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Album. When I arrived, my camera battery had almost run out, so I had to work quickly and be careful with selecting shots. The place was huge and it did indeed run out before I could get a lot of what I wanted, unfortunately. However I still think I got a pretty decent set - what you see here is almost everything I shot.
edit: I'm late with this, but since this got popular, here's some more of my photography if anyone's interested: https://500px.com/rwhitephoto
This is the real story about this picture ...
Well I distance myself from the tiger temple too and this is my shot btw .... for me as a photographer it was all about the moment and that moment was magical ... and both the monk and tiger were real friends I have about 20 shots where the tiger asks for more noodles :) ..
All others stories about this photo are invented, I was just visiting this place and shooting photos, I do not like this place either ..that is another story told somewhere else ... but this does not ruin the magic of this photo ... here is the original shot
https://500px.com/photo/4617733/monk-and-tiger-sharing-their-meal-by-wojtek-kalka
Here is the source of this image (before the colors were altered). Credit to the photographer, Karim Nafatni. More of their work can be found at https://500px.com/GostRidr.
Yeah, makes the Internet feel a little more like the Wild West...
This was at Emperor Falls campsite on the Berg Lake Trail in Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada.
I do have 500px! Haven't gotten around to putting up too much there, but here you go:
Finding like-minded people to discuss things I like with. This is big to me because I live in Europe and a lot of things I like are more of an American thing, so it's harder to find like-minded people here. As I've gotten more involved with reddit, the number of people has only grown.
I found out about a game called War Thunder via reddit. Now I moderate /r/WarThunder with people I'm happy to call friends. I may not like the game as much any more, but I love its community.
The people over at /r/CenturyClub are some of the nicest I know. You might think the internet is full of hate and bile, but that's definitely not true in the smaller communities.
I've only grown my love for photography since I first got here. The SFWPorn subreddits and /r/travel motivated me to get a camera years ago. Now I moderate /r/EarthPorn, I'm growing my own photography subreddit network (/r/NationalPhotoSubs), I've got photo accounts with thousands of views despite being a total noob (https://500px.com/noac, shameless plug)...
/r/Anime introduced me to something I honestly thought was reserved for neckbeards with body-pillows and /r/mallninjashit katanas. Man was I wrong.
Your comment reminds me of a pic I took on vacation in Mexico. The gecko is on a stucco wall, and since I was shooting upwards, the orange ceiling is seen past the corner of the wall.
My girlfriend wanted to do something like this, so a few months ago she went a head and painted her face with acrylic paint and we took some pictures:
https://500px.com/photo/79554675/art-rodent-2-by-seann-alexander
Totally agree. I think the winner is an interesting social commentary but the image itself just good to ok.
Wildebeast one. OMG. That shot is amazing. It literally caused me to hold my breath and sphincter to clench at first glance. I can just feel myself falling. Just incredible. I don't think I have ever had that kind of reaction to a photo. Compared to this one the other two are just....ok.
EDIT: Found her 500px account for any other interested: https://500px.com/NCambre
When the camera converts to JPG information is lost. RAWs typically have superior color depth, the white balance isn't fixed, in areas that are over or underexposed and got clipped in JPG conversion you can often have usable information in the RAW (and thus adjust the brightness and preserve the information), etc.
Take the following image for example http://derekmeek.com/files/PowerOfPost.jpg - you can consider the 'before' on this what you would get out of the camera with JPG. After is what you can do with a raw. (Note: the After is actually more accurate to what my eye balls saw). ( full image link: https://500px.com/photo/84392487/sunrise-capitol-reef-national-park-by-derek-m )
Even without adjustments a JPG created from a RAW on a PC will be superior to a JPG created from a RAW on Camera This is because the firmware in your camera has a fixed time allowance per frame for JPG processing and so will trade quality for speed. Your post processing application on your PC does not have this restriction and so can spend more time.
Your camera is always shooting in RAW, it just doesn't necessarily save the data RAW is the data from the imaging sensor, without interpretations.
Your Camera's RAW->JPG settings are [largely] fixed. PC Post processing apps are not That is more clearly demonstrated in with the image I used above. Note: before is not exactly what my camera would have produced - the built in RAW->JPG probably would have increased saturation and contrast some. but that means i would have lost a lot of the foreground detail to black value clipping.
