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 Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:58 pm
Phoenixliv I like landscapes but it really is hard to get a good shot. Typically I "focus" (haha pun!) on Macro work. Finding something special in the mundane world - looking at everything in a different way that makes it new. I've been just starting to dabble in HDR landscapes too - I've only done one so far but the results are just too cool! we like puns here! (lol. points at the guild name) Macro is fun, Lots of people get stuck doing mediocre work with Macro, so I know a few people who think that all macro photography sucks.
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:21 am
Kokihi Phoenixliv I like landscapes but it really is hard to get a good shot. Typically I "focus" (haha pun!) on Macro work. Finding something special in the mundane world - looking at everything in a different way that makes it new. I've been just starting to dabble in HDR landscapes too - I've only done one so far but the results are just too cool! we like puns here! (lol. points at the guild name) Macro is fun, Lots of people get stuck doing mediocre work with Macro, so I know a few people who think that all macro photography sucks. Photograhers tend to be pun fans ... not sure why sweatdrop just something I've observed. It's true that many people just shoot small stuff because it looks neat or whatever and completely forget composition and when I look back at my older stuff I see I was definitely guilty of that. I think I've gotten better though. My newest Macro shot: 
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:56 am
Yarg! I hate spiders!
but i love strawberries...
what a dilema!
I like your pic. blaugh
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:55 pm
Very interesting photo. I thought it was just a fruit when I saw the tiny a** spider on the side! LOL!
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:50 pm
good thing he wasn't on the green ones, you never would have seen him. (at least in the picture, unless you told us he was there.)
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:54 am
What a dilemma indeed! I live in a swamp with lots of mosquitoes, so I appreciate the work spiders do ... as long as they stay off me.
Anyway, when I first saw the scene this is how everything was posed but the spider was running around kinda freaked by my closeness and shutter noise and yeah, the pic just doesn't work with spidey on the green.
Thanks to you both for your kind comments!
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:55 am
Phoenixliv What a dilemma indeed! I live in a swamp with lots of mosquitoes, so I appreciate the work spiders do ... as long as they stay off me. Anyway, when I first saw the scene this is how everything was posed but the spider was running around kinda freaked by my closeness and shutter noise and yeah, the pic just doesn't work with spidey on the green. Thanks to you both for your kind comments! aah... see, i live in suburbia with black widows living outside the window of my bathroom, so they end up in my towel a lot, so spiders are not my friends. (hence, you will not see a lot of landscape photography out of me.)
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Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:40 am
Sounds like spiders should be your friends with how much exposure you have with them. wink
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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:20 pm
but they scare me...
and now shelob and her babies live in my bathroom! crying
(for those who dont know, Shelob is a gient spider from lord of the rings that trys to kill Frodo.)
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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:38 pm
LOL! I can't speak for everyone in here but now I feel like the biggest dork because I know exactly who you're talking about even before I read the small note. sweatdrop
Here's an idea, take a picture of Shelob so you guys can get to know each other. xd Maybe she's not as bad as the one from the book. LOL!
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:04 pm
she had babies in my bathroom! crying My sister wrote an ode to Shelob:
This is the way to Shelob's lair
(I know that there was no stair)
but if you see her hanging there
Please, for the love of god
KILL HER!!! rofl
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:06 pm
Kineyas LOL! I can't speak for everyone in here but now I feel like the biggest dork because I know exactly who you're talking about even before I read the small note. sweatdrop Here's an idea, take a picture of Shelob so you guys can get to know each other. xd Maybe she's not as bad as the one from the book. LOL! BTW, there is nothing dorky about knowing your Lord of the Rings! DFTBA!!!
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:23 pm
I'm shopping for a new lens (mainly because I'm getting jealous of cilayin's future toys) and this is a question that pops in my head. What kind of photography do I like taking?! I know that I listed a couple on my first post but I'm seriously digging landscapes and urban/rural pictures. I enjoy walking around the city with my camera and it's being a big hurdle right now when I have to carry all my gear. I also like to do portrait pictures, parties, and casual events. Maybe some of you can help me here... these are the four lenses I'm looking at: Canon 17-40mm f/4L ($735) Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II ($1500) Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM ($1000) Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 ($450) Any help appreciated!
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:49 pm
I wish I could help you, I'm kind of a newb when it comes to the technical things/ hard wear for photography, (thats why I had to ask about the lens I got) but I'm sure you will be able to figure it out, and I really hope you get some help from this guild! (thats what its for)
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:19 pm
Just doing my own research, I'm very much leaning towards the 17-55mm. :/
I'm scratching the first two out so it really boils down to whether I want the Canon or the Tampon. (Yes, pun intended. smile )
Done. I've bought the 17-55mm. Sorry cil, I couldn't wait for your opinion this time. I decided to buy it before I change my mind! LOL!
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