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Appreciation and Enquiry orpheusisalyre December 17 2004, 01:48:22 UTC

Hi, looking for sunset pictures when i found your page, thought i'd post under this picture as its less crowded and my personal favourite out of the bunch.
You certainly have the eye, and the ideas.... what do you use? and what are your opinions on using programs to enhance gamma, contrast etc?
This particular piece dances with music; sigur ros - untitled(3).
Also, i dont know how to post pictures, being a new user. Any advice?
Cheers.

Re: Appreciation and Enquiry malady_dome December 17 2004, 03:52:11 UTC

thanks for the kind words. being a graphic artist by trade, i am not a photographer in a traditional sense. i'm more about using digital to create an interesting, yet very real, image. i love color.

ALL cameras have limitations when it comes to luminance and detail. even before cameras went digital, photographers were plagued by this problem. they used blackrooms to restore shadows, highlights, color and detail (still do), and so i have no problems using software to do the same thing.

i stumbled on livejournal back in april of this year and learned pretty quickly how to upload pictures by reading their faq. go to www.photobucket.com for picture hosting. i ended up paying $25 for unlimited bandwidth which is worth it to me considering i update my journal daily with a photo or two.let me know if you'd like further help. of course, now that you mention sigur ros, i'm curious to see your photos.

thanks for visiting :)

Re: Appreciation and Enquiry orpheusisalyre December 18 2004, 05:27:08 UTC

Thanks for the info and opinions. Your comment about the faq's is kinda funny in a gender based way, I'm a guy, so any hints or instructions are out of bounds and I guess I'm supposed to wait until I sob with despair before consulting them! And before you assume that I'm broad minded from the sigur ros thing, it was a female of the species who inducted me, I was a strictly mogwai man before. Well, them and a hundred other bands expressing beauty.
Unfortunately I'm as tight pocketed as they come so I doubt I'll front the $25 for web space, but if you got an email address I could send you a few pics and you could post them or hit me back with some ideas and edits, or pictures of your own.
If it's to much hassle not to worry, I'll check back here to see your new work.

Re: Appreciation and Enquiry malady_dome December 28 2004, 05:53:51 UTC

apologies for not getting back to you sooner. holiday madness blah blah blah.

i received your email and photos. #1 is your original photo. #2 is my edit - i cropped the blue edges out and adjusted the levels to improve contrast and reduce the harsh light/saturation. #3 is my edit converted to b/w which is pretty nice too.

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Re: Appreciation and Enquiry orpheusisalyre December 29 2004, 22:57:38 UTC

Thanks for having a look at them, I do really like your #2 edit. It has a slight war film feel, possibly in a slavic way resembling the pianist. You're right about the motion night light thing, i guess it might be a phase that people go through when they start experimenting. I do try many froms of art so I don't specialise in photography, nor am I particularly good at it (I really can't hold a camera still!) but some situations are so beautiful you feel a desire to preserve them. I do quite a bit of human photography as it is easier to control the situation, but I am severely lacking in models. Sometimes its nice though because you can do it on your own and don't have to rely on other people! When taking photos out and about I find the most beautiful scenes in lower light conditions (sunrise, sunset, tunnels, subways, the moon on the sea at night......) and they rarely come out. Discussion would be very welcome, and not to worry about the holidays, I myself have just come back from a long haul trip visiting family. Tis christmas ( ... )

malady_dome December 29 2004, 23:31:48 UTC

i know what you mean about seeing a beautiful scene and wanting to preserve it. in my case, i can rarely ever do it justice.

i would love to do more portraits as well. i had an idea for a shoot this weekend, but i don't know enough crazy people - wait, i take that back. i know plenty of crazy people willing to go along with my ideas, but i don't prepare for them very well. i get an itch to do something and it has to be NOW or never. i get bored by it later. ha.

hope your holidays were enjoyable :)

orpheusisalyre January 2 2005, 20:49:39 UTC

The camera will never replace your eyes, so we don't spend hours in photography galleries. Photography is a field trip to make you use your own eyes, rather than the cameras, well for me it is. Almost ironic that we use a cold machine to compel us to go out and experience things with our senses, a subliminal excuse which should not need to exist. Give me a machine for smelling rainfall on bare earth or tasting sea air! No, show photos to advertise the world ( ... )

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