There are many other reasons as well. But here is a great visual comparison of some of the basic advantages i just mentioned: http://petapixel.com/2014/07/21/raw-vs-jpeg-using-real-world-examples-illustrate-difference/
I definitely recommend it. I spent a few weeks there this summer (Okinawa/Hiroshima/Kyoto/Osaka) and absolutely loved it. I'll be returning for a month next summer because I can not get enough of it. Heck, I've still got a huge backlog of photos to work through from the visit.
Here, my favorite pic I took while in Kyoto :)
Here is higher res version of this image.
Here is the source of this image.
Credit to the photographer, Max Ellis. More of his work can be found at https://500px.com/maxellis.
Old Bergen Museum, Norway photo by Rune Askeland, Dec 2013
>Taken this afternoon at Old Bergen Museum. After a couple of days with terrible weather, we finally got some sunshine.
more info: >Old Bergen is a reconstructed town with approx. 50 wooden houses from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Here you will find private homes from various periods, as well as a number of shops and workshops. Countless rooms and objects bring the city’s history over the generations to life. Old Bergen is an idyllic reminder of what Bergen used to be like, and a guided tour of the houses is a fascinating, entertaining and family friendly experience.
At one time, Bergen was the largest wooden city in Europe.
Here is the source of this copyrighted image.
Credit to the photographer, Pim Leijen. More of their great work can be found at https://500px.com/pimleijen.
Here is a higher res version of this image.
Source: Celestial Falls by Michael Brandt on 500px.com
> That took the <strong>photographer</strong> 7.5 hours
At least credit the photographers you steal content from. https://500px.com/photo/84701455/celestial-by-craig-holloway
Source: Mysterious Hallway by David Thompson on 500px.com
We had a huge (for us) storm really late at night/early morning. Masses of lightning and I wanted to get a shot of it, no usable shots from the first night but I changed location for the second night and managed to get my favorite shot of the year.
Good job, well executed. Man, I cant for the love of my live get this done (tried so many times). My postprocessing skills aint that bad, but I just cant execute the "babyfied-style" :(
Would it be too much to ask for a small tutorial?
> Desert near the oasis city of Al-'Ula, Saudi Arabia Source: Nasser AlOthman - 500px
Source: Fireball over Banff Rundle Mountain by Brett Abernethy on 500px.com.
Question, is this the same thing? It was my first summer in the Wisconsin North Woods and was definitely the brightest thing I've seen outside of the sun and moon.
The image you are trying to achieve is definitely a composite. I doubt these photos were even taken on the same day.
The foreground has been shot during the day with ND filters to get the exposure length. He has then masked the sky out and replaced it with a night sky shot.
IMHO it's a horrible and fake looking picture.
The best way to light foregrounds in nightscape photography is to use the moon or shoot at a long shutter speed and low iso at around sunset. These provide the most natural looking effects whilst trying to balance noise. Please look up a photographer named Lincoln Harrison, he is one of the best at this.
Otherwise you can use a torch like what I did here but it does give an unnatural look.
Late winter, by Mt Hood. Not Christmas eve, sorry.
https://500px.com/photo/88681997/pateau-hut-by-bruce-hood
> The extraordinary location of Plateau Hut which sits opposite Mt Cook in New Zealand.
>I visited this location back in early September with fellow photographers Tim Poulton, Jay Daley, Tim Donnely and Damien Siedel.
Source: Black sand by keller on 500px.com
Source: Colors of Fall by Daniel Namdari on 500px.com
Source: colorado autumn by donald luo on 500px.com
Whoa whoa whoa, hold up right there. I'm European and went to Cuba last year, and what I felt was that it's a completely unique place right now. Not at all comparable to Florida.
Florida nowadays is (from what I saw) all strip malls, urban sprawl, golf terrains, a bunch of backwater Everglades, a few theme parks (awesome theme parks though), and tourist hotspot beaches. There's a few gems hidden here and there, but for the most part, FL is really not that great.
Cuba is different, both from Florida and from most other Caribbean islands. There's history there (Havana is one of the most pivotal cities of the Age of Sail, and there's museums dedicated to the Revolution everywhere), culture (live music every night in every town, no joke.), beautiful sights (Vinales, or here, my own pics, the old cars, the unspoiled beaches...), etcetera.
