COMMENTS THREAD for Random Photos LII

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Comments for Photo's in Random Photo Thread LII

Mike Litoris

Humberklog, what the hell is going on in that shot of the guy with the ripped pants sitting on a stick?

humberklog

Mike Litoris wrote: »

Humberklog, what the hell is going on in that shot of the guy with the ripped pants sitting on a stick?

I was at a wedding in Devon during the summer. One of the locals came down to look at the goings on and stuck a pole up his arse. I snapped it on my phone at the time but only got the film rolls developed this week. So I was reminded of it then, made me laugh.

Mike Litoris

humberklog wrote: »

I was at a wedding in Devon during the summer. One of the locals came down to look at the goings on and stuck a pole up his arse.

Bahaha.

Tiriel

flyingsnail wrote: »

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130199459@N04/21889418900/in/datetaken-public/

I wish there was a figure in the mid/foreground of this!

flyingsnail

Tiriel wrote: »

I wish there was a figure in the mid/foreground of this!

Now that you say that I know what you mean yet at the time I spent a good 15 minutes waiting for people to not be milling around in the middle :P

OldGoat

rog871 wrote: »

Eiffel Tower by Dara Rogers, on Flickr

Not a comment on the photograph per se but just wondering if the lights on the Eiffel are still under copyright - a strange concept that I've never fully grasped.

DaireQuinlan

too much TOO MUCH !

The eyes and teeth look unnatural compared to the rest of the image. I assume you've boosted their local contrast or something or toned down the rest of the shot ?

flyingsnail

OldGoat wrote: »

Not a comment on the photograph per se but just wondering if the lights on the Eiffel are still under copyright - a strange concept that I've never fully grasped.

AFAIK yes, the lighting is considered a piece of art and therefore has copyright protection.

D.S.

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

too much TOO MUCH !

The eyes and teeth look unnatural compared to the rest of the image. I assume you've boosted their local contrast or something or toned down the rest of the shot ?

thanks Daire - I agree with you. The eyes and teeth look off. I went back into PS and I had somehow fat thumbed and deleted a group of layers by mistake and missed it on the export.

I did try some global contrast edits and then pulled back somewhat on the eyes/teeth. I have updated the shot on flickr. However, something that's still throwing me off is that (to my eye) the shot on flickr seems better / more natural (though still on the sharp side). However, when I see it in boards it looks completely off still. I am guessing it's something to do with the downsizing to 800 px?

It's late here so maybe I need to look again tomorrow with a fresh pair of eyes - but does anyone else see a difference between boards and flickr (if using a desktop)?

https://flic.kr/p/yR5rJv


D.S.

DaireQuinlan

D.S. wrote: »

It's late here so maybe I need to look again tomorrow with a fresh pair of eyes - but does anyone else see a difference between boards and flickr (if using a desktop)?
D.S.

Not especially, no. It was on Flickr that I noticed it first when I zoomed in a bit.

M.J.M.C

Yeah have to agree here some of the eyes in your flickr pics are a bit over done (for my taste anyway and what little I know)
They just look unnatural (no offence) I do love your style though.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dereksheerin/18975055483/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dereksheerin/14302078990/

Btw - love this:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dereksheerin/14204178829/

Iancar29

Great shot xhsayx, a nice Orionid meteor on the right.

xshayx wrote: »

Can I ask where the location is?

emeldc

Anyone know where my 'Croagh Patrick' picture went to

Tiriel

If it was greater than 800pixels it might have been removed as per thread limitations.

emeldc

Tiriel wrote: »

If it was greater than 800pixels it might have been removed as per thread limitations.

Oh, sorry yea, it might have been

Tiriel

Make sure you post it again in a smaller size, Flickr makes it straightforward to post, check the first post in the random thread for instructions!

emeldc

Tiriel wrote: »

Make sure you post it again in a smaller size, Flickr makes it straightforward to post, check the first post in the random thread for instructions!

Cheers, will do.

Tiriel

Silva360 wrote: »

First day out with my new camera. CC welcome

Really nice! What did you buy?!

Silva360

Tiriel wrote: »

Really nice! What did you buy?!

Thanks!

I've been using a D700 for the last seven years, really love/d that camera. Sadly, I was caught out in torrential rain storm for 3 hours in late August and my so called waterproof gear proved not so waterproof after all! My camera died and the professionals at Fixation said it was 'beyond economic repair'. So I saved, begged, borrowed and went for the D810. Spent a week getting familiar with it and then went on on my first shoot over the weekend. It's a real beauty. So yeah, a D810

Tiriel

Silva360 wrote: »

Thanks!

I've been using a D700 for the last seven years, really love/d that camera. Sadly, I was caught out in torrential rain storm for 3 hours in late August and my so called waterproof gear proved not so waterproof after all! My camera died and the professionals at Fixation said it was 'beyond economic repair'. So I saved, begged, borrowed and went for the D810. Spent a week getting familiar with it and then went on on my first shoot over the weekend. It's a real beauty. So yeah, a D810

Well that sounds like a great reason to get out shooting!! Doing great work so far - love both of those shots, really atmospheric.

xshayx

Iancar29 wrote: »

Great shot xhsayx, a nice Orionid meteor on the right.
Can I ask where the location is?

Thanks! And thanks for the meteor name, was't really sure what it was!

Its up at Sally Gap (the R759 heading towards Manor Kilbride, but not too far after the Sally Gap crossroads), lots of deer making nosies so nice and eerie up there!

mc_grens

xshayx wrote: »

Thanks! And thanks for the meteor name, was't really sure what it was!

