The *Official Photography Thread*

nice i like that!

 

First post!

 

Thank you! The Ghetty Villa in Malibu is filled with endless photographic opportunities.

 

just wanted to point out, dont be afraid to push that iso on that new body of yours. you really could have gotten those pics you posted up with a good exposure had you cranked on the iso a bit.

 

Thank you

I'll definitely keep that in mind the next time I go out shooting

 

So we went to Telluride Co this weekend with some friends and got to take a few pix.


Here you can see the switchbacks and falls.

IMG_6075 by GIMMETHECASH, on Flickr

Here are the falls

IMG_6012sm by GIMMETHECASH, on Flickr


IMG_6067ps by GIMMETHECASH, on Flickr

have to have at least one Mini pic. in there. LOL Telluride from the gondola.

IMG_5855ts by GIMMETHECASH, on Flickr

and the back side of Telluride.

Panorama 2 by GIMMETHECASH, on Flickr

one of my fav. mtns by Silverton.

IMG_5683 by GIMMETHECASH, on Flickr


co pano by GIMMETHECASH, on Flickr

and just a random one of my friends baby..


IMG_5767sm by GIMMETHECASH, on Flickr

 

DOF calculators are everywhere. Just google it. As for getting parallel with the drops I just used a tall glass. My shots are staged in the sink and I sit my camera on the counter.

If you're using Photoshop....use the Unsharp Mask filter...not the sharpening tool. Your radius depends a lot on your resolution.... I usually kept mine at .07 on a 12MP sensor unless I had really bad focus issues. I don't use PS anymore though...only Light room.

 

Ok, I will look, thank you.

I will try that but I am not sure if I have a tall enough glass for my sink, as it is relatively deep.

Yeah, I try to stay away from the sharpening edit all together.

Thank you again

 

A friend of mine showed me to create a layer and use a high pass filter to sharpen the images

 

Did not know that. I will try that

 

Iirc that is for a heavy sharpen of a bad blur. If memory serves me right you don't wanna use it as an everyday sharpener. You'll need to duplicate the layer with high pass filter and then use layer opacity to control its depth.

 

Nope...sharpens the same as other "automated" methods (increasing localized contrast)...but I like it for the enhanced control of opacity and masking it offers. I use high pass sharpening almost exclusively.

 

It's something you can use anytime. Personally, I think it gives you a bit more control.

Another trick is to duplicate a layer then change the properties to "overlay" and using the transparency slider to adjust accordingly.

 

Yeah... I've used it before... but I guess I never got really good with it. Then again I have used Photoshop in years since light room came out

 

A picture with a lesson behind it... So here is a picture of my wife crying, the reason you ask? Well you see we just took the gondola up to the top of the mtns to take sunset pictures over Telluride and she was setting up her camera and tripod when a gust of wind knocked over her camera and it SMASHED into the rocks!!! Well thank God we always keep our lens hood on, it saved the lens and took the blow! No damage at all!!! other then the shattered lens hood. So I picked up the camera as she started crying and took a few test shots to make sure it was ok and this is one of the shots I got. ALWAYS KEEP YOUR LENS HOOD ON!





_MG_3560ps by GIMMETHECASH, on Flickr


_MG_3561 by GIMMETHECASH, on Flickr

 

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My travels from last summer:

 

IMG_2513.jpg by Unvail Photography, on Flickr


IMG_2495.jpg by Unvail Photography, on Flickr

 

Those are very nice Wesley. It's almost like the bride is stealing a look in the second one

 

Here is the first time lapse video of Colorado that I just finished. This one is of The Million Dollar hwy from Durango to Ouray. Then next video will be of Part of black bear pass/ Bridal Veil falls in Telluride.

Hope you guys like. You might get a little dizzy with all the turns. LOL

https://vimeo.com/43231997