Florida does not have nearly the wealth of historic spots as Cuba does, and authentic cultural experiences will be a little tougher to find in FL.
Add to that: the people are genuinely friendly in Cuba. I didn't meet one person who was cold or mean to outsiders there. It's also cheap as can be to travel around the country.
Neato! I Just bought another Canon 7D since my last got stolen, with all my lenses and stuff... worth about, $6K, which sucked! But I'm back on track again!
I Really like the pictures on your cat! My best tip to you as a new photographer would be to just experiment, find out what you like to take pictures of! When you know what you want to take pictures of, read into more what technique is best for your style etc.
I have my favorite shots on 500px and Flickr
Oh, one more thing; try to look into editing, and by that I don't mean photoshoping, distorting images and such, but adjusting saturation, sharpness and such!
For the past year I've been working on learning post processing techniques for bird photography.
I want to develop a consistent approach to composition and processing with the end goal being that my bird photos should have a common visual thread running through them.
<strong>Source page</strong> -- /r/ChinaPics
/r/ChinaPics is still pretty much brand new, so I invite anyone to post their photos of China there :)
I would hardly call that the "same picture." Sure, it's the same place, but that's not THE EXACT SAME PICTURE as this one https://500px.com/photo/49209104/pewit's-stitch-gigapixel-by-robert-stebler.
Photos should be credited when they're posted.
I have one of the cheap 25mm f1.4 lenses. Amazing in low light, and if you use the blurry corners to your advantage it works really well.
I'll do my first and most recent portraits, since I have no idea what my first photo is...
Source: Madrid #20 by Emilio Cabida on 500px.com
One of the first photos I ever took
The latest photo I took (totally not a serious shoot, as you can tell)
Source: A trip to the Dolomites / 5 by Luigi Bocchia on 500px.com.
>Focal length: 62mm
Holy hell. Looks like a way wider angle than that.
EDIT: This dude's photos give me erections. And I love that he leaves his EXIF up. https://500px.com/photo/85017125/hammarskaftet-by-swen-stroop
Source: D U B R O V N I K by Emir Terovic on 500px.com
She's supposed to have loads of fur, she's a Norwegian Forest Cat! From the other pictures, it looks like she lives in Norway too and, likes to walk in the forest so, I'd say she has just the right amount of fur.
Am I ready for full frame?
I've been shooting for 8 years (with a big hiatus) using my Nikon D70s. Since two years, I've been taking classes. I sometimes find that I take better pictures with my 8 year old entry level camera than some of my fellow students that have new gear. Partly because I know how to edit them better I suppose.
Since taking classes, I fell in love with photography all over again, just like when I bought my D70s. I think about photography constantly. I sometimes consider trying to find payed freelance jobs, but my outdated camera holds me back (it's got 6MP and a max of 1600 ISO).
The D7100 seems an obvious choice. It's the best Nikon DX camera. However, I wonder if the level of expertise that I'm at would better benefit from an FF camera? Also, if freelancing takes off with succes, I imagine a FF camera would yield better results.
edit: to see what my 'level' is, here's some photos of mine: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kaspervdm and https://500px.com/kaspervandermaesen
>The Chocolate Hills are a geological formation in Bohol Province, Philippines.[1] There are at least 1,260 hills but there may be as many as 1,776 hills spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometres (20 sq mi).[2] They are covered in green grass that turns brown (like chocolate) during the dry season, hence the name.
From the wikipedia page
Looks like OP got the image from here: https://500px.com/photo/77032067/an-old-familiar-dream-by-jourdan-laik?from=user_library
Using TinEye, it looks like the artist has a version without the man here: http://jourdanlaik.deviantart.com/art/Sudden-Comfort-196577527
It was one of many shots taken during a storm a couple of months ago, the other one he's referring to was posted here as well. Really astounding.
https://500px.com/photo/89247531/light-show-by-mark-metternich
Source: Towards the Heaven by Alberto Di Donato on 500px.com
Source: Room by Bartek Połotczak on 500px.com
In my extremely biased opinion Marc Adamus is the best landscape photographer out there right now. If you're into this style you should check out his other work, it's just incredible: https://500px.com/MAPhoto
For the lazy, a properly-sized version (a.k.a. largest size available lol):
http://i.imgur.com/n9e1MAH.jpg
Girl is named "Kim".
