You mean on Mars? :PQuote:
Originally Posted by BulletproofDork
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You mean on Mars? :PQuote:
Originally Posted by BulletproofDork
But they don't have nearly the personality of the tree pictures, do they? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Riesa
And Claes, that camera is amazing. I especially like the picture of the mushrooms, the colors are so rich and the detail is so precise. I love the shadows on the popcorn too. :D
Very nice pictures Claes. I meant to ask you. You chose Canon over Nikon. Was there any criteria you went by? I'm looking to buy a digital SLR in the near future. I traditionally have gone with Nikon in the past. Was it a conscious thing on your part to go with Canon?
In a way, yes. There was in fact a Nikon in my sights for a while, but I soon realized that the Canon (N.B: In this particular case, using my particular criteria) provided a much bigger bang for the €. It actually outshone the other cameras I tried in performance as well as price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
I have a feeling that Canon produced a winner with this one.
Criteria? I obviously wanted good optics and this one has a great 10x zoom lens with good macro ability to boot. I also wanted to be able to abandon auto, and fiddle with the settings myself (I do that a lot). It uses std AA batteries which is a great advantage over all those custom made things. Once I decided, it became a matter of trying it out and getting used to it which I'm working on at the moment.
I'm pretty satisfied thus far, but it will take a while yet until I'm really familiar with it. By that I mean being able to set it up fast and correct without much thought, and basically without looking. That takes time.
P.s. I almost forgot: Happy New Year, all. It's 2008 here by now, and all of a sudden we have snow again.
/Claes
Claes,Amazing pictures; I love closeups and I love woodland photos, such as your mushrooms and that neat tree trunk. Your new camera seems to be delivering and doing a wonderful job. The photos are so clear and crisp!That last shot, with the can as the tunnel, looking towards your car, is incredibly creative. Keep up the good work!
I love Idril's too - where exactly is that - is it a beach?...Those formations in the ice are amazing! Good job, Idril! It looks mighty cold there, but awesomely beautiful. The snow is so white.
Yes, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!
LET US HOPE AND PRAY FOR A PEACEFUL 2008!
The last picture is on a beach but the rest are on the middle of a frozen lake. Every year it's a great adventure to get out on the ice for the first time and see what odd things the lake has done. And it was cold there, very cold... and windy, which just adds to the fun. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Thank you Claes. I have seen that Canon in certain evaluations has edged Nikon in the digital SLR. I will personally evaluate both. But I do have a certain loyalty to Nikon, so if it's close I will probably stay with Nikon.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClaesGefvenberg
That camera is amazing Claes! I really like the picture of the mushrooms.
Claes, your pictures are awesome. My favorite was the popcorn, but they were all well done. Hope you will continue to give us samples of your work! And a Happy New Year to you, too (and to everyone else, YAY!)
I was reorganizing my 2007 pictures before I burned them onto disc and I found this one I wanted to share. Every summer we go to the local Pow Wow (local to my parents and local to where I grew up, not to where I live now) and I get tons of pictures but my camera isn't really up for that job. It doesn't have a quick enough shutter to pick up the the action of the dancing and it doesn't have a strong enough zoom to capture all the wonderful detail of the costumes but I snap away nonetheless. This picture may not be a great action shot but I love it and I think it captures the experience well. I wish those shadows at the bottom weren't there but to take those away is to wash out everything else so I have learned to live with them.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1030250.jpg
I'm glad you did. Do you have more from the those events?Quote:
Originally Posted by Idril
I have been in action too, and would like to show you some wintery pictures:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0062.jpg
Ferns on a churchyard wall in Eskilstuna.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0066.jpg
An overambitious Periwinkle fighting the snow outside my door.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0067.jpg
A pot of bamboo on the other side of the house. Surprisingly enough no worse for wear due to the weather.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0055.jpg
Driving along a dark country road through falling snow.
Dark, isn't it? Would you believe that this picture was taken around 5 pm?
/Claes
I have tons! They aren't that great, however, because the action is so far away. I've cropped most of them about as far as they can go without getting too grainy and there is still an awful lot of lawn. I'll go through them and find the best of the bunch, there are a few worthwhile ones admist all that grass. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by ClaesGefvenberg
I just can't get over that macro feature, Claes. The pictures are so sharp and the color so vibrant. I love the one of the Periwinkle, besides the fact that flower is beautiful and that it exists in the middle of winter, that snow is just amazing. You can almost see each individual flake.
And it's that dark, that early here too...one of the things I hate the most about winter. :rolleyes:
Claes, that country road one is classic. That one should be blown up and framed. Idril, I loved the native American photo. Loved those feathers. :)
I wanted to post these for a while..
These are some pics from Nauplion, one of the most beautiful cities in greece. Nauplion was the first capital of greece (after the liberation from the turks).
Here are two of its three castles (Burtzi and Palamede)
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/DSCN0287.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/DSCN0280.jpg
and two of my favourite buildings there..
