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"Merry Blobmas" Edition.
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doggo
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>>4487417
terrible, low-effort back-of-head shot
don’t post this garbage
>>4487419
ruined by back-of-head nonsense
nor is this highly symmetrical contraption symmetrically framed
it’s skewed
>>4487420
crushed shadows where there’s actual detail
>>4487421
back-of-head, cut off arm and a general menagerie of things that could be cropped out
but you see what that tourist is doing that you don’t have the guts to do? taking a photo that could actually be interesting
>>4487436
terrible background
>>4487435
instead of filling the frame with a mid-length portrait of a fantastically scruffy dog, you made sure to include a quarter of the concrete footpath, a bundle of straw and a twig
bravo, you made worthless garbage
do better
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I shot a time travel
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A few more Mex
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>>4487447
Thanks! That dog was very skittish. I was lucky enough to get him like that from the timing.
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i can never seem to get a long exposure right
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that's a cool shot
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wish I turned my camera for this shot
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5th Ave Playa
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She ded
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christmasbros....it's time to get comfy
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m6 + ultramax
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>>4487411
fucking retarded to make a photo of a camera the image for /rpt/
>>4487467
this would be better without the cars in the bottom left
their lights are bigger and brighter but they're out of focus
>>4487471
buy an ad faggot
that blue sucks
>>4487478
overexposed and blurry
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the blue tint of the shadows looks terrible
terrible thread so far
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very cool
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merry crimbus
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sick pics
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>>4487867
>MOM, THE ANONS ARE IGNORING MY THREAD
>MOOOOM
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>>4487916
>”someone" is upset that their early thread didn't get traction.
check the catalog before making /rpt/, /gear/, /fgt/ or any other endemic thread, newfag piece of shit
it’s not a competition to see who has the best /rpt/, proud cunt
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>>4487508
I could only find fault with these if I tried really hard, very enjoyable series, anon.
>>4487502
The light leaks are a bad choice.
>>4487504
The subject's face is too grey.
>>4487522
The fountain is overexposed and there is a distracting bright strip in front of the bushes.
>>4487532
The black point is too high.
>>4487534
There's too much contrast.
>>4487535
The background is brighter than the subject and it's distracting.
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Hey anon thanks for the consctructive critque, I am 'the black point is too high'. Can you give me any advice on how to fix? The water had a very blue tint so I chose white balance correction by picking a pixel i though was white and I did some dynamic range compression because the sky was blown out. Any way I can fix? I use rawtherapee because i dont pay for software
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>I did some dynamic range compression because the sky was blown out.
Did you use the dynamic range compression tool? I pulled picrel from the Rawpedia page for dynamic range compression and you can tell the blacks are washed out in every example except the original image.
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Yes I did. I have been shooting raw for 1 year ( I shoot every day the weather is good) and basically have just learned by fumbling with the available tools. I really have no idea how to properly use post processing software. Shooting underwater in caverns has a lot of challenges and I don't really know how to improve. Anyway I messed with the blacks and contrast here is a new edit.
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Tonality is better in this one but I guess you should try removing a bit of the green tint. I don't know how to do it with Rawtherapee though, but with photoshop simply lowering the highlights of the green channel is more or less enough. I would also expect Rawtherapee to have this tool
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Cheers criticanon. Gives me some motivation to edit more from the trip
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Can't decide between color or BW for bird lady
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Seething that the "photos" are cringe? Definitely.
>>4488250
If yours is the one with the cat, that was an accident. I meant this one >>4487673
>>4488251
Neither the scene nor the colors in these look recent to me. Your mind went to padding and assuming I'm upset about two threads, so I'll assume these garbage ones are yours and padding is exactly what you're doing.
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Holy shit, shut the fuck up you're both insufferable women-tier faggots
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>>4488255
That’s all this site is
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What u guys think of the depth effect i added ? :D
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recetly dug out of catalogue ad wated to share
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Good? Bad? Tryhardy?
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Which rpt am I supposed to be posting to?
