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| Photography Thread, Summer 2010 |
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Andrei Ellman
Member #3,434
April 2003
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Here are some pictures I took during my hut-to-hut walking trip in the Austrian Alps (to be more precise, the Stubai Alps in Tyrol) last month. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. On my Facebook account, I have uploaded about 400 pictures of my trip (the 3 albums below should be publicly accessible). [EDIT: Added numbers to the photos] AE. -- |
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miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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Nice. I like that valley vista the most. -- |
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Miran: Ow. So have the floods receded yet, or is it time to start gathering two of every animal? Andrei: Me like! Especially #3 and #4. Ooh, I guess Miran's pictures mean I have to post some more Korea/China pictures in response. Their quality is awful since they were taken through the window of a moving train, but still: The Sinuiju-Dandong crossing on 2010-08-21
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GullRaDriel
Member #3,861
September 2003
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Nice pictures Andrei ! My personnal choice are the 2, the 4 and the last two ones ! Gnolam, how did you finished the travel ? "Code is like shit - it only smells if it is not yours" |
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verthex
Member #11,340
September 2009
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I guess these were taken last spring when a tsunami came to Honolulu but its always summer here. There are 1000's of sailboats off the south shore in this picture because of the tsunami. {"name":"602233","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/7\/1\/7169ec47f72b056444f6fe3685980d76.jpg","w":3264,"h":2448,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/7\/1\/7169ec47f72b056444f6fe3685980d76"} Lizard on a tree top. {"name":"602235","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/1\/5\/151320a9310c8b55ea34a994f2dddd16.jpg","w":3264,"h":2448,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/1\/5\/151320a9310c8b55ea34a994f2dddd16"} {"name":"602236","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/e\/2\/e24f4116231f86af04b6920bc96024f2.jpg","w":3264,"h":2448,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/e\/2\/e24f4116231f86af04b6920bc96024f2"} {"name":"602237","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/8\/f\/8f2b1bc449bdf75488cd1f9f4d2d761b.jpg","w":3264,"h":2448,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/8\/f\/8f2b1bc449bdf75488cd1f9f4d2d761b"} I waited (and about a 1000 other people) for the tsunami to go by for about 9 hours on top of Diamond Head {"name":"602241","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/a\/5\/a5d896c43726c44d8dabbe65c889066f.jpg","w":2448,"h":3264,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/a\/5\/a5d896c43726c44d8dabbe65c889066f"} This was a sign posted in the window at the Lemon Tree Waikiki McDonald's after I walked back home. Waikiki was a ghost town on a weekend at 3 pm! {"name":"602240","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/e\/c\/ecbcb69626384c5e88e94fd7c99ee9b9.jpg","w":2448,"h":3264,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/e\/c\/ecbcb69626384c5e88e94fd7c99ee9b9"}
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SailorMoonchld
Member #3,814
August 2003
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Beautiful pictures! I love the lazy lizard you got shots of! Sabrina: I've sigged you, will you sig me? -Thomas Fjellstrom 12-06-07 |
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GullRaDriel
Member #3,861
September 2003
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Nice pictures, my favorite is the tsunami related one ^^ "Code is like shit - it only smells if it is not yours" |
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miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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Summer turned into autumn here: {"name":"a10000036838.jpg","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/1\/9\/19bea4691fbccab2c72274271c0c32c7.jpg","w":1000,"h":669,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/1\/9\/19bea4691fbccab2c72274271c0c32c7"}
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Andrei Ellman
Member #3,434
April 2003
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@Miran: The Slovenian Alps are pretty similar to the Austrian Alps so you wouldn't have to travel far. You just need to find a bunch of mountain huts that are a day's walking-distance apart. BTW the approximate location of the vista is here (looking west). @Gnolam: It looks like you've been on an interesting trip. Do you have the photos or a description of the trip online anywhere? I've also been to China at this time of the year and my memory was the sauna-like atmosphere in Beijing. BTW in my pic #4, the clouds filled the valley so it looked like a carpet of clouds. Also, the locations of #6 and #7 (and part of the background of #8) can be seen in #5. -- |
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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Florence
Me spending 2 weeks there studying Italian. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
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GullRaDriel
Member #3,861
September 2003
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Heh, reminds me my last trip to Florance ^^ Wonderfull place. A bit too much people around the bridge, but that's good. I got a burning sky yesterday. I loved it, so I uploaded it ! {"name":"602311","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/5\/6\/56af2cc55b3911841f3cc37fa2ddfe74.jpg","w":1880,"h":800,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/5\/6\/56af2cc55b3911841f3cc37fa2ddfe74"} "Code is like shit - it only smells if it is not yours" |