Colocotrones tower (he was one of the most important heroes during the greek war of independance)
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/DSCN0288.jpg
and the first greek gymnasium (meaning the first gymnasium of greece as a free country)
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/DSCN0296.jpg
more pics to follow :)
PLease do. I'm waiting :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Idril
Tell me about it. :D I have always liked macro photography, but never before been able to exploit it with such ease. It used to take a lot of effort to get such pictures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Idril
I couldn't agree more. Don't you just long for some light at this time of year?Quote:
Originally Posted by Idril
Yes! Those were really good, and that goes for both pictures and motives. Keep them coming, please. :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by manolia
/Claes
Those are really cool pics, Manolia! I'll have to add Nauplion to the long list of places I want to visit. :D
I gathered a few more Pow Wow pictures. These first ones are from 2006 and the 200th celebration of Lewis and Clark. They reunited here on their way back East so instead of the usual competition, the Pow Wow that year was more of a celebration and exhibition with several ceremonial dances that aren't typically done.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1020116.jpg
This one is not a really great picture and certainly doesn't capture the intensity of the dance but I'll add it anyway.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1020121.jpg
And this series is from what is called a Hoop Dance and it's one of my favorite dances. It's not something you see very often so this was truly a treat. This first picture is just to set up the dance, you can see a pile of hoops in front of the dancer, when he starts, they are all on the ground and during the course of the dance, he picks them up and...well...you can see...
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1020138.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1020141.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1020144.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1020148.jpg
And here's a couple from this last summer, the same time as the first pic because we can't forget the women and children.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1030244.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1030242.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...l/P1030255.jpg
Idril, your photos are colourful and inspiring -- I love to see the pow-wows, too!
Claes, I can never decide which photo I like the best, each has its own reason to be number-one! Beautiful stuff, you would win contests with your work, I know it!
Manolia, your photos are breath-taking. The first one looks just like a post card. Beautiful!
wow, great pics, Claes, manolia and Idril.:thumbs_up
Idril, those pictures were just what I expected. I'd really like to see that Pow Wow live one day...
...and now I finally get that Barefoot Prairie Goddess thing. :idea:
/Claes
Idril those pictures are wonderful!
Claes i absolutely love the picture of the periwinkle!!!!
Manolia what a beautiful place!
I really hope that I am not repeating myself, but I think I meant to post this one and didn't... forgive me if I already did! :blush:
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...dgeCROPPED.jpg
Wow, kiz no you didn't repeat it...Canada's beautiful..
Merçi beaucoup, mon amie! I like it here in the Prairies, but I wouldn't mind seeing old Montreal!
Ooooh, that is nice, Kiz! I still can't believe how much snow you have.
Thanks guys :)
Nice pics everyone :)
Kiz this place is marvelous (reminds me how much i like snow)
Kiz you certainly have an Eye for Photographs :DQuote:
Originally Posted by kiz_paws
Are you a professional photographer by any chance :D
No, I only wish. I have an 'el cheapo' camera that serves me well with this passion of mine. But I appreciate the compliment indeed. :blush:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lote-Tree
As well, thanks for the kind comments, craze, Idril, and Manolia.
BTW, that bridge is a foot bridge and was crossed only once by a motor vehicle. The vehicle(s) in question were driving the Queen of England, she was in the main car and then there was her 'entourage' (is that the word?). Neat, eh?
Oh my god Kiz that photo is so fairytale! Its so beautiful!
Which highlights the fact that a cheap camera not necessarily equals a bad camera. This one does seem to serve you well, because the picture is well done by camera as well as photographer. :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by kiz_paws
/Claes
Well, although I am not a professional photographer...but photography has been a passion of mine for a long time...I even learnt to develop my own black and white photographs...and I think your photographs are beautiful...you have the Eye...the Eye....and your pictures, they have this quality of admireabliity :DQuote:
Originally Posted by kiz_paws
Niamh, Claes and Lote, such bad manners I have to not thank you for these lovely comments. A humble thank you I offer.
As for my photography -- I think I have just seen a moment (opportunity) and attempted to grasp it. Mainly luck, i think, but thanks again. **blush**
Have you tought of classes Kiz?
You will probably laugh, but I am afraid of those touchy new cameras (as much as I enjoy the artistic work of our friend Claes, that camera would have me in too much awe) ... so I plod away, waiting for just the right moment, and there you have it....
Maybe I should just bite the bullet and move on up? ;) (plus, classes sound like a lot of fun!)
go on kiz! you really should!
I spent this week in Stockholm... and of course I brought the camera :)
First, some pictures from the old town:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0160.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0165.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0167.jpg
Then on to a bored guard at the Royal Castle:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0168.jpg
and the site of our government:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0169.jpg
A fountain (deliberately) turned into a skating opportunity:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0183.jpg
And some pictures of Stockholm by night:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0190.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0192.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0193.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0196.jpg
/Claes
Very cool, everybody! I'm so glad I found this thread. I'll have to dig up some of my pics and add them, once I figure out how! :lol: Keep up the amazing work. :)
Try this old thread, with hints on that very subject.:idea:Quote:
Originally Posted by zanna
/Claes
*sighs* and thats why i so much want to go to Sweden....
Claes, I enjoyed your pictures very much -- my favorite would be the fountain turned to skating opportunity -- wow, how I would love to try out that ice .... ;)
The other favorite would be the first Stockholm by night photo -- that looks just like a postcard.
Great eye, Claes! :)
Thank you, Niamh & Kiz.
Some more Stockholm pictures...
Morning approaching:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0197.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0198.jpg
Inside WTC, Stockholm:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_0199.jpg
/Claes