' doesn't sounds very interesting, but on this occasion, it is. Well done :thumbsup:

sheffcruiser

11-02-2008, 23:15

thanks mate, my facourite part of the that photo has to be the sky

PeteM01

12-02-2008, 10:04

my new faves

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i168/sc_pimp/arty%20stuff/DSCF1200.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i168/sc_pimp/arty%20stuff/DSCF1219.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i168/sc_pimp/arty%20stuff/DSCF1245.jpg

Yes, the last one is my favourite as well. It really works in black and white. I think that some of the other B&W ones would benefit from a bit of Photoshoppery - more contrast and sharpness for e.g.

chrisp7091

14-02-2008, 16:35

chrisp7091 do you have any more pictures of stannington as the dyson tower one looks great and i have lived in stannington most of my life and it would be nice to see more pitures of the wonderful village.

Hi Vikki - glad you liked it. I havn't posted any more pics for a while as I've been quite busy recently. I'll post more when I get chance.

Cheers

PS - I'm also a lifelong resident of the area:).

Ms_Tetley

14-02-2008, 17:41

my new faves

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i168/sc_pimp/arty%20stuff/DSCF1200.jpg

wow!! love this shot .. the waters like a mirror :)

zimm

14-02-2008, 20:59

This photo made 'Explore' at #129 in Flickr ;D

http://www.flickr.com/photos/redmangovisuals/2235356282/

GazE

24-02-2008, 02:46

I've posted on this thread before, but have a new favourite photo. It's here. (http://public.fotki.com/GElliott/travel/africa-2007-2008/2007-12-07-to-2007-/img1771.html)

The lion is called Subipe and lives on the Venetia game reserve in South Africa. I don't actually think this is the best photo I've taken, but it is the one with the best effect. I love the way the fence gives the picture extra definition by getting gradually more out of focus.

That was actually a very scary night, he was in a very bad mood as another lion had moved in on his territory. He got very close to us and growled alot. One of the times I thought getting eaten was a distinct possibility! :)

gemma86

24-02-2008, 13:59

I've not posted mine on here before cos I know I'll take another one in the future that will replace my favourite, but seeing as everyone else is posting more than one, I'll give in...

I love the colours and light on this one (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gemmalou/2258938898/) - I'm quite proud cos I'm just getting to grips with my slr and I'm getting better results at a quicker rate than I thought I would.

There's something about the shadows (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gemmalou/2069385483/) and the sense of perspective they give along with the head stones

Glad that this one turned out so well (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gemmalou/1813934097/)

My Flickr is full of my better pictures and my favourites

neeeeeeeeeek

24-02-2008, 15:10

A frog in the toilet in Goa, one of my favourite pics.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/trumpmuffin/IMG_0737.jpg

Another picture from Goa.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/trumpmuffin/IMG_0768.jpg

:)

crookes

04-03-2008, 02:33

This one of mine seems to be a favourite with some people: -
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a303/escafeld01/ASGARBY.jpg
but I prefer this: -
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/628538
I took that on the way back to my car from the railway station.
I've posted over 3,300 on here - http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/4330/all
Why don't you join and represent Sheffield in numbers. There are only a measly 82 images for the main grid square in Sheffield and I've submitted 211 of the 800 for the main grid square in Lincoln. That's 10 times more than Sheffield, which is my home town. If I still lived there I'd certainly boost the numbers up. Come on you lot, what are waiting for?!

qaz45

04-03-2008, 18:41

Here's my current fav. Taken at Rother Valley in December - very cold and foggy.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2190/2133774854_c8718b30e3.jpg

A couple of others from that day are here if interested:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ironlineuk/

Hemlock

04-03-2008, 18:53

Here's my current fav. Taken at Rother Valley in December - very cold and foggy.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2190/2133774854_c8718b30e3.jpg

Lovely photo! Very tranquil & atmospheric

PeteM01

04-03-2008, 19:03

Here's my current fav. Taken at Rother Valley in December - very cold and foggy.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2190/2133774854_c8718b30e3.jpg

Wow! That picture must be on a wall somewhere. You have captured the day really well - makes me shiver just to look at it!

DaFoot

05-03-2008, 09:40

Here's my current fav. Taken at Rother Valley in December - very cold and foggy.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2190/2133774854_c8718b30e3.jpg

Stunning.

(and some text so I can reply ;) )

Lotti

05-03-2008, 15:35

Wow I'm in awe of you guys and your photos!

