Best photo I could ever achieve... iPhone 5/ on a plane... like a baws??? (Honestly you guys just make me jelly with how pretty your photos are haha)
Been a while since I've been out and done something like this, but wanted to go out in the fall again. Fucking hate that I forgot my stand at home though. Didn't really get the sharpness up that much. Especially in the first one, but I really liked the colors so I left it to try again sometime. Tried to sharpen it in PP, but yeah...shit in shit out 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. (last one looks like it's sucking a dick. duhuhuhu)
Had to use longer exposure because the noise on higher ISO was unbearable (APS-C sensor), so the stars are a little blurry. Oh well.
I am a total beginner with this stuff. Mago's photo of the owl or hawk or whatever it is has inspired me - would love to photograph things like that, as well as some close ups of various stuff. What would be a good set up for a beginner bearing in mind I have a strong preference for something reasonably compact. I just use my iPhone 6 atm and I'm guessing that is just not up to the job! Any advice much appreciated.
Thanks, Plendakor. Really like your stuff and reading a bit the Nikon D3200 (D3300) seems a great option to start out. And would leave a bit of cash for another lense down the track. Was out in the bush the other weekend and I just couldn't do the scenery and wildlife justice with the iPhone. And then seeing this thread has kind of inspired me!
I haven't anticipated to find a photography thread on this forum. Cool. Here are some landscape shots I did on a weekend trip just recently. The place is called "Devil's Swamp"... IMG_2076.jpg IMG_2088.jpg IMG_2092.jpg
Well, i stopped using HDR because of two reasons: 1: I used 32bit hdr, and with my old laptop it took me around 10 or 20 minutes processing for one single picture. This was way too time consuming. 2: Most HDR photos are not great to look at, and I was trying to make my HDR shots to look as natural as possible. For example, this photo is a 32bit HDR shot: This photo took me 30 or 45 minutes to complete (because of my old laptop), but these days i can easily achieve the same look with a single raw file in less then a minute. This is the most recent series i shot: These pictures have highlights (some with even clipped/unrecoverable highlights) and shadows, but everything whats important in the shot is still visible. HDR wouldn't give me any advantage, because a single raw file can deliver the above. I still have to edit photos of a small mansion with a horrible lighting situation, and i might use HDR for that because i can't stretch a raw file that far to get what i want.