vas25tl

I want a gyro

srika

another thing, if you eliminated the tree and that other part (by framing differently) - the picture would take on a more 'iconic' look. Always keep your background in mind - sometimes its not easy to do this if you want a certain angle and happen to be at a certain event etc, but try keep it in mind to the best of your ability. And, if you need to you can also remove things in post.

JS + XES

iTrader: (1)

I shot these for my work about a month ago. Just PP them last night for fun..

JS + XES

iTrader: (1)

I had to B&W the first one due to the nasty yellow lights... What do you guys do when there's so much yellow halogen lighting on your subject at night or indoor?

srika

white balance (which you probably already tried?) and also you can go into selective color and try reducing the yellows manually. it's a balance you have to find, sometimes you may want to leave some of the yellow in, because the real lights are actually yellow.

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iTrader: (1)

White Balance setting on the camera? I actually have never tried it before.. I always just put it on AWB....... Should I utilize that?

I'm going to try that selective color thingy right now.

srika

well you could try in-camera, but I find it to be so-so (at least on my old 5D) so I always do it in post. If you have Photoshop, use Color Balance.

JS + XES

iTrader: (1)

And above 2 shots are the one and only time I have used a tripod... haha... I'm so lazy to bring a tripod around... would a monopod help me alot? I mean I mostly shoot stationed cars...

TS_eXpeed

In tough situations, I set my own color temperature for the WB.

JS + XES

iTrader: (1)

Just tried Color Balance in CS5.. So it's the bottom yellow and blue bar that I have to play with right? It works pretty good!

JS + XES

iTrader: (1)

How does that work? I checked out that option but don't really know what to do with it..

srika

thats good too, but you may not always have the chance to set it for certain conditions or shots. shoot in RAW and you're good to go.

JS + XES

iTrader: (1)

^ Yes, when I took those shots... I didn't know how godly RAW format was...

After testing JPEG and RAW JPEG myself... it really convinced me to shoot in RAW mode.

vas25tl

I fixed this up a little bit after looking at it at work where it looked insanely blue:


Original:



Any C&C? I'm trying to learn photoshop, playing with it a little more and more.

MWalsh9152

that looks MUCH better

JS + XES

iTrader: (1)

were you drunk when you were processing? haha

The revised one looks so much better.

vas25tl

I actually did have some drinks and then looked at it this morning on my computer monitor at work and was

MWalsh9152

I didnt know what to say when I saw it, so I didnt say anything

srika

^^^ funny guys!

srika

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4728985906/

vas25tl

mn2trance

^ Holy crap! All that on a Chinette?!

srika

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4730904690/

srika

2 birthday parties @ work...

srika

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4730992606/

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iTrader: (1)

wndrlst

Love it! Your processing is spot on.

srika

ooh I like that JS

MWalsh9152

thats a great shot!

srika

7D + 200 2.8, uncropped

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4733726877/

tmnhs81

Damn.

jupitersolo

+1

srika

nabbed this on my way home from work today -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4734729314/

sho_nuff1997

iTrader: (2)

Great shot JS!

MWalsh9152

I took a these while I was "working" yesterday

einsatz

Folklife festival in the National Mall today...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ep_jhu/4737086056/" title="Tired performer by ep_jhu, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4737086056_527e5f6290_b.jpg" alt="Tired performer"></a>

srika

very nice - if he didn't have that badge on, you could have told me you took a field trip to Ixtapa

srika

i-94 coming into Chicago from the south - click the pic to see it at 1024px -

Canon 5D above (cropped to match 7D)

Canon 7D below

same settings, same lens, same minimal tweaking in LR, same sharpening.

(adjusted color balance minimally in post on the 5D shot)

if you look you can see a double image above each streetlight, on the 5D shot. after testing, I *think* this is happening as a result of the vibration from the shutter closing. I took several shots and could not get one without this. Electronic shutter ftw!

Interestingly, the exposure level meter on the 7D prescribed 13 seconds, while on the 5D it was showing 4 seconds. 13 seconds is the "correct" amount (and it's what I used on both shots).

Lens: EF200mm f/2.8L II USM
Image Date: 2010-06-26 21:01:21 -0500
Focal Length: 200.0mm
Aperture: f/20.0
Exposure Time: 13.000 s
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (Manual)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4736914393/

srika

I need to do this over again... I forgot about the time gap in between the shots.... because it was not my intention to do this when I took the initial 7D shot at 9:01 pm. I took the 5D shot about 20 mins later.

MWalsh9152

Rubin, I hate you for the hate that you are ultimately going to bring upon me by my fiancee when I end up with a 7D