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Got a shot of Lone Peak in Montana last night. I don't think i have ever had a nicer night shot.

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Thanks man. ^

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looks nice, i'd maybe intervalometer it and get some streaks

i don't really like the orange hue in the foreground, but that's unavoidable some places

Apr 3 2012 11:47PM

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ya man. i don't have photoshop or anything like that. thats the pic just how i took it.

and i just got a mac so I'm trying to figure out how everything works

Apr 3 2012 11:57PM

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Apr 4 2012 10:35PM

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Lol it looked like monty nuss at first to me with that huge watermark

Apr 4 2012 11:59PM

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it did get a little big on those 2, huh?
whoops

Apr 5 2012 12:05AM

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if you want to protect your photos with watermark you have to put it across the whole photo, those two are really easy to remove in photoshop

Apr 5 2012 6:49AM

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I agree, I never really watermark my stuff, but if you really want to protect it, then just put a giant one right across the middle. Turn the opacity down or something though so the photo is still visible, but really if you get a shot you really like and plan on uploading it somewhere I would just put a giant watermark on it.

Apr 5 2012 8:37AM

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Especially because those two photos would benefit from getting the section with the watermark cropped.

Apr 5 2012 3:55PM

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Apr 5 2012 4:12PM

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I kind of agree. It's all constructive criticism. I just think the composition would look better if you filled the picture with bikers

Apr 5 2012 5:16PM

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ahhh havent posted here in too long. photographing excision tonight and another show tomorrow

Apr 5 2012 7:35PM

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I think if the first photo had less pavement in the foreground and was cropped down that way, it would definitely look better. Then it would be a great shot, in my opinion.

Looking at the second photo though, I really don't mind the composition of it. I mean, maybe a tad bit less dead space on the right side but I think it's a pretty solid photo already. I feel like the fact that the bikers are traveling from left to right, it's alright to have a little open space in front of them and it looks a little better. If he shot farther to the left and had any space behind the bikers, it would look awkward. Plus those guys are flying by, so it's hard to perfectly frame your shot right away in a situation like that. The colors aren't extremely "poppy" in the second one either so I think it might look wicked sick in a black and white too.

Just my opinion on those. I do like the shots though, and they are pretty good to begin with, but like you said, they could be a lot stronger with just little things in post processing.

Apr 6 2012 8:47AM

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That's better, thanks man
I'll do a re edit tonight

Apr 6 2012 8:49AM

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I just wanted to show you what 2 seconds in photoshop could do, using content aware fill. If someone wanted to steal it, they could. That's why if you really want to protect it, put a giant water mark across it. I just threw it into black and whit because I just wanted to see how it would look, and what everyone else thought of it. Just because at first I thought black and white would look perfect for this picture, but now I'm not sure.

I hope you don't mind that I edited it. I just wanted to show what someone could do with the watermark if they wanted too, and what the black and white would look like.

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Sorry I didn't see that you posted that you were going to do a re-edit. I would have not touched it if I read that. Sorry!

Apr 6 2012 9:01AM

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Thanks still, I know what you're getting at.
Damn content aware fill! Haha. I watermark it almost just to say its mine, it's smaller and the resolution is worse, so if they want to steal it, whatever it'll look bad.

That was the first of a series of races, so I'll probably be able to get out and shoot a lot more

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Oh ok, I definitely see what your saying about watermarking it just to basically say it's yours, that makes total sense. Like you said too, if someone was going to steal it, they wouldn't have a very high resolution of it either, so I don't think anyone would steal it.
Content aware fill is pretty insane too. I'm still amazed by it, haha.

Definitely post up some more pictures of the other races you go and shoot too!

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Apr 6 2012 2:51PM

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Shot on Portra 400 with my Nikon F5. If you don't click them they're not even worth looking at.

Apr 6 2012 2:56PM

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GAH Newschoolers. click for better quality.

Apr 6 2012 5:01PM

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Apr 6 2012 6:51PM

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recent favourite

Apr 7 2012 3:25AM

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shot the Cu king of campus rail jam yesterday, too bad i had a lens stolen from my bag...

Apr 7 2012 10:18AM

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that looks like it probably hurt

Apr 7 2012 11:17AM

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A couple older ones that I just found looking through my stuff

Wishing I closed down a bit more to get a starburst from the sun. Maybe have the sun on a third and silhouette on the opposite third for something a bit more interesting to look at.

Same with the starburst here. Not sure which one I'd prefer, but I would have liked to shoot both to see.

Not much to say about this one. A polarizer would have been nice.

We're re-shooting this. Getting rid of the bath mat and garbage can, toilet paper hanging down a bit more and actually in the frame. Green gel on the right flash. My buddy wants it to look like an alien invasion is happening. Maybe a window frame gobo.

And some Studio work:
Emulation of Pablo Picasso by Irving Penn

White balance is a little off. Needs to be warmed up a bit

Self Portrait

Apr 7 2012 12:41PM

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Apr 7 2012 10:43PM

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Apr 7 2012 11:06PM

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Apr 7 2012 11:21PM

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finally putting up some others from the show.

next week is sphongle. then sometime coming up is Dieselboy. possibly bassnectar on the 25th. then flux, cookie monsta, and brown and gammon on may 11th.

Apr 8 2012 10:26AM

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oh and totally forgot about the dub101 show with monument and hulk.

Apr 8 2012 10:30AM

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built a kicker today, looking forward going back there tomorrow and actually getting some action shots.

view on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rub1karls1/7057315323/in/photostream

Apr 8 2012 12:59PM

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That's pretty sick

Apr 8 2012 1:35PM

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Apr 8 2012 2:19PM

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First time trying long exposure last night, i think it was a success!

Apr 8 2012 2:57PM

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some shots from last night.

Apr 8 2012 6:42PM

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Saw the sun setting and literally ran outside to catch the colors. Only to realize in post that B&W would bring depth to that amazing texture in the clouds.

Apr 8 2012 10:55PM

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some film shots i took in glasgow recently.

the quality isn't the best though cos my scanner sucks. the actual prints are like ten times better

Apr 9 2012 1:19PM

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Apr 9 2012 5:06PM

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post this one on tumblr?, i want to reblog, haha :D.

anyways heres a shot from today, i think it turned out pretty good. will post more on flickr later.

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yeah was going to chuck a heap on. a question though, should i watermark them? or just put them on as they are?

Apr 9 2012 6:23PM

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thats up to you, as we talked about above in the thread, if you really want to protect them you need to have it across the whole photo. but if its the last photo only you can post your name or something where the fence thing is.

Apr 9 2012 6:44PM

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i think i won't bother for now i don't really want a huge one covering the entire thing, will just put it up as is

Apr 9 2012 6:51PM

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Do you think someone wants to pay for the right to use those photos? If the answer is no, don't bother watermarking them. The other reason to watermark would be self promotion, but then it should just be a small one in the corner, not a huge on over the entire photo.

Apr 9 2012 7:01PM

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