I have no idea when it comes to photography but this is my favourite!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b10/Lottiepics/Takara/DSCF0481.jpg

DaFoot

05-03-2008, 16:05

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b10/Lottiepics/Takara/DSCF0481.jpg
One of yours? Looks somewhat smaller (younger) than I remember dallies to be!

Lotti

05-03-2008, 18:36

One of yours? Looks somewhat smaller (younger) than I remember dallies to be!

Takara, aged 8 weeks! :D If only they stayed that size... :lol:

Galbraith

09-07-2008, 16:52

Seems a shame that this thread has been neglected lately. Some absolutely great pics on here.

Is it still de rigeur to link or can we insert piccies at will?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/2631096412_2192953c5e_o.jpg

Hook

09-07-2008, 17:06

Seems a shame that this thread has been neglected lately. Some absolutely great pics on here.

Is it still de rigeur to link or can we insert piccies at will?

Feel free to insert pictures at will. Would be nice if one of the GL's could go through and [img] the linked pictures!

ImpInaBox

09-07-2008, 17:54

Can I make a suggestion about embedded pictures? When you quote somebody's post that has an embedded pic can you please delete the pic from the quote? It just seems a bit pointless to repeat a pic that's already visible just above - just makes the thread harder to follow - particularly if it's a biggish pic like that one just above.

Obviously if you're referring to a pic that's several pages back then it might be useful to include it again, but mostly it's just a pain.

Hook

09-07-2008, 17:56

Galbraith

09-07-2008, 18:04

Is there a limit on the size of pics? pixelsize and filesize?

I thought my snap was pretty small - I only included it to bump the thread - so it might be worth asking people to limit embedded piccies to a certain size. It would certainly be a pain if people were quoting pics, especially multiple ones, regularly.

Grissom

09-07-2008, 19:11

Feel free to insert pictures at will. Would be nice if one of the GL's could go through and [img] the linked pictures!

Done the ones that I could figure out how to do. Some links are broken especially the bee ones about halfway through the thread.

Hook

09-07-2008, 19:16

me-and-pippo

09-07-2008, 19:31

Galbraith, what did you do with the veg in your photo above, eat it or what?
Just that it looks a bit like the top of a compost heap to me .. :hihi:

Amanda88t

09-07-2008, 20:32

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2075/1517519778_37c26ee192.jpg

i think this is my fav - well at least for today :)

Amanda88t

09-07-2008, 20:34

I'm sure I've posted this before...
I need to get back to New York!

thats an awesome pic!!

Hook

09-07-2008, 20:59

This is one of mine from last summer. It might not be the best composed photo, but walking the Great Wall has been the best experience of my life and it was simply breathtaking.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2350/2652852445_a77d88cd81_b.jpg
full size: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hook85/2652852445/sizes/l/

It wasn't even taken on my DSLR! ^_^

Amanda88t

09-07-2008, 21:00

Hook

09-07-2008, 21:14

hehe.. must have been amazing to stand up there!!!

It truly was. They'd turned off the factories around Beijing for the celebrations they were holding in Beijing on 08/08/07, one year before the Olympics opened so we had beautiful, clear skies. Most of the year the area around the wall is just brown scrub, and because of recent rain it was a beautiful green colour. I've never experienced anything like it in my life, we were the only people on the wall, walking 11 miles in 36degree heat. It was out of this world.

Grissom

09-07-2008, 21:42

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2075/1517519778_37c26ee192.jpg

i think this is my fav - well at least for today :)

Wow it just sucks you into the image :)

Amanda88t

09-07-2008, 22:05

Wow it just sucks you into the image :)

thank you very much :D

cloudforest

10-07-2008, 04:55

One of my current favourites, a longhorn moth taken a couple of years ago at Back Edge.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2128/2215730399_6decdd8687.jpg

Galbraith

10-07-2008, 07:56

Galbraith, what did you do with the veg in your photo above, eat it or what?
Just that it looks a bit like the top of a compost heap to me .. :hihi:

It was all the stuff left from the veg that went into a salsa I made. I thought it looked like a still life, so I snapped it on the moby. Might call it 'After the Salsa Class'...

