05-09-2009, 02:00 AM
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I like 'em, especially the one below.
I also love the fly on the dandelion. I'm just wondering what, eh, size your objective (or object lens (not talking about your goals in life now  )) is? Can't easily take pics like that with a basic objective.
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05-09-2009, 02:20 AM
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All the pictures you talk about were taken with my Sigma 105 mm macro lens. I love that lens. Although it has a few flaws and cons (the lack of image stabilizer makes it hard to use in low light conditions without a tripod) it produces very good images and is useable from large distances to quite close to the subject (but not so close that you scare it away).
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05-11-2009, 03:25 AM
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Haha people just don't get us
 ! Well some of it is true though.Well I always like the untraditional in all aspects of life, so the picture to the botton does contribute an interesting angle. The one above is done plenty of times before ,but its still a nice picture which could be used as a nice background (id love to use it as my desktop picture) |
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05-13-2009, 10:47 AM
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Heres a some *old* winter footage of this lake I like to walk to, actually this reminds me I should do a season comparison one as I do have plenty of pictures of this place from summer/winter.
  rest for clicking if thou ist curious... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011434.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011575.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011567.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011563.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011613.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011529.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011441.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011403.jpg Next post will contain comparisons, since thats more fun to do than to read for exam 
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05-13-2009, 11:48 AM
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This ended up taking more time than I thought ,but I tried to tie the most precise pictures/angles so I hope this is something interesting to you people :p
*samples*  Summer Year Before:  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Winter: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...2/P1011805.jpg Summer Year Before http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/P6100304.jpg ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Winter: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011282.jpg Summer Year Before: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/P1010215.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/P1010233.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/P1010234.jpg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Winter: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011529.jpg Summer Year before: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/P1010344.jpg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Winter: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011657.jpg Summer Year Before opposite direction: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/P1010371.jpg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Winter: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011677.jpg Summer Year Before: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/P1010351.jpg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Winter: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011663.jpg Summer Year Before: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/P1010605.jpg ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Winter: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011567.jpg Summer Year Before: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/P6100303.jpg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bogstad During Winter: (I know this picture is shown several times but I don't have any better views on the part above) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011529.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011406.jpg Bogstad during Spring: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ad14spring.jpg Bogstad Year Before Summer: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/P1010333.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/P1010275.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bogstad During Winter http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/P1011626.jpg Bogstad Year before Summer http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/P6100313.jpg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wow Tsa thats a truly fantastic shot! I envy you! Last edited by MikeLXXXVIII; 05-13-2009 at 12:02 PM. |
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05-13-2009, 02:03 PM
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I keep telling myself I should take photos more often than I do, despite doing it for some years. It is still more of a spontanious thing if I am on a trip or something. Yeah the differences when looking back at it is pretty fascinating considering much things change for the summer. |
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05-16-2009, 05:40 AM
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I'm finally back with a few more photos
 Here's the same gallery: http://s627.photobucket.com/albums/t.../AG%20resized/ And as a slide show: http://s627.photobucket.com/albums/t...view=slideshow First of all, here's (first) an example from the previous update, again through the colored window (yes, I'm obsessed, but I just love that window ) and then new. There's more in the gallery (and links to a few examples).  http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC00470.jpg http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC00475.jpg http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC00467.jpg http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...oivikko006.jpg http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...oivikko012.jpg http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...oivikko014.jpg (Edit): You know what's interesting? When you look at yellow (and to a slightly lesser amount green) things (flowers, mainly) through the blue window, they appear red... Here's a photo from the best place in my home town, the Aulanko park:  http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC00575.jpg http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC00576.jpg http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC00609.jpg And, because you had a thing going on, here's some pics to the flower wars:    http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC00763.jpg http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC00760.jpg More coming... Last edited by UPtimist; 05-16-2009 at 06:29 AM. |
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05-16-2009, 05:45 AM
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Alright, sorry about spamming with photos, but I'm not sure how many look into the galleries
 And a few spring pictures, and some random stuff...  http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC00806.jpg   http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC00872.jpg http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC00459.jpg And if you're looking for spider-webs... http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC00853.jpg http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC00864.jpg I've been doing lots of spontaneous photo sessions recently, I'll see about posting some of them too, soon... Lots of flower stuff, 'cause you inspired me to try it out (I've never really done it before). And once I have the time, I'll go around taking some photos of the town... I guess I could also try to find some winter photos and do these comparisons you've been doing now I doubt I have that many of winter photos from here though. More from neighbouring areas...
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05-17-2009, 06:02 AM
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Thats really great Uptimist, this thread felt like it was dying a bit, so glad to see someone else contributing too!
Some of those dark lighting experiments are very cool, I love particulary the first one and this one.. http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...oivikko012.jpg I truly find this one amazing http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC00864.jpg I like how it almost feels like a frame, the contrasts with the blurry middle and sharpness in the "frames". A lot of lovely pictures and nice views from that park! keep up the good work! Yesterday i caughed 2 birds fighting really close to me but I was too slow to react even if I had 20 seconds of chance and a camera in my hand  , so stupid of me to not snap for the sake of it. But here are some contributions.     
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05-17-2009, 03:31 PM
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Mike, I love those landscape pictures. And tsa and Uptimist, you really have a way with colors.
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05-17-2009, 07:34 PM
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Now that I feel better again I can comment on the pictures that were posted in the last few days. Uptimist, I love this one:
The colors are really nice. You love that colored window don't you? I also love the one of the frozen lake. Is that a track I see on the ice? And Mike, I like your cloud picture a lot. And this one is also very nice: Birds are so b***** hard to photograph in the wild! Here you not only managed to get a nice picture of the bird but also a cool see-through between the trees. |
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05-18-2009, 01:54 AM
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...8/P1010042.jpg
Mike, this one is awesome. If you wanted to photoshop it a bit, you might do a little cropping (although, I also like that the bird is not the center at first, but then you start focusing on it more and more) and maybe a bit of enhancement on the beak, to really distinguish it from the dark surroundings. Then again, I'm usually all for the no-enhancement policy, so no need for that And tsa, that track you see was indeed a track when there was snow there (for skiing (cross-country skiing, that is)), but then it created those figures when it melted away There's also one pretty interesting figure, though of course I just didn't realize to take a closer picture when I was there that time, but if you look here:http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/DSC00575.jpg quite low and left, just right to those two firs, there's a symbol-like figure that doesn't look like much in this pic, but when you got a good look at it it was quite odd. Quote:
I have a couple more pics on the way again. I'll try to post more of them as links this time
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05-18-2009, 11:31 AM
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05-21-2009, 08:34 AM
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random ol pic of mine I rediscovered I liked..
 and more Sasha pictures from today!    got some nice taste there sasha with a ukulele!  sipping on some water.. silly boy Last edited by MikeLXXXVIII; 05-21-2009 at 09:08 AM. |
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05-21-2009, 07:23 PM
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Of course people need to fill up their hard drive with pictures of their kittehs (I certainly do). Mike, yours seems to be weeping at the eyes quite a bit.
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