TBCS Photography (Dial up Beware)

Note: This is not a competition!

A lot of the folks on this site, i've noticed over time, have quite an interest in photography. So I though i'd start a little photography thread, so we can post photos of things that have inspired, or could inspire, a custom computer.

I'll start off with some photos I took: some people find inspiration in fast cars, in sleek, elegant design, but for me, it's always clunky and rusty industrial devices or decrepit pieces of technology. You'll see what I mean in a minute.

So how this works: every photo must be your own. Post your photos here, try to keep them no larger than 640*480, and people can drop in and comment on your technique, your choice of subject, the overall photo, and how much of an influence it makes. Your subject can be anything except another mod-try and make it interesting things, not easy targets like the inside of your computer with a close-up lens. Also, write a little note with each of your photos, telling how you took it, zoom factors, exposure settings, lens, and why you think this influences anything.

So I'll start. These photos were all taken on a Panasonic DMZ-FZ3 Lumix with Leica lens.

This thing was huge. That other bulldozer behind it, which looks far away? It's not. It's RIGHT behind it. This hulking Behemoth had to be photographed. Taken normally with about 6* optical zoom. Large, High Quality version avaliable on e-mail.

Although it's probably the worst photo out of the 8 i've chosen to start with, the air of decrepidness surrounding this photo, that made me think of dust and dreams and wasted time, I just couldn't exlude it. Taken normally with a 2* optical zoom. Hi Quality Avaliable on request.

This is a silage pump, I think. It looks interesting, I thought it might influence some interesting watercooling features. Taken normally with a 4* optical zoom. Hi Quality Avaliable on request.

Good rusty edges are hard to find these days, and a lot of folks go out looking for them. This peice of rusted metal was a sort of corroded holy grail. Taken with normal mode, no zoom. Hi Quality Avaliable on request.

This fan would certainly make an interesting case mod feature: I'm actually planning to use this on my fallout mod to make it look more realistic. Taken normally with no zoom, HQ avaliable on request.

I also found this burned out computer in that dumpheap. It's been burned and lleft for the harsh Scottish elements. I have multiple HQ photos if you want to see this. I would have kicked it open, but it was melted inside. Taken normally with no zoom.

I don't know what this thing is, but it reminded me slightly of the Citadel from HL2. It looked pretty cool. This was taken in VERY adverse weather conditions, and this is the best quality avaliable. Taken with a 12* optical zoom in 70-120mph winds. You can imagine trying to keep the camera steady ;)

Finally, this was on the wall of a peir near a lighthouse. It's an interesting little thing that i'm considering using on the integration Stage 1 case. It's rusted from salt water but it still looks good. Again, adverse conditions, normal mode, no zoom. This is the best quality avaliable.


That's all from me today, feel free to comment, and of course, add your own! Keep the banter on-topic and intelligent please. The mods will crack down on you if you can't manage this.

Good luck, and happy browsing!

-Dave

thats pretty nice looking dude. im think about getting the new sony SLR camera. ill post some pictures taken with camera.

So its a picture war is it, hang on ill go upload mine, me like my photography me.

Dave, Nice looking industrial grunge photo's. I have found the best photos in the scrap yards and old logging trails. I like your theme.

Where were the last 2 pics taken? I think I have been there...

I have a lot of photos, but they are all 800x600... is that OK?

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Originally Posted by MrSlacker

I have a lot of photos, but they are all 800x600... is that OK?

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Just resize them. Download FastStone Image Viewer. It's free, not a virus, no spyware blah blah blah - and its the best program I've ever used. It handles anything you could ever really need. It does file conversions, resizings, watermarks, bulk image processing, all of the above. Definately worth the download.

I'm not sure if it is just that those images are shrunk down, but they seem to have a lot of noise.

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I'm not sure if it is just that those images are shrunk down, but they seem to have a lot of noise.

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I think its because they have been resized and they are JPEG, stupid photobucket, 1+hours of uploading then says ome files corrupt, was uploading 19 and its only done 8! sooo annoying.

Well heres some of mine i will slowly add more( some are linked too because they are too big): Taken with Kodak CX6630. Can't give optical zoom, doesn't tell me.

