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Old 02-20-2005, 11:44 AM
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A MINI amongst a sunset (new pic I took)

Let me know what you guys think
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The contrast was up'd a bit using photoshop(now you cant see the ugly winter steelies my car has to wear )

 
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Old 02-20-2005, 03:06 PM
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I just opened your thread and my husband was in the room. He said, "that's a really pretty picture....is it professional?"
 
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I like it, but I'd like it better if the camera were angled down so that the bottom part of the car wasn't cut-off.

Was that accidental or intentional? (i.e. was there something just below what we're looking at you were trying to avoid)
 
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Excellent Photo RallyMINI, EXCELLENT
 
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Old 02-20-2005, 04:38 PM
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yeah, these are tough to shoot....here are a couple i tried...
 
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Originally Posted by DiD
I like it, but I'd like it better if the camera were angled down so that the bottom part of the car wasn't cut-off.

Was that accidental or intentional? (i.e. was there something just below what we're looking at you were trying to avoid)

actually...it was cropped like that...i can uncrop it :smile:


thanks for all the compliments guys
 
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actually...it was cropped like that...i can uncrop it :smile:
I would be interested in seeing that.

Do you have any other recent pictures? I'm glad to see you got your camera fixed and posting photos again.
 
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Old 02-20-2005, 05:50 PM
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Here are a few of mine...

I'm sure you have seen them before, but worth another post.



 
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Old 02-20-2005, 06:28 PM
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. . . jumping into the MINI sunset pic extravaganza, here are a couple of mine.



 
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Old 02-20-2005, 06:54 PM
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. . . jumping into the MINI sunset pic extravaganza
Me too! From November 2002 with my (then new) Nikon 4300.

 
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Originally Posted by DiD
I would be interested in seeing that.

Do you have any other recent pictures? I'm glad to see you got your camera fixed and posting photos again.

I dont have many, but i just got it "fixed". It actually fixed itself. One day i tried turning it on, and voila
 
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DiD- here is one of the few other pictures that actually came out from that trip a little earlier in the day

The 'post' or whatever it is on the right hand edge is a shame...but dont know what to do about it

 
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1st, great shot.

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The 'post' or whatever it is on the right hand edge is a shame...but dont know what to do about it
If you mean the very very slightly noticable vertical "post" on the right edge just as the turn is hooking out of the frame, I had to search for that, and never would have seen it without your pointing it out. (or was there something else that you cropped out already that you're commenting on).

A minor point, and it may just be me, but the whole picture looks like it could be rotated ever so slightly clockwise. My guess is that your camera was level when you shot this, but because of shooting up the hill, there is a slight feeling of being just a bit off of perpendicular.

Some of the black detail is getting lost in the shadows. I can't really make out where the bottom of the bumper ends and where the undercar shadow begins. A little fill flash may have helped bring out some of that detail.

All that said, I would be very happy with the picture (and the first one you showed). The colors in both are very good. Your red MINI really stands out nicely and the black steelies look totally appropriate for the scene in the second shot.
 
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Cool thanks for the critique dave

Yah, i was just talking about the slight hint of a post...it just catches my eye

I would love just a little more sunlight for the shadow problem....spring is almost here :smile:
 
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Just showing off my last sunrise.


Here is an Arizona Highways sunrise. Taken last Friday. My car is in there somewhere...
I have posted other pictures too.
 
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nice pic Rally
 
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An old sunset photo I took when I was getting into photography.
 
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Old 12-12-2005, 10:09 PM
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More sunsets

I took one off of I-40 at Seligman. Tonight's was at home.
I've been borrowing my wife's FUJIFILM S3100 dig. camera. Lousy for action shots, not intuitive menu. But our sunsets!
 
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Originally Posted by 89AKurt
I took one off of I-40 at Seligman. Tonight's was at home.
I've been borrowing my wife's FUJIFILM S3100 dig. camera. Lousy for action shots, not intuitive menu. But our sunsets!

Did you know your sky is on fire???
 
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Old 12-15-2005, 11:21 AM
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Blame USFS

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Did you know your sky is on fire???
Maybe it's from the USFS "controlled burns"? (it wasn't, this time)
 
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Originally Posted by hyobum
Did you know your sky is on fire???
Man, do I miss AZ sunsets! Especially during monsoon season. CA is great and all, but ooh those Arizona sunsets!!

Lots of awesome pix! I especially like the sky and MINI with the pink glow.
 
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AZ puts out.

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Man, do I miss AZ sunsets! Especially during monsoon season. CA is great and all, but ooh those Arizona sunsets!!
I miss the monsoons, we are now in the sixth longest drought.
For some reason we are getting alot of sunrise/sets. Need to keep the camera with me all the time.
 
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Old 12-16-2005, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 89AKurt
AZ puts out.
 
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Old 12-18-2005, 10:11 AM
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AZ still putt'n out!

Mini Gingerbreads!-ss_12_17_05-sm.jpg
Took this last night while baking gingerbread! The composition is bizzar, breaking many photog rules...
 
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Old 12-19-2005, 07:31 AM
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And puttin' out...

Couldn't resist twisting two threads together here!
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