Printable View
Some of my recent and favorite photos.
http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs28/i/20...eaperManHK.jpg
http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs30/i/20...eaperManHK.jpg
More to come, also more to see at http://reapermanhk.deviantart.com/
Sorry about the portrait images, any possibility of [vshot] tags?
Long ago p0lar condensed the vshot and shot tags into one thing, so you dont need em. Lovely shots, i've never really seen great shots of anywhere in hong kong (and ive seen your others, like that bus and the meat seller, etc), really great work.
Could I have a copy of the Mui_Wo_Sunrise_by_ReaperManHK.jpg one in 1280 x 800 for my desktop background? Really good though. What type of camera do you use?
YOU SHALL NOT PASS! [/Herbert]Quote:
Originally Posted by Reaper Man
me likes. what camera are u using? (im shopping for a dslr atm) i was looking into the canon xsi.
#4 and #5 full size.
Gimme gimme gimme.
Awesome photo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reaper Man
Your photography is amazing, especially that first one of the building. It's such a move towards abstraction that it's hard to tell what it is at first.
This is a good thing, of course. VERY pleasing to the eye. :)
Thanks, I'm glad you like it. It's an HDR shot which is why it looks so strange. Not being able to tell what it is was what I was going for when I took it, as I also have some generally uninteresting shots of the building too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aerowyn
For all those that have asked, I use a Nikon D80 along with the kit lens 18-135 f/3.5-5.6 (which I'm soon going to replace) and a 50mm f/1.8D lens. (I also bought an SB600 flash with a lambency diffusor yesterday)
Soccerbummer, about the Canon XSI, it's a great camera, but it still irritates me because of there only being one control dial (most/more advanced cameras have two). But it's more about the person using the camera than the camera you have. I say look around and find a camera that you like to use.
For the full size images (well technically they're half-size, if you need the full 10MP image, just ask):
#4
#5
The 1280x800 image as asked:
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/5602/tempvw2.jpg
Also, another abstract.
I know nothing about cameras, and I wish I did. You just explained what things you're getting and I have no idea what all of it means. LOL.
So how much is that going to cost you?
I think you read it wrong, I already have all the stuff i mentioned lol. I'm looking to replace my kit lens, maybe I should edit that paragraph <_<Quote:
Originally Posted by Aerowyn
The lens I wanna get to replace that aint cheap though and it's getting harder to find (because it's an older model) so I may even be forced to spend twice the amount I need to get the newer one (which is an awesome lens) which is pretty much everywhere. I don't have that kinda money. D:
lol, I figured as much. I don't even have my own camera.
My mom is a daylily hybridizer (she makes flowers have sex and have babies), and she sells the results of cross-pollination on her website if they're any good. Well, she uses a Canon Digital Rebel XTI to take her pictures, but she has NO CLUE how to use it properly.
I WANT her camera, because it's comfortable and all, but the lens it has doesn't have nearly the zoom range I would like it to, and it has barely any macro capability (I've wanted to try that for a while now). That and it's an $800 camera... so I can't afford one unless I save up my christmas monies for a long while. Ah, well. Sooner or later, I'll afford it. :)
Wow, these are really beautiful. I especially liked the sunset and insect ones.
Camera stuff is cheap here in Hong Kong :downs:Quote:
Originally Posted by Aerowyn
Also, for macro photography, you need a macro lens, ask Timo about that, he recently got a 100mm f/2.8 macro lens for his 400D.
The first one is so fucking cool I can't even describe it.
:awesome: thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by Ð4ÑØ *
Thanks for the 1280x800. I've always like water, mountains, and sunsets. And that picture combines them perfectly.
It all SUCKS and you suck too!
:haw:
You and Timo should start a photography company together or something :awesome:
That would be awesome :awesome:Quote:
Originally Posted by rossmum
That last image you posted, the one with the bridge, is officially my new desktop background :3. Awesome stuff.
Awesome, thanks :awesome:Quote:
Originally Posted by legionaire45
Sorry for double post, but, moar photo. Starting year-long IB art project, the subject I picked was Decay, so I decided to give it a go today.
Also, I think the [shot] tags should be edited so that a portrait-orientated image is 600px tall instead of 600 wide.
E: Made 600px tall so as to be tolerably viewed <_<
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/4...pipehdris2.jpg
Oh shit. I see you have the same appreciation for RL rusty textures. Everywhere I walk when I'm around places, I'm allways looking at rusty stuff.
xD
Nice stuff man.
