Your Best Photography

CBROOKS · 2005-11-08 17:15:50

All of it, any of the shots you have that came out really nice [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/mxpxfreerider/DSC_2073.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/mxpxfreerider/DSC_2030.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/mxpxfreerider/IMG_3034.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/mxpxfreerider/myride.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/mxpxfreerider/IMG_3130.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/mxpxfreerider/islandinthesun.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/mxpxfreerider/IMG_3065.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/mxpxfreerider/IMG_2494.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/mxpxfreerider/IMG_2480.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/mxpxfreerider/IMG_2480.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/mxpxfreerider/IMG_2524.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/mxpxfreerider/IMG_2496.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/mxpxfreerider/IMG_2493.jpg[/IMG]

cottage_steeze

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ya this was one of the first skiing shots i ever took, we had a light hanging in the tree so that kinda destroyed that part and i have no clue why i took it with the other filmer in there whatsoever

Oct 26 2011 2:23AM

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Ben.

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Word. For a first skiing shot, your lighting looks really good. And if thats a filming light, maybe a shield above to avoid lighting up the tree so much? I thought it was one of your strobes originally.

Oct 26 2011 2:45AM

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cottage_steeze

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ya i dont have any strobes unfortunately hah we just used a bunch of shop lights and that was a weird little clip on one we just threw up there

Oct 26 2011 2:51AM

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Rob_G

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The sickest Aurora I've seen went down this Monday night.

Oct 26 2011 4:14PM

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Yossarian

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^ Those are intense and incredibly awesome.

Oct 26 2011 4:21PM

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Rob_G

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Thanks man! It was so insane.

Oct 26 2011 4:54PM

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Daph

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Found some more digging through flickr

Oct 26 2011 8:49PM

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Oct 26 2011 9:35PM

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Daph

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Thanks!!

Oct 26 2011 9:36PM

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sick! where is this?

Oct 27 2011 2:50PM

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Rob_G

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Thanks! It's 30 min south of Östersund in Sweden.

Oct 27 2011 2:57PM

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Bear_Grylls

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just took these a couple days ago. really like how they turned out

Oct 27 2011 8:33PM

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GreenHorn

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Just got a 24-105. Really stoked on it. Click for high res

Oct 28 2011 12:55AM

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Oct 28 2011 12:48PM

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Kevski

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There are some phenomenal photos in this thread. I'm just getting into photography, but I love it oh so much. Critique is welcome seeing as these are some of the first photos I've taken and I definitely don't know all the technical aspects of photography.

probably somewhat cliche?

Oct 29 2011 12:46AM

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Gili Trawangan, Indonesia, you have to go. No police, tons of partying, beautiful women, beautiful beaches, legal mushrooms, abundant marijuana, you name it.

Not my best, but it's cool.

and finally a photo I saw when I was stumbling home drunk, went and grabbed my camera for it. Kind of eerie.

Now for Mount Rinjani Trekking.

No crazy composition, just a heat of the moment about to be killed by a monkey snapshot.

Coming up to the crater rim on Mount Rinjani, Indonesia's second highest volcano at 12, 225 feet. Probably around 10,500 feet.

Momma monkey protecting her newborn

Love the composition of this one.

Sunset behind the crater rim

And that's enough for now, enjoy.

Oct 29 2011 4:27AM

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BeerWeed

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This sounds amazing! Is the pot accessible publicly or is it grown privately and sold? Some great photos in that collection.

Oct 29 2011 8:06PM

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PurpleDino

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This was just a quick pic to throw up on facebook but I actually really like it.

Oct 29 2011 8:37PM

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solitaryman

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It's grown over on Lombok and imported, but it's publicly accessible. As soon as I agreed to stay in my guest house, as I was signing the check in, the owner rolled me up a fat cone as a welcome gift. You can't walk more than 100 meters without being offered weed "smoke, smoke?" or mushrooms. But the mushrooms are also sold in shakes at bars and stuff. I forgot to mention that every monday, wednesday, and friday are all official party nights where mostly everyone goes to one bar (different for all three nights) and they have a DJ and dance floor going. Definitely head down there if you can, I got stuck for the majority of three weeks on that island, aside from the trek, I was there. Thank you by the way, I'm glad you enjoyed the photos.

Oct 30 2011 1:14AM

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so I really have no knowledge or skills in photography and definitely do not consider myself a photographer, but I really want to start. I messed around with my mum's Canon EOS-1D Mark II while on vacation this summer. these are all no post work too.

Anyways let me know what you guys think and of course any and all criticism is welcome since I really don't know what im doing..

Nov 1 2011 6:10PM

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PurpleDino

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I'm happy with this last batch. They are just simple portraits but I think I finally have my colors dialed. Criticism is greatly appreciated!

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62572054@N05/6304522948/" title="Jack Thinking by Ian McCluskey, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6113/6304522948_1d703193b1_z.jpg" width="427" height="640" alt="Jack Thinking"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62572054@N05/6304524566/" title="Sam by Ian McCluskey, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6054/6304524566_cfb188ae9f_z.jpg" width="427" height="640" alt="Sam"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62572054@N05/6304521200/" title="Evan by Ian McCluskey, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6036/6304521200_09700c2a1d_z.jpg" width="427" height="640" alt="Evan"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62572054@N05/6304518852/" title="Shoveling Sam by Ian McCluskey, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6222/6304518852_1443ebaa9d_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="Shoveling Sam"></a>

Nov 1 2011 9:02PM

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PurpleDino

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Work please? My flash embed code hasn't been working..

