Author Topic: photos (Read 6711 times)

Rick · « **on:** October 10, 2005, 10:55:13 PM »

so i sent olli some 15 MB of email, and he hosted it...

for your viewing pleasure, and so you can better tell me what a crap photographer I am:

http://www.fantasy-freak.com/rick/

Aimless · « **Reply #1 on:** October 10, 2005, 11:56:45 PM »

You're not a crap photographer, but you're easily impressed it seems

That, or lazy. C'mon man, reel out the good stuff, I wanna see the ones you've put some work into

Kat · « **Reply #2 on:** October 11, 2005, 12:02:55 AM »

Paris is... shitty-looking, it seems. :?

What a dirty city.

Croi Boi · « **Reply #3 on:** October 11, 2005, 12:11:41 AM »

I was always under the impression that Paris was really clean? No? :?

Anyway, nothing wrong with the pictures. But pictures of buildings aren't difficult to take, so I don't think they're a good measure of anyone's skillz. Unless you are a real photographer, of course, and then you can make buildings look good.

Aimless · « **Reply #4 on:** October 11, 2005, 12:19:25 AM »

Paris? Clean?

Dude, come to Sthlm, for the millionth time

Mandie · « **Reply #5 on:** October 11, 2005, 01:40:25 AM »

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You're not a crap photographer, but you're easily impressed it seems That, or lazy. C'mon man, reel out the good stuff, I wanna see the ones you've put some work into

Ya... sorry but that camera is kinda sucky. I can see the distortion and some pixels going on there... they look real blurry, hazy and grey, instead of sharp, with vivid colour and clean crisp lines. Not impressed, sorry... your photography is OK... the camera isn't.

Aimless · « **Reply #6 on:** October 11, 2005, 01:44:55 AM »

The camera itself is actually a beaut, it's just that Rick's one of those suckahs who thinks bigger and rawer is always better

Canon cameras seem to often do a lot of automatic polishing to make the pics better, kinda like HPs

Aimless · « **Reply #7 on:** October 11, 2005, 01:47:05 AM »

A-a-aaaand... since we're pimping photos!

http://hiawatha.deviantart.com/gallery/

Will put up photos from Amanda's sixth birthday sometime tonight maybe

Mandie · « **Reply #8 on:** October 11, 2005, 01:47:33 AM »

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The camera itself is actually a beaut, it's just that Rick's one of those suckahs who thinks bigger and rawer is always better Canon cameras seem to often do a lot of automatic polishing to make the pics better, kinda like HPs

The photos are still dull and lacking colour... and I can see pixels.

Julius · « **Reply #9 on:** October 11, 2005, 03:20:57 AM »

You want clean, come to Adelaide. Mind you, there's only that, the restaurants and the beer.

philinte · « **Reply #10 on:** October 11, 2005, 03:49:47 AM »

way to hijack to plug your own shit, Aimless. It's just always about you isn't Aimless, I'm on to you :lurk:

Aimless · « **Reply #11 on:** October 11, 2005, 03:51:47 AM »

I could plug Thin's cell number if you like

Croi Boi · « **Reply #12 on:** October 11, 2005, 03:57:06 AM »

Yeah, make your own thread.

Like me.

Aimless · « **Reply #13 on:** October 11, 2005, 04:13:09 AM »

I can't, if I do Olli's gonna talk shit about me and I'll go from being the forum bitch to being the forum whore

Even though I give my love freely as everyone knows

Gholam · « **Reply #14 on:** October 11, 2005, 04:59:12 AM »

Dude you are well past the whore stage.

Liesbeth · « **Reply #15 on:** October 11, 2005, 05:26:36 AM »

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Paris is... shitty-looking, it seems. :?

What a dirty city.

Actually, I agree. :| Other pics I've seen of it must have been totally jazzed up.... For some reason, some of those pictures remind of the little I've seen of Boston, though... :shock:

Rick · « **Reply #16 on:** October 11, 2005, 06:52:43 AM »

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The camera itself is actually a beaut, it's just that Rick's one of those suckahs who thinks bigger and rawer is always better Canon cameras seem to often do a lot of automatic polishing to make the pics better, kinda like HPs

The photos are still dull and lacking colour... and I can see pixels.

Well, it was pretty overcast, as you can see, so I often had some pretty nasty light situations, in some cases I tried higher ISO settings, which result in a tiny bit of noise, and always a lack of colour. Everything is grey, if the light is grey.
Also, those are scaled down images, the scaling algorithm isn't exactly the best, click twice on the images to get to the original 2000*3000 photos.
You don't see pixels on 10*13 prints.

Rick · « **Reply #17 on:** October 11, 2005, 06:59:18 AM »

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I was always under the impression that Paris was really clean? No? :?

Anyway, nothing wrong with the pictures. But pictures of buildings aren't difficult to take, so I don't think they're a good measure of anyone's skillz. Unless you are a real photographer, of course, and then you can make buildings look good.

For me the most important thing with any photograph is the motif.
Then come the technical aspects.

Also, most of the building shots are far from trivial.
Getting into the right place to get the right perspective, isn't always easy, and with most pictures (exception: the louvre shot for example) getting decent natural lighting was impossible

Rick · « **Reply #18 on:** October 11, 2005, 07:01:39 AM »

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Paris is... shitty-looking, it seems. :?

What a dirty city.

Actually, I agree. :| Other pics I've seen of it must have been totally jazzed up.... For some reason, some of those pictures remind of the little I've seen of Boston, though... :shock:

it's far dirtier than it appears to be on the pics.

Auryn · « **Reply #19 on:** October 11, 2005, 07:20:42 AM »

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I was always under the impression that Paris was really clean? No? :?

:rofl:

n00b. :|

I suppose it was better after Bangkok though.

Fred's Bimbo Girl · « **Reply #20 on:** October 11, 2005, 09:30:39 AM »

:shock:
you took THOSE on your D70??!! dude!! what have you done to it??

amanda, the nikon d70 is arguably THE best digital camera in the prosumer range. there's nothing crap about it. i should know, i have one.

this has been resized, but you get the gist.

FoiD · « **Reply #21 on:** October 11, 2005, 10:18:48 AM »

you seem to be suffering from Parkinson

Olli · « **Reply #22 on:** October 11, 2005, 10:31:08 AM »

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:shock:
you took THOSE on your D70??!! dude!! what have you done to it??

amanda, the nikon d70 is arguably THE best digital camera in the prosumer range. there's nothing crap about it. i should know, i have one.

First of all, it all depends on the lenses you have, next it also depends on the weather you have... as you might have noticed there was a lot of overcast in Paris and in your picture it's pretty sunny. I think Rick took alot of picture at reasonable high ISO values, hence the 'pixels' you see.

Next to that there is an insane amount of sharpening in your pictures (doesn't look that great actually) and the saturation is pretty high too...

Auryn · « **Reply #23 on:** October 11, 2005, 10:35:32 AM »

Say what, Mr Jpeg-compression-artifacts? You butchered Rick's pics by the look of it. :p

Olli · « **Reply #24 on:** October 11, 2005, 10:43:13 AM »

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Say what, Mr Jpeg-compression-artifacts? You butchered Rick's pics by the look of it. :p

:oops: couldn't resist