Amateur Photography! NO PS allowed!! (inspired by Shay)

[Benz]

I've always wanted to post some pics that I took when I have a camera. But since I don't have PS (photoshop), my pics look like crap. I want a thread dedictaed to "BACK TO THE BASICS". NO photoshop, no edit, no nothing. Just RAW pictures!! Post away, I want to see what people can do with just a camera, of course there's exposres and shutter speed and such, but I don't even know how to adjust...so post away!!

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Just included a TSX pic so it doesn't get sent to Off Topic
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[Benz]

I am sorry if no one really cares for this, but I just want to share something personal with TSXClub, and since so many photographers on here, I really want some critism to improve my camera technique, like how to tak better pics!!

[Benz]

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8729/nikon824el8.jpg http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6171/nikon695vn3.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6962/picture254zk2.jpg http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/6577/picture302sj5.jpg http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5341/nikon1119lh3.jpg http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/166/nikon013kc3.jpg http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/13/nikon904db7.jpg http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/7440/nikon916ot0.jpg http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4270/nikon964xu3.jpg
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[Benz]

I chose these out of the hundreds I took, and they still look like crap!! I hope someone can teach me or just guide me to take better pics!

[BlueTSX05]

not bad Benz, the hummer one would have been helped by using a polarize filter it would have cleaned up the sun splash

[lokman]

Hey Benz, you don't need PhotoShop or any other fancy tools to take a good pic - they help, but your photos will only be as good as the starting image. I think proper composition makes a huge difference in an image, as it provides a focal point for the image that draws the viewer in. Two simple things I learned that I think make a huge difference are:

1) Don't be afraid to get in close to a subject, particularly if it's a person and they're the focal point. I find most people tend to keep the people or subjects small while leaving far too much landscape or background, as in these pictures:

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/13/nikon904db7.jpg

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/166/nikon013kc3.jpg

Try zooming in (or walking in) closer to your subjects to capture them and to convey more emotion about them.

2) Second, learn about the rule of thirds. Here's the first response from Google: http://www.silverlight.co.uk/tutorials/compose_expose/thirds.html. Basically, don't center all your subjects, but place them off center at the intersection of the points that you would have if you divided your image into thirds both vertically and horizontally.

With respect to specific criticisms about your pictures, I find that car pictures aren't that interesting when taken from eye level, and full body shots are pretty boring. Try getting in lower and try focusing in on specific parts of the car. Also try walking around the car to see what impact the lighting has as well.

Finally, experiment and shoot a lot! I might only get one good shot for every ten that I take, where everything just comes together properly. Thankfully this is so much easier and cheaper with digital than it is with film. I'm still learning something every time I pull my camera out. Browse the camera and photography forums and see what pictures other people take and try to understand what makes their pictures attractive or unattractive to you.

I'm sure Neo and DigitalHorizon have a bunch more tips, and I hope they chime in so I can learn something from them too. Hope this was helpful!

[06tsx]

alright!!! i don't use ps cause i don't believe in it!! i believe in "what you see is what you get". sure it will make ur pics look nicer and what not, but then again i feel that altering pics is somewhat "cheating"


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this is what i do for a living


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[06tsx]

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[shay654]

I chose these out of the hundreds I took, and they still look like crap!! I hope someone can teach me or just guide me to take better pics!

Don't be too hard on yourself! You took some nice shots! :thumbsup:

The thing is, it doesn't really have to do with what CAMERA you have, what makes a good shot is the photographer's EYE! I mean, take me for example, I didn't photoshop ANY of the pix I took in the photo thread that I posted! All of those were taken as point and shoot! No adjusting of lens or anything! To make it even more crazy, it was all done with my camera PHONE!!!! So, there really isn't much of a trick to it! You see something that is nice and beautiful and you just CAPTURE it! That's me, anyway! But pictures are all different and can be taken differently!

Believe me, if I had the same kind of equipment some of these awesome photographers have on this site, I'd be in the same level as them! :nod: Maybe even BETTER! hahaha jk guys ;) :p But I would definitely be in the same running as them! All that really matters, is how you want to take the pictures! Regardless of the outcome, if you see any kind of beauty in it...then it's all good!

I would post some pix not photoshopped on this thread, but I already posted the pix I've taken that I like in that other thread! hehe But I'll see what I can add! And for the record, I don't use photoshop! I need that bad tho! haha I have this generic photo editor, but all I do with that is change the color and brightness! haha Nothing too extensive!

[shay654]

And I agree with 06tsx...when you photoshop, you lose the NATURAL beauty that is captured from the camera! It's best to capture the ESSENCE and BEAUTY of the picture by its natural state!

