Post Your Photos Created 16 years ago2007-08-06 23:50:34 UTC by Archie Archie

Created 16 years ago2007-08-06 23:50:34 UTC by Archie Archie

Posted 11 years ago2012-04-04 05:06:22 UTC Post #304922
Thank you. It's odd that I'm not yet used to using the term 'bokeh'. I always think about 'FOV' when thinking about that blur.
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 11 years ago2012-04-04 15:46:32 UTC Post #304929
Depends on what you're referring to.
If you're referring to what is in focus and what isn't, then you're referring to DOF (or FOV, although incorrect). [EG, the DOF is so shallow!]
If you're referring to the blur itself, you're referring to the bokeh. [EG, that bokeh looks so creamy, that bokeh looks horrible] Bokeh literally means "quality of blur".
Crollo CrolloTrollo
Posted 11 years ago2012-04-04 15:50:54 UTC Post #304930
I stand corrected, I was referring to DOF.
So you mean that the blur that results from the depth of field is named bokeh.
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 11 years ago2012-04-04 16:10:31 UTC Post #304931
Yeah, a simple explanation\breakdown would be:
Depth of field: The depth of the plane [Field] that accommodates acceptable focus.
Bokeh: The quality of the area that is outside of the acceptable focus plane [Field], usually referred to as the blur.

So basically, DOF is the in focus parts, Bokeh is to refer to the out of focus parts.
Crollo CrolloTrollo
Posted 11 years ago2012-04-06 16:44:46 UTC Post #304989
Here I took some photographs of microscopic cells(first one is actually a cephalocordata) and grains of copper sulfate that remind me of the minerals in starcraft:
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I don't have a microscope, but you can read the story of how I took these on my blog.
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 11 years ago2012-04-06 18:35:56 UTC Post #304994
I have a toy microscope somewhere. I always said I'd use it for something but never really bothered. I also have a toy telescope and tried to take a photo through it once, but it doesn't have a firm base and I couldn't get a good shot.
Posted 11 years ago2012-04-10 21:50:06 UTC Post #305224
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Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 11 years ago2012-05-01 00:31:33 UTC Post #305620
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Crollo CrolloTrollo
Posted 11 years ago2012-05-08 11:35:21 UTC Post #305897
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Green leaves explosion by Carstic Productions, on Flickr

[EDIT 08 May]
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Train line by Carstic Productions, on Flickr

It's strange, but I thought this photo could be altered a bit:
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Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 11 years ago2012-05-08 12:11:09 UTC Post #306029
Looks like you took a wrong turn somewhere and ended up in the Zone.
Strider StriderTuned to a dead channel.
Posted 11 years ago2012-05-08 14:06:23 UTC Post #306031
Awesome photos, especially by Crolo. He be pro.
Also, that tree is way to nice Striker :o
Stojke StojkeUnreal
Posted 11 years ago2012-06-03 23:01:20 UTC Post #306119
Went to the Salt Spring Island Karate Tournament today, and being the dumbass I am I improperly loaded my nice 400 ISO film and ended up wasting it.

The only two digitals I took:
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Add insult to injury I overexposed Lawrence's GI.
EDIT: Restored my 400 ISO film. Hopefully it will work correctly.
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Crollo CrolloTrollo
Posted 11 years ago2012-06-16 09:30:17 UTC Post #307134
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 11 years ago2012-06-16 22:20:32 UTC Post #307167
Great shots. Except for the second one, I'm not too fond of motion blur.

@Crollo: Is that REALLY 400 ASA?? D:
Posted 11 years ago2012-06-16 22:31:01 UTC Post #307168
That is not motion blur. That is Zoom Blur :x
It's meant to give the impression of speed :D
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 11 years ago2012-06-17 06:47:03 UTC Post #307171
Speed? You can't fool me.

/me doesn't like fake blurs
Posted 11 years ago2012-07-07 05:27:30 UTC Post #307472
RIP Steve.
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He had a good life.

