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 Eschaton
     
Location: Western NC
Gender: Male
Entry: Eschaton (es-kuh-tawn) noun | end of time, climax of history | Etymology: Greek for 'last'
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< on 5/26/2011 5:42 PM >
|  | | | A few shots that I really like for which I'm curious for feedback. All shot with a Pentax K110D and a Tamron DiII 10-24 lens.
1. "Thy Throne"
 f/8, 10sec, ISO200
2. "Coming Up"
 f/11, 6sec, ISO800
3. "Around a Corner"
 f/11, 10sec, ISO400
UER has infected me with its Lonely Chair fascination.
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tullo
 
Location: Belleville New Jersey
Gender: Female
| |  | | Re: Curious for feedback
<Reply # 1 on 5/26/2011 6:46 PM >
| | | | as a whole, i feel they are entirely too dark.
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Lasso
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Curious for feedback
<Reply # 2 on 5/26/2011 6:55 PM >
| | | | but the darkness works for me for the last one especially... I like the shadows... I would say #2 is too dark though
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maypost
 
Location: North, South, East, West, all around... then down to the underground
Gender: Male
Exploring if for n00bz0rz
| | Re: Curious for feedback
<Reply # 3 on 5/26/2011 7:56 PM >
| | | | 1 is the strongest, but yes, much too dark all around. however, the composition is not at all bad
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Clever Girl
Location: Circle of Least Confusion
RPS is inside all of us
| | | Re: Curious for feedback
<Reply # 4 on 5/26/2011 8:05 PM >
| | | | Are you light painting these?
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Eschaton
Location: Western NC
Gender: Male
Entry: Eschaton (es-kuh-tawn) noun | end of time, climax of history | Etymology: Greek for 'last'
| | | Re: Curious for feedback
<Reply # 5 on 5/26/2011 8:33 PM >
| | | | Thanks for the comments.
I get the "too dark" suggestion a lot, but it's hard for me to bring myself to brighten them up too much. I feel like they become something other than the moment that I was trying to capture. I'll try it out and see how I like it.
Posted by hydrotherapy
Are you light painting these?
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None of these were light painted. 1 uses fill light on the chair from a single stationary flashlight, 2 was all natural lighting, and 3 used two stationary flashlights to fill the foreground and build the shadow.
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gunko
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<Reply # 6 on 5/26/2011 11:53 PM >
| | | | shadows a bit blocked, and composition is not particularly strong , however this is a tough crowd.
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ensimismada
Location: CA
Gender: Female
...wishing I had time for one more photo...
| | Re: Curious for feedback
<Reply # 7 on 5/27/2011 1:24 AM >
| | | | I think I'd rather like the lighting in 2, if it were a tighter crop.
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shotgun mario
Location: MSP
Gender: Male
MSP Elite™ Card-Carrying Member
| | | Re: Curious for feedback
<Reply # 8 on 5/27/2011 1:30 AM >
| | | | I feel that # 1 & 2 are good starts, but need to be tightened up a bit on composition.
#1 I feel the chair frame is getting lost in the background, so I would try to expose it a bit more with your flashlight, or try to bring the chair more towards the center (but not dead center) to emphasize it. Maybe a lower angle as well so that more if it contrasts with the ceiling as opposed to getting lost in the messy floor. I also like the shadow/light that is there, I'd try and emphasize that (but if the light source is already from the building, which it appears to be, you would either need a brighter light or to bracket that separately and assemble it in photoshop)
#2 needs to be exposed longer, to fill out a bit more, and I'd avoid having the black corner in your photo as it's cropping the whole image (unless that's intentional, then I think you need to do a bit of lighting of the corner to reveal what it is and why you're doing that, otherwise it just looks like a printing / processing mistake).
#3 doesn't do anything for me.
good start, keep working that camera!
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Eschaton
Location: Western NC
Gender: Male
Entry: Eschaton (es-kuh-tawn) noun | end of time, climax of history | Etymology: Greek for 'last'
| | | Re: Curious for feedback
<Reply # 9 on 5/27/2011 4:45 AM >
| | | | Posted by shotgun mario
I feel that # 1 & 2 are good starts, but need to be tightened up a bit on composition.
#1 I feel the chair frame is getting lost in the background, so I would try to expose it a bit more with your flashlight, or try to bring the chair more towards the center (but not dead center) to emphasize it. Maybe a lower angle as well so that more if it contrasts with the ceiling as opposed to getting lost in the messy floor. I also like the shadow/light that is there, I'd try and emphasize that (but if the light source is already from the building, which it appears to be, you would either need a brighter light or to bracket that separately and assemble it in photoshop)
#2 needs to be exposed longer, to fill out a bit more, and I'd avoid having the black corner in your photo as it's cropping the whole image (unless that's intentional, then I think you need to do a bit of lighting of the corner to reveal what it is and why you're doing that, otherwise it just looks like a printing / processing mistake).
#3 doesn't do anything for me.
good start, keep working that camera!
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Well thanks. The corner in 2 you're talking about is actually a door. I have some new ideas on how to re-tweak these images and I appreciate that.
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shotgun mario
Location: MSP
Gender: Male
MSP Elite™ Card-Carrying Member
| | | Re: Curious for feedback
<Reply # 10 on 5/27/2011 6:03 PM >
| | | | also, since you're using a tripod I'd try and keep my ISO as low as possible, and just bump up the exposure time depending on brightness, with the shutter for quality control (and fluctuate these levels as necessary). Certain times this setup will make the image look flat (as opposed to shorter exposures at higher ISOs, which will sometimes give more dynamic shots (and smaller flairs from lights) but can add grain and (what I say is) a feeling of a cheaper/less experienced camera if it's not done right)... but it's a good place to start, especially if you're not super used to your camera.
I'd only start to play with ISO if I was in a well lit area, a VERY dark area, or I was going handheld.
[last edit 5/27/2011 6:05 PM by shotgun mario - edited 1 times]
If you want to protect the locations you love to explore, don't talk about them online in public!
If you want to make exploring friends, send people private messages! Meet up in real life! Get off the internet!
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Eschaton
Location: Western NC
Gender: Male
Entry: Eschaton (es-kuh-tawn) noun | end of time, climax of history | Etymology: Greek for 'last'
| | | Re: Curious for feedback
<Reply # 11 on 5/27/2011 6:18 PM >
| | | | Posted by shotgun mario
also, since you're using a tripod I'd try and keep my ISO as low as possible, and just bump up the exposure time depending on brightness, with the shutter for quality control (and fluctuate these levels as necessary). Certain times this setup will make the image look flat (as opposed to shorter exposures at higher ISOs, which will sometimes give more dynamic shots (and smaller flairs from lights) but can add grain and (what I say is) a feeling of a cheaper/less experienced camera if it's not done right)... but it's a good place to start, especially if you're not super used to your camera.
I'd only start to play with ISO if I was in a well lit area, a VERY dark area, or I was going handheld.
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That's generally what I do. I rarely go over ISO400.
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CatAndTie
Location: Southeastern PA
Gender: Male
LifeInDecay. com
| | | Re: Curious for feedback
<Reply # 12 on 5/27/2011 6:42 PM >
| | | | I like the darkness in pictures, and I feel that more pictures could be darker on the threads because, hell... that's what these places look like when you are wandering around in the tunnels or sealed buildings. I like the natural feel of turning a dark corner and seeing a pile of junk with shadows being cast all over the room with your flashlight.
However, #2 I would have to agree is too dark, or needs to be tightened up compositionally.
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