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The Vinyl Adventure
21-09-2009, 15:57
inspired by neil i thought i would post some of my early low light experiment photos.. not quite as "free form" as neils but this is what i made when i got fasinated with lower light stuff
these are all from a few years ago when i first got my nikon d70
http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/156570_1165327727.jpg
http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/156570_1165854208.jpg
http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/156570_1169657217.jpg
http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/156570_1169809082.jpg
http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/156570_1171027309.jpg
Spectral Morn
21-09-2009, 16:01
Very nice I like all of those.
Regards D S D L
The Vinyl Adventure
21-09-2009, 16:04
Cheers neil, they were from so long ago i only really like the last one now. that was one of the first photos that showed the style that i have since developed
Spectral Morn
21-09-2009, 16:06
Cheers neil, they were from so long ago i only really like the last one now. that was one of the first photos that showed the style that i have since developed
Yes the last one is without doubt the best IMHO.
Regards D S D L
The Vinyl Adventure
21-09-2009, 16:10
you might find this interesting
spot the difference
http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/156570_1166728436.jpg http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/156570_1171027309.jpg
it was pointed out to me that the sign post took away from the image... iagreed, so i removed it
There appears to be a tiny, TINY difference between the two - a bit like comparing two otherwise similar interconnect cables.. To my taste, irrelevant, but I'm a philistine where photography is concerned... :/
Spectral Morn
21-09-2009, 16:16
you might find this interesting
spot the difference
http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/156570_1166728436.jpg http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/156570_1171027309.jpg
it was pointed out to me that the sign post took away from the image... iagreed, so i removed it
Indeed the sign does ruin the composition....good call.
Regards D S D L
The Vinyl Adventure
21-09-2009, 16:18
im a bit of a perfectionist, the sign bugged me but when someone pointed it out... well back then i was pretty poor at photoshop, i think it took me about 2 hours to get rid of it
Hi Hamish,
First point: -
I liked your first pic best in your thread opener - just the sort of thing I like to try but never get quite right :doh: . I love the images possible by capturing reflected light on water at night. I've got a few of St Ives harbour at night (a favourite holiday spot of our family), taken from various high vantage points but I should love to get one as clear and well exposed as yours.
Second point: -
Your 'Spot the Difference' sepia pics are slightly different to my eye, not just the sign removal ( which 'makes' the picture), but the one with the sign in place seems (to me) to have a wider range of shades (there must be a technical term for this :doh: ), but the whites are brighter, definitely, and the darker areas are, possibly, slightly 'muddier', (another technical term escapes me :lol: ). I would guess that this is as a result of your early Photoshop efforts.
For me, you can post as many of your early or late pics and experiments as you like - I love to see/hear the results of any skilled practioner, almost irrespective of what their particular 'bag' is - keep 'em coming.
Cheers,
The Vinyl Adventure
21-09-2009, 17:36
the correct exposure of a night time shot like that is a hard task to achive without any post process
i, if memory serves, would have used a smaller apeture and quite a long exposure on a tripod. the sky would have been washed out with light polution, this can usually be corected by uping the contrast using curves
these days i would use lightroom and just up the "black" level
if you have a digital image, but dont have the software i would love to have a tinker my self if you want to email me an image dave?
there could well be a slight difference between the 2 sepia images the sign post was removed on a different computer ... my mini laptop isnt good enough to show the differance and i cant be arse to go upstairs and have a look on my photo pc.. so il take your word for it!
Hmmm, well I'm no photographer and I use a simple Canon Powershot SX1 IS.
Here are a few low light shots which I'm quite pleased with that I took with no special setting and hand held on a recent cruise to Iceland and Norway. Remember, in July, there is not alot of true darkness close to the Artic Circle.
Sunset in the North Atlantic
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f296/Dingsking/IMG_0260.jpg
Just after Sunset in the North Atlantic
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f296/Dingsking/IMG_0273.jpg
Alesund, Norway from the ship
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f296/Dingsking/IMG_0968.jpg
Leaving Stavanger, Norway
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f296/Dingsking/IMG_1179.jpg
Please be critical. I want to learn more about doing this.
Regards,
Greg
The Vinyl Adventure
21-09-2009, 22:20
My only real quibble is the 4:3 ratio of the first 2 images, but that us certainly nit something to worry about (I find it a format that suits little composition) I also would have perhaps put the boat within the lower third as aposed to transecting the bottom 2 thirds, and more toward the right a bit - on the last image... Nothing else stands out as obvious problems. The first and last are the best in my books...
Hi Greg
A couple of pages from a sketch book Shetland Isles
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j317/willcowen/Shetland2.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j317/willcowen/Shetland1.jpg
The Vinyl Adventure
21-09-2009, 22:39
id love to be able to paint!
id love to be able to paint!
Ditto the above - nice work Will - do you do this sort of thing for a living, semi professionally or just for your own amusement?
Cheers,
The Vinyl Adventure
21-09-2009, 23:03
these are the only 2 things i have painted (since i was a child)
bsically very basic pictures coloured in... enoyed making them though
http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/l_b48fe5e61a9d0205a72c08576a6241f1.jpg
http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/l_ccf52e842ca2b17617aecf5b3d2c9aee.jpg
I was a Fine Art Printmaker a lecturer at Northumbria University for 28 years retired 12 years ago:)
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Spectral Morn
22-09-2009, 09:20
I was a Fine Art Printmaker a lecturer at Northumbria University for 28 years retired 12 years ago:)
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Hi Will
Love the paintings, the way you have captured the light is amazing. The graduations, intensity and reflections are very good. I too wish I could paint like that.
Interesting that there are so many artists on AOS.
If you view a photo the same way as a painting, paying attention to subject, composition and perspective you can't go to far wrong.
Regards D S D L
The Vinyl Adventure
22-09-2009, 10:34
Hi Will
Love the paintings, the way you have captured the light is amazing. The graduations, intensity and reflections are very good. I too wish I could paint like that.
Interesting that there are so many artists on AOS.
If you view a photo the same way as a painting, paying attention to subject, composition and perspective you can't go to far wrong.
Regards D S D L
:lol: thats where i went wrong then, no subjecy, little composition and no perpective in my painting :doh: oh well... cant be good at everything ;)
i think there are so many artists, for the same reason there are so many people who like wine and good books... and indeed good hifi......
Will, those are great paintings, thanks for posting them.
Here's some of my attempts at sunset shots...
:lolsign:
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Sunset/DSCF2541.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Sunset/DSCF2545.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Sunset/DSCF2506.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Sunset/DSCF2552.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Sunset/DSCF2548.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Sunset/DSCF2667.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Sunset/DSCF2537.jpg
Spectral Morn
22-09-2009, 11:03
Hi Neal
Great photos too. Thanks for posting them.
Regards D S D L
The Vinyl Adventure
22-09-2009, 11:04
i really like the kid out the window shot!.. i do like people photography!
The Vinyl Adventure
22-09-2009, 11:05
im enjoying all these arty threads!
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