August Photography Thread

[tom_craggs]

In contrast to enumbers photos here's one of Didcot Power Station, still churning away but not as photogenic;

 

[disco_dave_2000]

My favorite image from the Big Chill festival

 

[kropotkin]

I am working at a refugee clinic on the Thai-Burmese border, and today we got invited to a "hand tying" ceremony at a local temple- an old Buddhist tradition from eastern Burma supposed ot ward off evil, now adopted as part of a culture striving to assert its' individuality in the face of repression.
We were accosted immediately, as hundreds of smiling Karen (the ethnicity displaced by Burmese military attacks across the Eastern border) grabbed our wrists and started tying threads around them. It was so inclusive- I was quite moved.

I came across these monks and novices in the compound- and I am quite pleased with the b+w conversion. The image could have been sharper, but i guess you have to work with what you have! Comments and recommendations for improvement welcomed.

http://flickr.com/photos/pingtiao/2756389258/

 

[stowpirate]

Photos taken at a Suffolk classic car show on Sunday with a Praktica Super TL SLR with f2.8 Tessar - £3 car boot sale find. Film Ilford FP4 125 developed in the kitchen sink.

 

[stowpirate]

http://flickr.com/photos/pingtiao/2756389258/

Nice photo especially the larger image on flickr. Have you thought about experimenting with tones like slight sepia, brown or even a colder blue.

 

[kropotkin]

Thanks stowpirate.
I have just been experimenting with toning today actually- on another photo I took this morning.

 

[stowpirate]

Thanks stowpirate.
I have just been experimenting with toning today actually- on another photo I took this morning.

That was another nice photo. What camera and software are you using?

 

[kropotkin]

Canon 400D with a Sigma 2.8 17-70mm Macro and a Canon 50mm 1.8
I use Photoshop CS3 for processing and I shoot in RAW

Thanks for the comments

 

[lobster]

kropotkin, I like the work you have done, this one stands out to me.

 

[kropotkin]

Thanks! I'm on a massive uploading frenzy at the minute. Flickr is a bit annoying, as there is no real way of keeping the good stuff in one place so that people see it first.
these are my favourites from this batch (I'll just post links rather than photos)
http://flickr.com/photos/pingtiao/2743242645/
http://flickr.com/photos/pingtiao/2748793738/
http://flickr.com/photos/pingtiao/2748000963/
http://flickr.com/photos/pingtiao/2747226012/
http://flickr.com/photos/pingtiao/2746317271/

 

[Refused as fuck]

 

[Addy]

 

[SteveJB]

Very nice. Love the colours - fantastic range from cold to warm and back again. What was it shot on? Is the graduation PP, or filters?

Ta. 40d on a tripod with a Sigma 10-20mm lens and, as I recall, I blended bracketed exposures to get the max range.

Here's a 50mm (shot in almost total darkness)

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Wales

 

[stowpirate]

Thanks! I'm on a massive uploading frenzy at the minute. Flickr is a bit annoying, as there is no real way of keeping the good stuff in one place so that people see it first.
these are my favourites from this batch (I'll just post links rather than photos)
http://flickr.com/photos/pingtiao/2743242645/
http://flickr.com/photos/pingtiao/2748793738/
http://flickr.com/photos/pingtiao/2748000963/
http://flickr.com/photos/pingtiao/2747226012/
http://flickr.com/photos/pingtiao/2746317271/

I was looking at your photostream and I like this one

 

[Forkboy]

Got these in the August comp thread, but figured the CP one deserves to be seen..

 

[dweller]

I took this yesterday evening.
Islington Central Library, Holloway Road from my window with weeds growing in the foreground.

 

[kropotkin]

I was looking at your photostream and I like this one

cheers.
That is an HDR- but my first that doesn't actually look like one!

 

[e19896]

On the 12th August 2008 10:06 E-ON set an August demolition date set for Tinsley cooling towers: E.ON has today announced it will bring down the redundant Tinsley cooling towers this August Bank Holiday weekend.

 

[neonwilderness]

 

[e19896]

Tinsley Cooling Towers, Sheffield - Icons of England

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Yes, heard about the demolition of the salt and pepper pots on the radio this week. As my neighbour said to me recently, other countries celebrate their buildings and architecture and history, this country appears more prone to knocking shit down and starting over with no good reason oftentimes. Good views there anyway enumbers, thanx

Second last night at Walthamstow dogs (perhaps)

Winner

Neon frontage

Afters

 

[stowpirate]

 

[Refused as fuck]

Awesome. Where was this taken from so's I can rip you off?

 

[neonwilderness]

Mariners Wharf, along past the Pitcher and Piano.

 

[pogofish]

Back in action in a new venue.

 

[girasol]

Had a great first half of August, and took lots of pics, my favourites were of animals:

and this beautiful sunset

 

[neonwilderness]

 

[e19896]

 

[stowpirate]

Taken yesterday at Rougham Airfield Suffolk

http://www.roughamairfield.org/