And don't ASSUME that a lot of people use photoshop because not all do! Just because it looks TOO amazing, doesn't mean it's been altered! You can tell that you can capture beauty by itself from the many photos posted on here! Yeah, most of the car pictures are pretty much photoshopped and edited to some degree, but that's for SHOW! It's a totally different shot! Car pictures are different when it comes to nature, architectural pieces, abstract, etc! There's NO one way of taking pix! There's digital photography and all the other types of photography! Depending on what you're capturing is the best way to know what type of technique to use!

And nice pix 06tsx and lokman! :thumbsup:

[lokman]

Photoshop is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, if you shoot in RAW using a digital camera, Photoshop (or something similar) might be an essential part of processing the photo. All that usually means is do is to crop the image (if required), add some sharpening and apply color correction. Photoshop does not mean you have to be editing out all the little details to make it better!

[ferio-moreno]

from my old camera.
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2994/119695745o978657863vi8.jpg

[Kanon23]

I hate to bring this up...but...

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/383/img0004xz4.jpg

DUDE WHAT WAS THAT??????????

[KeepItStock]

Originals but resized

[KeepItStock]

Group 2

[KeepItStock]

Group 3

[dina]

wow! some really nice pix :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Benz]

Hey Benz, you don't need PhotoShop or any other fancy tools to take a good pic - they help, but your photos will only be as good as the starting image. I think proper composition makes a huge difference in an image, as it provides a focal point for the image that draws the viewer in. Two simple things I learned that I think make a huge difference are:

1) Don't be afraid to get in close to a subject, particularly if it's a person and they're the focal point. I find most people tend to keep the people or subjects small while leaving far too much landscape or background, as in these pictures:



I know, but the inital purpose of those two pics were to show the background as well. So instead of focusing on the subjects, I used the subjects as part of the whole picture, so you view it as a whole instead of focusing on a subject

[Benz]

2) Second, learn about the rule of thirds. Here's the first response from Google: http://www.silverlight.co.uk/tutorials/compose_expose/thirds.html. Basically, don't center all your subjects, but place them off center at the intersection of the points that you would have if you divided your image into thirds both vertically and horizontally.

With respect to specific criticisms about your pictures, I find that car pictures aren't that interesting when taken from eye level, and full body shots are pretty boring. Try getting in lower and try focusing in on specific parts of the car. Also try walking around the car to see what impact the lighting has as well.

Finally, experiment and shoot a lot! I might only get one good shot for every ten that I take, where everything just comes together properly. Thankfully this is so much easier and cheaper with digital than it is with film. I'm still learning something every time I pull my camera out. Browse the camera and photography forums and see what pictures other people take and try to understand what makes their pictures attractive or unattractive to you.

I'm sure Neo and DigitalHorizon have a bunch more tips, and I hope they chime in so I can learn something from them too. Hope this was helpful!

Thanks alot man. I tired that rule of third thing. I actually don't like taking pics where the center is the subject. But at often times, I only have so much time to take that pic or shoot on the subject, that I want to capture the whole and have a reminder of it. I tried taking some but they didn't turn out too great.

Do you have any picture forum to suggest?? I don't know. EVerytime I look at people's pic, all I think it, I could've done that. I can copy the angle or position no problem, but I never tried to do it. Or, I want to develop my own style. ANd as for the cars, I don't know, I find that full body pics are boring too, but they look the best. Sometimes when you take pics of only the headlights, or emblem, it looks weird kind of in a way, or people don't know what you are shooting. Sometimes, I don't know how other achieve their position of the pictures they take as well..it's very confusin!

I hope Neo and DH will chime in too!!

[Benz]

Don't be too hard on yourself! You took some nice shots! :thumbsup:

The thing is, it doesn't really have to do with what CAMERA you have, what makes a good shot is the photographer's EYE! I mean, take me for example, I didn't photoshop ANY of the pix I took in the photo thread that I posted! All of those were taken as point and shoot! No adjusting of lens or anything! To make it even more crazy, it was all done with my camera PHONE!!!! So, there really isn't much of a trick to it! You see something that is nice and beautiful and you just CAPTURE it! That's me, anyway! But pictures are all different and can be taken differently!

Believe me, if I had the same kind of equipment some of these awesome photographers have on this site, I'd be in the same level as them! :nod: Maybe even BETTER! hahaha jk guys ;) :p But I would definitely be in the same running as them! All that really matters, is how you want to take the pictures! Regardless of the outcome, if you see any kind of beauty in it...then it's all good!

I would post some pix not photoshopped on this thread, but I already posted the pix I've taken that I like in that other thread! hehe But I'll see what I can add! And for the record, I don't use photoshop! I need that bad tho! haha I have this generic photo editor, but all I do with that is change the color and brightness! haha Nothing too extensive!

