June Photo Thread

[GoldZilla]

I took these the other night:

I love how in these two shots, the ash floating up into the air is leaving "trails" of light.

In this one, I've highlighted the area where there was water boiling from within the logs. The firewood that was bought was wet, unfortunately, so even though it did make the fire pretty smoky at times, it did give me a chance to capture this shot of the heat forcing the water to evaporate.

In this last one, a cardboard tube was placed in the fire, and it made a chimney effect for a while until it caught on fire too.

[ZENNON]

I love how in these two shots, the ash floating up into the air is leaving "trails" of light.

Agreed - quite like the second "trails" one!

Two from last weekend. Sunrise from South Bank

[NA_Goodness]

I need a sharper lens! Will buy a 17-85mm when my tax check clears, which is after I get around to putting it in

Anyway, took these earlier today at Kings Park in the City:

Good mate of mine. Not exactly model material

And I couldnt pass up this opportunity to take yet more photos of my car. Lol

CC and any tips to help me further my skills is, and always will be, welcome.

[MaTBoY]

Holy SHitballs! Everyone has been busy busy! All good too!

Nick, where's my invite? You can't burn shit and not me around to throw random objects in the fire

Nice and clean Zennon. So you used a GD to get the gradient, or was that post shot magic?

I took some pics today, and not of cars ! AMAZING! Here's a couple until i can be bothered to throw some more up.

[siddr20]

^ Last shot is good matt. Lighting seems much better and composition is great

Rhys - Do you think the first two shots would better if you took them at sunrise or sunset? Just a suggestion. It gives another mood. Or when there is a bit of colour in the clouds.

So im the process of setting up a studio. There is a lot to clean, but slowly getting there.

The backdrop is out only half way. I still got a few more meters in front.

I need to find a better way of taking the backdrop in and out. Right now its just on light stands. Will go into bunnings tomorrow and see if they got a automatic thingy.. Or a chain to pull the backdrop down and up.

some more pics:

Well still got lots to clean in the garage and make it look professional. Will get there soon

Quick shot of my tank:

Bought a new fish yesterday: Flame angel

Edited June 20, 2010 by siddr20

[ZENNON]

Nice and clean Zennon. So you used a GD to get the gradient, or was that post shot magic?

Nah don't have any grad filters so added the grad in PP

the water in foreground was an ugly brown (it is the Brisbane river after all ) so it worked out well

I'm not one of those crazy purist types so I doubt i'd ever bother getting an actual real grad filter

since its so easy to do in PP

[MaTBoY]

Nice work Sidd. I'd really like to set up a room in the house as a studio eventually when it's all built. Not sure if it will actually happen, but it's on the list

The top and bottom pic was taken with proper lighting. The rest were taken with a pair of speedlights. It was my first time shooting people. Much more complicated than cars hahaha

[FST513]

This weeks Project 365 photos.

[Lepperfish]

Fuggin cool shot ming...

[MaTBoY]

Awwww shit. look whose workin it!

[Lepperfish]

How much did the alien bee set you back and where did ya get it from?

[FST513]

You can buy Alien Bee's from AB's australian distributor.

Alien Bees Website

All of his stuff cost about $2K. Mine cost $1700, the only things different Sidd bought was a Beauty Dish and Light stand.

It's good stuff! About damn time he bought them! Been waiting almost a year for it!

[NA_Goodness]

Lepper, I'm not sure what that means but I'll say... Thanks? I think.

Sidd, they're not the most interesting photos. I'll try put some colour into the clouds with PS tonight, see how we go. Might go back after work one night and try again at sunset. Thanks for the advice

[ZENNON]

Fuggin cool shot ming...

Lepper, I'm not sure what that means but I'll say... Thanks? I think.

Fuggin cool shot ming... = f**king cool shot man...

[siddr20]

You can buy Alien Bee's from AB's australian distributor.

Alien Bees Website

All of his stuff cost about $2K. Mine cost $1700, the only things different Sidd bought was a Beauty Dish and Light stand.

It's good stuff! About damn time he bought them! Been waiting almost a year for it!

1 The AlienBees B800 Flash Unit 110V Version B800-110v AUD449.90

1 The AlienBees B800 Flash Unit 110V Version B800-110v AUD449.90

1 The 22” High-Output Beauty Dish Reflector 22HOBD - WHITE AUD136.32

1 The NEW Vagabond II Portable Power System VAGA AUD474.10

1 Silver 64” 16 Rib PLM PLM64U-S AUD106.62

1 64” White Front Diffuser Fabri PLM64-WFDF AUD44.25

1 Foldable Large Octabox (47") with speedring attached FOB47 AUD269.97

1 30° Honeycomb Grid, 22-inch. 22RHG30 AUD115.50

1 13-foot Heavy Duty Light Stand LS3900 AUD115.50

Worth it

hahha yea been takling about getting these for a long long long long long long long time. Finally got it

Edited June 22, 2010 by siddr20

[NA_Goodness]

Fuggin cool shot ming... = f**king cool shot man...

That makes sense. Wasn't sure if he was being sarcastic or not. Lol

[bnr#@]

A few of the shots from the Race Meeting last weekend

Full gallery here if anyone is interested: http://nextgenphotography.zenfolio.com/p264452510

Cheers

Edited June 22, 2010 by bnr#@

[ZENNON]

Don't like the two where you zoomed during the exposure but the others are bloody fantastic!!

[bnr#@]

Don't like the two where you zoomed during the exposure but the others are bloody fantastic!!

Haha, opinions are divided on that one. Im not sure if I like it yet either

It was just something new I wanted to try

[ZENNON]

Ah yeah well that's just my opinion - and it is good to try new things!

I tried it one year with a Christmas tree and had some results I thought were good at the time.

Pretty sure if I look at it now I wouldn't think so lol