Photography Thread

[mussa]

so sus, what exactly are you adjusting when you take these photos into that program? are you selecting the sky and then adjusting the sky and the land parts separate to get that look? is it a filter?

[Rome]

A good title for the trolley shot would be "The Eagles Super Bowl Express".

[mussa]

D-

[Rome]

Your face is a D-.

[Susquehanna Birder]

so sus, what exactly are you adjusting when you take these photos into that program? are you selecting the sky and then adjusting the sky and the land parts separate to get that look? is it a filter?

The program combines the 3 different images automatically, and then I go through a tone mapping process with the same program. I just eyeball all of the adjustments, adding as much or as little change as I think looks good. Personally, I don't like it pushed too far, but I do like a nice, turbulent sky. So that's definitely one thing I'm keeping in mind.

When it's all done, I transfer to Photoshop, do some minor tweaks, size it, and then it's done.

[mussa]

got ya...very cool, i think the sky is my favorite in many

[Susquehanna Birder]

It makes for some interesting results in studio conditions, too.

[shorebird]

Wow man, you have a real knack for taking pics. Love the tanker car one. Makes me want to go upstairs and run my American Flyer around the track a few times.

[Cerevant]

What is the difference between the shots?  Is it just exposure?

[Susquehanna Birder]

Between what shots? You mean the ones that look different from a "normal" photo?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

Here are a couple of more conventional shots, taken with my point-and-shoot this weekend:

[Dillen]

Love Park was awesome.

Nice picture though.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Meh...it's much better to take pictures without all of those hoodlums skating around.   

I do see a bunch of them around the city, and on the Temple campus, though. Too bad the city hasn't come through with a dedicated park for it.

[Dillen]

Skaters practically built Love Park up to what it is. People went there to see them. How often do people go there now? My money is a lot less than they used to.

I haven't been there since they closed it down for skating in 2005 or whatever year it was, but I've seen pictures with the new planters and wooden benches and it looks farging ridiculous.

[mussa]

I was living in philly when they changed it and it looked like shtein. My roomate at school jumped the gap at love park into the pond on rollerblades once. it was pretty awesome. course thats when you could do that there. really it doesn't matter to me...if people want to skate they can go to FDR and there are plenty of places to go, but no real offical parks. thats sad in such a large city. really sad

[Sgt PSN]

What's really sad about it is that Philly used to host the summer X-games yet they don't have an actual skate park for people to use.