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Anonymous
Ahh, the difference white balance makes to a photo.

Which do you prefer /p?

In before "Boring horizon is boooring".
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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
How did you white balance? Which is the corrected version?

The first, I'm guessing?
>> Anonymous
The first was from the camera, can't remember what I set the white balance on for that, didn't have a white card on me.

Second is from edited RAW file, the "Auto" option in UFRaw. I could tweak it for ages, but I think I've settled on either the strong oranges, or strong blues.
>> elf_man
I prefer the first. The blues in the second just look way oversaturated and the colors in the sky look washed out compared to the first.
>> Anonymous
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do i win an internet? prolly not.

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>> Anonymous
>>49333
The first has a nice Mediterranean look to it, and is better. Far better; in fact, I'd go so far as to call that simple shot of a horizon awe-inspiring.

The oversaturated blue spoils the others, I think.
>> Anonymous
Oh, and WTF?

>f/0.0
>> Anonymous
>>49364
lol yeah just noticed that. his lens is dividing by zero
>> Anonymous
>>49365
OH SHI- PENTAX BENDS LAWS OF PHYSICS OH SHI-

Noctilux ain't got nothin'.
>> ac
>>49364
Heh. Probably just using a lens that doesn't report its characteristics to the camera. Note that the focal length is 0mm, too.
>> Anonymous
>>49373
So what we're dealing with here is some old, high-quality Pentax glass?

Nice.

Information, OP?
>> Anonymous
i bet he was shooting without a lens. thats how i get really good wide angle shots like this.
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>>49363

Wow, thanks.

>>49374

SMC Pentax-M 1:1.7 50mm. I should probably either take notes or use the kit lens more often because it's frustrating forgetting what apertures I've used. Guess it'd probably be a trade-off in quality though.

But then this was taken with the kit lens. Probably should have gotten at least some ground/ocean in at the bottom though.

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>> Anonymous
>>49443

Nice shot!
>> Anonymous
>>49443
Take notes. Any idea what aperture you shot that at? I'm rather curious.
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>>49579

That one? That had the kit lens, EXIF says: f/4.5

>>49508

I should post on /p/ more often. :D

This one's had a lot of boosting in post since it was far too dark to even make anything out. Again, composition is pretty bland, main thing I need to improve on.

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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
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Aw no more praise. :(

Trying to do something different with composition, thought there were some nice shapes here but couldn't really frame it well. And that bright spot annoys me.

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>> Anonymous
i'm sitting here wondering if it's possible to take photos that are more boring than these

what do you think, OP?
>> ac
>>49977
Oh my yes.

Could be pictures of stuff on his desk, for instance.
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>>49977

Oh it's possible. After this reallllly interesting tree I'll post some shots of me taking a photo of myself with a mirror, and then some flower macros.

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