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Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - Barbara G. - Oct 5, 2013

Here is your opportunity to post some of the photos you have taken of roads or roadways. They can be from any location; they can be paved or not. Post some general information such as the type of camera you used, settings used, as well as info about the setting if you can for the other members.

Feel free to add to the thread as you like and have fun practicing your digital photography skills!

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - EdMak - Oct 7, 2013

Edinburgh City Bypass, through the windscreen.
Nikon Coolpix, 1/110@F2.8. 6mm.
I was not driving!! Ed.


RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - Barbara G. - Oct 8, 2013

Thank you! Looking forward to seeing more! :0)

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - achesley - Oct 10, 2013

(Oct 5, 2013, 12:06)Barbara G. Wrote:  Here is your opportunity to post some of the photos you have taken of roads or roadways. They can be from any location; they can be paved or not. Post some general information such as the type of camera you used, settings used, as well as info about the setting if you can for the other members.

Feel free to add to the thread as you like and have fun practicing your digital photography skills!



RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - Barbara G. - Oct 10, 2013

Nice! Welcome to the forums! Can you tell us a little more about this photo achesley?

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - achesley - Oct 11, 2013

(Oct 10, 2013, 19:53)Barbara G. Wrote:  Nice! Welcome to the forums! Can you tell us a little more about this photo achesley?

I-70 in Utah, West bound to California on my motorcycle. As I crested the rise, Bang, the scene jump out at me. Taken on the move with a Minolta Dimage Z1 on Auto/Landscape. No processing.

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - Animator - Oct 12, 2013

I was going to post an image but I haven't got a url (web site). Is there some where on shuttertalk one can temporarily use please?



RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - achesley - Oct 13, 2013

(Oct 12, 2013, 12:36)Animator Wrote:  I was going to post an image but I haven't got a url (web site). Is there some where on shuttertalk one can temporarily use please?

When you open up the REPLY window to what you were typing your message in, scroll further down after doing a description of the photo and you see ATTACHMENTS:
New Attachment: Choose File. Go to your picture that you want to add, double click it and add it.
lol , I learned more about it after adding my photo then being asked for a comment. ;-)

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - EdMak - Oct 13, 2013

Size is an issue, the site will tell you if it is too big, personally, about 300Kb. Ed.

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - Animator - Oct 13, 2013

    First, thank you to the person who answered my query :-))

I took the photo on holiday recently. Thought it was an unusual 'Fork in the Road'.

Canon 50D camera
1/125 sec at f/7.1
ISO 100

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - lvanderzee - Oct 14, 2013

This is Krupp Ave in Michigan. I love driving down this street to get home in the fall.    

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - EdMak - Oct 14, 2013

Nice one. I would add more contrast, and sharpen, big difference, to me. Ed.

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - achesley - Oct 16, 2013

Just gotta stop to help a turtle out.
Camera was my old Minolta Dimage Z3 which met with an unhappy ending being dropped at about 65 mph. Photo was at F8 Shutter 250 ISO 50 Pattern was Landscape. Actually camera was in the auto mode and Landscape.

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - walkytalky1000 - Oct 19, 2013

(Oct 14, 2013, 13:49)EdMak Wrote:  Nice one. I would add more contrast, and sharpen, big difference, to me. Ed.

As you see I am a complete newcomer to the forum and read the comments with interest. I tried sharpening and adding more contrast to see if it did indeed improve the pic. I think it does, slightly.

Would you help me by adding a couple of guidelines as to when sharpening might be useful? And what does it actually do?

Cheers.

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - Barbara G. - Oct 19, 2013

Wow! I think you did a great job on this! And, by the way welcome to the forums!

To me, you can add sharpness to make the image more vivid. If done properly, it can add more quality to the existing photographed image.

How to Increase Sharpness of a Photo

This article may be helpful for you.

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - walkytalky1000 - Oct 20, 2013

(Oct 19, 2013, 14:09)Barbara G. Wrote:  To me, you can add sharpness to make the image more vivid. If done properly, it can add more quality to the existing photographed image.

How to Increase Sharpness of a Photo

This article may be helpful for you.

