>no darktable threadHow we enjoying 5.2 so far anons?
How do i get this effect in DT? Pic related
>>4462917>crushing and lifting in 2025
>>4462917Create a curves layer.Open it.Lift the left edge of the line upwards a bit.Lower the right edge of the line a bit.
>>4462930Oh sorry, you said Darktable. Well, I'm sure you can do something similar in that programme, instead of photoshop, providing you can force your enfeebled, soft, woman-like hands to work the mouse until your wifes boyfriend buys you photoshop in return for intensive testicular flattening.
Uncalled for.>darktable thread>posts PS shit
We've not had a compact camera thread for a whileWhat are you shooting on anons? I came close to selling my little rx100 recently but with a little bit of editing I've learnt to love it. I just throw it in a side pocket and I've been shooting more. I was thinking of trading it in for a fuji X-E5 as they look fun
>>4461267I wish I had the eye or skill for the 28mm focal length so I could splurge on this. I guess I'll have to wait like 1 or 2 years until the 40mm version comes out.
It's over.
>>4462528The IV is out already.
>>4462529and going to be unavailable for like 12 months from all the demand. RIP
>>4462566RIP. You would think pentax had plenty of time to meet demand but I guess they still haven't learned to estimate demand. I wonder how much of it is flippers and bots.
i got a degree of " Photographic Communications" from college.think the title is self explanatory.but now, after 4 years if studies in both theory and practice, i don't feel im much better at photography than before... i just learned editing photos and videos and some basic rules. the internet is full of incredible photos that can be accessed and downloaded for free, and they look super atristic and proffesional that i can't possibly imagine myself reaching such quality in my life...so did i just waste lots of money and time for a useless degree?
>>4461758What made you think getting a taking-pictures degree would be a good idea?
>>4461758>so did i just waste lots of money and time for a useless degree?That depends, did you make any lifelong connections with budding industry professionals you can enterprise with, or did you go through it like an antisocial little chuddy buddy and now all you have to show for it is some worthless piece of paper?
>>4461758The only thing they can teach that's of any value is things like lighting techniques, and general tips that you're bound to learn through practice.For example how flashes you should use and the ratio of which to set each one at for desired effect...What times of the day to shoot certain things at for best results...The rest is basically bullshit, and they spend half of it shilling Adobe software as a gigantic grooming operation to churn out retards who would pay to take "classes" on how to use a camera, to fool them into paying a lifelong subscription to Adobe for shit that isn't even related to photography but pajeet tier editing. Such as, replacing people by doctoring photos with AI, enhancing photos with AI garbage to get uncanny shitstain looks, and other nonsense like content aware fill to remove things like a hecking guy wearing a MAGA Ha-I mean, nazi uniforms as they walk down the street.Oh, they might also tell you why a lens hood is important but that depends.Really all of it just covers the basics. Do not need to pay.Literally don't pay for it and buy gear instead and just play with the gear. You'll win in the end having experience, gear, and no faggots that need you to suck up to their agenda to pass.
>>4461758Photo in college is good for:>meeting and networking with established and successful photographers / agencies>practice and access to gear beyond what you might have yourself, especially lighting>easy access to models and others for collaboration (like HMUA)>structured environment for higher quality feedback>a photo student "working on a project" might give you more opportunities than just being random guy with cameraAll very much things where you get out what you put in. If you took photo classes to learn how to do photography (or do photography better), yes you are retard.If you haven't improved in 4 years, it's not the school, and it' not photography, it's simply just you. You could have instead made threads of your "work" asking for feedback, but instead you post "I still suck and don't know how to learn". It's no wonder you never improved if that's the attitude you have. You have to actually want to do better, and put a good faith effort in trying to do so. Instead, you're just too lazy to bother.
>>4461820Didn't people laugh at you when you told them you are getting a degree in a hobby? Was the masters program for model trains full? Did you hook up with some art hoes at least? Did you waste your time? Contrasts you got a MBA, Master of Barista Arts.
Thoughts on Bryan Schutmaat? What do we think about USA's most popular millennial documentary photographer?
>>4458009What a Cunt.Fuck off you cunting dickbag.His work is just fine, he’s probably a sweet dude.Actually fuck that, you have to be a complete asshole to succeed in this culture. I guarantee it wouldn’t take more than five minutes to find a fucktruckload of people who hate him from having to work with him, just like everyone else.
>>4462313Fuck you Bryan
I like bryan, but I wish he would smile more.
>>4462322balding takes away your smile
>>4462336Sad! Maybe he could get a hair transplant one day to bring back his smile.
