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 10/07/2009 10:09:25 PM · #26
Originally posted by pawdrix:
I don't know...

Someone told me this was all a "GIANT SCAM" just to take over the site and if we participate we might all become "insightful revolting peasants, or three-legged spaceships" or something like that.

NICENESS, COURTESY & CARE. Must. Be. Stopped.


I can be mean, if you want me to; we bears are mercurial. Deb, on the other hand, hasn't a mean bone in her body...

R.
 10/07/2009 10:11:04 PM · #27
Cool! LOVE the responses!

Okay......let's do this.....see if this works for y'all.

I popped out of my class, (Taking basic PS 'cause I really don't know the basics.), and on the way to the car, I noticed this row of lights in the breezeway between two buildings.



Thing is, it conjured up all those scary stories about not going down dimly lit alleys from when I was growing up. The texture of the walls, the pools of light, the harsh lamp at the end......it all conspired to make this innocuous breezeway into a place I didn't want to go.

All that rifled through my head just from a glance as I walked by, so I put my bag down and shot the breezeway.
 10/07/2009 10:20:47 PM · #28
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Cool! LOVE the responses!

Okay......let's do this.....see if this works for y'all.

I popped out of my class, (Taking basic PS 'cause I really don't know the basics.), and on the way to the car, I noticed this row of lights in the breezeway between two buildings.



Thing is, it conjured up all those scary stories about not going down dimly lit alleys from when I was growing up. The texture of the walls, the pools of light, the harsh lamp at the end......it all conspired to make this innocuous breezeway into a place I didn't want to go.

All that rifled through my head just from a glance as I walked by, so I put my bag down and shot the breezeway.


left you a comment and a request. :D
 10/07/2009 10:47:29 PM · #29
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
left you a comment and a request. :D

Thanks for the comment....I'll see what I can do about the request.....it might be locked......8>)
 10/07/2009 10:51:36 PM · #30
Originally posted by pawdrix:
NICENESS, COURTESY & CARE. Must. Be. Stopped.

Edited for clarity ... ;-)
 10/07/2009 11:20:43 PM · #31
OK, I'll post one, shot this afternoon just for this. Penny has planted some tall grasses with "tails" on them in the front of the sideyard, and they are ethereal when backlit. I went out with the ultrawide to try to capture the essence of this feathery light, the clarity of it, the intensity of it. Ultrawide macro, the only way to see.ΓΆ„ΒΆ

10/07/2009 11:28:35 PM · #32
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
OK, I'll post one, shot this afternoon just for this. Penny has planted some tall grasses with "tails" on them in the front of the sideyard, and they are ethereal when backlit. I went out with the ultrawide to try to capture the essence of this feathery light, the clarity of it, the intensity of it. Ultrawide macro, the only way to see.ΓΆ„ΒΆ


Bear grass!
 10/07/2009 11:30:39 PM · #33
Count me in.
 10/08/2009 05:13:17 AM · #34
OK, maybe not photomojo, but definitely not DPC and can be a lot of fun. I want you all to go try a mini-world/mini-planet thing. If you're so inclined to try it, that is. But they are a lot of fun to do. Bobonacus just gave it a shot, and posted his try at it here. Timfythetoo wrote a great tutorial - it can be found here.

I did a couple from my road trip this past weekend:



I don't take as many shots as Tim did for his - but if you wanna do it right, do it his way. To do a quick and dirty try at it, stand at a center point somewhere, use portrait orientation and the widest angle you've got, and shoot in a 360 degree circle (turning yourself 360 degrees of course!) making sure you have overlap. Just check in your viewfinder before you shoot for an object on the far side, make sure you overlap that in your next shot. Rinse, repeat.

I used Photoshop's photomerge capability. It's actually in Bridge - tools, Photoshop, Photomerge. Tell it which photos to use, start it (I use the auto mode), then go make a cup of coffee or something. It'll take a little bit of time. Once you get your panorama, you'll want to flatten the image and resize it to something workable before you do much else because it'll be freakin' huge! Then you want to carefully trim/crop it to have the two sides match up. Here's the pano that I used for the first world pictured above:



Then follow Tim's tutorial to create your mini-world. Report back. :-)

10/08/2009 06:21:29 AM · #35
Originally posted by Melethia:
I want you all to go try a mini-world/mini-planet thing.

I used Photoshop's photomerge capability. It's actually in Bridge - tools, Photoshop, Photomerge. Tell it which photos to use, start it (I use the auto mode), then go make a cup of coffee or something. It'll take a little bit of time. Once you get your panorama, you'll want to flatten the image and resize it to something workable before you do much else because it'll be freakin' huge!

I'd be afraid that'd lock up my old, tired box with CS2, and it'd wheeze to a stop......8>)
 10/08/2009 07:18:35 AM · #36
Nah, you just have to give it a little time. You can reduce the size of the initial images if you fear a meltdown. I suspect that old trainyard of yours would make a marvelous planet!
 10/08/2009 08:11:35 AM · #37
Originally posted by Melethia:
Nah, you just have to give it a little time. You can reduce the size of the initial images if you fear a meltdown. I suspect that old trainyard of yours would make a marvelous planet!


Ok, so I go and take a 360, do I then need to point the camera up or down and do more 360s? or do I just need to do it once all the way around?
 10/08/2009 09:33:46 AM · #38
Originally posted by Melethia:
Nah, you just have to give it a little time. You can reduce the size of the initial images if you fear a meltdown. I suspect that old trainyard of yours would make a marvelous planet!

