***DSLR/Photography MegaThread***

[FBJ]

Blown-Out Ballerina

A drastically over-exposed area of highlights resulted in the face of my subject being completely blown out. Rather than throw this image out, I elected to poke it around a bit in Lightroom to see what could be done with it to create something interesting. I think I succeeded.

 

[FBJ]

On second thought...

Meh...

 

[rinkrat]

I did the same thing with a blown out Nine Inch Nails pic and really liked the results.

 

[rinkrat]

Classical Beats in Long Beach

 

[P.I.T.A.]

It's a light fixture at a "Pink Berry" in Chino Hills.

 

[FBJ]

I did the same thing with a blown out Nine Inch Nails pic and really liked the results.

I remember that one.

Thing about this one is that I just don't know how to feel about it. Initially, I thought it was interesting. Looking at it again and again, it strikes me in different ways. Wife thinks it's amazing. It's the only image that the client has seen so far (though I was going to leave this one out because her daughter isn't recognizable), and she said it was "stunning."

Oh well.

That was one of the weirdest portrait shoots I've done, by the way...

 

[spjon25]

Well I am driving down to Canon tomorrow with mine. I went to take it to soccer pictures with my son, and when I took him ice skating...and it is not turning on with a fully charged battery. Switched out SD cards for a new one, and still nothing. Hopefully, my camera is not an expensive paperweight

 

[spjon25]

Here are some of the last pics that I have taken with the beast in the last few months:

 

[waterboy100]

@Blurker

those are very nice

 

[FBJ]

Before the shoot I had last Friday, I picked up a set of these:

Promaster SystemPRO ReflectaDisc 41"

Man what a great tool to have!!!!


_GC35308 by Glenn Calvin, on Flickr

 

[rinkrat]

tiny spider in my backyard
lit with a flash on the side

 

[rinkrat]

Before the shoot I had last Friday, I picked up a set of these:

Promaster SystemPRO ReflectaDisc 41"

Man what a great tool to have!!!!


_GC35308 by Glenn Calvin, on Flickr

Very cool! What do you hold them with?

 

[FBJ]

Very cool! What do you hold them with?

Usually my hands. I used a friend as an assistant during this shoot, though.

 

[rinkrat]

OK I finally joined the club and ordered Lightroom 3. I hope it's easy to learn.

 

[FBJ]

I haven't ordered LR3 yet...I may wait until I upgrade my home PC. It's getting a tad long-in-the-tooth (a 2006 model).

 

[FBJ]

Got a photo of mine used with credit in a Natural History Museum of Los Angeles blog.

Another Feather! Amazing Events at NHMLA

 

[rinkrat]

Got a photo of mine used with credit in a Natural History Museum of Los Angeles blog.

Another Feather! Amazing Events at NHMLA

Excellent!

 

[rinkrat]

I'm hoping that my computer can handle LR3 and that the learning curve is short. I've never tried LR2 so it will be nice to see what I can do that I can't do now. I like the idea of tags within the JPG's.

 

[symbology]

I'm hoping that my computer can handle LR3 and that the learning curve is short. I've never tried LR2 so it will be nice to see what I can do that I can't do now. I like the idea of tags within the JPG's.

There are some tutorials on Adobe's site. They do a pretty good job of getting you started.

 

[rinkrat]

There are some tutorials on Adobe's site. They do a pretty good job of getting you started.

Thanks for the heads up. They have workflows there to help get you started. Just what I needed!