>be me>took basic digital photography course>been using Instagram since 2012, watched it turn woke and enshittify>more than 900 photos uploaded yet less than 120 followers in the end>account got flagged for "spam" for pushing back against- and criticizing gender ideology or the LGBT+ cult>gets deleted>make new account>algorithm sucks, hashtags no longer work because "muh Maui wildfires censorship" or something (it's no longer possible to browse posts by Recent)>only a few followers and getting some likes partly from thot spambots, old followers either forgot about me or don't care anymore but new account is rather unaffiliated to old one in terms of Big Data>looked near the Sun during 2017's partial solar eclipse in a backyard with white-ass walls reflecting sunlight like snow>vision felt like it got slightly less bright and less colorful after that, but maybe it healed after all these years>Nikon camera got humid inside during a vacation trip, then got dirty with rice dust (yes, rice dust) because silly me tried putting it inside a bag of rice to take humidity out = lowkey bodied>stone-inside-shoe kind of problem made me lose enjoyment for photography even though I wasn't that good at it>wat do
>>4460675lil bro having a meltdown itt fr
>>4460675Who is this "Chang"? You seem very obsessed with him. And Americans. Let me guess you are on /pol/ a lot?
>>4460675Unironically take your medication
>>4460675i think this guy offed himself. hope ur happy /p/
>>4459366strangely enough you managed to out-faggot OP and the bar was quite low already, gratz
the great migration edition Previous: >>4458399
Is it fair game to ask for a small discount when buying camera and lenses? Or is it a no-go? Walking in the local shop tomorrow for the first time, hate buying online.
>>4462350If its used, go ahead.If it's new not really, at least directly on on bodies / lenses, etc. Retail margins on 1st party gear is very small, and they are typically required to follow manufacturer pricing anyways. They might be able to throw in freebie useless accessories or discount on like 3rd party batteries / memory card.
>>4462350They'll maybe match whatever the cheapest mainstream online retailer sells for if you can find that. I'm not talking ebay but shit like camerawarehouse or whatever you have where you live.
>>4462228I'm prone to agree. Switched to a newer camera model myself, new settings, don't really care about what they were before.
I'm traveling in 2 weeks, was planning on getting a refurb Z30 and forgot the fucking tariffs. Now what was $400 is now $600. Fuck that.Is this a good deal? I know it's not nirvana, just is the price decent. D5500AF-P DX 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VRAF-P DX 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G EDAF-S 50mm 1:1.8 G$349, says barely used and no visible damage in pics. Could I sell this afterwards for the same price? Thanks.
Thinking about printing a landscape and trying to decide between which composition looks better to hang on a wall. I already have a 24"x36" Hong Kong skyline printed and frame on one wall. Planning on probably doing another 24"x36" to make it somewhat symmetric. I could also go smaller as well.
>>4456131What do you do about framing?I just ordered a few prints (6x9 and 8x12) for the first time and want to hang a few
>>4456131Second composition is this>>4456134I usually order from Bay Photo Labs24"x36" frameLustre print20"x32" Single Mat
>>4456131i like the first one more. not really a science to my choice. the first one is a glacier surrounded by everything. the second is just the glacier (also white out). i think the first one is just easier to look at.I humbly request that you post the full size version of the first option so I may save it to my personal computer. I also humbly request that you post the Hong Kong skyline so I may view it.
>>4456131There's too much dirt in the photo
>>4456131I'd crop off a little of the bottom, it is too close to 50/50 which looks awkward, but that might destroy the appeal. "Incorrect" compositions create tension and appeal.
Nikon d7500Sigma 500mm, f/5.6
there's already a moon thread
I think we all realize at this point that certain subjects of themes wax and wane out of popularity at a given time. I thought we could discuss what is popular right now to better create content that our audiences want.For example I feel like the classic bikini girl and glamor shot is very out of trend. As is car photography. Landscapes seem down too however I am noticing a lot of nature subjects increasing, such as good photos of trees.I also see black and white high contract coming back a bit.What are your thoughts /p/? Things that seem out of trend to you or on trend. We could get a good list with 20 or so of us working together.
>>4461806>t. autism
>>4461812Well I'm sorry you couldn't participate in the discussion. I hope you find somewhere that american teenager shitslinging is welcomed
>>4461814>autist proves autism Nice
>>4461700try google retard hehe
>>4461723that's like 40mm not ultrawide
Is Darktable a meme? At least if you're not already a pro at editing. I tried using it again and I'm this close to just buying an Adobe license. Like yeah sure it seems to have a ton of options but what is the point if there are no good resources for beginners to learn how to do photo editing using (the current version of) Darktable. And good luck figuring it out yourself(oh you want to correct white balance in your photos? Great, Darktable has a white balance module! Too bad it will throw up an error every time you try to use it because it's a depreciated module and you're supposed to use the color balance module instead, good luck figuring it out)Feel free to correct me if you know some resource that actually covers the basic for new users, because google sure isn't helping(my personal favorite was one of the top results being a seemingly super useful guide that specifically talked about using text instead of making it a video so it can be easily updated, and then it just ends at the setup part without any further chapters because the author lost interest) I fucking hate free software.
>>4461690Darktable is a half finished projectBasic things like demosaicing and NR algo tweaks are user settings. These objectively only have one good setting for each camera at each ISO and the rest are just blur of the kind you don't like (demosaicing errors) instead of the sick spherical ab/defocus blur you do want.
