maleficent

Here is your next photo assignment, should you choose to accept it.

After Hours...

Give us a photo of something related to after hours- when the sun has set...

Don't forget to add in suggestions for next week's assignment...


The Guidelines:

Pictures
**How you interpret the theme is entirely up to you.
**Pics should be taken during the assignment period not just yanked out of your portfolio.
**Pics should be 800*600 pixels My Windows XP photoresizer tutorial: http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showpos...1&postcount=11
**We're looking for natural images. Some post processing is ok (colour correction, redeye reduction, contrast etc), but no gross manipulation, on occasion we will have an assignment that calls for differing kinds of manipulation. However, for the most part, think "natural."
**Give your photo a title, it just sounds cooler that way.
**Remember the basic rules of Tilted Photography and the TFP: http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=46601



Comments
**Comments have to (and this part is critical) have substance. -----That is to say; "That foto r0xxor!!," just ain't gonna cut it.
Think more along the lines of:
-----That photo would be better if....
-----That subject's eyes would be better lit if you did....
**Comments should have a constructive edge to them, we're trying to improve here not just stroke each other's egos (but do be nice).
**Please comment on as many photos as you can, prefereably every one. No one likes to feel left out.
**After making your comment please make suggestions for next week's assignment. I will take all the suggestions and select one randomly and/or at the suggestion of the community.

**My overiding vision for this game/exersize/whetever, is to improve our skills as photographers. Regardless of your skill or ability we want everyone to contribute.**
**This is an experiement, the processes and guidelines are up for debate**

PLEASE DON"T FORGET TO ADD IN YOUR SUGGESTION FOR NEXT WEEK'S ASSIGNMENT...
Thanks
Marq's standin

Have fun

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ngdawg

One of my favorite things to photograph, the moon.
This was the most recent lunar eclipse.

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paddyjoe

hey dawg, nice one. now where's the real moon..........

maleficent

cool pic paddy...

will i go blind if i look at ngdawg's pic? you aren't supposed to look at eclipses directly

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Fly

my interpritation......(how the fuck do you spell that word?).....of "after hours"


.........wobbly pops and dogs..........





ohhh..........and........


fishing and pops.....





we we're after the sockeye comin' up the Fraser......no luck!

gonna drop a line in tonight i think.

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Shpoop

It's solar eclipses you aren't supposed to look at, since the sun's radiation is still there and dangerous. No one cares about looking at the moon :P

paddyjoe

when the dawg throws her moon up here i'll surely be watching........

cycloptor

i like this assignment....

kurty[B]

Great shot cyclopter, I need a tripod.

Chamaeleontidae

Composite image of the moon (under exposed to get the moon, and dropped it into the regular exposure of the same shot.)

This one is as shot.

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kofspades

How do you take good pictures of the moon? Do you use a zoom? Adjust ISO, etc? I'm a total n00b when it comes to photography. I'd like to get better and I love the moon. Just wish I could make it my subject more. Thanks for the tips.

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Chamaeleontidae

I shoot just about everything at ISO 100, unless it's a low light situation or I need to shorten the shutter speed to make hand holding easier. When I'm shooting the moon, I use a tripod, and set the camera to Shutter priority and then bracket my shots around what the camera wanted to shoot in automatic mode. On this night shutter speeds between 1/3 and 1/10 of a second worked best for the getting the moon detail.

For the second shot (just the moon)

Shooting Mode: Shutter-Priority AE
TV(Shutter Speed) 1/4
AV(Aperture Value) 5.6
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 100
Focal Length 300.0 mm
White Balance Mode Auto

For this shot I choose one of the shots where the moon wasn't too blown out and the background wasn't too dark, then with the camera's software output the image twice. Once a little darker to get the moon detail, and then lightened the shot up to get some foreground detail and re exported. then I took the moon from the darker version and dropped into the lighter version. I used PhotoShop's "feather" feature to make sure there were no harsh lines around the dark moon.

For the first shot (to get the moon)

Shooting Mode: Shutter-Priority AE
TV(Shutter Speed) 1/10
AV(Aperture Value) 4
Exposure Compensation -1
ISO Speed 100
Focal Length 75.0 mm
White Balance Mode Auto

For the first shot (to get the background)

Shooting Mode: Shutter-Priority AE
TV(Shutter Speed) 1/10
AV(Aperture Value) 4
Exposure Compensation +2
ISO Speed 100
Focal Length 75.0 mm
White Balance Mode Auto

Hope that helps...

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skibum

Depends. Whats your goal? Moon alone? A shot like Chamaeleontidaes? Moon shots aren't easy because the light comming of the moon is bright. For a really good shot you almost have to meter for the moon seperate of everything else. If you meter for the landscape the moon will just be a severely overexposed dot.

For a shot like Chamaeleontidae, I would have done 2 exposures rather than edits on the same one shot. Would have one metered for the moon, and one for everything else, and then combine them in PS. Or you can cheat. I have a few shots of the moon taken at 1000mm. I would just resize them and slap them into the shot, much easier that way. lol

AquaFox

night driving

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Konichiwaneko

currently my myspace background

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mackyroo

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