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This is a gear thread sir
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I did the sane thing and made my first, only, and last camera a ff dslr so i can mog everyone all the time while gearfags seethe about 5% of noise and 1/4lb while dancing around the fact they’re just insecure about being seen with a camera that’s nicer than their photography
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I liked how cohesive the colors were here, like a thought out painting, lemme know if you see it too
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this one partly feels like a gimmicky insignificant photo but also a little bit iconic im not sure why
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How's this? Can it be edited to be a better photo?
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As much as I cringe at all the money spent, it was still fun to try out different cameras and formats over the years and the hands-on experience is invaluable. Between APC-C, M43, and FF, I had fun learning and adapting to the different workflows for each (although M43 tended to feel more like wrestling back usable data than any real editing). I'm pretty firmly settled on my FF collection now, but that's just personal preference. I wouldn't mind trying one of the larger formats one day just to see that side of the fence, though.
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>>4488464
Nice gear doesn’t limit creativity. If anything it adds opportunities. Shit gear is a long walk with lots of photos not taken because the light wasn’t there, not even for the darkroom to bring out. Who has time to play weather games? That’s not what photography is anymore.
I rented some shit kit and found out. Yeah, its just a lot of passing up photos or accepting phonelike quality. If it doesnt fit in a normal mans pants pocket like a grIII its a useless gimmick for people afraid of being seen holding a camera and old prunes with actual issues carrying 1lb
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Just play around in any photo editor software with colors until you think it looks nice
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Yeah, I'll do my take on it, but I wanted to see some other exemples of editing since I'm just getting started and don't know too much. The problem is that sometimes I can only find a photo a little appealing if I over edit it somewhat like this
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Or this
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>>4488457
But these are the exact people who wouldn’t give two shits about the quality of the their work.
Their pricy camera is simply a status symbol.
>>4488467
The quality of work can diminish, as now they focus on sharpness, or other non soulful qualities.
It’s the struggle of using less advanced tech that inspires creativity. Images don’t even need to be in focus at to make a powerful piece of art. I’m reminded of the game boy camera pics that were posted some time back. If your art is weather dependent, perhaps this is a skill or creativity issue
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>>4488592
>soulful
>let me tell you what le art should look like - the latest instagram trend among teenage roasties
People like you are why photography is seen as masturbatory, pretentious non-art
Trevor Wisecup is not creative and using shitty gear has never made him more creative. Creative people make things. Gearfags buy their heccin ~look~ for an instagram trend.
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I’m sorry if that’s how you interpreted it, but my point is that one shouldn’t expect more artful pictures just because they’ve spend more on a camera body. Sometimes people tend to focus on sharpness and other technical elements instead of the bigger picture
I don’t see tripods even being mentioned.
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>sharpness is never artfulness
Expressionism is better off dead.
Max data gathering enables max creativity and minimum camera operation. Ansel adams knew it. Modern camera guys pride themselves more on shopping and turning rings than actual creation.
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>>4488698
Buy a $50 digishit and spend the rest of the money on travel
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Hiyo
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Different edit of the next shot
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Sorry, I thought I was in the gear thread
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I'm a dad so traveling with (or finding time to ditch) the kids is a no go.
>>4488703
I took photography for 2 years in high school and know what you mean. I've passed up too many photogenic opportunities with my pets and kids and while on walks. I was thinking of a D700 (or any D6xx or D7xx, or D8xx). I'll keep an eye out for a Canon too. Thanks
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I never thought of that - I usually venture to the gun and tool section. I appreciate it
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>>4488723
>I've passed up too many photogenic opportunities with my pets and kids and while on walks
I suggest you get something light and small because you won't take your D700 or D810 with you. It's huge and heavy and when you have to manage kids (and all the shit that comes with that) you will loathe the thought of bringing your full frame DSLR + lens with you.
I never took my Nikon Zf when I went grocery shopping with my son. Well I did once but that taught me a lesson. But I do take my small camera with me everywhere I go - even grocery shopping.
So if you want something to keep memories and not get in your way: Think practical in terms of weight, size. If you want to masturbate over charts and pixel peep: Get a full frame camera with the full size lenses.
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>>4488752
People have been taking D850s up mountains for a decade. Consider the grocery store is not an appropriate place for a camera and the ugh you feel is insecurity and shame. The ZF isn’t even heavy.