Ya, I believe it's the photographer too! But I mean, with a nice enough camera, like a Typcial SLR, a decent photographer can suddenly become a better one. Equipments do count. If i had a SLR, i will actually put some efforts into learning how to take pics. It's just me, when I don't have the equipment I want, I don't bother with the skills....:(

But ya, you should try and borrow one and shoot some pics!!

[Benz]

And I agree with 06tsx...when you photoshop, you lose the NATURAL beauty that is captured from the camera! It's best to capture the ESSENCE and BEAUTY of the picture by its natural state!

And don't ASSUME that a lot of people use photoshop because not all do! Just because it looks TOO amazing, doesn't mean it's been altered! You can tell that you can capture beauty by itself from the many photos posted on here! Yeah, most of the car pictures are pretty much photoshopped and edited to some degree, but that's for SHOW! It's a totally different shot! Car pictures are different when it comes to nature, architectural pieces, abstract, etc! There's NO one way of taking pix! There's digital photography and all the other types of photography! Depending on what you're capturing is the best way to know what type of technique to use!

And nice pix 06tsx and lokman! :thumbsup:

Oh wow, really?? I just thought you shoot living objects one way, and non-living like cars, landscape and others in another way...I didn't know there's practically different ways for everything!

[Benz]

I hate to bring this up...but...

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/383/img0004xz4.jpg

DUDE WHAT WAS THAT??????????

it's my little nephews!! ahaha, I found that I capture a kind of innocence with a hint of cute in that pic :D

[Benz]

Great pics guys!! and awesome info too!! keep posting!

[NeoChaser]

good pics almost has nothing to do with photoshop :)

many of the pics posted on this thread are very good, and without the use photoshop.
that said, photoshop is a tool for photographers in the digital age. it's like a hammer
to a builder, so use it.




keep thep pics coming!

[lokman]

Thanks alot man. I tired that rule of third thing. I actually don't like taking pics where the center is the subject. But at often times, I only have so much time to take that pic or shoot on the subject, that I want to capture the whole and have a reminder of it. I tried taking some but they didn't turn out too great.

Do you have any picture forum to suggest?? I don't know. EVerytime I look at people's pic, all I think it, I could've done that. I can copy the angle or position no problem, but I never tried to do it. Or, I want to develop my own style. ANd as for the cars, I don't know, I find that full body pics are boring too, but they look the best. Sometimes when you take pics of only the headlights, or emblem, it looks weird kind of in a way, or people don't know what you are shooting. Sometimes, I don't know how other achieve their position of the pictures they take as well..it's very confusin!

I hope Neo and DH will chime in too!!

I hear you on the time thing - sometimes you only have a few seconds to get a shot, and you don't have enough time to get that perfect shot. That's why I shoot as many as I can, varying the composition a bit, hoping that one of them will turn out to be a great shot instead of just an average shot.

As for different photography forums, I check out www.photography-on-the.net, but that's only because I'm a Canon user. Still, there's more than enough there to wow me whenever I visit. You'll probably find the same on Nikon forums, or browse through Flickr's most interesting pictures.

Lastly, don't worry about what your pics look like right now - go out there and shoot and have fun, and read and learn. In time you will develop your eye and your style. Like I said, I'm still learning!

[lokman]

Ya, I believe it's the photographer too! But I mean, with a nice enough camera, like a Typcial SLR, a decent photographer can suddenly become a better one. Equipments do count. If i had a SLR, i will actually put some efforts into learning how to take pics. It's just me, when I don't have the equipment I want, I don't bother with the skills....:(

But ya, you should try and borrow one and shoot some pics!!

I don't think the equipment makes a better photographer, but it certainly provides a photographer with additional ways to be creative if he tries to develop that skill. But why don't you borrow one and try it out?

[lokman]

And nice pix 06tsx and lokman! :thumbsup:

LOL, what are you talking about? I didn't post any pictures in this thread! :confused: Someone else is missing credit. :D

[KeepItStock]

Some more originals except for resize.

Cloud, Forge Fire, and Stick were quick shots because the groups I was in were moving along and I couldn't dally to shoot additional shots.

The Japanese Flower Arrangement was shot at the Phipps in Pittsburgh and is one of a series of arrangements there at that time for a competition.

[KeepItStock]

These five shots of a Chipmunk are from 47 shots of the critter I did that day. Of the five, you choose the one you like best.

Benz, the point as posted by others in this thread is to shoot, shoot, and shoot. Digital film is inexpensive. You'll forget the "rules" again and again but they will sink in.

Infanview is a free program available for down load and is a good photo editiing program.

You could also find someone that owns a Minolta point and shoot and have them burn a copy of Dimage Viewer for you. It has tonecurves and histogram, constrast, and satuation adjustment and is simple to use. Quick and dirty fixes are esay and in many cases are all you need to make a photo better.

I also use Arc Soft's Photostudio 2000 for quick, esay, and dirty red eye fixes. It came free with many digital cameras and some friend, if they have a copy, could burn a CD for you.

