New topographics edition.

This probably would have been a better shot for the OP theme.

>get my first real camera
>having a lot of fun on my walk taking photos
>get home
>90% of the horizon is crooked
GOD DAMN IT
But I don't mind so much, because it seems unlike 99% of /p/, I enjoy photography

>>4442170
What kind of camera do you have?

>>4442171
[spoiler]EM1-III[/spoiler]

>>4442171
Nikon Z30
Some guy here told me it's the best mirrorless camera.

I don't understand wtf lomography is

>>4442165 (OP)
a similiar idea

>>4442165 (OP)

>>4442182
Amazing colours, what camera?

>>4442183
Thanks. An M240.

>>4442185
A-ANON?

>>4442188
It's heavy but it has a good burst rate lol

>>4442170
Use your rotate tool, anon. This is, fortunately, one of the easiest things to fix in post-processing.
>>4442186
This is so fucking good.

>>4442196
Try lower saturation and noise reduction

>>4442191
Thanks! I like yours too, I should play with dragging a shutter more often than I do.

>>4442170
Why post here then? It's not like you're encouraging a better attitude.

iso maxing

>>4442209
Nice. People get oddly shit-scared about high ISO, and subsequently end up missing great shots because they were worried they can't shoot it at fucking ISO 100

>>4442209
how bad was the colour version for noise?
>>4442216
oddly calming. subtle.

>>4442186
The subject is too off centre for my taste, but nice capture nonetheless.

Nothing special really...

>>4442273

>>4442273
3

Nothing special but I was happy that I was able to react to this

>>4442282
great shot

CPL + 1/8 black mist filter is doing so much work in harsh light

>>4442285
thanks brudda

>>4442286
DAT ASS

>>4442286
AWOOGA

>>4442320
>>4442380
welcome to Miami

>>4442337
Relaxing

Who's ready for some urban decay?

Today's subject is Raceland, Kentucky, an Ohio River town that was named after what was once its biggest draw: horse racing.

Raceland is a quiet town these days. Designed before the automobile became widespread, what's left of the town is fairly walkable, but it has long been repurposed as a commuter suburb to the nearby Ashland. Not much happens here anymore, and the energy of a once-vibrant town remains dormant.

>>4442239
fuck yeah
immaculate framing
brush-like light strokes
>>4442234
this is great too
bright
well-framed subject

>>4442234
mist filter or film?

I'd like to revisit this shot. I liked the idea, but the execution seems off. I blame that on the fact that a family doing yard work across the street was staring at me and I wasn't able to fully focus.

And that's all for today's walk.

Thanks for viewing

>>4442443
I like your stuff since I generally like telephoto flat composition pics. But you gave the description of the town. I kinda wish you got more in frame so we could get more context to get a feel for the town.

Also the pic this is a reply to should have been a portrait

>>4442444
>only canon chads actually take photos
Many such cases

>>4442444
I really enjoyed all your shots
they could benefit from more post-processing to add different feeling, atmosphere and mood
your eye is dialed in for framing and composition though
>>4442480
that shade of yellow is not serving the photo very well. try split toning with magenta to offset the intensity.
>>4442481
this is much easier on the eyes
play with the colours more
it is very difficult to strike the right balance
yellow is always difficult. it either goes too green or too orange and there's only a hair's breadth of range where "yellow" seems to exist.

I've adopted the processing workflow from Rawpedia's "Toolchain Pipeline" page. It helps me decide where to start, what tools to use next and where to finish up. I've now also at least looked at every tool available to me in RawTherapee, although using every single one to edit a photo is unnecessary. For this one it went something like:
>chromatic aberration correction (automatic)
>highlight recovery (using highlight compression)
>white balance (using the pipette)
>noise reduction (standard settings)
>impulse noise reduction (decreased the threshold until salt-and-pepper noise seemed less apparent at ~300% magnification)
>tone curve adjustments (spent a while here making adjustments to increase contrast without clipping too much out of the shadows or highlights and to increase saturation without clipping colors; made use of the respective clipping indicators; here's the final product: ibb (d o t) co/F4QZBwnX)
>LAB adjustments (used the L-channel curve to increase luminance through the midtones while keeping shadows and highlights anchored; used the chrominance based on luminance curve to increase saturation (chrominance?) through the midtones while keeping shadows and highlights, again, anchored)
that was it. thanks for reading.

