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No? OK here goes..
Apologies for the fact that all of these are digital images processed through Photoshop & Silver Efex Pro, but feel free to comment or make suggestions for improvement to composition, technique. I don't claim to be a great photographer but I am eager to improve.
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/4521230199/ ]Destitution Road[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/4528732491/ ]caig1[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr
Any objections before I start?
Please do!
Can you also tell us what camera/lens you took 'em on, aperture etc if you happen to know it?
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/4430203384/ ]72/365[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/4561607740/ ]forgetmenots2[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr
Sexy! Quite dark, but I suspect that is as much due to this crappy work monitor as anything else.
Have you had any printed?
Graham,
All the EXIF data can be found by clicking on the photos. This will show the camera used in the top right and if you click on that, you'll see the stats.
Cameras are either a Ricoh GX100 or a Sony a300, with one or two being on a Panasonic bridge camera (can't remember model). Sony lenses are either a SAM 18-55 or a Sigma 50mm EX-DG macro for the closeups.
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/4357302128/ ]The Buachaille[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr
I don't print many Graham which is down to laziness more than anything.
A lot of them have a dark, low-key feel which is something I've noticed when I see them together. I like black skies and white clouds (red filter effect).
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/4356101177/ ]45/365[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/2548789923/ ]Laggan 28[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr
Yay! Thread back on track.
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Pentax ME Super, Ilford FP4 film
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/4255270354/ ]night_sky[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/2454692369/ ]Big Sky Country 2[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/2170205554/ ]Ireland 10[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr
Any objections before I start?
not from me 🙂
But you "have specifically disclaimed any artistic ability" so perhaps at least considering why a composition works might go some way to improving your own.
no, I prefer to reject the concept and see what happens 🙂
But instead of just shrugging and defensively claiming that anyone who takes good, interesting, compositionally strong pictures is somehow cheating,
I'm not trying to defend myself, and I'm not saying that following the guildelines is cheating, or won't work, just that all I'm interested in is the impact of the original scene as a gestalt, in an intuitive impulse, not a protracted analysis. I never said different approaches were wrong at all.
while the site was down I was thinking about the comment someone made about my shots lacking composition, which I take as a huge compliment, though in many cases, when I'm firing from a moving vehicle I'm just glad to get a clear shot of the sky without blurred vegetation, signposts and wires in the way 🙂
Nice one Beanum - captures the drummer lost in the moment.
bit of a doublish post, didn't see it had gone up
I've always liked Araki's b/w pics. Some are right up there. Not quite Ansel Adams but some great shots nevertheless. Fantastic balance of dark and light, both in composition and in subject
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/4418418194/ ]garlicR[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr
not film, but it's B&W...
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edit: sorry guys, that's a tad large...
Nice ethereal feel to it.
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/5108233751/ ]296/365[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/4395512082/ ]59/365[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr
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Mine - not on film, but at least I sorted my ftp account out.
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HP5, Minolta CLE, Voigtlander 40/1.4
I like it when full colour photos come out monochrome:
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poor scans, but here are a few more:
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XP2, Pentax LX, Pentax 50/1.4
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Delta 400, Pentax LX, Pentax 50/1.4
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Ilford PanF, Hasselblad 500C/M, Hasselblad 80mm/2.8
simonfbarnes - MemberI like it when full colour photos come out monochrome:
So do I:
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Provia 100F, Leica M6TTL, Voigtlander 35mm/1.4
Great stuff Lorax.
Simon, that first shot is brilliant - thanks for the contribution.
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/4433342740/ ]mackerel[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/4831526595/ ]Ruthven Barracks[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr
oliverd1981 - the contrast and sharpness in that shot is spot on.
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartie_c/4832143536/ ]207/365[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartie_c/ ]stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr
great stuff yourself stuartie - especially love the mackerel one 🙂
Film is just better isn't it
Even when you digitise it to show us lot.
Mmmmm Kodak Tri-X in D76 .....
Sadly still digital - not got round to uploading any film yet...
However, they were all taken with Olympus OM lenses, and have been through a grainifier in GIMP
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/3902772499/ ]Llan Ffestiniog[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/3903550210/ ]Tal-y-llyn railway[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/3886078707/ ]2009_08_16_5232[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/3886079213/ ]2009_08_16_5238[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/4106346850/ ]Mercedes and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
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