Rusty stuff is awesome. I have a couple more, maybe put em up later.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaneO'Roo
bridge pic is too small or I'd desktop it too. :saddowns:
Come on reaper I know you've got some gigantic res one somewhere :D
What resolution do you need?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pooky
Quote:
Hello desktop background
:awesome: thanks to all those who use my photos for wallpapers, I really appreciate it.
http://www.studioout.net/reslab/post...ad-fingers.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by DaneO'Roo
I LOVE INDUSTRIAL ESTATESQuote:
Originally Posted by DaneO'Roo
Oh fuck not him again :gonk:Quote:
Originally Posted by ExAm
Nice. Love the mist :cool:
Mist? Moar like smog D:Quote:
Originally Posted by rossmum
Also,
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs25/i/20...eaperManHK.jpg
Oh fuck
<#3333333333333333333333333
thisQuote:
Originally Posted by DaneO'Roo
get me more
Very nice. i especially love the dead tree in the moonlight one. i need to buy a camera.
Oh there will be more, my whole art topic for this year is "Decay" :awesome:Quote:
Originally Posted by rossmum
Come down here to Newcastle. Tons of derelict buildings and sprawling factories. There's a bloody nice one near Strathfield station, too.
I wish. Too bad the budget airline here bankrupted. I coulda got damn cheap tickets :gonk:Quote:
Originally Posted by rossmum
l2photo, and take fotoz D:
E:
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs25/i/20...eaperManHK.jpg
now thats just beautiful. where do you live man?
I live in Hong Kong, but I took that shot in Berlin.Quote:
Originally Posted by corndogman939
E: the above photo has become ma most popular on my deviantART page, also, lulz
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/168/1337lulzen9.jpg
Quote:
Originally Posted by Reaper Man
It's one of your best shots, after all... I faved it (on DeviantART). :P
Thanks :awesome:
I love it, no nasty filthy humans staining the beautiful architecture. :)
I haven't bothered to show any here, but I also do event photography for the school, I recently took one of the school 'Leadership Team', thought it turned out pretty awesome, so, I bes showing in here, I just wish my 18-135 had better edge sharpness :gonk: (am want 17-55 f/2.8, but it costs a fuckton)
Some event shots (I didn't use a flash for any of these photos below, yay for f/1.8 lens :awesome:)
From 'Inter-School Cultural Evening'
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2170/...b973a9.jpg?v=0
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2259/...6a903c.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/...34846.jpg?v=0p
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/...90a5b1.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/...566821.jpg?v=0
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2133/...b80b59.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/...7184e5.jpg?v=0
I have more from several prom shoots I've done (for year 11 and year 13), but I think these are enough for now.
Event photos be here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24649402@N04/sets/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26429240@N02/sets/
Bump foar update
I know it's grainy, but I couldn't help it, may clean up splotchyness when I get home, as It's hard to do with a trackpad :saddowns:
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs25/i/20...eaperManHK.jpg
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs27/i/20...eaperManHK.jpg
Your work is awesome! I'm loving it! You have powerful composition and emphasis, and it seems you know exactly what you're doing as well. Good work.
Thank you :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SuperSunny
Came across this when looking through some of my shots of Berlin, decided to play with the new camera raw b&w/duo tone features. The browns seem really nice and rich on my desktop's screen, but on my laptop they seem very gray, how about you guys?
looks sepia to me.
.Quote:
Originally Posted by sKc_Chains
D:
http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs31/i/20...eaperManHK.jpg
http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs31/i/20...eaperManHK.jpg
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs32/i/20...eaperManHK.jpg
Holy crap I shoot in portrait a lot.
Wow thats like a block away from where I am atm. Also, the market is nice. Your photography looks a lot nicer than what my eyes see.. lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reaper Man
Haha you're near there? I had no idea D:
Wow, really nice stuff. :3
Saw this when waiting for the sunset in the shots above.
Also, this.
http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs31/i/20...eaperManHK.jpg
Wow. I keep making more black & whites <_<
http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs32/i/20...eaperManHK.jpg
Augh. Why can't I stop taking black and white photos?
http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs31/i/20...eaperManHK.jpg
I smell emo.. :eyesroll:Quote:
Originally Posted by Reaper Man
Because you can take a picture of anything, turn it black and white, and call it art. its awesome.
