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Feb 7, 2010 | 01:00 AM

#11981

Big_Bird

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That's usually the case. Brighter, sharper, more vibrant. It's a trait of the LCD.

Yeah, sometimes I win this time I lost. Got maybe three usable photos.

Feb 7, 2010 | 01:05 AM

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Yeah, sometimes I win this time I lost. Got maybe three usable photos.

I've learned that if it's a shot that you know you want to use, it's best to take more than one. I even sometimes take one using AF then switch to MF to make sure it's in focus.

Feb 7, 2010 | 01:07 AM

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I can't really detect any lomo-ness besides the vignette and contrast. Although the original lomo look was from the type of camera and the way the film was processed, in today's photography it seems that it's used to convey a nostalgic mood. Your subject plays a big part in that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomography

yeah agreed I think this pic didn't help much..... the surrounding colors are almost the same...

Feb 7, 2010 | 01:08 AM

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I've learned that if it's a shot that you know you want to use, it's best to take more than one. I even sometimes take one using AF then switch to MF to make sure it's in focus.

I should try that. I was switching settings like mad because of how weird the sun was with the snow. Thought I found the happy medium, but I see now that they are all way to bright and you can't see the contrast in objects, mainly the snow.

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Feb 7, 2010 | 01:17 AM

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yeah agreed I think this pic didn't help much..... the surrounding colors are almost the same...

Yeah like the article mentions it's a "just-shoot" style of photography. Did you use cross-processing when you were editing? It's the main part of getting the colors right. Here's one of my better examples of lomo:

And being at the fair adds to the nostalgic mood of it.

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Snow is nothing but a big reflector. It's hard to get detail in it for sure.

Feb 7, 2010 | 01:29 AM

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no I didn't.... I was reading another tutorial and it covered another 4-5 steps I didn't do after set the curves...

http://digital-photography-school.co...mo-photography

Feb 7, 2010 | 01:41 AM

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a rule of thumb i've developed is shoot for what looks like slight underexposed pictures on your LCD. when you get them on the computer they look right. if the picture looks perfect on the LCD after i take it, it's almost always overexposed when i get it on the computer screen.

Feb 7, 2010 | 01:57 AM

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I've been slowly learning this.

Side note: I left my tripod 4 hours away in NJ. How hard is it to ship a tripod? I don't have a box for it. I'm at school and my dumba$$ left the tripod home when I came back.