Squiggs

12-07-2008, 18:56

I'm quite pleased with the way this one turned out

http://i38.tinypic.com/ed21j.jpg

Quite an ego-massage to have my first submission to a free stock photo site accepted and used in a small-circulation magazine article too!

matsalleh

12-07-2008, 19:04

Grissom

14-07-2008, 19:47

My new favourite, just uploaded to istockphoto and pending approval there - some noisy chaps outside Buckingham Palace :)

http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/6675667/2/istockphoto_6675667-band-outside-buckingham-palace-during-changing-of-the-guard.jpg

Hook

17-07-2008, 21:09

I've changed my mind...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2102/2267178726_569f80cd10_o.jpg

KelseyKaotic

01-08-2008, 07:58

http://http://a635.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/124/l_62be711430fa8037e4e4c654dbd9461a.jpg
a very simple one but a favourite

http://http://a863.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/86/l_591fa6abcdb94cdd5ac5c7f40cdd39de.jpg
my favourite macro picture

http://http://a804.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/75/l_e37100a5bec9a26729f695b1606a80db.jpg
and this is also a favourite which is weird as i only really take pictures of people

Paul Cocker

04-08-2008, 13:12

Couple from me:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1018/1303684052_5e7387b53d.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1227/1083199649_a048ca6a78.jpg

DaFoot

04-08-2008, 13:38

Cocker - those are fantastic!
Only quibble would be the yellow bucket by the cow, otherwise nigh on perfect :D

evildrneil

04-08-2008, 14:02

It's not a best photo - but how often do you find a topless model just walking round the city centre :o

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/2732025476_d39860abb3.jpg

JBOB

04-08-2008, 23:20

I quite like this one I took last weekend

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/2713657187_5fbc6f7dd5_o.jpg

Paul Cocker

05-08-2008, 17:16

I liked this, shot a few days back, just got round to pp'ing it.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/2734978755_2435cae470.jpg

Grissom

08-09-2008, 19:15

My new favourite - Martial Eagle at the Chatsworth Country Fayre :

http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/7124825/2/istockphoto_7124825-martial-or-marshall-eagle.jpg

This beasty has HUGE wings :)

jezzyjj

08-09-2008, 20:15

Here's one of mine

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3170/2840809306_29fa8b196d_o.jpg

davyboy

08-09-2008, 22:41

i think this is my fav - well at least for today
Last edited by Amanda88t : 09-07-2008 at 09:03 PM.

Brilliant!!!

JBOB

08-09-2008, 23:20

Southwark Cathedral

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2822468327_c39cd30964.jpg

paul28uk

09-09-2008, 23:13

Here's one I took in Chester Zoo a few weeks back. hope someone likes it!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/2843452335_49a25c71db.jpg

a1anth

10-09-2008, 10:47

is that one of the Budweiser chameleons?

paul28uk

10-09-2008, 11:01

I think so, although it was actually taken at Chester Zoo.

paul28uk

10-09-2008, 11:02

Southwark Cathedral

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2822468327_c39cd30964.jpg

Has that been 'shopped' and if so how's it been done? HDR/3 Images etc? Looks a great pic

neeeeeeeeeek

10-09-2008, 11:34

Skyscraper in Hong Kong.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/trumpmuffin/IMG_7206.jpg

jezzyjj

10-09-2008, 11:58

is that one of the Budweiser chameleons?

Full Latin name is Budweiser Inebrium!

jezzyjj

10-09-2008, 12:00

Skyscraper in Hong Kong.

I'm sure I have a pic of same building.
Fabulous place for photography. :thumbsup:

DaFoot

10-09-2008, 12:04

That's one impressive looking building ^N+k$
All the more so because of the angle in your pic...good job :thumbsup:

JBOB

11-09-2008, 02:18

Has that been 'shopped' and if so how's it been done? HDR/3 Images etc? Looks a great pic

Its HDR

3 exposures put into Photomatix and then just resized. The orig one looks fine but the HDR just brings out more detail.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/2822470719_8e22ce3181.jpg

top totty

20-09-2009, 09:45

http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_July_29__09_%284%29_edit_2_%28Large%29.jpg (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/July_29__09_%284%29_edit_2_%28Large%29.jpg)

top totty

20-09-2009, 09:51

http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_18_Feb_09_%2826%29-1upload_%28Large%29.jpg (http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18_Feb_09_%2826%29-1upload_%28Large%29.jpg)

missymarsbar

20-09-2009, 17:20

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15460258@N05/1645219206/in/set-72157602584082149/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15460258@N05/3863163954/in/set-72157622161586576/

marktighe

21-09-2009, 15:22

Hard to pick a favourite, you're only as good as the last one you did!

First post btw ;-)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/2555048487_afea4f8e4d.jpg

2thin2swim

21-09-2009, 21:54

There's some quality work being shown on this thread - hope this adds to it..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2t2s/1969434062/

2thin2swim

21-09-2009, 21:56

I've changed my mind...

you could photoshop out the chain and posts on this one!

