Location:
At home, Ipswich
The Setup:
This is for the get-pushed-43 challenge from @nicoleterheide: "for this challenge I want you to keep it closer to home. Find something in your house that you use a lot and make an interesting photo of that. For inspiration take a look at the mundane challenges." I spent a few days thinking about it and came up with this.
This is my toothbrush, much used and in my house. It is lit from the side by a torch.
The camera & lens:
Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 15mm
Exposure: 4/10" @ f/16, ISO 200 (Av, manual ISO, manual focus)
Post processing:
Lightroom 4 -
- Shadows -30, white clipping -100, black clipping +10, clarity +60
- Spot adjustment over the dark areas: -8 stops (hasn't quite wiped out all of the detail, but close enough!)
- Noise reduction: luminance +40, detail +100
What do you think?
All constructive criticism is welcome! Please let me know what you think, and what you don't like about the picture. Everything is on the table, including the setup, equipment used, and the post processing. Nothing is off-limits and I'm always eager to learn!
2013-05-17 20:08:04
Category(s): Uncategorized
Location:
At home, Ipswich
The Setup:
Evelyn loves spaghetti and pulling faces.
The camera & lens:
Camera: iPhone
@ 3.85mm
Exposure: 1/17" @ f/2.8, ISO 500
Post processing:
Instagram 3 -
- Can't remember the filter used
What do you think?
All constructive criticism is welcome! Please let me know what you think, and what you don't like about the picture. Everything is on the table, including the setup, equipment used, and the post processing. Nothing is off-limits and I'm always eager to learn!
2013-04-08 18:39:34
Category(s): Uncategorized
Location:
St Mary's Church, Wood End, Ipswich
The Setup:
Al and I headed over to
St Mary's Church to catch some star trails. The front was quite well-lit, and Al managed to make a good picture out of it. I headed around the back to find something that was not so bright. This was still flood-lit but not as much.
This is made from 23 exposures, ranging from two minutes to four minutes each, totalling 65 minutes. Around 11.30pm, the floodlights were turned off so I was able to bump up the exposure to four minutes. The stacking method used (lighten) meant the brightest exposure won out.
The camera & lens:
Camera: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 15mm
Exposure: 65" @ f/16, ISO 100 (M, bulb mode with intervalometer)
Post processing:
Starstax -
- Auto stack, lighten method
Lightroom 4 -
- Contrast -100, shadows +75, white clipping +20, black clipping -55, clarity +100
- Curves: Highlights -85, lights -65, shadows -15
- HSL - Luminance: Red +50, orange +75, blue +100, purple +65
- Noise reduction: Luminance +40, detail +100
- Spot adjustment: in the star part, exposure +4 stops, contrast +100, highlights -60, shadows -100, clarity +100, sharpness +100
What do you think?
All constructive criticism is welcome! Please let me know what you think, and what you don't like about the picture. Everything is on the table, including the setup, equipment used, and the post processing. Nothing is off-limits and I'm always eager to learn!
2013-05-10 23:11:00
Category(s): Uncategorized
Location:
Queens Park, Ipswich
The Setup:
This is for my get-pushed-42 challenge from @noragentian: "What do you think about a panning shot? You can choose if the main object should be sharp or blurred by movement."
I went out shooting at Queens Park with my gr8 m8-o-m9 Al Warren. We set out to do star trails, but in between I tried the panning shot. There is a medium sweeping downhill run past the park and the hoons were doing laps. I only saw this motorcyclist once though. I found that I got a better result if I didn't have the camera up to my eye, but just aimed and panned with it at chest level. The triptych processing was Al's idea!
The camera & lens:
Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 15mm
Exposure: 1/8" @ f/3.5, ISO 3200 (Manual exposure, panning movement)
Post processing:
Photoshop Elements 6 (Mac) -
- Crop and align each image
Lightroom 4 -
- Preset: B&W Look 5, which uses desaturation to get a B&W image, with shadow levels -15, temp +60 and tint +25.
- Shadows -50, black clipping -85
The wash-up:
Not especially clear, but when I saw the preview on camera, I knew this is the one I wanted to keep.
What do you think?
All constructive criticism is welcome! Please let me know what you think, and what you don't like about the picture. Everything is on the table, including the setup, equipment used, and the post processing. Nothing is off-limits and I'm always eager to learn!
2013-05-10 22:50:00
Category(s): Uncategorized
Location:
Brisbane City
The Setup:
Some people having lunch.
The camera & lens:
Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 85mm
Exposure: 1/250" @ f/5.6, ISO 1600
Post processing:
Lightroom 4 -
- Preset: B&W Look 5, which uses desaturation to get a B&W image, with shadow levels -15, temp +60 and tint +25.
- Exposure +0.5 stops
- Crop
What do you think?
All constructive criticism is welcome! Please let me know what you think, and what you don't like about the picture. Everything is on the table, including the setup, equipment used, and the post processing. Nothing is off-limits and I'm always eager to learn!
