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ASIAN JUL · 05-04-2010, 07:40 AM

Erik your photos seem to have taken a few steps forward lately

#4 would've been awesome but the chain is irritating (to me) I know it's there because of the "restricted" area but it's pretty distracting

Erik · 05-04-2010, 09:07 AM

Im going to do a copy without it. Fran loved the idea, so i shot it for him. I already started cloning the chain out in that one for a cleaner copy. i dont like how it cuts the photo in half. Thats for the c&c jul!

FLINTSTONESKID · 05-04-2010, 10:11 AM

Hey erik and dan, thanks for your comments. erik, i talked to sooo many people sunday that i couldnt remember my own name afterwards but im sure we will meet up and hang out again very soon. and jul, i saw some of your shots in the sonic gallery, very very nice, i am impressed. for some reason, i havent gotten any contact additions from flickr but ill head over there soon and check it out. perhaps some day we can get a group shoot together for members, im always trying to find people to shoot with locally but there arent many. not sure if this has been brought up before so i apologize if it has. i look forward to meeting all of you and talking shop with you all in the future.

ASIAN JUL · 05-04-2010, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erik

Im going to do a copy without it. Fran loved the idea, so i shot it for him. I already started cloning the chain out in that one for a cleaner copy. i dont like how it cuts the photo in half. Thats for the c&c jul!

No problem.. as for the HDR, it's way too much for my tastes but that's just me, take it with a grain of salt.

Quote:

Originally Posted by FLINTSTONESKID

Hey erik and dan, thanks for your comments. erik, i talked to sooo many people sunday that i couldnt remember my own name afterwards but im sure we will meet up and hang out again very soon. and jul, i saw some of your shots in the sonic gallery, very very nice, i am impressed. for some reason, i havent gotten any contact additions from flickr but ill head over there soon and check it out. perhaps some day we can get a group shoot together for members, im always trying to find people to shoot with locally but there arent many. not sure if this has been brought up before so i apologize if it has. i look forward to meeting all of you and talking shop with you all in the future.

Go ahead and add me on Flickr

And thanks for the compliment!

CleanNeon98 · 05-04-2010, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DPancoast

Josh just blew my mind.

Alex, I have photoshop CS3 if you want it

YES!!!!

Erik · 05-04-2010, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FLINTSTONESKID

Hey erik and dan, thanks for your comments. erik, i talked to sooo many people sunday that i couldnt remember my own name afterwards but im sure we will meet up and hang out again very soon. and jul, i saw some of your shots in the sonic gallery, very very nice, i am impressed. for some reason, i havent gotten any contact additions from flickr but ill head over there soon and check it out. perhaps some day we can get a group shoot together for members, im always trying to find people to shoot with locally but there arent many. not sure if this has been brought up before so i apologize if it has. i look forward to meeting all of you and talking shop with you all in the future.

Its all good, It was around noonish, i had all the gear, and you asked me about the flash and recommended the sb-800 and or 900. Short guy, fag hawk, you know the deal. Id be down for a group shoot anytime!

HDR isnt really my thing, I dont think im that good at finding the perfect HDR frame, but heres a few more from a squall about an hour ago that came over warrington. looked tough, but it didnt drop anything.

1.

2.

Erik · 05-04-2010, 05:46 PM

Directed more toward Julz, hows this as a re-edit?! I cloned the hell out of this. This is the large format from flickr, so any imperfections from cloning can be seen (if any are found :p). The original is much bigger, obviously.

and the before/after screen shot!

**Got Insulin?** · 05-04-2010, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Erik

so any imperfections from cloning can be seen (if any are found :p).

Passenger side of the hood, broseph.

This thread makes me wish I hadn't sold my camera every day. Getting on the hunt for a new one, methinks.

95legenddriver · 05-04-2010, 06:24 PM

Awesome shop!

Erik · 05-04-2010, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Got Insulin?

Passenger side of the hood, broseph.

