Photography

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[Zacherof]

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[Zacherof]

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did you insert a filter or is that a natural tone?
either way its fraking cool

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I don't remember using a filter on that one, but it's been a while. I was in a hurry and mad because I missed the perfect shot by 2 min and didn't have my camera with me. The light was fading fast.

[Bizman]

cool storm over lake St.Clair, june 2013;
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Nice pic with a strong tension! You don't mind if I use it as Desktop for a while, do you?

I noticed there are some anomalies in the upper right corner and one in the lower right, probably dust on the lens or something like that. You might like to edit them, on a big screen like mine (2560x1600, 30") they steal the focus. At least one of them can be seen in the small picture you've posted so it's not something due to stretching the image.

[saggs]

Nice pic with a strong tension! You don't mind if I use it as Desktop for a while, do you?

I noticed there are some anomalies in the upper right corner and one in the lower right, probably dust on the lens or something like that. You might like to edit them, on a big screen like mine (2560x1600, 30") they steal the focus. At least one of them can be seen in the small picture you've posted so it's not something due to stretching the image.

Those are called sensor boogers (formerly film boogers).  Unless you've cleaned you're sensor very recently most every SLR sensor has them, but they usually only show up in sky or water @ infinite focus or OOF.  A quick click or three of the spot heal tool in LR/PS takes care of them.

I suppose if anyone's interested I'll throw out my website, which is 4 years out of date in dire need of a serious overhaul/update.   www.kirksagers.com  I've got thousands of images in my LR catalog I should upload but I don't.   I used to do some part time professional work from the late 90's through mid 00's but not so much in the past 3-4 years.

[saggs]

Thatb last one i did some graphic tweaking of 3 years ago. I tried to enhance manualy. Wasnt actaully mine.

I do some work on pictures and try to enhance them and try slightly diferent lighting and filters
That one my main focus was to try and make the light brighter while also making it look natural.

As a photographer who's had people steal my images before. (Actually, they won a local newspaper pet photo contest with my image I took of their dog)  Can I just say that is a real d-bag thing to do.  If it wasn't yours why did you say.

Few of my mine

It may seem like an innocent little lie to you, but stealing and/or taking credit for others professional work DOES impact them financially.

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Commercial work...

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Photoshop fun...

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Digital repair....

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Image generation...

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wow man...excellent job on the digital repair. 

[SPKmes]

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I'm no professional but I enjoy taking pictures, to the tune of 25,000 over the last 3 years! Here's a few.

[IrishOne]

I'm no professional but I enjoy taking pictures, to the tune of 25,000 over the last 3 years! Here's a few.


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very cool pictures all

[Zacherof]

I'm no professional but I enjoy taking pictures, to the tune of 25,000 over the last 3 years! Here's a few.


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you could have fooled me

[saggs]

I'm no professional but I enjoy taking pictures, to the tune of 25,000 over the last 3 years! Here's a few.


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I've seen lots of "professionals" who aren't half as good as you. 

Since the advent of what I call affordable digital, every Joe and Sally Muckenfuch with a Canon Rebel kit and a Facebook page thinks they're a "professional" photographer.  Most of them suck....  It's a big part of why I stopped doing paid work myself, I just got tired of trying to compete with all these wannabes who bought a $600 kit from Best Buy yesterday and start a "pro photographer" facebook page the next.  It's hard to convince people (before the fact) to pay me $1,000+ to shoot a full wedding and reception, or $100-$200 for a nice family portrait session, when everyone has a sister/cousin/brother/aunt/roommate etc.. who claims they can do it for a pittance.  I would always say "So you've seen their portfolio and are confident they will do a good job?"  Which usually gets an awkward silence and a "well... they say they can."   Of course when the customer sees the results (after the fact) they invariably regret it.  I've even had a bride (who almost hired me, then dumped me) call me up in great distress after they saw their photos which were done by a family friend for just a few bucks, to see if I would "Fix them in photoshop."     At least that's the way it's gone in areas I worked...  Other parts of the country are probably better.

Anyway, long rant.  But my point is that just because someone identifies themselves as a "professional" doesn't necessarily mean they know what they are doing.  I know a lot of "hobbyists" who are better photographers then a lot of "professionals".

[chaser]

you could have fooled me

very cool pictures all

I've seen lots of "professionals" who aren't half as good as you. 

Since the advent of what I call affordable digital, every Joe and Sally Muckenfuch with a Canon Rebel kit and a Facebook page thinks they're a "professional" photographer.  Most of them suck....  It's a big part of why I stopped doing paid work myself, I just got tired of trying to compete with all these wannabes who bought a $600 kit from Best Buy yesterday and start a "pro photographer" facebook page the next.  It's hard to convince people (before the fact) to pay me $1,000+ to shoot a full wedding and reception, or $100-$200 for a nice family portrait session, when everyone has a sister/cousin/brother/aunt/roommate etc.. who claims they can do it for a pittance.  I would always say "So you've seen their portfolio and are confident they will do a good job?"  Which usually gets an awkward silence and a "well... they say they can."   Of course when the customer sees the results (after the fact) they invariably regret it.  I've even had a bride (who almost hired me, then dumped me) call me up in great distress after they saw their photos which were done by a family friend for just a few bucks, to see if I would "Fix them in photoshop."     At least that's the way it's gone in areas I worked...  Other parts of the country are probably better.

Anyway, long rant.  But my point is that just because someone identifies themselves as a "professional" doesn't necessarily mean they know what they are doing.  I know a lot of "hobbyists" who are better photographers then a lot of "professionals".

Thanks guys! I appreciate it allot!


Saggs I totally agree with everything you just said. Just about everyone out there has a DSLR camera these days. It's also why I'll never get into photography as a money making business. It will always be just a fun hobby.