Its up at Sally Gap (the R759 heading towards Manor Kilbride, but not too far after the Sally Gap crossroads), lots of deer making nosies so nice and eerie up there!

A good Milky Way spot in the summer maybe?

M.J.M.C

Wamble wrote: »

My first wedding


eoghanlyons.com

I'd love to see some more of these and hear how you found the experience

xshayx

mc_grens wrote: »

A good Milky Way spot in the summer maybe?

I'd say it is, apart from a patch of light pollution in the Dublin direction, it gets nice and dark up there!

magicbastarder

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=97538270&postcount=217

@DQ; where was the second shot taken? i like it a lot.

DaireQuinlan

magicbastarder wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=97538270&postcount=217

@DQ; where was the second shot taken? i like it a lot.

I've added the location in Flickr. It was an ephemeral thing. Nothing now remains. Around that sign the lone and level, eh, rubble, stretches far away

OldGoat

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=97608371&postcount=269

Humberclogs image of a mother and child.

With regard to the thread on photographing children you posted this lovely image. In comedy timing is king. Well played sir, well played.

pwllor

M.J.M.C wrote: »

I'd love to see some more of these and hear how you found the experience

I love the light on her face.

cowboyBuilder

https://flic.kr/p/B7G4uV



I love it, 1st off its a great photo but also the Lion looks like he's got such an attitude !!

Silva360

@ Longshanks: Your Golden Gate Bridge photo is amazing. Epic mood! Love it....

@ Myksyk: I really like your recent photo, but, and I hope you don't mind me saying, the horizon line is too hard. If you softened that it would be a stunning shot. Beautiful colours.

Myksyk

Silva360 wrote: »

@ Longshanks: Your Golden Gate Bridge photo is amazing. Epic mood! Love it....

@ Myksyk: I really like your recent photo, but, and I hope you don't mind me saying, the horizon line is too hard. If you softened that it would be a stunning shot. Beautiful colours.

Thanks Silva. You are correct I over sharpened but had flattened my PS file. I worked on the other edges and forgot the horizon. Will work on it. That picture looks very different on my iPhone for some reason as if it is not displaying certain layers or something. No idea why!!

Silva360

Myksyk wrote: »

...but had flattened my PS file. I worked on the other edges and forgot the horizon.

If only I had a euro for every file I've flattened and saved only to realise later that I had forgotten something.....! Nowadays it's a psd AND tiff save for me. Please do post it again when you've finished, I'd love to see the outcome.

DaireQuinlan

humberklog wrote: »

Two moody atmospheric landscapes in a row WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THE REAL HUMBERKLOG

humberklog

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Two moody atmospheric landscapes in a row WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THE REAL HUMBERKLOG

Ha, well what are you supposed to do in Connemara? I was there and so was that. It'd have been rude not to.

M.J.M.C

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Reference

Really love this shot, it's brilliant.

DaireQuinlan

M.J.M.C wrote: »

Really love this shot, it's brilliant.

I can do 'normal' when the occasion demands it :-D

This ...


and this:


were taken at the same time (or at least within moments of each other)

magicbastarder

DQ is also the hoaxer behind the shroud of turin.

DaireQuinlan

magicbastarder wrote: »

DQ is also the hoaxer behind the shroud of turin.

It's true. By 'within moments of each other' I actually meant 'in 1350'.

M.J.M.C

Wailin wrote: »

Upper lake by Tony, on Flickr

Lovely picture,great to see you posting more often

Wailin

M.J.M.C wrote: »

Lovely picture,great to see you posting more often

Thanks M.J.M.C.

mystic86

Love that image Myksyk, love the background!

Myksyk

Thanks mystic86. I'm lucky the fields behind my house are hundreds of yards away and provide perfect backgrounds! Also I think this chap looks almost stoic in the rain!!

shrapnel222

xshayx wrote: »

A sprinkling of snow up Sally Gap.

nice shot.love those trees personally. taken them a few times myself

AngryHippie

D.S. wrote: »

D.S.

Amazing shot there. spooky and sanguine at the same time.

Congrats.

OldGoat

^^ That child has a strange and alien hand. Spooky indeed.

CelticRambler

Took my new 10-18mm Canon lens for a walk this evening and thought I'd also get an early start on Challenge 173 - Candid portraits.



Hmmmm. Saturday night is party night ... but obviously not in my town centre (that's the main carpark)! So I took a picture of the church instead. :cool:

Myksyk

There's a serious amount of happy vibe in this shot. Captivating.

Tiriel

Myksyk wrote: »

There's a serious amount of happy vibe in this shot. Captivating.

I totally agree, I looked at each face individually and kept going around, it's really lovely!

Mars Bar

I would absolutely kill for a Fruit Pastille now. Damn you longshanks!

mystic86

keps wrote: »

cormorant

Hi Keps - hope you don't mind this post.

Interesting bird You're some man for finding good bird shots

I just noticed the bird is a bit fuzzy, so I had a look at the photo on Flickr, I think the shutter speed is too low at 1/250, especially at 600mm. I wouldn't go below 1/600, or preferably 1/1000. I know you have to balance the iso, which is currently 1000, but you can also increase the exposure by a couple of stops in post processing if you aren't already...
One last thing, based on the branch thing he is on I'd say the focus might be slightly in front of the bird. I personally generally use spot focus..might be better than centre-weighted that you used...worth a go

All the best.