Seriously though your B&W pics look really cool.
How do you get the dog to sit still? Every time I try to take a picture of my cat he looks around and I get drillcat pictures :|
Dogs > Cats. Thats how.
Also, have any high res pics for backgrounds?
Sure, I can get you any of my photos in high res, just tell me which you'd like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conscars
My dog's usually crazy, but this time he was sitting there, staring at me while I took photos of a flower, so I decided to take a few shots of him, in his rare moment of calm. lulz.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conscars
already got the purple one from him a while ago
one sec.
E.
Enjoy. If you want them cropped differently, just ask. Also, they're not the sharpest photos, but I did my best with what equipment I have. I need a real tripod (i have a dinky little cheap alloy one) and some better lenses.
naaaice, ty. also, could you tell me what I fucked up on with my phot-oz:
http://www.modacity.net/forums/showp...&postcount=819
Lulz, I commented on them before I checked my thread.
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs36/i/20...eaperManHK.jpg
An old shot I came across when bored. I decided to experiment with duotones.
Too blurry imo.
I've always loved the distinct details on flames, but this one seems kind of.. blurry?
Well, as the temple was dark and somewhat drafty, even a shutter speed of 1/160 was not enough to freeze the movement of the flame. Also, shooting at such a large aperture (f/1.8) bright objects tend to have a kind of halo glow effect.
I like the blur of the flames tbh. It creates a definite contrast between the amount of detail visible on the candle + it's wick and the flame its self
Is there a tut on editing videos to make them look 'sharper'?
Not sure. I'm sure you could apply an unsharp mask to video frames within a video editing program (Vegas, Final Cut Pro etc), but that would take quite a while to process.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentWindPL
I don't do videography, so I'm making guesses here.
Crap I meant Photos, sorray.
Google is your friend for this, I used books to learn, so I don't have any sites I would recommend.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentWindPL
A quick search came up with this high-pass sharpening technique: http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tuto...harpening.html
Was going through some event photos I took when piecing together a portfolio, found this:
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/7905/dsc0072io0.jpg
.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reaper Man
Looks great though, +rep
Heh, thanks.
http://fc88.deviantart.com/fs36/i/20...eaperManHK.jpg
http://fc74.deviantart.com/fs36/i/20...eaperManHK.jpg
As I have probably mentioned before, the topic for my IB art coursework is Time, so I decided to take somewhat of a cliche and turn it into a sequence of images. This is a multiple exposure of 4 shots of a droplet (obviously, lol)
How I did it:
Very cool, and what's that thing behind the glass with the funky legs? A flash or something?
Awesome. How many shots per second can you take?
Also, It's a flash. Weirdest tripod ever though o_o
It's legs resemble that of a ribbed sex toy.
Great photograph though. Do you happen to have higher res versions of that image?
About 1 or 2, it took a lot of patience, those two photos are multiple exposures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timo
It's not a sex toy :phonegonk:; it's a gorillapodQuote:
Originally Posted by mech
How many tries did it take to get it timed like that?
E: lol, timed >_>
Lots, I don't know, but the series of drops are several photos merged together, i had to wait till I got a drop in the position I needed before I could add it to that comp though, took aaages :saddowns:
Just getting one drop for some of my photos was hard enough, although my system was a bit retarded. Holding a turkey baster over a pot plant holder and dropping, woop woop focus.
Took me about half an hour to get all my equipment set up (was running around school, stealing stuff from the science labs, lul) and to get the exposure right, then about an hour of taking lots of droplet photos. Double period of art.
http://fc63.deviantart.com/fs37/i/20...eaperManHK.jpg
This is inspired by my previous works and a suggestion from my art teacher to work with sequences. I attempted to replicate one of my previous photos and continue on with it, but I just couldn't get it right, so I decided to go through all the stress of doing one from scratch.
Five exposures.
Like that one better than the other two, nice job :)
Is it five photos of one drop stitched together or a photo of a lot of drops?
5 different photos ;)
What Timo said (also, thanks). I didn't move the camera on the tripod, so I don't feel as if I cheated though. :downs:
Also, I did actually have a shot with lots of droplets but it wasn't particularly good.
You know what would have been cool? If you had an hour and minute hand that you moved for each shot of a droplet.
Great idea! Too bad I was using a photo of a clock as the background. Maybe if I have the patience to try it again :gonk:
it is quite good.