[CCColtsicehockey]

so does no photoshop mean no cropping.

[KeepItStock]

Coltsicehocky

At least I assumed Benz ment originals only - no crop, no contrast, no saturation, etc. tweeks along with no raw. Of course, with some point and shoots one can do before shot constrast and saturation adjustments along with white balance. The shots I posted were all camera auto shots.

[mugentsx77]

from my old camera.
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2994/119695745o978657863vi8.jpg


Whoaaaa Mark who is that.... :tardsmash

[CCColtsicehockey]

well I just decided on my own that cropping was allowed. These photos were resized and a few were cropped but no had anything altered color and sharpness wise in photoshop. To me they are really to dark. Ice hockey was probably not the thing to use to play along in this thread with but it is the only thing I have shot recently. I might make another thread of the same pictures with them edited since shooting hockey is really hard to do with the limited light in arenas.

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9109/dsc0087ac9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/1828/dsc0122sr5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

cropped slightly
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http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/4484/dsc0127pz7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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cropped slightly
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http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8678/dsc0170dn1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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cropped slightly
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cropped slightly
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[CCColtsicehockey]

Coltsicehocky

At least I assumed Benz ment originals only - no crop, no contrast, no saturation, etc. tweeks along with no raw. Of course, with some point and shoots one can do before shot constrast and saturation adjustments along with white balance. The shots I posted were all camera auto shots.
well being that I dont shoot point and shoot there are already some incamera adjustment but nothing more than the usual settings I shoot with. I dont have an auto mode so it is strictly manual.

[KeepItStock]

Sports arena shooting can be difficult plus one has to up the iso for the fast action.

[ferio-moreno]

Whoaaaa Mark who is that.... :tardsmash
:lol: She's not mine. Thats my boy's girl. Her dad and I actually go to the same church (Just found out like 2 months ago, lol), Segadores de Vida.

[CCColtsicehockey]

Sports arena shooting can be difficult plus one has to up the iso for the fast action.
yeah they do and I hate bumping the iso for anything. that is always my last resort in whatever type of photo I am taking. those were at iso640 probably should of went with 800 but i normally do the correction in photoshop cause some times you can prevent the grainyness that way.

[BlueTSX05]

nice shots colt.

I have a few football pics that are not touched just auto mode on a XT

[BlueTSX05]

this is a Boston College fan while doing an excersisim(SP)!

[shay654]

I hate to bring this up...but...

DUDE WHAT WAS THAT??????????

That reaction just cracked me up for some reason! pwhahahahahaah :rofl:


good pics almost has nothing to do with photoshop :)

many of the pics posted on this thread are very good, and without the use photoshop.
that said, photoshop is a tool for photographers in the digital age. it's like a hammer
to a builder, so use it.keep thep pics coming!

:nod: :werd:



LOL, what are you talking about? I didn't post any pictures in this thread! :confused: Someone else is missing credit. :D

Ummmmm....I could've sworn the two pictures you posted on the first page were yours! You know, the one with the hikers and panda bear?! :donno:

[Benz]

NOt fair!! you guys' shots are so pro...so nice and clean!! Especially Colts' man...damn you bro! hahaha...

but BlueTSX05, your pics are nice too man, pretty clear!

[ferio-moreno]

my bro snagged this pic this evening when i wasn't paying attention. no processing at all, just resized and cropped. i can post the original if anyone wants.
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8364/img1333qd6.jpg

[shay654]

Nice shot Ferio! You sure you weren't posing?! Looks like a model pose! hehe :p

[crix868]

from my old camera.
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2994/119695745o978657863vi8.jpg

MARK WHO IS THAT! if she's not related tell her u know this guy name Avie lol

[ferio-moreno]

Nice shot Ferio! You sure you weren't posing?! Looks like a model pose! hehe :p
lol. yea i know right :lol:, I remember now, my cousin was in the corner by the window and he said I looked like a ghetto Farnsworth Bentley in that shirt, and I looked at him like "N*gga What!?!?!", and sure enough, thats when my bro got the photo. lol

[ferio-moreno]

MARK WHO IS THAT! if she's not related tell her u know this guy name Avie lol
lol. nah, she aint related, she's dominican, i'm jamaican :lol:

But nah, thats my homeboy's girl. hehe.

[Rocketman]

Quick Picture of the beach at sunset.
I agree with most on this thread. With todays camera take as many pictures as you can and then filter them when you get back home. You will most likely delete 75-80% of the pics and it wont cost you anything.
Good luck.

[Chiqui<^_^>28]

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r138/ownine09/Maui/CIMG3373.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r138/ownine09/Maui/IMG00337.jpg
PiC TAKEN FR0M MY SK3....

