Official BeyondUnreal Photography Thread

[Plasmadaemon]

I have discovered the 'Equalize' function.

 

[BillyBadAss]

Nice!

 

[Mr. UglyPants]

Holy hell Plasmadaemon, that is beautiful. Wonderfully captured and edited.

 

[Kantham]

Looks really sharp and surreal. 9.7/10

 

[Plasmadaemon]

Thanks.

 

[OO7MIKE]

LOL
Nice usage of the Equalize Plasmadaemon. Very CGI/Fantasy like.

Check out the "Shadows Highlights" feature. I think you will have some fun with it as well.

I used it just slightly to ease off some shadows and reveal more detail without going to the extremes of a quasi HDR photo.

 

[igNiTion]

Nice plasmadaemon! As kantham said, "surreal" :tup:

 

[BillyBadAss]

I am finally getting around to posting my photos from my recent trip to Japan. I have terrible jet lag, and a bad cold on top of it, so I feel like I have AIDS for something.

Were Not Strangers Anymore

 

[igNiTion]

The album leaf is sick, nice photo as well.

 

[sid]

(latest pic)

Remarkably brilliant :tup:

 

[igNiTion]

Here are a couple more pictures from my phone.. definitely better in the thumbnail version.
[screenshot]http://e.imagehost.org/0241/Untitled-2.jpg[/screenshot]

I know, I keep forgetting to put people in my photographs.. what a bore.

[screenshot]http://e.imagehost.org/0354/IMG00139.jpg[/screenshot]

 

[BillyBadAss]

Here are a couple more pictures from my phone.. definitely better in the thumbnail version.
[screenshot]http://e.imagehost.org/0241/Untitled-2.jpg[/screenshot]

I know, I keep forgetting to put people in my photographs.. what a bore.

[screenshot]http://e.imagehost.org/0354/IMG00139.jpg[/screenshot]

Dude! You are taking amazing photos with your phone, but where is your camera. This would be so much nicer with that. I am kind of retarded, so I carry a camera with me at all time.

 

[sid]

So beautiful! Ignition, very well done.

 

[Hazel.H]

Photos from around Buxton at the weekend:

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[SCREENSHOT]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3185985754_9707b5cb29_o.jpg[/SCREENSHOT] [SCREENSHOT]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3460/3185140595_e9507905ff_o.jpg[/SCREENSHOT]
[SCREENSHOT]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/3185143031_a25f1df666_o.jpg[/SCREENSHOT] [SCREENSHOT]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3507/3185144331_3cfd82ec47_o.jpg[/SCREENSHOT]

 

[Kazimira]

Photos from around Buxton at the weekend:

[SCREENSHOT]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3437/3185985146_5f588da3a9_o.jpg[/SCREENSHOT] [SCREENSHOT]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3324/3185140085_ec82278f44_o.jpg[/SCREENSHOT]
[SCREENSHOT]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3185985754_9707b5cb29_o.jpg[/SCREENSHOT] [SCREENSHOT]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3460/3185140595_e9507905ff_o.jpg[/SCREENSHOT]
[SCREENSHOT]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/3185143031_a25f1df666_o.jpg[/SCREENSHOT] [SCREENSHOT]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3507/3185144331_3cfd82ec47_o.jpg[/SCREENSHOT]

Those photos are beutiful.

 

[igNiTion]

Dude! You are taking amazing photos with your phone, but where is your camera. This would be so much nicer with that. I am kind of retarded, so I carry a camera with me at all time.

Thanks Sid and BBA. I took these over christmas, and the only camera I had over break was on my phone. I will have my SLR again now that I am back at college.. so I'll be carrying that around more .

 

[Kantham]

Nice shots Hazel. And awesome cavern.
If only BBA could get a 20MP-camera-eye implant.

 

[Wander]

Oh man.. Please do! I would love to see some shots with accurate handling of the swords.

All right, I finally managed to take some pictures, so here they come along with an explanation. Although there are many different ways and styles of fighting with swords, with kendo being only one of them, it is safe to assume that the grip handling of two-handed swords is quite universal. You'll see why as I go along with the explanation.

The right hand holds the grip right underneath the cross-gaurd, while the left hand holds grip at the very bottom (in some cases the pink doesn't even completely cover the grip). The ideal length between the two hands is one fist, although it isn't possible for the guy who poses in these pictures to do as the grip is too short for him.

I'm not sure if the term I'm going to use here will be correct (after all English isn't my native language), but the meaning behind this grip is that it allows the user to produce a 'lever-effect': the right hand guides the direction of the sword, while the left hand tilts the sword. This enables you to swing the sword MUCH faster than one who doesn't know how to handle swords would. Also, from my experience, swinging the sword the 'right' way will result in the typical "swoosh" sound that is characteristic to this weapon; if you don't use the 'lever-effect' technique, you will hear nothing at all.

So, as you can see, holding a sword correctly isn't about show, it is only logical to wield it that way. Also, you may want to keep your wrists stretched out, like it is shown on the pictures, otherwise, if you keep them bent like the model in some of your photos does, it's sure fire to have them seriously injured during fights considering how hard fighters hit each other with these weapons.

I'm not going into stances, because unlike the grip, I'm very sure that these aren't universal. So all I can say about that is that you can exercise some artistic freedom with that

Hope this helps!

 

[OO7MIKE]

Thanks for the info!
Sort of makes me feel like she was holding the sword like a piece of jewelry.

 

[OO7MIKE]

Thanks for the info!
Sort of makes me feel like she was holding the sword like a piece of jewelry.