Round 2 - DVXUser Photography Contest
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HorseFilms
Look ma no hands
Yep, it's mine... and it was delicious.:beer: Bombay Saphire and a splash of tonic.
Brandon Rice
Distributed Producer
that is a nice shot Horse (one of my faves this round)... you shot that with the DVX, huh? I notice the grain 
Looks great man!
Looks great man!
HorseFilms
Look ma no hands
Blaine said:
I hear ya!:beer:
Brice- Yep, that's a DVX grab. I still don't own a digital still camera. I've been living in a cave.
Brandon Rice
Distributed Producer
HorseFilms said:Brice- Yep, that's a DVX grab. I still don't own a digital still camera. I've been living in a cave.
Dude! Honestly, the images I can capture off my DVX are BETTER than the crappy still camera I got... I might try to "borrow" a friends pro Nikon camera for the next round though...
Jeremy Ordan
Major Contributor
Brandon,
Your shot is a great example of why cameras do not matter. You had a great subject and a great angle to shoot it at, a better camera cannot replace those elements.
-Jeremy
Your shot is a great example of why cameras do not matter. You had a great subject and a great angle to shoot it at, a better camera cannot replace those elements.
-Jeremy
Brandon Rice
Distributed Producer
True... but the tools can enhance the image I'm gunna work real hard to get something GREAT for next round.
I'm gunna work real hard to get something GREAT for next round.
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
I'll claim "Summer Boots"
I hate to say it, but that was set up.
That is once more my girlfriend - whom I also have to give credit for the idea. We shot off a small bunch of shots and I chose my favorate to run though 'shop.
It was originally going to be a color photo, but after the usual color sweetening I decided that it looked like junk. So I decided to try out some stylization with the sepia, an oposite of the blueness of the rain. Amazing how much more the brightness curves pop without color!
Here's the color version:
Here are some otheres (un processed) that I was considering entering:
- Mikko
I hate to say it, but that was set up.
That is once more my girlfriend - whom I also have to give credit for the idea. We shot off a small bunch of shots and I chose my favorate to run though 'shop.
It was originally going to be a color photo, but after the usual color sweetening I decided that it looked like junk. So I decided to try out some stylization with the sepia, an oposite of the blueness of the rain. Amazing how much more the brightness curves pop without color!
Here's the color version:
Here are some otheres (un processed) that I was considering entering:
- Mikko
NewYorkLion
Well-known member
Here's what I was going to enter, untill I realized I had to take a shot specifically for the round:
That's the family pup. Shot on my classic 1950's Nikon SP (one of Nikon's first nice rangefinders), with I believe Sensi 100, although it could have been elitchrome II 200, . Gotta love slide film, I really think it still can't be matched for under 10 grand. Just bumped up the contrast and sat. a little but, but I seriously love this shot.
That's the family pup. Shot on my classic 1950's Nikon SP (one of Nikon's first nice rangefinders), with I believe Sensi 100, although it could have been elitchrome II 200, . Gotta love slide film, I really think it still can't be matched for under 10 grand. Just bumped up the contrast and sat. a little but, but I seriously love this shot.
CR_OPSO
RebelXTuser
This is mine:
It's a little grainy because I had set my ISO higher when I was trying to sneak a picture of a humming bird (it was pretty dim and I was trying to increase the shutter speed by upping the ISO). When I gave up on that, I started shooting the flowers, but forgot to lower the ISO. I took this in RAW and made a few minor adjustments in the conversion. In photoshop, I just adjusted levels, resized, and sharpened.
As mentioned earlier in the thread, I had several good ideas (people in rocking chairs on their porch, lemonade stand, etc) but just didn't have the time to do it. I got home from vacation at 7pm on the last day of the contest. I looked through my vacation pictures and just picked the one that was closest to the topic (I know it's still not really on topic... not at all what I had in mind when I picked the topic).
We went to the mountains hoping for cooler weather and it was rainy and foggy almost the whole time. Here's a picture of the view from the back porch of the cabin (it was a lot nicer when it wasn't so foggy):
I also thought about using this deer picture, but it doesn't scream summer... you'd have to notice that he still has velvet on his antlers to make the connection to summer:
I really appreciate all the great comments on the photo. Thanks!
Chad
It's a little grainy because I had set my ISO higher when I was trying to sneak a picture of a humming bird (it was pretty dim and I was trying to increase the shutter speed by upping the ISO). When I gave up on that, I started shooting the flowers, but forgot to lower the ISO. I took this in RAW and made a few minor adjustments in the conversion. In photoshop, I just adjusted levels, resized, and sharpened.
As mentioned earlier in the thread, I had several good ideas (people in rocking chairs on their porch, lemonade stand, etc) but just didn't have the time to do it. I got home from vacation at 7pm on the last day of the contest. I looked through my vacation pictures and just picked the one that was closest to the topic (I know it's still not really on topic... not at all what I had in mind when I picked the topic).
We went to the mountains hoping for cooler weather and it was rainy and foggy almost the whole time. Here's a picture of the view from the back porch of the cabin (it was a lot nicer when it wasn't so foggy):
I also thought about using this deer picture, but it doesn't scream summer... you'd have to notice that he still has velvet on his antlers to make the connection to summer:
I really appreciate all the great comments on the photo. Thanks!
