Official TST Photograph Thread (for our many talented photographers)

[ourbloodykisses]

or you can take my 28 1.8 off my hands
was thinking about selling it.

[FLINTSTONESKID]

Originally Posted by Zillon

Are you proofing in photoshop with the printer profile? Might help, too.

i am not, care to explain this in more detail please?

[Renegade_]

Been a while since I've had to do it but it should be under View -> Proof Setup. Basically it allows you to make adjustments on your PSD and see how the printer will react via profiles.

[Zillon]

Been a while since I've done it last, too, but Renegade is on the right track. It's under View -> Proof setup, and select custom. You'll need the specific paper profile for that printer to accurately simulate it in PS.

I used to help run the digital print lab at Penn State. Really wish I could get back into printing photos.

[grimm]

You should be able to ask the company that does your printing for their printers profile. I work in In-design more and have requested the profile from the place that we get our printing done. They had no problem giving it to me because it made their job easier. I could load their profile and set it up so it was "ready" for print.

[illantic]

Originally Posted by ourbloodykisses

or you can take my 28 1.8 off my hands
was thinking about selling it.

How is the 28mm 1.8 IQ wise? I've always been curious about that lens.

[ourbloodykisses]

Originally Posted by illantic

How is the 28mm 1.8 IQ wise? I've always been curious about that lens.

wide open its too soft for me, when you arent close to the subject
upclose its really not bad.
the majority of these are shot with the 28 around f2.2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ourbloo...7632124376889/

[FLINTSTONESKID]

Originally Posted by grimm

You should be able to ask the company that does your printing for their printers profile. I work in In-design more and have requested the profile from the place that we get our printing done. They had no problem giving it to me because it made their job easier. I could load their profile and set it up so it was "ready" for print.

Thanks for explaining that guys, but this above is what i have been doing for years, in addition to actually making physical prints and comparing those profiles with what im actually seeing on the machine in which im using. once again, this whole thing popped up because my laptop display, which has been pretty decent for the years that ive actually been making and selling prints, has decided to gradually take a dump. so basically when im trying to edit new shots, i can tell hide nor hair how to make proper adjustments, especially in contrast and exposure, not so much color. so that just propelled me to get a dedicated monitor to edit my photos with. with my laptop taking a dump, i also have to get a new one of those as well, but after all of this, im accutely aware that no laptop monitor, save for high dollar macs, are good enough for proper photo editing and calibration so i need to focus on the dedicated monitor.
man, when it rains it pours huh...i need a new laptop, a monitor, tires for my sti, fpr for my supra, diff seals for my desoto, water heater for the house.....it never ends!!!

[FLINTSTONESKID]

lil something im working on, not sure if im satisfied yet. this is a merge of four shots that i took from the deck of a cruise ship, during a huge storm, in the middle of the mediterranean...



and a shot that i kinda like and ive been sitting on for a long time...

[grimm]

Love the building shot. The lighting one intrigues me but doesn't leave me full-filled. But who am I to critique.

[AshleyX]

In Preparation for a Full Frame Body


Canon 16-35L by awilli1715k, on Flickr

[tristatesentra]

[AshleyX]

black n White by awilli1715k, on Flickr

[FLINTSTONESKID]

Originally Posted by grimm

Love the building shot. The lighting one intrigues me but doesn't leave me full-filled. But who am I to critique.

critique? of course you can critique, that is one of the reasons why we post here. i value each and every ones opinion. in the end, it only has to satisfy me though right! but that is what i was saying about that lightning shot, there is something missing and i know what it is. foreground. but being that i was in the middle of the med, there was no foreground for miles! a neat shot, but not one that i love. perhaps thats why it sat in my computer for 5 years.

[ourbloodykisses]

Untitled by OBK!, on Flickr

[illantic]

Originally Posted by ourbloodykisses

wide open its too soft for me, when you arent close to the subject
upclose its really not bad.
the majority of these are shot with the 28 around f2.2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ourbloo...7632124376889/

Didn't expect it to be that soft. Guess it will be the 35L for me when I purchase a 5Dii.

[Shipman]

Originally Posted by ourbloodykisses

Untitled by OBK!, on Flickr

This girl.

[FLINTSTONESKID]

sorry to post the same shot twice on the same page but i think i finally got an edit that i like......

[ourbloodykisses]

Originally Posted by illantic

Didn't expect it to be that soft. Guess it will be the 35L for me when I purchase a 5Dii.

thats a much better choice

[grimm]

Originally Posted by AshleyX

In Preparation for a Full Frame Body


Canon 16-35L by awilli1715k, on Flickr

thats a great lens, i would have suggested getting the 17-40L if you are on a budget, the DOF is quite good for a 4.0 since it is a wide lens.