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Jul 9 2009 11:14am
Ye some of you might have seen me around in the graphic design section for quite some time ( 2+ years ). I recently decided trying to get into photography. I just don´t seem to have the time to get out and really try to shoot some good photos atm. But since I really want to start photographing with my crappy Digicam ( Sony DSC-W55 ), I decided to grab some random objects, put them in a cool looking position and massively click that little button on top of my camera in hope to get one good shot. Well that´s what turned out best in 10 min shooting :D




remember its one of my first shots. lets call it a..... still life? Its slightly edited in photoshop already to improve the points my camera sucks on ( lighting, contrastm sharpness etc ). let me know if it has any potential concerning composition, idea, etc and if its any appealing. oh and be harsh if you want, I can take it. I´m harsh myself sometimes^^

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Jul 9 2009 12:15pm
Pretty neat start.

Great DoF achieved by using a lower aperture, nice job!
Great focusing point, in the view that you were able to get all the words in focus.
Another thing I like is the view point, if you've read some of my other threads you know I feel strongly about how dramatically the view point can change the image.
The reflection of the background drink is also very neat, great job with the lighting on that!

A few things I think would make this better would have to be slight better processing.
Not that it's required, however you being from the graphic design section, I would have perhaps expected something that might pop a bit more!
Perhaps a selective coloring? I know most energy drinks have some vivid colors, and if you played with contrast a bit and added some selective coloring, I think this would have looked very neat.

I also see some noise in top right, against that wall.
Thus is caused by using a higher ISO to compensate for lower light.
However, if you used a tripod, and a lower ISO, it would balance out and not have that noise.
OR, you could process the noise out by using Noise Ninja, which is what I use, and is the only noise reduction I would recommend!

Overall great start, I look forward to seeing more! :)
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Jul 9 2009 12:16pm
Hey rookie, I know little to nothing about photography, but good luck with it.
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Jul 9 2009 12:41pm
Quote (TheBlackRose66 @ Thu, Jul 9 2009, 08:15pm)
Pretty neat start.

Great DoF achieved by using a lower aperture, nice job!
Great focusing point, in the view that you were able to get all the words in focus.
Another thing I like is the view point, if you've read some of my other threads you know I feel strongly about how dramatically the view point can change the image.
The reflection of the background drink is also very neat, great job with the lighting on that!

A few things I think would make this better would have to be slight better processing.
Not that it's required, however you being from the graphic design section, I would have perhaps expected something that might pop a bit more!
Perhaps a selective coloring? I know most energy drinks have some vivid colors, and if you played with contrast a bit and added some selective coloring, I think this would have looked very neat.

I also see some noise in top right, against that wall.
Thus is caused by using a higher ISO to compensate for lower light.
However, if you used a tripod, and a lower ISO, it would balance out and not have that noise.
OR, you could process the noise out by using Noise Ninja, which is what I use, and is the only noise reduction I would recommend!

Overall great start, I look forward to seeing more! :)
-Spencer


thanks for that post man. was kinda motivating :P

I´ve adjusted the colored version a little bit as you said. thats how it turned out:



let me know what you think. I personally prefer the b/w
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Jul 9 2009 01:49pm
Quote (RoOkieTeRra @ Thu, 9 Jul 2009, 14:41)
thanks for that post man. was kinda motivating :P

I´ve adjusted the colored version a little bit as you said. thats how it turned out:

http://upload.pure34.com/upload/TAURIN-colored.png

let me know what you think. I personally prefer the b/w


Welcome to the photography forum :)
You will learn a lot here cause lots of pro photographer post here and comment other topics with their experience.

You'll see, if you start posting here, you might get addicted!!! :p

One way or the other, you can only improve here :)

And I prefer the color picture, that red is so nice!
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Jul 9 2009 07:52pm
Sup rookie, glad to see you in photograpghy section :)
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Jul 9 2009 08:03pm
welcome to the forums, I look forward to watching your photos progress.
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Jul 9 2009 08:47pm
If you use Photoshop - get the Noise Ninja plug in for it... its pretty awesome.
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Jul 12 2009 06:01am
Quote (WarCow @ Fri, Jul 10 2009, 04:47am)
If you use Photoshop - get the Noise Ninja plug in for it... its pretty awesome.


ok I´ll look it up thanks.

some more opinions?
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Jul 12 2009 07:00am
Quote (RoOkieTeRra @ Sun, 12 Jul 2009, 13:01)
ok I´ll look it up thanks.

some more opinions?


use gimp ... thats more legal^^
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