Broody

22-09-2009, 23:44

http://www.neildavison.co.uk/catalog/images/DSC_0131.jpg

stordoff

29-09-2009, 19:09

One of my favourite recent photos: poty2009.dcmag.co.uk/3913562628069797038/matlock-baths-illuminations.html

You'll need to copy the URL to view. I'm not allowed to have a link until I've made 5 posts. (I registered specifically to post in this thread)

top totty

30-09-2009, 09:00

me-and-pippo

30-09-2009, 09:39

You can't view anything on dc mag, they have disappeared and people have migrated to photo Radar so you will have to have the picture somewhere else on the new for people to view, Flickr or something like that. I was also a member of dc mag so do know what I'm saying is right.
That seems strange,
I can see stordoffs photo here .. dcmag.co.uk (http://poty2009.dcmag.co.uk/3913562628069797038/matlock-baths-illuminations.html)

m&p

top totty

30-09-2009, 17:16

That seems strange,
I can see stordoffs photo here .. dcmag.co.uk (http://poty2009.dcmag.co.uk/3913562628069797038/matlock-baths-illuminations.html)

m&p

Yes can but that's because it's entered in the POTY competition and not in the old galleries which we had, they have all gone :(

top totty

30-09-2009, 17:17

Nice picture Stordoff.

AHG Creative

30-09-2009, 17:43

My own current fave is this http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyhemingway/3960293852/ taken at dawn on Higger Tor on Saturday. It's a shot I've been working on for a while and re-shot few times in different conditions. I think this one captures the mood the best.

Cheers,

Andy

top totty

04-10-2009, 19:09

http://www.dslruser.co.uk/components/com_joomgallery/img_pictures/janets_4802/gentle_white_1_20091004_1021383118.jpg

corkneyfonz

05-10-2009, 16:59

This rough scan was posted on photobucket with the intention of showing a before and after. Despite not even being cropped, it now graces a Hungarian website and has been viewed over 700 times, whilst the improved version posted elsewhere on SF is still in single figures. There is no accounting for taste.

http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss308/corkneyfonz/tree.jpg

layola

03-11-2009, 01:25

This is my fave :)
It was a lucky shot; all the rest came out rubbish xD

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/4070463436_5f36cc4223_o.jpg

troutbasher

03-11-2009, 02:05

Just found this post(lol).Anyhows could,nt decide between two so i,l be cheeky an post em bothe and let you peeps decide!!!

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff120/pauld67/StrikemasterTeamViperFormation.jpg

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff120/pauld67/PICT0144.jpg

Phanerothyme

03-11-2009, 02:09

I like the BAC Strikemasters.

LiveLife

14-11-2009, 00:55

http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww152/The_Legend_09/DSC_0404bnw.jpg

photo from a recent club event in Sheffield

terrorfirma

14-11-2009, 01:26

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3014/2891243436_bebd4736a6_b.jpg

Not my best but my favourite.

mattsando

15-11-2009, 09:32

I really like these two, probably because of the work involved in getting them!

http://www.mattsanderson.co.uk/blog/images//20091018/091018-173918.jpg

http://www.mattsanderson.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/090727_132729.jpg

There's more here (http://www.mattsanderson.co.uk), if you're interested. :)

HarryMac

15-11-2009, 10:29

One from Mablethorpe this year, Very early on a Sunday moring.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2454/3860562846_6af423e1e4_o.jpg

Cheers, H.

jezzyjj

17-11-2009, 12:55

I really like these two, probably because of the work involved in getting them!Some nice pics, but be careful of valuing images by your effort taken in getting them as viewers won't care in the least about that. Unless you're photographing something like some changing a light bulb at top of Empire State Building! :D
Joe MacNally getting high (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEAKQFddTLI)

alchresearch

17-11-2009, 15:04

One from Mablethorpe this year, Very early on a Sunday moring.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2454/3860562846_6af423e1e4_o.jpg

Cheers, H.

I would never say that's Mablethorpe! Expect a call from the town's tourist board very soon!

My faves that I'm proud of:

http://s192798389.websitehome.co.uk/urbex/beetham200807/beetham1.jpg

http://s192798389.websitehome.co.uk/urbex/beetham200807/beetham4.jpg

jaynie38

31-12-2009, 21:12

I would never say that's Mablethorpe! Expect a call from the town's tourist board very soon!

My faves that I'm proud of:

http://s192798389.websitehome.co.uk/urbex/beetham200807/beetham1.jpg

http://s192798389.websitehome.co.uk/urbex/beetham200807/beetham4.jpg

They are really good , which town is that? Thought it was Sheffield at first, but dont recognise any buildings?