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r138/ownine09/Maui/tatz2.jpg

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http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r138/ownine09/Maui/sun.jpg

[Chiqui<^_^>28]

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r138/ownine09/Maui/102888723.jpg

DAT'S N0T ME.

[PnoyTSX]

gorgeous....

[CruiseSX]

Jesus christ, that's hot! I didn't expect to get turned on at a TSX forum... but since I am, all I gotta say is..... what a tease!

[sutekidane]

i think i posted these before... these are from my recent trip to macau/hk
they were only resized with acdsee, none of them were touched by ps.

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~wtam112/macau06/img_03320_resize.jpg

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~wtam112/macau06/img_03331_resize.jpg

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~wtam112/macau06/img_03239_resize.jpg

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~wtam112/macau05/24.jpg

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~wtam112/macau06/img_0278_resize.jpg

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~wtam112/macau06/img_0265_resize.jpg

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~wtam112/macau06/img_0270_resize.jpg

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~wtam112/macau06/img_03072_resize.jpg

[crix868]

lol. nah, she aint related, she's dominican, i'm jamaican :lol:

But nah, thats my homeboy's girl. hehe.

Mark lemme know when she's single and i'll let u know when i'm single lol....i'll show her the jamaican genes lmao :jester:

[ferio-moreno]

Mark lemme know when she's single and i'll let u know when i'm single lol....i'll show her the jamaican genes lmao :jester:
:lol: i gotchu

[VorteC]

Chiqui You're GORGEOUS!!! ^_^

[Chiqui<^_^>28]

Chiqui You're GORGEOUS!!! ^_^

HUH?? HEHE THANK YOU V0RTEC. CAND U JUST PM ME WHEN U FEEL LiKE SAYiNG DAT. HiHiHi....

[Benz]

Damn Chiqui!! you are a party animal girl!! Damn wish you are up here, we can party all year long...haha, so many house parties is bad for you!! hha.a...my work composition is so bad now...drunk...

[Benz]

and how come no one posted their cars here??

[Benz]

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2108/img0193rsh5.jpg
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3966/img0185riq8.jpg
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/8716/img0199rma2.jpg
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/1047/img0201jl5.jpg
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/9810/img0217gm0.jpg

[Benz]

^4/5 pics my buddy took, since, he was in mood to take some pics .... I guess he took your guys advice and tried out so new angles!

[l7h8626]

and how come no one posted their cars here??
just because u said that, ill post mine lol
http://tsxclub.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6085&stc=1

http://tsxclub.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6086&stc=1

http://tsxclub.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6087&stc=1

http://tsxclub.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6088&stc=1

[l7h8626]

i love how the last pics is so bling bling haha
just used the long exposure function of the camera :p
no photoshop works, only resize them

[Benz]

Nice...more people should post!! just post your cars, chicks, friends...whatever!

[shay654]

lol. yea i know right :lol:, I remember now, my cousin was in the corner by the window and he said I looked like a ghetto Farnsworth Bentley in that shirt, and I looked at him like "N*gga What!?!?!", and sure enough, thats when my bro got the photo. lol

hahahaha dope dope! Turned out good! Like I said...MODEL pose like what?! hahaha :p


Quick Picture of the beach at sunset.
I agree with most on this thread. With todays camera take as many pictures as you can and then filter them when you get back home. You will most likely delete 75-80% of the pics and it wont cost you anything.
Good luck.

Nice! :thumbsup:


i think i posted these before... these are from my recent trip to macau/hk
they were only resized with acdsee, none of them were touched by ps.


WOW! Those are AMAZING pix!!!! I think I'll post these in the "Travel Pix" thread unless you already have in the past! Those would be perfect in that thread!!!! :nod: I'm just blown away by the night shots! The lights are so VIBRANT! Love it! :thumbsup:


and how come no one posted their cars here??

uhhhhhhh...because there is already a thread for "member cars"....this thread got so RANDOM! :rotz: Not trying to hate, but you tend to make EVERY thread/forum into a POSTwhore thread! Can you please refrain from that?! Thanks!


Nice...more people should post!! just post your cars, chicks, friends...whatever!

:attention Sorry, nothing more ANNOYING than ATTENTIONwhores! :Puke:

[AcidLotus]

This one is untouched (most of mine are) and was takin with a Nikon Coolpix 4300 in Sept. 03 in Chichen Itza, Mexico. One of my best photos:
http://www.mimetic.us/albums/album01/DSCN0713.jpg

[Benz]

uhhhhhhh...because there is already a thread for "member cars"....this thread got so RANDOM! :rotz: Not trying to hate, but you tend to make EVERY thread/forum into a POSTwhore thread! Can you please refrain from that?! Thanks!

