Since i got my new camera I thought I might as well start a photo thread. My equipment is a Pentax K-x with kit lenses, 18-55 and 50-200 mm. Just trying the camera out right now, have mostly taken photos indoors, since it's 8 degrees outside and been snowing for the past 3 days. Waiting for some sunshine so i can get out and take some nice snow pictures.

Starting slow with a shot of a Candy cane under blue leds.

Ooooooh... more!

your name is ulf, lol. that is amazing.

NIIIICCCCEEEE!!! Moar Pweeze!

More will come, it's not easy taking good pictures, and i just want to post photos I'm satisfied with.




Just an old Norse name..

Moar pics of Swedish Bikini Team, please.

Went out in the cold today to take some pictures winter style (Sorry Ray, no bikini team, think they hide somewhere). I did some in very simple HDR by using Paint.Net and a couple of plugins.

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Beautiful lighting.. 8 and 10 are my favs. I just wish the bridge wasn't smack dab in the center of the frame.

I like 10 and 12. Ditto on the center thing. Rule of Thirds. Learn it well.

Good start for your first shots, keep practicing!

Better?

SWEEEEEEET JEBUS! Them pitchers are nice!

The lightning was a bit hard, only have about 3-4 hours of sunlight, all pictures was in the middle of the day, with the sun barely over the horizon, but i think the camera did the good job. I can't take the credit for the good light just yet




Rule of Thirds, looked it up, going to keep it in mind.



Thanks..

LOL I THINK THOSE BOTES R STUCK

Yeah! Except for those power lines........ *cough*

Gonna chop them down next time, promise... (or perhaps shoot from the other side?)

Powerlines are one of those obstacles we all have trouble with... Yeah, a different angle may hide them, but they'll likely still be somewhere in there. Sometimes ya can't help it!

Went up to Kiruna (far, far up north) for a meeting the other day, 13 hour train trip, 2 hour meeting and then free time before train back home left. Went to the Ice hotel in a small village not so far away, they build this thing every winter and they been doing it for the last 20 years.

That looks so cool!
Nicely done with those pics, I bet the lighting was difficult.

It's quite dark and the light is flat in there, so i had to bump up the colors and contrast a bit in PP.

Took a stroll through the park a while ago. Nice sunny weather, lots of people out walking and plenty of ducks begging for food.

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Thanks..

Have to thank who ever it was that recommended this book in another thread also, very good read and lots of nice tips.

Got myself extension tubes from ebay to be able to take some macros. A cheap way to get into the macro world. Very fun, and at the same time hard.

Everything hand-held with either a 50 mm or a 135 mm and different length of the extension tubes.

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Nice shots.
I've never tried extension tubes..

Went out to an old Iron Mill just outside of town, it opened in the middle of the 17th century and the production ended in the middle of 1980. It's quite a big area, and this is just some of the old parts that are accessible to the public as a museum.

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Decided to go out to the forest, now when the spring is finally here. Not so much to see yet, saw some flowers and decided to go looking for a new car..

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Wow! Being from the city I have never seen something like that. What happened to those cars and how do they get there?

A couple of years ago they gave you cash (around $500) if you went to the junkyard with your old car. But then the government removed it and people got lazy and started to dump cars in the forest instead, apparently there are about 350 000 junk cars just standing abandoned, being torched or used as gun targets.

I got bugs...

I come looking for the Sweedish Bikini Team and get outdoor photography pictures.



***leaving disappointed*****








Nice pictures though.

Cool beans.

Mate those pictures where in Sweeden are you?? Just curious I lived there for 18months some time ago..
keep posting loving the photography

great shots! you have a great sense of composition! keep up the good work!

Sorry about that, lets see if i can find them now when the summer are here... and thanks.



Thank you, it was your macros that inspired me to post these ones. The extension tube is working fine, perhaps i should build myself a ring flash also..


I live in Gävle, about 170 kilometers north of Stockholm, where were you?

Will continue to post, planning for a trip to the local zoo soon, then vacation to Norway.


Thanks.

Awesome pics. The bugs freak me out, but I respect the photos lol

Became a trip to the zoo today, fun and nice.

Love them all but the last is def. my fav!

Was a lot of back scratching going on, and you could possible see that he/she totally enjoyed it.



Thank You!

MONKEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

The amusement park "Gröna Lund" in Stockholm. A nice evening but a bit chilly...

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Love those zoo shots! Especially the little colt.

Was on a holiday to Norway, warning for a lot of pictures. Everything shot with a Pentax Kx, M-mode, with a 18-55 mm and a 50-200 mm.

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3. View from one of the places i stayed during the night, lovely.

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5. Not a double rainbow..

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8. Trollstigen (The troll path, winding road up the mountain side.)

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13. Water carved a hole through the cliff.

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15. City of Ålesund, they have a nice aquarium there with primary animals from the seas outside of Norway, will post picture of that later.



16. Ferrys are used a lot to take yourself over the numerous fjords.

17. Cruise ships at harbour at the Geiranger fjord.

18. Bird nesting by the harbour.

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30. Twindefalls

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33. Røldal stave church from 13th century

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36. On the way up to Preacher's pulpit a rescue helicopter came to pick someone up.

37. Preikestolen (Preacher's pulpit) 1982 feet high cliff.

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I'm lost for words... Exactly where do you live? Scenery is breathtaking...

I live in Sweden, it's a 10 hour drive from home to that part of Norway, and i agree it's a breathtaking country.

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And the panorama itself.

Pictures from Ålesund Aquarium. Everything coldwater.

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Odda Smelteverk (Odda Meltingplant)

Passed the small town of Odda in Norway and a big factory caught my eye. Became very curious in what it was, took some photos of the abandoned factory and walked around the area. Googled a bit when i came home, the factory was built in 1906 and production ended in 2002. They made calcium carbide, calcium cyanamide and dicyandiamid.

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A day at the railroad museum.

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