The "Post your pictures here" thread.

vail3r · 20 Oct 2013 at 16:37

42zx said:
202 by 42zx, on Flickr

What do you do in pp with all your images they all look really good, but I can't put my finger on what it is. Is there any presets you use on your images they all have something the same about them and it's not just your shooting style it's something else hmmm

Hyburnate · 20 Oct 2013 at 16:47

Could perhaps be instagram?

Shadowness · 20 Oct 2013 at 17:02

VSCO at a guess.

42zx · 20 Oct 2013 at 18:04

Nope and nope. I've messed around with filters in the past but I now have a couple of presets of my own that I use instead. Just experiment with tone curves in lightroom, I also use HSL a lot depending on the colours in the shot.

203 by 42zx, on Flickr

mrk · 20 Oct 2013 at 18:06

I was gonna say when you got on top of a crane or something but then noticed the glass reflections

42zx · 20 Oct 2013 at 18:21

Yes, bloody glass. Didn't think about that when I decided to book the tickets. Next time though!

Janesy B · 20 Oct 2013 at 20:04

42zx said:
Nope and nope. I've messed around with filters in the past but I now have a couple of presets of my own that I use instead. Just experiment with tone curves in lightroom, I also use HSL a lot depending on the colours in the shot.

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Cue disappointment from others as good images don't come from instagram or LR presets :p

Hyburnate · 20 Oct 2013 at 20:06

Janesy B said:
Cue disappointment from others as good images don't come from instagram or LR presets

Not exactly news

There are a few good LR Presets out there however they'll never come close to tailoring it to the image

mrk · 20 Oct 2013 at 20:10

Hyburnate said:
Not exactly news There are a few good LR Presets out there however they'll never come close to tailoring it to the image

Yeah an LR preset won't work on every image unless all those images are shot in the same lighting, same exposure and so on. Impossible to do that. A preset is not the same as a filter either.

I spent 2 years building a folder of custom presets to get the look that I've always wanted, the 70s and 80s 35mm film look and I got close with a few but it was only after buying VSCO and then tailoring those and re-saving them with my own changes did the final look emerge. Without it I might have spent another 2 years tweaking my own presets to get close.

There are fast tracks to every result, just depends on how you go about it all really.

42zx · 20 Oct 2013 at 23:20

You can learn from filters and presets, but yes, every image is different so even if I posted you the curves and other settings that I used it wouldn't necessarily look the same. Just experiment with all the settings Lightroom etc has to offer.

The look on my images may be aesthetically pleasing but I don't think its original at all, its a very common look for pictures currently. I just taught myself how to achieve it through experimentation and still have to tweak the settings for each image. At some point I'll try to get something more original, but for now I like how they look.

Janesy B · 21 Oct 2013 at 08:49

Jumping on the VSCO bandwagon, only works for me on selected motorsport stuff.

Lotus Type 49c by Bryan Janes, on Flickr

Dazzy · 21 Oct 2013 at 15:29

A couple of micro 4/3 photos from London last week.

3dcandy · 21 Oct 2013 at 17:11

Couple of gig photo's I'm pleased with. Grain added before anybody says they're noisy as that's kinda what I was after

42zx · 21 Oct 2013 at 19:58

204 by 42zx, on Flickr

Hyburnate · 21 Oct 2013 at 20:42

@42zx You doing something like a picture a day?

mrk · 21 Oct 2013 at 21:35

Hannah - UK version by Robbie Khan, on Flickr

This local party venue I've shot at before but in bright daylight with sun and lots of natural fill lighting to utilise.
At night though for this local party version of the wedding, they use a mixture of energy saving bulbs, incandescent and other tones. Hard time for white balance but this is a pretty close resemblance of the warmth and colour cast of the seaside hotel. Very classical venue, I was glad to have shot there again!

Raymond Lin · 21 Oct 2013 at 22:13

Hyburnate · 21 Oct 2013 at 22:16

mrk said:
This local party venue I've shot at before but in bright daylight with sun and lots of natural fill lighting to utilise.
At night though for this local party version of the wedding, they use a mixture of energy saving bulbs, incandescent and other tones. Hard time for white balance but this is a pretty close resemblance of the warmth and colour cast of the seaside hotel. Very classical venue, I was glad to have shot there again!

What's the little black dot on her dress?

mrk · 21 Oct 2013 at 22:18

There are a few flecks of confetti all over^^

42zx · 21 Oct 2013 at 22:52

Hyburnate said:
@42zx You doing something like a picture a day?

Something like that. I don't live in a very interesting place so I tend to take loads of pictures when I do go places and upload the better ones one by one. Most recently Edinburgh and London street stuff.