>>4442502
thx for the notes, appreciate your insight. editing is a rabbithole with ir,

>>4442514
that foreground colour is a massive improvement, really pleasing to the eye now but the highlight color still feels "off." It may be slightly too green, try biasing it towards red without going too far into pink.

>>4442514
how do you even do IR photography? with a particular kind of lens or camera, or both?

>>4442523
A modded camera is best but you can do it with a simple ir filter. You have to do a bunch of editing after

I'm sorry anons but it's egg time

>>4442528

>>4442529
odd man out, B&W didn't showcase the light diffusion

>>4442530
alright that's enough

>>4442523
i have a sensor modded camera & use capture one for editing raw.

>>4442528
The doll posters on fgt got me thinking about combining egg + mannequin, but I have no mannequin!

I really like the two egg + hand pics! It's cool how the hand mimics the egg's curve. Good lighting as well.

>>4442536
Thanks anon pure happenstance that I have it. One of those wood hands is only like $15 if you want one

>>4442539
I like using my own ugly hand for my egg pics. Hah. It's annoying to do, but I think it adds a lot of personality.

Tribute to a camera I no longer own

>>4442530
Zoom in on the texture and it looks like Mars
>>4442564
comfy moon and purple hues
>>4442575
based roof climber
have you been on any other rooves?

>>4442531
dreamy but not in a psychedelic way
this is surreal

>automatic chromatic aberration correction
>highlight recovery
>white balance
>cropped a distracting light area from the right-hand side
>default noise reduction
>haze removal
Used the depth map adjust the depth slider and the strength until there was a subtle but noticeable improvement.
>local adjustments
Used one on the top right-hand side to darken the far riverbank and another on the left-hand side to increase lightness on the tarp.
>tone curve
Used to lighten the foreground as much as possible without increasing the haze.
>local contrast
Adjusted the darkness and lightness levels, amount and radius until there was a noticeable but not destructive increase in edges.
>LAB adjustments
Used the chrominance based on luminance curve to increase saturation lightly in the lower midtones.
>soft light
Decreased from default.
>>4442443
>A family doing yard work across the street was staring at me and I wasn't able to fully focus.
Yeah, social anxiety messes my focus up too. The only thing that works is pretending other people don't care.
>>4442440
>>4442431
>>4442429
Really pleasant all round, very tactile shots.
>>4442435
>>4442437
What dead end of America is this?
>>4442587
>hot pixel filter
>changed demosaicing algorithm from AMaZE to IGV
The default is AMaZE but IGV and LMMSE produce less maze-like patterns on high ISO photos.
>highlight recovery
I saw clipped highlights in the RAW histogram, turned on the indicator and highlight reconstruction then increased highlight compression. It wasn't strong enough so I dropped exposure as well.
>set white balance using pipette
>crop to centre the light
>noise reduction
>tone curve
Played around (https://ibb(d o t) co/4ZsbVwFJ) until it looked "good". I had to reduce saturation by five points because the light was oversaturated
>Film simulation
Downloaded RawTherapee's CLUT collection and found a good one: Polaroid 669 Cold 1--
>LAB adjustment
Lifted the black point until there was a subtle gradient from light to dark.

PROCESS
>hot pixel filter
>demosaicing
Changed the algorithm from AMaZE to IGV to improve the look of the noise patterning.
>white balance
>noise reduction
Reduced the gamma to target shadows more, used a luminance curve to reduce the graininess and turned on the median filter option to eliminate artifacting. After reviewing the JPEGs though, it seemed like I went too far, so I went back and turned off the luminance adjustment and the median filter.
>haze removal
Adjusted it until it seemed like an improvement.
>tone curve
I couldn't use the standard curve option because the photo was already oversaturated and the standard curve increases saturation and contrast simultaneously, so I used a saturation and value blending curve which, iirc from the Rawpedia article, adjusts saturation less which gave me more leeway to increase contrast. I used the second curve to just increase contrast in the midtones (see: https://ibb(d o t)co/W4zGbZZD)
>HSV equaliser
Used the hue option to reduce the green-to-red cast produced by my camera's max ISO settings.
>color toning
Used the RGB curves method and, by looking at the hue-saturation vectorscope, decided what colours to use in my light and dark areas, then I adjusted the curves for color and opacity until it "looked good."
>local contrast
Turned it on and it immediately threw a bunch of dark areas out-of-gamut. I prefer to preserve as much detail as possible for smoother grades between colors. By the time I was finished decreasing the intensity, I could barely tell the difference between it turned on or off, so I left it on. Waste of time?
>impulse noise reduction
Removed salt-and-pepper noise.