2012-03-15 13:40:00
Category(s): Uncategorized
Location:
Southbank, Brisbane
The Setup:
Al and I were walking back to the train station via Kurilpa Bridge. This elephant has been here all along but I'm always in such a great hurry through here that I never noticed it.
Tried to give it the googly eye treatment but this is too big!
The camera & lens:
Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 15mm
Exposure: 13" @ f/3.5, ISO 100 (Av, everything else pre-set)
Post processing:
SOOC
What do you think?
All constructive criticism is welcome! Please let me know what you think, and what you don't like about the picture. Everything is on the table, including the setup, equipment used, and the post processing. Nothing is off-limits and I'm always eager to learn!
2013-05-04 18:52:52
Category(s): Uncategorized
Location:
Southbank, Brisbane
The Setup:
This is for the get-pushed-41 challenge from @mbrunner: "to capture motion. could be traffic, people, sports, whatever moves. if this is too boring - an extra: 'motion with emotion'."
I went to a photowalk with Al, Mick and others, and this girl was part of the group. Emotion could be 'concentration', perhaps!
The camera & lens:
Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 30mm
Exposure: 1/5" @ f/2.5, ISO 800 (ISO 800, manual exposure I think)
Post processing:
Lightroom 4 -
- Adjust white balance to Tungsten (I had flouro set manually in camera)
- Crop
- Clarity +50
- Sharpening (not that it helped - image was out of focus)
- Noise reduction: Luminance +50, detail +100
The wash-up:
Original image wasn't quite in focus or steady, but it was hand held at 1/5", so I'm giving myself an excuse.
What do you think?
All constructive criticism is welcome! Please let me know what you think, and what you don't like about the picture. Everything is on the table, including the setup, equipment used, and the post processing. Nothing is off-limits and I'm always eager to learn!
2013-05-04 18:08:30
Category(s): Uncategorized
Location:
Southbank, Brisbane
The Setup:
This is for the get-pushed-41 challenge from @mbrunner: "to capture motion. could be traffic, people, sports, whatever moves. if this is too boring - an extra: 'motion with emotion'."
It is the Buddha's birthday celebration all weekend at Southbank. At the western end of the parkland a stage was set up with heaps of food stalls and bouncy castles. These guys were dancing in front of the stage. Emotion would be happiness!
The camera & lens:
Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 30mm
Exposure: 1/30" @ f/2.5, ISO 6400 (Av f/2.5, rest auto)
Post processing:
Lightroom 4 -
- Adjust white balance to 3.3K (not quite Tungsten) (I had flouro set manually in camera)
- Crop
There was a very heavy magenta cast to the highlights due to lighting from the stage.
- Exposure -0.5 stops, highlights +30, shadows -25, whites -20 to try to combat this (best thing is to turn the magentas into white, got some of the way there)
The wash-up:
I tried a lot of things to get rid of that magenta cast, but couldn't work it out.
What do you think?
All constructive criticism is welcome! Please let me know what you think, and what you don't like about the picture. Everything is on the table, including the setup, equipment used, and the post processing. Nothing is off-limits and I'm always eager to learn!
2013-05-04 18:35:36
Category(s): Uncategorized
Location:
Southbank, Brisbane
The Setup:
This is for the get-pushed-41 challenge from @mbrunner: "to capture motion. could be traffic, people, sports, whatever moves. if this is too boring - an extra: 'motion with emotion'."
This is the Nepal Peace Pagoda and Wheel of Brisbane at Southbank. I didn't get any emotion here but this is an image that I've wanted to capture for a long time now.
The camera & lens:
Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 15mm
Exposure: 20" @ f/11, ISO 100 (M, using 2-second delay)
Post processing:
Lightroom 4 -
- Exposure -0.25 stops
- ACR lens correction profile for EF-S 15-85.
What do you think?
All constructive criticism is welcome! Please let me know what you think, and what you don't like about the picture. Everything is on the table, including the setup, equipment used, and the post processing. Nothing is off-limits and I'm always eager to learn!
2013-05-04 17:43:55
Category(s): Uncategorized
Location:
Roma Street Station, Brisbane
The Setup:
Passengers waiting at night (8pm) at Roma St Station.
In the frame before this, the guy was giving me the finger.
The camera & lens:
Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 19mm
Exposure: 1/13" @ f/4, ISO 800 (0/1)
Post processing:
Lightroom 4
- Preset: B&W Look 5, which uses desaturation to get a B&W image, with shadow levels -15, temp +60 and tint +25.
- Exposure -1.1 stops, contrast +25
- ACR lens correction profile for EF-S 15-85
What do you think?
All constructive criticism is welcome! Please let me know what you think, and what you don't like about the picture. Everything is on the table, including the setup, equipment used, and the post processing. Nothing is off-limits and I'm always eager to learn!
2013-04-12 19:31:16
Category(s): Uncategorized
