***Acurazine Photo Contest #17: BOKEH***
12-24-2007, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Shalooby
Christmas Train
12-24-2007, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by technoviking
If I might make a suggestion to play with the color temperature/ white balance a little bit and resubmit. Its a little too orange/warm. I'm guessing no flash using tungsten lights on a daylight setting.
The whole thing with these contests is that it the photographer and not how good you are with photoshop.
12-24-2007, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by technoviking
If I might make a suggestion to play with the color temperature/ white balance a little bit and resubmit. Its a little too orange/warm. I'm guessing no flash using tungsten lights on a daylight setting.
Re-submitting Christmas Train
12-24-2007, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Beelzebub
Not allowed.
The whole thing with these contests is that it the photographer and not how good you are with photoshop.
The whole thing with these contests is that it the photographer and not how good you are with photoshop.
You can't adjust white balance in these contests? The white balance straight out of the camera is never accurate.
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From the "rules"
-While post processing in photoshop is allowed, adding or removing parts of the picture is not. In the event a photo is suspected to be "photochopped" the contestant will be asked to provide the original picture.
12-24-2007, 07:06 PM
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The rules are copied and pasted from one contest to the next; typically verbatim.
Contest #7: https://acurazine.com/forums/cameras-photography-44/%2A%2Aacurazine-photo-contest-7%2A%2A-336480/
Contest #7: https://acurazine.com/forums/cameras-photography-44/%2A%2Aacurazine-photo-contest-7%2A%2A-336480/
12-24-2007, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by mrsteve
The rules are copied and pasted from one contest to the next; typically verbatim.
Contest #7: https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=336480
Contest #7: https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=336480
12-24-2007, 07:49 PM
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I went back and read the first contest.
https://acurazine.com/forums/ramblings-12/presenting-first-official-acurazine-photo-contest-%2A-entry-deadline-4-59pm-est-%2A-310229/
I'm a putz, and am guilty of what I accuse all the people that use our machines at work.
NOT READING.
I am going to go off in the corner now and put the duntz cap on.
sad:
https://acurazine.com/forums/ramblings-12/presenting-first-official-acurazine-photo-contest-%2A-entry-deadline-4-59pm-est-%2A-310229/
I'm a putz, and am guilty of what I accuse all the people that use our machines at work.
NOT READING.
I am going to go off in the corner now and put the duntz cap on.
sad:
12-24-2007, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Beelzebub
Not allowed.
The whole thing with these contests is that it the photographer and not how good you are with photoshop.
The whole thing with these contests is that it the photographer and not how good you are with photoshop.
Go look at my entry, I did cross processing digitally, but its a process that can be done in the real world. So, you think my entry shouldnt be allowed?
But I just read the rest of the posts, so youre forgiven
12-24-2007, 08:00 PM
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Looks much better Shalooby 
12-24-2007, 11:14 PM
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Christmas Flowers
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/swimjax/2116112421/" title="Untitled by swimjax, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2202/2116112421_a498c1430b.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/swimjax/2116112421/" title="Untitled by swimjax, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2202/2116112421_a498c1430b.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="" /></a>
12-25-2007, 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by mrsteve
Merry Christmas to Those who Served
My initial thought was to put a toy solider on top of a stone, focus on that, and let the background fade into rows of little white circles. Oh well.
12-25-2007, 01:29 PM
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for so many entries! 
I should have known...
12-25-2007, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by EuRTSX
She's busy getting drunk.
Useless.
Useless.
How did you know??
12-26-2007, 06:07 PM
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Shooting Stars
Ok, this one is going to take a little explanation...
What you're looking at here was completely done in-camera with no special effects or filters in Photoshop.
For this experiment, I needed a few goodies:
1) A sheet of black construction paper with a bunch of holes punched in it by a pen
2) A lamp to create a backlight
3) A black piece of paper cut into a circle with a star-shaped hole punched in the middle
The black piece of paper with the star punched in the middle was taped directly to the front of a 100mm macro lens. This disc effectively reshapes the aperture of the lens to make all the out of focus points of light into a nice star shape. Without the disc, the bokeh would just be round.
The next trick was to set a 3 second exposure, then turn the focus ring to go from out-of-focus to in- focus. It’s the same idea as a zoom pull, but using the focus ring instead. What this does is give a nice rounded shape to the big star and star trails to the stars at the perimeter of the frame.
The setup:
Star bokeh without turning the focus ring:
12-26-2007, 06:53 PM
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Groooooovy 
12-26-2007, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Martin
Star bokeh without turning the focus ring:
anyway to get a higher resolution size of this?
12-26-2007, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
COOL!
anyway to get a higher resolution size of this?
anyway to get a higher resolution size of this?
12-26-2007, 08:04 PM
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so you basically made custom star bokeh... yeah.. you suck.
regular run-of-the-mill bokeh just wasn't good enough, was it...
regular run-of-the-mill bokeh just wasn't good enough, was it...
12-26-2007, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by srika
so you basically made custom star bokeh... yeah.. you suck.
regular run-of-the-mill bokeh just wasn't good enough, was it...
regular run-of-the-mill bokeh just wasn't good enough, was it...
It was pretty cool to play with. You can make any shape you want, so give it a try sometime.
You can still shoot things that are perfectly in focus too with the disc in front of the lens, so you could shoot a portrait with stars in the background for example. It might be something to try in the club one night...
12-26-2007, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Street Spirit
No, it wasn't.
Vote for him and yer dead.
Vote for him and yer dead.
ps...
Originally Posted by Dan Martin
Bokeh actually refers to out of focus points of light, not just a generally blurred background. You want to see little airy disks floating in the scene for a "true" bokeh theme. Soopa's and Beelzebub's shots demonstrate Bokeh. 
12-26-2007, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by srika
I don't see any airy disks in your shot, Dan. Sadly, this disqualifies you.
12-26-2007, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by srika
I don't see any airy disks in your shot, Dan. Sadly, this disqualifies you.
12-26-2007, 10:23 PM
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I was literally 5 seconds away from buying a D3 today. Guy at samys said he might have one. there was a 50/50 chance. I dont really have the money for it, but I said what the hell, i'll gamble. If he found one i'd buy it.
sadly (and thankfully) he didnt find one.
I did give him my number though......
sadly (and thankfully) he didnt find one.
I did give him my number though......