random pics that YOU have taken.......

[jyl]

Cool thread. Most of my stuff is film, not digital, but I did just buy a scanner so . . . here some stuff on my desktop.

This actually is my desktop, taken in Japan



My friend. This was shot during Christmas caroling, by candlelight, using TriX pushed to 1600ASA, f1.4 at 1/30. Only a few of the shots from that night turned out, but they have an interesting atmosphere. The crud is from scanning a dusty 8x10.



A girl in my daughter's class. This was a printing challenge. The hooded face was massively under-exposed and low-contrast relative to the white sweatshirt and reflective garbage bag-poncho. I had cut a paper mask the shape of the hooded face, expose the whole image for a short time using a high-contrast filter, place the mask over the face in the print, and expose the image again for a much longer time (16X as much light) using a low contrast filter, while wiggling the mask to avoid sharp lines.

[Superman]

I was in a meeting on the 40th floor of the Columbia Tower when the B-17 buzzed by twice. Cool. Those things look like porcupines with all the gun barrels sticking out. I pity the poor fools who got the job of trying to shoot them down. It must have ben like trying to shoot a sparkler.

[Z-man]

jyl - that shot of the girl in the rain - excellent. Thanks for describing the darkroom tricks you used. Seems that's a lost art these days, with all the one-dimensional digital cameras out there....

Love the depth and the composition.

-Z.

[island911]

Originally posted by Z-man
. ...darkroom tricks... Seems that's a lost art these days, with all the one-dimensional digital cameras out there....

Funny; I was thinking; "masking, lightening, softedge . ... that's just like digital manipulation."

Though, thanks for the process details, and the great pix, John.

[Racerbvd]

Originally posted by SoCal911SC
Here's one I took this weekend, of a kid a millisecond or so away from getting his clock cleaned by a Pro rider (picture does nothing to convey the speed this bike is traveling).

So Brian,
Are you into BMX???

[mede8er]

All I can do is point and shoot....

Debbies big catch.....

[Eric Coffey]

[VaSteve]

Barn swallows have built a nest on my front porch. We have a new baby. I consider it a good omen.
Taken with the Nikon D70

[B D]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by mede8er
All I can do is point and shoot....

Debbies big catch.....

[/QUOTE

Mmmmmmmmmmm red snapper, nice fish to!

[jcwade]

[FastDave]

This is my son on prom night this year...


This is my daughter & the fat, constantly shedding pet...

[FastDave]

Where is this great rope swing? I wanna go!!!

[Hugh R]

Lucaya Grand Bahama National Park pics taken today.





Lime Stone caves in the Island What your looking at is fresh water inside the lime stone caves

Pirates of the Caribbean II & III is heading back to Los Angeles in the morning.

[masraum]

You guys have posted some great photos here.

Now you'll be subjected to a couple of my shots. All but the first are scans of old film prints.

back yard

Rota Spain

Gibraltar

Rota Spain

[Icemaster]

Taken last week in Dallas:

[xlr8]

[VaSteve]

Originally posted by VaSteve
Barn swallows have built a nest on my front porch. We have a new baby. I consider it a good omen.
Taken with the Nikon D70

The babies were born!

[TomTurtle]

Not exactly a random pic, but a Photoshop "solarized" version of my Sunflower Yellow '76 914 at the Streets of Willow racetrack in SoCal. Kinda grows on you and makes a decent wallpaper!

[TomTurtle]

Lets try that again:

[layzee]

Trying macro mode on my new camera, Konica Minolta Z10: