The Photography Thread

[FoxesDeb]

5 minutes ago, Nalis said:

I'm so shit at taking pictures with my phone, any tips for me?

 

Any time I take a pic of scenery that looks stunning in person, the photo never does it justice.

I'd like some tips with this too. We're pretty blessed where we live and we have some spectacular views, but no photo looks anything like what I can actually see

 

I'm pretty sure @lifted*foxis amazing at taking photos, he might reply if he sees this

[lifted*fox]

1 hour ago, Nalis said:

I'm so shit at taking pictures with my phone, any tips for me?

 

Any time I take a pic of scenery that looks stunning in person, the photo never does it justice.

 

what phone are you using? 

 

getting good scenery / landscape shots with a phone is always hard because you cant really get much depth so everything ends up looking a bit flat. 

[Nalis]

1 minute ago, lifted*fox said:

 

what phone are you using? 

 

getting good scenery / landscape shots with a phone is always hard because you cant really get much depth so everything ends up looking a bit flat. 

Thanks

 

Samsung S9. Not ultra modern but not too ancient either.

[lifted*fox]

8 minutes ago, Nalis said:

Thanks

 

Samsung S9. Not ultra modern but not too ancient either.

 

yeah, I guess it's just not got a very powerful camera - looking at the specs. 

 

it'll struggle with the detail and depth - phones generally tend to do better with things nearer to you. 

 

people who shoot landscapes and get amazing shots tend to have the right lenses etc. to do so. 

 

even my fuji x100f doesn't do a great job on scenery stuff because of the lens specs but i bought it for street photography so, I lean towards that anyway.

[lifted*fox]

1 hour ago, FoxesDeb said:

I'm pretty sure @lifted*foxis amazing at taking photos, he might reply if he sees this

 

Thanks Deb. I did have some photos in this thread but they've pretty much disappeared. I'll upload a few: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 9 February 2023 by lifted*fox

[lifted*fox]

ffs

Edited 9 February 2023 by lifted*fox

[reporterpenguin]

2 hours ago, Nalis said:

I'm so shit at taking pictures with my phone, any tips for me?

 

Any time I take a pic of scenery that looks stunning in person, the photo never does it justice.

The single thing I've found most helpful in getting visually appealing images since getting more into photography is turning on the grid lines. Applying the rule of thirds and having something, either the subject of some vanishing point, located at those points where the lines intersect can be really nice.

 

Changing the angle you take the photo from, particularly getting closer to the ground, can also give your photos something a bit different.

 

Attached are a few I've taken over the years (I like sunsets). I think they were all taken on my phone.

[weller54]

3 hours ago, Nalis said:

I'm so shit at taking pictures with my phone, any tips for me?

 

Any time I take a pic of scenery that looks stunning in person, the photo never does it justice.

You always need to edit the image!

[ClaphamFox]

We picked up an old piano a few weeks ago and just had somebody round to clean and tune it. Underneath the keys he found a message written by a father to his daughter 109 years ago - which probably hasn't been seen by anybody else since...

 

Edited 31 March 2023 by ClaphamFox

[davieG]

9 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

We picked up an old piano a few weeks ago and just had somebody round to clean and tune it. Underneath the keys he found a message written by a father to his daughter 109 years ago - which probably hasn't been seen by anybody else since...

 

Is It still in Swansea or do you live somewhere else?

[ClaphamFox]

7 minutes ago, davieG said:

Is It still in Swansea or do you live somewhere else?

We live in Oxfordshire. We got it for free from somebody who lives in Oxford and had owned it for several decades. It's in remarkably good condition and sounds beautiful. 

[Daggers]

Anyone any experience of the Fujifilm X100 series?

 

I was thinking of getting an X100V, but seeing as secondhand prices are so high I'm reckoning on the 100VI. Always fancied a rangefinder and this is so much more affordable than a Leica.

[Daggers]

The wife is going to slaughter me when she discovers I got so bored during that game I just drunk bought a load of DSLR kit.

[Daggers]

[Zear0]

8 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Survived the over fence chuck then? 

[Daggers]

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Edited 20 August 2024 by Daggers
WTF?