Chad
This was mine:
My ancient digital point and shoot is a real POS, with about a 1/2 second shutter delay. Makes it really interesting trying to get action shots. Also the total lack of control of other aspects of the shot is really frustrating. But you work with what you got.
What I liked best is my daughter's total Zen like joy of the moment. As Jeremy pointed out, the shot would have been much better with a lower angle. Next time.
I probably should have submitted this one:
It plays to the camera's strengths (no motion), but I didn't like it for a couple of reasons. One, that anyone with ice cream in summer should be smiling, and two, I didn't like the busy background.
Another one I kind of liked was this one:
It has a dreamy, ethereal feel to me. But I didn't use it because technically it just had too many problems.
Thanks, again, Jeremy for coming up with this and organizing it. It's a great little doable contest that I don't have to assemble a crew for.
And thanks for everyone that submitted comments! I appreciate you taking the time.
My ancient digital point and shoot is a real POS, with about a 1/2 second shutter delay. Makes it really interesting trying to get action shots. Also the total lack of control of other aspects of the shot is really frustrating. But you work with what you got.
What I liked best is my daughter's total Zen like joy of the moment. As Jeremy pointed out, the shot would have been much better with a lower angle. Next time.
I probably should have submitted this one:
It plays to the camera's strengths (no motion), but I didn't like it for a couple of reasons. One, that anyone with ice cream in summer should be smiling, and two, I didn't like the busy background.
Another one I kind of liked was this one:
It has a dreamy, ethereal feel to me. But I didn't use it because technically it just had too many problems.
Thanks, again, Jeremy for coming up with this and organizing it. It's a great little doable contest that I don't have to assemble a crew for.
And thanks for everyone that submitted comments! I appreciate you taking the time.
Kirk Gillock
Rebel with a cause
Very impressed, once again, with everyones photos. Next week should be very interesting.
Here's my before and after shot.
Here's my before and after shot.
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KOVAROVA
Veteran
so this was mine - I stood on the bay front next to the water and this is a view looking through the doors of an old fishing boat.
I expected that no one would actually like it and im glad some did. I went down to the bay with a point and shoot sony digital and took a bunch of shots. This is the one that spoke to me most and resembles my state of mind this summer.
I like that it is not perfect, rough and you have to work at it. It has more meaning to me than the sun on the water or something else you would expect with the summertime theme. It is untreated and not cropped.
I could have spent more time on the composition but I like to find beauty and meaning in imperfection… so I only took one shot and left it as it is. Hopefully there is just enough there to allow interpretation and a sense of some emotion.
I expected that no one would actually like it and im glad some did. I went down to the bay with a point and shoot sony digital and took a bunch of shots. This is the one that spoke to me most and resembles my state of mind this summer.
I like that it is not perfect, rough and you have to work at it. It has more meaning to me than the sun on the water or something else you would expect with the summertime theme. It is untreated and not cropped.
I could have spent more time on the composition but I like to find beauty and meaning in imperfection… so I only took one shot and left it as it is. Hopefully there is just enough there to allow interpretation and a sense of some emotion.
Blaine
Mr. Hollywood
Kova, at this size I can see the detail. I couldn't tell what I was looking through in the other photo. Here I can see the inside of the boat and it takes on a different perspective because of it. :thumbsup: Being able to see the inside of the boat takes away that "looking through a keyhole" feeling.
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500lb Productions
Well-known member
I was floating IN the pool, 9' deep, on a unstable floating air raft. Two people were holding the strap to my D1 with specific instructions that if I fell off the raft, to let me drown if need be, but to keep my camera out of the water at all costs.
I got one take... he ran, jumped, and I mashed the button. 5 or 6 frames total, but this one was perfect. The cropping at the top and left was how it was captured, I only shortened the right side of the frame give it a perfect 3 point balance like this: ^
I thought about the sky, but I tend to do only macro changes in PS if posible. I know I could put a perfect cloudy blue sky behind him... but everyone else knows that too. I dunno, I just left it how it was. It was grey hazy day afterall, as summer tends to be up this way.
I got one take... he ran, jumped, and I mashed the button. 5 or 6 frames total, but this one was perfect. The cropping at the top and left was how it was captured, I only shortened the right side of the frame give it a perfect 3 point balance like this: ^
I thought about the sky, but I tend to do only macro changes in PS if posible. I know I could put a perfect cloudy blue sky behind him... but everyone else knows that too. I dunno, I just left it how it was. It was grey hazy day afterall, as summer tends to be up this way.
CR_OPSO
RebelXTuser
Joe Kras said:
I completely understand. Even though it's mostly about the photographer instead of the camera, it's still a big jump from a PnS PoS to a D-SLR. If nothing else, the lack of shutter lag is a major improvement. I still think you did great considering what you have... and your "model" is beautiful, too. And I think your photo fit the theme perfectly.
Chad
500lb Productions
Well-known member
CR_OPSO said:
I used to say that too... then I tried to use an old Nikon, um forget what, P&S digital... OMG the lag killed me.
I gave the damn camera away.
It wasn't until I could afford a USED D1 (2001) that I finally started with digital.
I still use that D1. In some ways I like it better than the D2x (in camera B&W, and the whacky screwy D1 color rendition that everyone else hated).