A Photo A Day Thread

[xcellerate]

 

[Phobie]

Made a cake. I don't have weighing scales or anything so had to wing it, It turned out pretty good!

Then I put chocolate icing on it, mmm.

 

[kineaesth]

Oh, and this statue from the city cemetary-

That's the most ominous thing I've seen in quite some time.

 

[xcellerate]

Messing around...

 

[SimonomiS]

 

[Qonfused]

 

[kineaesth]

That's amazing, Qonfused. I love your camera.

 

[xcellerate]

I like that simon, it has nice colors.

 

[Raziaar]

Can you guys offer any tips on digital photography, or resources so I can use my camera better?

I bought my Fuji Finepix s5000 quite a while ago, and it's supposedly a great digital camera... being well reviewed and I did tons of research before buying it back then(gosh, it was years and years ago).

However, I'm quite terrible with it, and was looking to improve.

Also... any tips for rechargeable batteries? I'm sick and tired of buying new batteries and having them die on me so fast. Huge money sink. I want to invest like 100 bucks into two to three sets of batteries so I can cycle them out and not worry about batteries again. One on the charger, one in my camera, and one on me as backup for when I'm taking photos.

I spent like 300 bucks on this camera at the time, and it's mostly collecting dust or generating shitty pictures.

 

[Connor]

 

[Qonfused]

^ I tried doing that when a drainage pipe a while back and failed miserably. Good job.

That's amazing, Qonfused. I love your camera.

Thanks!

Also... any tips for rechargeable batteries? I'm sick and tired of buying new batteries and having them die on me so fast. Huge money sink. I want to invest like 100 bucks into two to three sets of batteries so I can cycle them out and not worry about batteries again. One on the charger, one in my camera, and one on me as backup for when I'm taking photos.

$100 is overboard for rechargeable batteries. I went down to K-Mart and bought whatever they had on the shelf and an extra pack of batteries for $40 was was set. I used them for my old camera, but I don't need them now. Anyway, the charger comes with four batteries and I bought another pack of four. I always had one set charging so I could quickly switch the dead ones out. They also lasted quite long... about 400 pictures per set, I think.

About photography... I dunno... you learn as you go. I've only recently started (last fall, I think) so I've still got a long way to go. It's frequently and hit and miss thing.

 

[Smoke]

Some gems in this thread.

 

[chimpmunk]

Higher resolution images are here:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2222972715&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2222973241&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2223767498&size=o

And A little story explaining where I shot it is on my blog:

http://jasmincormier.wordpress.com/2008/01/27/urban-exploration-iii-tunnel-wellington/

 

[chimpmunk]

Oh, and this statue from the city cemetary-

:imu::bounce::angel:

I love this one.

 

[xcellerate]

I would crop out some of the empty space at the bottom:

 

[Cavalry]

I have a very shaky hand, and its horrible when its cold.
but this is an old Jewish school down the street from my house.

I will go back when it gets warmer.

ohh, and a while ago, I caught this.

EDIT- A pic of the newest to my line of collectable cars.
don't you want the one on the left pitzy?

EDIT 2-lousy uber zoom.

 

[SimonomiS]

D: @ BowSniper

 

[xcellerate]

Trying some new photoshop effects out on some pics I took of my friends' F-250...

 

[xcellerate]

 

[SimonomiS]

Interesting, love how sharp they are. So what exactly are you doing to them in Photoshop?

 

[xcellerate]

if you're talking about the literal sharpness (like the edges) it's a filter in photoshop called..."sharpen", but if you're talking about the colors then it's my attempt and creating a "Lomo" photo.

 

[Krynn72]

Heres a few good ones from my Siggraph trip.

 

[Xendance]

Try get your head round this:

 

[Bug-eyed Earl]

Me

 

[Cpt Tenacious]

My kitteh.

 

[chimpmunk]

Self portrait:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasmincormier/2248303153/

 

[xcellerate]

I like it...


here's one from an auto-x today:

 

[xcellerate]

 

[Qonfused]

Self portrait:

Very nice.

Xcellerate, you love photographing that spot, don't you?

 

[xcellerate]

Xcellerate, you love photographing that spot, don't you?

Yea I have a few pictures from that parking deck, but to be fair tuscaloosa is a very boring, fairly flat place and that's the best view I have of the sky.

 

[Emporius]

Yea I have a few pictures from that parking deck, but to be fair tuscaloosa is a very boring, fairly flat place and that's the best view I have of the sky.

...Lol near large metal poles during a thunderstorm

 

[xcellerate]

...Lol near large metal poles during a thunderstorm

You can't see it, but it was raining a little so I was also standing under a metal roof for the stairwell....yea, I like livin on the edge.

 

[SimonomiS]

 

[Que-Ever]

Bug-eyed earl is not nearly as bug-eyed as I expected him to be.

 

[chimpmunk]

I love the mood in that picture, so calm and suburban / country.

 

[xcellerate]

Went to my lake house this weekend....the water level has dropped maybe 20 or 30 feet. These rocks are supposed to be totally underwater.

 

[chimpmunk]

Polaroid fun

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasmincormier/

 

[fido139]

Took this yesterday:

Liar. This photo has been around the internet for years. Seen it many times.

 

[xcellerate]

Liar. This photo has been around the internet for years. Seen it many times.

I can't tell if you're serious or not...but he was joking and I doubt anybody here does NOT recognize this image.

 

[SimonomiS]

Had a little go at some street photography lately.