Show us your amateur photos - not dial up friendly

i cant believe how great most of the shots you guys take are! its crazy

as moderator i should enforce the rules, the rest of you make a new thread "show us your professionals photos" cus this thread isnt for you, your shots are too good...congrats all really heat off to you all :)

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...PICT0174-1.jpg

same place with snow
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...PICT0291-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...PICT0270-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...PICT0269-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...PICT0226-1.jpg

Wow...

The photos on this thread are simply outstanding. I've been pottering with photography on and off since I was in year nine (1996) and some of these photos just blow me away!

This thread is great, keep up the great posts guys!

A couple more pics of mine...

An Eastern Water Dragon...

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...8/IMG_1654.jpg

A pretty stream in the Numinbah Valley...

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...8/IMG_1609.jpg

Cheers!
J:cool:HN

Deemo, where are the pics of the snow?

(I love snow, but some some strange reason we dont get any here in Perth, dammit)

deemoIII,

Where were those photos taken? It looks familiar but like nothing I have seen before. I want to go there, wherever "there" may be.

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Deemo, where are the pics of the snow?

(I love snow, but some some strange reason we dont get any here in Perth, dammit)

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deemoIII,

Where were those photos taken? It looks familiar but like nothing I have seen before. I want to go there, wherever "there" may be.

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its the capital of Bosnia, Europe

i went skiing, the powder is amazing, and Olympic tracks are just crazy fun
o another thing, you are basically sharing the mountain with another 5 people...cant wait to go again.

Some great photos there guys!

Golfer: is that stream picture pshopped at all - the water looks amazing, especially the little rapids the rocks create?

Can you tell me the settings you took that picture with?

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Golfer: is that stream picture pshopped at all - the water looks amazing, especially the little rapids the rocks create?

Can you tell me the settings you took that picture with?

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I'm not Golfer, but that photo would have been taken on a slow shutter speed, like about 1sec or more so a tripod would have had to be used. This effect is very good so as to give a feeling of movement of the water rather than a static look.

thanks for the help Lance B - it looks so effective! i know theres an effect you can use on photoshop to create that look, off the top of my head its orton?

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Golfer: is that stream picture pshopped at all - the water looks amazing, especially the little rapids the rocks create?

Can you tell me the settings you took that picture with?

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Originally Posted by Lance B

I'm not Golfer, but that photo would have been taken on a slow shutter speed, like about 1sec or more so a tripod would have had to be used. This effect is very good so as to give a feeling of movement of the water rather than a static look.

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I had the tripod set up on the bridge above the creek, and was shooting with a slow shutter, actually 2.5sec. I haven't photoshopped the image at all, however as it was a very bright day with a lot of shadows from the rainforest, I had a lot of issues with contrast, so I had to do a little bit of post-processing with Digital Photo Pro to sort out the contrast issues.

MissVuks, shooting in full manual mode, I used:
Shutter 2.5sec
Aperture f/22
ISO 100
F/L 24mm

I love the effect of running water taken with a slow shutter, however these photos were not as good as they could have been, as they were taken in the middle of the day, and it is much easier to take good long exposures in the dim light of early morning, or very late afternoon.

J:cool:HN