Oh, SURE!!!!

Throw THAT up in my face!

Hmm.....
 10/08/2009 09:50:38 AM · #39
Originally posted by vawendy:
Originally posted by Melethia:
Nah, you just have to give it a little time. You can reduce the size of the initial images if you fear a meltdown. I suspect that old trainyard of yours would make a marvelous planet!


Ok, so I go and take a 360, do I then need to point the camera up or down and do more 360s? or do I just need to do it once all the way around?

I just shoot once around with my wide angle at pretty much as wide as it will go. If you want to, you can shoot more, but that's just more to process. Try one for fun. Then if you think it's the cat's pajamas and you just MUST have it perfect, you could always go back and take a ton of shots.
 10/08/2009 10:09:55 AM · #40
Originally posted by Melethia:
.. I want you all to go try a mini-world/mini-planet thing. If you're so inclined to try it, that is. But they are a lot of fun to do. ..
Then follow Tim's tutorial to create your mini-world. Report back. :-)


aww man. I am so jealous of Bobs, didnt reaise he had used a tutorial on here (sneaky mr Bobert) so Im gonna have to give it a go now.... oooooooooo and I just had an idea where might work out nicely.
 10/08/2009 01:25:42 PM · #41
this is the best reason ever to actually go shoot a mini planet. thanks melethia!!!
 10/08/2009 11:09:26 PM · #42
Well.....

I'm going back to my thoughts from yesterday.....

I will whip a U-Turn, pull off the road, be late for where I'm going, or any number of things to shoot a certain type of Harley. This was sitting outside a bike shop near the gallery & framing shop that does my work.



I like to hammer these into B&W, honk up the contrast, slap a reverse vignette on it to fade it into the light, and Topaz it for grittiness.
 10/09/2009 02:31:18 PM · #43
Originally posted by Melethia:
OK, maybe not photomojo, but definitely not DPC and can be a lot of fun. I want you all to go try a mini-world/mini-planet thing. If you're so inclined to try it, that is. But they are a lot of fun to do. Bobonacus just gave it a shot, and posted his try at it here. Timfythetoo wrote a great tutorial - it can be found here.

I did a couple from my road trip this past weekend:



I don't take as many shots as Tim did for his - but if you wanna do it right, do it his way. To do a quick and dirty try at it, stand at a center point somewhere, use portrait orientation and the widest angle you've got, and shoot in a 360 degree circle (turning yourself 360 degrees of course!) making sure you have overlap. Just check in your viewfinder before you shoot for an object on the far side, make sure you overlap that in your next shot. Rinse, repeat.

I used Photoshop's photomerge capability. It's actually in Bridge - tools, Photoshop, Photomerge. Tell it which photos to use, start it (I use the auto mode), then go make a cup of coffee or something. It'll take a little bit of time. Once you get your panorama, you'll want to flatten the image and resize it to something workable before you do much else because it'll be freakin' huge! Then you want to carefully trim/crop it to have the two sides match up. Here's the pano that I used for the first world pictured above:



Then follow Tim's tutorial to create your mini-world. Report back. :-)


I've been trying this since early this morning and it's making me crazy!!! I will not give up though!
I do have a couple of questions: Why do you have to put your camera in P mode?
How do you get the 2 ends to line up after it makes the circle??
 10/09/2009 02:34:58 PM · #44
Originally posted by Hipychik:
How do you get the 2 ends to line up after it makes the circle??


The tripod has to be set up absolutely level; then when you return to the start point the ends will match.

R.
 10/09/2009 02:41:38 PM · #45
"Tripod" says the landscape guru... :-)

Terry, I shoot hand held in a circle and try to stay on the same plane while turning. But as Robert points out, a tripod would probably help with that. :-)

I don't know why Tim says to shoot in P mode (I'm assuming that's in the tutorial?). I shoot in aperture priority because that's what the camera is always set on.

When you photomerge to get your composite, you'll have to crop carefully to get the seam or join to line up. I try to find a building or tree or something at either end that you can use for your sight line. The pano that I posted is already trimmed - you'll see I cut it through the center of the light post, since that was an easy "line" to identify on both ends. Make your circle after you've trimmed! And keep at it - can't wait to see it!
10/09/2009 02:50:04 PM · #46
I do like the idea behind this side challenge. Lets see if I ll shoot something for it.
 10/09/2009 02:52:32 PM · #47
P (program) mode means that the ISO setting is fixed, but that both aperture and shutter speed are set automatically by the camera. In "Auto" mode all three values are set by the camera.
 10/09/2009 03:13:35 PM · #48
I'd like to take part in this too, please.
10/09/2009 03:26:31 PM · #49
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
I propose the Melethia/Bear Side Challenge for those people who seem to have the real sense of aesthetics that makes their work part of their life.....and yet have it still have that sense of wondrous awe that escapes having control over it.


I do not fall under this category...however, as a big fan of both Melethia and Bear_Music and all those who DO have "a real sense of aesthetics...etc."...with your permission, I'd like to be a Lurker and provide occasional comments from the Peanut Gallery.

Message edited by author 2009-10-09 15:27:34.
 10/09/2009 03:38:19 PM · #50
Ok...back to the drawing board. The neighbors probably think I'm crazy. I keep running outside with my camera and tripod, shooting around in a circle and running back in. LOL
Oh and Deb...hopefully it gets better because I don't think you want to look at it the way it looks right now! Made me a little sick when I was finished!
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