The Random Image Thread

[Tdp]

_DSF8861 by Photos By 夏天, on Flickr

 

[CapoDave]

DSCF0782 by CapoDave, on Flickr

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[ivoire]

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pedal boats by 2Deye, on Flickr[/URL]

 

[Phoenix]

The weekend was was quite nippy it was only 5 degrees (41 F) and quite rainy (very typical Melbourne weather). I went to a Chinese Night Market and a Peruvian festival to try my luck at some photos, but it was just too wet and rainy and ended up with just a handful.

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[dacalac]

Well what you were able to get looks great!

 

[Phoenix]

Thanks mate

 

[christilou]

A very nice handful by the look of it. Even if I'd been able to take fifty or so, I still would probably have only been happy with a "handful" anyway

 

[BAXTING]

Ive been working on zone focusing with my LX7 at low ISO which is is the opposite of my usual shooting style. I thought this random shot was interesting enough to play with in LR4 for a bit Hope to put this camera to work over the weekend.

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bike-blur by BAXTING, on Flickr

 

[romi.gilles]

house on fiya by яσмι. ғ σ т σ, on Flickr

 

[pdh]

I generally spurn the idea of "random" ... but this guy just was just sooo random ...

b20130725-1-2 by _loupe, on Flickr



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[ranxoren]

Playing around the Canadian Museum of Nature with my Rokinon 8mm FE:

Canadian Museum of Nature. by OT Kammah, on Flickr

Canadian Museum of Nature. by OT Kammah, on Flickr

And attempting two firsts, first off camera flash portraits and also first shots with my new Fuji 60mm lens:

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Learning Flash. by OT Kammah, on Flickr

Learning Flash. by OT Kammah, on Flickr

Second attempt at off camera flash. My friend wanted a cool picture of his tattoo, I think we did alright

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[fl0k] by OT Kammah, on Flickr

 

[ranxoren]

Did some edits on this one:

Learning Flash. by OT Kammah, on Flickr

 

[ranxoren]

Some more off-camera flash attempts

Tiki Lamp. by OT Kammah, on Flickr

Tiki Lamp. by OT Kammah, on Flickr

I brought some of the wooden background out in post (barely) on the second picture as I loved the contrast

 

[ranxoren]

Any feedback on advice on the photos above?
I'm just learning flash and would love some guidance from more seasoned users

 

[jloden]

I don't know about more seasoned (I'm a newbie to flash and lighting myself), but in the portrait shots I think your light is positioned a wee bit high. You've got a lot of fall-off on the bottom of his face in the original. The edited version evens it out quite a bit but I would guess it'd have come out closer to that in-camera with the light just a little lower.

Likewise on the tattoo shot, I think the light is either a little high if you wanted to highlight the tattoo, or maybe you're using too much vignetting (if you added that). My eye wants the tattoo to be just a little brighter, as the bottom corners are fading into the shadow.

Both of those are pretty minor points though. I especially like the tattoo shot in monochrome... very dramatic!

 

[ranxoren]

I don't know about more seasoned (I'm a newbie to flash and lighting myself), but in the portrait shots I think your light is positioned a wee bit high. You've got a lot of fall-off on the bottom of his face in the original. The edited version evens it out quite a bit but I would guess it'd have come out closer to that in-camera with the light just a little lower.

Likewise on the tattoo shot, I think the light is either a little high if you wanted to highlight the tattoo, or maybe you're using too much vignetting (if you added that). My eye wants the tattoo to be just a little brighter, as the bottom corners are fading into the shadow.

Both of those are pretty minor points though. I especially like the tattoo shot in monochrome... very dramatic!

Thanks for the great feedback!!
Very good point on the portrait shot, that was my first ever off camera shoot and I just couldn't figure out what would make it better. What you said is bang on!

Ditto for the tattoo shot, no vignetting added but I see how I could've moved the flash a bit more towards the tattoo itself or maybe even just made it wider.

Thanks very much!!


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[RT Panther]

These 2 - Yes!

Playing around the Canadian Museum of Nature with my Rokinon 8mm FE:

Canadian Museum of Nature. by OT Kammah, on Flickr

Canadian Museum of Nature. by OT Kammah, on Flickr

 

[ranxoren]

These 2 - Yes!

Thanks so much!!

 

[jemmahazie]

View Through My Window! New Jersey!

 

[romi.gilles]

^ NJ?!

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