the "i'm proud of this picture i took" thread #3

I noticed my Coke looking at me this morning and had to take a picture.


After a little fun in Photoshop...

 

great shot and also freaks me out.

 

DSC_0612FNP by PFULMTL, on Flickr

Yah know, I never really use(used?) manual mode on the lens. I decided to mess around with it today for the first time since I had the lens for over a year now. I will have to try this again for my car photo sessions or other stationary objects. I would imagine it would be hell to use manual mode for moving subjects or people like my last 50mm...

 

A little wider crop of the original... trying to get a little more depth / perspective



Favorite edit...

 

too much blur hahah, and looks like your sensor is dirty.

 

yes i need to clean my sensor ... as for blur well yer lol

 

that photo is missing something....maybe a corpse or a nice roadkill...or a naked woman...seriously ;-)

Actually can you post the non blurred background version im curious.

 

heres original mate


ps i can see crap on my sensor but i dont dare to touch it, whats best way to clean it ?

 

I see why youd want it blurred..it is a distraction..if you used a lot less blur, desaturated some if the colors in the background you could make it look a little hazy and make it seem farther away.

I have an olympus that cleans the sensor every time I boot up the camera with a sonic frequency of some sorts...so I dont know how to properly clean them since I havent had to yet. Im sure there's a good tutorial on youtube.

 

just a quick edit, hope you don't mind

 

Took some girly pics today. It was hailing too and was getting ready to grab some hail shots bouncing off the ground but it stopped raining real quick. Rawr I hate my camera's ISO quality. Makes me rage.

_DSC0650 by PFULMTL, on Flickr


_DSC0661LG01 by PFULMTL, on Flickr


_DSC065100 by PFULMTL, on Flickr

 

Can't remember what model you're using, 5xxd was it? You should have sensor cleaning, what I do is take the lens off, point the body downwards, and manually select sensor cleaning in the menu, so any dust falls out of the body. If that still doesn't work, then you'll have to be braver and clean the sensor physically

 

i just blow air inside with one of those rubber air thingies. is that dangerous? lol

 

Funny, i kinda like the noise in the pics. I find it sort of adds to the grittyness.

 

Thanks, but being a noob like myself, when is high ISO noise appropriate in photos? OR umm...when does noise benefit a photo or add to the mood of it?

 

I don't think so, but the sensor cleaning mechanism has worked for me so far so I haven't had to actually blow anything onto or touch the sensor and I'm quite happy that way


IMG_4847 by noobographer, on Flickr

 

I like it it looks like toy town.

 

black and white or the likes, sometimes night photos are good as well.