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Photography
2007-09-22, 3:25 PM #1
I got a Pentax K100d and have been taking pictures over the summer. I thought I'd post a few of my favorites here to see what ya'll think and perhaps get some feedback. Also, post some of your galleries!

Google has come to my rescue with a free full resolution photo hosting. You get like a GB of space too, it's ridicules.
http://picasaweb.google.com/sethgolas/Favorites


EDIT: Wow, Picasa actually does a really good job of decoding .raw files. This has gotton to be a really neat program.
2007-09-22, 3:34 PM #2
I really like #2 (The open window), and #5 reminds me of the HL2 Citadel.
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2007-09-22, 3:57 PM #3
I took #2 when I was just sort of taking a bunch of pics arbitrarily, and it turned out really well. I had the white balance set to something stupid though, so I had to settle for a tinted picture as opposed to something full color. I may fiddle around with the tint a bit more or see how it likes black and white.
2007-09-22, 4:01 PM #4
you can color correct any weird white balance with Photoshop or Lightroom
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2007-09-22, 4:18 PM #5
I really like the second one too.
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2007-09-22, 4:20 PM #6
Yeah, but I can't afford Photo Shop, and, though I'm not averse to the odd TV show, I don't think it right to pirate programs. If I had been an idiot and shot it in jpg, it would have been really easy to fix with pentax's utility.
2007-09-22, 4:32 PM #7
http://forums.massassi.net/vb3/forumdisplay.php?f=12
2007-09-22, 6:03 PM #8
Man, I forgot that forum existed.
2007-09-22, 6:21 PM #9
and it's always a total noob who brings it up

i'm not much of a photographer and my camera is not too fancy the only photography i really do is firearm and militaria photography

my latest bit of such photography beyond the usual "sit it in a chair and take a picture" is this

original
the 3 second photoshop
the 5 minute photoshop
the 5 and a half minute photoshop
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2007-09-22, 6:27 PM #10
why did it take you 5 minutes to do a sepia filter?
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2007-09-22, 6:28 PM #11
it's the addition and tweaking of the blurring and other things... i spend alot of time playing with sliders and such to get things just how i want them

i'm not some photoshop wiz who knows all the quick ways to do things half the time when i open photoshop it's to resize something since irfanview tends to blur everything too much when resizing
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2007-09-22, 7:00 PM #12
Use Gimp.

And the pics look good.

The water in #7 is great.
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2007-09-22, 7:30 PM #13
Thanks!

On another note, this Google images thing is great. You get a GB of space for images of what ever size you like and you can embed them in posts and things. This is leaps and bound better than any other image hosting service. I wonder how it helps them to offer it for free, though.
2007-09-23, 5:50 AM #14
Originally posted by djwguitarman:
Use Gimp.


i already have photoshop
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2007-09-23, 8:48 AM #15
Obi - You could try Photoshop Elements:

http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-29230477-Photoshop-Elements-5-0/dp/B000HLV59W/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4006676-0359033?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1190562449&sr=8-1
[01:52] <~Nikumubeki> Because it's MBEGGAR BEGS LIKE A BEGONI.
2007-09-23, 11:31 AM #16
How is that different from regular Photoshop? Is it horribly gimped?
(Pardon the pun.)
2007-09-23, 12:28 PM #17
Some of my pics

http://www.sekavaa.net Click on the gallery link
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2007-09-23, 12:42 PM #18
Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet:
How is that different from regular Photoshop? Is it horribly gimped?
(Pardon the pun.)


Its not as powerful as Photoshop CS3, but it does basic photo editing. Download the demo from [url]www.adobe.com[/url] and see how you like it.
[01:52] <~Nikumubeki> Because it's MBEGGAR BEGS LIKE A BEGONI.
2007-09-23, 12:49 PM #19
Paint.NET is great for basic photo editing. It's interface is much better than GIMP's. GimpShop is also much better than GIMP.
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2007-09-24, 9:28 PM #20
Thanks guys, I've never used Paint.NET nor Gimphop..now I'll try 'em both.. :)
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