[Gallery] Photography (New)

[Corndogman]

I had an old thread, but its all crappy. I wanted to start fresh with my newer stuff. Oldest to newest:

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/photography/IMG_1251.jpg
Generic Flower

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/photography/IMG_1414-2.png
My kitty <3

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/photography/IMG_1419.png

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/photography/IMG_1552.png

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/photography/IMG_0011_edited-1.png
Self-Portrait

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/photography/IMG_2398.jpg
Portrait of a friend

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/photography/IMG_2434.jpg

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/photography/IMG_2444.jpg
Confusing

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/photography/IMG_2354_edit.png
Friends Beamer (Fish-eye lens)

All of these were taken with my Canon Rebel XS. That's it for now, let me know what you think.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/corypike24/5079924623/

[Warsaw]

The flower and perspective shot on the guitar neck have the best composition, in my humble opinion using my untrained eye. :)

[Corndogman]

Some new shots:

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/photography/IMG_2764.jpg
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/photography/IMG_2748.jpg
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/photography/IMG_2605.jpg
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa303/corndogman939/photography/IMG_2661.jpg

[Con]

Found the first two a little uninteresting, sorry. The third has some nice qualities to it but still the subject matter doesn't make me want to keep looking. However, there's something about the last image that I really like. Really mood-setting despite being just a photo :)

[Timo]

The first is better than the second because there's a line in there that you can follow through and has a nice bit of bokeh, but the second isn't that great to look at. There's nothing that takes you from the point of focus to the out of focus area.

For really shallow focus shots like those, you need to either have nice bokeh or some form of curve/line/detail you can follow into the out of focus areas. Ensuring the small area that is in focus is really sharp also helps (in my opinion, i'm a really sucker for sharpness).

[Futzy]

The candles are very interesting

[Limited]

I agree with what Timo said, the second photo is rather boring. Also do not try not to overuse B/W.

[Corndogman]

Thanks for the input guys. I agree that the first two are pretty boring, I was just a bit fascinated by how shallow I could focus with my fish eye, ha. Also I do try not to rely on B&W, I just seem to shoot in monochrome without really thinking about it and randomly get good shots. But I'll try to stay away from it.

The third photo, Con, I would say that the colors and overall tone is what makes it interesting, but you're right there isn't really any subject to look at. I've received a lot of good feedback on the candles though. Its not as sharp as I would have liked it however, because I didn't have a tripod at the time.

Anyways, two newbies. Took these around midnight- 2 am, It was briiigghhtt:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5290/5272052974_dfb8e33684_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5042/5272052160_e733c177fe_b.jpg

E: the first one may be a bit dark depending on your monitor, but its meant to be bright enough to see the windows etc. in the building.

[Corndogman]

Sorry for the double post, but this place is rather dead soo...

Heres some new ones, I've learning a lot more about my camera lately so hopefully these are an improvement:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5249/5350590942_014fdde693_b.jpg

Caterpillers
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5349978085_ec2aec75af_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5167/5329059599_275ecbde1d_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5283/5350591712_4d64fa508d_b.jpg

I did the best I could for those macro shots with the lens I have (fish eye attachment on stock 18-55mm, zoomed to 55) but I just couldn't get it as sharp and focused as I wanted it. though I think it turned out pretty well considering.

[Nero]

What's with that streek in the last pic?

[Corndogman]

I noticed that, pretty sure its just a bird.

[Timo]

Ah, I was wondering why your macro shots were looking a bit soft. You can always get a reverse mount on the cheap and stick your 18-55 on backwards and still get pretty good sharpness. There's a video tutorial somewhere for converting an 18-55 stock lens to a reverse mounted macro with AF too.

[Corndogman]

searched around but couldn't but couldn't find said video, if you could link me to it that would be great. Is it as simple as buying the adapter or are there more steps?

[Syuusuke]

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=882402

Heh: This will permanently disfigure your lens, so make sure you have a spare or as long as you're absolutely SURE you will never use that type again (better to use spare)
I found this while googling "Reverse macro lens with autofocus" =D

I'm definitely going to do this.

BTW there is a easier simpler solution, but the ones I've seen does not have autofocus. Maybe there is an adapter with AF and it allows you to set aperture but I dunno.

Actually, you probably don't need to glue it, but you can take an old UV filter (or whatever filter) and glue that on to make it screwable. but then again your you removed the AF driver, doesn't need to be removable =D

Or this if you don't want to break anything:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1pMO7Jy7KI&feature=related

[Corndogman]

Hmm I've only got one lens so I'm not gonna bother, although it does look neat. I may try to mount my fisheye attachment in reverse which gives a really cool motion blur like effect and will work for macro.

[Timo]

You could probably pick up an 18-55 pretty cheap, they only sell for $50NZD here, or less.

[Corndogman]

Bump!

Heres some random shit from the past few months, in no particular order.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5147/5556880474_5c14f01c8a_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5029/5556952514_d63bc89495_b.jpg

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6122/5945440070_d67bce3781_b.jpg
Thinker and Stinker
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/5960168890_f585cd9a8f_b.jpg
Cliche crap
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5960169348_c0c11dc06c_b.jpg

I have some more new stuff that I cba to post, but you can view em here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/corypike24/

Criticize me bitches!

[ThePlague]

Dat ass :3

Great photos man, loving the light contrasts.

[brookechooke]

nice photograph

[Corndogman]

Sooo.... I've been more into shooting video lately (I have a 550d now), and I made a little video. I'm not gonna make another thread for my videos, so I'll just put em here.


http://vimeo.com/30270298

Gonna get a new lens soon, so hopefully I can get some better quality shots.