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The Photography Thread: Double Exposure

i'm not sure if cropping the bridge out of this one has improved it or not, what do you all think? this is one of my favourite photos. :)

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lovecats said:
I have a 450 as well, got the basic kit lens. Was a toss up between the 75-300, but decided to pay a bit more and get the 70-200 L series. It's only when you get decent glass that you realise how rubbish the kit lens is. Heard good reviews for the 75-300 though, hope you have fun with it!
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aye, i certainly hope so. i was gonna get the 70-200 but it costs a fair bit more. getting the 75-300 was considerably cheaper but i think it'll be 'good enough' for my purposes for now. :)
 
I'd keep the bridge in, but it's a shame it's there at all as the shadow on the swans is a tad annoying.
 
i think i agree. i liked the way the bridge framed the shot, plus it explains the presence of the swing and the shadow.

it was the suggestion of someone who has studied photography for x years, who shall remain nameless for now. ;)
 
It's the big shadow down the middle which puts me off that photo, if that wasn't there and there was no swing just hanging looking strange it'd be pretty nice, in my uneducated opinion. :)

sorry, but the concept of just suddenly losing interest in photography does not compute with me. what caused this to happen? were your photos so shit that it put you off the whole thing?

i know it's not for everyone, i'm just confused, that's all.
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Not sure why your having difficulty comprehending this, people lose interest in things. I'm sure it's happened with you in something other than photography.

Nothing caused it to happen, I was happy with plenty of my photos and I still enjoy looking at my holiday pictures to bring back memories but going out specifically to take photos of things is something I just don't do anymore. Camera will end up just sitting there until I go away again next and depending on where I'm going and what type of trip it is then I might not even take it as it's a pain in the arse carrying it around all the time, plus I end up taking loads of photos of things there's little need to have a photo of and that has no meaning to me. Just get carried away and spend more time looking through the lense of a camera than actually using my eyes and seeing what's around me. :\
 
fair enough, i understand. :) it's just one of my major passions in life, that's all, but i do realise it's not for everyone.

i'm sometimes painfully aware of the fact that when i'm visiting somewhere, i'm often looking at it all through my camera lens and i need to remind myself to put it down. :|
 
Indeed I came back from my summer jaunt with tons of photos of things which meant nothing to me, some I'd look at and not even remember taking nor have any idea of what it was. Loads of buildings which I obviously thought looked cool at the time, so I snapped away but looking at them later they held no memories or meanings.

I think I'd rather leave the camera at home in future especially if backpacking because you have to carry almost all the time and I spend too much time fannying about taking the afore mentioned meaningless pictures.

If I do want the camera I can get it back no problem anyway.
 
well, not to labour the point, but if you conducted some quality control and took some good photos, it would make a world of difference. like i said, if you would open your mind to just a few basic pointers it would make a world of difference to your photos. just 'snapping' away indiscriminately is not the way to go about it. if i think something will make a dull photo then i just won't take it.

one thing i have learned recently (YEARS too late) is that having people in your photos makes a world of difference. i've got 17,000 photos here on my PC, with nearly 3000 of them on my flickr account online. i love looking through them and it's the ones with people in them that are always my favourites. :)

i'm not gonna flog a dead horse with you on the subject, cos that would be a waste of time, as usual. ;)
 
I'm well aware of the basic techniques of taking good photos (rule of 3s, composition etc,) and have utilised them but that's not the point, I'm just not interested anymore.

And when wandering around whilst whilst away I feel compelled to take a picture of everything I see which looks slightly cool or interesting, spending ages lining up a good shot would waste too much time.

To solve the problem I'm just probably not going to bother with a camera from now on.
 
nice bubbles! :)

just posted this in SO:

felix said:
hello again RL

well, i went ahead and ignored your advice and bought the Canon 75-300 one i mentioned earlier. ;)

thanks for your valued advice, but i looked into the pros and cons and the price difference and other reviews, and opted to spend far less on what i think will be 'good enough' for me at this time.

plus there is the fact i'm off to work in Siberia on friday for 5 weeks, so i needed to get something ASAP. (left it late as usual.) 8)

anyway, i quickly and lazily took some shots out of a 3rd floor window of my car earlier when the light was fading, to let you see the differences between the 18-55 kit lens and the new one:

18-55 zoomed right out:

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18-55 zoomed right in:

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75-300 zoomed right out:

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75-300 zoomed right in:

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woah. =D

gonna take the instructions for the camera away with me and actually study them for once (will have nothing better to do!) and will hopefully come back with some good stuff. :)
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