Here Are Some Pictures I took (Share your pics here if you want) MET

[Spaceman Spiff]

thanks. love your work. you've got a great eye for seeing the beauty of an "ordinary" scene.

Odd... I clicked on the sig pic and it took me right there.
Try the alternate URL http://michaelsart.zenfolio.com

Spaceman... more great photos as usual. LOVE those concert shots. Just curious... Do you use photoshop? And if so, how does that "film" effect compare to adding just a touch of gaussian noise? Oh, and you were asking about the separation between those jets... I think the real separation is horizontal with the tail (center) of the top plane over the end of the wing rather than stacked directly over the bottom jet.

I use photoshop maybe 5% of the time. Everything I do is with Lightroom filters...the standard ones they give you are okay but there are millions of free ones out there that people have created.

I read somewhere one time that programmers haven’t been able to accurately replicate the effect that camera film gives. Adding grain in photoshop or lightroom does an adequate job but after awhile people are able to tell. I’m usually able to tell when grain has been added in photoshop or lightroom. And if you’ve shot film you know when you’re looking at a film vs digital image…there’s just a different quality about film which I really like and which is why I’ve been shooting film lately. Expired film, in particular.

Anyway, what VSCO did was scan in different films…Kodak 400, Fuji, Ilford 3200…and extract the grains and effects that those films give and make a lightroom filter out of them. Not only that, but what they realized is that film can be inconsistent so they give you different variations of that film. The Ilford 3200 filter is just the standard Ilford 3200 look. Ilford 3200+ filter is more grainy and the Ilford 3200++ filter is even more grainier.

Then you can cross process and make different versions of them using the basics that they give you. They also give you tools to take out grain altogether, so if you want the tones/look without the grain/texture you’re able to do so.

[Mad Mike]

I use photoshop maybe 5% of the time. Everything I do is with Lightroom filters...the standard ones they give you are okay but there are millions of free ones out there that people have created.

I read somewhere one time that programmers haven’t been able to accurately replicate the effect that camera film gives. Adding grain in photoshop or lightroom does an adequate job but after awhile people are able to tell. I’m usually able to tell when grain has been added in photoshop or lightroom. And if you’ve shot film you know when you’re looking at a film vs digital image…there’s just a different quality about film which I really like and which is why I’ve been shooting film lately. Expired film, in particular.

Anyway, what VSCO did was scan in different films…Kodak 400, Fuji, Ilford 3200…and extract the grains and effects that those films give and make a lightroom filter out of them. Not only that, but what they realized is that film can be inconsistent so they give you different variations of that film. The Ilford 3200 filter is just the standard Ilford 3200 look. Ilford 3200+ filter is more grainy and the Ilford 3200++ filter is even more grainier.

Then you can cross process and make different versions of them using the basics that they give you. They also give you tools to take out grain altogether, so if you want the tones/look without the grain/texture you’re able to do so.

Cool. Thanks of the info. Looks like I have another its for my wish list.

[Sikbug]

The top two are film, the rest I use effect from Visual Supply Co. http://visualsupply.co/ They're expensive but me and a friend split the cost. They've been a blast to use.

Ah very nice, thanks for the link! Either way, love your work.

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thanks. love your work. you've got a great eye for seeing the beauty of an "ordinary" scene.

Odd... I clicked on the sig pic and it took me right there.
Try the alternate URL http://michaelsart.zenfolio.com

Thank you kindly, that url works, checking it out now.

[Sikbug]

Anyway, what VSCO did was scan in different films…Kodak 400, Fuji, Ilford 3200…and extract the grains and effects that those films give and make a lightroom filter out of them. Not only that, but what they realized is that film can be inconsistent so they give you different variations of that film. The Ilford 3200 filter is just the standard Ilford 3200 look. Ilford 3200+ filter is more grainy and the Ilford 3200++ filter is even more grainier.

Then you can cross process and make different versions of them using the basics that they give you. They also give you tools to take out grain altogether, so if you want the tones/look without the grain/texture you’re able to do so.

I started working with it last night, got 1 and 2. I'm very impressed. Here's one of the first test edit's I did with it. Thanks for mentioning it!

I'll note, I did take this with a high ISO as it was pretty dark so it added some of it's own grain already.

[Spaceman Spiff]

I started working with it last night, got 1 and 2. I'm very impressed. Here's one of the first test edit's I did with it. Thanks for mentioning it!

I'll note, I did take this with a high ISO as it was pretty dark so it added some of it's own grain already.
http://pcdn.500px.net/19620933/9d7d3...1accdd52/4.jpg

I like that, it looks good! Which filter did you use for it?

[Sikbug]

I like that, it looks good! Which filter did you use for it?

Thanks! Kodak Portra 400 NC+. I really love how some of them work with shots of mine from Japan. I still have like 90 gigs worth of shots to edit from my last 3 months there anyway lol. Which ones are your favorite presets? Do you have both 1 and 2?

[Park City Skins]

Okay. So I went to my first parade in many years. I actually had fun.




30 second exposure.



(Can be a way to help keep the people walking in front of your camera blur to a minimum).

[jpyaks3]

Santiago Sunset

[autoidiodyssey]

There are some great shots in this thread. I'd like to share a few of mine. I mainly shoot race cars.


1964 Ferrari 250 LM by autoidiodyssey, on Flickr


Back Off by autoidiodyssey, on Flickr


1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB/C (s/n: 2069GT) by autoidiodyssey, on Flickr

[Stadium-Armory]

My Guitar.

[Rdskn4Lyf21]

Boston.

[sideshow24]

My Guitar.

Did it gently weep when Griffin went down?

[Sikbug]

Man, this thread died for awhile. I was just thinking about it too, I sold my trusty Canon T3i tonight. Picking up a Canon 6D next week with the 24-105 L lens. autoidiodyssey Those are some cool shots, love the one on three wheels.

[autoidiodyssey]

Man, this thread died for awhile. I was just thinking about it too, I sold my trusty Canon T3i tonight. Picking up a Canon 6D next week with the 24-105 L lens. autoidiodyssey Those are some cool shots, love the one on three wheels.

Thanks. The 6D looks interesting. That will probably be my next body. I'd like to go full frame, I'm using a 7D and a T2i right now. In an effort to help revive the thread here are some more shots.

A few non car ones this time.


Airpower Over Goodwood (Explored) by autoidiodyssey, on Flickr


Manresa Beach Sunset #1 by autoidiodyssey, on Flickr


Alone by autoidiodyssey, on Flickr

[Spaceman Spiff]

Alone by autoidiodyssey, on Flickr

Man, your car shots are awesome, but I really love this one.

Are you familiar with Web Bland? Your car work reminds me of him www.notbland.com

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Thanks! Kodak Portra 400 NC+. I really love how some of them work with shots of mine from Japan. I still have like 90 gigs worth of shots to edit from my last 3 months there anyway lol. Which ones are your favorite presets? Do you have both 1 and 2?

Yeah, I have 1 and 2. I find myself using a lot of the filters from 1, though.

Okay. So I went to my first parade in many years. I actually had fun.




30 second exposure.

That's awesome, really like the colors and the tones.

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