This thread makes me wish I hadn't sold my camera every day. Getting on the hunt for a new one, methinks.

i threw that little cocky statement in there, hit post, saw that, and was like FUUUUUUU hahahha i was wondering who would catch onto that.

thanks for the comments though! im not gonna fix that reflection right now. im so sick of photo editing. hahah

Zack@Area1320 · 05-05-2010, 12:19 AM

Went out trying to get a sunset tonight with my day old T2i.. this was the result. Name the location, win a prize.

FLINTSTONESKID · 05-05-2010, 11:33 AM

its in front of the Bean.....Ba.....Ga..........

hehehehe

Erik, i do remember you now, it was nice chatting with you. anyhow, i have "disagreements" with other photographers on the use of HDR. the fact of the matter is that HDR is simply a tool of the photographer, no different than a lens, a flash, or anything else that you use to "affect" a photograph. personally, like flash, or another lens, i only use it when i think it calls for it, such as indoors where the variances in light are way too big to capture on camera in any way, or if i have to make a composite image, such as one i did for a restaurant where i had to maintain the exposure of the outside sunshine as well as all of the details under a huge tent that had a pub under it. HDR can be miss used, or not done properly, and i think that this gives it a bad name. in fact, i have made it a personal mission to do HDRs that people cant tell are HDRs. i have taught myself not to shoot in bracket mode but to shoot by histogram, i have also learned that the software that you are using can have a negative impact on the outcome as well. much like everyone else, i used PhotoMatix and utilized the details enhancer method of processing but the outcome was often cartoonish, and over cooked, so i did two things, i toned down all of the sliders in that particular method and i got closer to what i wanted. i also utilized the the tone compressor method of processing which def made a more natural look, but it achieved this by not utilizing the extreme highlights, and shadows, and thats what HDR is all about. so i tried another software called HDR PhotoStudio 2 and i loved it, its way more complicated, but because it lets you have control over the entire image and everything therein. it is not a free program but it is free to try for a month, and all the features are enabled so you can really get into it to see if its what you like. i might actually purchase it, it is that good. but you can get good results in Photomatix, you just have to work with it, ALOT !!!!
at the end of the day, its your photography, and wether or not people like it, in my mind, doesnt matter. its all about what makes you happy. but i hate when people say that HDR is a gimmick method and that it is a fad. the fact is that photographers since the dawn of photography have been doing techniques that mimmick HDR, in fact, the great ansel adams used to utilize a similar method when shooting his landscapes because he realized that he couldnt get the darks of the valleys and the highlights of the mountain tops, so he lightened and darkened them in the dark room to achieve the results that we all see and admire today. here is a perfect example, at least, i feel, of an HDR that i bet you wouldnt have though it was if i hadnt said it..............

FLINTSTONESKID · 05-05-2010, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Captain

Finally got the computer up and running again. Quick edit.

this is a cool shot, Eastern State is on of my favorite places in the world to shoot !!!
there is an old hotel called the Divine Lorraine at the end of Fulton St there just past the prison, and i have been trying to get inside legally, for months !!! its been abandoned for years and is going to be turned into condos soon so i really need to get my ass in gear and get in there...........um......legally.............

Erik · 05-05-2010, 11:59 AM

I very much agree with you josh. I only use HDR when im trying to achieve the extreme, such as those clouds. those clouds looked SICK in person, but on camera, they looked flat, and mundane, so i used my HDR method. Granted, i can achieve similar "popping" results just utilizing curves is PS or LR2, but HDR has that overwhelming quality that suited that particular image -- in my opinion, of course.
I havent tried shooting HDR based off of a histogram before. Im curious to your "method of madness" there lol

BSVVTI18 · 05-05-2010, 03:06 PM

some sick pictures on here

JST2KWIK · 05-05-2010, 03:15 PM

I have no idea what happened to the top right of this picture... believe it or not, I took it with my iPhone ;)

omgjacki · 05-05-2010, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by FLINTSTONESKID

hey everybody, im a new guy here on TST, im an amateur photog who occasionally gets paid for doing what he loves !!! i shoot mostly with a Nikon D3 and a D300 as my crop body/backup. here is a tad bit of what ive been doing for the past two years or so. i have had the fortune to visit China, Alaska, twice, Jamaica, Italy, Spain, France, England, and some other cool spots. Please have a look at my Flickr site that is in my sig, i love hearing what other photogs think of my work and to hear opinions where i can get better. Thanks !!!