Protip: good cameras are for interesting lives not grocery shopping
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>projection
I didn't feel ashamed. Lol. I'm not an autistic teenager who gives a shit about what others think.
The Zf was just too big and heavy and got annoying/in the way when I was grocery shopping.
(Non mentally ill people go shopping without a handler/their mom - so they can't just lean back with their huge DSLR and take shitty photos all the time while someone else does the shopping)
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Friendly reminder DSLRs and FF MILCs are actually a lot smaller than /p/ makes them out to be. Many are close in dimensions to soda cans and the weight is unnoticeable unless using fancy lenses like zooms and fast teles/UWAs. With FF mirrorless a lot of it is unnoticeable period
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>>4488752
Anon who takes photos
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Anon who pretends to take photos
>>4488723
>I'm a dad
Still save your money and buy a cheap camera, buy cameras for your kids. A compact bridge camera will fit in your (coat) pocket and is more than capable at taking good photos. 2MP is already larger than most websites will even display. If you just want something to snap while on walks, a professional camera is way overkill.
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DSLRs are not small, picrel
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>Using two image slots for gear posts.
>>4488723
>Sorry, I thought I was in the gear thread
LMAO
This is the worst /rpt/ I've ever seen.
>>4488706
My local pawn shops all had some of the worst gear available: Canon and Nikon DSLR blobs, mid compacts marked up 500% and Sony mirrorless priced 20% off new. Long gone are the days where I could buy a digishit for $5. That was after COOFID, too. Buying and selling cameras is fucked now.
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A6700 w/70-350
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I wish the focus was a bit better
Ah well.
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Thanks. Here’s another albeit less successful one
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>>4488462
colros look good
>>4488078
this rocks. could see it not on an album cover, but definitely back or liner notes
>>4488330
>Tryhardy
>no evidence that shooter tried at all
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reminds me of ps2 era magazine ads
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The rut is over, and the bucks are out and looking for food. They lose 20-30% of their body weight during mating season.
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>>4488959
nice set, always cool to see theses guys.
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Really like em too
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The cycle of life folks
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Cheers
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Been practicing some night photography lately (shit's hard) and also pushing the boundaries of how obnoxious I can get with the editing.
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I like the idea, but feels like it lacks a subject for the viewer to focus on. Probably could have looked for a pine cone or at least have a whole branch in focus. I think if the one running from the center to the top left was completely in view/focus it would have been a pretty neat pic
>>4487502
Thought for a second that was a double exposure, that would have been sick as fuck
>>4487733
Very nice.
I hate it when I find a nice looking spot like this, but without a person to draw your attention a lot of them just don't work and usually you have to just get lucky with someone walking by
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Cozy
>>4487852
Like the vibe. Is that actually on film or just replicating the look?
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Good shit.
Are you using some kind of filter to get those cross shapes in the highlights in the second shot?
I've been thinking of buying some creative filters myself, just not sure which ones are worth it
>>4488462
I like the colors and the dark landscape painting feeling it gives off. Probably should have bumped up the exposure just a bit though.
>>4488555
This is cool, just rotate it a bit so the tower isn't crooked.
Just don't be afraid to fuck around and overedit. You're bound to make edits that look like shit or look great and a year down the line you realize look like shit. But it's all part of the process. Just have fun with it and don't let people judging you get under your skin.
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I'm a sucker for rimlights. Wish more of the cat was in focus
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>Like the vibe. Is that actually on film or just replicating the look?
ty. on film, 800T.
are you also a film shooter? I love the composition of your shot, its a great balance between the sign and the arch (and hey, some blue/orange contrast to boot!)
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>800T
thought so, the color of the lights is a dead giveaway
>I love the composition of your shot
thanks, it was a super lucky shot, but I'm still proud of it. I walked past this side alley and noticed the cool red sign and just then a guy walked out of there and I just barely managed to get a shot out before his silhouette left the arch.
This is digital and I faked an 800T inspired look in post. It also helps to hide some of the sloppy focus on many of my night shots as a bonus.
I do also shoot film, but almost exclusively on Kodak Gold, don't feel confident enough yet to spend more money on expensive film-stocks
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christmas parade
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