:attention Sorry, nothing more ANNOYING than ATTENTIONwhores! :Puke:

Um...who's the attention whore here?? I don't think I postwhored this thread at all, I didn't even make up random post. I simply reply others posts since this is my thread and I make comments to encourage others to post. Maybe some members don't want to post their cars in the Member's car thread for everyone to see because maybe their picture taking skills are not at a level which they are satisfy, like myself. That's why I started this thread, so people won't make comments like, take better pics of your car, or, get a better camera. This thread is simply for people posting pics which they do not think is of a professional level

[lokman]

Just a few pictures I grabbed on my phone's camera this weekend. For all those in the Bay Area, pictures of the smoke from the Lick fire during a lull in the wind, as taken from Gilroy.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/lokman88/Lick_fire1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/lokman88/Lick_fire2.jpg

[shay654]

^^^^ whoooaaa....that's crazy! I didn't even know that! :eek:

[lokman]

^^^^ whoooaaa....that's crazy! I didn't even know that! :eek:

Why did you think it was so hazy around here all this time?

[Luwin1026]

Just got this done yesterday - 3 months in the making. First one.

http://luwin.smugmug.com/photos/193901325-M.jpg

[shay654]

Why did you think it was so hazy around here all this time?


I actually haven't noticed! I'm in Fremont, and it's nothing but clear skies! :grinno:

And nice tat Luwin1026! :thumbsup:

[kyotousa]

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com.tw/J.Photoalbum1/Tsx/photo?authkey=fK8emG8UoxU#5108830392258519410"><img src="http://lh4.google.com.tw/J.Photoalbum1/RuY2LIxJ4XI/AAAAAAAABbA/tNmIBNtXOOE/s800/P7020551.JPG" /></a>

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com.tw/J.Photoalbum1/Tsx/photo?authkey=fK8emG8UoxU#5108830418028323202"><img src="http://lh6.google.com.tw/J.Photoalbum1/RuY2MoxJ4YI/AAAAAAAABbE/NuSXkGVJUi0/s800/P7020554.JPG" /></a>

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com.tw/J.Photoalbum1/Tsx/photo?authkey=fK8emG8UoxU#5108833295656411602"><img src="http://lh4.google.com.tw/J.Photoalbum1/RuY40IxJ4dI/AAAAAAAABcM/i3zODOo-Ovk/s800/P7020565.JPG" /></a>

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com.tw/J.Photoalbum1/Tsx/photo?authkey=fK8emG8UoxU#5108830448093094290"><img src="http://lh5.google.com.tw/J.Photoalbum1/RuY2OYxJ4ZI/AAAAAAAABbI/zVk1XJBTJVM/s800/P7020547-1.jpg" /></a>

[shay654]

^^^ beautiful!!!!! :thumbsup: See? Even w/o photoshop the shots are nice! hehe

Then again, most pictures taken on the other thread aren't photoshopped either! :nod:

[LiLaSiiAn8]

It's crazy how cropping can make such a big difference! Everyone's pictures are amazing. I wish I had the "eye", I can never seem to get the right angle.. :/

I'm a n00b at all this photography stuff.. but practice makes perfect right?

Good thread idea Shay!

[shay654]

It's crazy how cropping can make such a big difference! Everyone's pictures are amazing. I wish I had the "eye", I can never seem to get the right angle.. :/

I'm a n00b at all this photography stuff.. but practice makes perfect right?

Good thread idea Shay!


I'm pretty much a noob in photography as well! I just got my rebel a few weeks ago! So, I'm still learning! But yeah, you definitely gotta have the EYE for it! :nod:

And ummmm...this is Benz' thread! :p

[06PWPssshh]

Heres a few ... A lot of good shots in here. Im barely getting into the photo game and enjoying it a lot. Here a few pics. The 2 SPIDEY pics are on tripod and the car is freehand. Enjoy :)

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m320/juniorart81/cooks2.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m320/juniorart81/SPIDEY1b.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m320/juniorart81/spidey2b.jpg

[Hokeido]

That is a crazy scary spider. I hope that's not outside your house.

[shay654]

OMG! Those spiders are freakin' HUGE!!!!! I think my skin just crawled! :eek:

[shay654]

Here are some of the pix I took yesterday on my day off...errr....when I called in sick! :grinno: These weren't altered or anything! :thumbsup: Gotta stay with the theme of this thread! hehe :p

<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1121/1364488404_a283ec8b80.jpg">

<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1049/1364461378_08ce7a5535.jpg">

<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1193/1363564079_22f63c83a9.jpg">

<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1182/1364435362_d61f9a6d21.jpg">

<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1433/1363519301_455b2cbd2b.jpg">

So, I was trying to capture the beautiful colors of the bird, but for some reason it focused on the chicks on the beach! haha

<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1217/1363584743_566e6f0e6f.jpg">

I was trying to capture the BLING from my watch, but no luck! hehe

<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1153/1363576249_40064c5299.jpg">

[bernardtamhk]

resized only - nikon d50 / nikkor 105mm f2.5

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/bernardtamhk/lighteningresized.jpg

[Luwin1026]

My 20 month-old getting ready for Trick-or-Treating!

