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TheMacB
03-05-2006, 09:59 PM
just picked up my first still camera a few months ago. its an olympus sp-500uz. here's the result of some of the fun i've been having:

http://www.elmatadorfilms.com/dog.jpg
http://www.elmatadorfilms.com/downtown.jpg
http://www.elmatadorfilms.com/machupichu%20miniature.jpg
http://www.elmatadorfilms.com/plaza%20de%20armas.jpg
http://www.elmatadorfilms.com/trees.jpg
http://www.elmatadorfilms.com/tunnel.jpg
oneinfiniteloop
03-06-2006, 08:02 AM
The third pic down looks like one of those from the miniature thread!

Where is that?
TheMacB
03-06-2006, 08:29 AM
that's machupichu in Peru. i got the idea to do that from that thread. what a cool idea! pics 1 and 4 are also from Peru.
oneinfiniteloop
03-06-2006, 08:43 AM
How did you shoot the third one?

Kinda thought it was Macchu Picchu...wasn't sure though.
Brandon Rice
03-06-2006, 09:22 AM
I like the shot of the dog a lot.
TheMacB
03-06-2006, 11:43 AM
How did you shoot the third one?

Kinda thought it was Macchu Picchu...wasn't sure though.
check out this thread: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=44017

i just blurred the foreground and background to give the appearance of a shallow depth of focus. it makes you feel like it was taken with a really long lens. the only way you could take that shot with that long a lens would be from miles above or if the subject was a miniature. it kinda tricks your brain.
oneinfiniteloop
03-06-2006, 12:41 PM
That's what I thought you did.

What type of lens did you use.
TheMacB
03-06-2006, 02:03 PM
just the regular lens that came on the camera. i did the blurring in photoshop.
SkiingISlife
03-07-2006, 05:14 PM
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SkiingISlife
03-07-2006, 05:15 PM
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JimtheJib
03-07-2006, 06:50 PM
i really like the cartoon one... how did you do that effect? in camera or photoshop>?
TheMacB
03-07-2006, 09:44 PM
that was in photoshop. there's a painting filter on the sky and everything else is just a real contrasty B&W.
JimtheJib
03-08-2006, 08:28 AM
nice nice