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ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA Wed 12 Nov 2008 21:22:00 No.292544 View View Reply Original Report

Found myself unexpectedly at a Christmas parade the other day, in the rain. After figuring out how to hold my umbrella by hooking the handle through the strap of my camera bag, I took some pictures.

Was waiting for my Ektar thread to drop off to post these. You should all follow my example and repopulate /p/ with photo threads. But, ideally, better ones than this.

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Anonymous Wed 12 Nov 2008 21:23:00 No.292546 Report

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nice story bro

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ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA Wed 12 Nov 2008 21:23:00 No.292547 Report

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Lighting was less than ideal, obviously, it being rainy and nighttime. And I was trying to avoid blocking the view of little wet children trying to see the little wet parade, which limited my compositional options somewhat.

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ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA Wed 12 Nov 2008 21:25:00 No.292549 Report

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ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA Wed 12 Nov 2008 21:28:00 No.292551 Report

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I pity anyone who actually had an emergency during this. I'm pretty sure all of the ambulances and fire engines and police cars in the county were participating in the parade. On the plus side, if someone *did* have their house catch on fire, they might be cheered by the festive Christmas decorations festooning the truck when it showed up.

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ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA Wed 12 Nov 2008 21:30:00 No.292555 Report

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While I was taking this picture, a teenage girl was trying to convince a teenage boy to go grab some of the candy that the passing floats had been tossing out for the kids. He didn't want to for fear of getting hit by one of the subsequent floats. I considered pointing out that the floats were moving at about 5mph and that therefore he was a complete pussy, but I'm also a complete pussy, so I decided to stay out of the argument.

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ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA Wed 12 Nov 2008 21:32:00 No.292557 Report

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And finally, a person in a gorilla costume and wrestling singlet.

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else !L6xabslN96 Wed 12 Nov 2008 22:07:00 No.292590 Report

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>>292544
wow you have guts shooting in that weather and such shitty lighting. i know i would'nt have been able to get one exposure that wasn't blurry, dark or noisy as fuck.

>>292557
>>292544
these seem like the only two worthwhile pictures tho :(

ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA

ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA Wed 12 Nov 2008 23:51:00 No.292643 Report

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>>292590
>i know i wouldn't have been able to get one exposure that wasn't blurry, dark or noisy as fuck.
1. Set your camera for M. Your meter's going to try to get things up to 18% gray, and that's going to require longer shutter speeds than you can deal with. Accept that the pictures will be dark.
2. Fast prime lens. I was shooting at f/2 for all of these.
3. Concentrate on good handholding technique. No chicken arms, exhale before shooting, hold the camera with both hands, etc. For most of these, I was shooting around 1/50th with a 50mm lens on a crop sensor
4. Look for subjects near what few light sources there are and subjects that are holding reasonably still
5. Don't be afraid of ISO800 on a DSLR.

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Anonymous Wed 12 Nov 2008 23:55:00 No.292645 Report

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>>292643

References:

1. Popular Photography, issue 39, volume 5, 1997

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Anonymous Wed 12 Nov 2008 23:56:00 No.292647 Report

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Bokeh does not make a photo good. It isn't a subject and should not be treated as one. True... out of focus does contribute to the way an image would like to be felt, as in the mood and so forth. However, when the majority of your effort is put into background effects, floating spheres, swirly flowers and portraits of the back of people's heads... expression is limited to technique. The same goes for contrast. Examine the work of old masters of photography. Subtle photos deserve subtle treatment. Messing up the white balance rarely makes an image work good. If you want a good picture have white whites. The images posted on this board are gimmicky at best, if there are images posted at all. You all talk more about gear that actual images. You are more focused on "putting lipstick on a pig" with photoshop than taking a good picture out of the camera. I suggest you heed what I am saying if you ever want to make it somewhere in the realm of professional photography. You can use this thread to discuss what I am saying or post some of your favorite professionals work.

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ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA Thu 13 Nov 2008 00:13:00 No.292653 Report

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>>292647
Goddamn, I wish the original post this was copypasta'd from had been better written. That "rarely makes an image work good" is going to bug me every time some idiot like you reposts it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 00:18:00 No.292654 Report

Quoted By: >>292661

ac must be following heavyweather's footsteps

shitty snapshots with bokeh = instant art

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 00:25:00 No.292657 Report

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Christmas parade? It's not even December.