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/195076770-M.jpg

[JDM KeVioO]

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/2411/018sz0.th.jpg (http://img377.imageshack.us/my.php?image=018sz0.jpg)


http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/4752/dsc00346ym1.th.jpg (http://img377.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00346ym1.jpg)



<img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j99/kevinnx/DSC00368.jpg"</a>

<img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j99/kevinnx/DSC00404.jpg"</a>

<img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j99/kevinnx/DSC00341.jpg"</a>

<img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j99/kevinnx/DSC00392.jpg"</a>

<img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j99/kevinnx/DSC00391.jpg"</a>

<img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j99/kevinnx/DSC00310.jpg"</a>

<img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j99/kevinnx/DSC00402.jpg"</a>

<img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j99/kevinnx/DSC00401.jpg"</a>

<img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j99/kevinnx/DSC00400.jpg"</a>

<img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j99/kevinnx/DSC00295.jpg"</a>

[aznt]

Some shots of mine. Hopefully not too random :P

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/aznt1217/imaq2.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/aznt1217/DSC_0008.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/aznt1217/DSC_0012.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/aznt1217/DSC_0005.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1332/1220941402_d9b09a6488.jpg?v=0
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1185/1220941556_8022974f85.jpg?v=0

[shay654]

Nice shots guys!

That lightning shit is crazy, but cool! :thumbsup:

And the lil miss thang is adorable!

And aznt....I don't see anything but RED X's :p

[aznt]

NOW YOU SEE haha

[shay654]

^^^^ nice pix! :thumbsup:

[BigBen]

<img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j99/kevinnx/DSC00401.jpg"</a>

I see my car in the background :rollsmile

[UlTiMaTe tHrIlL]

Whoaaaa Mark who is that.... :tardsmash


doesnt matter man i think avie has it on lock now....lol

[xjohnkdoex]

for a few years, i worked for a music webzine and took pics of bands live while interviewing them or reviewing cds. but i ended up stopping mostly b/c of the time, cost (developing actual film), etc...i still love the music, but i just don't have the energy to go to a lot of shows and fight with the crowds to snap pics.

anyways, here are some that i took during those few years in NYC. most of these are either hardcore, metal, or punk bands if you're not familiar with them.

http://www.geocities.com/xjohnkdoex/dep5x.JPG

http://www.geocities.com/xjohnkdoex/thc1.JPG

http://www.geocities.com/xjohnkdoex/llbnf_collage.JPG

http://www.geocities.com/xjohnkdoex/scissorfight1.JPG

[shay654]

^^^^ cool shots xjohndoex! :ben: I wished I had a nice camera for all the shows I've been to! I love these shots! hehe

[shay654]

Okay, I don't even know the difference with these pix from the other thread! You guys have been holding out on me! Your guys' pix are AMAZING! hahahaha :laugh: Why didn't you guys share before?! hahaha :p

And if anything, half the pix I took in the other thread weren't photoshopped either! I used my camera PHONE! :p

But wow, very cool shots, guys! :thumbsup:

[xjohnkdoex]

i want a nice digital slr. frankly, it just makes everything more convenient, but i'm still a sucker for old fashioned b/w film/developing.

all those shots were taken with my dinky pentax manual slr. that camera has been in a lot of action.

[RDpinoy]

So, I was trying to capture the beautiful colors of the bird, but for some reason it focused on the chicks on the beach! haha

<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1217/1363584743_566e6f0e6f.jpg">


hahah... hilarious! :thumbsup:

[shay654]

i want a nice digital slr. frankly, it just makes everything more convenient, but i'm still a sucker for old fashioned b/w film/developing.

all those shots were taken with my dinky pentax manual slr. that camera has been in a lot of action.


Still nice nonetheless! I wished I had any kind of camera other than my phone at all the shows I've been to because then my pix would at least look like yours! hehe :grinno:

Besides, most shows I go to don't allow cameras...so I have to sneak my phone sometimes because it looks so much like a camera! haha


<img src="http://www.samstores.com/_images/products/Sony%20Ericsson%20S700%20GSM%20phone.jpg">

[Luwin1026]

From the LA County Fair -

http://luwin.smugmug.com/photos/206124817-M.jpg

http://luwin.smugmug.com/photos/206125002-M.jpg

[shay654]

Dunce cap on a fire hydren! hehe :p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v178/shay654/sonyericcsonpictures094.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v178/shay654/sonyericcsonpictures095.jpg


I saw this cone on top of a fire hydren and thought it would make for an IN-TER-ES-TING shot! haha

