Spaceman Spiff Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 8 hours ago, China said: Our local photography shop does it: Dominion Camera. http://dominioncamera.com/film-processing.html Yeah, I called them and 7 dollars a roll is reasonable, but to scan it to a CD is 5 dollars per roll. So it's really 12 dollars a roll, which is a little pricey. I should probably just bite the bullet and get a film scanner, have them do the dirty work and scan it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 On 4/14/2018 at 11:40 PM, Spaceman Spiff said: Any of you guys know where to get film developed in Northern VA? What's that Granpa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcl05 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Baby owls are out of the nest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsluggo Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 On 4/15/2018 at 11:53 PM, China said: Our local photography shop does it: Dominion Camera. http://dominioncamera.com/film-processing.html On 4/16/2018 at 8:47 AM, Spaceman Spiff said: Yeah, I called them and 7 dollars a roll is reasonable, but to scan it to a CD is 5 dollars per roll. So it's really 12 dollars a roll, which is a little pricey. I should probably just bite the bullet and get a film scanner, have them do the dirty work and scan it myself. I've got black and white film sitting on my desk, some 35 mm and some 120..... and from that website it is going to cost $60 per roll .... and not even going to get prints...?!??!? that is insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Provo Falls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Haven't done any editing except crop some douche bag out of one. But I think they are pretty good alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PCS Posted May 12, 2018 Author Share Posted May 12, 2018 Provo Falls. Yeah. Lot's of tourists but one of the highlights of the Northern part of the state. Way in 1985 I went there for the first time and that's the place where I started to get artsy with photography. Had no idea I'd be living about 45 minutes away from there just a few years later. From that spot in the pic,(when the snow is finally just about melted),you can walk about a half mile or more along the river for more waterfalls. Bit rocky at times,but follow the river near a mile,(including when it dog legs to the left),and there's some hidden falls that are spectacular when they are letting water out of the reservoirs. Memory lane. Meanwhile back in neck of the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 And now for something a bit different. The background is a backdrop I Google Image searched and is on my iPad. The figure is a Luke Skywalker Jedi Knight from the 6" Black Series by Hasbro. Lightsaber effect is straight up done in Photoshop & the original pic of Luke posed in front of the iPad was taken with an iPhone X. This was kind of a mock up/trial run for what I eventually want to start doing which is more physical background type stuff rather the "prequelesque" digital ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 View from Vizcaya mansion in Miami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mike Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Does this count? It's pretty much just like photography only inside a computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mike Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 On June 25, 2018 at 11:32 PM, TK said: And now for something a bit different. The background is a backdrop I Google Image searched and is on my iPad. The figure is a Luke Skywalker Jedi Knight from the 6" Black Series by Hasbro. Lightsaber effect is straight up done in Photoshop & the original pic of Luke posed in front of the iPad was taken with an iPhone X. This was kind of a mock up/trial run for what I eventually want to start doing which is more physical background type stuff rather the "prequelesque" digital ones. When I first saw this I didn't actually read the commentary. I thought it was 3D with some effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Forgot to share these. Tried for the first time to get firework pics on July 4th. Not great but I hadn't done it before. _DSC0460.NEF _DSC0461.NEF _DSC0468.NEF _DSC0472.NEF _DSC0481.NEF Edit: Not sure why they aren't showing. Should be able to click on them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mike Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 37 minutes ago, TheGreatBuzz said: Forgot to share these. Tried for the first time to get firework pics on July 4th. Not great but I hadn't done it before. _DSC0460.NEF _DSC0461.NEF _DSC0468.NEF _DSC0472.NEF _DSC0481.NEF Edit: Not sure why they aren't showing. Should be able to click on them though. Raw NEF files arent a common internet format. Convert them (as copies) to jpg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 10 minutes ago, Mad Mike said: Raw NEF files arent a common internet format. Convert them (as copies) to jpg. How? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mike Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Try a "save as" in whatever you are using to view them. Look for options. If you cant do it that way you many need some kind of image editing software like photoshop. I'm not sure what platform you are using, PC or Mac but do a google search for "save NEF as Jpg" and see what comes up for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Mill Mountain Star. Probably explains why we have so many dumbass cowboy fans running around the Valley. 