PROCESS
>hot pixel filter
>changed the demoz algorithm to IGV to reduce maze-like noise patterning
>highlight recovery
Used the color propagation mode of highlight reconstruction to keep as much color detail as possible, then used a mix of exposure compensation and highlight compression to remove the clipped areas.
>white balance
Used the pipette to pick a spot from the whitest-looking window. I used a spot around the edges where the light was less intense, more "neutral."
>noise reduction
Default settings.
>tone curves
I couldn't get much out of the shadows without going out-of-gamut but I was able to lift the midtones and highlights (see: ibb(d o t)co/sv1cdxJJ). I used the saturation and value blending mode on the first curve again to increase contrast without adjusting saturation too much, then I used a weighted standard curve on the second curve because it *does* contrast and saturation together, like the standard curve, but it's more subtle. Read the exposure page on Rawpedia for more info. I had to turn saturation down by -39 anyway. These high ISO images seem to bake hard.
>color toning
Used the hue-saturation vectorscope as a guide to decide what colors to start with but after that I kept my eyes on the photo and adjusted the position of the points of the two curves and the curve "weight" (how much it leant to one side or the other) until it seemed "good" (see: ibb(d o t)co/zhWR3bFy). The out-of-gamut color indicator keeps me from going too far, I think. I would probably get more high-key results just following my eye.
>local contrast
Used a smidge again. Again, the out-of-gamut color indicator reins me in on making adjustments. As I left it, I could barely see any difference.
>LAB adjustments
Used the L* curve to lift the lower midtones (actually the spread of light around the windows).
>impulse noise reduction
Removed salt-and-pepper noise.
NB: you can only see noise reduction adjustments at 1:1 view or more.

>>4442594
>>4442610
>>4442613
Such an intense and admirable level of autism, and yet the results are such lackluster and uninteresting photos.

>>4442622
>nophotos

>>4442625
I've already posted them above, but you'd be a contrarian about them if I linked to them. Primary issue is you have absolutely no subject in any photo, they don't mean anything and they are just about what you did on a technical level.

>>4442627
>>4442625

>>4442628
it's overcooked crap
eat shit, midwit

>>4442628
>no counter to my criticisms
Kek, okay then buddy. I appreciate your technical efforts but the photos themselves are boring, that's all I was saying. I'd be interested to see what you can do with photos that actually have something worthwhile in them.

>>4442629
>>4442631
Your photos?

>>4442337
nice
>>4442528
are eggs the new mannequines?
and i wonder, are you the one who gave the advice to shoot eggs, or are you the one who took the advice to shoot eggs?

Went camping recently got a few shots that I was really happy with

>>4442674

>>4442675

>>4442610
I like the result but the process sounds overly autistic. I'm sure you could get something similar without the intense technicals.

>>4442441
>>4442435
Love these squared up shots, very vivid colors. Especially like the oversaturated look of >>4442431. I should experiment with something similar.

>>4442197
>>4442196
Excellent atmosphere.

>>4442634
>and i wonder, are you the one who gave the advice to shoot eggs
I am the second egg shooter to my knowledge. The original egg man shoots on large format film and posts in the film thread

>>4442694
so fucking kino
love the high-key lighting
>>4442762
this is great
I like the blue cast in the windows, the dirtiness and the row of lights trailing off to the side
>>4442770
what's the gear behind this shot?
very cool aesthetic by the way
I like the way the highlights bleed a bit

>what's the gear behind this shot?
>>4441901
>>4431734

>>4442627
>you have absolutely no subject in any photo
light is a subject

>>4442622
what you don't like ICM?

>>4442165 (OP)
Do you guys think New Topographics is just about taking pictures of buildings or something

>>4442868
It's when you try to be Ansel Adams but the built a parking lot in your frame

>>4442868
not sure why this is the new meme of the week but it essentially seems like "landscape photography" but with a focus on what the photographer would consider man made blight, as opposed to the original sort of ideal of nature's beauty. essentially, the "new topography" of the land. doesn't seem that deep lad.
https://www.artbook.com/9783969993408.html

>>4442808
jesus man

>>4442723
>sir, a second egg-shooter has hit the /p/hotography board

>>4442528
nice egg bro

>>4442874
>le humans are a le cancer
What's with this faggot shit
Where's the movement for people like me who see the beauty of man made structures

>>4442425
yup
>>4442675
nice
>>4442676
and i like this one too
>>4442808
what the fuck this is crazy! great shot
>>4442887
clipped wings </3

>>4442898
>clipped wings </3
Oh wait that's the bone, I did not even notice. That's pretty sad as it is a wild bird. 'Wild' as in ducks in a park that are used to people.

more from my time out west

>>4442942

>>4442944

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>>4442946

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>>4442942
nice

>>4442891
you're telling me, i'm a certified brutalism enjoyer, which is oft considered the worst of the schools of architecture lol. it's based. this "new topography" movement just essentially seems like the usual art school faff.