Nov 1 2011 9:04PM

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.Max.

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Here you go. All his^

Nov 1 2011 9:09PM

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.Duncan.

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In my opinion those last two were not to great with composition. But whatever i'm a photo noob.

Nov 1 2011 9:14PM

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BigBadWolf

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You could go a bit brighter though on all of those shots. Espicially the second to last one, the color was really wierd with the background.

Nov 1 2011 9:21PM

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PurpleDino

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Second to last one was just a bad angle. Marroon jacket and trees behind him make for no real contrast. If I go brighter on the other ones I'd wash out my whites though. I always judge brightness by watching my whites and highlights

Nov 2 2011 6:51AM

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Aenigma

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An image from my thesis

Nov 2 2011 1:04PM

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jeremy.g

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got a few shots with some people skating on campus tonight

ns is really killing color. click em

Nov 4 2011 3:14AM

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solitaryman

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Good work! Only thing I'd say is you need to move the flash to viewers left for the goofy skate on that drop, otherwise it's swell.

Nov 4 2011 6:55AM

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Nov 5 2011 7:30PM

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Raz.

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Just a few random ones from the last little bit. havent posted in forEVER

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And some from the goruck challenge

This was a very touching moment. its definitely not the best photography, but I think the purpose makes it special. it was the virginia war memorial, and was lit up entirely at night. we had just made it through the hardest part of the whole challenge, and this moment was seriously one of the most emotional things I have ever witnessed. tears streamed down the faces of many men while we were there. 90% of these people were in the military, so it was very important too them.

THE SUN FINALLY CAME UP

Nov 5 2011 7:59PM

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Balto

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senior session today, inb4 ns destroys this, so you should all view it at this link :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/toconnellphotography/6316952260/in/photostream/

Nov 5 2011 11:09PM

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PeterWojnar

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What lens is that, Balto? Bokeh looks beautiful and a little odd at the same time.

Nov 6 2011 3:39AM

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solitaryman

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I'm guessing it's a Helios 44m-2.

Here's a recent shot from Cebu city, Philippines.

Nov 6 2011 4:26AM

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hollygrove

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hahaha, i looked at that picture like three times before realizing that she wasn't pregnant. maybe its just me but that railing looks like a child bearing tummy. love the colours though.

Nov 6 2011 10:48AM

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Balto

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pentax super-t 50 1.4

Nov 6 2011 12:42PM

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family_vacation

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Getting into my senior photo groove.

any thoughts?

Nov 8 2011 1:26AM

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PurpleDino

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I really like the first one. The second one has some funky lighting happening on her face

Nov 8 2011 7:26AM

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jeremy.g

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what lens are you using? might want to go with a longer focal length.looks like you're getting some distortion in the face

Nov 8 2011 12:39PM

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GreenHorn

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Nov 8 2011 4:57PM

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family_vacation

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yeah, I think you're right.

It's a 55mm on a 1.6 crop sensor.

Nov 8 2011 8:30PM

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michelle

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Nope, you are fine then. Anything from 80-100 is perfect for portraits and shouldn't give you any distortion.

What you need to work on is just posing, even if it's a headshot. When you have just the face to focus on, you need to position her face so it's the most flattering for her. The most simple way to pose someone is to look at their eyes. Everyone has a smaller eye, and if you put that eye close to the camera then you slightly correct their uneven face (everyones face is uneven). If you fail to do that and their bigger eye is closer to the camera, than their smaller eye looks even smaller which turns their face all weird. You've probably heard of people having a 'good side', and that's when their smaller eye is closer to the camera.

Anyways, the light is really nice and you have catchlights in her eyes (crucial). Everyone is going to look great with that soft even lighting that you used. You definitely have potential, the shots are super clean and technically well done. Just work on posing and color correcting her skin and you're set.

Check out..

www.michellemooreblog.com and www.seniorologie.com for ideas on anything senior photography related. Shooting seniors is one of my favorite things to do, it's wicked fun, I absolutely recommend getting into it.

Nov 8 2011 10:03PM

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A recent landscape

And a portrait. Never really experimented with traditional portraits before, but I'm fairly happy with this.

Nov 8 2011 10:07PM

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MACAQUE

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FUCK CLICK THESE. NS quality rape.

Nov 8 2011 10:09PM

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Balto

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I like that landscape

Nov 8 2011 10:14PM

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*pbartram*

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Nov 9 2011 9:03AM

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solitaryman

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Ah, beauty lens too, I own them both :D.

New addition:

He was casually sitting with a chicken in his hands when his dog tried to attack me but I stared it down and it left haha.

Nov 9 2011 9:06AM

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Mr_pretzel

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Just wondering, what do you do in post/set the exposure etc. too to get the colors like that?

Nov 9 2011 11:54AM

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Ben.

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Some film stuff. Color is gold 200. B&W is HP5. Definitely gonna push HP5 if I ever shoot it again, not enough contrast.

Nov 10 2011 1:24AM

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First of all I use lightroom, which is such an amazing bit of software and allows you to do all sorts of stuff

With the picture of the rocks I pushed the exposure and brightness up a bit, and gave it a slightly bluey greeny tint.

With the picture of the side of the ferry and the mainland behind I again gave it a greeny tint but this time dropped the exposure down so the background would be viewable. I also added some fill light so the foreground was more exposed.

I also played around doing minor adjustments with other settings.

Nov 10 2011 5:29AM

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