Here Are Some Pictures I took (Share your pics here if you want) MET

[Kosher Ham]

Love the 40th street pic Sikbug.

 

Same one that I really like.

 

Don't know why exactly. He has better work...yet for some reason that says something to me.

 

Great work gentlemen.

 

PCS already knows that I love his work, no need to give him a big ego.

[PCS]

Thanks. But no worries. I know I still have a lot of work to do. It's an every day learning experience.  

[Sikbug]

It's been awhile, with the off season I'm not on the site as often. I went to Japan again and bought another camera and a lens since I last posted. I upgraded my Fuji x100s to the x100T and I upgraded my 50mm 1.8 to the new version that just came out. Anyway, here's a few shots from the last few months. 

 

Nakameguro Sakura by Sikbug, on Flickr

Nakameguro Sakura by Sikbug, on Flickr

Nakameguro Sakura by Sikbug, on Flickr

Akihabara Stall by Sikbug, on Flickr

Godzilla over Shinjuku by Sikbug, on Flickr

Asakusa by Sikbug, on Flickr

Asakusa by Sikbug, on Flickr

Asakusa Shrine by Sikbug, on Flickr

Super Pink! by Sikbug, on Flickr

Harajuku by Sikbug, on Flickr

Nighttime Sakura by Sikbug, on Flickr

Shinjuku by Sikbug, on Flickr

Game Center after midnight by Sikbug, on Flickr

Waiting by Sikbug, on Flickr

Random Koenji guys by Sikbug, on Flickr

 

I have a ton more, but I'll leave it at that for now. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[daveakl]

Those are awesome pics but you don't have to lie about being in Japan. I don't see a single ninja or samuria.

[PCS]

Well hello thread. It has been awhile hasn't it?  Nicely done as always Sikbug. Okay. Outstanding as always.    Been busy myself and got way behind. Major projects on the house,chaperoning band trips,graduations stuff,ect. Finally getting around to getting the pics for the past few months processed and up and running. Getting NIK didn't help either. Great way to spend a lot of time in the digital darkroom is with that program. Still have some blogs to finish,but here's some of what I have so far.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PCS]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PCS]

*Note* A few of these of the Thunderbirds,(such as the last one),were taken as they flew over my house and the street I live on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TorresA]

[Sikbug]

Beautiful, where is that? 

 

I've been wanting to bump this thread myself. PCS, I can't see any of your pics on here anymore, your hosting site go down?

 

I've been trying to edit and post or take/edit/post a new photo every day this year. I think the only day I missed was when I was down for the play off game. I'll post a few.

 

Brooklyn Snow Storm 2016 by Sikbug, on Flickr

Sakura Snow by Sikbug, on Flickr

Mutoid Man by Sikbug, on Flickr

 

NSX and GTR by Sikbug, on Flickr

 

Miyazaki Mountain Stream by Sikbug, on Flickr

 

Miyazaki Mountains by Sikbug, on Flickr

 

Takachiho Gorge by Sikbug, on Flickr

 

Fushimi Inari Shrine by Sikbug, on Flickr

 

Fushimi Inari Shrine in the Rain by Sikbug, on Flickr

 

Osaka by Sikbug, on Flickr

 

Salary man ghost by Sikbug, on Flickr

 

止まれ by Sikbug, on Flickr

 

No Nukes No War by Sikbug, on Flickr

 

1 World Trade Center by Sikbug, on Flickr

 

NYC by Sikbug, on Flickr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TorresA]

Beautiful, where is that? 

 

 

 

1st of all, love your pics.

 

My pic was Coron, Palawan in the Philippines.  The place was beautiful.  I put a quick video together of footage using footage I took of the vacation.

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-9XMr7A2rA

[Califan007 The Constipated]

Daaaayum lol...some seriously great photos on this page, gentlemen *thumbsup* (assuming everyone posting is male, that is lol)...

 

 

I've been doing photo art moreso than photography lately...good a place as any to show 'em. They are all of the same young woman:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PCS]

Nicely done Tor and Sik. Love the artsy stuff California I'm having some fun mixing and matching effects on some of my photos in my attempts to get artsy. Google NIK and I getting very well acquainted. Wife showing me around San Francisco right now. Maybe I can get something worth showing in this thread.

[Burgold]

That is really cool stuff, Cali!

 

Love this thread.

[Califan007 The Constipated]

Nicely done Tor and Sik. Love the artsy stuff California I'm having some fun mixing and matching effects on some of my photos in my attempts to get artsy. Google NIK and I getting very well acquainted. Wife showing me around San Francisco right now. Maybe I can get something worth showing in this thread.

Did you just call me "California"? lol...

[PCS]

Nah. Auto Correct did though.  

 

 

Pic from the trip. 

 

 

[Califan007 The Constipated]

^ That's excellent *applause*...

[PCS]

Thanks. One of my "artsy" post productions.  

 

 

Fort Mason,(well just before venturing in). 

 

[Califan007 The Constipated]

How do you get the colors to look that...um...perfect? lol...

[PCS]

Good question.  I shoot on a faithful setting and do very little manipulation with the colors.  Just enough to make up for that setting.  I adjust the white balance a little in post production and rely up the old eyes for the finish product. I think the color is helped a little by using the details enhancer from NIK,though I leave color alone when using it. 

[Califan007 The Constipated]

I had never heard of NIK until this thread lol...I'm tempted to give it a try now, though. The blues in the sky and water and the beige of the building are captured perfectly.

[Califan007 The Constipated]

Another one finished (again, same model)...

 

 

[PCS]

Nice. Love that one. 

 

NIK is a hefty 7 in 1 program that had a pretty hefty price before Google bought them out. It's a plug in for Lightroom,Photoshop,and photoshop elements. Bit awkward to use at first,but once you get used to it,it's pretty cool. 

[PCS]

2500 miles,2 high school graduations,(nephews),3 states,and 4 national parks,(plus passing through or by several state parks). Made the decision the night before leaving my dad's place in Colorado to go to Arches and Canyonlands. Turned out to be a great decision because those places are incredible. Sure,nothing there that hasn't been photographed a few thousand times before,(conservative estimate),but everyone sees them different and every pic is different in its own way. Put these two parks on your bucket list if you haven't been before. If you have,go back. We are.  

Delicate Arch in Arches: 

 

 

 

 

 

Bryce,(Sunset Point): 

 

[gbear]

I took some cool shots on my recent trip to Yellowstone :http://thelifewelllived.net/2016/06/20/yellowstone-pictures/

 

Unfortunately, Extremeskins doesn't seem to like the extension on them, so I can't give a preview.