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 Abaddon
 
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Female
 |  | Strange as a Stranger
< on 3/23/2011 3:52 PM >
|  | | | Alright, I'm not much of a writer, so I'll just say it as it is; this gallery consists of images from two different locations. They were taken with two different cameras and are two completely different types of sites.
I've actually been waiting a while to share the strange things I found at one location. There was a bit of drama over the place last year, and a representative from the property joined this site to post a warning. But I feel I've waited long enough. I can't help but notice that no one has started a location for the place and have been considering doing it myself. However, I'm pretty positive it is no longer accessible. Anyways.......1.
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decrepitude
  
Location: Norcal
Gender: Male
| | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 1 on 3/23/2011 4:24 PM >
| | | | The second site is very cool. Looks like some retro collectors round 60's home. Did you mean to post these in the critiques?
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petticat
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Gender: Female
| | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 2 on 3/23/2011 4:26 PM >
| | | | these are nice images but i feel like a few are cropped the SLIGHTEST bit too much, like there was something more i wanted to see JUST out of frame. not too bad.
We're all just trapped between the stippled earth and the stubbled sky. |
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decrepitude
Location: Norcal
Gender: Male
| | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 3 on 3/23/2011 4:30 PM >
| | | | Yeah I agree with the above post, subjects need to be framed better.
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Abaddon
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Female
| | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 4 on 3/23/2011 5:25 PM >
| | | | Thank you for feeling the need to clarify if I was looking for critiques. But ya, I was looking for input from others. I don't really feel that mine compare to some of the work I see here, so I hesitate to post mine next to them.
I can see what you mean about something missing. Perhaps a different lens? I always feel the need to narrow the view. Would you say though, that the first group is better than the second in regards to framing?? ~ thank you for the input
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theshadow_razor
Location: Earth.
| | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 5 on 3/23/2011 7:02 PM >
| | | | I liked 1, 2, and 8. 1 I have a thing for faces. 2 I just find those objects interesting. And 8 I like, it has a "you found shelter inside a building alone, back in the woods" kinda vibe. 
Psalm 62:7-9 |
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decrepitude
Location: Norcal
Gender: Male
| | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 6 on 3/23/2011 9:34 PM >
| | | | Posted by Abaddon
Thank you for feeling the need to clarify if I was looking for critiques. But ya, I was looking for input from others. I don't really feel that mine compare to some of the work I see here, so I hesitate to post mine next to them.
I can see what you mean about something missing. Perhaps a different lens? I always feel the need to narrow the view. Would you say though, that the first group is better than the second in regards to framing?? ~ thank you for the input
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I'm probably not the best person to ask as I only know the basics and what I like. There are a lot of very talented photographers on here who have been very helpful to me. Here is a decent reference on the rule of thirds related to what I was talking about.
http://www.digital...com/rule-of-thirds
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insanebuslady
Location: ?
Gender: Male
"You talkin' to me?"
| |  | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 7 on 3/23/2011 10:12 PM >
| | | | 2 is sweet. Do you have the thread with the warning on-hand? I'm curious, this one I missed
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Abaddon
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Female
| | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 8 on 3/23/2011 11:34 PM >
| | | | Thank you for your tack decrepitude. I guess I need to look at the rule of thirds again. This is not the first time someone has mentioned it. I just thought that I needed to focus more on making full use of my camera's functions than composition......This is why I post in critiques. Ah!
insanebuslady - i'm not exactly sure if I'm doing this the right way, but here's the thread......
http://www.uer.ca/...id=1&msgid=1054748 the comment from the owner is half way down the third page.
[last edit 3/24/2011 1:13 PM by Abaddon - edited 1 times]
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Abaddon
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Female
| | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 9 on 3/23/2011 11:37 PM >
| | | | Posted by theshadow_razor
I liked 1, 2, and 8. 1 I have a thing for faces. 2 I just find those objects interesting. And 8 I like, it has a "you found shelter inside a building alone, back in the woods" kinda vibe.
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Sorry! I got sidetracked. But I liked your reference to #8. Thanks. Glad you like `em.
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K8 Vonwolfie
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Location: ct
Gender: Female
people die right there ---->
| |  | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 10 on 4/3/2011 6:30 AM >
| | | | 1,2,4 are my favs. 3 is cool because of the coloring. the rest, the site looks cool. 9 and 10 are a little blown out for me, more so 10 with the window light on the little hanging hats. i wonder what the carriage, im assuming, in 9 would have looked like from possibly another angel where the light wasn't coming from behind?