6 hours ago, Mad Mike said: When I first saw this I didn't actually read the commentary. I thought it was 3D with some effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mike Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 2 hours ago, TK said: Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 10 hours ago, Mad Mike said: Nice! I need to get around to finishing that one. I want to light up the chest & belt boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted July 29, 2018 Author Share Posted July 29, 2018 Tried something similar about 10 years ago with a couple of figures from the first round of Marvel Legends figures. Failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 @PCS out of curiosity, how much editing are you doing on those pics? I hate editing but most of my pics don't look that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted July 29, 2018 Author Share Posted July 29, 2018 51 minutes ago, TheGreatBuzz said: @PCS out of curiosity, how much editing are you doing on those pics? I hate editing but most of my pics don't look that good. I keep it to a minimum for most pics,unless I'm feeling "artsy". I have a whole gallery for that and I readily admit I had fun with those shots. I shoot in "faithful" style. Meaning things are subdued and even a little dull. I find that the camera's auto settings for styles like "landscape","portrait",ect. just don't quite capture what I see,(cameras tend to to that),so prefer that setting so I can adjust temperatures,colors,and sharpness myself. I spend usually about 5 minutes or less per pic. No more than 10. Any more than that and it was probably not the best of shots,(or I haven't cleaned the sensor in awhile. ). The exceptions to that rule would be focus stacking shots or HDR. I use external filters for some scenes,(gradual ND at various stops are my favorite),to help manipulate the scene before it ever hits the sensor. Figure less time developing means more time photographing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 1 hour ago, PCS said: Tried something similar about 10 years ago with a couple of figures from the first round of Marvel Legends figures. Failed. This **** can get expensive. http://galactictradingpost.com/ Here's a few that inspired this.... Then there's this dude in Texas who goes even further & "weathers" up his figures. I believe he's a helicopter mechanic because he uses them as backgrounds/environments for his shoots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 27 minutes ago, PCS said: I keep it to a minimum for most pics,unless I'm feeling "artsy". I have a whole gallery for that and I readily admit I had fun with those shots. I shoot in "faithful" style. Meaning things are subdued and even a little dull. I find that the camera's auto settings for styles like "landscape","portrait",ect. just don't quite capture what I see,(cameras tend to to that),so prefer that setting so I can adjust temperatures,colors,and sharpness myself. I spend usually about 5 minutes or less per pic. No more than 10. Any more than that and it was probably not the best of shots,(or I haven't cleaned the sensor in awhile. ). The exceptions to that rule would be focus stacking shots or HDR. I use external filters for some scenes,(gradual ND at various stops are my favorite),to help manipulate the scene before it ever hits the sensor. Figure less time developing means more time photographing. Is that "faithful" style a camera setting? I usually shoot Manual and play around with it. I only use the various auto settings when I see something that I wasn't planning on shooting that may disappear soon. For example, a bird or something I will shoot in an auto setting then switch to manual and play with it until I am happy or it flies away. As for filters, I pretty much always have a UV filter on. I've only ever used ND filters for things like waterfall shots where I need a long exposure and it is bright out. Do they help with other types of shots? What effect do you get from that? Sorry but I'm very much on the amateur side of amateur photography. Just got an entry level DSLR (Nikon D3200) a bit ago so I still have a lot to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted July 29, 2018 Author Share Posted July 29, 2018 Even though my wife has a Nikon d750,I'm still not completely familiar with the Nikon dslrs. That said,yes the faithful style is an in camera setting. Your camera should have something similar. Should find it in the picture controls part of the menu. Keep using that auto setting for awhile until you really get used to the camera,(read some stuff about the camera,shoot a few hundred pics. Read some more stuff about the camera,shoot a few hundred pics. Rinse repeat. ). After awhile,you'll instinctively know the settings you'll want for the scene or at least come close then start dialing things in. ND filters can help you control the depth of field in some of your photos by the way they knock down the light. Standard ND affects the whole shot so the lighting differences between the brightest part of the scene and the darkest part of the scene can't be to large,(unless that's an effect you want in the shot). You can blur clouds,people,cars,and so on. Just depends on what you're trying to do with the shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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