Arny's Photography Appreciation Thread

[Arnathor]

Share Photography Here

 

[Thruth]

As far as I know, I am DW's only professional photographer, (Sartodinapoli, a close second by using his ancient 4MP camera) ITT I will shamelessly shill my photography & fellow peasants members can share opinions.
I welcome all others who dabble in photography to share photos of stuff they are proud of.

Brother's Band's drummer proposed to his fiancee and I took some engagement photos.
5D MKIII
50mm f/1.2 @ f/1.2

I'm here. Killer photograph. Has a vintage magazine vibe to it

 

[Arnathor]

I think that photo would have more impact if it was shot with a wider angle? What do you think?

 

[Thruth]

I think that photo would have more impact if it was shot with a wider angle? What do you think?

Maybe. But I like the way the couple are framed on the edge with the height of the tree for scale. I my head it creates a curve down the path and into the trees. If that makes sense

 

[Arnathor]

Makes sense!

 

[Arnathor]

Yay 6 views.

 

[Thruth]

Founders of Roots Canada.

Roots guys. Disagreeable outfits. Roots = disagreeable products.

You captured disagreeable tackys first hand. Well done.

 

[Arnathor]

 

[Journeyman]

Rikugien garden, Tokyo, in the middle of a gentle summer rain shower.

 

[Allen Smithee]

Roots guys. Disagreeable outfits. Roots = disagreeable products.

What is this?

 

[Scherensammler]

 

[Scherensammler]

Try to find Nessie™:

 

[Scherensammler]

 

[Leitmotif]

I think these are some of the best photo I have ever taken, but its just the sheer beauty of the place I was;

 

[Arnathor]

Wow! Where is that?

 

[Leitmotif]

Wow! Where is that?

The land of Spanish shoulders!!!

Yours truly;

The Spic

 

[Arnathor]

If you got yourself a tripod and a neutral density filter that fits your lens and did long exposures, you'd make those landscapes look even cooler.

 

[Leitmotif]

Took these ones yesterday at the Tampa Aquarium.

 

[Chorn]

Not bothered to get around converting my old internal harddrive into an external for my laptop, so just pulling from Facebook some pictures I like for whatever reason.

iPhone

not iPhone

Fake shoes in Vietnam

Hyatt in Vietnam. Had sweet hoses.

 

[Pauly Chase]

Damn that's a nice looking hotel. What are sweet hoses?

 

[fxh]

You don't know? I thought you were the hip street dude around here?

 

[Arnathor]

Clean that sensor, Chorn ! Otherwise, great stuff!

 

[Chorn]

Clean that sensor, Chorn ! Otherwise, great stuff!

How can you tell it needs to be cleaned? And how do I go about doing this??

 

[Arnathor]

See the specks of dust above the treeline in your photo? that is dust on your sensor.
You can pay someone at a camera store to do it, or consider buying products from the brand Visible Dust.

 

[Arnathor]

Killbear Provincial Park earlier this month.

 

[Journeyman]

Lovely photo, Arnathor.

 

[Journeyman]

Not bothered to get around converting my old internal harddrive into an external for my laptop, so just pulling from Facebook some pictures I like for whatever reason.

I really like the night-time photo of the Petronas Towers.

 

[formby]

Wherez da nudez...?

 

[Arnathor]

Does anyone have interesting family photos?
I just started looking at ones taken when my grandparents were young and still living in Holland.

 

[LelandJ]

Photographed on the rocky shores at Killbear Provincial Park earlier this month.
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Sun's washing out too much contrast.

 

[Arnathor]

Sleeping Giant Provincial Park in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Beautiful shots. I really like that focus one with the leaf.

 

[Journeyman]

Beautiful shots. I really like that focus one with the leaf.

Absolutely. The fern leaf and the following one, with the cliffs and the trees, are really nice.

 

[Arnathor]

Thank you! When I saw those leaves shooting out I knew exactly the shot I wanted.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Thank you! When I saw those leaves shooting out I knew exactly the shot I wanted.

How do you create the distinction where the foreground is razor sharp but the background is slightly blurred?

 

[Journeyman]

How do you create the distinction where the foreground is razor sharp but the background is slightly blurred?

Arnie can probably explain better than can I, but essentially it has to do with the focal point and "depth of field".

A desired effect in photography is to, as you say, have an object in the foreground in focus but the background to be blurred. In photography terms, the effect is referred to as "bokeh" which is, curiously, originally from Japanese. In Japanese, "boke" means to be mentally blurry - it's also used to refer to senility or when you're absent-minded.

In essence, you want a shallow point-of-focus - something in the near foreground - so that the background, some distance away, is out of focus.

 

[Arnathor]

Journeyman explained that well.

As for my process, I was very close to that plant, my camera was set to the most shallow aperture setting available which was f/4, I got my camera to focus on the spots on the plant and I took a few frames.

 

[Leitmotif]

Took these ones today

 

[Grand Potentate]

Grand title winners / Online gallery 2015 | Wildlife Photographer of the Year

 

[Arnathor]