Josh

THIS! Wow I absolutely love this picture. Great work.

Chris_PA · 05-05-2010, 04:32 PM

My buddy on the 21st floor penthouse in the Cooper Square Hotel in NYC

SX-70
TZ Artisitc

FLINTSTONESKID · 05-05-2010, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erik

I very much agree with you josh. I only use HDR when im trying to achieve the extreme, such as those clouds. those clouds looked SICK in person, but on camera, they looked flat, and mundane, so i used my HDR method. Granted, i can achieve similar "popping" results just utilizing curves is PS or LR2, but HDR has that overwhelming quality that suited that particular image -- in my opinion, of course.
I havent tried shooting HDR based off of a histogram before. Im curious to your "method of madness" there lol

well erik, its something that i have to show you, i cant type it up, its kinda complicated to explain histogram readouts in text. im sure we will get together sometime soon and ill explain it more then.

Quote:

Originally Posted by omgjacki

THIS! Wow I absolutely love this picture. Great work.

thanks man, that pic is incredibly hard to get for a few reasons, one, dew drops only for like that on certain plants, one of which i happen to have outside of my house. two, it has to rain lightly for the drops to form like this. three, the sun has to come out shortly after the rain so that the drops dont evaporate. and last but not least, you need to have a flower, or some object at a certain distance from a drop to get a proper diffraction !!! i rarely pump up my own work but it took a long time to get this shot just right. here is one other that i got................

SvicksTc · 05-05-2010, 05:23 PM

this thread destroys all, Erik and all the other shots are getting better and more amazing each post...

I cant wait for finals to be over and really dive into my work...

05-04-2010, 09:07 AM	#6222
Erik Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: May 2006 Location: Glenside, PA Member #1962 My Ride: 2001 Audi A6 2.7 Twin Turbo iTrader: (4)	Im going to do a copy without it. Fran loved the idea, so i shot it for him. I already started cloning the chain out in that one for a cleaner copy. i dont like how it cuts the photo in half. Thats for the c&c jul! __________________ --Eric '96 Mazda Miata \| FM V-Maxx Coilovers \| Jackson Racing Exhaust/Intake GONE To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. 01' Audi A6 2.7 Twin Turbo \| Daily \| NoMods

05-04-2010, 10:11 AM	#6223
FLINTSTONESKID Tri-State Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: Reading, Pa Member #16387 iTrader: (0)	Hey erik and dan, thanks for your comments. erik, i talked to sooo many people sunday that i couldnt remember my own name afterwards but im sure we will meet up and hang out again very soon. and jul, i saw some of your shots in the sonic gallery, very very nice, i am impressed. for some reason, i havent gotten any contact additions from flickr but ill head over there soon and check it out. perhaps some day we can get a group shoot together for members, im always trying to find people to shoot with locally but there arent many. not sure if this has been brought up before so i apologize if it has. i look forward to meeting all of you and talking shop with you all in the future. __________________ Angry Beard Photo To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

05-04-2010, 05:46 PM	#6227
Erik Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: May 2006 Location: Glenside, PA Member #1962 My Ride: 2001 Audi A6 2.7 Twin Turbo iTrader: (4)	Directed more toward Julz, hows this as a re-edit?! I cloned the hell out of this. This is the large format from flickr, so any imperfections from cloning can be seen (if any are found :p). The original is much bigger, obviously. and the before/after screen shot! __________________ --Eric '96 Mazda Miata \| FM V-Maxx Coilovers \| Jackson Racing Exhaust/Intake GONE To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. 01' Audi A6 2.7 Twin Turbo \| Daily \| NoMods

05-04-2010, 06:24 PM	#6229
95legenddriver Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chester Springs, State College Member #2042 My Ride: '95 Acura Legend SE, '06 Honda S2000 LBP iTrader: (1)	Awesome shop! __________________ - Rich To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

