who, me?

 

I agree! I'm so jealous of the architecture you live among...asshole.

 

what? that guy lives in NYC!!

 

Yes

Just your skills with the camera.

And I live on Long Island, we don't have architecture, just very overpriced houses.

 

eh I think we have many talented people here, yourself included.

isn't that close to Manhattan though?

 

damn...sweet shots rubin...especially the 2nd one

 

gee I feel kinda bad about doing that "location" thread now....

BUT, that thread motivated me to go out and try to make the best I can of what I do have!

 

 

Zipho your shots have a different look to them I usually don't see anywhere. I like it. It's a contrasty (and a little blown out - but it works) combined with detailed, at the same time - a tricky balance to pull off. esp #2.

 

so I'm going back through and revisiting a lot of my fav shots in B&W... and I feel like I'm discovering a whole new world.. really enjoying it. I really like the bokeh on this one -

 

I agree - I dig 'em. At first glance, I even wondered if there was some light HDR going on with a different type of processing. Whatever you're doing, it works.

Yeah, man, that's some serious bokeh! But seriously, that's a hot pic. Literally - I love the heat rising. Noice.

 

couple more from this race series.. all D70

this is at f/29, shot through the crowd, intentionally - EXIF in place
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4015461533/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4016163190/

 

Nice shots Ruben. I like the marbles on the outside of the turn in shot #1.

 

This photo is so i like how you were able to capture the heat waves. I seriously want to be able to shoot like this one day.

 

I think the image is the perfect example of this weeks weather. It's one of my last Sunflowers and it tried to open this week. Rain for three days and 50 degree weather made it give up on full bloom.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/reverseimage/4017766219/" title="Trapped by the Cold by jupitersolo, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2569/4017766219_39507c0ca0_b.jpg" width="1024" height="680" alt="Trapped by the Cold" /></a>

 

Another from when I was shooting above.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/reverseimage/4017766739/" title="RoofLine by jupitersolo, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2663/4017766739_e82a6d9172.jpg" width="500" height="314" alt="RoofLine" /></a>

 

thanks, I'm just new to all things photography. alot of playing around on PS, but these shots were mostly done in ACR. except for going mono, use gradient tool in PS for all my B&W conversions. but the gradient tool in ACR works well for sky recovery.

 

jupiter, that is one of the coolest sunflower shots I have ever seen. not your typical sf shot at all, love the colours, beading water and soft background (bokeh or something).

and that drop shot , I like the view thru the drop.
very nice shots as usual

 

Yeah I like that sunflower shot too -

 

Nice, Jeff!

 

srika - I was trying to figure out what purple text meant. Nice shot. The thermals are cool.

Jup - that sunflower is awesome. Doesn't even look like a sunflower - looks more exotic. I like the colors and contorted petals.

 

Gorgeous. Wow.

I can feel it, I can smell it, I can hear it! What an amazing picture.

 

well I dunno what it means but it wasn't red and it wasn't black and had to be something else, so I picked purple. that's all. ;p

 

Thanks everyone, I was hoping to catch the cold of the shot, I seen to have did it.

 

birthday dinner party at a friend's last night -

I wasn't planning to take pictures but had a few drinks and the iphone came out - pretty happy with the result, honestly I feel like some of these are the best indoor shots I've ever done at a setting like this. It's funny because I try to get this look with the 5D and have to do a lot of processing to even get close, whereas with these didn't require much processing at all, just one filter that subdues color and adds grain in one swing. I might do this more often at events like this - taking full-resolution pictures with the 5D only to give them an "old" look like this (and struggle to even get close to this kind of look) seems rather backwards and counter-productive all of a sudden.

first two shots, I am not sure I could even get that with the 5D very easily, there would be some serious DOF effect going - iphone is reporting all of these shots at 2.8. Also can you imagine framing that on a 5D with grip at the dinner table????? No way in hell I would do that. So technically, some of these shots are impossible for me to get with the 5D.

there's a few more on my flickr, and you can see all 64 pics on .

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4026340771/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4027094294/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4027093984/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4026341081/

 

wow srika those grainy shots are awesome, in camera settings?,high ISO kinda thing, or PP? really loving the colour shots especially.
Also, another question for srika or anyone else that want s to chime in, what's your preferred B&W conversion method? (if it's not a secret) do you use a variety of methods depending on the shot, or a favorite way?

I'm using the gradient map in "adjustments" whenever I try changing a shot to B&W.

 

hey - I added the grain with filters, and desaturated to give a "film" kind of look. If you click on the pic and "More Properties" it gives you more info - iphone reports some pretty weird ISO.

I usually use Silver Efex, the B/W conversion filter in Color Efex, or Alienskin Exposure 2. It does depend on the shot and how I want it to look.

 

Wow, the software really gives the shot that grainy black and white film look.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4034756933/

 

:melting:

 

Obligatory Mizouse

 

Playing with silhouettes... What are these things called? I don't even know what they're called in Spanish, so I can't look it up.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ep_jhu/4044665479/" title="In the weeds by ep_jhu, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2619/4044665479_510ea2c0fc.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="In the weeds" /></a>

 

cool, it's a dandelion

 

 

 

^^awesome...to infinity and beyond!

 

cool shot Jup...i did something similar when i had my macro lens...except mine were fake drops from a spray bottle on a blade of grass and a small piece of twig
no editing...just resize and a little sharpening...

 

Dancer, great action shot. Drigo, those are a couple of wonderful macros. Well done. Rubin, what can I say, you hang around some beautiful women dude. The look on the guys face is priceless. Nice shot.

 

Some good images posted the last few days.

 

yes.. there was something on my lens. didnt notice it till i got home.