[Daggers]

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Edited 20 August 2024 by Daggers

[Daggers]

8 hours ago, Zear0 said:

Survived the over fence chuck then? 

I've another lens coming today. Same delivery driver.

[Zear0]

2 minutes ago, Daggers said:

I've another lens coming today. Same delivery driver.

[jgtuk]

4 minutes ago, Daggers said:

I've another lens coming today. Same delivery driver.

What lenses are you using? 
What’s your preferred style of photography? 
I love landscape/seascape (easily accessible where I live) but mostly wildlife/bird photography now. 
Gone down the macro path too, thoroughly engaging but equally frustrating…

[Daggers]

1 minute ago, jgtuk said:

What lenses are you using? 
What’s your preferred style of photography? 
I love landscape/seascape (easily accessible where I live) but mostly wildlife/bird photography now. 
Gone down the macro path too, thoroughly engaging but equally frustrating…

Have a 40mm f1.8 on the ZF and a 35mm(equivalent of a 50mm) on the D7100. I've a little zoom for the D7100, but it's slow and I hate zooms. Got a 28mm f2.8 coming today for the ZF.

 

I was asked to do the photography for the Poppies but I don't have the lenses for sports - and I'd rather be drinking beer. I like street work, hunting out things that interest me visually or can be incorporated into my fine art.

 

Next will be something really wide angle to do nighttime shots and probably a fast 85mm for portrait work.

 

[jgtuk]

11 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Have a 40mm f1.8 on the ZF and a 35mm(equivalent of a 50mm) on the D7100. I've a little zoom for the D7100, but it's slow and I hate zooms. Got a 28mm f2.8 coming today for the ZF.

 

I was asked to do the photography for the Poppies but I don't have the lenses for sports - and I'd rather be drinking beer. I like street work, hunting out things that interest me visually or can be incorporated into my fine art.

 

Next will be something really wide angle to do nighttime shots and probably a fast 85mm for portrait work.

 

Dangerous game, so many genres - I can help you with wife type excuses when you need a new cupboard for your equipment, several different sizes of bag, flashes, light deflectors etc etc. 

Start with “no, this one is years old or I’ve borrowed it from xyz, I got this when I traded in xyz 

I forgot, you have motorbike s so already know these 😂

[Daggers]

15 minutes ago, jgtuk said:

Dangerous game, so many genres - I can help you with wife type excuses when you need a new cupboard for your equipment, several different sizes of bag, flashes, light deflectors etc etc. 

Start with “no, this one is years old or I’ve borrowed it from xyz, I got this when I traded in xyz 

I forgot, you have motorbike s so already know these 😂

The seed has been planted already

 

"Honestly the wife, I can't believe how cheap these old DSLR lenses are on Ebay!"

 

She hasn't got a clue about mirrorless. 

[Houdini Logic]

On 25/07/2024 at 09:55, Daggers said:

Anyone any experience of the Fujifilm X100 series?

 

I was thinking of getting an X100V, but seeing as secondhand prices are so high I'm reckoning on the 100VI. Always fancied a rangefinder and this is so much more affordable than a Leica.

I'm very late to this message but I had a X100F for a long time - I only sold it because I was offered almost twice what I paid for it several years ago. That range of cameras are absolutely beautiful and they are so well made. I threw mine in my bag everywhere I went and they're absolutely solid, no plastic. Very consistent images too. I think Fuji are hard to beat when it comes to Mirrorless cameras (also had an XT-1 previously)

[Daggers]

47 minutes ago, Houdini Logic said:

I'm very late to this message but I had a X100F for a long time - I only sold it because I was offered almost twice what I paid for it several years ago. That range of cameras are absolutely beautiful and they are so well made. I threw mine in my bag everywhere I went and they're absolutely solid, no plastic. Very consistent images too. I think Fuji are hard to beat when it comes to Mirrorless cameras (also had an XT-1 previously)

I put an order in on a VI, but the wait list is ridiculous as apparently someone told twats that it will make them an instant tickytok celebrity.

 

Ordered a Nikon ZF instead - and adore it. Full metal jacket with gorgeous FM2 flashbacks.