Photography

[North American Sojourner]

So I had to reduce my pics 60% to post here. How are you guys posting and what settings you using.
Thanks
Zim

 

[Mustang03]

So I had to reduce my pics 60% to post here. How are you guys posting and what settings you using.
Thanks
Zim

I export from Adobe Bridge to jpeg at 100% resolution, 40% size for most. The really large ones I've had to go down as far as 25% on the size.

 

[North American Sojourner]

I export from Adobe Bridge to jpeg at 100% resolution, 40% size for most. The really large ones I've had to go down as far as 25% on the size.

Wow, guess I'm lucky. I'm shooting RAW and doing light room. I'll have to check where my settings are at.
Thanks Sir.
Zim

 

[frosty_t4r]

I used a the Google Pixel 4a 5g's Astrophotography mode to take these pictures in Moab, Utah.

 

[Mustang03]

Wow, guess I'm lucky. I'm shooting RAW and doing light room. I'll have to check where my settings are at.
Thanks Sir.
Zim

Probably should have mentioned I shoot exclusively in RAW. I don't use Lightroom anymore since I dropped the Adobe subscription model and bought a non-subscription Photoshop Elements. That gives me access to the most recent Adobe Camera RAW and Bridge is still free to download and use. If I absolutely must have a feature of Photoshop that isn't included in the Elements version, I go to Gimp instead. I found that most photo editing I was doing in Photoshop (full feature) was actually done in Camera RAW, which includes stitching.

 

[Mustang03]

I used a the Google Pixel 4a 5g's Astrophotography mode to take these pictures in Moab, Utah.

I like the effect a lot! Is your string of lights 12v DC or 110 AC through an inverter? Would it be possible to dial down their intensity a tad to reduce the blown out spots? I will definitely be trying variations of this photo -- very nice!

 

[frosty_t4r]

I used a the Google Pixel 4a 5g's Astrophotography mode to take these pictures in Moab, Utah.

I like the effect a lot! Is your string of lights 12v DC or 110 AC through an inverter? Would it be possible to dial down their intensity a tad to reduce the blown out spots? I will definitely be trying variations of this photo -- very nice!

They are just USB string lights from Target. I definitely would've liked to mess around with the lighting a bit more but I didn't have my tripod and my phone takes about 3 minutes to take those pictures haha. Thank you for the input though it's always greatly appreciated!

 

[North American Sojourner]

Probably should have mentioned I shoot exclusively in RAW. I don't use Lightroom anymore since I dropped the Adobe subscription model and bought a non-subscription Photoshop Elements. That gives me access to the most recent Adobe Camera RAW and Bridge is still free to download and use. If I absolutely must have a feature of Photoshop that isn't included in the Elements version, I go to Gimp instead. I found that most photo editing I was doing in Photoshop (full feature) was actually done in Camera RAW, which includes stitching.

Thank you for that. I'm on a little learning curve with the upload of pics and the size restrictions. So much to learn and I'm in a damn hurry...ahahahahaha
Zim

 

[Boort]

They are just USB string lights from Target. I definitely would've liked to mess around with the lighting a bit more but I didn't have my tripod and my phone takes about 3 minutes to take those pictures haha. Thank you for the input though it's always greatly appreciated!

If you are w/o your tripod and taking pics at night, Ball up a jacket and rest your phone/camera in the jacket. then set it's timer to take the picture so you don't shake it while touching the trigger.
Here is an example of a 30 second exposure taken this way with my Nikon D700:



And another one of about 4 seconds from my trip to the UK/Ireland:

Boort

 

[Mustang03]

Say, Boort, those are very nice photos - lots of detail!

 

[Boort]

@Mustang03

Thank you.

Boort

 

[North American Sojourner]

Love the low light stuff with this camera.
Zim

 

[Cypress]

I'm shooting a Sony A7M2, and Nikon AW120, and my LG V40 phone.

I shot this one the other day with the Sony. This is an artesian well in the Francis Marion NF. It's been flowing for better than 100 years.

 

[North American Sojourner]

Out and about yesterday along the Missouri and Arkansas state line. All within the Mark Twain National Forest...

 

[MattLodi]

Saturday i went to Venice, it is a shame that I have been to LV's Venice more times than to the original one, and I live two hours away.

 

[duneseajeep]

Have dove into photography past two months and am hooked. Have a Sony a7c and a 24-105 f4 and 70-200 f2.8 for it. Can’t wait to keep capturing. I never realized how much photography could make you just stop and look around. Go slower. Look for light. It’s addicting. Some of my favorite shots so far…

 

[Narwhal]

Never underestimate the little things.
Spare of the moment escape to the mountains.

 

[kwill]

 

[Mustang03]

Have dove into photography past two months and am hooked. Have a Sony a7c and a 24-105 f4 and 70-200 f2.8 for it. Can’t wait to keep capturing. I never realized how much photography could make you just stop and look around. Go slower. Look for light. It’s addicting. Some of my favorite shots so far…

That first photo (backlit trees in bands) is spectacular, photography contest material! Very, very nice! The one of the youngster with the pumpkin is also nice - it's a portrait worth keeping. Also a fan of the raindrops on the Toyota... Anyway, very nice stuff -- keep shooting by all means!

 

[Mustang03]

Is that mist on the water? A very nice effect indeed with the tree reflecting through it.