I kinda like the colours reflecting in the wet streets.

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ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA Thu 13 Nov 2008 00:28:00 No.292661 Report

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>>292654
>ac must be following heavyweather's footsteps
I am, actually. I'm a big fan of his work, and I try to learn how photographers I like get their results.

>shitty snapshots with bokeh = instant art
Incidentally, 'bokeh' doesn't mean 'shallow depth of field' like you seem to think it does.

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ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA Thu 13 Nov 2008 00:30:00 No.292664 Report

Quoted By: >>292665 >>292682 >>292683

>>292657
>Christmas parade? It's not even December.
Yeah, that struck me as odd too. But then I realized, it's upstate New York. If they had the Christmas parade in December, there would be a strong possibility that people coming out to see it would freeze, fall over, and dramatically shatter into a million pieces. Then the street would smell terrible when all of the chunks thawed come springtime.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 00:33:00 No.292665 Report

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>>292664

Hey, if they don't have the commitment to last out the cold for the Christmas parade then they don't deserve anything from Santa. That poor guy has to work through the worst of it on an all-night shift and they're complaining about a little time out to stand around and enjoy a parade? Pffffft.

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Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 00:34:00 No.292666 Report

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I love ac's amateur borkeh look

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Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 00:49:00 No.292680 Report

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>>292544
nice, i would crop the left tho, but then i would have taken it vertically in the first place

rest is meh

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Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j Thu 13 Nov 2008 00:51:00 No.292682 Report

Quoted By: >>292688 >>292694

>>292664

oh wait, you're in NY? I'm a 3 hour drive away from you, you should drive up here one day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 00:52:00 No.292683 Report

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>>292664
Yeah, that's why in canada we have our christmas parades in august.

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ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA Thu 13 Nov 2008 00:58:00 No.292688 Report

Quoted By: >>292694 >>292701 >>293407

>>292682
Oh? I thought you were in California. Did you move? Or are you just visiting?

And when you say "three hours away", are you keeping in mind the fact that I'm in Buffalo and not New York City?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 01:06:00 No.292694 Report

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>>292688
>>292682
/p/ - Hookups

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 01:13:00 No.292701 Report

Quoted By: >>292715

>>292688
Syracuse, fuck yeah!

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ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA Thu 13 Nov 2008 01:41:00 No.292715 Report

Quoted By: >>292716 >>292722

>>292701
We should all have a big /p/ meetup. I can say 'Cool leaf bro' and then systematically murder anyone who reveals that they think that's funny.

elf_man !!DdAnyoDMfCe

elf_man !!DdAnyoDMfCe Thu 13 Nov 2008 01:43:00 No.292716 Report

Quoted By: >>292721

>>292715
We can all shoot sunsets with our macro lenses. And crank the saturation up to eleven.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 01:47:00 No.292721 Report

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>>292716
As long as I can intentionally blow out the skies and take portraits with my tilt-shift I'll be happy.

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fence !!POey2hdozCZ Thu 13 Nov 2008 01:47:00 No.292722 Report

Quoted By: >>292724

>>292715

i think cool leaf bro is funny, actually. it says everything in three words, like all good short form poetry.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 01:50:00 No.292723 Report

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I'd be willing to go to a /p/ meet up. As long as I got to have steamy hot sex with you all.

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else !L6xabslN96 Thu 13 Nov 2008 01:52:00 No.292724 Report

Quoted By: >>292726

>>292722
cool opinion bro.

elf_man !!DdAnyoDMfCe

elf_man !!DdAnyoDMfCe Thu 13 Nov 2008 01:55:00 No.292726 Report

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>>292724
A+++

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 02:14:00 No.292744 Report

Quoted By: >>292752

>>292653
Is this better?

Borkeh does not make a photo good. Borkeh is not the central subject and should not be treated as one. While it is true that out of focus sections of an image contribute to the mood and feeling of the piece, the majority of your effort is put into background effects, floating spheres, swirly flowers and portraits of the back of people's heads. A single technique yields a single expression. The same goes for contrast. Examine the work of old masters of photography. Subtle photos deserve subtle treatment. Messing up the white balance rarely makes an image work well. Correct color that has vibrance or saturation tweaks are always better than incorrect white balance. The images posted on this board are gimmicky at best, if there are images posted at all. You all talk more about gear that actual images. You are more focused on "putting lipstick on a pig" with photoshop than taking a good pictures in the first place. I suggest you heed what I am saying if you ever want to make it somewhere in the realm of professional photography. You can use this thread to discuss what I am saying or post some of your favorite professionals work.

ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA

ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA Thu 13 Nov 2008 02:24:00 No.292752 Report

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>>292744
Yes. Although I don't see how it applies to my photos. The shallow DoF was mandated by the lighting conditions, and the photoshopping consisted of correcting WB, small amount of levels/curves so I didn't completely lose most of the image in shadows, and unsharp mask.

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Martin !!ve2Q1ETWmJH Thu 13 Nov 2008 02:33:00 No.292761 Report

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Ooo I like these ac, Its good to see you're improving with every set you display. You're progress is obvious aswell, especially when you compare them to the mundane shitsnaps that you used to produce. (no offence ment & inb4 chin.jpg)

They sorta' remind me of the heavyweather (correct me if i'm wrong) series he shot of that girl with a video camera? or something along them lines. The pink-ish colour tones etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Nov 2008 02:34:00 No.292764 Report

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the professional bokeh look really works for everyone. it makes everything look professional

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rubber shoes in motion !FwDS1IFr.. Thu 13 Nov 2008 03:33:00 No.292826 Report

Quoted By: >>293089

it always rains on a parade :(

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reinfected !DwFBXiCxVI Thu 13 Nov 2008 06:12:00 No.292893 Report

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Wow. I really like the first and the second one. Nice set.

else !L6xabslN96

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else !L6xabslN96 Thu 13 Nov 2008 12:55:00 No.293089 Report

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>>292826
that was painful, you should be PUNished.

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Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j Fri 14 Nov 2008 02:55:00 No.293407 Report

Quoted By: >>293411

>>292688

I moved :)

and ahh, that puts you an additional 3 hours away then...

ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA

ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA Fri 14 Nov 2008 03:11:00 No.293411 Report

Quoted By: >>293413 >>293422

>>293407
Well, we could both drive 3 hours and meet in the middle somewhere. If nothing else, it'd put us somewhere we've probably never been before which could lead to some interesting pictures.

On the other hand, 3 hours worth of driving is a lot when it's unlikely to result in intercourse at the end.

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Vincent !!8LCSE0Zp1mL Fri 14 Nov 2008 03:19:00 No.293413 Report

Quoted By: >>293421

>>293411
I say everyone heads towards the west coast. Its so much better over here :)

Also, if you get enough people together everyone will just start jerking it to their gear. Then intercourse is irrelevant

elf_man !!DdAnyoDMfCe

elf_man !!DdAnyoDMfCe Fri 14 Nov 2008 03:30:00 No.293421 Report

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>>293413
Hah, she prefers the weather there to the weather in California. Too bad, eh? :P

Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j

Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j Fri 14 Nov 2008 03:31:00 No.293422 Report

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>>293411

i almost got runover in nyc and thrown off the george washington bridge by a semi....never again. willing to reduce ur drive to a 4 hr onethough :)

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Nov 2008 03:39:00 No.293426 Report

Quoted By: >>293428 >>293468

1st one is good. Rest is shite.

And /p/ meetup in amerifagland? Don't fucking think so!
Some to Europa you pussies. The Netherlands ideally. So we can smoke some weed and take macro photos of weed and our /p/enises!

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else !L6xabslN96 Fri 14 Nov 2008 03:42:00 No.293428 Report

Quoted By: >>293430

>>293426
am i the only africafag on here? :(

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Nov 2008 03:49:00 No.293430 Report

Quoted By: >>293479

>>293428
Probably. Which means it's your solemn duty to get all the good pictures on the continent and post them on /p/. Good luck, and Godspeed else: all of 4chan is counting on you.

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noclue !!2yUmAID3520 Fri 14 Nov 2008 05:00:00 No.293468 Report

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>>292544
i like

>>293426
/p/ meet in europe? hell yes! i'd be there, i think ...

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else !L6xabslN96 Fri 14 Nov 2008 05:14:00 No.293479 Report

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>>293430
it's full of dancing nigras and that's about it. you're not missing much.

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