Just kidding Steve was a cheap piece of consumer that nobody cared about.
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Crollo CrolloTrollo
Posted 11 years ago2012-07-28 16:15:40 UTC Post #308528
Made 2 new summer wallpapers. Haven't posted here for a long time...

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[off-topic] May I ask how can Crollo change his name so often?
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 11 years ago2012-08-04 04:02:08 UTC Post #308766
Has anybody been to Rand McNally? No? WELL I HAVE.
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Posted 11 years ago2012-08-28 21:33:32 UTC Post #309434
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 11 years ago2012-08-29 00:26:26 UTC Post #309438
Lovely blog there (c)Striker, and very cool shots too. I'm very new at photography but I believe I can learn some neat tricks from you guys.

Here are a few by me;

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Posted 11 years ago2012-08-29 08:46:40 UTC Post #309443
Thanks :D. Wow, haven't seen a flag bike since... forever :D. The last photo is quite artistic and well thought in terms of arranging yourself, the bike, and the horizon.
The first three look very "action packed". What did you use to make the vignette?
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 11 years ago2012-08-29 13:22:55 UTC Post #309452
The vignette? It is a type of fisheye lens, funny thing is I did not know what it really was when I first took the photos, and thought there was something wrong with the lens until I figured out it was supposed to work like that.. lol. It is quite expensive too, from what I heard. I just borrowed it.

Also thanks, I lack a bit of technical knowledge about cameras and I'm basicly trying to make up for it with creativity (Not sure how successful they are in terms of creativity). They were mostly projects, the first three shots are a part of my typology series. I'm glad you like it.

Haha..yea, the bike is very nostalgic :P
Posted 11 years ago2012-09-04 21:09:28 UTC Post #309625
Behold the abomi... beauty!

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Dacia Challenger by Carstic Productions

Meh, just a visual experiemnt.
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 11 years ago2012-09-04 21:51:19 UTC Post #309626
That just looks odd.
Posted 11 years ago2012-09-05 02:28:21 UTC Post #309627
something i made with my smartphone a few days ago :P i have added some effects with GIMP
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Posted 11 years ago2012-09-05 06:22:51 UTC Post #309628
That's interesting. Did you add the blur with GIMP also? What smartphone do you have?
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 11 years ago2012-09-05 12:00:50 UTC Post #309634
yes i did everything in GIMP
What smartphone do you have?
Sony-Ericsson XPERIA X8
Posted 11 years ago2012-09-24 18:32:35 UTC Post #310029
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It's time for serious dog.
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 11 years ago2012-11-01 00:53:35 UTC Post #310696
...and not a single photo was taken in October. :P
monster_urby monster_urbyGoldsourcerer
Posted 11 years ago2013-01-30 21:08:25 UTC Post #312386
In hindsight the shit I posted here is shit... Can't believe I couldn't see that.

Did a walkaround today and couldn't find anything worth snapping, except maybe construction sites [which there are plenty of]. Living in a barren, boring town sucks.
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What a shit reintroduction into photography.
Crollo CrolloTrollo
Posted 11 years ago2013-01-30 21:19:10 UTC Post #312387
I'm really good at taking timed selfies. I'm on the far right by the way
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Instant Mix Instant MixTitle commitment issues
Posted 11 years ago2013-01-30 22:10:43 UTC Post #312388
That's golden.
Posted 11 years ago2013-02-01 15:33:00 UTC Post #312413
Impossibru excited.
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 10 years ago2013-03-31 03:07:04 UTC Post #313094
I wholeheartedly regret making a fast buck off of my AE-1 and it's lenses.
Fuck it's been way too long since I've had quality glass and a quality body.
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The difference in viewfinders [manual focus/consumer dslr] is absolutely staggering.

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Crollo CrolloTrollo
Posted 10 years ago2013-04-18 19:44:05 UTC Post #313335
Didn't quite hit the nail with the focus here, but I like it.