Thanks for the tip and for the link. I learned a lot there, not only about sharpening but also other stuff like how to kiss and how to make a coffin! How good is that?

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - James Tate - Oct 20, 2013

The single track road through The Quiraing, Isle of Skye with the mist creeping in from the sea.
Canon SX40HS, 1/240, F4, 25mm, ISO 200. Camera set to auto.

[Image: TheQuiraingroadsmall_zps1f7b7010.jpg]

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - danielbennett2020 - Oct 30, 2013

I was camping on Red Squirrel Road (north of North Bay, Ontario) a few weeks ago. These 4 guys would roll by once or twice a day and I could hear them coming. Caught them from a good distance with my new 100 to 400 mm Zoom on a Canon T5i, shot at the 400 end. Can see the foreshortening perspective.
Oops! Had a problem. Been told the file maximum size is to be 1024 kb. How do I reduce a full size photo to the required posting size?

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - Dean - Oct 30, 2013

(Oct 30, 2013, 07:07)danielbennett2020 Wrote:  I was camping on Red Squirrel Road (north of North Bay, Ontario) a few weeks ago. These 4 guys would roll by once or twice a day and I could hear them coming. Caught them from a good distance with my new 100 to 400 mm Zoom on a Canon T5i, shot at the 400 end. Can see the foreshortening perspective.
Oops! Had a problem. Been told the file maximum size is to be 1024 kb. How do I reduce a full size photo to the required posting size?
Either rename a copy of the file and save it, compressing the jpeg down to less than 1 MB, or resize a copy of the image in PS to something like 1000 x 800 pixels. Then save with new name. That should result in a small enough file to post. I save my images to be posted to a folder called shuttertalk. Ensures I don’t alter my original image and reminds me what I’ve posted too.


RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - danielbennett2020 - Oct 31, 2013

(Oct 30, 2013, 08:03)Dean Wrote:  [quote='danielbennett2020' pid='90549' dateline='1383138462']
I was camping on Red Squirrel Road (north of North Bay, Ontario) a few weeks ago. These 4 guys would roll by once or twice a day and I could hear them coming. Caught them from a good distance with my new 100 to 400 mm Zoom on a Canon T5i, shot at the 400 end. Can see the foreshortening perspective.
Oops! Had a problem. Been told the file maximum size is to be 1024 kb. How do I reduce a full size photo to the required posting size?
Either rename a copy of the file and save it, compressing the jpeg down to less than 1 MB, or resize a copy of the image in PS to something like 1000 x 800 pixels. Then save with new name. That should result in a small enough file to post. I save my images to be posted to a folder called shuttertalk. Ensures I don’t alter my original image and reminds me what I’ve posted too.

Thanks for the help. I resized and I've posted as a reply to this post so we'll see if that works.



RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - Tom G - Nov 2, 2013

(Oct 16, 2013, 07:11)achesley Wrote:  Just gotta stop to help a turtle out.
Camera was my old Minolta Dimage Z3 which met with an unhappy ending being dropped at about 65 mph. Photo was at F8 Shutter 250 ISO 50 Pattern was Landscape. Actually camera was in the auto mode and Landscape.

I realize this isn't "photographically relevant", but I would like to know what kind of motorcycle is in your photo. Thanks,

Tom G


RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - danielbennett2020 - Nov 4, 2013

Had to pull over and take this one on a foggy drive north to Stayner, Ontario.

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - MrB - Nov 5, 2013

When you turn off the main road, always give way to the trees:

   

RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - danielbennett2020 - Nov 5, 2013

(Nov 5, 2013, 05:23)MrB Wrote:  When you turn off the main road, always give way to the trees:

Nice capture. The eye is drawn to the sign which has great photographic weight in the picIture. I suggest cropping the pole on the left and see how it looks, then consider cropping on the right to keep the sign in a place that you like it.



RE: Practicing Digital Photography: Roads & Roadways - MrB - Nov 5, 2013

Thank you, Daniel. In terms of creating a better photographic image, I think your suggestions are exactly right. It was posted as is, just for its comedy value, the lamp post left included just to give it the context of being a real, though ridiculous, street scene!
Smile
Cheers.
Philip

P.S. I think yours is good too!