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Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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I was heading to my van down by the river and I took some shots... {"name":"602319","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/3\/5\/35f379eaf388100940fc06b2c58f6114.jpg","w":768,"h":1024,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/3\/5\/35f379eaf388100940fc06b2c58f6114"} You get an idea of the color of the glacier water here {"name":"602320","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/5\/7\/573e81ed643f3a57288b3433a8a870b4.jpg","w":768,"h":1024,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/5\/7\/573e81ed643f3a57288b3433a8a870b4"} A bridge that leads to a hydro plant source by a mountain waterfall {"name":"602321","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/3\/1\/31eb6e57ca149b8ee059ebe7bced5ab1.jpg","w":768,"h":1024,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/3\/1\/31eb6e57ca149b8ee059ebe7bced5ab1"} These trees look like they could end someone on the path. {"name":"602322","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/c\/a\/cadb494b93216917fbebb5416ea4f46d.jpg","w":768,"h":1024,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/c\/a\/cadb494b93216917fbebb5416ea4f46d"} Not a very good shot of it but there's a Canadian flag off in the distance.
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StevenVI
Member #562
July 2000
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Quote:
I see a giant curved penis. I liked your bridge image. This is a rough view of what I would change in it: __________________________________________________ |
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GullRaDriel
Member #3,861
September 2003
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Yeah, brighter would be better for that one. Nice place ! "Code is like shit - it only smells if it is not yours" |
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Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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That looks a lot better. I didn't do any processing on those images except to scale them down.
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miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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Trent Gamblin said: That looks a lot better. I didn't do any processing on those images except to scale them down.
You don't need to process images. You need to get the settings on the camera right before you press the shutter. -- |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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miran said:
You don't need to process images. You need to get the settings on the camera right before you press the shutter. That depends. For some things a good photo manipulation program running on a powerful computer can usually do a much better job than the puny firmware on most cameras. -- |
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miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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I'm not talking about the JPEG conversion, I'm talking about exposure. Shutter speed, aperture and ISO. -- |
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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Probably you get the best pictures if you find the right settings on your camera. But I guess there is always place for some improvement on any picture, things you can do on the computer. And then there's things that are impossible to do on the camera. Or the camera might have some very simple tools for it. Like posterizing etc. One of my favourite shots in this thread was this. Remember who took it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
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miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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Nice. But as I said, I'm talking about basic photographic procedures. Image manipulation techniques are supposed to be used in order to realize what you had previsualized before you even picked up the camera, not to rescue fucked up shots which came out that way because you're too lazy to even learn about exposure. Extending this thought to programming, saying you can ignore basic technique because you can correct photos later in software is the same as saying you can skip the design phase of programming and go straight to coding, because you can refactor later anyway. -- |
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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As long as you achieve the desired result, it doesn't matter how you reached it. But: unless you're actually painting in details, you're not adding any information that isn't already there. An severely underexposed photo with its curves adjusted to try to achieve the look of a properly exposed photo will be grainy and posterized, and no amount of post-processing can bring back lost detail in overexposed areas. So you actually do need to get it at least somewhat right from the start. -- |
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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You are forgetting CTU. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
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Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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miran said: You don't need to process images. You need to get the settings on the camera right before you press the shutter.
Well I'm not really a photography buff.. I have a point and shoot camera that has a few settings, but those photos above were shot with an iphone, which doesn't have any settings
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BAF
Member #2,981
December 2002
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I want an app that takes and processes HDR photos for me on my Android phone. |
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GullRaDriel
Member #3,861
September 2003
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I kick butt for free. Especially apple fan's butts. "Code is like shit - it only smells if it is not yours" |
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I wish I'd go on a trip like that once. Not going to happen for a while though... 