Link to 500px photo page:
https://500px.com/photo/88755685/kim-natural-light-by-dani-diamond
Source: 39000 feet over the Himalaya by Bjorn Moerman on 500px.com.
If you are in Kuala Lumpur than a photo tip for you. Take Kelana Jaya LRT and get off at Jelatek. Walk 5min to the nearest apartment building top floor/roof top and from there you will get this view.
https://500px.com/photo/53161990/the-burning-city-by-jacobs-lb
I have been trying to mimic some styles and practice my post skills and had some doubts, hope someone here knows how to do these pics, please! :)
So I had some questions regarding this, this and this. Can these edits be done with only curves, levels and adjustments layers like that? I have been trying to edit my pictures by using the adjustments layers, but kinda failed to get the same result, so any pointers would be helpful. Hope someone can shed some light in this. Thanks in advance!
Any discussions around possibly expanding to offer a SmugMug-like service? I see both products being very similar with great backend UI. But SmugMug takes it a a step further with site hosting and galleries and such. I know that's not what 500px is currently, but I get excited thinking about the possibility!
One of my photos (https://500px.com/photo/18222919/rooftop-pool-by-matt-corkum) was chosen as an Editor's Choice and my followers skyrocketed. Thanks!
I like Prime, but getting releases for every person I've shot even if they were just in public and their faces can't be seen is impossible. Are you being overly cautious or is it really necessary?
I did the bird photography AMA last year and I'll be happy to volunteer for it again this time. These are some of my sample bird photos.
Source: San Marino by Daniele Rossi on 500px.com
Using reverse image search I found album to which it belongs with tag "Taiwan", and that bridge is probably MacArthur bridge in Taipei. Probably taken from the tower, another angle: https://500px.com/photo/24598435/macarthur-bridge-1-&-2-taipei-by-nai-yun-hsu
Source: Autumn by petztobias on 500px.com
I started photography in May this year, so I haven't really gotten that far with it yet. That being said, this photo here is probably the best I've shot so far.
So this is real and not a painting as I first thought...
WOW!
That's amazing. I would be in sheer bliss.
edit: K, everything he has is crisp. If you want to see more go to This
Source: 39000 feet over the Himalaya by Bjorn Moerman on 500px.com.
Frames from "high quality" video still tend to look pretty bad as stills, video compression algorithms just aren't meant for that. Doesn't mean the camera is bad.
And it's 2048x1365 so it'd have to be 4K recording for video to have enough resolution to extract image that big from it, and while 4K cameras in hands of your average amateur are not exactly unheard of, they are still pretty rare.
Ah. Found the original, it's definitely a photo. Taken with Sony A77.
Source: Jökulsárlón, Iceland by Gen Vagula on 500px.com
There's a 5,000 year old burial site in the Burren that i visit a few times a year... i even snuck the PAN STARS Comet into a photo with it :D
Edit : pic!
Go where no one has been before or do something that never been done. I'll give you 2 examples: https://500px.com/photo/58948144/incredible-campo-co-tornado-by-brandon-goforth and https://500px.com/photo/553621/i'll-make-ya-famous-by-roof-topper
I have tons of favorite photos on 500px - https://500px.com/tchebotarev/favorites
But one of my most favorite photos would be "Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park" by Diane Arbus.
img: http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/diane_arbus_child_toy_hand.jpg
I'll tell you a secret. Probably the image that you're thinking you can get based on pictures in magazines or ads is mostly (if not completely) rendered in the computer, with no concept of reality that can be done with "practical" lighting.
That said, here are a few tips.
- Learning off camera flash will show you that you can make dusk into night, or late afternoon into dusk.
- To define the care more you'll want some other light around it to help define the shape. Remember shadows create interest, so use the other lights from angles.
- If you shoot at night, you can do a 10 second exposure (or more with the right settings) and then simply walk quickly and pop a flash a few times at various angles before the shutter closes.
- Put a flash inside the car to show that it's not just a black hole.
Doing "good" car photography generally involves a huge studio, massive softboxes, and thousands of dollars in gear. You can get some great shots with a zoom lens (~100mm) and isolating certain interesting details.
Source: Pittsburgh - City of bridges by Bilal Alam on 500px.com
Someone please take away this man's HDR filter. (another example) It looks like a nuclear bomb just went off.
Edit: Found something closer to the original. Muuuuuch better.