>>4442956
Cute, very fuzzy

>>4442889
Thanks bro

>>4442528
That hair is pissing me a fuck off lul

I just noticed there's a little bird on this picture

>>4443029

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>>4443039

>>4442868
yes

>>4442780
Ah thank you very much, for the anime girl photo.

Noise.

>>4443106
this is a good photo for the cat vs. dog thread

>>4442808
great!

tried color for once

I don't have anything new to process so I'm going through unprocessed photos and seeing what I can salvage.

I cropped the absolute shit out of this one because the composition was honestly pretty bad. Not sure how I feel about it yet.

>>4443169

>>4443171

>>4443172

>>4443173

>>4443175

Another throwaway, decided to experiment a little with processing on this one. Wish the sky was blue that day.

>>4443176

>>4443178
This looks cool. The color palette works well.
>>4443161
Comfy.
>>4443167
>I'm going through unprocessed photos
Me too, I took this three years ago. I decided it's time to process all my RAW files.

>>4443082
The muted colours were a good choice, feels relaxed.
>>4442973
That's a cool pattern.
>>4442964
The Tower of Babel looked like this. That's why God destroyed it.

Some more train shots and stuffs

I was standing on the side of this road and as I was pressing the shutter button a car drove by and some girl screamed out the window at me.

Why do people do this?

>>4443225
>>4443227
>>4443229
Can you please properly expose your pictures

Kino thread. Happy 4th.

>>4443236
Hell yeah brother.

>>4443235
naisu toan mang

Vulnerability is ammunition, and bootlickers love to shoot.

>>4443250
This would be better without the bird feeder imo

>>4443251
That’s a disk golf basket, you fucking retard

>>4443251
it’s better with it because it actually gives you something to look at

>>4443207
Would be superb vibes if you removed the JBL speaker, phone, and the price sticker from the boom box.

I just got this roll of 400TX back from the lab. I continue to be impressed by the quality of this Koni Omega

>>4442168
I love photos like this showing older vehicles in a working context. I think you could improve this with more neutral colors - right now it leans warm to my eye.

>>4442197
Very nice, anon

>>4442575
This has a lot of potential. I would look at Gregory Crewdson for some editing inpso (I know he is a bit heavy handed but it fits this vibe). His stuff is very meticulously lit, but the grading style could translate well to this sort of shot

>>4443175
>>4443176
Sweet shots. Actual cinestill, or a good edit?

>>4443273
>Actual cinestill
>implying the Kodak Vision 3 look is unique to that scammy company somehow
anon, please.

>>4443289
I'm clearly asking if its vision 3 that has had the remjet removed, or if it's an edit. Stupid fucking frogposter

Post a photo you took instead of arguing semantics with me

not recent but whatevs

Hey tree - if you weren't so fat, you wouldn't have split down the middle.

>>4443273
All of mine were from the same roll of 800T, thanks.

>>4443289
What's scammy about them, it's about the same price as other 800 speed color films where I am and I like the halation and color balance for night shooting

>>4443332
There was some controversy about them trying to sue other film respoolers and lock down “800” as a trademark or something retarded, I don’t know if I’d call that scammy though.

>>4443230
Can't tell if serious or just retarded.

From my photo expedition about a week or 2 ago. Lugging a lot of gear for long exposure IR shots.

>>4443432
eerie and psychedelic
reminds me of the scenery from Annihilation
>>4443317
the desaturated edges are a creative alternative to a crop
it works well
you may not be comfortable with this but I like to yell "HEY" at people to get them to face the camera. it's not as aggressive as it sounds, just make it loud enough to get their attention.

>>4443179
few more

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>>4443501

>>4443503

>>4443505
this is the first mannequin photo i really like. shame about the face in the reflection though.

>>4443505
>>4443715
Sam?

>>4443715
lmao