all those nyc shots make me jealous. i wanted to be up there this summer interning. alas, hopefully next summer!

5/28/2006 4:01:49 AM

5/28/2006 2:23:27 PM

near City Hall in lower Manhattan:


Docido: good to see a few non-club shots from ya every now and then

-ZiP!-

5/28/2006 3:39:52 PM

canal street

-ZiP!-

5/28/2006 3:56:35 PM

ZiP's making the most of his time in NYC. I just finished working on my StL pics ZiP. Here are some:

This is at the St. Louis zoo, forgot what display it was for.


And some animals.



These are frogs from my cousins backyard.



I'll be posting more in the morning.

5/29/2006 4:16:11 AM

vicious shots of the Zoo!

i like the first frog shot better than the second, and i'm a huge fan of the contrast/exposure of the ape wax figure. super crisp with the giraffe, good stuff man.

random question about your watermark: why do you use 2 pipes in between your name and the email address? Is that consistent with your business card/letterhead/resume/website? I do always love the DIN typeface though (of the 2006 VAL MAUN).

-ZiP!-

5/29/2006 10:02:44 AM

Hey folks, would it be too much trouble to ask if you guys posted the settings used to take some of these pictures?

That would help me learn

5/29/2006 11:01:41 AM

^great call there man.

for some of the people that recently picked up DSLRs, one nice thing about them is that typically they include the camera's settings for when a shot was taken within the out-of-camera file. often times resaving into different formats (either after retouching or after resizing/optimizing for the web), this file info gets lost.

but sure, i'll try to post more info with my shots in the future.

-ZiP!-

5/29/2006 11:10:55 AM

yea, thats the thing I love about shooting in raw....the raw files always post the settings in the filename

5/29/2006 11:14:13 AM

Whats up ZiP. Yea, I had the watermark with one pipe before and it didnt quite look right. It isn't consistant with my other collateral though so maybe I should revert.
Thanks for the dap on the zoo shots. As for the frog one, I totally agree. I enjoy the pattern but overall I like the first frog one better.

As for the settings I'll try and do that more often.

Heres a shot on the Mississippi river, standing in front of the arch at the buttcrack of dawn.


The arch, but it didnt turn out very well.


Heres a bench that looked kinda sad and lonely. I found it interesting because its at the fringe of a cemetary and right next to an orchard. The exposure came out bad though and I had focusing issues after the fact.


This is the shot after the cherub one I posted earlier. These were both taken at the cemetary where my grandparents are buried.


These 2 were taken from a car on the highway and I had to shoot with the windows up. They came out acceptable though.




[Edited on May 29, 2006 at 1:08 PM. Reason : ]

5/29/2006 1:07:40 PM

Good stuff Docido.

5/29/2006 1:19:10 PM

I love the frog ones, those shots are fantastic

5/29/2006 1:22:56 PM

Docido and i hit up the One Be Lo and Soul Position show on Friday. here are some shots:

One Be Lo (aka One Man Army of Binary Star):

f/stop = 2.0 lens = fixed 50mm shutter speed = not sure

RJD2 (of Soul Position, Blueprint is not pictured here):

f/stop = 1.8 lens = fixed 50mm shutter speed = not sure

-ZiP!-

5/29/2006 4:10:14 PM

F/3.5, 1/4sec. WB adjustment in PSP.

5/29/2006 4:44:36 PM

^nice man, i like the selective color palette of somewhat-earthtones. i'd almost suggest, if you were to reshoot the same thing, to shoot the end of the guitar slightly more to the right of the frame, and then tell your camera to focus on the right of the frame. at the moment, the focus is so narrow that even the closest part of the guitar (the very end) is out of focus. unless there is something really significant about it being a Les Paul model, in which case, disregard what I'm suggesting. nice shot

-ZiP!-

5/29/2006 5:44:54 PM

^ Don't listen to ZiP. Haha. Jk. Les Paul is a very famous type of guitar ZiP. Nice shot

5/29/2006 6:54:54 PM

pwnt

-ZiP!-

5/29/2006 7:00:54 PM

Here ya go ZiP. This is what you missed when you were at work.



More to come.

5/29/2006 9:06:32 PM

time lapse photo of 5 hours with lazy mexican

5/29/2006 9:09:13 PM

Haha. Good thing he stood there for 5 hours or it would have ruined the shot

5/29/2006 9:17:38 PM

^^^Nice
Here's a few from last summer's trip to Niagara Falls, taken with a Fuji S5000. Kind of curious what kinds of suggestions or comments any of you may have.

These are taken from the top of the Skylon Tower. It's shadow is visible in the 1st pic below.







Might have been in the car when I took this one.

[Edited on May 29, 2006 at 9:43 PM. Reason : ]

5/29/2006 9:41:34 PM

@ niagara too
D70+kit lens

Sharpened in PS



[Edited on May 29, 2006 at 11:39 PM. Reason : d]

5/29/2006 11:37:45 PM

i don't know anything about photography

but something isn't right with that picture

5/29/2006 11:50:06 PM

^^^ Those shots and composition look great. Unfortunately, shots aren't perfect out of camera and the dslr and slr-like apperance camera manufacturers expect you do a little post processing. Like I said, they're good but if you worked a little with the curves on those photos it would add a little pop.

