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 Superlocrian
    
Location: Austin, TX
Gender: Male
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< on 8/25/2010 6:27 PM >
|  | | | these are from the seaholm power plant in austin.
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secretdestroyers
  
Location: Baltimore
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: POWWWER!!
<Reply # 1 on 8/25/2010 6:59 PM >
| | | | (eh power) seems like a more fitting title
SD
F this I"m going exploring! |
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Superlocrian
Location: Austin, TX
Gender: Male
| | Re: POWWWER!!
<Reply # 2 on 8/25/2010 7:21 PM >
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sorry, got a little too exited. what exactly makes these mundane? I did post in here for some advice not just disparaging comments.
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lansiar
 
Location: Denver, CO
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 3 on 8/25/2010 7:44 PM >
| | | | I like #1, but the others just seem very bland. The DOF on #4 is good, but it's a bit overexposed so that what little variance in color that there is is lost and it all kind of blends together. Personally, I like when the object in focus is very punchy and just grabs your eye right away and in this it kind of blends in with the DOF being the only saving grace to make it noticeable as the focus. The lack of colors and contrast in these shots make them a bit boring and repetitive. I like the compositions in #1 and #3.
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Spike
Location: New Zealand
Gender: Male
Rapid Canvas Therapy
| | Re: POWWWER!!
<Reply # 4 on 8/25/2010 7:45 PM >
| | | | There is nothing wrong with these photos at all!, but try and loosen up don't be afraid to take LOTS of photos, doesn't matter if you don't use all of them, also you could try different compositions like those pillars in the last photo could have made great framing for whatever is across from them them 
just trying to help
nosus decipio |
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don_corleyone
Location: F/RoX
Gender: Male
I have abandonment issues
| | Re: POWWWER!!
<Reply # 5 on 8/25/2010 7:49 PM >
| | | | there's hardly anything in these photos that would make anyone know it's a power plant, either. i can see where the turbines USED to be, but it sucks that they're gone and the place is so squeaky clean.
leave the gun. take the cannoli.
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Superlocrian
Location: Austin, TX
Gender: Male
| | Re: POWWWER!!
<Reply # 6 on 8/25/2010 8:00 PM >
| | | | thanks guys! yeah, that place is under very slow renovation, not much equipment left inside.  I took quite a few pictures but the camera they're on isn't mine and I was only able to upload a few before I had to come back to Denton. gonna get the camera's owner to email me the rest of them.
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Superlocrian
Location: Austin, TX
Gender: Male
| | Re: POWWWER!!
<Reply # 7 on 8/25/2010 8:12 PM >
| | | | Posted by lansiar
I like #1, but the others just seem very bland. The DOF on #4 is good, but it's a bit overexposed so that what little variance in color that there is is lost and it all kind of blends together. Personally, I like when the object in focus is very punchy and just grabs your eye right away and in this it kind of blends in with the DOF being the only saving grace to make it noticeable as the focus. The lack of colors and contrast in these shots make them a bit boring and repetitive. I like the compositions in #1 and #3.
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I feel silly asking this because everyone here is on a much higher level of photographic knowledge than I am, but I figure you guys have plenty of experience in dealing with this sort of thing. what's the best way to calculate exposure times to avoid over/underexposures in situations like this?
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KingJalopy
Location: Tulsa, OK
Gender: Male
I love manholes
| |  | Re: POWWWER!!
<Reply # 8 on 8/25/2010 8:58 PM >
| | | | Posted by Superlocrian
what's the best way to calculate exposure times to avoid over/underexposures in situations like this?
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Light meter! Most cameras have them built in, and I use mine a lot, and it rarely fails me. But I'm no photographer, so there's my 2 pennies. Also, after enough practice you kinda just know what to set it to.
If your camera has a "P" mode on it, use that. It will automatically choose the best exposure/aperture for the shot.
Drains, drains, drains, drains, drains. |
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PositivePressure
Location: High and low where most don't go
Gender: Male
Set your Tesla coil to broil
| | Re: POWWWER!!
<Reply # 9 on 8/25/2010 9:01 PM >
| | | | I'm guessing you're shooting with a digital camera? Exposure varies with each model of camera, but I find digital cameras generally have a tendency to overexpose. The more you use your camera in varying situations, the more you'll get a feel for how your camera reacts to certain lighting conditions and you'll be able to anticipate how it will react, and adjust accordingly so that you get the exposure "correct" the first time.