Source: Good morning Mr. Fuji by Noriko Nagaiwa on 500px.com
Source: Incredible Campo, CO Tornado by Brandon Goforth on 500px.com
Original Post in /r/EarthPorn
I know it's a photoshop, but it's still a pretty cool photo. Photographer Juan Pablo de Miguel has some more really ethereal shots on his 500px page. I also added this to my collection of awesome reddit pics.
Crossposted from /r/NorwayPics, Norway's photography subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/NorwayPics/comments/2hfjv0/amazing_sunset_view_from_the_top_of_reinebringen/
I use 500 Firepaper for my Android backgrounds, I have it set to update one a day. I saw your post and then noticed what my background today is....
https://500px.com/photo/92732745/corruscated-by-fatih-m-sahbaz
Source: River (revisited) by Jaakko Höykinpuro on 500px.com.
Source: River (revisited) by Jaakko Höykinpuro on 500px.com.
Original Post in /r/PeruPics. Come check it out for more photography of Peru!
Source: Sultan Ahmed Mosque..(Blue Mosque) by Samet Güler on 500px.com.
Source: Morning at the Falls II by Derek Kind on 500px.com.
Over the summer my girlfriend and I went to Southern California for the first time. Spent a week out there and loved it and just traveled up and down PCH between Malibu and San Diego and took pictures along the way. So here is SoCal as seen by a native New Yorker... What do you like the best? Any constructive comments about what I can do to take better pictures, develop them better, etc? Thank you in advance!!! https://500px.com/kevin_schultz/sets/cali
Source: Dance of the Night by Marc Adamus on 500px.com.
Source: Above the Clouds by Adam Gibbs on 500px.com
It's been posted here several times before. Previously it was claimed to be in Tibet and also to be the link between China and Pakistan.
I'm not sure where it is actually located.
We don't encourage it, but don't discourage it either. Some people will do it anyone, and I'm very excited when I see those photos, they make me sweat and go vertigo. You should see those guys - https://500px.com/Raskalov
Why? Flickr is great for photos if you care about quality. What issue do you have with it? It's instantly available in the link.
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/thetimethespace/15763183031/sizes/l
vs
https://500px.com/photo/89327675/the-wave-on-blue-by-justin-reznick?from=popular
500px has tons of useless shit spammed across the top for social media sharing, on every damn picture. Flickr has resolution choices, for the photo.
At worst they're damned near identical for displaying a photo to someone, which is what the person is doing.
<strong>Source page</strong> (at the right under the image there's a 12029 x 3887 size download, enjoy!) - My 500px
We visited Tower Bridge at around sunset and were lucky enough to cross the glass walkway over the Thames at the right time. Beautiful city.
If you're a person that appreciates the beauty of the city, do it! Also, their zoo is probably the best one in Europe, take a look here: https://www.zoovienna.at/en/zoo-and-visitors/visitor-information/
Adding to that, there is also another zoo that is in a building, 5-6 stories high, and each floor is a different continent, you need to ask around for that I don't recall the name.
The Vienna amusement park is also pretty at night.
Here is a compilation I have made during my last visit mostly of the amusement park and garderns: https://500px.com/marioshadjineophytou1/sets/vienna_
Hope that helps but keep in mind its a very expensive destination.
Source: Green Lantern by Erez Marom on 500px.com
Source: Green Lantern by Erez Marom on 500px.com
What is going on in this picture? I'm assuming this a long exposure, but what is it of? Fog going over hills? Has anyone in this sub taken a picture of or seen this phenomenon before?
That's beautiful, thanks for sharing.
Here's a larger version of the same photo, from the original source ("Winter has arrived" by Branko Grcic): https://gp1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/806614/photos/photos.500px.net/88838473/3b3fc6444c2d9a5c888fed9bf683b77ba4fc49b4/2048.jpg
Feel free to post this to /r/Schweiz too, it's all about photos from Switzerland :)
Originally submitted by /u/PM_ME_A_NEW_PHONE in /r/aww here: http://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/2lbyzp/friends/
Source: Alicja Zmyslowska
Source: Cold Desert by Javed Khan on 500px.com
Source: Mission Impossible... by Edwin Kats on 500px.com
Source: Colors of Fall by Daniel Namdari on 500px.com
Source: D U B R O V N I K by Emir Terovic on 500px.com