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Abaddon
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Female
| | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 11 on 4/4/2011 12:23 PM >
| | | | Posted by k8 intense
1,2,4 are my favs. 3 is cool because of the coloring. the rest, the site looks cool. 9 and 10 are a little blown out for me, more so 10 with the window light on the little hanging hats. i wonder what the carriage, im assuming, in 9 would have looked like from possibly another angel where the light wasn't coming from behind?
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*nodding my head in agreement* The first few were taken with a DSLR which I'm still learning to use. (obviously!) I still lack the confidence to mess around with the settings. (I'm most nervous about not being able to return it to a functional mode.) The second set was taken with a glorified point and shoot. But I love the location so much I had to post something from there. Perhaps if you have a moment and the knowledge, you could give me some tips of dealing with the burnt out from the window. Window's are my nemisis. As for the carriage, again we're on the same page. I have an alternate photo taken from a different angle, I just refrained from posting it as there is a reflection of my co-conspirator and I'm not positive if the owner has left this site.
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K8 Vonwolfie
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Location: ct
Gender: Female
people die right there ---->
| | | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 12 on 4/5/2011 12:41 AM >
| | | | Posted by Abaddon
*nodding my head in agreement* The first few were taken with a DSLR which I'm still learning to use. (obviously!) I still lack the confidence to mess around with the settings. (I'm most nervous about not being able to return it to a functional mode.) The second set was taken with a glorified point and shoot. But I love the location so much I had to post something from there. Perhaps if you have a moment and the knowledge, you could give me some tips of dealing with the burnt out from the window. Window's are my nemisis. As for the carriage, again we're on the same page. I have an alternate photo taken from a different angle, I just refrained from posting it as there is a reflection of my co-conspirator and I'm not positive if the owner has left this site.
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well you can always crop out the reflection? or is it too far in? in that case you can blur out the face at least and explain why it was blurred etc etc.
with the window, its difficult because what you run into with over exposure is making the rest of the image either a: look too dark when you try to darken it or b: run into odd colors coming from the image if you use the halo effect to try and reduce the blow out and c: basically killing the image from trying to reduce the blow out. you can try the first 2 suggestions to try and fix it, but blowouts literally blow and are really hard to try and remedy once done.
my best advice that i have learned from the years of photo classes either i wanted to take or had to for credits etc is that try to always shoot from the way the sun is pointing, not towards the direction it is pointing from. so in other words shoot where the light is headed, not into the light. it might suck because you might miss an object etc, my usually this will work to your advantage of gaining some texture, color, use of light and shadow as opposed to a full on blow out which can really take away from the image.
another suggestion is this: sometimes you want to shoot towards the light, ie in your case a carriage literally against a window in which you want to show the whole carriage or, the little hats hanging right in front of the window. now for the little hats, you could have moved in closer and taken the image from the side, but lets say for the sake of this suggestion no other options were available. what has helped me in times like this is that i close the apeture as much as i can, with ur slr it might go up to 22 lets say, and then i speed up my iso and shutter speed so that i can try to eliminate as much light getting through my shot as possible.
****problem with this is, the higher the iso, the more "noise" you can get in your image. which kind of gives your background a grainier kind of feel for lack of a better explanation.
**** mind you, you dont have to mess with the iso. it only applies to when you want to change the sensitivity of the your camera to light, hence why a higher number will make your camera more sensitive to light and give you grainy shots.
an alternative to this is just changing the shutter speed itself. try turning your aperture up to the highest it will go, ie like 22. then turn your shutter speed up way high, to like 1/500. this will mean that the amount of light getting through is very tiny, 22, and the speed in which your shutter will go down is supper fast, 1/500 of a second if memory serves its to a second, i could be wrong, regardless the 1/500 is super fast. but ur speed can go much faster than that, usually its used to try and capture something in motion to freeze it ie a water droplet, and or reduce the amount of light coming through on any given shot because the quicker the shutter the quicker you;re shutting off the light from getting through.
so if you wanted to hanging hats, maybe turning up the aperture and turning up the shutter speed next time might help, or you can try to raise your iso up as well, but again itll cause noise.
so just in case for a quick tutorial, the lower the iso the less sensitive your camera will be to light so less grainy and less noise, the higher the more sensitive and grainer a shot will be
the lower the apeture ie 4.0 the more light allowed in, the higher ie 22 the less light allowed in.
i hope this helps!!! and if you mess around with these settings its ok! you;re meant to play with your camera!!! haha! also, you always have the option of shooting on automatic with an slr so its ok. and usually on an slr theres a little meter you can see inside your viewfinder that will have a blinking dot ether on one side or the other, if you try to change your settings, generally the aperture- the amount of light in- the little dot will move towards the center and you know that then, your camera is telling you the shot should be ok, generally speaking 
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Abaddon
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Female
| | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 13 on 4/5/2011 4:26 PM >
| | | | wow k8 intense! You put a lot of time into that! Thx for all the info and support. There's quite a bit to digest there. I'm planning on going tomorrow and giving some of it a try so I'll follow up with a post to let you know. Wish me luck! ;)
I have done some messin around with these settings before, and I feel like I get a little lost changing them together. I believe I have `priority' settings on my cam so that I can mess around with one (like aperture) and then the other two adjust accordingly. Your tip about the little dot being in the middle should be helpful!