>>4461369I have trialed:Darktable, RawTherapee, Lightroom, DXO, CaptureOne, and On1 PhotoRaw and of these, CaptureOne is easily my favorite. Lightroom and DXO fight for a distant second. I think I might prefer Lightroom slightly more. Darktable maybe behind those two. The UI is shit and takes way too much mental bandwidth to deal with but it's pretty strong.
>>4461380>>4461382Ok, I looked at a tiff in Rawtherapee, and it has the same WB tool, but the color temperature number is wrong (it interprets a tiff as if it was shot at 6500K). I think it's DxO where the tool was different, probably for a similar reason (whatever raw reader they are using cannot show camera's WB value as the baseline). Not THAT big of a deal, but I actually like entering a concrete value for indoor shots, given that most lightbulbs nowadays are 2700-3000K LEDs.
>>4461838Open an issue bro. This shit is really helpful to the devs: https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee/issues Don't forget to link your example image and a screenshot of the WB number
>>4461846If I decide to stick to Rawtherapee for most tiff edits, maybe it makes sense to go pester the devs, but I'm not expecting them to do anything about it.
Is it really this over /p/?
>>4461901Looks pretty based to me.
So Ilford supports pedophilia now I see. Another w for Foma.
>>4461918Believe it or not, but that's a fully grown film canister.
https://youtu.be/L6IbmqtgP0c?si=9ALDnUQ31pp-B4Ve
>>4460002Basically Doug Walker happened
>Midsomer Murders - Season 10 Episode 6 Picture of InnocenceThis is an absolute must watch, it's about warring groups of analog puritans and digital enthusiasts. Everyone with a photography interest is portrayed as a socially awkward retard, who takes pictures of banal bullshit like cats or naked girls.
>>4460318Where does that remind you of?
88xrp
>>4442585I've seen the left side. Is the right one as good?
No more useless content;Post your most difficult creations and explain how you did it;Include exif and gear if possible;Must reply with a photo;Photography is learning and discovering new elements and techniques. Let's get out of the comfort zone.Pic: This is a panning attempt using a Minolta SRT 101 + mc rokkor-pf 55 f/1.7.I pre-focused where she would be and used a slow speed of 1/30 and moved the camera horizontally, trying to match her speed without vertical motion, completely handheld.
>>4454297I'm never going to use film I just think the look is cool
>>4454296increasing the highlights, they gotta be blown a bit
I want to get much better at photography, specifically using film. I know and recognize the advantages and capabilities of digital. But hear me out.I want to improve my digital photography. In doing so, I'd like to learn where photography started. That is film. I purchased an older 35 mm film camera with interchangeable lenses and am working with it. But things like film speed, light measurements, etc. are all things that I have to be very diligent about where as digital I could make adjustments on the fly, knowing the results, but not truly understanding why the results. So, I have two questions for you. If I wanted to really excel at film photography, what single book would you say stands above the rest (keep in mind mathematical equations on focal points, light calculations, image composition, etc) and how would you measure your growth and success?
>>4461573Idk about books, but if you can see a finished print in your mind, take the picture, develop, then print it close to how you imagined you are pretty decent at film, or at least have the fundamentals down well enough to enable your creativity to the fullest extent. Sometimes you may envision a final print, but then your technical abilities don't allow you to get the negative you need to make the print.
This is a brain-dead tip I'm sure but if you're shooting with a wider lens like a 28mm and you're not happy with your shots then it's 99% probable that you need to get closer to your subject. A part of the excitement of the wide angle look is the distortion that appears from being near a subject.
Can someone enhance the picture in the background? It’s too blurry and I can’t do it myself.
>>4461457i ran this through my mossad issued killers ip address finder and it turned out to be jefrey epstein fucking a giraffe
>>4461457Fuck off >>>/wsr/
What that mean?Can you make the background picture clearer?
HACKS>period. This jpg is lovely to look at, and if the photographer assembled this assortment of her own photos, this would be a great artistic achievement, even though its tackyBut if she didn't take any of these photos, or like the other ones you see where its like a dude superimposed in space and they cut it out of magazines from 50 years ago. All hacks and theifs to boot. This is my 2nd thread ever in this board
>>4456183>But if she didn't take any of these photosIsn't it already well established in the art world that claiming others' art as your own can be considered artistic because art inherently doesn't belong to anyone but to art itself or something like that? Why do you feel the need to take the photos yourself? Is that what you want to see when you look at an image, someones image capturing what you see? Or would you prefer to focus on the art itself?
>>4456356sure, faulty analogy. still haven't heard a good reason people shouldn't take existing works, chop them up, and rearrange them at will
>>4456309>>4456309I think that curating a selection of other's work is an entirely separate artform. It can range from an aesthetically pleasing composition, to telling a story via composition (and I would argue the latter is an artform, whereas the former is like a half-art). As an example from music DJing is on a spectrum from "play slop to keep the crowd happy" to "a curated musical experience" which is analogous to my previous example. Thing are taken even further once you consider people who remix music live to create something entirely new.
No faggot Appropriation art is 4chan Go back to plebbit
You can call out these individual hack foid artists but you can't dismiss a whole genre. Women are generally hacks.
