2008-05-03, 12:58 | Link #2 |
AniMexican!
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Monterrey N.L. Mexico
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Gratz on starting your thread escimo!
I like how you have a bit of everything here, it reminds me of Inno's thread. And just out of curiosity.... is that you on the opening image? If I remember correctly, you were using a similar avatar not too long ago.
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2008-05-03, 13:02 | Link #3 | |
Paparazzi
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Actually my physical appearance is starting to carry some resemblance as well. Nice way to say that I look like a bum. |
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2008-05-03, 13:07 | Link #4 | |
AniMexican!
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I guess it shows that I dont see that many movies. >_< !
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2008-05-04, 00:21 | Link #5 |
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
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Holy crap, that is some nice macro photography! I'm not a huge fan of monotone pictures but the ones you've shown do have a very nice presentation - a very artistic feel to them. What type of camera are you using? "Need for Speed" also came out very nicely.
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2008-05-04, 02:37 | Link #6 | |
Paparazzi
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Canon EOS 300D/Digital Rebel, Canon AE-1 film camera and some are even taken with an old crappy Canon Poweshot S40. |
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2008-05-04, 03:18 | Link #8 |
~La-la Land~
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Seattle
Age: 37
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Congrats on opening your own thread here in fan creations
I must commend you on your black and white photos, they're lovely! (and I disagree w/ Setsilya about the cat eye, 'tis real eh? ) Look forward to seeing more from you since you appear to be a jack of all trades. On your may sotm work, looks go so far! My only criticism of it right now is that it looks too matchy matchy with the same patterned background matching the pattern on the clothes. There's so much pattern it sortof puts me off, like if someone were to wear a full suit of hawaiian shirt material - cheesy, no? *welcome cookies!*
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2008-05-04, 03:36 | Link #10 | |
Paparazzi
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Pic without the flower-layer to illustrate. Actually it looks kinda nice like that... Hmm looking into it as soon as I have some free time. Full suit of hawaiian shirt material. ME WANTS ONE! Last edited by escimo; 2008-07-10 at 16:46. |
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2008-05-04, 17:11 | Link #12 | |
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
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I still need to read up on all of the lens statistics and what they mean, I suppose. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on it.
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2008-05-04, 17:26 | Link #13 | |
Paparazzi
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50mm macro can be a bit difficult. You usually need to get really close to the target, if you want shot's like the cat's eye, which can make lighting a bit of a hassle. With that short macro I'd say that macro flash is pretty much a must and they tend to be quite costly. Cheap ones are generally crap. I'd go for one with longer focal length for starters. Much less hassle as you don't need to stick your nose into the target. However the closest focusing distance tends to be rather long especially in cheap lenses as the magnification ratios aren't high regardless of long focal length. In my tamron it's about 35 inches or so. At that distance the magnification ratio at 300mm is 1:2. If I were a rich man I'd buy Canon EF 180mm f/3.5 L USM Macro. 1:1 magnification ratio at 180mm is just insane. *drool* I think the focal length in the cat's eye shot was around 180-230mm and god only knows the distance. Don't have the EXIF-data anymore. Actually the crop helps with macro photography quite a bit. I think in Olympus the crop is 2 so you'd get an actual 1:1 magnification ratio with the 50mm as well and the F2.0 aperture is very tempting. Depth of field may be really shallow using the largest aperture size though... Last edited by escimo; 2008-05-05 at 15:59. |
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2008-05-05, 14:10 | Link #16 |
Paparazzi
Join Date: Mar 2008
Age: 41
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Atsuko Chiba/Paprika render for something I'm working on at the moment.
Feel free to use it if you find it useful. Quick copy/paste sig made for a friend on a different forum. Feel free to use here. AS-safe. Last edited by escimo; 2008-07-10 at 16:47. Reason: Pic-links updated |
2008-05-06, 13:25 | Link #17 |
Paparazzi
Join Date: Mar 2008
Age: 41
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Added a photo.
A friend of mine threw me a challenge as we were debating about b/w vs. color photography. The challenge was making toilet paper look good. Here's the result. Not sure whether it looks good or not but at least it's toilet paper. Spoiler for space:
Another pic taken at the same session. Basically product photography test. Spoiler for space:
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2008-05-06, 16:01 | Link #18 |
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
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Toilet paper indeed. At first I caught sight of what looks to be a wet part (the wrinkles) and that wasn't too pleasant, but then I realized that it looked sort of flower-like... almost. Very artistic, which in my opinion is what B&W/monotone photography really exists for. I can't imagine how you could make it look better with a color picture, unless you dyed the toilet paper exotic colors or used Photoshop to color it in.
The violin isn't bad, but it doesn't look quite as artsy. Unless someone's playing on it, I don't think an instrument can really look appealing unless you're taking the shots of specific parts or of interesting angles (sort of like macro photography, actually). Either way, nice work. You make B&W photography look really appealing. I'd previously shunned it as being something for situations where the colors aren't very nice, but I can see its artistic values in your shots. I'll have to start experimenting with it.
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2008-05-06, 16:34 | Link #19 |
Paparazzi
Join Date: Mar 2008
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^If you're interested in B/W photography I'd recommend checking out Sally Mann's work. Subjects of the pictures may be a bit gross as she's most known for photographing her naked children but the finish of her pictures has been an inspiration to me. That's much thanks to her using glass plate collodion process in many of her pictures. Prehistoric technically but produces extremely interesting shade-scheme.
Guess what differentiates art from pornography (or in Mann's case child pornography) in photography is the B/W finish. As for violin shot. It was basically just an experiment on lighting and levels (and I think they turned out quite nice). It was shot as a product photo and heavily retouched. Shooting macros is actually a very good idea I'll look into it. As a violinist (at least a former one, I'm trying to pick up on it again) the photo as it is may have a little bit different appeal to me and to me violin is one of the most beautiful instruments visually. Not as much found on it's sound which may be a bit funny. Like cellos more. Last edited by escimo; 2008-05-06 at 16:46. |
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