The Photography Thread

[HaHaUK]

I hope that was suitably safe water for a goldfish

Ice cold served with a hint of lemon and honey

[Welrain]

great pictures guys! keep em coming!

[Daragon]

Gorgeous!

Here are some of my first-ever DSLR attempts:

first ever?

You had much experience with a compact? I wish my first ever DSLR shots looked that good which camera did you use?

[EvilBoris]

Well I buckled again and bought a 550D. I was missing my DSLR, the G9 is great and my girlfriend will look after that.

[Lyris]

Thanks guys! I totally forgot about this thread!

Daragon: yeah, those are some of my first. I grabbed my dad's DSLR a few years ago but didn't have a lot of enthusiasm for it. But after grappling with compact 1080i video camcorders with fixed lenses, I have a newfound appreciation for being able to control depth of field and such.

The camera is a Canon 550D with the kit lens. I'm not into photography enough yet to be irritated by the stock lens, and 700 all inc was a bargain for me. In fact since I'm so involved with video, I'm amazed at the resolution of even a mid-range DSLR like this.

Crucially, I shot RAW. It's very, very forgiving. They didn't look a lot like that out of the camera. My image processing side forbids me from shooting JPEG.

I've known about basic concepts like aperture, shutter speed etc., but I don't really learn without visuals so I'm finally starting to understand how they all came together until now, since the camera (in manual mode) is no longer holding my hand.

[Lyris]

Here is some more of Glasgow at night!









flickr

[Taka]

Went to my first track day at Castle Combe over the weekend and had a go at panning:

[dvdmike]

[Spatial]

I'm new to using Flickr and someone here might be able to help me with a question.

What's the deal with Flickr and group uploads? I added a photo to a group yesterday and it shows up when I'm logged in, but if I'm not then there's no sign of it in that group.

Am I missing something?

[EvilBoris]

The photo may have it's privacy setting on friends and contacts only

[Spatial]

Double checked that and it's set to everyone.

It's odd because if it had been removed from the group for some reason it wouldn't show up there for me (and I assume you get a message or something?).

Not that it should have been removed, it's relevant to that particular group.

[EvilBoris]

I'll have a better look when I'm on a PC, only other thing I can think is that a moderator has to vet all photos.

Here is one I processed last night for that tilt shift look

[Spatial]

That really does look like a model.

I've added the image to another related group and it's not showing up there either. I've no idea what's going on.

[EvilBoris]

try adding one to the NTSC group

[Spatial]

Found out why

If your account is new, first you need to upload at least 5 public photos. After that minimum has been reached, then it shouldn't take more than a few days until your photos appear in searches, groups, etc