official photography thread

[Alpha06]

Everything around the Puunene Mill is brown.
Gotta admit that my color looks pretty weak compared to Alpha06.

Its not magic, its Panasonic. Nice pics btw.

Normal settings...

I'm not sure if you've 'gone too far' with the editing but I think what you've done at least stands out. Curves is the first place anyone should turn when editing a photo, making a nice S curve can boost drab shadows and liven highlights. Maybe you sharpened a bit too much but in my opinion it worked this time.



alphao6 was shooting on digital for sure, all you've got to do is just moved the curves a little to bring out the color, highlights and shadows. Sometimes drab color works though, I love the composition of your second picture bob - you've got a good eye.

Umm, the only thing photoshop did to those pics was a resize from the original pixels...I can give you the original photos if you want with all the exif data...they haven't been altered, sorry. I know you're not being mean or anything but I am kind of insulted now.

[Fat Bastard]

[williamewart]

nice!
howd you manage to see those beauties

haha well there is a bugatti owners club at this 'car' event
Prescott Speed Hill Climb
and they managed to get 5 veyrons out there all driving up this hill simulatneously!
and thanks

[lexx]

I know you're not being mean or anything but I am kind of insulted now.

Don't be offended, it's a compliment if anything. The image that really stands out for the color, the one I was talking about is this one -

It looks like the contrast has been raised to get those colors, but if it hasn't that's even better!

The lumix are really good cameras, the only 'bridge camera' I'd buy after being burned in the past with olympus or sony.

[longboardorific]

haha well there is a bugatti owners club at this 'car' event
Prescott Speed Hill Climb
and they managed to get 5 veyrons out there all driving up this hill simulatneously!
and thanks

you got to go to the prescott hill climb with bugattis. I am jealous

[arcane]

Alright photo gurus. I'm having trouble capturing the color of a board. It's purple and bright green but comes out blue and yellowish regardless of the setting. Outside in direct sunlight, shade, inside on a white background, flash no flash. What am I doing wrong?

I have a Fujifilm FinePix s700 if that helps at all.

[Blix]

Alright photo gurus. I'm having trouble capturing the color of a board. It's purple and bright green but comes out blue and yellowish regardless of the setting. Outside in direct sunlight, shade, inside on a white background, flash no flash. What am I doing wrong?

I have a Fujifilm FinePix s700 if that helps at all.

Whip out the user manual and learn how to set a custom white balance for the lighting conditions you`re shooting in, that will probably do the trick. Try some different exposures too, the bright colors can throw the lightmeter off and shoothing against a white background will have the camera underexposing, you need to compensate for that.

[Mystery Bob]

Alright photo gurus. I'm having trouble capturing the color of a board. It's purple and bright green but comes out blue and yellowish regardless of the setting. Outside in direct sunlight, shade, inside on a white background, flash no flash. What am I doing wrong? I have a Fujifilm FinePix s700 if that helps at all.

Could be something wrong with the camera. Shooting other stuff do you also get poor color representations?
Color can be off indoor under tungsten, flourescents or other warm light if the camera is set to daylight. It could be off in the morning or evening, or when there's wierd cloud cover. You could fix that with fill-flash which is equivilent to regular daylight. If the meter in the camera is working correctly, the best natural color it can render will be when you take your meter reading off of a grey-board. If you don't have that you can meter off the grass lawn or something with a similar darkness. Most meters are based on medium grey falling halfway between black and white. On a scale of seven, one is white, four is grey and seven is black. Or in other words, don't meter off of the darker or lighter parts of the frame. You can bracket your exposures, shooting one an F-stop more, one 2 F-stops more, one an F-stop less, one 2 F-stops less.....

[arcane]

I have to say that I understood very little of what you said but I'll do some further research to figure it out. Thanks guys.

[Eddy Martinez]

During The Sizzler I had to explain to alot of friends from out of town that I live about five hours from Austin,Tx. I live in the Rio Grande Valley. I know I am near home because you see palm trees every where. South Padre Island is 30 min from house, you can see the Gulf of Mexico. Your Amigo Eddy Texas Outlaws/Pavel Skates

[Mystery Bob]

I have to say that I understood very little of what you said but I'll do some further research to figure it out. Thanks guys.

Arcane, I was just kinda kidding and I'm not sure what I said either!

[jlmitch]

arcane, it sounds like Blix and Mystery Bob have the right idea with changing your white balance and exposure settings. The way I understand it (and it's probably off), white balance for a camera is basically making things as close to actual color as possible, which depends on the kind of light you're in. Our eyes can see and detect color no problem, but sometimes a camera's sensor has a little trouble, which is why your board looks weird in pictures. I'm just guessing, but with the dynamic colors on the board and the different light sources, your camera needs help with coming up with a true-to-life product.

I Googled your camera and found this review. It seems pretty thorough and it has pictures. The guy starts talking about adjusting white balance about halfway down the page. It could help. If it doesn't, hopefully there's something on that page that will. You've got to get out of Auto mode in order to change that stuff. I have a point-and-shoot camera and I've found that I can make things "look right" by staying in Manual, Custom, or Program mode (M, C, or P on the camera dial) and just playing with every single setting. I also wouldn't put the board on a white background, like Blix said. But, yeah, if you still have your manual, I would read up on changing shutter speed, aperture, and white balance...maybe manual focus, too.

My bad if you already know all of that. When I got my camera I knew jack ####, so I like to share what I've learned. I'd want someone else to be just as helpful, knowhumsayin'?

I haven't contributed to this thread yet, so here's one that I like:

[jaxxstatic]

This is awesome! First shot out of this thread that I've wanted to make my desktop background (and I did, thanks!).

[tomlarry@hotmail.com]

what is the caterpiller eating? is that a cast?

[subsole]

Originally posted by Lexx:
I never use flickr because it's owned by yahoo

quoted for truth

[jlmitch]

what is the caterpiller eating? is that a cast?

It's a random piece of string that's tied onto my keyring. I set my keys down to do some slides in the road and I came back and there the caterpillar was, nomming on it.

jaxxstatic, thanks for the props!

[VulgarDisplayCFH]

I just bought a d40, SOO stoked.

[williamewart]

I just bought a d40, SOO stoked.

good choice
i have one too, enjoy it

[lexx]

I just got a coolscan V. Hellyeah!

[Blix]

I just got a coolscan V. Hellyeah!

That`s a great scanner Lexx, I`m considering one myself as I`ve been shooting a little more 35mm lately, and the scanner I use for medium and large format doesn`t really cut it on small film.

And here`s what I just bought:

Waterproof and has a great sharp lens, and with it`s hilarious looks, no one will take me seriously