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Bird in the pines by Carstic Productions
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 10 years ago2013-04-20 22:25:59 UTC Post #313347
What a friendly hedgehog.
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And I like that one (c)Striker.
Alabastor_Twob Alabastor_Twobformerly TJB
Posted 10 years ago2013-04-21 08:23:14 UTC Post #313349
D'oohhh, hedgehogs! Haven't seen one for months. They are so cute that... they hurt.
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 10 years ago2013-05-10 16:05:38 UTC Post #313463
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Spring puddle by Carstic Productions, on Flickr

An attempt at HDR photography, though not great.
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 10 years ago2013-05-22 01:27:46 UTC Post #313652
Took this with my phone today. (Samsung Galaxy S3)
Her name is Jolie; She's 6 year old Golden Retriever.
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The filter is called blue point. Turns everything grayscale except for objects with blue in them. I love modern technology.
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Tetsu0 Tetsu0Positive Chaos
Posted 10 years ago2013-05-22 01:33:45 UTC Post #313653
B'aw nice doggie. B'aww.. =P
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
Posted 10 years ago2013-05-22 11:35:34 UTC Post #313654
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DSC_1551 by youngsatchmo, on Flickr

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DSC_2720 by youngsatchmo, on Flickr

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DSC_2909 by youngsatchmo, on Flickr

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DSC_3031 by youngsatchmo, on Flickr
satchmo satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”
Posted 10 years ago2013-05-22 11:56:14 UTC Post #313655
Your son grows fast! Good health throughout his life.

Flickr just got a lot more awesome. The site has been revamped, and now free accounts hold 1TB of data! The old free limitation was 200 photos, this is just insane. My favorite photo upload site again.
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 10 years ago2013-10-01 00:33:07 UTC Post #316030
By request, bump.
TheGrimReafer TheGrimReaferADMININATOR
Posted 10 years ago2013-10-01 00:50:45 UTC Post #316032
Those are glorious Satchmo. The first one in particular is so mischievous. Marvellous!

I just spent all my pennies on a Panasonic GH3 - primarily for its exceptional video datarate (72Mb/s - almost double the BBCHD minimum requirement for broadcast in the UK) but it's also a fantastic stills camera. I don't have any particularly exciting lenses yet and I've been working so much that I've barely had time to play with it, but here're a few shots I've come up with so far. There are full res options for a few of them for comparison. The RAW shots come out at about 19.5MB each, so the full res images have been compressed slightly with Photoshop.
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Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
Posted 10 years ago2013-10-01 01:31:28 UTC Post #316034
First picture: Great shot. Razor sharp focus, perfect bokeh, great colour. A bit soft around the edges, maybe it could improve by stopping the lens down a stop.

Second picture: I can tell you used a different lens here. Focus is good, bokeh not so much, and there's colour fringe all over the place. Sometimes you can alleviate that by stopping down a bit, but it's mostly on the quality of the glass. I like her camera.

Third picture: I suppose it's the same lens. A tiny bit blurred by long exposure time but it's a very good shot.

Fourth picture: razor sharp focus again. Did you go back to the first lens? I think the white balance is a little bit off, and I'm not too fond of the high ISO noise (despite it seeming to have been taken at the same ISO as the others).

As for the other two, they're not at original resolution so I can't look as closely. But the first four, I think you got yourself a good camera.
Posted 10 years ago2013-10-27 13:43:14 UTC Post #316242
A couple of autumn shots:

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Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 10 years ago2013-11-01 13:02:25 UTC Post #316610
I was going to lie and say that the shutter delay stopped this photo from being mid-fish-catch, but I had actually pressed the button a half second before the bird even started to lunge.
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The photo has also been edited to remove a greenish haze that was everywhere.
Alabastor_Twob Alabastor_Twobformerly TJB
Posted 10 years ago2013-12-05 01:41:25 UTC Post #316985
This is probably optically and mechanically the most advanced and best lens I have ever owned. But its tiny size and ridiculous blue and silver finish makes me literally embarrassed to use it in a professional setting. It looks like a toy.
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Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
Posted 10 years ago2013-12-05 01:57:02 UTC Post #316986
It does. But if it actually is the best lens you have, who cares? Don't be ashamed of it, it's your finest piece of equipment!
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