^ A picture of the atlantic ocean from Polzeath, Cornwall, UK- No Zoom - Landscape Mode

Blurry, have better one) A picture of the night sky also Polzeath. - No Zoom - Night Mode

Some Palm trees in Tenerife in the evening Slight Zoom - Normal Mode

More Palm trees in the evening, Tenerife - No Zoom - Normal Mode

Picture of sun setting, with river, Peterborough, UK - No Zoom - Night Mode

Sun setting again with river(wonkey lol) Peterborough, UK - No Zoom - Night Mode

^ Large Oak tree, with my bike ;) just after mid-day, Peterborough, UK[/url] - Slight Zoom - Normal Mode

Shot from under palm tree looking up at midday sun, Tenerife - No Zoom - No Zoom

May add some more if photobucket stops annoying me :D

Well not pictures that ive taken but ones ive made in photoshop.

eye manipulation.-THIS was the stock image( i did not take stock image, was ound on deviant art no longer avalible), nice change eh.

My Planet Art just a planet and its moon.(dial-up beware-large image 1024x1280)

So what do ya all think?

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Just resize them. Download FastStone Image Viewer. It's free, not a virus, no spyware blah blah blah - and its the best program I've ever used. It handles anything you could ever really need. It does file conversions, resizings, watermarks, bulk image processing, all of the above. Definately worth the download.

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I meant that I have them already uploaded at 800x600, and i have a LOT so its pain in the ass to reupload them

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Originally Posted by MrSlacker

i have a LOT so its pain in the ass to reupload them

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Your telling me!

I understand it's a pain, but Dave's a mod and he clearly laid down the rules. 800x600 would crap up the page, no matter how good of photos they are.

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Originally Posted by tybrenis

I understand it's a pain, but Dave's a mod and he clearly laid down the rules. 800x600 would crap up the page, no matter how good of photos they are.

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and thats why I asked him....

Why not just link them and say in the header of your post like Scotty did?

I'll let you off this time ;)

But where possible I really want the pics to be 640*480.

Thanks for the positive feedback, can't wait to see what you guys contribute.

-Dave

Scotty, my girlfriend came up with a nice idea for that tree photo-imagine having a matt black case with a tree cut out in the side, a motherboard cover, and a strong light behind it...clear plexi...can you imagine it?

She says the photo's beautiful, and i agree. Nice one!

Oh, and the bottom 2 photos were taken in Berwick upon tweed. The top were taken at Oatridge Agracultural college in Eccleshmechan. (You will not believe how often we've argued about the pronounciation of that word!)

Oh, and as i said, all the photos have been shrunk with Microsoft Picture editor bar the last 2, which were taken in very high winds and have a lot of 'natural noise' i.e. sand particles, water particles, etc. If you're interested in the full sized pics drop me and e-mail either at the best case scenario or at my google mail address.

Thanks for the feedback guys.

-Dave

Here are some of mine.

I'll post some more later

Cheers dave, yeah sounds like a cool, idea...

Slacker like the one with the lights going into the distance, and the dog looks drunk.

Sweet topic. Everyones had awesome photos so far. I'm going to have to try and find some of my favorites, I think my dad has them on his laptop. Heres just a few I found on mine.

Slacker, I forgot you are from NYC. Those are some cool pics. I especially like the chairs. I may be moving to NYC after I do EMT training. My gf lives about an hour north of NYC so I figure it would be close to her. I'll have to try and get in touch and have a meetup when I go up there next.

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Slacker, I forgot you are from NYC. Those are some cool pics. I especially like the chairs. I may be moving to NYC after I do EMT training. My gf lives about an hour north of NYC so I figure it would be close to her. I'll have to try and get in touch and have a meetup when I go up there next.

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Sure, let me know when you are in town. I have a lot of macros, let me know if u wonna see them

Well, not computer related at all, but one of my favs is this one of my daughter.
(those who don't like kids need not bother looking... ) :p
http://www.xmastree.34sp.com/sandy/dsc_0782.jpg
That's about as sharp as it gets... :)

(Nikon D70/50mm f1.4)

On a dial-up? Well that one image is about 2.7MB... 3008x2000! :eek:

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I especially like the chairs.