5/30/2006 12:47:54 AM

coolbeans: the trees and water look incredible! i'd DEFINITELY rotate it a touch though so that the horizon is flat.

but awesome colors

-ZiP!-

5/30/2006 1:05:12 AM

^^^Maybe a tad overexposed (causing clouds to look blotchy?), sharpened too much.

D70s with ordinary 18-55mm

Could mess with it more because its kind of dark. Maybe more exposure or up the ISO? All are ISO 200


Everyone has one of these. ho hum




I also feel that this one is dark for some reason




[Edited on May 30, 2006 at 1:18 AM. Reason : sdf]

5/30/2006 1:15:30 AM

^ Good stuff there Bob.

This is from the concert that ZiP and I went to.

5/30/2006 3:18:15 AM

^how did you take those in the low light situation?

bonus ducks:



[Edited on May 30, 2006 at 3:40 AM. Reason : 465]

5/30/2006 3:22:59 AM

I really like those duck shots Bob. Amazing saturation.

^I was using my cheapo 50mm 1.8 lens. The settings were: 50mm, f1.8, 1/50th of a second. Since its on my 20D, the crop factor being 1.6, it helped me get close enough. Those photos are uncropped.

5/30/2006 3:47:20 AM

here's today's feeble attempt at keeping up w/ u SLR guys...sorry its alot. got kinda camera happy around campus.

5/30/2006 4:00:04 AM

^ Nice shots Afripino. I really like the bench one. Thats hott.

Heres a shot on the way home from NYC to Boston on the "Chinatown" bus. Kinda sucks with the color fringing but the contrast is so high it can't be stopped.



[Edited on May 30, 2006 at 1:54 PM. Reason : ]

5/30/2006 1:53:28 PM

Quote :

"I also feel that this one is dark for some reason"

what kind of monitor do you have?

honestly, if you're not looking at a good monitor, you're never going to be happy with your shots

5/30/2006 1:56:49 PM

awesome shots, afripino

you should get some shots of campus at night too

5/30/2006 1:59:07 PM

Woodfoot is the best photographer that i know of that uses the wolfweb

5/30/2006 3:29:13 PM

not even close

5/30/2006 3:30:36 PM

he's also a pretty good liar

5/30/2006 3:32:44 PM

i am a pretty good liar...

5/30/2006 3:33:43 PM

im getting ready to order a rebel 350D

5/30/2006 4:13:41 PM

Would there be any reason for me not to take an SLR to Europe? (Other than size)

About to purchase a D50 I think....

5/30/2006 8:26:50 PM

you can get a 350D for 619 with a lens after the 100 rebate
thats if you like the rebel

5/30/2006 8:27:52 PM

it's just a little discouraging that i look at this thread, see people taking pictures for fun, then remember that 99% of my photos can't be posted publicly due to customer privacy.

5/30/2006 8:33:21 PM

the only things wrong with taking a dslr on an extended trip

the size
and
not being able to get the images off the card (unless you're taking something for that)

5/30/2006 8:43:29 PM

I'll have my laptop with me. So carrying around a D50 for day trips (studying abroad in England) and a weekend away in say, in Paris, shouldn't be too much of a hassle?

5/30/2006 8:50:33 PM

gunzz: wow...that's gonna run u a pretty penny. maybe one day i'll upgrade.... when u plan on getting it? take pics asap.


[Edited on May 30, 2006 at 9:09 PM. Reason : that's why i like my camera....some of the benefits of DSLR, with none of the guilt.]

5/30/2006 9:06:07 PM

well, i was about to order it today but then i started reading a lot of negative reviews about the company

but, B&H seems to be a stand up retailer and they have it for 649 after the rebate
so i will be buying this week, prbly after i get paid on friday

[Edited on May 30, 2006 at 9:13 PM. Reason : anyone ever shop with 42photo.com]

5/30/2006 9:13:07 PM

nice! u going w/ the kit lens or do u plan on grabbing something better?

5/30/2006 9:14:06 PM

Quote :

"So carrying around a D50 for day trips (studying abroad in England) and a weekend away in say, in Paris, shouldn't be too much of a hassle?"

oh naw, and you'll enjoy preserving shit forever

definitely get a comfy strap though

5/30/2006 9:19:46 PM

im going to just go w/ the kit lens right now

i have a 35mm rebel, film loading camera and an olympus camedia hand held
i am tired of getting film developed and i hate my olympus
ive been wanting this camera for some time now and the price is right w/ the 100 rebate

[Edited on May 30, 2006 at 9:23 PM. Reason : lsjd]

5/30/2006 9:22:41 PM

Quote :

" what kind of monitor do you have? honestly, if you're not looking at a good monitor, you're never going to be happy with your shots"

Samsung CRT but on OS X, which has the color calibration -- so I am at least getting a more accurate look than windows (I have noticed that stuff that comes from windows to mac is darker, so that probably means that it's too bright on most windows machines).

With that said, it looks about the same on my dell LCD at work, though.

[Edited on May 30, 2006 at 9:47 PM. Reason : yep, gamma is indeed different.]

5/30/2006 9:46:04 PM

hey willyummm: sounds like a great plan. if you're willing to put in a little time later, when you get pack, with some post-shooting correction, you'll be really happy with the professional results that SLRs have to offer. By all means shoot as much as ya can in Paris/Europe!

-ZiP!-

5/30/2006 10:39:20 PM