I know that when using my cameras, for example, it is not uncommon for me to have to dial my exposure down 2/3 or a full stop or thereabouts from what the meter is reading, dependent on the lighting conditions. This usually happens when there is a large proportion of midtones intermixed with shadows. I don't know if you're familiar at all with histograms, but remember that your camera's goal is to attempt to produce a photo that is centered on a histogram. This means that the camera tries to include as many midtones as possible in your photo, without losing any shadows or highlights at either end. Many times your camera's meter will get "tricked" when in certain situations such as dark rooms. The camera sees dark, and says "uh oh, its dark in here, I need to let more light in". The camera ups its exposure and tries to render that dark shadowy room as grey, or a neutral midtone exposure. This of course, is incorrect, as your eye sees the room as being what it really is - a dark room with lots of dark, black areas. You would have to intentionally underexpose this setting compared to what the camera's meter tells you it should be. The same thing happens if you're shooting a dark object surrounded by a comparatively bright area, especially if the camera is using a metering mode that places priority on a certain area (usually centre frame) such as "centre weighted priority", where the camera will use the most prevalent tone in that centre area to formulate an exposure while trying to maintain the correctness of everything else as best it can.
Try it - what happens when you shoot a black piece of paper in an otherwise normally lit room? the camera tries to render the black paper as grey, causing everything else around it to become overexposed. These are things you will get the hang of and learn to anticipate when you run into funky lighting situations.
Sorry about the novel... I will review photos now, haha.
Your first shot is pretty neat, actually. I like seeing a wide angle view of this place. I think that it could've been improved however, but cropping further to the right. I find myself wanting to see more of whats on the right, and I feel like I'm just "cut off" abruptly from seeing that. The large black beam to the leftmost of the frame is kind of dominating and I feel like I could have done with less of that, and more of the rest of the photo.
The second shot doesn't do a whole lot for me. It's a personal thing, but I'm really anal retentive about having straight lines if there is to be a beam or pillar or something used to frame a shot. The concrete edge to the right of the frame isn't straight and it bugs me. I also don't get to see much of the actual subject, as it is obscured by said concrete edge. I actually much prefer the view of this subject as seen in your first photo. Also watch your exposure as it's a little hot.
I don't have a whole lot to say about the third shot, except that I would have maybe liked to see a wider angle. I think it also may have helped composition to have moved the camera slightly to the left so that the rail was right in line with the camera's perspective. That of course, is a matter of personal preference and no fault of yours.
Your third photo is also a little overexposed methinks. You haven't really blown any highlights, but you would have retained much more tonality and depth had you exposed a little darker than you did - Maybe by a stop or so.
Your fourth photo also seems a little overexposed based on what I'm seeing in the well-lit portions of the image. I realize that if you had exposed further to the left, than your darker areas and the pillars would have gone black or very close to it, but in this case I don't think it would have been a detriment. What I would have liked to see though, is a wider angle. You have included a small portion of a stairwell to the left of the frame, and having it there makes me want to see more of it. Perhaps a wider angle and lower perspective could have showcased both the stairwell from a neat perspective, and the generator hall. If you had underexposed as suggested though, I'm guessing it would have made the stairs black anyway. Have you ever though about trying to light paint or use flash in a situation like this? I think it could add a lot to your photos. For example, in your fourth photo, you could try underexposing the background very slightly, and then use subtle light painting to highlight the hook and pulley.
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Superlocrian
Location: Austin, TX
Gender: Male
| | Re: POWWWER!!
<Reply # 10 on 8/25/2010 9:33 PM >
| | | | @ PositivePressure: Thanks alot! that was extremely informative! I Like the light painting idea, that could be really cool in that place since there isn't much in terms of color contrast in there, and it would definitely help bring the hook to the forefront! if I go back there before it's too late I might just have to try some of that.
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Protios
Location: Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia
Gender: Male
To get where you're going, Remember where you've been
| | Re: POWWWER!!
<Reply # 11 on 9/1/2010 12:35 AM >
| | | | I like the colours in number one, but I feel like the camera is pointed up too far and I'm missing something important at the bottom of the photo.
As for the rest, while not OVERLY interesting, they're not terrible either. I think you need to spend some time in post and maybe ramp up the colours or the contrast or both or just make them have more "punch."
They just need some kind of post processing snap to them in my opinion.
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SCARECR0W
Location: Dallas Metroplex
Gender: Male
SneakerPimp Extraordinaire
| | | Re: POWWWER!!
<Reply # 12 on 9/7/2010 5:41 AM >
| | | | I think this is where the ark was taken in Raider of the Lost Ark, no?
I think the exposure and what not look fine, but I'd like to see some more creative angles and dof to really set them off.
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