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I agree.

I'm not checking anyone, but don't forget we're looking for photos to inspire mods here ;) I've taken a lot more artistic photos than the ones i posted, but the ones i posted are the ones i thought could influence people's custom computers...

;)

Very nice pics so far tho! Xmastree, it seems to be a dead link.

-Dave

Yea dead link, xmastree, i havent taken many pics latly last ones were back in cornwall that was a good 2 months ago!

My dad's bulldozer, nice decrepit industrial look

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Yea dead link, xmastree,

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Sorry, try it now. dsc not Dsc...
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Mr. Slacker I like ur dog I have a Cocker Spaniel as well.

GUI, i love that photo.

-Dave

whel

can you tell what it is

and some macro work; I know it aint much but its the first time I use a digital cam and I cant aford a smarter one so....

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Oh, and the bottom 2 photos were taken in Berwick upon tweed.

-Dave

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I knew I had been there! The wife and I stayed at a place in North Berwick, where you could lay in bed and look out the window across the Firth of Forth to Fife. hehe always sounds cool.

Thanks for the great pics!

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the Firth of Forth to Fife

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say what now? are you just making up words? only im allowed to do that.

anyways.... ill post some of my stuff. its from my hawaii trip... so some may have seen these already (that thread of mine didnt seem too popular).

that was the best sunset there on maui.

up on maui's volcano. interestingly... anyone recognize that place from a recent volvo commercial?

and heres mars... i mean... maui's volcano again.

and one of those famous black sand beaches. i like now the light reflects off the water a lot, giving a contrasting white.

whales!!!!

and finally, some rocks and water... only interesting to me because im a geology guy.


so those arent really attempts at professional photography, but if i do say so myself, they turned out damn good.

Meh, now I have to go to hawaii :(

That rock formation is sweet.
The lava buildup on the beach is sweeter.

Very nice slug toy, really like those a lot, i want to go hawaii now to get some pics :( and australia and new zeland and......

Oh ive finaly got my website done with some of my art on Art by Scott :D

Took this in Galveston, TX.

I would have more pictures but my stepsister got mad at her dad and threw my camera breaking it :/

This is my submission

A Weird Double Rainbow at Dusk...never had seen that before.

Photo of the shuttle going up...from across the River (close as I could get)

Had to show these...friend's father works on base as a fireman...he took these!

Close Up On the Pad

Post Launch

Wow double rainbow, sweet

love the shuttle shots too

Some fantastic photographers here! good stuff!

Next week I am buying a 10-20mm sigma (uber-wide-angle!) lense :D (350 quid)
so I'll have loads of goodies for you then.
as Ive just got a fresh install of xp, I dont have much to contribute right now, and i have to go pack for a holiday to rome with my girlfriend. eek!

Heres one of my photos that I had already uploaded to my server though:

Oh and, running with that big mechanical machines theme, heres a pic of me and a jcb!

REAL photos come next week ;)
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Some more photos: this time, some night time photography.

This one looks a lot better in the full Hi-Res version. I don't think i managed to capture the sense of absolute silence in this busy industrial area, but i tried. Let me know what you think. I think this could make an interesting reservoir feature. This was taken with a very long exposure time, and then photoshopped a little to help make it easier to see. As usual, HiRez abvaliable, not only that but i have one that's zoomed in and HiRez for that extra detail. The reason there's so much red in the sky is because of Glasgow's old Sodium Streetlamps, which are a bright orange colour. When you see it for real...you'll know what i mean!

This one is a bus which i cycle past fairly often. I wanted to a take a night photo of it in order to highlight the desolation, the isolation, of the item in question. I don't know if i like this one yet, but let me know what you think. Again, long exposure in low light, photoshopped afterwards, HIREZ avaliable on request. There's a lot of features that can be taken from this.

Thanks guys, i want to post the most inspirational photos on the front page, so when you give us a photo, don't forget to write a little bit on why you think it might inspire a case for someone, or even just a feature. Thanks!

-Dave

Ok well I visited my friend at work the other day and took some pictures for some ideas for my project, thought I would post some here.

These I took while up in Wisconsin the other day. Kindof just pulled over and took some pictures for the car window.