ILPhoto Gallery (a thread to show off your pictures)

It won't sound like a normal SLR, there's no mirror to move to make the ka-chunk sound. But it's not exactly like a Leica either - the Soviet RFs used metal shutters, IIRC, that make them a little louder than Leicas.

I think the FED sounds more like a slap, the Leica more like a click.

im so excited now!

All this talk made pull out the FED tonight btw.

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Alcatraz Wall by celluloidpropaganda, on Flickr

Downloaded the trial of Silver Efex Pro 2 plugin for Lightroom 3, trying to figure out how to work with it (in terms of when to sharpen, adjust curves, etc.. Also you have to export out of LR3 as a TIFF - I'm setting it at 360dpi when I do so, because that's the native resolution of Epson printers, or it can be downsampled to 300dpi for other printing options). This is Tri-X with the High Structure setting, selenium toned.

The 'filed negative carrier' border options are kind of cheesy, I'd never use them for a real print, but I feel like a thin black border of any kind really helps photos displayed online.

That's terrific. I'm pro black borders too. Just have to avoid putting them on photos of the kids we upload to Flickr (we later just transfer to Snapfish for prints).

I just developed a roll of colour film that I'd been taking pictures with for the last year.
I much prefer this one after I went into photoshop and fiddled with curves and made it black and white:

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Barriers To Progress by treefell, on Flickr

Just to prove I do black and white from time to time as well:

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Out and about in Soho with the Olympus OM20, Miranda 28mm lens and some late '90s Agfa Vista 200 film...

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beautiful colors! interesting bokeh

I'll add another from my most recent film roll.
This was taken during the Edinburgh Festival last year:

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Waving From Telephone Boxes by treefell, on Flickr

Oh, for a super-zoom for the super-moon; the old manual-focus Hanimex 80-200mm (five quid from a guy in Lewisham a couple of years ago) had to do, leaving me with not very many pixels to play with.

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Had a go myself, would love a 500mm or more.
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Super Moon by carljgodwin, on Flickr

Yeah, I was hankering after one of those catadioptric (mirror) 500mm+ lenses for a while, simply because they're compact, light and cheap. Seems like shooting the moon might be one of the few things you could use them for (fixed at f/8, dark viewfinder, very narrow FoV, donut-shaped bokeh, manual focus).

Think the shots I took the other night with the 135mm Zeiss were actually a bit sharper, but the lower magnification meant that I had even fewer pixels to play with and the blow-up was worse. Above photo is a 563x563 crop (0.3MP!). Certainly wouldn't print it. Maybe work as a badge?

I took a shot of the moon with one of my 300mm lenses last night. I was shooting in jpeg without realizing it so it's not as sharp as the RAW version would have been.
This is my favourite - a 680x680 crop (so it's fairly large):

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perigee moon by treefell, on Flickr

Sky for a change.
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Untitled by carljgodwin, on Flickr

Really struggling for ideas at the moment and feel completely uninspired. Anyone else get this and if so, whet do you do about it.

kind of want to post pics to this thread but my tech stuff isn't at your levels. just building up.

not_goodwin, i liked your pics of the sky with all the jet traces. i remember that day in mcr.

not_goodwin, whenever I'm stuck for inspiration on anything I read poetry, but it has to be kickass poetry. A+ poetry totally gives you new eyes on the world. Can recommend the Bloodaxe anthologies Being Alive and Staying Alive.

Whatever, post away. are you on flickr?
Everybody's building up and learning here, I don't think anyone here would claim to have mastered the art of photography (yet).

Zora, thank you, I'll definitely check those out. I tend to look at other peoples photography/work for ideas, never thought about using written word as inspiration for visuals.

My sisters dog, who walk every
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5096/5562369234_694ccb43ce.jpg now and then

..now and then.

omg it looks like (s)he's standing right on the edge of a cliff.

(s)he's? Can't you see his little willy?

ah I wasn't looking for (s)her cock

Not technically all that, but I've long wanted to capture one or both of the kids excitedly exploring Crystal Palace station... tiny kids, grand building...

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Arrgh! Ctrl-C before you Ctrl-V, yeah?

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That one's great. The shadow on the stairs, the colours on the platform, the Ziggy Stardust brickwork, the green coat and the nervous descent... well done.

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DSC_2425.jpg by celluloidpropaganda, on Flickr

last in a series of my friend Craven making it rain poker chips on himself after he won our weekly game. I wish they were consistent enough to be turned into an animated gif
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IMG_0325.jpg by celluloidpropaganda, on Flickr

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IMG_0325.jpg by celluloidpropaganda, on Flickr

Really struggling for ideas at the moment and feel completely uninspired. Anyone else get this and if so, whet do you do about it.

Give yourself a goal - carry a camera with you all the time or set aside
Alternately, a project. I've decided I want to document the run up to my friends' wedding and turn it into a book for them. (not the wedding photographer, thank god, since I'm the officiant."

Ahem - or set aside x amount of time per week to shoot. Visualize what you want to do and your end-goal - online display vs prints etc.

irritatingly proud/boastful of this one

http://richardgin.org/portfolio/?id=206

This is probably the best picture I took at a gig I went to on Sunday.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5296/5568725015_da377ce9b8.jpgGrant 2 by treefell, on Flickr

i'd like to show a photo or two, but flickr outpaces me. i can't find anywhere the jpg filename of my image. please tell me i'm not stupid, and help a sad bas\tard

You're not stupid!

have you got a flickr account already or are you about to start one?

are you attempting to upload to flickr, or show an image from flickr here?

sooo many questions.

yeah i've had a flickr account for a while and posted to wdyll etc. flickr seems to have stopped the link to the .jpg.

andyessorry im trying to show an image from my fuckr account here

Add me as a contact on flickr, click on the little dog above Xpost and i'll add you and show how to post a shot.

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this is really nice gbx

I do like that shot, it looks like the kid's holding a camera, but it's the back of a car with a spare.
gbx does get out there and captures some amazing scenes. you only have to look at his wdyll's.

ive added you not goodwin.

Ok, Ditto.

all you need to do is click on the share this, copy and paste the HTML or the BBcode (if bb code, click convert to simple HTML to BBcode below the comment box here)

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21440478@N04/5578047976/"; title="DSC_8711 by arnell1967, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5295/5578047976_98939521ff_z.jpg"; width="640" height="426" alt="DSC_8711"></a>

that looks wrong to me

i see your problem.

flickr used to have a neat link to what was the .jpg of your photo, which meant posting to ilx was a cinch. now it's a drudge.

Are you trying to show one if the first three shots?
if so can i try to post?

i appreciate the offer but i need to work this crap out

Ok, was just trying to help.