And for some reason, fire hydren's look like polar bears to me from a glance or from a certain angle! hahahaa :laugh: Yeah, I'm WEIRD! :gapteeth:

[xzerosilencex]

Still nice nonetheless! I wished I had any kind of camera other than my phone at all the shows I've been to because then my pix would at least look like yours! hehe :grinno:

Besides, most shows I go to don't allow cameras...so I have to sneak my phone sometimes because it looks so much like a camera! haha


<img src="http://www.samstores.com/_images/products/Sony%20Ericsson%20S700%20GSM%20phone.jpg">
mines worse shay!

i got the newer walkman

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y265/xseijakureix/images.jpg

[shay654]

mines worse shay!

i got the newer walkman

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y265/xseijakureix/images.jpg

Watchatalkinboutwillis?! hehe How's that worse?! That's a nice phone! :p

[xzerosilencex]

because in order to take a picture.. i have to tilt it to the side.. soo it looks like an actually camera .. and alot of ppl really do mistake my phone for like a mini camera

[shay654]

because in order to take a picture.. i have to tilt it to the side.. soo it looks like an actually camera .. and alot of ppl really do mistake my phone for like a mini camera


Ahhh, I get it now! :thumbsup: Yeah, I love the way my phone looks, but I really need a new one....baaad! :( *ahem* Christmas is around the corner! ;)

[xzerosilencex]

yeah i have that phone u have as well lol im planning on gettin the newer walkman lol but its like heyla expensive

[xzerosilencex]

Ahhh, I get it now! :thumbsup: Yeah, I love the way my phone looks, but I really need a new one....baaad! :( *ahem* Christmas is around the corner! ;) if i get you a new phone what do i get in return :attention

[shay654]

if i get you a new phone what do i get in return :attention


A big phat THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! hahahahaa


Naw, I'm still considering the new Sony Ericcson and I'm still on the fence about the Nokia n95! *sigh*

[shay654]

Hey Lokman.....this is my attempt at that dome! haha Bare in mind that I was pretty buzzed, staring at the ceiling when I took this pic! hahahahaa

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v178/shay654/sonyericcsonpictures664.jpg

[lcrazyaznl]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2042/1533171669_d05a6573d1.jpg
ub fire dorm example its the after math of the fire the dorm went up in flames less than 2 minutes
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2013/1532921767_0aec17c9f4.jpg
manhattan
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2012/1533771042_cf97c95c74.jpg
up on rockafellar tower
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2408/1533536368_d95f85b213.jpg
a pretty lake that was dried up that day.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2353/1532668489_7c0ef2c83a_b.jpg

Jersey side watching nyc

my friend told me start doing some flickr pictures haha http://www.flickr.com/photos/7123248@N07/page2/ so i did


all shots were done with my nikon d80
18-135mm

[shay654]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2042/1533171669_d05a6573d1.jpg
ub fire dorm example its the after math of the fire the dorm went up in flames less than 2 minutes
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2013/1532921767_0aec17c9f4.jpg
manhattan
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2012/1533771042_cf97c95c74.jpg
up on rockafellar tower
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2408/1533536368_d95f85b213.jpg
a pretty lake that was dried up that day.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2353/1532668489_7c0ef2c83a_b.jpg

Jersey side watching nyc

my friend told me start doing some flickr pictures haha http://www.flickr.com/photos/7123248@N07/page2/ so i did


all shots were done with my nikon d80
18-135mm



nice pix! I especially liked the dried lake! Very niiiiice! :thumbsup:

How come these amazing pictures are not posted in MY photography thread?! hahahahaha Most of the pix in there aren't photoshopped either! I mean, shots like these are commendable! It doesn't look amateur to me, anyway! haha

[AcidLotus]

It's called "Top of the Rock", and it's not technically a tower.

[lcrazyaznl]

Yea i forgot that name top of the rock haha, was trying to remember if it was that or something else.

Im still an amateur. I had a rebel xti like you which got stolen last january, so i only been shooting for almost a year.

[xjohnkdoex]

top of the rock--that's where i proposed to my wife!!

it's an awesome view.

[disc0rd]

awesome pics guys. this is a good way to kill sometime at the office :D

[shay654]

top of the rock--that's where i proposed to my wife!!

it's an awesome view.



Awwwwwwe...so sweet! Did you choose that location because if she said "no" you probably would've pushed her over that tower?! hhahahahaah jk! Sorry, I'm being sillier than usual! :gapteeth:

Very nice and sweet view! :thumbsup:

[Luwin1026]

Peeking out -

http://luwin.smugmug.com/photos/97688847-S.jpg

[Luwin1026]

Teaching the little one how to drive -

http://luwin.smugmug.com/photos/299491192_YyhYJ-S.jpg

[shay654]

^^^^ awwwe! Too cute!

[fltsx08]

all pics looks real good.