Thanks a lot. I really appreciate it! I just hope I can apply it!
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Noss4ra2
 
Location: Delaware
Gender: Male
| | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 14 on 4/5/2011 6:50 PM >
| | | | First and foremost, the avatar, very cool. Seems we share the same taste of old doll heads.
Loving 11 and 12! Crazy cool subjects and interesting comp. I do agree on the cropping, but I'm from the polar opposite school of thought. I go wide on my stuff. I would just open up a bit and include some negative space.
It does come down what you like and are happy with.
As far as the blowout in the windows, have you tried your hand at bracketing?
"Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage."
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K8 Vonwolfie
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Location: ct
Gender: Female
people die right there ---->
| | | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 15 on 4/6/2011 3:52 AM >
| | | | Posted by Abaddon
wow k8 intense! You put a lot of time into that! Thx for all the info and support. There's quite a bit to digest there. I'm planning on going tomorrow and giving some of it a try so I'll follow up with a post to let you know. Wish me luck! ;)
I have done some messin around with these settings before, and I feel like I get a little lost changing them together. I believe I have `priority' settings on my cam so that I can mess around with one (like aperture) and then the other two adjust accordingly. Your tip about the little dot being in the middle should be helpful!
Thanks a lot. I really appreciate it! I just hope I can apply it!
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your very welcome. i hope the tips come in handy! and good luck! keep me updated please!
I go wide on my stuff. I would just open up a bit and include some negative space.
It does come down what you like and are happy with.
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i agree with you as well noss4ra2. sometimes going wide can help compensate for images with too much light, and also just help altogether with the overall compensation of your shot.
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barefootpoetry
Location: PA
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 16 on 4/7/2011 4:36 AM >
| | | | Posted by petticat
these are nice images but i feel like a few are cropped the SLIGHTEST bit too much, like there was something more i wanted to see JUST out of frame. not too bad.
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This. I like your choices in subject matter, but there was just SOMETHING that made me not quite love some of the photos, and this must be it. Don't crop too much. Empty space tells a story too and can help lead the eye into a photograph instead of just WHAM bunches of stuff smack in the middle. As someone already said, Rule of Thirds. Sometimes it's okay to break that rule, but in general, it will help make your picture more intriguing.
I'd also try some different angles...get down low on some things instead of shooting at eye level. The carriage for instance, is an amazing subject but a shot of it straight on does not make me want to look at it for very long. Think of how different it would look if you, for example, stood on a chair and shot with the right front corner closest to you. Or sit down next to the wheel and see how much you can fit in your frame. Come up with new and different ways to capture a subject.
Honestly, I would rather look at a photo that is not 100% "perfect" as far as all the nitpicky technical stuff goes, and yet grabs my attention and makes me want to keep looking at it again and again, than a perfectly focused, noise-free, evenly exposed shot that is boring. That's just my opinion, and may be biased since I often take photos that are technically "bad" but I still find them interesting.
She who hesitates, sees bulldozers. |
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L'Ali
Location: Clarington
Gender: Female
Behind every damsel is a fire breathing dragon
| | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 17 on 4/7/2011 2:09 PM >
| | | | Love the first location as I live a hop skip and a jump from there. I know I've seen the second location somewhere on here before too, very retro. I don't have any critiques of your images, I like em. I also think that everyone see's things just slightly different and what looks good to one person isn't quite right for someone else. But hearing tips and tricks are always good to build skills.
Everything is sweetened by risk.
-- Alexander Smith
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Noss4ra2
Location: Delaware
Gender: Male
| | Re: Strange as a Stranger
<Reply # 18 on 4/9/2011 2:04 AM >
| | | | Posted by k8 intense
i agree with you as well noss4ra2. sometimes going wide can help compensate for images with too much light, and also just help altogether with the overall compensation of your shot.
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Plus there's always post cropping for those shots that look cool in the field, but not so on the monitor.
"Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage."
Ray Bradbury |
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