05-05-2010, 11:33 AM	#6232
FLINTSTONESKID Tri-State Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: Reading, Pa Member #16387 iTrader: (0)	its in front of the Bean.....Ba.....Ga.......... hehehehe Erik, i do remember you now, it was nice chatting with you. anyhow, i have "disagreements" with other photographers on the use of HDR. the fact of the matter is that HDR is simply a tool of the photographer, no different than a lens, a flash, or anything else that you use to "affect" a photograph. personally, like flash, or another lens, i only use it when i think it calls for it, such as indoors where the variances in light are way too big to capture on camera in any way, or if i have to make a composite image, such as one i did for a restaurant where i had to maintain the exposure of the outside sunshine as well as all of the details under a huge tent that had a pub under it. HDR can be miss used, or not done properly, and i think that this gives it a bad name. in fact, i have made it a personal mission to do HDRs that people cant tell are HDRs. i have taught myself not to shoot in bracket mode but to shoot by histogram, i have also learned that the software that you are using can have a negative impact on the outcome as well. much like everyone else, i used PhotoMatix and utilized the details enhancer method of processing but the outcome was often cartoonish, and over cooked, so i did two things, i toned down all of the sliders in that particular method and i got closer to what i wanted. i also utilized the the tone compressor method of processing which def made a more natural look, but it achieved this by not utilizing the extreme highlights, and shadows, and thats what HDR is all about. so i tried another software called HDR PhotoStudio 2 and i loved it, its way more complicated, but because it lets you have control over the entire image and everything therein. it is not a free program but it is free to try for a month, and all the features are enabled so you can really get into it to see if its what you like. i might actually purchase it, it is that good. but you can get good results in Photomatix, you just have to work with it, ALOT !!!! at the end of the day, its your photography, and wether or not people like it, in my mind, doesnt matter. its all about what makes you happy. but i hate when people say that HDR is a gimmick method and that it is a fad. the fact is that photographers since the dawn of photography have been doing techniques that mimmick HDR, in fact, the great ansel adams used to utilize a similar method when shooting his landscapes because he realized that he couldnt get the darks of the valleys and the highlights of the mountain tops, so he lightened and darkened them in the dark room to achieve the results that we all see and admire today. here is a perfect example, at least, i feel, of an HDR that i bet you wouldnt have though it was if i hadnt said it.............. __________________ Angry Beard Photo To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

05-05-2010, 12:19 AM	#6231
Zack@Area1320 Former Vendor Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: LV, PA Member #14881 My Ride: 08 STi Egg iTrader: (0)	Went out trying to get a sunset tonight with my day old T2i.. this was the result. Name the location, win a prize.

05-05-2010, 11:59 AM	#6234
Erik Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: May 2006 Location: Glenside, PA Member #1962 My Ride: 2001 Audi A6 2.7 Twin Turbo iTrader: (4)	I very much agree with you josh. I only use HDR when im trying to achieve the extreme, such as those clouds. those clouds looked SICK in person, but on camera, they looked flat, and mundane, so i used my HDR method. Granted, i can achieve similar "popping" results just utilizing curves is PS or LR2, but HDR has that overwhelming quality that suited that particular image -- in my opinion, of course. I havent tried shooting HDR based off of a histogram before. Im curious to your "method of madness" there lol __________________ --Eric '96 Mazda Miata \| FM V-Maxx Coilovers \| Jackson Racing Exhaust/Intake GONE To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. 01' Audi A6 2.7 Twin Turbo \| Daily \| NoMods

05-05-2010, 03:06 PM	#6235
BSVVTI18 Tri-State Training Wheels Join Date: May 2010 Location: Drexel Hill, PA Member #16429 My Ride: 2001 Nissan Altima iTrader: (0)	some sick pictures on here

05-05-2010, 04:32 PM	#6238
Chris_PA Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West Chester Member #1541 My Ride: 02 Exploder iTrader: (0)	My buddy on the 21st floor penthouse in the Cooper Square Hotel in NYC SX-70 TZ Artisitc __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

05-05-2010, 05:23 PM	#6240
SvicksTc Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Spoolin a Snail Member #7395 My Ride: Nike 6.0 iTrader: (1)	this thread destroys all, Erik and all the other shots are getting better and more amazing each post... I cant wait for finals to be over and really dive into my work... __________________ Why V-tec When there is To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. ? \|Nikon\| Twitter: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

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