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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Riven on August 15, 2002, 02:40:18 pm

Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Riven on August 15, 2002, 02:40:18 pm
I was thinking that everyone is doing nice pretty renders but how much skill do you all have with a real camera, here's one of my shots. I have it in a tif on my PC but this is a low quality jpg so it doesnt look as good as the real thing. I took it using only a £200 digital camera and a tripod, £200 doesnt get you much of a digital camera. It has had nothing done to it in PS, this is the original raw image. Enjoy

(http://freespace.virgin.net/riven.storage/plum01.jpg):)
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Alikchi on August 15, 2002, 04:28:48 pm
That is pretty nice..I would've found a less diseased leaf though :wink:

Here's mine, edited in PSP, I call it The Sprite

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/ntv/images/sprite.jpg)
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Riven on August 16, 2002, 02:23:11 am
I like the effect, its really good:yes:

I thought the diseased made the subject look more interesting than just a plain plum tree.

Heres another photo, i was trying to get a good depth of field. Again 100% unedited.

(http://freespace.virgin.net/riven.storage/Honey_suckle02.jpg)
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Styxx on August 16, 2002, 12:50:18 pm
I love photography, and have lots of them taken with my Canon EOS 500n, but I don't have a scanner. :p
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Odyssey on August 16, 2002, 03:32:29 pm
I love photography too...
Riven, your photos are good, my only suggestion would be to work on the cropping, for an image with more impact.
Alikchi, I agree with Riven, the effect is... interesting... ;)

Here's an example of mine, I took this a few days ago with a Nikon outfit and a 70-150mm lens. I resized the image to fit your monitors a little better ^_^  It's a pity about the dust all over it, I'll have to fix that in Photoshop.

http://ambience.i8.com/dandelion_resize.jpg
(may need to copy and paste to new window)
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Sandwich on August 17, 2002, 06:07:28 am
A few of my favorites:

Nature:
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Nature Interrupted:
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Cool:
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Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Alikchi on August 17, 2002, 05:21:34 pm
Sandwich - you already know what I think of your pics. L33t :nod:

Here are mine

http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/ntv/images/rlpics/pic1.jpg
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/ntv/images/rlpics/pic2.jpg
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/ntv/images/rlpics/pic3.jpg
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/ntv/images/rlpics/pic4.jpg
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/ntv/images/rlpics/pic5b.jpg
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Sandwich on August 17, 2002, 05:54:22 pm
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Originally posted by Alikchi
Sandwich - you already know what I think of your pics. L33t :nod:

Here are mine

http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/ntv/images/rlpics/pic1.jpg
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/ntv/images/rlpics/pic2.jpg
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/ntv/images/rlpics/pic3.jpg
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/ntv/images/rlpics/pic4.jpg
http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/ntv/images/rlpics/pic5b.jpg


Pretty.... *sigh* :)
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Thorn on August 17, 2002, 06:27:29 pm
That "UFO" looks like a moth, or butterfly....
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Alikchi on August 17, 2002, 06:29:21 pm
It's a speck of dust, I think.:p
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Riven on August 18, 2002, 11:53:49 am
Sandwich i love the concept for your nature interupted pics but i think you need to invest in either a tripod or try taking sharper pics because all of it seems a tiny bit blured.
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Sandwich on August 18, 2002, 12:58:10 pm
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Originally posted by Riven
Sandwich i love the concept for your nature interupted pics but i think you need to invest in either a tripod or try taking sharper pics because all of it seems a tiny bit blured.


Hmmm... true. It's just a semi-cheap digital camera, and I can't manually choose the focus, so I'm not surprised. And for the closeups, I haven't quite mastered estimating how close I can get to the subject...
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Riven on August 18, 2002, 01:12:30 pm
does your camera have a macro mode? should look like a little flower. This will reduce the depth of field and make the object quite sharp. Also are the pics on the highest quality setting and in what format does the camera save them?
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Sandwich on August 18, 2002, 08:08:43 pm
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Originally posted by Riven
does your camera have a macro mode? should look like a little flower. This will reduce the depth of field and make the object quite sharp. Also are the pics on the highest quality setting and in what format does the camera save them?


lol - I'm that competent, at least. Yeah, it has macro and that flower/grenade pic was using it. Problem is that the macro ain't the best - I can only get as close as 20cm. Any closer and it can't focus.

And now that I have a 128Mb memory stick, I save all my pics in high-quality JPEG. They average 400kb each. :)
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Riven on August 19, 2002, 02:53:49 am
that distance is the min i can go. If u can zoom in do that, but with the auto focus u need to focus on the same level as the grenade. I presume your shutter has 2 stages. In macro point the camera exactly at the grenade and press the shutter to the first stage. Then rotate the camera to what u want to shoot (but dont move it back or forward) and press to the second stage. This will mean that the auto focus is still at the same distance as the grenade.
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Gortef on August 19, 2002, 05:53:58 am
Some BW photos...

http://project.llaky.fi/kurssi/kk2001/akim/images/hlpphotos/bw.jpg
http://project.llaky.fi/kurssi/kk2001/akim/images/hlpphotos/bw2.jpg
http://project.llaky.fi/kurssi/kk2001/akim/images/hlpphotos/bw3.jpg
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Sandwich on August 19, 2002, 02:40:37 pm
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Originally posted by Gortef
Some BW photos...

http://project.llaky.fi/kurssi/kk2001/akim/images/hlpphotos/bw.jpg
http://project.llaky.fi/kurssi/kk2001/akim/images/hlpphotos/bw2.jpg
http://project.llaky.fi/kurssi/kk2001/akim/images/hlpphotos/bw3.jpg


Dude, B/W is cool, but compression is even cooler... :D

Above-average size aside, nice pics. :nod:
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: aldo_14 on August 19, 2002, 03:05:45 pm
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/reciprocity/steve.jpg)

:p
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Sandwich on August 19, 2002, 04:16:36 pm
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Originally posted by aldo_14
{image removed for great justice!}

:p


Awww, what a cute self-portrait! :p
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Gortef on August 19, 2002, 04:40:13 pm
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Originally posted by Sandwich


Dude, B/W is cool, but compression is even cooler... :D

Above-average size aside, nice pics. :nod:


Thanks Sandwich... I know the images got a bit too large, but I hope it's not a big nuicance :p

aldo: that's so cute... it's name is Steve right? :D
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: aldo_14 on August 19, 2002, 05:17:34 pm
Um.  Yes.  Steve the Polar Bear.  I gave it the name. :nod:
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Gortef on August 20, 2002, 03:07:42 am
Say "Moi!" to Steve will ya :D
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: aldo_14 on August 20, 2002, 04:38:39 pm
I would, but Steve is currently stuffed in a suitcase.
Title: Real Art (Contains Huge Image)
Post by: Gortef on August 21, 2002, 06:53:58 am
Oh dear... Poor Steve :lol: