Official: REGULAR (Non-Auto) Photography Thread

[hApa]

IMG_0292 by gdavall, on Flickr

[shortwave]

Some shots from the past few months...

[antho!]

nice shots everyone, just started editing everything from this week -___-

2012_02_16 - lanai view from a homeless shelter by antho!!!, on Flickr

[hApa]

IMG_0300 by gdavall, on Flickr

[antho!]

pow wow hawaii 2012

pow wow hawaii 2012 - global collaboration by antho!!!, on Flickr

pow wow hawaii 2012 - rone progress by antho!!!, on Flickr

[antho!]

just uploaded an entire set here http://www.flickr.com/photos/yae_ant...7629088817310/

pow-wow-hawaii-2012-11 by antho!!!, on Flickr

pow-wow-hawaii-2012-13 by antho!!!, on Flickr

pow-wow-hawaii-2012-14 by antho!!!, on Flickr

pow-wow-hawaii-2012-18 by antho!!!, on Flickr

[marinse]

Minty Fresh Cake


Apollina's Mint Cake by SMf0t0, on Flickr

[mister hashimoto]

that cake looks yummy

[mmmpshh]

is this the right thread to ask a camera question?

[240benzo]

Ask away! =]

[mmmpshh]

just got a nikon d5100... just wanted to see who has one so i can get familiar with this thing... seems like alot of camera upgrading from a canon rebel

[Some Guy]

So I'm relatively new to dslr photography. Just curious if I could get some advice on techniques that I could use in post that would help me get more gloss out of the paint jobs on cars. Also, what process (selective color, vibrance, etc.) do you use to get more blue out of blown out skies?

[mmmpshh]

first pik with d5100 lol

ruined quality on upload!

[antho!]

just got a nikon d5100... just wanted to see who has one so i can get familiar with this thing... seems like alot of camera upgrading from a canon rebel

this may help http://kenrockwell.com/nikon/d5100/u...uide/index.htm. some people don't like what he says, but i think it's good info

So I'm relatively new to dslr photography. Just curious if I could get some advice on techniques that I could use in post that would help me get more gloss out of the paint jobs on cars. Also, what process (selective color, vibrance, etc.) do you use to get more blue out of blown out skies?

first off, this is my personal opinion...but i think both of those (color and sky) have to first be achieved in the original picture, otherwise post processing can't really enhance what you didn't get a picture of (i.e. blown out sky). so not sure how relatively new you are to dslr photography, but going back to the basics is key to creating a great final photo. basics meaning framing, composition, settings (iso, aperture, shutter, white balance, etc.), maybe taking multiple exposures to capture different aspects of your final photo (different circular polarizations on paint, color in sky, etc.)...like i said earlier, my opinion. this link may help with colors too http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...postcount=3001

hope someone else can provide some helpful insight for post processing, because i cheat using photoshop actions

[Some Guy]

^I guess using the term blown out was a bit drastic, The photos just have a lighter blue of a sky than I would like.

[240benzo]

i get decent results from my t2i just being on auto =P but im also hosting half my pics on fb

[marinse]

^I guess using the term blown out was a bit drastic, The photos just have a lighter blue of a sky than I would like.

If it's already blue you could just increase the vibrance and mask out the rest of the photo... its it comes out white you would have to replace the blown out sky with the sky of another photo which didn't come out blown out. I've done that before

Did it to this one if I'm not mistaken:


Mischief.tv MEGA MEET by SMf0t0, on Flickr


and this one:


Mischief.tv MEGA MEET by SMf0t0, on Flickr

[shortwave]

You can also dodge the sky to get some of the detail back. I used the dodge technique on both of these photos:


Fire In The Sky by jaybeefoto, on Flickr


Capitol Coloseum by jaybeefoto, on Flickr

[antho!]

If it's already blue you could just increase the vibrance and mask out the rest of the photo... its it comes out white you would have to replace the blown out sky with the sky of another photo which didn't come out blown out. I've done that before

i'm guilty too, love the shady guy

[xseveredveganx]

Lots of good info here. I'll have to read more when I get more time!